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Title
Date(s)
- 1944-1988 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
9 m of textual records and other material.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian playwright and novelist. Born in Deep Creek in the Athabasca region of Alberta on July 27, 1932. Died in Summerland, British Columbia, on November 18, 1987. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 1027-1028; The Oxford companion to Canadian theatre, p. 479-481; and in The ecstasy of resistance: a biography of George Ryga, by James F. Hoffman (Toronto: ECW Press, 1995).
Archival history
MsC 20 acquired in 1976, 1985, 1988. MsC 153 donated by Nick and Nettie Evasiuk in 1988. MsC 154 donated by Kathleen Boulter in 1988.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of personal and business correspondence; and manuscripts of and material relating to G. Ryga's poetry, short stories, novels, musical works, essays, addresses, screenplays, and radio, television and stage plays. Two small appendices (MsC 153, 154) consisting of material relating to G. Ryga and acquired from other sources include correspondence and photocopies of an essay by and articles about G. Ryga. Accession 614/97.3 consists of a long-play recording, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, words by George Ryga, music by Ann Mortifee. (Ann Mortifee, vocalist; Chief Dan George, Ann Mortifee, Peter Haworth, voices; Paul Horn, flute; various musicians.) (Vancouver: Kerygma Records, [1973?]).
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
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Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Searchable online database.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Related fonds are MsC 21, Renée L. Paris fonds, and MsC 157 and Acc 771/04.21, George Ryga & Associates fonds.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note
Includes 44 sound recordings and 4 photographs.