J. Andrew Wainwright Fonds (MS-2-636)
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Dalhousie University Archives Finding Aid - J. Andrew Wainwright fonds (MS-2-636) Generated by the Archives Catalogue and Online Collections on January 23, 2017 Dalhousie University Archives 6225 University Avenue, 5th Floor, Killam Memorial Library Halifax Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4R2 Telephone: 902-494-3615 Email: [email protected] http://dal.ca/archives http://findingaids.library.dal.ca/j-andrew-wainwright-fonds J. Andrew Wainwright fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Collection holdings .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Correspondence of J. Andrew Wainwright (1969-1995) ............................................................................. 5 Published Works (1968-1994) .................................................................................................................... 17 Notes for a Native Land (1968-1969) ..................................................................................................... 18 Moving Outward (1966-1970) ................................................................................................................. 26 Requiem Journals (1974-1976) ................................................................................................................ 27 After the War (1981) ............................................................................................................................... 28 Flight of the Falcon (1986-1987) ............................................................................................................ 29 World Enough and Time (1984-1988) .................................................................................................... 31 Landscape and Desire (1992) .................................................................................................................. 33 Margaret Laurence (1989-1994) .............................................................................................................. 33 Unpublished Works (1963-1980) ............................................................................................................... 47 Dalhousie University Archives Page 2 MS-2-636 J. Andrew Wainwright fonds Summary information Repository: Dalhousie University Archives Title: J. Andrew Wainwright fonds Reference code: MS-2-636 Date: 1960-1995 (date of creation) Language: English Physical description: 83 cm of textual records of textual records. - 7 photographs ; b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller Note [generalNote]: Preferred citation: [Identification of item], J. Andrew Wainwright fonds, MS-2-636, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note J. Andrew Wainwright was born 12 May 1946 in Toronto, Ontario. He received his B.A. (Hons.) in 1969 at the University of Toronto. He spent time in the early 1970s travelling to Spain, Greece and England. He moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia to pursue his MA (1973) and PH. D. (1978) in English at Dalhousie University. He has been an English professor at Dalhousie University since 1979, focusing on modern and postmodern (Canadian) literature; Native-Canadian Studies; gender studies; multicultural fiction and poetry; intercultural issues and popular culture. Wainwright’s first foray into Canadian literature was as editor of an anthology called Notes for a Native Land in 1969 and Soundings : New Canadian Poets in 1970 with Jack Berry Ludwig. He followed by writing the poetry Moving Outward (1970), The Requiem Journals (1976), After the War (1981) and Flight of the Falcon: Scott’s Journey to the South Pole 1910-12 (1987). He later wrote a work of non-fiction, World Enough and Time: Charles Bruce, A Literary Biography in 1988. He also edited a collection of letters and reminiscing in A Very Large Soul: Margaret Laurence’s Letters to Canadian Writers (1995). Further works written by Wainwright include Landscape and Desire: Poems Selected and New (1992); A Deathful Ridge: A Novel of Everest (1997); A Far Time (2001); The Confluence (2007); Blazing Figures: a Life of Robert Markle (2009). He has also edited The Mulgrave Road : Selected Poems of Charles Bruce (1985) ; Border Lines : Contemporary Poems in English (1995) and Every Grain of Sand : Canadian Perspectives on Ecology and Environment (2004). Dalhousie University Archives Page 3 MS-2-636 J. Andrew Wainwright fonds Custodial history The records of this fonds were donated to the Dalhousie Archives by J. Andrew Wainwright in two installments, one in 1992 and the other in 1995. Scope and content This fonds includes correspondence from other Canadian writers, 1969-1995 ; manuscripts of published poetry and books, 1969-95; manuscripts of unpublished poetry, 1960-83; and research notes. Notes Title notes Arrangement The fonds is arranged in three series. Correspondence Published Works Unpublished Works Restrictions on access All unpublished works are closed and all correspondence is closed, unless written consent has been given by J.Andrew Wainwright or Marjorie Stone to the researcher. Published works have no access restrictions. Conditions governing use Materials do not circulate and must be used in the Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. Materials may be under copyright. Contact departmental staff for guidance on reproduction. Accruals Further accruals are expected. Other notes • Publication status: Published Dalhousie University Archives Page 4 MS-2-636 J. Andrew Wainwright fonds Access points • Textual record (documentary form) • Authors, Canadian--20th century (subject) • Canadian literature (subject) • Faculty papers (subject) • Manuscripts (subject) • Non-fiction (subject) • Personal archives (subject) • Poetry--Manuscripts (subject) • Poets, Canadian (subject) • Research notes (subject) Collection holdings Series: Correspondence of J. Andrew Wainwright Title: Correspondence of J. Andrew Wainwright Date: 1969-1995 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series contains general correspondence between J. Andrew Wainwright and other Canadian writers. Correspondence regarding Wainwright's manuscripts and publications are included in the Published Works and Unpublished Works series. Physical description: 18 cm of textual records Restrictions on access: All files are restricted in this series, unless written consent is given by J. Andrew Wainwright or Marjorie Stone to the researcher. File: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 8 - Correspondence with Margaret Atwood Title: Correspondence with Margaret Atwood Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 8 Date: 1974 (date of creation) Physical description: 4 pages Dalhousie University Archives Page 5 MS-2-636 J. Andrew Wainwright fonds File: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 1 - Correspondence with Bill Bissett Title: Correspondence with Bill Bissett Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 1 Date: [19??] (date of creation) Physical description: 2 pages File: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 2 - Correspondence with George Bowering Title: Correspondence with George Bowering Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 2 Date: 1980-1991 (date of creation) Physical description: 12 pages File: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 9 - Correspondence with George Bowering Title: Correspondence with George Bowering Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 9 Date: 1992-1994 (date of creation) Physical description: 7 pages File: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 3 - Correspondence with Ernest Buckler Title: Correspondence with Ernest Buckler Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 3 Date: 1973 (date of creation) Physical description: 1 page File: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 10 - Correspondence with Lorna Crozier Title: Correspondence with Lorna Crozier Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 10 Date: 1994 (date of creation) Physical description: 1 page Dalhousie University Archives Page 6 MS-2-636 J. Andrew Wainwright fonds File: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 4 - Correspondence with Timothy Findley Title: Correspondence with Timothy Findley Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 4 Date: 1982-1991 (date of creation) Physical description: 3 pages File: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 11 - Correspondence with Timothy Findley Title: Correspondence with Timothy Findley Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 4, Folder 11 Date: 1994 (date of creation) Physical description: 2 pages File: MS-2-636, Box 5, Folder 50 - Correspondence with Timothy Findley Title: Correspondence with Timothy Findley Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 5, Folder 50 Date: 1995 (date of creation) Physical description: 1 page File: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 5 - Correspondence with Shelia Fischman Title: Correspondence with Shelia Fischman Reference code: MS-2-636, Box 1, Folder 5 Date: 1971 (date of creation)