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Canada Council
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0001-FL0057 · File · 1963 - 1990
Part of Christie Harris fonds.
  • 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.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CA ACU SPC F0004-S0001-FL0119 · File · 1966 June 1 - 1986 November 14
Part of Michael Cook fonds.
  • 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.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CA ACU SPC F0017-S0001-FL0072 · File · 1937-06-10 - 1980-02-04
Part of Christie Harris fonds.
  • 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.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CA ACU SPC F0016-S0002-FL0184 · File · 1967 January 5 - 1967 December 30
Part of George Ryga fonds.
  • Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and George Ryga.
  • Correspondence relating to submission and consideration of G. Ryga's television and radio scripts for possible production. Includes results of a viewer pool of A carpenter by trade and an agenda for June 21-24, 1967, CBC meetings. Also includes holograph annotations on verso of item 21.
  • Includes references to the following: Close shave at Kamloops; The grey side of the mountain; The ecstasy of Rita Joe; Sing and the hills will answer!; A touch of cruelty; Just an ordinary person; Black is the colour; Nothing but a man; A jest of God; Man alive; Ballad of a stonepicker; Gold in the aspens; Joseph, the meek; The wife of Sid Malan; Betrothal; The 13th disciple; Paracelsus; Pretty world; A carpenter by trade; The jingle jangle children; A feast of thunder; For want of something better to do; A builder in stone, a builder in wood; Pray for us sinners; It's a pretty world; Joe.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CA ACU SPC F0016-S0002-FL0191 · File · 1974 January 8 - 1974 December 20
Part of George Ryga fonds.
  • Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and George Ryga.
  • Correspondence relating to submission and consideration of G. Ryga's television and radio scripts for possible production. Includes sale of The ninth summer to British Broadcasting Corporation, Scotland, and G. Ryga's holograph annotations titled Resolutions regarding relationship between CBC and playwrights on verso of items MsC 20.9.21.9a - MSC 20.9.21.9b and MsC 20.9.21.9e - MsC 20.9.21.9g.
  • Includes references to the following: Twelve ravens for the sun; Resolutions; The ninth summer; Miners, gentlemen and other hard cases; Glory ride; Paracelsus; Blockbusters.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CA ACU SPC F0001-S0001-FL0040 · File · 1981 November 19 - 1988 January 4
Part of Constance Beresford-Howe fonds.
  • 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.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CA ACU SPC F0016-S0002-FL0182 · File · 1965 January 4 - 1965 December 18
Part of George Ryga fonds.
  • Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and George Ryga.
  • Correspondence relating to submission and consideration of G. Ryga's television and radio scripts for possible production. Includes contract negotiations and partial revisions of Erosions and A white dog on a green lawn. Also includes unidentified script material on verso of items 1,3,6,7,8 and 16.
  • Includes references to the following: Bitter grass; The tulip garden; Indian; Why rock the boat?; Paracelsus; Night desk; Moderato cantabile; A white dog on a green lawn; Chelkash; Goodbye is for keeps; Two soldiers; Storm; The captive; Hungry hills; Ballad of a stonepicker; The stone angel; A ballad for Bill; Erosions; Man alive; Gold in the aspens; Legacy of the meek; Half-caste; Men of the mountain; A feast of thunder; First man; Unidentified manuscript material.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CA ACU SPC F0016-S0002-FL0185 · File · 1968 January 3 - 1968 December 30
Part of George Ryga fonds.
  • Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and George Ryga.
  • Correspondence relating to submission and consideration of G. Ryga's television scripts for possible production.
  • Includes references to the following: The ecstasy of Rita Joe; A builder in stone, a builder in wood; Just an ordinary person; Hughie; Steven Truscott; Black is the colour; The wife of Sid Malan; Betrothal; The 13th disciple; The drunkard; Sing and the hills will answer!; The grey side of the mountain; The maze; People of the lotus-land; Gold in the aspens; Flowers of the night; Hungry hills; Grass and wild strawberries; No secrets in my court; Half-way house.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CA ACU SPC F0009-S0001-FL0032 · File · 1973-1979
Part of Sharon Pollock fonds.
  • Letters (1973 January 23-1979 December 6), from various persons associated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sharon Pollock.
  • Letters soliciting material for CBC television drama department, discussing plans to produce The b triple p plan, later titled The Larsens, commenting on Ransom production and mentioning other possible productions.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CA ACU SPC F0016-S0002-FL0181 · File · 1964 January 23 - 1964 December 30
Part of George Ryga fonds.
  • Correspondence between representatives of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and George Ryga.
  • Correspondence relating to submission and consideration of G. Ryga's television and radio scripts for possible production. Includes contract negotiations and unidentified script material on verso of items 82 and 83.
  • Includes references to the following: Chelkash; Hungry hills; For want of something better to do; Indian; The pear tree; Recollections of a stone-picker; Departures; The tulip garden; Erosions; A ballad for Bill; Goodbye is for keeps; Moderato cantabile; Two soldiers; Bitter grass; A white dog on a green lawn; The stone angel; Why rock the boat?; Bread route; Unidentified manuscript material.