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Nelson Ball fonds. Sixth Accrual.—1996-2016. – 1.47 m of textual records and graphic materials, 6 DVDs. – Title based on content of the series.

Note: Preparation of this finding aid was completed by Nelson Ball. The original folders, file titles, and arrangement have been kept.

Series 1.
Manuscripts, Typescripts and Proofs. – 1967-2004. – 1.47 m of textual records and graphic materials, 6 DVDs. – Title based on content of the series. Series consists of manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of mostly published poetry as well as other writing; includes some correspondence.

Poetry: Published Books and Pamphlets

Box 45
Three-Letter Words (Laurel Reed Books and Rubblestone Press, 2006)
F.1                Rough drafts, 1996
F.2                Drafts, 2003
F.3                Proofs, 2006

Visitation (Rubblestone Press, 2nd ed., 2007)
F.4                Scripts and dummies

Nine Poems (Rubblestone Press, 2011)
F.5                Scripts
F.6                Proofs, dummies, and notes
F.7-15          Drafts of poems "Bruce County Rhyme" to "Without a Trace"

In this Thin Rain (Mansfield Press, 2012)
Selections
F.16a            Stuart Ross' selection, September 29th, 2011
F.16b           Submissions to Stuart Ross, September 3rd and 7th, 2011
F.17              Typescripts, October 10th, 2011
F.18              Typescripts, October 17th, 2011
F.19              Typescripts, December 21st, 2011
F.20              Page size typescript
F.21              Lists of poems, 2009-2011
F.22              Drafts, 2009, with notations by Barbara Caruso
F.23              Typescripts with Kemeny Babineau's notes
F.24              Selections, ordering, notes
Proofs
F.25              First Proof, January 11th, 2012
F.26              Second Proof, January 16th, 2012
F.27              Third Proof, January 22nd, 2012
F.28              Fourth Proof, March 20th, 2012

Box 46

F.29              Fifth Proof, March 22nd, 2012
Notes
F.30              Acknowledgements
F.31              Google search of book title
F.32              Plural of Roof
Drafts
F.33-100     Drafts of individual poems "A Crow" to "What Remain"
F.101-          Working drafts
103              
Various
F.104            Promotion, launches
F.105            Articles, reviews, clippings, printed photos

Box 47
The Continuous Present (Proper Tales Press, 2012)
Selections
F.106            Stuart Ross' selection, October 27th, 2012
F.107            Submission to Stuart Ross, September 4th, 2011
F.108            Typescript, October 28th, 2012
F.109            Page size typescript, October 30th, 2012
Proofs
F.110            Cover Proof, November 2nd, 2012
F.111            First Proof, November 2nd, 2012
F.112            Second Proof, November 2nd, 2012
F.113            Third Proof, November 3rd, 2012
Notes
F.114            Notes and acknowledgements
Drafts
F.115-          Drafts of individual poems "A Romance" to "Winter Road Report"
138               Various
F.139            Correspondence
F.140            Lists and sequences

Orphans (Rubblestone Press, 2012)
Scripts
F.141            Typescript
F.142            After matter - drafts
Proofs
F.143            Proof, November 5th, 2012
F.144            Proof, November 6th, 2012
F.145            Proof, November 7th, 2012
F.146            Proof, November 8th, 2012
F.147            Proof, November 9th, 2012
F.148            Proof, November 11th, 2012
Drafts
F.149-          Drafts of individual poems "Curt" to "Vern's Tractor"
164              
Various
F.165            Design and layout

Minutiae
(Apt. 9 Press, 2014)
Scripts
F.166            Cameron Anstee's selection, August 26th, 2013
F.167            Notes and acknowledgements
Proofs
F.168            Proofs
Various
F.169            Correspondence
F.170            List of poems

Box 48
Three-Letter Words (press-press-pull, 2nd ed. 2014)
F.171            Published chapbook

