Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on the creator of the fonds
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1931-1995 (Creation)
- Creator
- Drew, Wayland
Physical description area
Physical description
2.6 m of textual records
ca. 442 photographs
9 posters
9 drawings
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Wayland Drew was born in 1932 in Oshawa, Ontario. He graduated with a B.A. Honours in 1957 from Victoria College at the University of Toronto. He majored in English Language and Literature. He married Gwendolyn Parrott in October of 1957. They had four… Read more
Custodial history
This fonds was created by and in the custody of Wayland Drew before it was donated to Trent University Archives.
Scope and content
This fonds consists of correspondence, documents, and manuscripts. Included are personal letters, articles, essays, journals and daily planning books, research notes, drafts of books and plays in manuscript form (including an unpublished first novel),… Read more
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
This fonds was donated by Wayland Drew. Materials in box 2, folder 22a added in 2011; received through donation from Grant Stephenson
Restrictions on access
Permission of the University Archivist required for access to Box 1, and Box 2 Folders 1-22.
Generated finding aid
Associated materials
See also the collection of correspondence, 1961-1998, between Wayland Drew and his friend H. Allen Brooks (IMC-009)
General note
Large materials located in the Large Materials Cabinet - Drawer 39.