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Alice Munro fonds.

  • CA ACU SPC F0012
  • Fonds
  • 1947-

Fonds includes material relating to the life and works of Alice Munro (née Laidlaw) as a writer of novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays and essays. Included are personal, general and business-related correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, screenplays, and poetry; copies and drafts of articles in newspapers and magazines; audio-visual recordings of interviews with Munro and dramatizations of her works; promotional material such as posters; records related to theses and lectures based on her works. Includes writing notebooks and works by others about Munro and her oeuvre.

Munro, Alice Ann

Correspondence relating to anthology 80 : best Canadian stories between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Clark Blaise, and authors and periodical editors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0017
  • File
  • [197-], 1978 December 31 - 1980 January 19
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters from authors submitting short stories for publication consideration in anthology; letters from J. Metcalf informing authors that stories are being considered or have been accepted for publication; and letters relating to subscriptions to periodicals publishing short fiction, and requesting permission to publish in anthology stories originally published in periodicals. Some letters contain J. Metcalf's holograph annotations relating to stories submitted. Bio-bibliographical material enclosed by some authors. Includes manuscript of Martin Avery's short story Glory tour or Norman Bethune's hometown, published in anthology as Chinese gold. Manuscript contains Clark Blaise's holograph annotation "John - another Martin Avery story" and J. Metcalf's holograph annotation "First version of Martin Avery's story as submitted for Clark".
  • Typescript, signed; holograph, signed; typescript (mimeograph); typescript (carbon copy).
  • Includes references to the following: 80 : best Canadian stories; 79 : best Canadian stories; The strange aberration of Mr. Ken Smythe.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Clark Blaise.

Correspondence relating to anthology 81 : best Canadian stories between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors and periodical editors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0020
  • File
  • [1979 or 1980], 1979 December 31 - 1981 February 2
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters from authors submitting short stories for publication consideration in anthology; letters from J. Metcalf relating to discussion, consideration and acceptance of stories for publication; and letters relating to subscriptions to periodicals publishing short fiction. Some letters contain J. Metcalf's holograph annotations commenting on stories submitted. Bio-bibliographical material enclosed by some authors.
  • Typescript, signed; holograph, signed; typescript (carbon copy); typescript (photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: 80 : best Canadian stories; 81 : best Canadian stories; Girl in gingham; Keys and watercress.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke.

Correspondence relating to anthology 82 : best Canadian stories between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0023
  • File
  • [198-], 1981 February 6 - 1982 January 27
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters from authors submitting short stories for publication consideration in anthology; and letters from J. Metcalf relating to discussion, consideration and acceptance of stories for publication. Some letters from authors include bio-bibliographical material and revisions to be made in stories published in anthology.
  • Holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed; typescript (photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: 82 : best Canadian stories; General Ludd.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke.

Correspondence relating to anthology Making it new between J. Metcalf and authors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0073
  • File
  • [1981 or 1982], 1981 December 12 - 1982 November 30
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters requesting permission from authors to publish short stories in anthology, relating to requests for essays by authors to accompany stories, discussing essays submitted and relating personal news. Letters enclose manuscripts of essays submitted by authors, including What is style? by Mavis Gallant, Afterword by Norman Levine, What is real? by Alice Munro, Voices by Leon Rooke and unrelated article.
  • Holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed; typescript with holograph revisions; printed material (photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: Making it new; Kicking against the pricks : essays; Without an 'e'; Selected stories.
  • Anthology photographs by Sam Tata.

Correspondence relating to special Canadian issue of the Literary Review between J. Metcalf and authors and literary agents.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0058
  • File
  • [1984 or 1985], 1984 February 27 - 1985 April 29
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters discussing with authors the special Canadian issue of the Literary Review and copyright and permission fees for short stories and critical essays published, submitting works for publication, forwarding permission fees to authors, and relating personal news. Includes list of authors and works published, letter sent to all contributors relating to possibility of V‚hicule Press reprinting the special issue in Canada and invitation list for New York launch of special issue.
  • Holograph; holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed.
  • Includes references to the following: Literary Review [1985 Canadian issue]; Travelling northward; The New Press anthology #1; Adult entertainment; Kicking against the pricks : essays; Paintings about painting : notes toward an essay on Tony Calzetta; The lady who sold furniture : novella; Writers in aspic; On the edge : Canadian short stories.

Correspondence relating to The Macmillan anthology 1 between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors and various publishers.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0064
  • File
  • [1986 or 1987], 1986 April 26 - 1988 July 14
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters discussing works submitted for publication consideration in anthology, relating to selection or rejection of works, requesting from publishers review copies of books to be reviewed by Michael E. Darling in anthology, and discussing photographs by Sam Tata used as illustrative material. Several letters submitting manuscripts are addressed to J. Metcalf as former editor of New Press anthology and Best Canadian stories series. Includes photocopy of interview with Lorna Crozier published in Voices and visions.
  • Typescript, signed; holograph, signed (some photocopy); printed material (photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: The Macmillan anthology 1; Adult entertainment; Robert, standing; Writers in aspic; Freedom from culture : essay; Conversations without words; Selected stories; Gentle as flowers make the stones; Single gents only; The nipples of Venus; Polly Ongle; Travelling northward; The bumper book.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke. Photographs by Sam Tata.

Correspondence relating to The New Press anthology #1 between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors and periodical editors.

  • File consists of letters relating to submission of short stories for publication consideration in anthology; discussing, accepting or rejecting works; regarding requests for subscriptions to periodicals publishing short fiction; and relating personal news. Letters enclose biographical information for some authors. Includes revised manuscript fragments of Keath Fraser's The Emerald City.
  • Typescript (signed); typescript (photocopy); holograph, signed (some photocopy); printed material.
  • Includes references to the following: The New Press anthology #1; Making it new; Kicking against the pricks : essays; Third impressions; Private parts : a memoir; General Ludd; The teeth of my father : short stories; First impressions; Adult entertainment; Streaking through the ivory tower; Kaleidoscope.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke.

Correspondence relating to The second Macmillan anthology between co-editors, J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke, and authors and literary agents.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0106
  • File
  • [1987? or 1988?], 1987 September 2 - 1988 September 15
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters requesting submission of short stories, poetry and prose for publication consideration in anthology; discussing works submitted; relating to selection or rejection of works and permissions to publish; and relating personal news. Includes manuscript of poem A god in the earth by Al Purdy, permissions agreement for publication of Mavis Gallant's stories in The Macmillan anthology 1 and biographical material for some authors submitting work. Some overlap occurs between correspondence relating to The Macmillan anthology 1 and The second Macmillan anthology, and some work is submitted to Leon Rooke and J. Metcalf as former editors of The New Press anthology series.
  • Holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed; typescript (photocopy); computer printout; printed material.
  • Includes references to the following: The second Macmillan anthology; The Macmillan anthology 1; Carry on bumping; Going down slow; General Ludd; Writers in aspic; What is a Canadian literature? : essay.
  • Anthology co-edited by J. Metcalf and Leon Rooke.
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