Series No. 1
Poems, 1874-1942 [textual record]. -- [photocopied 1973-198-?]. -- 72 cm of textual records
Scope and content: This series contains photocopies of typescript, holograph and published poems by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, written between 1874 and 1942. Each poem is usually accompanied by research notes which set out date and place of composition, date(s) and place(s) of publication, critical comments and comments on literary allusions.
This series consists of 4 subseries: 1. poems, 1874-1884, 2. poems, 1885-1894, 3. poems, 1895-1904, and 4. poems, 1905-1942.
Title based on content of the series
File arrangement is chronological by date of composition
The date noted beside each poem's title is the date given on the collector's file
The Collected Poems of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, edited by Desmond Pacey (1985) includes a complete publishing history of the poems listed in this series and of several other poems
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