Stollmeyer Collection of Derek Walcott
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Stollmeyer Collection of Derek Walcott
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General notes
The first set of material acquired comprised the illustrations and set drawings for The Joker of Seville. The second installment, a substantial collection (manuscripts of plays, poems, correspondence, scrap books, photographs), covers the period when Walcott was based in Trinidad and Tobago and the establishment and activity of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, as well as much of his poetry and prose up to 1981. The third set of material acquired consists of the manuscripts for the poem Omeros.
The collection at UWI St. Augustine was purchased from Walcott in two tranches. In 1999 the University of Toronto acquired the literary papers relating to Walcott's poetic, theatrical and prose writings from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.
The Derek Walcott Collection was named to UNESCO's prestigious Memory of the World Register in recognition of its international significance.
The collection at UWI St. Augustine was purchased from Walcott in two tranches. In 1999 the University of Toronto acquired the literary papers relating to Walcott's poetic, theatrical and prose writings from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.
The Derek Walcott Collection was named to UNESCO's prestigious Memory of the World Register in recognition of its international significance.
Content notes
Contains original drawings and paintings by Derek Walcott for his plays O Babylon!, Marie Laveau, Pantomime, as well as other works
Extent
2 boxes (75 centimetres)
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Ms Coll. 772