Posters promoting poetry readings given by A. Nowlan. Several items tentatively dated from correspondence. Includes duplicate of item 3.

• Letters of condolence, telegrams and sympathy cards (n.d., 1983 June 27 - 1984 January 7), from friends to C. and John A. Nowlan.
• Sympathy cards and letters of condolence paying tribute to Alden Nowlan sent to the Nowlan family following A. Nowlan's death in June 1983. Cards acknowledging contributions to charitable societies made in A. Nowlan's memory precede cards and letters in each file. Items arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Includes references to the following: Alden Nowlan reports; For Claudine because I love her; The mysterious naked man : poetry collection; The rose and the puritan : poetry collection; I might not tell everybody this; Great things have happened; How beautiful art thy feet with shoes; He sits down on the floor of a school for the retarded; Miracle at Indian River : short story collection; Legacy; Alden Nowlan's notebook.

• 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 (n.d., 1970 November 15 - 1981 February 24), relating to the Flat Earth Society, between various officials, members and interested individuals.
• Correspondence relating to the organization, structure and aims of the Flat Earth Society, to dissemination of literature about the Society and to applications for membership. Contains several letters concerning media coverage of the society including a film proposal from the National Film Board. Verso of letter dated July 19, 1972, contains A. Nowlan's holograph note about a conversation with Dorothy Livesay. Undated letters arranged alphabetically by correspondent at the front of the file; remainder of the file arranged chronologically. Includes references to the following: Between tears and laughter; Gruel and plovers' eggs; Kyran's christening; For Marilee; Would you buy a used globe from this man?.

• 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.

Holograph, typescript, typescript (photocopy) and published copies of poems. Arranged alphabetically by poet; poets indexed, titles not indexed.

Typescript (carbon copy) good copy with A. Nowlan's holograph annotation "The Daily Gleaner". Item undated; assigned date based on date of publication of E. Brewster's novel. Author of review shown as Blaine Sinclair, pseudonym for A. Nowlan. Includes references to the following: Review of Elizabeth Brewster's The sisters.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1966 June 29 - 1979 March 14), between E. Brewster and Alden and Claudine Nowlan.
• Correspondence discussing writing and published work of A. Nowlan and E. Brewster, travel plans, poetry collections by others, teaching and writer-in-residence positions, poetry reading tours, Canada Council grants, Canadian publishers and various other topics. Includes several poems by E. Brewster. Includes references to the following: Under the ice; The things which are; Wind in a rocky country; The rose and the puritan : poetry collection; Bread, wine and salt; The mysterious naked man : poetry collection; His native place; Between tears and laughter; From my notebook; Friends; TermCancClinc; The pilgrim's tale; Mistaken identity; Decline and fall; Campobello : the outer island; Various persons named Kevin O'Brien; Frankenstein : the man who became god; Alden Nowlan reports; Review of Elizabeth Brewster's It's easy to fall on the ice.

Holograph draft; typescript rough draft fragments, some with holograph revisions; and typescript (carbon copy) clean copy with A. Nowlan's signed holograph annotation of date. Poem published in the collection I'm a stranger here myself as Vancouver poem and in Anthology of contemporary Canadian poetry as Poema para Elizabeth Brewster. Includes references to the following: Vancouver poem; Poem for Elizabeth Brewster; Poema para Elizabeth Brewster.

• Correspondence (n.d., 1976 July 29 - 1982 August 26), relating to membership on Canada Council juries, between various officials at Canada Council and Alden Nowlan.
• Correspondence relating to A. Nowlan's membership on various selection committees and juries for new play development, theatre arts, arts grants and Governor General's Literary Awards.