Fonds includes material relating to the life and works of Alice Munro (née Laidlaw). Included are personal, general and business-related correspondence; manuscripts of Munro's short stories, screenplays, and poetry; copies and drafts of articles in newspapers and magazines; audio-visual recordings of interviews with Munro and dramatizations of her works; promotional material such as posters; records related to theses and lectures based on her works. Includes writing notebooks and works by others about Munro and her oeuvre.
Munro, AliceFonds consists of business and personal correspondence, contracts and royalty statements; manuscripts, galleys and proofs of novels, short stories, articles, and stage, radio and television plays; manuscripts of English translations of two novels (L'élan d'Amérique and Poussière sur la ville); radio scripts for the series Connaissance d'Aujourd'hui; issues of Le Nouveau Journal; theses and other works written about A. Langevin and his work; and published work.
Langevin, AndréFonds consists of scripts and pitches for the television series Legal Street and Net Worth, notes on his screen projects Aberhart, Charcoal, Crazy Canucks, Arthur Kent, Chicks with Sticks, files on his children's books The Maple Leaf Brothers, The Adventures of Caraway Kim...South Paw and The Adventures of Caraway Kim...Right Wing, publicity files, audio-visual records including photographs and interviews, and files related to his high school and university education.
Truckey, DonFonds consists of correspondence; contracts; diaries; photographs; research material, outlines and preliminary work; manuscripts, ranging from various drafts to galley and production scripts, of short stories, articles, prose, film scripts, screenplays, and stage, television and radio plays; and published work.
Jack, DonaldFonds consists of personal and business correspondence; manuscripts; published works; audio visual; works by other authors and miscellaneous.
George Ryga & AssociatesFonds consists of personal and business correspondence; and manuscripts of and material relating to G. Ryga's poetry, short stories, novels, musical works, essays, addresses, screenplays, and radio, television and stage plays. Two small appendices (MsC 153, 154) consisting of material relating to G. Ryga and acquired from other sources include correspondence and photocopies of an essay by and articles about G. Ryga. Accession 614/97.3 consists of a long-play recording, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, words by George Ryga, music by Ann Mortifee. (Ann Mortifee, vocalist; Chief Dan George, Ann Mortifee, Peter Haworth, voices; Paul Horn, flute; various musicians.) (Vancouver: Kerygma Records, [1973?]).
Ryga, GeorgeFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts, ranging from fragments and rough drafts to printers' copies and page proofs, of novels, short stories, short story collections, stage plays, poetry and lyrics; screenplays by G. Vanderhaeghe and others based on G. Vanderhaeghe's works; articles, book reviews, essays, lectures and speeches; promotional material; articles, essays and thesis about G. Vanderhaeghe and his works; interviews with the author; miscellaneous material; works by other authors; and published work.
Vanderhaeghe, GuyFonds consists of the following series: family and personal correspondence (19--, 1913-1984); general business correspondence (19--, 1935-1986); manuscript (19--, 1924-1984); creative arts education (19--, 1938-1983); published works (19--, 1930-1982); sound cassette (19--, 1975-1983); works on Gwen Pharis Ringwood (19--, 1938-1984); miscellaneous (19--, 1945-1983); and three small appendices (MsC 51, 52, 57) consisting of material relating to G. P. Ringwood and acquired from other sources. For description of appendices see entries under Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, Linda Marilyn Potts and Enid Delgatty Rutland.
MsC 368 consists of a small self-portrait by G.P. Ringwood, 7 Christmas Greeting letters with poems or creative prose by G.P. Ringwood (n.d., 1975-1981), 6 letters, and 1 poem - Circle Song from Mirage; all items filed together with MsC 51/52/57.
2018.91 consists of a Christmas letter and a card with an original pastel colored drawing by Ringwood - filed in 03.01 Msc 25
Ringwood, Gwen PharisFile consists of interviews by L. M. Potts and Sandra Jones, Reevan Dolgoy, and Peggy Leighton.
Potts, Linda MarilynFonds consists of general correspondence and correspondence relating to individual titles; biographical material such as awards and interviews; manuscripts ranging from rough drafts and fragments to production scripts of stage plays, screenplays, novels, short stories and essays; promotional, production and review material; photographs; posters; audio visual material including audio and VHS cassettes, CDs and vinyl discs; published works; and ephemera material such as paintings and a stained glass hanging panel.
Glass, Joanna McClellandFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts, ranging from rough drafts and fragments to production scripts, of stage, radio and television plays, screenplays and operas (Filumena and Frobisher); English translations by J. Murrell of plays by Henrik Ibsen, Victorien Sardou and others; promotional, production and review material; works about J. Murrell; works by others; miscellaneous; published work; and moving image of Waiting for the parade.
Murrell, JohnFonds consists of correspondence; research material and notes; preliminary work; manuscripts of novels, stage and radio plays, short stories and television play; reviews and promotional material; set designs and props for plays written or directed by K. Dyba; biographical material; published work; plays written by other authors; material relating to Canadian Actors' Equity Association, The Snail project and The vet project; proposals for various programs; photographs; sound recordings; videocassettes; and miscellaneous material. In addition to manuscripts, Accession 434/88.15 includes research material, such as photographs and sound recordings of Betty Mitchell interviews, used by K. Dyba in writing the biography Betty Mitchell (Calgary : Detselig Enterprises, 1986). Accessions 789/05.10 and 831/07.21 include materials relating to Wayson Choy including reviews, posters, itineraries, book catalogues, videotapes and photographs.
