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Authorship
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2002-2012 (Creation)
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8 cm of textual records
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Series contains material related to a draft autobiography and to several planned but never completed biographies. Correspondence includes communications with publishers and discussions with numerous writers regarding the content of their writings and source material.
A notepad, handwritten in the 2000’s by Dosanjh, provides a draft of an unpublished autobiography. Proposed titles include, “My Experiments with Exile,” and “Crisis of Conscience.” Communications with publishers regarding the autobiography are included.
Material related to several unpublished biographies, form bulk of the series. Correspondence with two authors, Lisa Crawford and Shari Graydon, are extensive. The latter provided Donsanjh with numerous drafts, outlines, timelines, and questionnaires, to gather source material and feedback. The drafts contain many of Dosnajh’s personal corrections and revisions.
Also included in the series are source materials in the form of historical newspaper clippings and early advocacy writings related to the life of Dosanjh.
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The material contained within the Authorship series was found spread across the numerous boxes received at the time of donation. It has been compiled by the arranging archivist from the mix of unsorted archival material and does not reflect the chronological or working order of the creator. Documents have been arranged by their relation to either Dosanjh’s autobiography, working biographic projects, or source material.