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Cooke, T. V.

  • Correspondence (1975 March 27 - 1975 May 1), between T. V. Cooke and Alden Nowlan.
  • Correspondence relating to a request for permission to publish Saturday night in an Australian school reader edited by T. V. Cooke. Item 1 forwarded from McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. Includes references to the following: Saturday night; Under the ice.

Correspondence relating to anthology New worlds between J. Metcalf and various representatives of McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Scarborough, Ont.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0097
  • File
  • 1978 November 12 - 1980 October 8
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters relating to J. Metcalf's proposal for short story anthology suitable for high school English curriculum, grades nine to eleven; discussing and selecting short stories to be included; and relating to copy editing.
  • Typescript (carbon copy); typescript, signed (some with holograph annotations).
  • Includes references to the following: New worlds; Stories plus.

Correspondence relating to anthology Stories plus between J. Metcalf and authors.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0111
  • File
  • 1978 November 29 - 1979 November 14
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters relating to requests for permission to publish short stories in anthology and for authors' commentaries to accompany stories; discussing current literary projects and Oberon Press contracts; and relating personal news. Includes bio-bibliographical information for several authors.
  • Typescript (carbon copy); holograph, signed; typescript, signed; typescript (some photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: Stories plus; Men in bowler hats; General Ludd; Sixteen by twelve; Girl in gingham; The estuary; 79 : best Canadian stories; Sixteen by twelve II; 16 X 12 (II).

Correspondence relating to anthology Stories plus between J. Metcalf and Molline Green, Editor, Ryerson Educational Division, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Scarborough, Ont.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0112
  • File
  • 1978 July 19 - 1979 February 16
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters relating to publication of anthology; and discussing J. Metcalf's proposal for a short story anthology with format similar to Sixteen by twelve, stories selected by J. Metcalf for publication, anthology title and arrangement of text. Includes list of authors, works to be published and acknowledgements.
  • Typescript, signed; typescript (carbon copy); holograph, signed.
  • Includes references to the following: Stories plus; Sixteen by twelve II; 16 X 12 (II).

Correspondence relating to anthology The narrative voice between J. Metcalf and representatives of McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Scarborough, Ont., chiefly Conrad T. Wieczorek, Editor.

  • CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0080
  • File
  • 1970 January 17 - 1978 January 9
  • Part of John Metcalf fonds.

  • File consists of letters relating to publication of The narrative voice; and discussing possibility of J. Metcalf editing new anthology for the college market, possible contributing authors, short stories to be included, permission fees, promotion, review copies and various other topics. Includes anthology sales statistics for 1973-1977.
  • Holograph, signed (some photocopy); typescript, signed. Letters from J. Metcalf are both original holograph and photocopies of originals. Original letters probably returned to J. Metcalf by McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Item 1 includes both original and photocopy of letter.
  • Includes references to the following: The narrative voice; Sixteen by twelve; Salutation; Going down slow.

Downey, Mary.

  • Correspondence (n.d., 1972 February 9 - 1972 July 11), between M. Downey and Alden Nowlan.
  • Correspondence concerning a request for advice about having M. Downey's poetry published.

Ellipse.

  • Correspondence (1969 June 24 - 1975 February 24), between representatives of Ellipse and Alden Nowlan.
  • Correspondence concerning publication of French translations of A. Nowlan's poems in Ellipse. Correspondence with Doug Jones also relates to a request to publish A. Nowlan's poetry in a book on Canadian literature edited by D. Jones, and discusses the translations of Romanian poetry for Nicholas Catanoy's anthology. Includes references to the following: The execution; Britain Street; The things which are; The shack dwellers; Stoney Ridge dance hall; Money; Warren Pryor; Under the ice; The mysterious naked man : poem; And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it; Daughter of Zion; Homebrew; The jackers.

Etobicoke. Board Of Education.

  • Correspondence (1978 September 7 - 1978 October 19), between G. William Stratton, English Co- ordinator, Etobicoke Board of Education, and Alden Nowlan.
  • Correspondence relating to a request for permission to publish the poem Warren Pryor in a guideline for English teachers. Item 1 forwarded by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. Includes references to the following: Warren Pryor; Under the ice.

Gibbs, Robert

  • Stories plus : I've always felt sorry for decimals.
  • File consists of good copy draft of short story. Original file folder contained J. Metcalf's holograph annotation "MS Robert Gibbs. Corrections his hand".
  • Typescript with holograph corrections.
  • Includes references to the following: Stories plus.

Ginn And Company.

  • Correspondence (1969 July 8 - 1981 September 23), between representatives of Ginn and Company and Alden Nowlan.
  • Correspondence relating to requests for permission to publish poetry in several text books and teachers' manuals and to reproduce The execution on a sound recording. Includes references to the following: The bull moose; Summer; The execution; Warren Pryor; Under the ice; Saturday night.
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