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| Fonds/Collection Number: | F0205 | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Mira Friedlander fonds | ||||||||||||
| Dates: | 1948-2000 | ||||||||||||
| Extent: | 2.85 m of textual records 16 audio cassettes 4 video cassettes ca. 400 photographs |
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| Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History: | Mira Friedlander was a theatre critic and writer. She was born in Jaffna, Israel in 1944 and graduated from York University with a B.A. in Theatre History and Criticism in 1975. As a regular contributor, features writer or critic, she wrote for numerous publications including The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Financial Post, Seniors, Performing Arts in Canada, Canadian Theatre Review, Scene Changes and American Variety. She championed Canadian theatre drawing attention, notably, to the work 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Friedlander was the winner of the Canadian Theatre Critics’ Association’s Nathan Cohen Award twice and served as the Association’s president for 1998-1999, in addition to being a member of numerous theatre or arts organizations. She also reported for CBC Radio. Friedlander was filmed for the Barbra Ames’ documentary, ’Wars: Dispatches From the Front’ during Friedlander’s treatment for breast cancer. She died on 10 May 2000 in Toronto, Canada. | ||||||||||||
| Scope and Content: |
Fonds consists of material which documents Friedlander’s career as a theatre critic and writer. It includes selected clippings, research material, interview transcripts, yearbooks, personal papers, press photographs, and other materials related to her life’s work. The fonds is organized into the following series:
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| Restrictions on Access and Use: | To be determined. | ||||||||||||
| Finding Aid: | Series descriptions and file lists available. | ||||||||||||
| URL of Finding Aid: | http://archivesfa.library.yorku.ca/submissions/fonds/ON00370-f0000205.pdf | ||||||||||||
| Accruals: | The fonds comprises the following accession: 2000-026. Further accruals may be expected. | ||||||||||||
| 2000-026 |
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| Immediate source of acquisition: | Donated by Mira Friedlander’s husband, Wayne Fairhead, in 2000. | ||||||||||||
| Subject Access Points: | Friedlander, Mira, 1944-2000 Borchardt, Curt |
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| Provenance Access Points: | Friedlander, Mira, 1944-2000 |
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Date of creation: 2003/01/20 Date of last revision: 2003/04/08 |
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