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Peter Russell fonds

Record No. SC293
Main Entry Russell, Peter, 1921-2003
Title Peter Russell fonds
Dates 1947-1972
Physical Description 2 cm of textual records.
Bio/Admin History Peter Russell was an English poet, translator and critic. In the mid 1970s he held a writing fellowship as poet in residence at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. In 1979 he settled permanently in Italy, where he spent the rest of his life.
Scope and Content The fonds consists of a handwritten letter from Miron Grindea (Adam International); photocopies of typescript poems and translations (numbered and signed by Russell); reprint and photocopied typescript of two articles; photocopies of revised typescript and extracts from "Ephemeron" (also numbered and signed by Russell).
Title Source Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Finding Aids File list available.
Online Finding Aids File List for Accession 1996-111 (PDF, 37 kB)
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Provenance Russell, Peter, 1921-2003
Repository University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections
Subject Headings Authors, English--20th century--Correspondence
English poetry--20th century
Grindea, Miron.
Russell, Peter, 1921-2003
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