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John Robert Colombo fonds
– 4th Accrual. – [ca. 1950]-1977.
– 90 cm of textual records and graphic material.
Series 1: Manuscripts by Colombo. – 1966-1977. – 30 cm of textual
records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
Box
92
F.1-2 Poetry: “Growing up in Waterloo County,”
with research materials; ts. with
corrections and ts. photocopy,
ca. 1969-70
F.3 Poetry: John Toronto, The Strachan
Poems; ts., ca. 1968-9
F.4-5 Poetry: “Mackenzie’s Canada
(and Strachan’s)”; ts.
and ts. photocopy,
1968.
F.6 Poetry: Mostly Monsters, Now is the Time for All; includes
correspondence with Norman McLaren; ts., ca. 1977
F.7 Material re. Neo Poems; includes drawings and short articles
about poetry; ts., ca. 1970
F.8 Poetry: Neo Poems; ts., ca. 1970
F.9 Poetry: Praise Poems; ts., ca. 1972
F.10 Poetry: Translations from the English; ts. photocopy, ca. 1974
F.11 Poetry by Dora Gabé (translated by Colombo
and published in Depths?); ts. with corrections, ca. 1978
F.12 Poetry: “Song of the Eighteen Dead”; includes letter
from Lester Sugarman; ts.
with corrections
F.13 Poetry: translated from Sanskrit; ts. and ts.
photocopy
Box 93
F.1-2 Poetry and research materials; news clippings, ts.
and ms., ca. 1966
F.3-4 Found poetry; includes introduction and table of contents; ts.
and ts. with corrections, after 1969
F.5 Poetry; includes a table of contents; ts. and ts.
with corrections
F.6-9 Poetry; includes short prose about poetry; ms., ts., and ts.
with corrections
F.10 Radio script: “The Mystery of the Marie Celeste”;
ts. photocopy
F.11 Text of CBC radio programme re. found poetry
F.12 “Eclipse Lore: a Collage for Radio”; includes research
materials; ts.
F.13 Ontario School Broadcast script re. language: “Proverbial Play”; ts.,
1977
F.14 Tamarack Review, issue 52; ts.
and proofs
Series 2: Correspondence. – 1970-1972. – 10 cm of textual
records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
Box 94
F.1 Sender not known, 1970
F.2 Senders not known, 1972
F.3 Correspondents A-K; includes Louis Dudek, Encyclopedia Britannica,
and Harry Howith
F.4 Canada Council; includes an agenda of a May 1970 meeting and
the minutes of a February 1970 meeting
F.5 Correspondents L-U; includes Macmillan of Canada, Oberon Press,
Saturday Night and University
of Toronto Press
F.6 Correspondents Wee-Wel; includes
Weekend and Hannah Weiner, who attaches many poems and drawings
F.7 Correspondent Williams, Jonathan (Aspen Institute for Humanistic
Studies); includes poems
Correspondence re. How Do I Love Thee (1970)
F.8 Includes unidentified letters to and from Colombo
and cut-out signatures from letters
F.9 Research notes re. How Do I Love Thee (1970)
F.10 Correspondents A-B; includes Milton Acorn, Earle Birney
and bill bissett
F.11 Correspondents C; includes Paul Chamberland and Cécil Cloutier
F.12 Correspondents D-F; includes Frank Davey, Louis Dudek and raoul duguay
F.13 Correspondents G; includes Roland Giguère and Phyllis Gotlieb
F.14 Correspondents H; includes Harry Howith and Mel G. Hurtig
F.15 Correspondents I-L; includes Michèle Lalonde and Dennis Lee
F.16 Correspondents M-O; includes Gwendolyn MacEwen, Alden Nowlan and Michael
Ondaatje
F.17 Correspondents P-S; includes P.K. Page, Al Purdy and Ray Souster
F.18 Correspondents W-Z; includes Miriam Waddington and George Woodcock
Series 3: Manuscripts not by Colombo. – [ca. 1950]-1977.
– 45 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based
on content of series.
Prose
F.19 Blaise, Clark, “A Prologue to
North America”; ts.
F.20 Bullock, Michael, Green Beginning, Black Ending: Stories;
ts.
F.21 Cogswell, Fred, “The Function
and Nature of Poetry”; ts. carbon
copy
Curry, Ralph, ed., Leacock Medal Treasury
(1976); oversized proofs; map cabinet 19
F.22 Dunlop, Donna, “French-Canadian Poetry in the Sixties”;
ts. photocopy
F.23 Faludy, George and George Jonas, “Ave
Luna, Morituri Te Salutant!”; ts.
