Series consists of material relating to following anthologies edited or co-edited by J. Metcalf: New Canadian stories series (1976), Best Canadian stories series (1977-1982), The bumper book, Carry on bumping, First impressions, Second impressions, Third impressions, Kaleidoscope, Literary Review [1985 Canadian issue], The Macmillan anthology 1, The second Macmillan anthology, Making it new, The narrative voice, The New Press anthology #1, The New Press anthology #2, New worlds, Sixteen by twelve, Stories plus and Writers in aspic. Includes correspondence with co-editors, authors, literary agents, editors and publishers; individual short story, poetry and essay manuscripts submitted by anthology contributors as well as manuscripts of J. Metcalf's introductory material; anthology manuscripts; promotional material; and reviews.