The collection includes materials created and compiled by James Hoffman such as taped interviews with George Ryga and his family members, materials provided by his wife following Ryga's death in 1987; video recordings of performances of Ryga's works, video recordings of Ryga by media producers, correspondence with Ryga and others about Ryga, reviews of Ryga's work, programs of performances; photographs and some personal records of Ryga's.

• Letter (1971 November 9), Abbotsford, B.C., from R. Wiebe to George Ryga.
• Autograph letter(s) signed by the hand of the author (carbon copy) returning G. Ryga's story which was not published in Stories from Western Canada.

• Letter (1971 July 6), Summerland, B.C. from G. Ryga to Rudy Wiebe.
• Typed letter(s) signed by the author enclosing a contribution to Stories from Western Canada. Enclosure is missing.

• Letter (1971 June 6), Summerland, B.C. from G. Ryga to Rudy Wiebe, Edmonton, Alta.
• Typed letter(s) signed by the author about a contribution to Stories from Western Canada.

• Letter (1971 June 2), Edmonton, Alta., from R. Wiebe to George Ryga, Summerland, B.C.
• Typed letter(s) signed by the author (photocopy) asking G. Ryga for short stories for Stories from Western Canada.

• Correspondence (1982 January 2-1983 October 31), between G. Ryga and Gwen Pharis Ringwood.
• Correspondence regarding preface for The collected plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood, G. Ryga's trip to the Soviet Union, the lack of peace in the world and personal matters. Includes draft of preface with G. P. Ringwood's revisions.
• Includes references to the following: The collected plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood; Garage sale; Prisoners; Pascal; Still stands the house; The rainmaker.

• Correspondence (1980 May 9-1984 January 31), between representatives of Borealis Press Limited and Gwen Pharis Ringwood.
• Correspondence about the publication of Mirage and The collected plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood, and discussing publicity, reviews and royalties relating to the book. Includes royalty statements and a Borealis Press Spring 1982 catalogue listing the book.
• Includes references to the following: Mirage; Garage sale; The furies; Maya; Lament for harmonica; The stranger; One man's house; Still stands the house; Chris Axelson, blacksmith; Dark harvest; Pasque flower; The days may be long; The courting of Marie Jenvrin; The jack and the joker; The rainmaker; The drowning of Wasyl Nemitchuk; Widger's way; Stampede (play); The deep has many voices; The magic carpets of Antonio Angelini; The lodge; A remembrance of miracles; A fine colored Easter egg; The wall; Compensation will be paid; Wail, winds, wail; Saturday night; Red flag at evening; The sleeping beauty; The golden goose; Prisoners; Younger brother; Drumsong; The collected plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood.

Newsclipping from Toronto Star, February 15, 1972 about the St. Lawrence Centre's Town Hall production of George Ryga's play Captives of the Faceless Drummer based on Quebec's October Crisis (i.e., the Cross-Laporte kidnappings).

• 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.

• File consists of notes, first draft, revised first draft, additional revised pages and final (?) version of M. Cook's two hour adaptation of George Ryga's stage play for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio, produced by John Juliani and broadcast on Arts National, June 1991. Item 2 includes carbon copies of p. 1-2.
• Holograph; typescript (photocopy); typescript (carbon copy); typescript with holograph revisions.