Roy Daniells fonds Compiled by Laurenda Daniells with Cheryl Niamath (1991) Revised by Jennifer Pecho (2009) and Erwin Wodarczak (2011) University of British Columbia Archives Table of Contents Fonds Description o Title / Dates of Creation / Physical Description o Biographical Sketch o Scope and Content o Notes Series Descriptions o Correspondence series. - 1908-1980. o Biographical Materials series. - 1897-1979. o Journals and Diaries series. - 1921-1978. o Speeches series. - 1939-1978. o Broadcasts series. - 1940-1979. o Manuscripts - Poetry series. - 1920-1979. o Manuscripts - Prose series. - 1930-1979. o Subject Files series. - 1948-1979. o Teaching Material series. - 1957-1976. o Research Files series. - 1930-1979. o Newspaper Clippings series. - 1925-1976. o Reviews series. - [194- - 197-] o Offprints series - Daniells. - 1960-[197-] o Offprints series - Others. - [194- - 197-] o Financial Records series. - 1948-1979. o Postcards series. - 1903-1979. o Memorabilia series. - 1910-1959. o Photograph series. - 1893-1979. o Miscellaneous series. - 1921-1979. o Audio-Visual Recordings series. - 1972-1979, 1981, 1986. Sous-fonds Descriptions o Coates/Cassidy sous-fonds. - 1930-1953. o James and Constance Daniells sous-fonds. - 1884-1957. o Posthumous Letters of Sympathy sous-fonds. - 1979. File List Catalogue entry (UBC Library catalogue) Fonds Description Roy Daniells fonds. – 1884-1979. 8.3 m of textual records. ca. 1500 photographs. 7 sound recordings. 2 video recordings. Biographical Sketch Born in London, England, Roy Daniells emigrated to Victoria, B.C. with his family in 1910. He received a B.A. from University of British Columbia (1930) before continuing his graduate education in English at the University of Toronto (M.A., 1931 and Ph.D., 1936). After serving as head of the Department of English at the University of Manitoba, Daniells came to UBC in 1946. He became head of the department following the retirement of G.G. Sedgewick in 1948 and continued in this position until 1965. At that time, he was named the first University Professor of English Language and Literature. Daniells authored two volumes of poetry and wrote extensively on Canadian literature. He is best known for his studies of seventeenth century English literature, particularly the work of John Milton. He died in 1979. Scope and Content Fonds consists of Daniells' personal and professional incoming and outgoing correspondence, diaries, speeches, radio broadcasts, manuscripts, poetry, subject files, research files, postcards and postcard collections, clippings, financial records, audio material, photographs, memorabilia and printed material. Also included are the records of Roy's parents, James and Constance Daniells. The correspondence series contains thousands of letters from major literary figures such as Earle Birney, Robert Finch, Desmond Pacey, Northrop Frye, Herbert Davis, E.K. Brown, A.S.P. Woodhouse, as well as writers, poets, and artists such as Paul Hiebert (Sara Binks), Carol Coates, Max Maynard, Jack Shadbolt and others. His own works are represented by manuscripts of his poetry, fiction, drama, scholarly work on Milton and modernism and Canadian literature, speeches and broadcasts, autobiography, diaries, and many letters to his family. The fonds also contains letters of sympathy received by Daniells’ family after his death. Notes Title based on the contents of the fonds. Donated to University Archives by Laurenda Daniells, in December 1990. File 49-4a (Correspondence with Reg Ingram) donated by Doreen Ingram in October 1990. Some materials were vandalised in a burglary prior to being transferred to the Archives, and it was not possible in all cases to restore the original order. File list available. More extensive biographical and scope notes are available in the "hard copy" version of this file list. Series Descriptions Correspondence series. – 1908-1980. 1.72 m of textual records. Series consists chiefly of incoming correspondence with a few carbon copies or manuscript copies of outgoing correspondence interspersed. The material is arranged in chronological order by year. Daniells' life integrated personal, scholarly and academic work and the correspondence reflects this. First names or nicknames have been used if the writer is unidentified. For ease of use most of the letters from Daniells' parents have been separated from the rest of the correspondence but kept within the yearly chronology. The Coates-Cassidy correspondence which was originally with this series has been removed because of the fragility of the materials and grouped with other Coates-Cassidy materials. For reasons of privacy some correspondence has been restricted for a short time period. There are also letters in other series including speech, broadcast, subject, student records, research, and miscellaneous series. Biographical Materials series. – 1897-1979. 