On Miracle Ground XIV:
Durrell and the Archive: The Modernist Milieu
June 25-29, 2006 | Durrell and the Archive

The Special
Collections of the McPherson Library at the University of
Victoria houses a collection of correspondence, manuscript, typscript, and
print works by and about Lawrence Durrell. Excellent ancillary materials are
also on hand. The Durrell holdings largely derive from Alfred Perles'
correspondence with and collection of Durrell and Henry Miller.
Other well represented authors in the Special Collections' English
Literature Collections include:
:. Robert Graves
:. T. S. Eliot
:. Herbert Read
:. Henry Miller
:. John Betjeman
:. Ezra Pound
:. E. M. Forster
:. Michael Fraenkel
:. David Gascoyne
:. John Cowper Powys
Nearby archives, in Vancouver (accessible by ferry or air), include the University of British Columbia's
Rare
Books and Special Collections, which is particularly strong for its
Nineteenth Century materials and Malcolm Lowry collection.
Simon Fraser University, in Burnaby, also houses an excellent Contemporary Literature Collection with over 40,000
items and 146 metres of manuscripts. Highlighted authors within that collection
include Ezra Pound, H.D., Gertrude Stein, the Black Mountain movement, the San
Francisco Renaissance, the Beats, the New York School, and the Tish group.
Whenever possible, we will attempt to accommodate papers and presentations on
topics related to these local archival holdings, provided thematic ties can be
made to a panel within the conference. Authors should consider proposing
coherent panels or detailing connections to the conference's thematic foci in
their proposal.