- 2023-030/012(09)
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- 2002-2008
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
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Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence with literary agencies and publishers plus event invitations.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of records pertaining to the publication of “The Gunny Sack” mainly with Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. and Heinemann International. File also contains publisher reviews of Vassanji’s manuscripts.
Correspondence : publication and writing grants
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of records from publishing houses and literary funding agencies pertaining to Vassanji’s attempts of having “Uhuru Street” and “The Gunny Sack” published.
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Miscellaneous writing and notes
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of partial novels, essays, speeches and interviews by Vassanji.
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File consists of correspondence with unidentified dates and one photograph of a baby lying on a chair.
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Miscellaneous writing and notes
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of draft book reviews for publication and several speeches given at symposiums and awards ceremonies.
Humber School for Writers : correspondence
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence from students in Vassanji’s class. File includes samples of student writing.
Humber School for Writers : correspondence
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence from students in Vassanji’s class. File includes samples of student writing.
Humber School for Writers : correspondence
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence from students in Vassanji’s class. File includes samples of student writing.
Humber School for Writers : correspondence
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence from students in Vassanji’s class. File includes samples of student writing.
Humber School for Writers : correspondence
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence from students in Vassanji’s class. File includes samples of student writing.
Humber School for Writers : correspondence
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence from students in Vassanji’s class. File includes samples of student writing.
Greeting cards, wedding invitations and postcards
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Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
Order of Canada : documentation and letters of congratulation
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File contains records pertaining to Vassanji’s investiture in the Order of Canada on 10 June 2005.
ISTAR [Ismaili Students Total Achievement and Recognition]
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a heavily annotated draft speech.
Book tour itineraries and travel documents
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
The Globe and Mail advertising : “We the undersigned...”
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence, an original published article, and an invoice for a published statement condemning recent attacks on the United Talmud Torah elementary school library in Montreal, published on May 8, 2004. The article lists all people involved or who helped pay for its publication. The file also consists of brief notes from the undersigned as Vassanji organized the statement’s publication and wrote the piece.
“The monkey at the wedding” : draft manuscript
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a heavily annotated manuscript.
The In-Between Life of Vikram Lall : draft chapters 12-18
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of draft chapters annotated by Vassanji.
Draft one play script : the in-between life of Vikram Lall / by Abdu Simba
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a play script based on “The In-Between Life of Vikram Lall.” The script is lightly annotated by Vassanji.
Four Letter Word : Original Love Letters : proof pages of Vassanji’s contribution
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of two drafts of the introduction, written by Vassanji, to the 2007 edition of Mordecai Richler’s book “The Street.”
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
Research material : Maji-Maji uprising and witch doctors in Africa
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Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of annotated drafts of speeches Vassanji gave at convocations including Carleton University, York University, University of Toronto, and McMaster University.
Convocations : correspondence and invitations
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence from York University, McMaster University and the University of Toronto regarding convocations for honorary Doctor of Letters degrees.
Gujarat references : photocopies
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of photocopies and references used for research on the Gujarat State of India and its history.
Cover mock-ups for the Gunny Sack
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
Science articles authored or co-authored by Vassanji
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of five off-print articles published in scientific journals.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of an off-print guest editorial published in “Canadian Literature,” volume 190, autumn 2006. File also contains several annotated drafts of the editorial and index cards with notes for an acceptance speech on the same topic.
Lecture : writing from the places in-between
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of two drafts of a lecture given by Vassanji in Cordoba, Spain, for the Spanish Association of Interdisciplinary Studies in India.
Lecture : this place called in-between, in the country of nowhere
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of several drafts of the lecture given by Vassanji for the Arthur Ravenscroft Memorial Lecture, Leeds University, England.
Lecture : observations of a writer-at-large
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of three drafts of an address given at the University of Puerto Rico.
Lecture at Cornell : draft of lecture and promotional material
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
Introduction for the Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a draft copy of the speech, heavily annotated and edited by Vassanji. He was the keynote speaker at the prize event in 2016.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of several interview questions that include Vassanji’s handwritten answers.
Curriculum vitae : Moyez G. Vassanji
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
Africa and its Diaspora : public symposium : Simon Fraser University
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence and ephemera from the symposium.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence and program from the conference.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of notes about Giller Prize Award nominations.
