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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).
University Of New Brunswick.
CA ACU SPC F0002-S0001-FL0762 · File · 1969-1970
Part of Clark Blaise fonds.
  • Letters (1969 January 13-1970 October 21), Fredericton, N.B., from Kent Thompson, Associate Professor of English, University of New Brunswick, to Clark Blaise, Montreal, P.Q.
  • Letters regarding C. Blaise's participation in two conferences at U.N.B., March 13-14, 1969 and November 2-6, 1970, C. Blaise's writing, K. Thompson's writing and other matters.
  • Includes references to the following: The examination; The mayor; How I became a Jew; Notes beyond a history; A North American education : short story collection.
Thompson, Kent.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0011-FL0352 · File · 1973 January 9 - 1986 November 16
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • 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.
Thompson, Kent.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0020-FL0024 · File · [197-? or 198-?]
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • 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.
Thompson, Kent.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0016-FL0030 · File · 1973 August
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • 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.
Thompson, Kent.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0019-FL0019 · File · 1977 [before June 24]
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • John Metcalf : a profile.
  • File consists of draft of essay published in special John Metcalf issue of Fiddlehead, no 114, Summer 1977, p. 57-63.
  • Typescript (carbon copy) with J. Metcalf's holograph revisions.
Thompson, Kent.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0020-FL0025 · File · 1972 Winter
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • Translation.
  • File consists of reprint of short story from Queen's Quarterly, v. 79, no. 4, Winter 1972, p. 495-502.
  • Printed material.
The Man With The List
CA ACU SPC F0148-S0003-FL0068 · File · 1988
Part of Ken Rivard fonds.

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

Struthers, J. R. Tim.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0011-FL0338 · File · 1979 August 4 - 1988 April 21
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • 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.
Private parts : a memoir.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0013-FL0090 · File · 1977 Summer
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • 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.