Photo of Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye Fonds

Series 11: Collected Northrop Frye records

Title:
Collected Northrop Frye records

Dates of Material:
1933–2001

Extent:
19 cm of textual records

Scope and content

Series consists of records collected from various sources that were created/accumulated by Northrop Frye or are related to him: includes general correspondence, 1946–1990, University of Toronto correspondence, 1933–1937, photographs, 1986–[1988?], correspondence relating to honary degrees and awards, 1961–1963, reviews, bibliographies, articles and collected essays, [195–?]–2001

File List

Box File Title
(Accession No. 2007.07)
General correspondence
1 1 Hoeniger, David. 18 sent 1946-1972
1 2 Fennell, William. 2 sent 1962, 1984
1 3 Cook, Eleanor. 22 sent 1977-1990
1 4 Elder, Jean. 2 sent 1986, 1988 (file includes addresses and other material relating to Northrop and Helen Frye)
Photographs
1 5 Photograph : b&w, [1988?]
P1 Diploma for honorary degree received from University of Bologna
1 6 Photocopy of photograph of Frye at desk with four students standing behind, 1986
1 6

Northrop Frye stamp, design based on photo by Lutz Dille, issued by Canada Post (2001?)

Honorary degrees and awards
1 7 Correspondence relating to Frye serving on Governor General's Literary Awards committee, 1961-1963
Reviews, bibliographies, articles and collected essays
1 8 Correspondence re nomination of Frye for Nobel Prize in literature, 1986
1 9 "Living with a legend" by Roseann Runte, [ca, 1997]
1 10 "Usiad" epic poem satire featuring a character based on Frye, [195-?]
Centre and Labyrinth : Essays in Honour of Northrop Frye ("Fryefest")
1 11 Contributors, 1981-1982
1 12 Editors, 1981-1985
1 13 University of Toronto Press, 1981-1983
1 14 Reviews, 1983
1 15 Costs/paperback edition, 1982-1990
1 16 Various printed material and correspondence about Frye, including the memorial service, 1991-2001
(Accession No. 2008.14)
University of Toronto correspondence
1 1 Certificate of graduation from University of Toronto and statement of academic record, 1933
1 2 Teaching appointment, 1937
1 3 Royal Society of Canada award payment, 1937
Reviews, bibliographies,articles and collected essays
1 4 Anecdotes and stories about Frye compiled for a proposed published collection by Jane Widdicombe, 1993 (includes Roseanne Runte material added in 1999)
1 5 Reviews, 1989-1997