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Reginald Eyre Watters fonds
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Fonds
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1959-1971 (Creation)
- Creator
- Watters, Reginald Eyre
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11 m of textual records
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Biographical history
Reginald Eyre Watters, professor and bibliographer, was born in 1912. He was educated at the University of Toronto where he received a B.A (1935) and an M.A. (1937) and the University of Wisconsin where he received a Ph.D. in 1941. He held a number of academic positions at various universities including University of Wisconsin (1939-41), University of Washington (1941-44), University of British Columbia (1946-61) and Royal Military College of Canada where he was Professor and Head of English Department (1961-76) and Acting Dean of Arts (1968-69, 1972-73).
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts and prepublication mock-ups relating to the various publications of Dr. Watters. The largest part of the correspondence relates to the British Columbia Anthology.
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Donated by Dr. R.E. Watters, 1976 and Beth Watters, 1999,
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- English
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Location of originals
2058
2058.1
3735.7
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Open
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None
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No further accruals are expected