• Consists of letter (1955 February 7), London (England), from Diana Athill, Director, Andre Deutsch Limited, to Brian Moore, Montreal (Quebec).
• Typed letter(s) signed by the author discussing the description of B. Moore in the Deutsch catalogue. Encloses Andre Deutsch Limited Spring 1955 Books catalogue containing blurb on "Judith Hearne." 14 p. on 8 leaves.

Consists of "Roughs/Drafts/MS."

• Consists of draft with handwritten annotation by John Metcalf “Catalogue Raisonné. Mike Barnes, manuscript as first received (2004). Letters concerning in Biblioasis’ file”; typescript (computer printout).
• Includes draft with handwritten annotation by John Metcalf “Mike Barnes. Catalogue Raisonné. Second state of the manuscript Received June 3rd, 2005”; typescript (computer printout).
• Also includes proofs with handwritten annotation by John Metcalf “Catalogue Raisonné. Mike Barnes. July 2005. Second version”; file includes John Metcalf’s Handwritten list of copy-editing

Consists of catalogues from Fall 2007 (includes additional copy), 2005, 2006, Spring 2008 (includes additional copy).

Consists of correspondence between John Metcalf and painter Andrea Bolley. Includes letters, gallery announcements and postcards (12). Includes Metcalf's request for Uneasy Beauty - Bolley catalogue from Chatham Cultural Centre - Thames Art Gallery (Alison Kenzie).

Catalogue for the exhibition "Illingworth H. Kerr, 1905-1989" for recent acquisitions at the Burnaby Art Gallery from September 6 to October 26, 1997. Includes six copies.

Consists of correspondence, catalogues, resume. Also mentions artist Andrea Bolley.

Catalogue for the exhibition and sale of Illingworth Kerr paintings, drawings, and original prints from 1927 to 1988 from the estate of Illingworth Kerr.

• File consists of letter expressing appreciation for essay on photographer Sam Tata, Conversations Without Words. Essay published in The Tata era = L'Epoque Tata, a catalogue published in 1988 for a retrospective exhibition of Sam Tata's work organized and circulated by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
• Typescript, signed.
• Includes references to the following: Conversations Without Words.
• Letter from Martha Langford, Chief Curator, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario, to John Metcalf, Ottawa, Ontario.

Series consists of Catalogues that featured exhibitions of C. Peloquins work.

Fonds consists of correspondence; contracts; dossiers; diaries; notes; lyrics; scrapbooks; exhibition catalogues; film projects; manuscripts of poetry, articles, interviews and film scripts; articles about C. Péloquin and reviews of his work; photographs and slides; sound recordings, including master records; films and videotapes; multi-media works; posters; and miscellaneous material.

• File consists of rough draft, fair draft fragment subtitled Silent Conversations and three clean copy drafts. Item 5 is French translation of essay, titled Conversations Sans Paroles. Includes photocopy of item 4. Original file folder contained John Metcalf's handwritten annotation "Sam Tata Essay. September 87."
• Handwritten; computer printout; computer printout (photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: Conversations Without Words; Conversations Without Words : Silent Conversations; Conversations Sans Paroles.

Series consists of Cecelia Frey's business and personal correspondence.

• File consists of letters and postcards soliciting essays and poetry for Anthology; discussing, accepting and rejecting submissions; suggesting editorial revisions; expressing appreciation for and discussing reaction to The Bumper Book; and relating personal news. Several letters forwarded to John Metcalf by Jack David, ECW Press. Letters enclose manuscripts, published material and copies of letters from other correspondents.
• Handwritten, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed; computer printout, signed; typescript (photocopy); printed material (photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: Carry On Bumping; Adult Entertainment; The Bumper Book; Bumper too; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essays; Writers in Aspic; Freedom From Culture : Essay; The Yellow School Bus; The Macmillan Anthology 1; What is a Canadian Literature? : Essay.
• Includes letters relating to publication of Carry On Bumping; and discussing essays to be included, introduction, copy editing, corrections and revisions, and cover design. Letters enclose proofs of William Hoffer's catalogue excerpts and copy-edited manuscript of Louis Dudek's A Conversation with book reviewers. Includes first draft of cover design and promotional material.
• Handwritten, signed (some photocopy); typescript (photocopy); typescript, signed (some photocopy); computer printout with handwritten revisions (photocopy); pencil sketch (photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: Carry On Bumping; Carry On Bumping : Introduction; Bumper too; Freedom From Culture : Essay; Writers in Aspic; Introduction to Carry On Bumping; The Macmillan Anthology 1.

