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The archive of celebrated Canadian film director-producer Norman Jewison contains photographs and publicity materials, papers and correspondence, shooting scripts and schedules primarily for films directed or produced by Jewison between the years 1975 and 2003. Materials related to the films Fiddler on the Roof, …And Justice for All, A Soldier's Story, Moonstruck, The Hurricane, The Statement and others undertaken by Jewison are held in this collection. Norman Jewison graduated from Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1949. As a student he was involved in writing, directing and acting in various theatrical productions, including the All-Varsity Revue in 1949. In 2004 Norman Jewison was appointed Chancellor of Victoria University |
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Northrop Frye (1912-1991) Scholar, literary critic, and teacher. A comprehensive collection of correspondence, literary manuscripts, published work, professional and personal writings, photographs and audio-visual materials of this world-renowned scholar and professor of English. There are, in addition, over 2000 monographs annotated by Frye in the collection. The author of such works as Fearful Symmetry and Anatomy of Criticism, Northrop Frye joined Victoria College as lecturer in 1939 and became Principal of the college in 1959. Frye was Chancellor of Victoria University from 1978-1991. |
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A significant research collection of more than 3000 items, includings books by and about Virginia Woolf and other members of the Bloomsbuiry Group. The collection contains all the books hand-printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf including many variant issues, bindings and proof copies. The design interest of the Bloomsbury group are represented by the work of Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, Duncan Grant, Clive Bell and Stephen Tomlin. Tomlin's bronze busts of Virginia Woolf and Lytton Stratchey are displayed in the Special Collections Reader Room. A substantial number of ephemeral publications, press catalogues, announcements and notices enhance the research utility of the collections. The Kenneth Clark and the S.P. Rosenbaum collection include Bloomsbury related material as well. |
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A research collection of international significance containing manuscripts and printed books belonging to Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834) and others of his circle, including William Wordsworth, Robert Southey and Charles Lamb. It provides an especially rich resource for the study of Coleridge's private papers, marginalia and informal conversation. Foremost among the manuscripts is the 'Autograph of Christabel' presented by Coleridge to Sara Hutchinson. Other items of note are Coleridge's unpublished 'Opus Maximum' and transcripts of many of his sermons and lectures |
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Peter Jones (1802-1856) Ojibwa Chief, Methodist missionary and educator. Correspondence, addresses, draft autobiography, draft history of the Ojibwa Indians, notes for sermons, and notes for addresses on North American Indians. Articles about Jones and material relating to his wife, Eliza Jones also form part of the collection. Jones' "Anecdote Book" and miniature portraits of Peter and Eliza Jones are highlights of this collection. |
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