Fonds consists of manuscripts of poetry, articles, short stories and talks; scrapbooks containing newsclippings of articles about and poetry by Calgary authors and others; published work; and miscellaneous material.
Hill, Agnes Isabel AstonFonds consists of the following series for MsC 40: correspondence (1949-1984); drama (1969-1982); fiction (ca. 1952-1984); poetry (ca. 1951-1983); prose (1950, 1963-1983); published works (1951-1983); audio-visual (192-, 1954-1984); miscellaneous (1952-1984); works on Nowlan (1953-1984); and four small appendices (MsC 59, 61, 106, 119) consisting of material relating to A. Nowlan and acquired from other sources. MsC 59 consists of a sound cassette Remembering Alden Nowlan, taped at a Theatre New Brunswick event paying tribute to A. Nowlan. MsC 106 is a draft of A gift to last, revised by co-author Walter J. Learning in 1989. MsC 119 consists of promotional material for a production of Frankenstein : the man who became god. For description of MsC 61 see entry under Rachel Paulson Pride. Accession 523/92.21 consists of poetry manuscripts; notebooks; reviews and other material relating to publication or productions of A. Nowlan's work after his death in 1983; and twenty-four sound recordings of interviews, radio broadcasts of A. Nowlan's works, tributes paid to the author and other miscellaneous events. Accession 569/95.5 consists of material relating to A. Nowlan including v. 2, no. 4, Summer 1963 issue of Amethyst devoted to him.
Nowlan, AldenFonds includes material relating to the life and works of Alice Munro (née Laidlaw). Included are personal, general and business-related correspondence; manuscripts of Munro's 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, AliceFonds consists of business and personal correspondence, contracts and royalty statements; manuscripts, galleys and proofs of novels, short stories, articles, and stage, radio and television plays; manuscripts of English translations of two novels (L'élan d'Amérique and Poussière sur la ville); radio scripts for the series Connaissance d'Aujourd'hui; issues of Le Nouveau Journal; theses and other works written about A. Langevin and his work; and published work.
Langevin, AndréFonds consists of correspondence, preliminary work and research material relating to the novel Resignation, manuscripts of the novel and other miscellaneous material. Resignation dramatizes the issue of the relocation and seizure of property of Japanese Canadians during World War II.
Scantland, Anna CecileFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, articles, essays, lectures, papers, reviews, speeches, screenplay and thesis; material relating to A. van Herk's editing, teaching, membership in various organizations including the Writers Guild of Alberta and the Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts, and on various committees; photographs; sound recordings; research material; published work; and works on A. van Herk. Also includes MsC 56, a small appendix consisting of material from the Canadian Book Information Centre described in entry for Canadian Book Information Centre; and MsC 330, an audio cassette recording of A. van Herk reading her short story, Mining darkness, on CBC Radio's Aircraft, March 1989. Accession 857/09.1 consists of 1.32 m of textual records donated by Aritha van Herk and Rudy Wiebe which is restricted during their lifetimes.
van Herk, ArithaFonds consists almost entirely of Allan Cairns' scholarly and creative writing. A small number of items relating to his teaching responsibilities in the Department of English and to his career as a whole are included amongst the records reflecting his professional activities, and correspondence relating to the publication of his work are filed along with copies of his writings which appeared in print.
Cairns, Allan Thomas JohnstoneCollection consists of material collected by A. Ravel in researching and writing her doctoral dissertation, The dramatic world of Patricia Joudry (McGill University, 1984). Includes correspondence with P. Joudry and others; bound volume of newspapers produced by Joudry's father; newsclippings about P. Joudry and reviews of her works; manuscripts of stage and television plays, novels and prose by P. Joudry; sound recordings of several of P. Joudry's radio plays and sound therapy tapes; and A. Ravel's research material, notes and preliminary work for her dissertation.
Ravel, AvivaThe fonds consists of drafts and completed manuscripts and research materials including recorded interviews for Brennan's published books. Features drafts of his magazine stories and research notes; as well as copies and clippings and research materials for his works as journalist.
Brennan, Brian AnthonyFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, articles, essays, book reviews, screenplays and stage plays; works on B. Moore; and miscellaneous material. Also includes five small appendices (MsC 32, 33, 34, 35, 43) consisting of material relating to B. Moore and acquired from other sources. Appendices include television script of A view from across the water; correspondence and contracts relating to publication by Harlequin Books Limited of Wreath for a redhead and The executioners; promotional material and reviews of Citadel Theatre production of Catholics; and sound recording of speech given by B. Moore. MsC 267 consists of postcard from the spinster lady Mary Judith Keogh (the original of Judith Hearne) to B. Moore's aunt, Mrs. McInally, in Belfast circa 1900. Accession 758/04.8 consists of photocopies of letters from B. Moore to William Weintraub, 1951-1976.
