Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1941- (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2.6 m. of textual records and other material.
4 VHS
3 1/4 inch open reels
5 audio cassettes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian author and educator. Born November 10, 1922 in Montreal, Quebec. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 94-95; and The feminist companion to literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present, p. 86-87.
Archival history
Acquired in 1987, 1991 and 1998 from C. Beresford-Howe.
Intellectually rearranged and accessioned. September 2023 (CLC)>
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of the following series: correspondence; manuscript; published work; scrapbook; works on Constance Beresford-Howe; miscellaneous; and sound recordings.
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 in English and some 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
Additional archival material, notably the manuscript for the novel The unreasoning heart, located at Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Libraries, Montreal, Quebec.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.