Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1968-1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1.0 m of textual records.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
A non-profit research organization founded in May 1973 to investigate all aspects of Canadian literature, publishing and culture. Originally staffed by English Department students from Glendon College and York University, the foundation operated out of Peterborough, Ontario, later moving to Victoria, British Columbia. CANLIT carried out a number of surveys relating to Canadian literature, for example, publishers' sales statistics, use in school English curricula, readership, etc., and published a number of books between 1974 and 1980 based on analyses of the surveys. Also published Paper phoenix : a history of book publishing in English Canada (1980). Peter Birdsall, Dolores Broten and Gail Donald, among others, have been active in the organization from its inception.
Archival history
Acquired in 1978.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence, various survey returns, research material for CANLIT publications and other miscellaneous material.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Fonds is arranged into the following:
- Correspondence
- Bibliographies, Guidebooks
- Educational Materials
- Surveys
- Sales
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
French
Script of material
Language and script notes
One file is in French
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.