A Rattle of Spring Frogs (Hamilton Arts and Letters, 2014 - online publication)
Scripts
F.172            Bruce Elder's selection, February 9th, 2014
F.173            Submissions, September 2nd, 2013 and January 19th, 2014
F.174            Dedication, notes, acknowledgements
Proofs
F.175            Proofs, March 13th, 2014
F.176            Second Proofs, March 20th, 2014
F.177            Third Proofs, March 25th, 2014
Various
F.178            Bruce Elder's Foreword
F.179            Bruce Elder's essay
F.180            Correspondence - Paul Lisson and Fiona Kinsella
F.181            Correspondence - Anita Campbell
F.182            Promotion, responses
F.183            List of poems

You Must Look Hard to See What’s There (press-press-pull, 2014)
Scripts
F.184            Jim Clinefelter's selection, February 12th, 2014
F.185            Final selection, February 19th, 2014
F.186            Dedication, notes, acknowledgements, list of poems
F.187            Submission, February, 3rd, 2014
Various
F.188            Correspondence

A Gathering (BookThug, new edition 2014)
F.189            Proofs, correspondence

Some Mornings (Mansfield Press, 2014)
Scripts
F.190            Submission to Stuart Ross, June 11th, 2013
F.191            Submission to Stuart Ross, September 10th, 2013
F.192            Page size
F.193            Notes, acknowledgements, etc.
F.194            Final layout, September 9th, 2014
Proofs
F.195            First preliminary proofs, December 27th, 2013

Box 49
F.196            Second preliminary proofs, January 10th, 2014
F.197            Third preliminary proofs, sequence, March 4th, 2014
F.198            First proofs, April 11th, 2014
F.199            Second proofs, May 17th, 2014
F.200            Third proofs, June 2nd, 2014
Drafts of individual poems
F.201-          Drafts of individual poems "A Form of Grief" to "You Must Look Hard ..."
274              
Working drafts
F.275            Preliminary handwritten notes, 2012
F.276            Drafts, sequences, June 6th, 2013

Box 50
F.277            Working drafts 1, 2013
F.278            Working drafts 2, 2013
Readers' comments on drafts of the poems
F.279            Comments on poems from Anita Campbell
F.280            Typescripts with comments from Kemeny Babineau
F.281            Comments on poems from Larry Cowan
F.282            Readers' comments
Various
F.283            Stuart Ross, Correspondence
F.284            List of poems
F.285            Launch and promotion (correspondence Stuart Ross, Catherine Stevenson, Kate Belair, Jackie Shute)
F.286            Promotion

All and Everything (Laurel Reed Books, 2015)
F.287            Typescripts, proofs, correspondence

Small Waterways (Apt. 9 Press, 2015)
F.288            Submission, February 25th, 2015, selection, order
F.289            Notes, dedication, research

Box 51
F.290            Pre-proofs, proofs
F.291            Typescripts, notes, correspondence
F.292            Correspondence, Cameron Anstee

Thirty Poems (Rubblestone Press, 2015)
F.293            Scripts, dummies, correspondence

This Close to Being a Tree (Monk Press, 2015)
F.294            Scripts, correspondence
F.295            Drafts of "Siting an Owl"
F.296            Proofs, mock-ups, correspondence

Chewing Water (Mansfield Press, 2016)
Submissions
F.297            Submission to Stuart Ross, January 13th, 2015
F.298            Submissions to Stuart Ross, August 16th & December 3rd 2015, January 2nd 2016
F.299            Combined submissions February 4th, 2016 (including list of poems)
Typescripts, Drafts, Stuart Ross' Edits
F.300            Preliminary selection, December 28th, 2014
F.301            Revisions, early 2015
F.302            Revisions, February 6th, 2015
F.303            Revisions, February 25th, 2015

