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Jan Drabek fonds
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Jan Drabek fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1172
  • Fonds
  • 1951-2013

The fonds consists of literary correspondence, drafts of literary work, published books and articles, reviews of Drabek’s work, printed material accumulated for research purposes, a small amount of personal correspondence and family papers and some newspaper photographs of Drabek.

There is a series comprising material Drabek created through his administrative role as a representative to the Writers’ Union of Canada, BC Caucus and as President of the Federation of BC Writers, in addition to his work as a writer. It contains minutes of meeting, correspondence, newsletters, and other material.

Drabek, Jan

Personal and Family Papers

Consists of a copy of the newspaper section containing a write-up about Drabek’s arrival in New York, sponsored as a youth by the Federated Women’s Clubs and NAHS Student Council Refugee Sponsorship Program. There is a copy of the commencement ceremony leaflet of C. Bryant High School for June 1953 and a high school play program for a play in which Drabek performed.

Many of the letters in the series are about the Drabeks’ involvement in a charity, the Asian Students Christian Trust. There is correspondence about the purchase of a cottage at Tunstall Bay, Bowen Island, correspondence regarding a will and letters to friends and parents. There are some letters and children’s art by Drabek’s daughters, Alexandra and Katherine.

Federation of BC Writers/BC Caucus of Writers Union of Canada.

This series consists of the correspondence, minutes of meeting and newsletters of both the Writers’ Union and the BC Federation of Writers. Drabek was a floating representative to the National Council of the Writers’ Union of Canada and president and chairman of the Federation of BC Writers in the late 1980s. Material includes the Federation’s application for a license to form a new radio station, cultural plans for Vancouver, plans for a permanent workspace in Vancouver for writers, workshop information, grant applications and correspondence regarding a proposed schools program in which writers planned to visit school children to talk about writing. Annual general meeting material, liaison activity with other writers’ groups, as well as budget information is included.

Copies of Drabek’s book publications

Contains Whatever Happened To Wenceslas, Blackboard Odyssey, The Golden Revolution, Report on the Death of Rosenkavalier, Zprava o smrti ruzoveho kavaliva, A co Vaclav?

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