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• Title:Irene Howard fonds
  
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• Author/Creator:Howard, Irene, 1922-
  
• Published/Created:1892-2011, predominant 1967-2008
  

• Holdings

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1257
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Box 1-14.
    
    

  • Location:RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1257
    
  • Number of Items:14
    
  • Status:c.1 Box 9 Requested
    
  • Location Has:Box 1-14.
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Howard, Irene, 1922-
  Johnson, Arne.
  Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada.
  
• Description:1. 59 m of textual and other materials
  
• Summary:The Irene Howard fonds consists of general correspondence and materials related to Howard's personal interests and associations, and materials relating to her work as researcher, literary agent and writer. The fonds is divided into eight series: Association involvement and general interest; Interview recordings; Photographs and maps; "Monday Morning" magazine issues; Literary activities; NDP campaigns materials; Materials related to Ronald Liversedge; and Gold dust on his shirt publication records. The Gold dust series is further subdivided into Publication records and Research records. The fonds includes research notes, notebooks, file cards, photocopied materials from various sources, correspondence (with publishers, research subjects, colleagues, librarians and archivists), drafts of Howard's books and essays, biographical materials, newsletters, magazines, newspaper clippings, articles, pamphlets, brochures, photographs and cassette tapes.
  
• Biography/history note:Born in Prince Rupert, B.C., Irene Howard is a freelance writer, researcher, broadcaster and teacher of English Literature. She graduated from Normal School, obtained her teaching certificate from the University of Victoria in 1943 and graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1948. She completed her M.A. in Medieval Literature in 1964 and taught at the elementary, college and university levels from 1941 to 1983. Since 1956 Howard has been active in researching and writing local history. Her books include a history of Swedes in Vancouver and a biography of Ethel Wilson.
  
• Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
  
• Notes:Title based on the contents of the fonds.