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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
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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
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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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