Notebooks recording income received from royalties, permission fees, readings and expense accounts; fees for writing columns, articles, speeches and radio and television scripts; and other miscellaneous income. Item 1 covers 1972- 1976; item 2, 1978-1984. Item 2 also lists work published from February 1982 to May 1983. Records kept by A. and Claudine Nowlan. Includes references to the following: Notebooks containing income accounts.

• Tributes paid to Alden Nowlan following his death, 1983 - 1984 March.
• Tributes in periodicals, in University of New Brunswick Department of English annual report for 1982-1983 and in welcoming remarks at 1983 Maritime Writers' Workshop. Those paying tribute to A. Nowlan include Lesley Choyce, Ted Jones, Joseph Sherman, Stephen Franklin, Gregory M. Cook, Michael O. Nowlan, Robert Gibbs, Harry Bruce, Peter Thomas, Frank J. Ledwell, Clifton Whiten, Eli Mandel, Irving Layton and Janice Tyrwhitt. MsC 40.120.1.3, a special Alden Nowlan tribute edition of the Pottersfield Portfolio, v. 5, 1983-1984, contains L. Choyce's tribute and interview; poems Field day, The morning's mail and Home from the wars by A. Nowlan; and poem dedicated to A. Nowlan, The final gesture by Allan Cooper. MsC 40.120.2.5, UNB Perspectives, v. 10, no. 2, September 1983, contains eulogy delivered by Walter J. Learning at A. Nowlan's funeral. MsC 40.120.2.6, Poetry Canada Review, v. 5, no. 1, Fall 1983, contains several tributes by Canadian poets, A. Nowlan's poem He and untitled poem about A. Nowlan by C. Whiten. Includes duplicates of some items. Includes references to the following: Field day; The morning's mail; Home from the wars; He.

• Letter (1978 January 5), from J. Northmore to Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Autograph letter(s) signed by the hand of the author expressing appreciation for an invitation to a social event.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1966 July 21 - 1983 April 20), between J. A. Nowlan and Alden and Claudine Nowlan and others.
• Correspondence relating personal and family news, and discussing current employment, literary projects, politics and various other topics. Correspondence between J. A. and A. and C. Nowlan is followed by several letters (1970 October 13 - 1976 October 1) between or on behalf of J. A. Nowlan and various educational institutions and government agencies. Includes references to the following: In the garden; Untitled poem (Put on pajamas, go outdoors); I'm a stranger here myself; Britain Street; Bread, wine and salt; Hatfield country; Miracle at Indian River : television play; Frankenstein : the man who became god; The departure; Campobello : the outer island; Bobby Sands; Passing the time with Gerry Regan; Various persons named Kevin O'Brien; Frankenstein : radio play; The dollar woman : stage play; The first game of the finals; Songs straight from the heart and bottle; Come blow our horn; Cuba is a great place to visit; A jukebox in the kitchen; Double exposure; The incredible murder of Cardinal Tosca : stage play; Unpublished book on Canadian country music; Up at ours : The runaways; Up at ours : Full circle; The runaways; Full circle : television play; Déjà rêvé; Looking for Nancy; Minto, N.B.; I might not tell everybody this; La Svengali.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1968 February 16 - 1977 September 4), between B. and Alice Oliver and Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Sympathy card from the Olivers; and letters from A. Nowlan extending an invitation to visit the Nowlans, and reminiscing about Hartland, N.B.

• Correspondence (1970 November 27 - 1974?), between D. Pacey and Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating chiefly to a request for permission to publish poems and a short story in an anthology being edited by D. Pacey, commenting on D. Pacey's short stories, and replying to a social invitation. Includes references to the following: The bull moose; The execution; Looking for Nancy; Alpha and omega; On the nature of human compassion; I, Icarus; The things which are; Under the ice; The guide; A sick call; Miracle at Indian River : short story collection; There was an old woman from Wexford : short story/novel chapter; Anointed with oils; Saturday night; Husband and wife; Escape from Eden; The mysterious naked man : poem.

• Correspondence (1969 June 30 - 1982 October 25), between M. and Al Pittman and Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating personal news and news of mutual friends, describing Newfoundland, extending holiday greetings, and commenting on A. Nowlan's literary work. One letter only from A. Nowlan, the remainder from M. Pittman. Includes references to the following: Protocol (No, that's where I'm going to sit); Frankenstein : the man who became god; Ypres : 1915; Alden Nowlan reports; I might not tell everybody this; He sits down on the floor of a school for the retarded; A white book lies open.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1966 October 4 - 1983 June 1), between S. Pride and Alden Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating personal news; discussing current literary projects and careers, politics, religion, spiritualism and many other topics; and recalling childhood memories of rural Nova Scotia. Letter dated November 29, 1974, describes an event from A. Nowlan's childhood which was used as the basis for a chapter in The wanton troopers. Includes an issue of Supportive Lifestyles, v. 7, no. 5, November 1981, containing a feature article on S. Pride (Rachel Paulson Pride). (Archival note: MsC 61, described in Appendix B, consists of material relating to A. Nowlan collected by R. P. Pride. S. Pride, née Reese, changed her name to Rachel Paulson Pride in the early 1980s. R. P. Pride, A. Nowlan's cousin, is the daughter of Sylvester Reese, a brother of the author's mother, Grace Reese Nowlan.) Includes references to the following: Lyndon Johnson and Bismarck's ghost; Bread, wine and salt; For Jamil Baroody; Miracle at Indian River : short story collection; The mysterious naked man : poetry collection; Playing the Jesus game : poetry collection; A darkness in the earth; Gardens of the wind; Alden Nowlan reports; Alden Nowlan's notebook; Various persons named Kevin O'Brien; Hatfield country; Between tears and laughter; The rose and the puritan : poetry collection; Guide to the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly Building; Campobello : the outer island; Alden Nowlan's Maritimes; Husband and wife; Frankenstein : the man who became god; I'm a stranger here myself; The first game of the finals; Shaped by this land; Passing the time with Gerry Regan; Stage fright; In PEI the Legion is not just an organization - it is the organization; It's hats off to the colors in New Brunswick; Come blow our horn; The incredible murder of Cardinal Tosca : stage play; I might not tell everybody this; Atlantis; A gift to last; The wanton troopers; Speech, Saint Andrew's Society (Black's Harbour, N.B.) annual dinner.

• Letter (1971 August 23), Fair Oaks, Calif., from T. and Maria Schmidt to Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Typed letter(s) signed by the author describing travels between Fredericton, N.B., and California.

• Newsletters (n.d., 1976 April 20 - 1982 March), from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Newsletters and other informational letters.