Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [190-]-[ca. 2004] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
ca. 10.2 m of textual records
149 photoprints : black and white ; 30 x 22 cm or smaller
82 photoprints : colour ; 27 x 19 cm or smaller
20 photonegatives : black and white
2 ink sketches
6 contact sheets
29 audio cassettes
1 VHS
1 CD
72 3.5-inch diskettes
12 5.25-inch diskettes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian poet and educator Robert Hilles was born in Kenora, Ontario, on November 13, 1951. Biographical information available in Contemporary authors, v. 165, p. 159-160, and The Oxford companion to Canadian literature, 2nd ed., p. 533.
Archival history
Donated by R. Hilles in 1998 and 2004.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence and manuscripts of poems, poetry collections, prose, novels, short stories, speeches and book reviews as well as manuscripts submitted to various journals/anthologies and granting agencies. Also includes notebooks, diaries and journals, photographs, published works in journals and anthologies, reviews and articles about R. Hilles and miscellaneous material, including works by others.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts - Fiction
- Manuscripts - Non-Fiction
- Manuscripts - Submitted to Various Journals/Anthologies or Granting Agencies
- Published Works
- Works about Robert Hilles
- Professional activities
- Personal
- Works by others
- Journals/Calendars/Notebooks
- Research
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 and one item in Croatian.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note
Further accruals expected.