Canada Council for the Arts : Governor General’s Literary Award and grants
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence and information pertaining to the Governor General’s Literary Award. Vassanji was a finalist for the “Assassin’s Song” in 2007 and won the award for nonfiction for “A Place Within: Rediscovering India” in 2009.
Rita’s voice : an excerpt of poems by Rita Gulnar
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a copy of a poetic response to prominent issues in Alfred Corbin’s diary or ‘book of secrets.” Corbin is a character from Vassanji’s novel “The Book of Secrets.”
The Abdullah Quartet : drafts with comments
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of two draft scripts, one electronically edited by an unknown individual.
The new dispensation : after George Floyd : essay drafts
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of three essay drafts, heavily edited and annotated by Vassanji.
A tin of cookies : short story
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a short story given to Vassanji, lightly edited. The author is unidentified.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of correspondence, travel arrangements, workshop program and an interview transcript between Vassanji and two members of the South Asian Studies Council, Yale University.
A Canadian responds : essay draft
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a response by Vassanji to the attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001. File also contains letters to The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail seeking publication, as well as to Bruce Westwood, literary agent.
“The Dilemma of Arrival” : response to newspaper article
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of four lined pages of a handwritten response to a newspaper article in the New York Times, 28 Aug. 1988, by Bharati Mukherjee titled “Immigrant Writing: Give Us Your Maximalists!” File also contains an original copy of the newspaper article.
Dear Khadija : short story : annotated draft
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of an early, annotated draft of the short story.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of several drafts of a lecture presented by Vassanji for the Gandhi Society, in Calgary, Alberta, 2013.
Forward : Gandhi : an autobiography
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of two drafts of Vassanji’s forward in the book “Gandhi: An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth” by Mohandas K. Gandhi. The edition of this book with Vassanji’s forward was published in 2011.
Physics, fiction, and song : essay drafts
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of four heavily annotated drafts. Edits and annotations by Vassanji. Essay appears in “Nowhere, Exactly,” to be published in March 2024.
“Physics and novels : a perfect eg. Of interdisciplinarity” : essay drafts
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a heavily annotated essay, a photocopy and a clean clean copy. Edits and annotations by Vassanji.
“Africa, literature, and the global imagination” : essay draft
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a heavily annotated essay with a photocopied version. Edits and annotations by Vassanji.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of three essay drafts: “A Novelist’s Adventures in Nonfiction: Writing About India,” “The Novelist and the Phantom of History,” and “The View from Across the Street: The City and its Other.” All three are heavily annotated by Vassanji and others.
Mother : annotated short story
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of two drafts of a story about the life and death of Vassanji’s mother.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of draft essays that appear in “Nowhere, Exactly,” to be published in March 2024.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a steno notebook containing writing drafts.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a spiral bound notebook containing research notes and short stories or book chapters written by Vassanji.
Miscellaneous writing and notes
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of handwritten notes and writings including a response to Barack Obama’s victory in the 2018 American presidential election.
Off-prints : article and interview
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of an article titled, “Community as a Fictional Character,” written by Vassanji, published in Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1, 1994, and a transcript of an interview with Vassanji for Canadian Literature, autumn 2006.
Suburb and mainstream / suburbing the mainstream : speech drafts
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a draft speech for the Sound Thinking Symposium, Surrey, where Vassanji was a keynote speaker.
Draft chapters with annotations and text additions by author
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
A novelist and the Djinn of history : essay drafts
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a heavily annotated draft essay.
So as not to die : a passion for history : essay drafts
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
So as not to die : early annotated drafts
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of four drafts of an essay that appears in “Nowhere, Exactly,” to be published in March 2024.
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a short story compilation manuscript, edited by Vassanji.
Annotated manuscripts : essays and speeches
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of heavily edited and annotated essays and speeches.
The Book of Secrets : early draft manuscript
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a clean draft manuscript with 11 pages of miscellaneous notes and records.
Kuondoka = leaving : annotated translation of chapter from Uhuru Street
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of several annotated drafts of a chapter published in “Uhuru Street,” written in Swahili.
“The Book of Secrets” : annotated early drafts of chapters 11-17
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
This Equivocating Self : essays
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of a draft manuscript of a collection of essays. Several of these essays appear in “Nowhere, Exactly” to be published in March 2024.
Getting to Nowhere : draft manuscript
Part of M.G. Vassanji fonds
File consists of an electronically edited manuscript, heavily annotated by Vassanji.