Walter Harrington fonds. 1961-1980.

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Walter Harrington fonds. 1961-1980.

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Fonds consists of records documenting Walter Harringtons administrative and committee activities at the University, and includes correspondence, minutes, and reports. The records are arranged in three series: Safety, Security, and Fire Prevention Committee series, Library series, and CACUL Committee on Academic Status for Librarians series.

36 cm of textual records.

University of British Columbia Library

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University of British Columbia Library

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Harrington, Walter.

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Walter Harrington began working in the UBC Library in 1965, after serving in the Canadian Army for twenty-four years. He became head of the Acquisitions Division in 1974, and remained in that position until his retirement in 1980. In addition to serving as head of Acquisitions, Harrington served on several major committees both within and outside the University. From the description of Walter Harrington fonds. 1961-1980. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 6...

University of British Columbia. Library

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Malcolm Lowry was born in 1909 in Birkenhead, England. By the age of 30, when he had arrived in British Columbia, he had received a B.A. in English from Cambridge University, published a novel and travelled to the United States and Mexico. By this time he had begun work on his major novel Under the Volcano. In 1940 he married Margerie Bonner. For the next fifteen years he resided primarily in Dollarton, North Vancouver and travelled abroad before returning to England. His final home was in Susse...