12 cm of textual records. Series consists of biographical information and memorabilia compiled by Daniells about himself and members of his family. Materials include genealogies, CVs, academic records, appointment notices, passports, certificates, and articles. Journals and Diaries series. – 1921-1978. 19 cm of textual records. Series consists of journals and diaries kept regularly by Daniells from 1921 till two days before his death. Included in most of the years are simple accounts of daily activities and cash accounts. In some years, particularly in the 1930s, there are more intimate details of emotions and anxieties. Programs, invitations etc. which were kept with the diaries have been left in place (except for those disturbed by vandalism). Daniells' parents also kept regular diaries which record most of the events of his life prior to 1921 when his own diary keeping began. Speeches series. – 1939-1978. 42 cm of textual records. Series consists of speeches given by Daniells to clubs, teachers' organizations etc. From 1939 on he kept many of his notes and addresses. He sometimes kept the correspondence relating to the requested talk filed with the talk itself or in his general correspondence. In some cases the addresses or lectures which were part of a larger occasion may be found in subject files rather than in this series. Page numbers (not always noted) refer to the manuscript or typescript only. Broadcasts series. – 1940-1979. 8 cm. of textual records. Series consists of scripts of radio broadcasts, chiefly from the nineteen forties and fifties. Most of Daniells' broadcasts were done for the CBC and were carried nationally. The scripts were generally retained by the CBC and Daniells kept only a small selection of them. Manuscripts - Poetry series. – 1920-1979. 12 cm of textual records. Series consists of poetry manuscripts by Daniells, in various styles. Daniells published two volumes of poetry and poems in many different journals. However, in spite of requests from publishers and friends, he did not publish, or try to publish, the majority of his poetry. His work falls in several different categories. His serious poems were traditional both in subject matter and form. He wrote a considerable amount of religious verse, love poetry and also (latterly) poems about the environment. He enjoyed writing what he described as "occasional verse" and was frequently asked to do so by his colleagues and friends. In addition he wrote, with lightning speed, small limericks and verses which he threw away but were often gathered up by others and returned. Materials in this series were vandalised in a burglary prior to being transferred to the Archives and it was not possible to restore the original order. A rough chronological order has been attempted but if verses were found in folders together, apparently in an order established by Daniells, they have been left together. During the burglary some of Daniells' teaching materials were mixed in with his own poetry, and it is possible that even after processing a few may still be in this series. Manuscripts - Prose series. – 1930-1979. 54 cm of textual records. Series consists of prose manuscripts. Daniells customarily wrote first drafts in long hand, second drafts were usually typed. Revisions were often made by cutting and pasting. Files were frequently kept under the name of the person or journal for whom the work was being done. The first part of the series includes university essays, articles for periodicals, contributions to books etc., as well as a short piece which he wrote a few hours before his death as a farewell statement. The second part consists of drafts, in manuscript and typescript, of Milton, Mannerism and Baroque and the completed, but not revised, manuscript of Daniells' planned book on mannerism in English literature. Subject Files series. – 1948-1979. 1.02 m of textual records. Series consists of correspondence, notes, published materials, and other materials containing what Daniells considered useful information. Up until 1972 he weeded these files fairly frequently, incorporating the correspondence into his correspondence files, leaving only cumulative files. Post-1972 they were weeded less often. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject - oversized materials are filed separately. Teaching Material series. – 1957-1976. 25 cm of textual records. Series consists of summaries of courses which were sent to students in the courses; class lists and marks; individual student files containing correspondence, exams, and marks; a sampling of Daniells' lectures. After his retirement he weeded these records out extensively. The few samples that remain