• File consists of chapter 1 of novel published in Whig-Standard, Kingston, Ontario, August 16, 1980, p. 4-7.

Consists of "Corrected final version," typescript and handwritten draft.

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 black & white print from E.J. Pratt’s class: Summer 1957, Queen’s.

Floor plans and elevations

Carmen Corneil Architect

Consists of "Second version. Finished Nov. 30. 91," handwritten draft.

Consists of handwritten "Finished manuscript 1st Kingston Version."

Consists of "First ‘finished’ version. for the printed version in The New Story Writers," typescript (photocopy) and handwritten draft.

Consists of reference files of galleries in Kingston, Ontario

Fonds consists of letters, postcards, Christmas cards discussing R. Kroetsch's social life, work, writing and plans for his trips to New Zealand as well as critiquing G.C. Gahan's writing. Correspondence is from Kingston, Ontario, Goose Bay, Labrador, Montreal, Quebec, Bread Loaf, Vermont, Heisler, Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Mexico, Oakland, California, Iowa City, Iowa, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Victoria, B.C. Some letters are from G. Gahan to R. Kroetsch and from Jane Kroetsch.

Consists of "2nd Version of the manuscript (April 1993)." The New Story Writers?

Consists of notes and letters re. Intro to The New Writers.

• Letter from Bronwen Wallace, Kingston Literacy, Kingston, Ont., to Constance Beresford-Howe, Toronto, Ont.
• File consists of letter requesting the contribution of a book to Kingston Literacy's celebrity book auction.
• Typescript, signed.

Consists of correspondence, etc.

• Letter from Mary Alice Downie, Elizabeth Greene and M.A. Thompson, Quarry Press, Kingston, Ontario, to Christie Harris.
• File consists of letter requesting a contribution to a proposed anthology of new literature for children ages five to fourteen to be published by Quarry Press. Item has Christie Harris's holograph annotation "Feb.3/84 I suggested a short Indian legend."
• Typescript, signed.

Consists of handwritten text including “final typescript [Handwritten] but with unreversed(?) sections” of The Magnum Readings and Exhibition Series (15 p.); typescript, with handwritten revisions, of The Magnum Series and Exhibition Series (13 p.); typescript (computer printout) of In the Language of Love.by Diane Schoemperlen (17 p.), and correspondence.

Consists of roughs (handwritten) for The Magnum Readings, and Exhibition Series (17 p.); handwritten (9 p.); typescript (9 p.); includes Quarry Vol. 42, No. 3; Vol. 42, No. 4

File consists of business documents and correspondence exchanged between Ken Rivard and agents or publishers, Joan Harcourt and Michael Fox.

• Letter from Marcia Stayer, Editor, Queen's Quarterly, Kingston, Ont., to Constance Beresford-Howe, Toronto, Ont.
• File consists of letter inviting C. Beresford-Howe to submit a short story to Queen's Quarterly.
• Typescript, signed.