• Royalty statements and correspondence (1962 November 18 - 1982 June 30), between various representatives of McClelland and Stewart Limited and Alden Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating to submission of The wanton troopers and Bread, wine and salt for publication consideration, to requests for permission to publish poetry in anthologies and textbooks and to requests for review copies of books; and discussing McClelland and Stewart Limited's financial problems, various proposed publications and the Canadian Copyright Act. Includes royalty statements (1966 June 30 - 1982 June 30) for anthology Poetry of midcentury, 1940-1960, edited by Milton Wilson, which includes several poems by A. Nowlan. Verso of letter dated May 30, 1974, contains A. Nowlan's holograph notes relating to revisions of I'm a stranger here myself. Includes references to the following: Summer; The wanton troopers; Bread, wine and salt; The execution; Fly on the blue table; Review of Percy Janes's House of hate; Canadian love song; The bull moose; For Jean Vincent D'Abbadie, Baron St.-Castin; Homebrew; The jackers; Hitch hikers; Christ; Dancer; The hand puppet's song; Five days in hospital; In memoriam : Claude Orser (1894-1968); I'm a stranger here myself.

Page proof from the Tamarack Review of a Hudson's Bay Company advertisement featuring A. Nowlan's poems Midnight of the first snow and The spy. Advertisement published in the Tamarack Review, no. 40, Summer 1966, and also in Canadian Literature, no. 28, Spring 1966. Verso of proof contains holograph note from John Robert Colombo, Managing Editor, Tamarack Review, discussing the proof. Includes references to the following: The spy; Midnight of the first snow.

Typescript (carbon copy) clean copy; undated. Published with the poem Ypres : 1915 in How do I love thee, edited by John Robert Colombo (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1970). Includes references to the following: Prefatory note for poem in Hurtig anthology; Ypres : 1915.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1969(?) - 1982 August 17), between N. and Marie-Claude Catanoy and Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating news about writing, travels and various other topics. Letters dated 1969-1970 relate chiefly to the anthology Modern Romanian poetry, edited by N. Catanoy, and for which A. Nowlan helped contact Canadian poets willing to write English versions of the translated poems. Item 2 is a draft of the letter sent by A. Nowlan to Canadian poets regarding the translations and includes a list of recipients of the letter. Includes references to the following: Between tears and laughter; Psalm (I search for you...); Folk song; Hide and seek (My small and precious ones...); Various persons named Kevin O'Brien; The guide; Frankenstein : the man who became god; Shaped by this land; The dollar woman : stage play; The incredible murder of Cardinal Tosca : stage play.

• Correspondence (1969 January 28 - 1982 July 29), between various representatives of Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited and Alden Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating to requests for permission to publish poetry in several textbooks and anthologies. Includes photocopies of several poems by A. Nowlan. Includes references to the following: Long, long ago; The bull moose; Canadian love song; God sour the milk of the knacking wench; Bread, wine and salt; Stoney Ridge dance hall; The things which are; The execution; Walking toward the bus station; Warren Pryor; Under the ice; Playing the Jesus game : poetry collection.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1969 March 11 - 1983 June 14), between officials of the League of Canadian Poets and Alden Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating to founding of the League of Canadian Poets, to meetings and business matters and to requests for poetry submissions for anthologies published by the League; discussing and arranging poetry readings and poetry reading tours; and recommending poets for League membership. Includes several poetry tour schedules and some biographical material. Includes references to the following: Bread, wine and salt; Roots; The waiter's smile; Smoked glass; Double exposure; The incredible murder of Cardinal Tosca : stage play.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1966(?) - 1980 June 9), between J. R. Colombo and Alden Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating to permission to publish poetry in several anthologies, formation of a proposed poetry society, possibilities for sale of the manuscript of Frankenstein : the man who became god, publication of Nicholas Catanoy's Romanian poetry anthology and various other topics. Includes references to the following: Kevin and Stephanie; The bull moose; The execution; Walking toward the bus station; I, Icarus; Alpha and omega; On the nature of human compassion; Frankenstein : the man who became god; Scratchings (Every great idea contains...); Campobello : the outer island; Ypres : 1915; Warren Pryor; Smoked glass.

Detached from the Tamarack Review, no. 16, Summer 1960, p. 71-79. Review of ten poetry collections. Contains A. Nowlan's holograph annotation "Tamarack Review Summer 1960". (Periodical title and other publication information verified from University of Calgary Libraries holdings.) Includes references to the following: Review of Marianne Moore's O to be a dragon; Ten books of poetry; Review of Ralph Hodgson's The skylark and other poems; Review of John Ciardi's 39 poems; Review of Robert Lowell's Life studies; Review of Jean Garrigue's A water walk by Villa d'Este; Review of Edwin Muir's New poets 1959; Review of Peter Miller's Sonata for frog and man; Review of Florence Wyle's Poems; Review of Leslie L. Kaye's The McGill chapbook; Review of John Robert Colombo's The varsity chapbook.

• Correspondence (1965 October 10 - 1982 February 10), between editors of the Tamarack Review and Alden Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating to submission and publication of poetry and short stories in the Tamarack Review, to an article on A. Nowlan written by Robert Bly, and to the possibility of A. Nowlan's writing a poem about the Irish famine for the Tamarack Review; and discussing attempts to form a poet's organization and other topics. Item 24 is an invitation to a party to mark the publication of the final issue of the Tamarack Review. Includes references to the following: I, Icarus; Long, long ago; Revelation; The changeling; A dog barking at night; Temptation; On hearing of the death of Dr. William Carlos Williams; On dreams of war; Kevin and Stephanie; Satori; An unanswered letter; A pinch or two of dust; Love poem for a stranger; Alden Nowlan reports; Infidelity; The incredible murder of Cardinal Tosca : stage play; Hit us again, we love it : In the Kingdom of Torontoville; In the Kingdom of Torontoville; The incredible murder of Cardinal Tosca : radio play; Bobby Sands.

Typescript (carbon copy) clean copy of short biography with typescript annotation "For Grade IV textbook"; typescript rough draft fragment; and typescript (carbon copy) clean copy of A. Nowlan's commentary on poems The execution, The bull moose, On the nature of human compassion, Alpha and omega, Walking toward the bus station, and I, Icarus. Items received stapled together by the author; however, items 2-3 probably were written to accompany publication of the above listed poems in high school/college textbook Rhymes and reasons, edited by John Robert Colombo (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971). (See repository photocopies of correspondence with J. R. Colombo included in file, which discuss submission of the poems and commentary.) Includes references to the following: Author's commentary; The execution; I, Icarus; Walking toward the bus station; The bull moose; Alpha and omega; On the nature of human compassion.