sheila watson fonds finding guide - St. Michael's College - University ...

SERIES 1.0. FILE 2006 01 11
Title: Diary from Toronto and Edmonton
Date Range: [after July 1958]
Physical Extent: 0.5 cm of textual material (160 p.) : 12.8 x 20.3 cm
Scope and Content:
File consists of a notebook containing 9 pages of reading notes and 36 pages of line drawings of
bears, squirrels, plants and landscapes by Watson with her observations and reflections about nature.
These entries may have been made while Watson was visiting her husband Wilfred during the
summer months.
Notes:
No publication of this material, in whole or in part, without the permission of the Literary Executor.
Title based on contents of the file.
Dates based on dates of reading note subjects.
Location: File 2006 01 11 Box 2
SERIES 1.0. FILE 2006 01 12
Title: Diary from Toronto and Edmonton
Date Range: January 13, 1959 – May, 1962.
Physical Extent: 1.5 cm of textual material (288 p.) : 16.5 x 21.9 cm
Scope and Content:
File consists of a notebook containing 210 pages of diary entries, reading notes, line drawings and
ephemera. Entries include reflections by Watson on her emotional state, her research on Wyndham
Lewis, descriptions of wildlife (particularly birds), her experience of Toronto and Edmonton, her
reaction to books she was reading, and her correspondence with her husband Wilfred and others.
Notes:
No publication of this material, in whole or in part, without the permission of the Literary Executor.
Title based on contents of the file.
Ephemera has been removed to an adjoining envelope.
Location: File 2006 01 12 Box 2
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