• File consists of letters, between John Metcalf and publishers, chiefly representatives of Véhicule Press, Montreal, Quebec, promoting the reprinting of the Literary Review [1985 Canadian issue] as a book with additional critical essays, relating to financing publication, and discussing editing of critical essays and introduction. Includes 1984-85 Véhicule Press catalogue and contract between John Metcalf and Véhicule Press for editing Anthology. Some letters discuss publicity for The Montreal Story Tellers, published by Véhicule Press, 1985.
• Handwritten, signed (photocopy); typescript, signed; printed material; computer printout, signed.
• Includes references to the following: Writers in Aspic; Literary Review [1985 Canadian issue].

Consists of letters and copies of emails regarding submissions to press. Includes Fall 2008 catalogue.

Consists of letters and copies of emails regarding submissions to press. Includes Spring 2009 catalogue.

• Consists of letter from Nicky Drumbolis (a.k.a. N. Drombolis) to John Metcalf.
• Letter enclosing mock-up of bookseller's catalogue.
• Handwritten, signed;

• Consists of correspondence between representatives of ECW Press, chiefly Robert Lecker and Jack David, and John Metcalf.
• Letters relating to publication and promotion by ECW Press of General Ludd, Kicking Against the Pricks and The Bumper Book and to publication of new editions of The Teeth of My Father, The Lady Who Sold Furniture and Going Down Slow; discussing Canadian publishers, publishing, authors, literature and book reviews; relating to search for American and British agents and publishers for John Metcalf's literary works; regarding purchase of John Metcalf's literary archives by The University of Calgary; relating personal news; and discussing various other topics. Includes corrections, editing comments and promotional material for General Ludd, The Teeth of My Father and Kicking Against the Pricks; proposed cover designs for The Teeth of My Father; and ECW Press catalogues for 1981 and 1982. Correspondence encloses letters from agents, publishers and others relating to John Metcalf's work as well as various newspaper clippings. Some correspondence is with editors of Essays on Canadian Writing, such as that discussing publication of The Curate's Egg in that periodical.
• Handwritten, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed (some photocopy); typescript (photocopy);
• Includes references to the following: Private Parts : A Memoir; Girl In Gingham; Stories Plus; General Ludd; 79 : Best Canadian Stories; Men in bowler hats; Selected Stories; The Eastmill Reception Centre; Going Down Slow; Making It New; The acrobats; The Lady Who Sold Furniture : novella; New Canadian writing, 1969; Childhood Reading; The Engagement is Announced; Second Impressions; Punctuation As Score; Keys and Watercress; 80 : Best Canadian Stories; First Impressions; Writers in Aspic; Gentle As Flowers Make the Stones; Early Morning Rabbits; Single Gents Only; Telling Tales; Noddy and Big Ears Meet Malvolio; Third Impressions; 82 : Best Canadian Stories; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essay; Kicking Against the Pricks : Essays; Dreams Surround Us; Without an 'e'; The Yellow School Bus; The New Press Anthology #1; Polly Ongle; Streaking Through The Ivory Tower; Travelling Northward; Adult Entertainment; The Curate's Egg; Sixteen By Twelve; Stories Plus; The Narrative Voice; Literary Review [1985 Canadian issue]; The Nipples of Venus; The Bumper Book; Carry On Bumping; What is a Canadian Literature? : Essay; Banquet Speaker; Editing The Best.

• Catalogues and brochures for exhibitions featuring various artists and includes:
• Ken Wallace 1980
• The big picture: large scale landscape painting on the prairies
• Ken Christopher: painting 1978-1980
• Robert Christie: five years
• Frank Vervoort 1930-1983: in tribute
• Laurence Hyde: Southern Cross
• Emma Lake 88: a legacy of Canadian art
• Ken Christopher
• Space & places: eight decades of landscape painting in Alberta
• A quarter century of collecting: Burnaby Art Gallery 1967 to 1992
• Louis de Niverville 1995
• Counterpoint: the prints of Jack Shadbolt
• Ingrid Koenig: the blind spot in the garden
• Hidden forest: the art of M. A. Yewdale
• Fred Chapman: within the eye
• Inkling to ink: Susan Gransby
• Illuminating language: shedding light on Luxury Avenue and other contemporary artworks by Dick Averns