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A. P. Watt & Son
CA ACU SPC F0005-S0001-SS0001-FL0030 · File · 1962 October 17-1972 August 28
Part of Robert Kroetsch fonds.
  • Consists of correspondence, about the preparation and publication of R. Kroetsch's first novel, But We Are Exiles.
  • Includes correspondence between R. Kroetsch and various individuals associated with Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, A.P. Watt & Son, Ryerson Press, Willis Kingsley Wing and others.
Macmillan Company of Canada.
CA ACU SPC F0016-S0002-FL0571 · File · 1965 June 1 - 1967 March 27
Part of George Ryga fonds.
  • Correspondence between representatives of Macmillan Company of Canada, Toronto, Ont., and George Ryga, Summerland, B.C.
  • Correspondence relating to publication of novel Ballad of a stonepicker.
University Of Ottawa.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0011-FL0363 · File · 1974 February 5 - 1985 December 7
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • Correspondence between faculty and other representatives of University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont., and John Metcalf.
  • File consists of letters concerning J. Metcalf's serving on editorial board for University of Ottawa's literary series Canadian short story library; discussing possible publication by University of Ottawa Press of Audrey Thomas's Ten green bottles; and relating to J. Metcalf's term as writer-in-residence at the University (1975) and address given on book collecting (1985). Item 9 encloses terms of reference for publication of Canadian short story library series.
  • Typescript, signed; typescript (carbon copy); holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript (photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: Collecting Canadian first editions; The narrative voice.
Writers' Union Of Canada.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0011-FL0395 · File · [1973?], 1973 January 3 - 1977 January 6
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • Correspondence between John Metcalf, Membership Committee and Quebec Representative, Writers' Union of Canada, and various Canadian authors and publishers.
  • File consists of letters relating to J. Metcalf's activities on the membership committee involved in establishing the Writers' Union of Canada and as Quebec representative of the Union. Membership committee correspondence includes letters relating to invitations to authors to join the Union and discussing criteria for membership in the Union; list of members originally contacted as potential members; and report of membership committee. Correspondence relating to J. Metcalf's acting as Quebec representative includes letters dealing with publishing problems encountered by members. Also includes letters relating to J. Metcalf's resignation from the Union. Includes duplicates of some outgoing letters.
  • Typescript, signed; holograph, signed; typescript (carbon copy); typescript (mimeograph); typescript (photocopy).
Metcalf, John
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0015-FL0007 · File · [1973?]
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • 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.