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  3. Van Wart, Alice

Alice Van Wart
1948-

Alice Van Wart was born in New Brunswick in 1948. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) and a Master of Arts degree (MA) from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton. She completed a Ph.D. degree at the University of Alberta. At one time, she was editorial assistant with Fiddlehead Poetry Books (Fredericton). She worked as a journalist and broadcaster and was co-editor of a feminist newspaper. In addition, she taught English literature, at the University of Alberta, beginning in 1979, and, later, she taught literature and writing in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Toronto.  Van Wart has published two books of poetry, including Positionings (Fredericton: Goose Lane, 1980) and has written articles on modern and contemporary literature. She edited the journals of Canadian poet and novelist, Elizabeth Smart (1913-1986) which were published, by Deneau Publishers, in 1986, under the title, Necessary Secrets: The Journals of Elizabeth Smart.  Later she published Juvenilia: Early Writings of Elizabeth Smart (Toronto: Coach House Press, 1987); and On the Side of the Angels: The Second Volume of the Journals of Elizabeth Smart (London: HarperCollins, 1994).

Source

Library and Archives Canada. Alice Van Wart fonds biography.  Accessed 5 April 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton

Archival Material

  • Location
    Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
    Retrieval Number
    MC4284
    Date Range of Material
    1973-2001
    Extent

    40 cm of textual records

    Scope and Content Note

    The Alice Van Wart fonds consists primarily of correspondence between Alice and Fred Cogswell, Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane. Alice was long time friends with Fred, Lorna and Patrick and the letters she received from them include personal details about their lives and many poems. There are also photos of Alice, Fred, Lorna and Patrick together as well as a few miscellaneous records.

  • Location
    Library and Archives Canada
    View Archival Record
    Retrieval Number
    R16263-0-0-E
    Date Range of Material
    1977-1996
    Extent

    5.8 cm of textual records.
    17 photographs : 2 b&w and 15 col.

    Scope and Content Note

    Fonds consists predominantly of correspondence between Alice Van Wart and Elizabeth Smart, some of Smart's family members, as well as with publishers regarding the publication of Smart's journals. The fonds also includes photographs, largely snapshots of Elizabeth Smart.

Book with sketch of Elizabeth Smart on cover

Cover of Alice Van Wart's book Necessary Secrets: The First Volume of Elizabeth Smart's Journals

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Bibliography Items

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Van Wart, Alice. Virginia Woolf : the development of the lyric form. 1975. University of New Brunswick. Dept. of English. [ thesis ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project, New Brunswick Imprints

Van Wart, Alice. Face to face : anthology of New Brunswick women writers. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, 1977, 80 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Van Wart, Alice. Necessary secrets : the journals of Elizabeth Smart. Toronto, ON: Deneau, 1986, 285 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Van Wart, Alice. Juvenilia : early writings of Elizabeth Smart. Toronto, ON: Coach Press, 1987, 107 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Van Wart, Alice. Elizabeth's garden : Elizabeth Smart on the art of gardening. Toronto, ON: Coach House Press, 1989. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

Van Wart, Alice. On the side of the angels : the second volume of the journals of Elizabeth Smart. London: Harper Collins, 1994, 144 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project