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• File consists of letters discussing short stories and essays submitted for publication consideration in anthology, suggested revisions, permission fees and current literary projects; and relating personal news. Includes copies of several letters to authors from McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited.
• Holograph, signed; typescript, signed (some photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: The narrative voice; Sixteen by twelve; A bag of cherries; The estuary; The lady who sold furniture : novella.

• Photographs of various Canadian authors at early organizational meeting of Writers' Union of Canada.
• File consists of photographs taken at an informal organizational meeting of the Writers' Union of Canada. J. Metcalf suggests the meeting may have been that held at Neill-Wycik College, Toronto, Ont., some time in 1973 before the inaugural meeting in Ottawa, Ont., November 3, 1973. Includes photographs of Margaret Atwood, James Bacque, Earle Birney, Matt Cohen, Kildare Dobbs, Marian Engel, Charlotte Fielden, Timothy Findley, Sylvia Fraser, Larry Garber, Graeme Gibson, Jack Ludwig, W.O. Mitchell, Jerry Newman, P.K. Page, John Peter, George Ryga, Alice Munro, Andreas Schroeder, Leo Simpson, Ray Smith, David Lewis Stein, Kent Thompson, Sean Virgo and Rudy Wiebe, as well as several unidentified authors.
• Includes references to the following: Photographs of various Canadian authors at early organizational meeting of Writers' Union of Canada.
• Photographer unidentified.

• Correspondence and other material relating to conference New Canadian Authors/New Canadian Critics : A Conference on Recent Canadian Fiction.
• File consists of letters making arrangements for the Conference, extending invitations to participating authors and literary critics, obtaining funding for travel, accommodation and other Conference expenses, and expressing appreciation of participants following the Conference; poster promoting Conference; Conference timetable; and newsclippings about Conference.
• Typescript (photocopy); holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed (some photocopy); printed material.
• Includes references to the following: Private parts : a memoir; The bumper book; First impressions; Adult entertainment; The narrative voice.

• Photographs of various Canadian authors.
• File consists of photographs of Clark Blaise (2 items), Alice Munro (4 items including one with daughter Andrea and one with unidentified male), Ray Smith (3 items including one with J. Metcalf) and Kent Thompson.
• Includes references to the following: Photographs of various Canadian authors.
• Photographer not identified.

• File consists of excerpt from novella published in Fiddlehead, no. 114, Summer 1977, p. 64-67. Special John Metcalf section in this issue also includes Notes on writing a story and Girl in gingham as well as critical articles John Metcalf : a profile by Kent Thompson and Invention in Girl in gingham by Barry Cameron.
• Printed material.
• Includes references to the following: Private parts : a memoir; Girl in gingham; Notes on writing a story.

• Correspondence between J.R.T. Struthers and John Metcalf.
• File consists of letters relating to J. Metcalf's editing Leon Rooke's short story collection The love parlour, to J.R.T. Struthers's editing The Montreal Story Tellers (Véhicule Press, 1985) and republishing Kicking against the pricks (Red Kite Press, 1986); discussing current literary projects, including J.R.T. Struthers's editing a proposed book of essays on childhood reading and a periodical of literary criticism, tentatively titled Canadian Storytellers; and relating personal news. Includes table of contents for The Montreal Story Tellers; penultimate draft of Kent Thompson's essay John Metcalf : a profile (accompanied by J.R.T. Struthers's editorial suggestions); manuscript fragment of Keith Garebian's essay In the end, a beginning : the Montreal Story Tellers; and manuscript fragment of essay Telling tales, together with J.R.T. Struthers's editorial comments and J. Metcalf's response to the comments. Also includes manuscript of J.R.T. Struthers's essay Short fiction in English, published in The Canadian encyclopedia; copies of letters from others; material related to J.R.T. Struthers's teaching at University of Guelph; and other miscellaneous material.
• Typescript, signed (some photocopy); holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript (carbon copy); typescript (photocopy); holograph (photocopy).
• Includes references to the following: Stories plus; General Ludd; 79 : best Canadian stories; Telling tales; Noddy and Big Ears meet Malvolio; Making it new; Here and now; Kicking against the pricks : essays; Second impressions; Polly Ongle; The Eastmill Reception Centre; Wordcraft 1; Wordcraft 2; Wordcraft 3; Wordcraft junior; Wordcraft senior; Travelling northward; The New Press anthology #2; The teeth of my father : short stories; 82 : best Canadian stories; The narrative voice; Kaleidoscope; The speaking earth; Rhyme and reason; Salutation; Sixteen by twelve; New worlds; The New Press anthology #1; The yellow school bus; Adult entertainment; Immigrants need not apply; What is a Canadian literature? : lecture.

File consists of work published in Open Windows: Canadian Short Stories, edited by Kent Thompson.

• 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.

• Green things.
• File consists of draft of short story. Original file folder contained John Metcalf's holograph annotation "Green things : story xerox by Kent Thompson with corrections in his hand". File also includes one page fragment (?) titled Cool interest.
• Typescript (photocopy) with holograph annotations.

• Kent Thompson reading Still life compositions : women's clothes and Because I am drunk.
• File consists of sound recording of K. Thompson reading two of his short stories.