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Robertson Davies was luncheon speaker

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Robertson Davies was luncheon speaker

Date1/6/1977

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Davies, Robertson, 1913-1995 (subject)

Mahler, John (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Robertson Davies was luncheon speaker. His imperious eyebrows lifted at every opportunity

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Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Object NumberTSPA_0042098F

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Author, editor, playwright, former newspaper publisher, and former master of University of Toronto's Massey College, Robertson Davies, 72, is Canada's most renowned man of letters. Who knows what thoughts of genius are brewing in Davies' mind

Author, editor, playwright, former newspaper publisher, and former master of University of Toronto's Massey College, Robertson Davies, 72, is Canada's most renowned man of letters. Who knows what thoughts of genius are brewing in Davies' mind

1/7/1986

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

8/11/1992

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

12/7/1995

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

2/12/1974

Mrs. Robertson Davies, wife of the master of Massey College, U. of T., chooses this floppy brimmed had made of stitched taffeta for the money-raising (...)

Mrs. Robertson Davies, wife of the master of Massey College, U. of T., chooses this floppy brimmed had made of stitched taffeta for the money-raising (...)

5/5/1971

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

Davies, Robertson (misc & groups - entertainment)

11/8/1977

Turn around: What would happen if Robertson Davies, above left, were appointed to the board of Petrocan, Margaret Attwood were to go to the Economic Council of Canada?

Turn around: What would happen if Robertson Davies, above left, were appointed to the board of Petrocan, Margaret Attwood were to go to the Economic Council of Canada?

3/18/1981

Robertson Davies giving an audience to a happy Rhonda

Robertson Davies giving an audience to a happy Rhonda

12/15/1978

No, it's not GBS! But Robertson Davies, novelist-essayist and former Master of Massey College, certainly could have been mistaken for English dramatist George Bernard Shaw, at Sheraton Centre

No, it's not GBS! But Robertson Davies, novelist-essayist and former Master of Massey College, certainly could have been mistaken for English dramatist George Bernard Shaw, at Sheraton Centre

9/29/1982

Robertson Davies won the 1987 Medal Of Honor For Literature, presented by the National Arts Club Of New York city last month. This is the speech he made in accepting the award

Robertson Davies won the 1987 Medal Of Honor For Literature, presented by the National Arts Club Of New York city last month. This is the speech he made in accepting the award

3/18/1981

Robertson Davies, Toronto playwright and English professor, says he feels like dancing a jig because so many wonderful things are happening to me all (...)

Robertson Davies, Toronto playwright and English professor, says he feels like dancing a jig because so many wonderful things are happening to me all (...)

2/12/1974

Davies, Robertson (portraits - entertainment)

Davies, Robertson (portraits - entertainment)

12/4/1995