Consists of revised typescript drafts and correspondence, typescripts and offprints. Includes: Letter (n.d.), Kansas City (Missouri) from Alexander Cappon, Editor, University of Kansas City Review, to Robert Kroetsch. Autograph letter(s) signed by the hand of the author accepting Defy the Night.; letter (1959 October 7), Kansas City (Missouri) from Patricia Smick, Secretary to the Editors, University of Kansas City Review, to Robert Kroetsch. Typed letter(s) lacking signature ordering reprints of Defy the Night, and enclosing biographical information (1959 October 10). Encloses of typescript biography. 1 p.; Letter (1957 January 9), Heisler (Alberta) from Jeanne and Delmond Kroetsch to Jane and Robert Kroetsch, Iowa City. Autograph letter(s) signed by the hand of the author enclosing answers to R. Kroetsch's questions about coal mines. Attached are typescript questions from Robert Kroetsch. 2 p. on 1 leaf; handwritten reply from Jeanne and Delmond Kroetsch. 4 p.; miner's certificate issued to Delmond Kroetsch. Letter (1957 April 17), Toronto (Ontario) from Leslie F. Hannon, Associate Editor, Maclean's, to Robert Kroetsch, Camrose, Alberta. Typed letter(s) signed by the author declining Defy the Night.; Letter (1957 January 9), Heisler (Alberta) from Jeanne and Delmond Kroetsch to Jane and Robert Kroetsch, Iowa City. Autograph letter(s) signed by the hand of the author enclosing answers to R. Kroetsch's questions about coal mines. Attached are typescript questions from Robert Kroetsch. 2 p. on 1 leaf; handwritten reply from Jeanne and Delmond Kroetsch. 4 p.; miner's certificate issued to Delmond Kroetsch. Letter (1957 April 17), Toronto (Ontario) from Leslie F. Hannon, Associate Editor, Maclean's, to Robert Kroetsch, Camrose, Alberta.; Letter (1958 May 14), Kingston (Ontario) from J. E. Hodgetts, Editor, Queen's Quarterly, to Robert Kroetsch, Camrose, Alberta.; folder with handwritten notes about acceptance and publication of story.

Consists of work published in The University of Kansas City Review.

Consists of correspondence about preparation and sale of The Words of My Roaring. Correspondence between R. Kroetsch and various individuals associated with Macmillan & Co. Ltd, St. Martin's Press, Inc., A.P. Watt & Son and others.