The British Columbia History Internet/Web Site

Historical Disciplines and Subjects: Literary

Literary / Publishing / Journalism / Writing History

This section includes bibliographical and librarianship history.

• The bp Nicol Project (Coach House Books). This Web site documents the life and works of Barrie Phillip Nicol (1944-1988) who was born in Vancouver, BC, and became widely known for his concerete poety while living there in the 1960s.
• The British Columbia Digital Library (Compiled by David Mattison; hosted by the BC Community Networks Association). A guide to BC digital collections, primarily of print formats (books, serials, ephemera), and with extensive links to electronic collections around the world.
• Canada's Early Women Writers (Simon Fraser University Library). Developed by Department of English Professor Carole Gerson, this database documents nearly 500 women writers who "lived in Canada or wrote about Canada, and authored an English-language book or pamphlet of fiction or poetry that was published before 1940." Date added: 2002-04-30.
• Canadian Literature Archive (University of Manitoba).
• Canadian Poetry Archive (National Library of Canada) contains a database and biographies of over 100 early Canadian English and French language poets.
• Canadian Private Presses (National Library of Canada). Barbarian Press is one of the seven highlighted presses and is based in Mission, BC. Date added: 2002-04-30.
• Canadian Publishers' Records Database (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC): Instructions for access via SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing).
• Coach House Books (Toronto, ON). This innovative publisher makes many of its books available online.
• The Earle Birney Web Site (University College of the Cariboo and Canada's Digital Collections) is a posthumous tribute to this British Columbia author.
• "The First Newspapers on Canada's West Coast: 1858-1863" by Hugh Doherty, University of Victoria, Dept. of History Graduate Research Paper, 1973.
• "The History of the Book in British Columbia: A State of the Art Review" (Bibliographical Society of Canada) essay includes a link to a bibliography.
• Impressions: 250 Years of Printing in the Lives of Canadians Exhibit (National Library of Canada).
• Literary Manuscripts: A Guide to the Literary Fonds at the National Library of Canada. By Linda Hoad, Geralyn Dionne and Catherine Hobbs. Ottawa, ON: National Library of Canada, 2001. French ed.: Les Manuscrits littéraires.  Date accessed: 2002.04.09. Date added: 2002.04.09.
• The Pauline Johnson Archive (McMaster University and Canada's Digital Collections).
• Women in Canadian Librarianship and Bibliography: Celebrating Women's Achievements (National Library of Canada).
• Women in Canadian Life and Society, Music and Literature: Celebrating Women's Achievements (National Library of Canada).
• Women in the Book Trade: Celebrating Women's Achievements (National Library of Canada).

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Compiled by David Mattison, Victoria Telecommunity Network, BC. Copyright © 1995-2003 by David Mattison. This page may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my consent.