Laurel Boone

Dr. Laurel Boone was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1942. She attended McGill University, receiving an Honours BA in English Literature in 1963, and the University of Maine where she obtained an MA in English Medieval Literature in 1977. She was awarded a PhD from the University of New Brunswick in 1981 for her thesis The Collected poems of William Wilfred Campbell. Dr. Boone is a frequent contributor to literary magazines and scholarly journals and has served as a Contributing Editor to Books in Canada. She edited William Wilfred Campbell: selected poetry and essays published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press in 1987. In 1989, Dr. Boone edited The Collected Letters of Charles G.D. Roberts for Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton. For 15 years she was an editor for Goose Lane Editions, retiring from that position in 2006.

Source: Biographical sketch. Laurel Boone fonds. Archives & Special Collections, UNB Libraries. Accessed 22 May 2023.

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton

Archival Material

• Laurel Boone fonds
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  Location

  University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections

  Website/Catalogue Record

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  Retrieval Number

  MG L 41

  Date Range of Material

  1984-1990

  Extent

  2.5 cm textual records
  8 photographs ; b&w and col. ; 12.5 x 18 cm and smaller

  Scope and Content Note

  This fonds includes correspondence between Dr. Laurel Boone and Lady Joan Roberts and between Dr. Laurel Boone and Muriel Miller Miner.

• The Collected Letters of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts
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  Location

  University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections

  Website/Catalogue Record

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  Retrieval Number

  MG L 26

  Date Range of Material

  Photocopied 1973-1989

  Extent

  1.86 m textual records
  55 photographs ; b&w ; 13 x 10 cm or smaller

  Scope and Content Note

  This fonds documents activities relating to the Charles G. D. Roberts collected letters project, most notably, the acquisition of copies of his letters, the completion of research and the preparation of the published volume. It also documents the career of Canadian literary figure Charles G. D. Roberts and reflects his varied activities as a writer, an editor and a promoter of Canadian literature. It contains photocopies of letters, written by Charles G. D. Roberts to family, friends, acquaintances and business associates, which form the content of Laurel Boone's The Collected Letters of Charles G. D. Roberts. A very few original letters written by Roberts and copies of several letters written to him are included. The fonds also contains the working files of the project which include correspondence, financial records, research material and draft typescript manuscripts, as well as photographs of Charles G. D. Roberts and his family, friends and acquaintances. Many of these images were included in the published volume.