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The Marriage Bed
CA ACU SPC F0001-S0004-FL0006 · File · 1979 January [?] - 1985 May 3
Part of Constance Beresford-Howe fonds.
  • File consists of items, primarily relating to The Marriage Bed. Includes letters from friends, fans, publishers, editors and others as well as newspaper clippings of reviews and articles from various journals and newspapers.
  • Includes letters regarding C. Beresford-Howe's readings at libraries and schools, and to various literary groups; participation on a panel at the Hugh MacLennan Conference, February 25-27, 1982, University of Toronto, and in 1982 National Film Board/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation film Hugh MacLennan : portrait of a writer;
  • Participation in Canadian Authors Association one day writer's seminar New Dimensions '82, May 29, 1982, in Winnipeg, Man., and in the Writers' Development Trust's Night of One Hundred Authors, October 1982, in Toronto, Ont. Includes article in Brown Alumni Monthly, June 1981, regarding C. Beresford-Howe receiving a 1981 Graduate Alumni Citation;
  • Reviews and articles about Theatre Plus's production of Larry Fineberg's play Eve adapted for the stage from The Book of Eve, presented May 19 - June 11, 1983, starring Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood as Eva, and Lyric Studio's Hammersmith, England production of the play, January 19 - February 18, 1994, starring Constance Cummings.
  • Also includes Québec Ministère de l'Éducation Secondary School English leaving exam, June 1983, with excerpt from The Book of Eve, Running Away From Home.
CA ACU SPC F0001-S0001-FL0117 · File · 1983 March 21
Part of Constance Beresford-Howe fonds.
  • Contract between McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, Ont., and Constance Beresford-Howe, Toronto, Ont.
  • File consists of contract outlining terms of agreement for publication of a New Canadian Library paperback edition of The Book of Eve.
  • Typescript, signed.
Bella Pomer Agency
CA ACU SPC F0001-S0001-FL0015 · File · 1979 November 6 - 1990 September 11
Part of Constance Beresford-Howe fonds.
  • Correspondence between Bella Pomer, Bella Pomer Agency, Toronto, Ont., and Constance Beresford-Howe.
  • File consists of correspondence regarding the fulfilment of C. Beresford-Howe's contract with the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation of Canada for theatrical rights for The Book of Eve adapted for the stage by Larry Fineberg; the transfer of rights for various C. Beresford-Howe novels after the sale of Macmillan of Canada to Gage Publishing in 1980; progress on and suggested changes for novels The Marriage Bed, Night Studies and Prospero's Daughter; foreign language editions of various novels; interest in film rights to The Book of Eve; and other matters relating to the publication, promotion and sales of C. Beresford-Howe's work. Includes contracts, royalty statements and correspondence between B. Pomer and editors, publishers, producers, lawyers and others forwarded to C. Beresford-Howe.
  • Typescript, signed; Handwritten, signed; typescript (photocopy); typescript (carbon copy).
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0001-FL0235 · File · 1964-07-24 - 1986-11-03
Part of Christie Harris fonds.
  • Correspondence between various representatives of McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, Ontario, and Christie Harris.
  • File consists of letters regarding the publication, promotion, sales, foreign language translations and reprints of various Christie Harris works, as well as awards and honours won by Christie Harris.
  • Includes extensive discussion of permission to reprint excerpts in various publications as well as dramatization of Christie Harris works, particularly for radio broadcasts.
  • Typescript, signed; typescript, signed (carbon copy); holograph, signed.
  • Includes references to the following: Keyana; Captain of Camps; By Jasper By Jove; West With the White Chiefs; Once Upon a Totem; You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere; Raven's Cry; Confessions of a Toe-hanger; Forbidden Frontier; Let X Be Excitement; Figleafing Through History; Mule Lib; Secret in The Stlalakum Wild; Once More Upon a Totem; Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses; Mouse Woman and The Mischief Makers; Sky Man On The Totem Pole?; Mouse Woman and the Muddleheads; The Princess and The Geese; The Trouble with Princesses; The Trouble with Adventurers; The Rumor.
Publicity and reviews
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0002-SS0002-SSS0004-FL0007 · File · 1976 Spring - 1980
Part of Christie Harris fonds.
  • File consists of publicity material and reviews from various magazines and newspapers. Publicity material includes Atheneum's Spring 1976 catalogue of books for children, McClelland and Stewart Limited's Spring and Summer 1976 catalogue and ads from Quill & Quire, March 1976.
  • File also includes clippings regarding Christie Harris winning the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Medal Award for English Book of the Year and being chosen for the 1978 International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) honours list for the collection.
Publicity and reviews
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0002-SS0002-SSS0002-FL0011 · File · 1977 - 1980 Spring
Part of Christie Harris fonds.

File consists of publicity material and reviews from various magazines and newspapers. Publicity material includes bookmarks from McClelland and Stewart Limited, Atheneum's Spring 1977 catalogue of books for children and McClelland and Stewart Limited's Spring and Summer 1977 catalogue.

Publicity and reviews
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0002-SS0001-SSS0018-FL0007 · File · 1964-03-15 - 1974-10
Part of Christie Harris fonds.

File consists of publicity material and reviews of the novel from various magazines and newspapers. Publicity material includes bookmark from Atheneum with blurb about You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere on one side and Confessions of a Toe-hanger, published in 1966, on the other; Atheneum brochure about the novel; and McClelland and Stewart Limited manual for bedevilled book clerks listing the novel.

Publicity and reviews
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0002-SS0001-SSS0014-FL0011 · File · 1975-03 - 1978-06-21
Part of Christie Harris fonds.

File consists of publicity material and reviews from various magazines and newspapers. Publicity material includes March 1975 Junior Literary Guild booklet and McClelland and Stewart Limited's Spring and Summer 1975 catalogue, bookmarks and invitation to launch of book, May 1, 1975.

Publicity and reviews
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0002-SS0001-SSS0012-FL0010 · File · 1971-12-29 - 1978-03-31
Part of Christie Harris fonds.

File consists of publicity material and reviews of novel. Publicity material includes Atheneum Books for Children Spring 1972 catalogue and McClelland and Stewart Limited's Spring 1972 catalogue as well as British Columbia and Books 1972 brochure with Christie Harris's holograph annotation on cover "Stlalakum... I received the award as best in children's literature."

Publicity and reviews
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0002-SS0001-SSS0010-FL0012 · File · [1965] - 1975-09-15
Part of Christie Harris fonds.
  • File consists of publicity material and reviews of the novel from various magazines and newspapers.
  • Includes Christie Harris's typescript list of honors awarded the novel; McClelland and Stewart Limited's Fall and Christmas 1966 catalogue listing the novel;
  • Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California's list of distinguished books for 1966;
  • Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, V. 20, No. 4, December 1966, including Raven's Cry; American Library Association listing of notable children's books of 1966 including Raven's Cry; listing of Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Medal Award for English Book of the Year recipients including Christie Harris for Raven's Cry in 1967;
  • Canadian Library, V. 24, No. 3, November 1967, with a portrait of Christie Harris after the medal presentation.
  • Includes several articles about Christie Harris receiving Canadian Association of Children's Librarians Medal Award for English Book of the Year for the novel.