Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1970-2005 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
29.2 m of textual records and other material
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian author born on May 26, 1954 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Biographical information available in The feminist companion to literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present, p. 1109-1110; Who's who in Canadian literature 1987-88, p. 332; and Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 1152-1153.
Archival history
Acquired between 1985 and 2007.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, articles, essays, lectures, papers, reviews, speeches, screenplay and thesis; material relating to A. van Herk's editing, teaching, membership in various organizations including the Writers Guild of Alberta and the Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts, and on various committees; photographs; sound recordings; research material; published work; and works on A. van Herk. Also includes MsC 56, a small appendix consisting of material from the Canadian Book Information Centre described in entry for Canadian Book Information Centre; and MsC 330, an audio cassette recording of A. van Herk reading her short story, Mining darkness, on CBC Radio's Aircraft, March 1989. Accession 857/09.1 consists of 1.32 m of textual records donated by Aritha van Herk and Rudy Wiebe which is restricted during their lifetimes.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some items restricted.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text predominately in English, and some text in German, Finnish, Dutch and Spanish.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Files are listed in pdf and within hierarchy above.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
For additional archival material relating to Aritha van Herk see Young Women's Christian Association (Calgary, Alta.), Material relating to Aritha van Herk's nominations for the 1988 and 1992 Women of Distinction Awards (Acc 433/88.14).
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Note
Further accruals expected.
Note
Includes 97 photographs and 6 audio cassettes.