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Frank Eyck fonds.
CA ACU ARC F0274 · Fonds · 1840-2009; predominant 1949-2004

Fonds consists of scholarly research, lecture notes, presentations, essays, book reviews, scholarly and personal correspondence with noted historians and politicians from the early 20th Century to the post WWII years from Great Britain and Germany, some personal correspondence with his parents during his time as a schoolboy, notebooks from his internment and military training, manuscripts of his scholarly publications, photographs and audio recordings of interviews of himself and his wife about their experiences living in Nazi Germany as well as broadcast recordings of interviews of Dr. Eyck’s research subjects. There is extensive original, transcribed
and photocopied correspondence and other materials Eyck compiled on his research subjects for his book on Prince Albert, the Queen Victoria’s consort, and his biography on George Peabody Gooch.

Eyck, Frank
Simmins family fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0143 · Fonds · 1850-2017

Fonds consists of correspondence to and from various members of the Simmins family, principally to Barbara Simmins, and Richard Simmins' photocards to Marjorie Simmins; material relating to B. Simmins' career, estate and financial matters; material relating to the death of Susette Simmins in 2007; drafts of B. Simmins' manuscript Should angels come: a letter to my daughter; articles by and about Philip Simmins, Richard Simmins and Geoffrey Simmins; daytimers and diaries written by B. Simmins (?) and Marjorie Mabel Beaufort Simmins; Karen Simmins' journals, poems, childhood drawings, stories and letters; photographs of members of the Simmins and Atkinson families, including several photo albums.

Simmins Family
CA ACU SPC F0136 · Fonds · 1879-2003

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, poetry and articles; diaries and notebooks; published works; notes from correspondence and university courses; teaching-related material; photographs; and miscellaneous. Includes material relating to C. van der Mark's mother, Mary Van der Mark, also a writer: correspondence; manuscripts of short stories. poetry, articles; published work; and miscellaneous.

van der Mark, Christine
W.O. Mitchell fonds
CA ACU SPC F0007 · Fonds · 1888-2011

Fonds 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, William Ormond "W.O."
CA ACU SPC F0137 · Fonds · 1914-2008, 2023

Fonds consists of research material relating to book The merchants of Venus: inside Harlequin and the empire of romance including Harlequin promotional material, photographs, interviews with various Harlequin executives and writers, articles on romance by other authors, notes and material relating to 1995 Romantic Times convention and issues of Pandora's Box, the newsletter of the Published Authors Network of Romance Writers of America (Acc 705/01.11). Also consists of 15 chapters of an unfinished manuscript "Heart Quake."

Acc 788/05.9 consists of correspondence, research material and manuscripts relating to other books by P. Grescoe and P. and A. Grescoe including Flesh wound, Blood vessel, Alaska: the cruise lover's guide, The book of letters, The book of war letters, Flight path, The mavericks and Secret riches. Includes copies of the published books.

Acc 835/07.25 consists of material, mainly correspondence, relating to P. and A. Grescoe's The book of love letters; Canadian kinship, friendship, and romance (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2005).

Acc 863/09.7 primarily consists of material relating to books P. Grescoe wrote with Richard F. Haskayne: Northern tigers: building ethical Canadian corporate champions: a memoir and a manifesto (Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2007); Wayne Skene: Wheels: the legacy of Lloyd Cooper and his Calgary roller rink (Bowen Island: Tribute Books, 2007); Sean Rossiter: Safe and sound: the story of The Justice Institute of British Columbia (Bowen Island: Tribute Books, 2008); and Harley Hotchkiss: A life in the hockey rink, oil patch and community (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009).

Grescoe, Paul
Monica Hughes fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0171 · Fonds · 1925-2005

Fonds consists of correspondence; research material; preliminary work; manuscripts of novels, short stories, anthology, radio play, articles, essays, speeches and book reviews; promotional material; reviews; works about M. Hughes; and miscellaneous material.

Hughes, Monica
Joanna M. Glass fonds
CA ACU SPC F0003 · Fonds · 1935-2022

Fonds 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 McClelland
Ken Rivard fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0148 · Fonds · 1936-2022

Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts of poems, short stories and young adult fiction, published works and audio-visual material.

Rivard, Ken
Alice Munro fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0012 · Fonds · 1947-2015

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, Alice Ann
Mordecai Richler fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0010 · Fonds · ca. 1949-2008

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels (The Acrobats;The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz; Barney's version; A choice of enemies; Cocksure; The Incomparable Atuk; It's harder to be anybody; Jacob Two Two and the dinosaur/meets the hooded fang/spy case; Salomon Gursky was here; Son of a smaller hero; St. Urbain's horseman; Stick your neck out), short stories, articles, essays, reviews, screenplays, stage plays, and radio and television plays; published works; interviews; sound recordings and moving images; photographic prints, promotional materials and ephemera. Also includes Genie and Nellie awards and commemorative plaques.

Richler, Mordecai