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File consists of business documents and correspondence exchanged between Ken Rivard and agents or publishers, Robert Allan (Concordia University) and Angel Beyde.

• Correspondence between representatives of Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario, and Christie Harris.
• File consists of letters regarding Christie Harris's applications for and receipt of various Canada Council arts grants; participation in the public readings programme, the National Book Festival in 1981, 1983 and 1984 and on the jury for the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize in 1984 and 1985; winning the Children's Literature Prize for 1980 for The Trouble with Princesses; and invitations to the Governor General's Literary Awards in 1980 and presentation of the Canada Council's Children's Literature Prizes in 1982 and 1987.
• Typescript, signed; typescript (carbon copy), signed.
• Includes references to the following: Raven's Cry; Figleafing Through History; Secret in The Stlalakum Wild; The Trouble with Princesses.

• Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Constance Beresford-Howe.
• File consists of letters regarding script changes and revisions for television script The Cuckoo Bird broadcast September 29, 1985, starring Elizabeth Shepherd, Robyn Sheppard and Kenneth Welsh; and letter forwarding a cassette copy of C. Beresford-Howe's interview with Terry Campbell for Music in My Life on CBC Arts National.
• Typescript (photocopy); typescript, signed; Handwritten; Handwritten, signed.

• File consists of draft of play which incorporates handwritten revisions and inserts of previous item, MsC 250.11.23, and two photocopies. Dated from Handwritten annotation "The Cuckoo's Nest by Constance Beresford-Howe June 10/82" on second copy which is missing title page.
• File also includes notes regarding suggested cuts and changes to this version of the script from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producers Robert Allen and Bonnie Siegel with repository photocopies of letters (1982 June 25 and 1982 June 28) forwarding these notes.

• Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Christie Harris.
• File consists of correspondence regarding various scripts written by Christie Harris and produced on CBC radio and television, including collaborations with Hary E. Biener, the Giles and Dolly scripts and the Irish legends scripts; a possible talk on the Hungarian refugee Camp at Abbotsford, B.C.; ideas suggested by Christie Harris for radio and television including a proposal for a series of television programs based on the clothing theories in Figleafing Through History as well as for a radio special on Canadian dress; and the possibility of excerpting the Mouse Woman books on the radio program Identities.
• Typescript, signed; holograph, signed; typescript (carbon copy), signed; typescript (carbon copy).
• Includes references to the following: Fairy Coronation; May Day Fantasy; Springtime Fantasy; Girl in Blue; Introducing Pansy; As In the Bursting Bud; The Brush Party; Giles and Dolly; Giles and Dolly Sense of Humour; Giles and Dolly Honest is a Sometime Thing; Giles and Dolly Who Can't Stand Criticism; Giles and Dolly You Should Have a Hobby; Irish Dramas Faith, 'Tis a Poor Heart; Irish Dramas The Queen of Connacht; Irish Dramas The High King's Daughter; Westward to Gold; Cariboo Trail; The Cox That Got Away; Raven's Cry; Confessions of a Toe-hanger; You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere; Let X Be Excitement; Figleafing Through History; Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses; Mouse Woman and The Mischief Makers.

• Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, George Ryga and Renée L. Paris relating to submission of television and radio scripts for consideration for possible production.
• Includes references to the following: The ecstasy of Rita Joe; Captives of the faceless drummer; Betrothal; The tulip garden; The ninth summer; The stone angel; Sunrise on Sarah; Miners, gentlemen and other hard cases; Indian.

File consists of letters mainly about broadcasting works on CBC, publishing some material in Tamarack Review and featuring M. Richler on programs produced by CBC.

• File consists of promotional, production and review material for various productions of The head, guts and soundbone dance, Jacob's wake, Quiller, Therese's creed and Not as a dream as well as for productions of Macbeth and Henry IV, Part I directed by M. Cook. Includes ticket stubs, programs, reviews, press releases, letters to the editor reacting to productions or reviews, and letters to M. Cook regarding productions. Arranged by play, then chronologically by production beginning with the earliest production.
• Title based on contents of file.

• Correspondence between various representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Michael Cook.
• Correspondence regarding the submission and production of scripts on various CBC television and radio programs, the appearance of M. Cook on various shows as a performer, reviewer and commentator, and M. Cook's participation in CBC radio drama writers' seminars.

• Correspondence between K. Thompson and John Metcalf.
• File consists of letters discussing current literary endeavours, K. Thompson's short stories submitted for publication consideration in anthologies edited by J. Metcalf, Writers' Union of Canada, books read, Canadian authors and their literary works, book reviews, Canadian publishing, Fiddlehead issue featuring J. Metcalf, and various other topics; enclosing fiction by J. Metcalf and K. Thompson, sent for pleasure and criticism; and relating personal news. Includes manuscript of poem Flyer by K. Thompson and two letters from K. Thompson with postscripts by Michaele Thompson.
• Typescript, signed; typescript (carbon copy); holograph, signed (some photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: Girl in gingham; Going down slow; The lady who sold furniture : short stories; The teeth of my father : short stories; Robert, standing; The narrative voice; Private parts : a memoir; General Ludd; Punctuation as score; 77 : best Canadian stories; Playground; Dreams surround us; Men in bowler hats; Stories plus; 80 : best Canadian stories; Single gents only; The Eastmill Reception Centre; Kicking against the pricks : essays; Streaking through the ivory tower; Streaking through the ivory tower : part two; Polly Ongle; The bumper book.