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Alden Nowlan fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0008 · Archief · [192-]-1997

Fonds consists of the following series for MsC 40: correspondence (1949-1984); drama (1969-1982); fiction (ca. 1952-1984); poetry (ca. 1951-1983); prose (1950, 1963-1983); published works (1951-1983); audio-visual (192-, 1954-1984); miscellaneous (1952-1984); works on Nowlan (1953-1984); and four small appendices (MsC 59, 61, 106, 119) consisting of material relating to A. Nowlan and acquired from other sources. MsC 59 consists of a sound cassette Remembering Alden Nowlan, taped at a Theatre New Brunswick event paying tribute to A. Nowlan. MsC 106 is a draft of A gift to last, revised by co-author Walter J. Learning in 1989. MsC 119 consists of promotional material for a production of Frankenstein : the man who became god. For description of MsC 61 see entry under Rachel Paulson Pride. Accession 523/92.21 consists of poetry manuscripts; notebooks; reviews and other material relating to publication or productions of A. Nowlan's work after his death in 1983; and twenty-four sound recordings of interviews, radio broadcasts of A. Nowlan's works, tributes paid to the author and other miscellaneous events. Accession 569/95.5 consists of material relating to A. Nowlan including v. 2, no. 4, Summer 1963 issue of Amethyst devoted to him.

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Aritha van Herk fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0014 · Archief · 1970-2005

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, articles, essays, lectures, papers, reviews, speeches, screenplay and thesis; material relating to A. van Herk's editing, teaching, membership in various organizations including the Writers Guild of Alberta and the Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts, and on various committees; photographs; sound recordings; research material; published work; and works on A. van Herk. Also includes MsC 56, a small appendix consisting of material from the Canadian Book Information Centre described in entry for Canadian Book Information Centre; and MsC 330, an audio cassette recording of A. van Herk reading her short story, Mining darkness, on CBC Radio's Aircraft, March 1989. Accession 857/09.1 consists of 1.32 m of textual records donated by Aritha van Herk and Rudy Wiebe which is restricted during their lifetimes.

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George Ryga fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0016 · Archief · 1944-1988

Fonds 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?]).

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John Metcalf fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0018 · Archief · [196-?]-2011

Fonds consists of correspondence with authors, editors, publishers and educators and on various subjects as well as editorial correspondence relating to Biblioasis, Canadian Notes & Queries and Porcupine's Quill; notes and drafts of novels, short stories, prose, essays and memoirs, and documentation relating to anthologies edited by J. Metcalf; notebooks, scrapbooks, photographs and sound recordings including readings and discussions by the Montreal Storyteller Fiction Performance Group; works on J. Metcalf including awards; published works; and works by others.

Accession 895/12.12 highlights Metcalf's work as an editor and mentor of new literary voices. The records cover the period from 2008-2011, including the tumultuous period of 2008-2009 following the publishing of the Jane Urquhart edited Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories; Metcalf spearheaded a backlash to Urquhart's story choices, efforts that included an issue of Canadian Notes & Queries with the title "Salon des Refusés." This accession includes correspondence with authors, publishers, rare book dealers and artists, samples of author's work and editorial critiques, personal correspondence and photographs. The accession also includes works by Metcalf including drafts of his short story "Ceazar Salad," and the novella "The Museum at the End of the World."

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Leona Gom fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0020 · Archief · 1959-2003

Fonds consists of correspondence; research material; manuscripts, ranging from rough to final drafts, of poems, poetry collections, short stories and novels; scrapbook; promotional material for poetry readings; and published works.
Likely the last accrual (Acc. 2016.024) of 4 boxes of material, with a date range of 1973-2008, was received in 2016. It includes manuscripts, correspondence and research for last novel Exclusion Principle (box 1-2), correspondence relating to novels, Hating Gladys, After Image, Double Negative, and Freeze Frame as well as a poetry collection Collected Poems. There are also notes for an early film script and early radio plays. Also included are some contracts, reviews of her work in newspapers and other publications, interviews and readings she gave for the media including CBC and the National Film Board which are recorded on audio cassette tapes, film (NFB), and VHS. Ms. Gom maintained a separate general correspondence series which she divided in literary and personal correspondence.

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Hugh Hood fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0021 · Archief · 1953-2007

Fonds consists of correspondence with editors, publishers, educators, authors and others; contracts; royalty statements; scrapbooks; manuscripts, ranging from rough drafts to galley proofs, of poems, short stories, novels and prose; articles and theses about H. Hood; published work; and works by others.

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Marie Jakober fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0022 · Archief · 1953-2009

Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts of novels, short stories, addresses to various organizations and conferences, and essays written by M. Jakober as a university student; published poetry and short stories; and other miscellaneous material.

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Hugh MacLennan fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0024 · Archief · 1918-1985

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of addresses, reviews, television script, novel, essays and articles; scrapbooks; newsclippings; works on H. MacLennan; and miscellaneous material. Three small appendices of material (MsC 28, 29, 30) relating to H. MacLennan and acquired from other sources include correspondence, speech and published items.

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Bruce Hutchison fonds.
CA ACU SPC F0029 · Archief · [19--?]-1992

Fonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of articles, columns, essays, speeches, short stories, unpublished novel, The tall trees, novella and books of prose; newsclippings; research materials; published works; works about B. Hutchison; and miscellaneous works by others.

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