Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1900-2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
25.89 m of textual records
821 photoprints : b&w and col. ; 8x10" or smaller
26 audio cassettes
4x 1/4-inch open reel
83 posters : 20x25" or smaller
5 CD
7 VHS
2 DVD
Artworks
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Author and playwright. Born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on September 11, 1934; moved to Canada in 1969. Biographical information available in The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 1014-1015.
Archival history
Acquired in several accessions between 1983 and 1999.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence with editors, publishers, educators, authors and others; royalty statements and financial records; diaries; notebooks; interviews; photographs; manuscripts, ranging from rough drafts to final proofs and production scripts, of stage plays, short stories and novels; articles about L. Rooke; reviews; published work; and sound recordings of radio broadcasts featuring L. Rooke or his work, chiefly produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Fonds is arranged into eighteen series:
- Artwork and exhibitions
- Audiovisual and graphic materials
- Awards and nominations
- Correspondence
- Editing
- Financial and legal records
- Juries and assessments
- Manuscripts
- Miscellaneous
- Published works
- Readings, conferences and public appearances
- Teaching and mentoring
- Translations
- Various
- Works by Leon Rooke
- Works by other authors
- Works for children
- Works on Leon Rooke
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.
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 Leon Rooke see the ECW Press fonds (Accession 297/82.11, 382/86.4).
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note
Further accruals expected.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
Access points
Subject access points
- Authors, Canadian
- Dramatists, Canadian
- Canadian Literary and Cultural Archives
- Novels
- Publications
- Manuscripts
- Correspondence
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Sound recordings
- Photographs
- Conference material
- Teaching
- Art
- Awards
- Short stories
- Poets
- Poetry
- Audio-visual materials
- Video recordings
- Electronic records
Place access points
Name access points
- Rooke, Leon (Subject)