Moore, BrianFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of articles, columns, essays, speeches, short stories, unpublished novel, The tall trees, novella and books of prose; newsclippings; research materials; published works; works about B. Hutchison; and miscellaneous works by others. Accrual 2024.07 consists of a single letter from Hutchison to Mr. Flucke.
Hutchison, BruceFonds consists chiefly of letters to D. R. Doherty from Canadian authors interested in submitting literary work for publication consideration in an anthology to commemorate Calgary's First Hundred Years, to be published by the Calgary Branch of the Canadian Authors Association. Includes notes, forms and 50 letters
Canadian Authors Association. Calgary BranchCollection primarily consists of research material relating to C.W. Fullerton's 1985 University of Calgary doctoral dissertation George Stewart, Jr.: nineteenth century man of letters including correspondence, works by and about George Stewart, Jr., photographs, and notes. Also includes research materials for papers on Matthew Arnold and other miscellaneous items of academic interest.
Fullerton, Carol W.Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, monographs, research, and other material related to Cecelia Frey's published and unpublished works, various writing groups and projects, teaching, and involvement with Touchwood Press. This includes: novels such as The Prisoner of Cage Farm, A raw mix of carelessness and longing, Moments of Joy, and Lovers Fall Back to Earth; short fiction such as The Nefertiti Look; poetry collections such as reckless women and North; and non-fiction such as Phyllis Webb: an annotated bibliography.
Frey, CeceliaFonds consists of records created or accumulated by Harris during her lifetime and career. Records include business and personal correspondence, manuscripts from her literary output of novels, short stories, poetry, radio plays and non-fiction works, speeches and workshops.
Harris, ChristieFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of novels, short stories, poetry and articles; diaries and notebooks; published works; notes from correspondence and university courses; teaching-related material; photographs; and miscellaneous. Includes material relating to C. van der Mark's mother, Mary Van der Mark, also a writer: correspondence; manuscripts of short stories. poetry, articles; published work; and miscellaneous.
van der Mark, ChristineFonds consists of correspondence; manuscripts of poetry, short stories, addresses, articles, essays, reviews; university and teaching related material; works on C. Wiseman; photographs; and published works.
Wiseman, ChristopherFonds consists of the following series: correspondence; manuscript, arranged in two subseries, fiction and non-fiction; translation; works by other authors; works by creative writers ; photograph; and miscellaneous.
Blaise, ClarkFonds consists of correspondence; research material; articles about C. Faulknor and reviews of his books; manuscripts of articles, short stories, children's literature, play, poetry and prose works; published work; and miscellaneous material.
Faulknor, CliffFonds consists of the following series: correspondence; manuscript; published work; scrapbook; works on Constance Beresford-Howe; miscellaneous; and sound recordings.
Beresford-Howe, ConstanceFonds consists of correspondence, photographs, research material, preliminary work, manuscripts and galleys of published and unpublished work, book and exhibition reviews, photographs and slides of D.G. Lent's paintings, books and pamphlets. MsC 370 consists of booklet 30 designs from an 1847 sampler, narrated and prepared by D. Geneva Lent (Connecticut River Valley Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America). Filed in Box 9, Acc 736/03.1.
Lent, Dora GenevaFonds consists of letters from poets Earle Birney, George Bowering, Frank Davey, David Dawson, Al Purdy and others, discussing poetry, the TISH poetry group and various other topics; letters from Louis Dudek, Fred Cogswell and Victor Coleman relating to D. Bromige's submission of poetry to various periodicals for publication consideration; correspondence with Atlantic Monthly relating to a poem by G. Bowering published in that periodical; and manuscripts of poetry by G. Bowering and an analysis by D. Bromige of G. Bowering's poem The red hot element.
Bromige, DavidFonds consists of scripts and pitches for the television series Legal Street and Net Worth, notes on his screen projects Aberhart, Charcoal, Crazy Canucks, Arthur Kent, Chicks with Sticks, files on his children's books The Maple Leaf Brothers, The Adventures of Caraway Kim...South Paw and The Adventures of Caraway Kim...Right Wing, publicity files, audio-visual records including photographs and interviews, and files related to his high school and university education.
Truckey, DonFonds consists of correspondence; contracts; diaries; photographs; research material, outlines and preliminary work; manuscripts, ranging from various drafts to galley and production scripts, of short stories, articles, prose, film scripts, screenplays, and stage, television and radio plays; and published work.
Jack, DonaldFonds consists of personal and business correspondence; research material and recipes; scrapbooks containing newsclippings of columns, photographs and material relating to publication of books, special events and travel; manuscripts of columns and cookbooks; articles, certificates and other materials about D.H. Gray; books; book reviews; realia; and works by others.
Gray, Dorothy Allen