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Into Africa : [manuscripts]

File includes two versions of a book outline, including chapter breakdowns and notes about the authors, as well notes on potential lists. sidebars and areas of research interest.

Saraha : [manuscript]

File contains an early, edited version of what was published as Sahara: A Natural History, by Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle.

Soviet Union and tourism

File contains notes and translations of Russian-language articles and an English-language manuscript copy of a Moscow travel article.

Soviet Union and religion

File includes translations of Russian-language newspaper articles and a 7-page manuscript titled "slug orthodox" by Marc de Villiers.

Slug dead : [manuscript]

File also contains a Los Angeles Times clipping of the story "Russian Writer Hits Soviet Way of Death," dated 26 March 1970.

Sobuke letters : [manuscript]

File also contains a news release announcing the closure of the Toronto Telegram's Moscow bureau, which includes the statement: "The Telegram says Marq de Villiers, who succeeded Mr. Einfrank, is being withdrawn after being 'formally reprimanded and accused of damaging Soviet-Canadian relations'."

Being an investigation into how another society regards its Black citizens / Marq de Viliers : [manuscript]

File is an undated manuscript with the full title "Being an Investigation into how another Society regards its Black citizens and the Role assigned to them; the sources being the Acts and Fancies of the People as appear in the columns of their daily Journals, or, The Racial Bag: Some More Groovy Prejudices." The manuscript includes a brief glossary of terms, newspapers transcriptions as well as pasted clippings.

Marq de Villiers fonds

  • MS-2-825
  • Fonds
  • 1943 - 2016
Fonds comprises records documenting Marq de Villiers' work as a journalist and writer of non-fiction. Record types include manuscripts and published work—including collaborations with his wife, Sheila Hirtle; correspondence; publicity and reviews; and a small series of personal photographs and photographs taken in the course of his research.

de Villiers, Marq

Soviet Union and Yugoslavia

File contains notes and translations of Russian-language article, an issue of Analysis of Current Developments in the Soviet Union, and partial manuscript copy for Reuters London.