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Patterson English manuscript collection
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- Textual record
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48.9 cm of textual records
3 plates
2 maps
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Biographical history
Diana Patterson was a professor of English in the faculties of Arts and Communication Studies at Mount Royal University. She began her career at Mount Royal in 1991 and retired in 2013 after 23 years. As the acting chair of the Technical Writing program, she was instrumental in developing the Technical Communication Degree. Patterson is also well known as a Harry Potter expert and has published several papers and an edited book, "Harry Potter's World Wide Influence", on the subject. Patterson is currently working on a book about the history of the Mount Royal Conservatory and has been an invaluable resource in developing the University Archives and capturing the institution's history. In 2014 Patterson was selected by the University Board of Governors as Professor Emerita for her ongoing commitment to Mount Royal. Additionally, the SIGDOC (Special Interest Group for Design of Communication) offers the biannual Diana Award, named after Patterson who was a past president, to organizations, institutions, or businesses for their long-term contributions to the field of communication design.
Custodial history
Patterson purchased the items that make up the collection between 2012 and 2023 from antiquarian booksellers in the UK.
Scope and content
Collection consists of 17th to 20th century English manuscript records that were collected by Mount Royal University professor Diana Patterson. The collection contains a wide variety of personal, legal, financial, and religious records including: diaries, travel journals, correspondence, wills, commonplace books, transcriptions of philosophical and literature texts, poetry, and sermons. Patterson intended the collection to be used to teach English and History students about paleography, scholarly editing, primary source research methods, and the history of the book.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Collection was donated by Diana Patterson in 2018, with an accrual donated in 2019.
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There are no restrictions on access.
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Further accruals are expected.
General note
The image linked to this description is a letter from file 0070-08 - Correspondence from Bill to Dear Little Lady Fayre.