Dyba, KennethFonds consists of correspondence with editors, publishers, educators, authors and others; royalty statements and financial records; diaries; notebooks; interviews; photographs; manuscripts, ranging from rough drafts to final proofs and production scripts, of stage plays, short stories and novels; articles about L. Rooke; reviews; published work; and sound recordings of radio broadcasts featuring L. Rooke or his work, chiefly produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Rooke, LeonFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of short stories, speeches, articles, and radio, television and stage plays; rehearsal notes; promotional material; reviews; and published work. Manuscripts range from preliminary work and working scripts to production scripts and publishers' proofs.
Peterson, LeonardFonds consists of correspondence; diaries; scrapbooks; photographs and slides; personal and family memorabilia; manuscripts of stage and television plays, skits, lyrics, music, poetry, fiction and prose; playbills, reviews and promotional material relating to various play productions; and miscellaneous material. One small appendix (MsC 275) consists of material relating to Lois Kerr's memorial service and burial: a compact disc recording of a special arrangement of L. Kerr's song "Woods are full of violets" sung and recorded by David Kerr; programme of the service, December 16, 2001; texts of "Words of Remembrance" by L. Kerr's three sons; signatures of guests; and letters of condolence.
Kerr, LoisFonds consists of correspondence, photographs, stage design, newspaper clippings, brochures and programs for various drama productions.
Samuels, MarieThe fonds consists of manuscript copies of Mary's plays (1961-1966), an interview on early theatre in Calgary (1973), photographs of casts and scenes from Calgary Arts and Letters Club productions (1951-1965), and programs of Calgary Arts and Letters Club plays (1960).
Cairns, Mary G.Fonds consists of business and personal correspondence, contracts and royalty statements; diaries; preliminary work and ideas; manuscripts, ranging from rough drafts to galleys, of radio and television plays, screenplays, radio and film scripts, novels, short stories, articles and speeches; newsclippings of reviews, articles and interviews; and miscellaneous material. Also includes manuscripts of short stories and scripts by other authors.
Braithwaite, MaxFonds consists of the following series: correspondence; notebook; manuscript; columns; scrapbook; sound recording; works by other authors; works on Michael Cook; photograph and miscellaneous. Fonds also includes one small appendix, MsC 156, consisting of promotional, production and review material for the Globe Theatre's production of The head, guts and soundbone dance, November 15 - December 4, 1977, in Regina, Saskatchewan. A later accession, MsC 312, consists of a letter (May 20, 1986) from Michael Cook to Malcolm Page.
Cook, MichaelFonds consists of personal and business correspondence; diaries, journals and writer's logs; research material; manuscripts and page and galley proofs of stage, radio and television plays, fiction and prose; playbills; reviews; photographs; and published work.
Joudry, PatriciaFonds consists of correspondence; research material; notes; manuscripts of novels, short stories, children's literature, television plays and screenplays; speeches; lectures; works on R. Wiebe; and material relating to R. Wiebe's editing of short story anthologies. Includes material relating to R. Wiebe's teaching creative writing courses at the University of Alberta and to his involvement with the Writers' Union of Canada and Canada Council, as well as conferences, writers' festivals, committees, workshops, juries and readings. Accession 349/84.16, consisting of Glenbow Foundation manuscript Frank Collicutt and his Willow Springs Herefords, 1957 (photocopy), Accession 350/84.17 consisting of Glenbow Foundation manuscript Claude Gallinger and his Killearn Shorthorns, 1957 (photocopy), and Accession 386/86.08, consisting of Foothills, v. 1, no. 1, April 2, 1985 with article Wiebe: Riel is a legitimate, authentic, mythic hero by Kelly Pitman and 2 audiocassettes with a Riel workshop and a reading by R. Wiebe, filed with Accession 329/83.26 (box 44).
Wiebe, Rudy HenryFonds consists of the following series for MsC 54: correspondence ([19--], 1965-1984); manuscript ([19--], 1971-1984); audio ([19--], 1971-1981); works by other authors (1976-1984); and miscellaneous ([19--], ca. 1965-1984). MsC 295 consists of holograph thank-you to Dorothy Jones from S. Pollock; three typescript (photocopy) letters to Bill Millerd, Vancouver Arts Club, from S. Pollock; two production photographs of S. Pollock in Douglas College production of Lysistrata; and one production photograph of S. Pollock in Douglas College production of her own play, My name is Lisbeth. MsC 320 consists of CD recording of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation production of radio play Constance Kent by S. Pollock with S. Pollock in the title role, 1990. MsC 326 consists of letter from S. Pollock to members of Playwrights Union of Canada regarding contracts. MsC 331 consists of letter (June 23, 2001) from S. Pollock to James DeFelice. Filed with MsC 54.2.3. Acc 890/12.7 consists of correspondence; research material and manuscripts of stage plays, articles and speeches; collaborative projects including a scenario for a ballet; contracts; royalty statements; publicity materials; playbills; programmes and reviews; works about S. Pollack including biographical material; Interviews and newsclippings; and 3 videocassettes of various play productions.
Pollock, SharonFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of short stories, novels, stage plays, memoirs, filmscript, articles, essays and speeches; reviews; teaching material; material relating to conferences, writers' festivals and workshops, readings and consulting; photographs; sound recordings; moving images; works about W. Choy; awards including The Order of Canada; works by others; and published works.
Choy, WaysonFonds includes material relating to the life and works of W. O. Mitchell as a writer, teacher, playwright and performer. Included are personal, general and business related correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, stage plays, radio plays, television plays and film scripts; copies and drafts of articles in newspapers and magazines; audio-visual recordings of interviews with Mitchell and dramatizations of Mitchell’s works; promotional material such as posters; teaching records relating to his positions as writer-in-residence and lectures and presentations delivered to academic and primary schools; awards such as honorary degrees; personal records including scrapbooks; financial files including writing contracts and business records; photographs; and an electric typewriter used by Mitchell at his cabin on Mabel Lake, B.C.
Mitchell, W.O. (William Ormond)