Irving Layton for Fighting Words, Toronto, Ontario.
Irving Layton at the Sarnia Library, speaking about the atrocities of the Holocaust and reading Eine Klein Nachtmusik.
Irving Layton interviewed by Bob McLean (1981). Also contains recording of Irving Layton on CBC's Fighting Words (1982).
Irving Layton on CBC's Fighting Words.
Letter from the British Association for the Advancement of Science inviting Sir William Hales Hingston to become their vice-president.
Sir William Hingston, Lady Hingston and their five children
Sepia photograph of Lady Hingston posing in black dress
Portrait of Lady Hingston, part of a series of five photographs
Portrait of Lady Hingston, part of a series of five photographs
Fayette Brown, grandfather of Harold William Hingston, dressed in baseball attire
Portrait of unknown couple, possibly Fayette Brown and his wife
Elizabeth Hingston (Brown) and husband Harold Hingston presumably at Valcartier
A house at Varennes that has been taken down ; a photograph can be found in "The French Canadians"
A house at Varennes that has been taken down ; a photograph can be found in "The French Canadians"
Wynne Francis interviewed by Malka Cohen, for CBC Radio, Montreal, Quebec. This interview covers the following topics, among others: Layton's style; the influence of Nietzshe and D.H. Lawrence; the poets' views on the tension between men and women; Layton as a teacher; Layton as a major poet; critical reactions to Layton's poetry; and religion.
Irving Layton interviewed by Hélène Gougeon for "Sounds Like Montreal" on CJAD 800 AM. Layton discusses "The tightrope dancer" and criticism of his work, among other topics. The poet reads "Comrad" and "Watch out for his left."
A lecture by Irving Layton given at York University,Toronto, Ontario.
A lecture by Irving Layton on Leonard Cohen given at York University, Toronto, Ontario.
Irving Layton at a poetry reading at Beth Tikva Synagogue, Toronto, Ontario. Layton discusses Judaism and reads 25 poems, including "The black huntsman," "Death of Moishe Lazarovitch," :Gothic landscape," and "Mrs. Fornheim, refugee."
Irving Layton at a poetry reading at P.E.M.C., Montreal, Quebec. Layton reads 18 poems, including "Ballad of the old Spaniard," "Butterfly on rock," "First snow: Lake Achigan," and "From colony to nation."
Irving Layton speaking at the Fourth Annual Symposium on the Holocaust, University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Layton reads 10 poems, including "Cain," "Survivor," "For 7510329," and "To the victims of the holocaust."