Vita Rordam Correspondence with Hugh MacLennan

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Vita Rordam Correspondence with Hugh MacLennan

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    • 1974-1984, predominant 1974-1975 (Creation)
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      Rordam, Vita, 1912-

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    • 1 folder of textual records
    • 1 photograph

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    (1912-)

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    Writer and illustrator Vita Rordam, daughter of the Danish poet Valdemar Rordam and his wife Margrethe, was born in Denmark in 1912 and educated there. She arrived in Canada in 1953 and lived and worked in Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick before settling in Nova Scotia in 1975. Her works include Payuk and the Polar Bears (1981) and "Journey to Canada" published in the Chronicle Herald (1983).

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    Fonds consists of letters written by Hugh MacLennan to Rordam, documenting MacLennan's private life and views on writings and events in Canada. Subjects include the FLQ, Quebec separatism, the Levesque government in Quebec, reminiscences of Halifax, MacLennan's publications, Rivers of Canada (1982), Voices in Time (1980) and The Colour of Canada (1982), and Vita Rordam's works. Also included is a b&w photograph of Vita Rordam and Hugh MacLennan.

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    Donated by Vita Rordam in 1990.

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        MG 1 Volume 1499 File 5

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        Women of Nova Scotia

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