Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1989-2006 (gaps exist) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
20 cm of textual material
3 audio cassettes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Howard Wiseman (MFA, University of Southern California) is an Associate Professor of Screenwriting at York University where he has taught since 2006 and a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre. He has been certified as a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher by Dharma Moon and Tibet House in New York City.
Archival history
Material created by donor and transferred to the University of Calgary in 2024.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Initial accrual received from donor December 2024.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of radio scripts of Mordecai Richler’s Barney’s Version, television and motion picture scripts for Richler’s St. Urbain’s Horseman, Richler’s books (Barney’s Version, Solomon Gursky was Here, and St. Urbain’s Horseman), some with extensive annotations, and audio cassettes for the radio adaption of Solomon Gursky was Here.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Fonds is arranged into the following:
- Radio scripts
- Television scripts
- Motion picture scripts
- Published Works
- Audio cassettes
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content of the audio cassettes is available.