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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.
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).
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).
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.
Gibbs, Robert
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0113 · File · [197-?]
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • 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.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0099 · File · [1979?]
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • File consists of fair and clean copy drafts of J. Metcalf's introduction, commentaries on short stories published in anthology and table of contents. Item 6 is commentary on short story One's a heifer by Sinclair Ross, which replaced story selected earlier but withdrawn. Clean copy of Introduction contains J. Metcalf's holograph annotation "Typed for me by McGraw-Hill and altered from my original. It will be necessary to restore the MS. (By end of Aug. 79)". Original file folder contained J. Metcalf's holograph annotation "New Worlds Manuscript of Grade 9 story anthology sent to McGraw-Hill-Ryerson. (To be published in 1980)".
  • Holograph with holograph revisions and cut and paste; typescript (photocopy) with holograph annotations; typescript (photocopy); typescript (carbon copy).
  • Includes references to the following: New worlds; New worlds : Introduction; Introduction and commentary for anthology New worlds; Introduction to New worlds.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0115 · File · 1979 February 7
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • File consists of clean copy draft of J. Metcalf's anthology introduction.
  • Typescript (carbon copy).
  • Includes references to the following: Stories plus; Stories plus : Introduction; Introduction to Stories plus.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0098 · File · 1979 May 14 - 1979 July 15
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • File consists of letters relating to permission to publish short stories in anthology, discussing current literary projects, and enclosing anthology review (not included in file).
  • Typescript, signed.
  • Includes references to the following: New worlds; 78 : best Canadian stories.
CA ACU SPC F0018-S0012-FL0081 · File · [197-], 1971 January 14 - 1971 November 29
Part of John Metcalf fonds.
  • File consists of letters discussing short stories and essays submitted for publication consideration in anthology, suggested revisions, permission fees and current literary projects; and relating personal news. Includes copies of several letters to authors from McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited.
  • Holograph, signed; typescript, signed (some photocopy).
  • Includes references to the following: The narrative voice; Sixteen by twelve; A bag of cherries; The estuary; The lady who sold furniture : novella.
Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson Limited.
CA ACU SPC F0002-S0001-FL0476 · File · 1975-1979
Part of Clark Blaise fonds.
  • Letters (1975 January 2-1979 November 1), Scarborough, Ont., from represenatives of McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited to Clark Blaise.
  • Letters commenting on C. Blaise's story collections, expressing interest in seeing any new work and forwarding the fee for the use of two short stories in the McGraw-Hill Ryerson anthology Stories plus edited by John Metcalf.