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Title
Date(s)
- 1961-1973 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
7 cm of textual records.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Poet and author. Born in London, England in 1933. Moved to California from British Columbia in the 1960s. Member of the TISH group of Canadian West Coast poets. Biographical information available in Contemporary authors, new rev. ser., v. 16, p. 45.
Repository
Archival history
Acquired through William Hoffer, Bookseller in 1979.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of letters from poets Earle Birney, George Bowering, Frank Davey, David Dawson, Al Purdy and others, discussing poetry, the TISH poetry group and various other topics; letters from Louis Dudek, Fred Cogswell and Victor Coleman relating to D. Bromige's submission of poetry to various periodicals for publication consideration; correspondence with Atlantic Monthly relating to a poem by G. Bowering published in that periodical; and manuscripts of poetry by G. Bowering and an analysis by D. Bromige of G. Bowering's poem The red hot element.
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.
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Title based on contents of the fonds.