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Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Daphne Marlatt Fonds
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[Transcription] Elda Venturato (nee Battistoni) - preliminary edit and scraps

File contains notes from original folder that read:
Arrival
School – 1913
Community togetherness 1912
Poverty in family
Dr. MacKay
W.W.I
Children's activities/chores
House interior
Family-mother’s accident
Stores in area
Home skills – cows, goats
Roma people [original included derogatory term Gypsies]
W.W.II – Japanese Evacuation*
Internment of Italians
Depression story
Safety in area
Note: not included is short statement on Blacks in the community 2-2 p. 5

[Transcription] David de Camillis - preliminary edit

File contains notes from original folder that read:
Immigration and first jobs
Business – landlord
Depression – jungle life
Bootlegging
Entertainment – theatre/movie houses/swing banks
Prewar in area/Italian/Canadian fascists
W.W. II – Italians interred
Business – cabaret 1930’s
Prostitution – Alexander St/as taxi driver
Roma people [original included derogatory term Gypsies]
Crime/modern/hearsay
Italian weddings
Montreal bakery
Home skills – wine making grappa
Characters in area
Italian picnics*

[Transcription] Al Izen

File contains notes from original folder that read:
Family’s arrival
Synagogue
Pastinsky
Depression (on young person)*

[Transcription] Marino Culos - preliminary edit

File contains notes from original folder that read:
Early Italian immigration
W.W.I – in area
School days/rivalry
Boarding houses/early bootlegging/cards
Sons of Italy
Marathon Race – relates to a photo – photo exists
False Creek 1913-17 long story
Bootlegging
Union grocery, Montreal Bakery
W.W.II – Italians interred*
East End “slops” – good quotation

“We were just the slops, you know, and the city didn’t seem to care much. For awhile the East End was noted that way. We were always, you know, ‘the illiterates,’ the incapables”.

"Tradition and Modernity" course development records

Sub-series consists of records relating to Daphne Marlatt's course "Tradition and Modernity," taught at Capilano College and Simon Fraser University. Records include articles, lecture notes, correspondence, syllabi, and other course material.

Tracing the lines launch Feb 13/13

File consists of correspondence and writing relating to the launch of the book “Tracing the Lines: Reflections on Contemporary Poetics and Cultural Politics in Honour of Roy Miki,” published by Talonbooks in 2013 held at Simon Fraser University. Marlatt contributed an essay to the volume. The book followed the 2008 event “Tracing the Lines: A Symposium on Contemporary Poetics and Cultural Politics to Honour Roy Miki.”

"The Portside" records

Sub-series consists of records relating to the short film "The Portside," written by Daphne Marlatt. Released in 2009, the film was part of the Out on Screen Queer History Project. Records document the writing of the film as well as its production and submission to film festivals. Records include screenplay drafts, correspondence, research records, and administrative records.

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