Box 52
F.304            August 2015
F.305            Stuart Ross' edit, selection March 3rd, 2016; Nelson Ball's notes, March 5th, 2016
F.306            Stuart Ross, March 8th, 2016
F.307            Stuart Ross, March 10th, 2016
F.308            Stuart Ross' sequence, March 18th, 2016; Nelson Ball's sequence, March 19th, 2016
F.309            Stuart Ross, March 25th, 2016
F.310            Stuart Ross, March 26th, 201
F.311            Stuart Ross' edits, March 3rd, 2016; Nelson Ball's comments, March 5th, 2016
F.312            Dedication (front)
F.313            Notes
F.314            Acknowledgements

Proofs
F.315            Stuart Ross' page proofs, March 27th, 2016
F.316            Proofs, March 28th, April 4th and 7th, 2016

Box 53
Drafts of individual poems
F.317-407   Drafts of individual poems "Affiliations and Afflictions" to "Yikes"   

Various
F.408            Correspondence, Stuart Ross
F.409            Correspondence with readers of drafts
F.410            Correspondence with persons mentioned in the poems (Jackie Morris, Kate Belair, Clayton Barker, Nicky Drumbolis, etc.)
F.411            Lists of poems
F.412            Publicity
F.413            Notebook, January 19th, 2015 to March 29th, 2016

Prose


Box 54
Bibliography
News Stand Library: A Series of Paperbacks Published by Export Publishing Enterprise Limited, Toronto, 1948-1951 (Privately printed, 2007, i.e., 2008)
F.414            Typescript, correspondence.

Interviews
F.415            Interview conducted by Don McLeod as research for his article "Notes on Martin Ahvenus and the Village Book Store" published in Canadian Notes and Queries, 2006. Note, drafts, correspondence, 2005, photocopy of article.
F.416            Interview conducted by Cameron Anstee as research for his PhD dissertation. Notes, drafts, 2013.
F.417            Interview conducted by Open Book: Ontario for their on-line "Poets in Profile" series, 2014. Drafts, correspondence.
F.418            Commentary on Weed/Flower Press answering questions from Amanda J. Bernstein, Rare Books Librarian, University of Sheffield, England, 2016. Notes, drafts, correspondence.
F.419            Interview conducted by Jason Dickson for Canadian Notes and Queries. Drafts, 2016.
F.420            Interview conducted by Jason Dickson for Canadian Notes and Queries. Correspondence with Jason Dickson and with CNQ editor Emily Donaldson.
F.421            Interview conducted by Jason Dickson for Canadian Notes and Queries. Printouts of scanned photographs, draft of captions.

Film
Nelson Ball & Barbara Caruso / Home Project / A Photo Documentary. Photography and editing by Catherine Stevenson. Text by Nelson Ball. 2014.
F.422            Notebook, 2013-2014
F.423            Typescripts of Nelson's comments on Catherine's images
F.424            Drafts of Nelson's text
F.425            Correspondence with Catherine
F.426            Correspondence with Stuart Ross
F.427            Correspondence with Anita Campbell
F.428            Correspondence with Mary Neff
F.429            Labelling of the DVD, correspondence with Catherine and Anita
F.430            Promotion: printed material, photographs (computer prints), correspondence
F.431            DVDs containing photo slide shows (4): rough edit; 3rd draft; 7th edit; 9th edit
F.432            DVD containing photo slide show (1): 10th edit [near final]
F.433            Correspondence with Fiona Kinsella and Paul Lisson at Hamilton Arts & Letters, and with Catherine Stevenson, Judith Sandiford and Stephen Broomer. Drafts of Judith's afterword and Stephen's introduction written to accompany the film on Hamilton Arts & Letters website.

Blurbs
F.434            Blurb for frogments from the frag pool, haiku after basho by Gary Barwin and derek beaulieu. Notes, drafts, press releases.
F.435            Blurb for Between You And Me: Poems From the Alzheimer Bus Trips by Leslie McAllister. Notes, drafts, correspondence.
F.436            Brief statement for David McFadden festschrift. Notes, drafts.
F.437            Blurb for The Collected Poems of William Hawkins. Typescript.
F.438            Blurb for Fifty Scores by Arthur Bull. Note, drafts.


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