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Irving Layton fonds
F001 · Fonds · 1912-1997

Irving Layton fonds consists of records relating to Layton’s life and activities as a writer. Records include correspondence between family members, professionals, friends, newspapers and periodicals, colleges and universities, reviews of Layton’s works, fan letters, published material, offprints of poems, transcripts of interviews, publicity for public appearances and readings, reviews of his works, foreign language articles, manuscripts and drafts of monographs and poems, transcripts of interviews, newspaper clippings, notebooks, journals, calendars, schedules, agendas, personal papers including bills, invoices, finances, awards and certificates, and audio visual material.

The fonds is divided into 16 series:
F001/A Objects
F001/B Audio recordings
F001/C Clippings
F001/D Conferences and festivals
F001/E Correspondence
F001/F Art works
F001/G Manuscripts, poems, articles, and essays
F001/H Notebooks and journals
F001/I Personal papers
F001/J Photographs
F001/K Public appearances
F001/L Reviews
F001/M Schedules
F001/N Scrapbooks
F001/O Transcripts and interviews
F001/P Video recordings

Layton, Irving
The Pierre Berton Show
F001-AT-02 · Item · 1964
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton and Leonard Cohen interviewed by Pierre Berton for the Pierre Berton Show, CBC TV, Montreal, Quebec. In this interview, Layton and Cohen discuss the role of the poet in society.

The Pierre Berton Show
F001-AT-03 · Item · 1967
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton interviewed by Pierre Berton for the Pierre Berton Show, CBC TV, Montreal, Quebec. In this interview Layton discusses his visit to Germany. Includes readings of "Deadalive," "For the stinker who called me an apologist for Nazi crimes," and "Rhine boat trip."

Layton talks about Jews
F001-AT-05 · Item · 1973
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton interviewed by Malka Cohen, CBC TV, Toronto, Ontario, in which the poet discusses his views on Judaism and God.

F001-AT-10 · Item · 1975
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Interview with Michael Harris conducted by Malka Cohen for CBC Radio, Montreal, Quebec. This interview covers the following topics, among others: the relationship between Harris and Layton; Layton's influence on Harris; Layton's poetic style; and the Canadian poetry scene.

F001-AT-18 · Item · 1975
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Musia and Leon Schwartz interviewed by Malka Cohen for CBC Radio, Montreal, Quebec. The Schwartz's discussed, among other topics, the Jewish Public Library; their relationship with Layton; "coffee romances"; the holocaust; Layton as an educator; the evolution of Layton's work; and criticism of Layton's poetry.

As It Happens
F001-AT-21 · Item · 1975
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton and John Hofsess interviewed by Barbara Frum. Layton and Hofsess discuss the film "The Night Porter".

Poetry Reading
F001-AT-30 · Item · 1970
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Irving Layton at a poetry reading at Temple Sinai Congregation, Toronto, Ontario. Layton reads 16 poems, including "The bull calf," "For Anne Frank," "For Auld Lang Syne," and "If whales could think on certain happy days."

E. Cameron
F001-AT-78 · Item · 1985
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Elspeth Cameron interview by Judith Fitzgerald at Dooney's restaurant in Toronto.

Poems by Valerio Bruni
F001-AT-79 · Item · [1993?]
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Three poems set to music by Valerio Bruni. Recording includes “I take my Anna Everywhere,” “For Francesca,” and “For Harriet.”

Clippings
F001/C · Series · 1953-1997
Part of Irving Layton fonds

Series contains newspaper articles about Irving Layton from international and national newspapers, including the Gazette, the Toronto Star, the Georgian, the Telegram, and the Poetry Canada Review.

Conferences and festivals
F001/D · Series · 1983-1993
Part of Irving Layton fonds

The series documents Irving Layton's participation in various conferences and festivals. It contains conference agendas and programs, participant information, conference background and Irving Layton’s name tags from various conferences he attended.