Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1950]-1998 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.2 m of textual records
1 photoprint: b&w ; 5x3.5"
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George C. Gahan was born in Montreal, Quebec, April 19, 1931. First met Robert Kroetsch in 1950 when they were roommates as employees of the catering contractors Crawley and McCracken on a construction site in Churchill, Manitoba. Friendship further cemented when G.C. Gahan returned to Montreal a year or two later and Kroetsch was studying at McGill under Hugh MacLennan. In 1958 Gahan moved to New Zealand where he owns a bookstore. He visited Kroetsch in Calgary on his first return visit to Canada in 1979; Kroetsch has since visited Gahan in New Zealand several times.
Archival history
Donated by G.C. Gahan in 1998 and 1999.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of letters, postcards, Christmas cards discussing R. Kroetsch's social life, work, writing and plans for his trips to New Zealand as well as critiquing G.C. Gahan's writing. Correspondence is from Kingston, Ontario, Goose Bay, Labrador, Montreal, Quebec, Bread Loaf, Vermont, Heisler, Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Mexico, Oakland, California, Iowa City, Iowa, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Victoria, B.C. Some letters are from G. Gahan to R. Kroetsch and from Jane Kroetsch.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arrangement has been imposed by archivist and is arranged into two series:
- Correspondence
- Photographs
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
- No restrictions on access.
- Records may contain personal information.
- Records may contain culturally insensitive content.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
For additional archival material relating to Robert Kroetsch see Robert Kroetsch fonds
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
Access points
Name access points
- Kroetsch, Robert (Subject)
- Gahan, George C. (Subject)
- Kroetsch, Jane (Subject)
- Kroetsch, Laura (Subject)
- Kamboureli, Smaro (Subject)
- Gahan, Betty (Subject)