F.24-5 Fetherling, Doug, Rip-off; ts.
Box 95
F.1 Ford, R.A.D., The Solitary City; proofs
F.2-3 Frye, Northrop, The Bush Garden (1970); photocopy of
proofs
F.4 Grant, George, Technology and Empire; proofs
F.5 Hannon, Leslie F., The Forts of Canada (ca. 1969); includes
research notes; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.6-8 Hood, Hugh, The Swing in the Garden (ca. 1975); includes
notes; ts.
F.9-10 Johnston, James, The Party’s Over (1971); includes
a letter from Hugh Buchanan; ts. photocopy with corrections
Box 96
F.1-4 Johnston, James, The Party’s Over (1971); ts. photocopy with corrections
F.5 Gerry Lampert, unidentified prose; ts.
photocopy with corrections
F.6 Mehl, Andy, “The Drunk”;
ts.
F.7 Phillips, Timothy A., unidentified prose; ts.
photocopy
F.8 Rosenberg, Stuart, The Jewish
Community in Canada
(1970); ts. and ts. with corrections
F.9 Thompson,
Kent, stories;
includes “Crossing”, “The Home Country” and “Because
I am Drunk”; ts.
F.10 Winter, Jack, text of a broadcast for
CBC re. the poet Attila Jozsef; ts.
F.11 Yates, J. Michael, radio plays; includes “Theater of War”, “The Broadcaster” and “The
Calling”; ts. photocopy
Box 97
F.1 Unidentified author, prose re. Native Canadians; ts. with corrections
F.2 Unidentified authors; includes “Sir Alphonse Smith”
and “An Interview with Walter Bauer”; ts.
and ts. photocopy
F.3 Unidentified author; includes prose in a Cyrillic language;
ts.
Poetry
F.4 Chalmers, Penny; ts. and ts.
photocopy
F.5 Couzyn, Jeni; includes a selection from House of Changes (1978),
as well as prose excerpts and a letter; ts. and ts.
photocopy
F.6 Di Cicco, Pier Girogio, The Circular Dark (1977); ts.
F.7 Howith, Harry, “A Letter to
the Governor General” (1977) and misc. poems (ca. 1972); ts. and ts.
photocopy
F.8 Latner, Anita, misc. poems (ca. 1976-7);
ts. photocopy
F.9-10 Lowenfels, Walter, Muga; includes a letter; ts.
and ts. photocopy
F.11 Skelton, Robin, Callsign (1976);
includes letter; proofs
F.12 Suknaski, Andrew, misc. poems; includes
letter; ms. and ts.
F.13 Winter, Jack, The Island;
ts.
F.14 Zeller, Ludwig, Cuando el
Animal de Fondo Sube
la Cabeza Estalla
(1976); includes other poems (ca. 1972); ts.
photocopy
F.15 Zend, Robert, Ditto Poetry;
includes misc. papers; ts. photocopy
Box 98
F.1 Various authors; includes poems by Gail Fox and Yannis
Goumas; ms., ts., and ts.
photocopy
F.2 Various authors; includes poems by Duncan MacLeod, Norah Story
and Robert Sward; ms., ts., and ts. photocopy
F.3 Various authors; includes poems by Malcolm Barbeau,
Ralph Gustafson and Bryan Small; ts. and ts.
photocopy
F.4 Various authors; includes poems by George Faludy
and Jagna Boraks, among other unidentified authors; ts. and ts.
photocopy
F.5 Unidentified author; includes misc. poems; ts.
F.6 Unidentified author; includes misc. poems (ca. 1950-70); ts.
Series 4: Miscellaneous notes and printed materials. – [ca.
1973]-1975. – 5 cm of textual records and
graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
F.7 Collected quotations with a foreword; ts.
and ts. with
corrections
F.8 Research materials: “Richard Maurice Bucke Catalogue”; ts. photocopy
F.9 Miscellaneous research materials; ts.
F.10 Miscellaneous research materials; printed material and ts.
F.11 Notes re. John Coulter’s memoirs; includes 2 letters (1974);
ms. and ts.
F.12 Miscellaneous notes; includes an address list and an itinerary;
ms. and ts.
F.13 B&W photograph of Pauline Rhind
F.14 CV of Vera Frenkel
F.15 News release from Raymond Souster (ca. 1973)
F.16 Printed material; includes pamphlets, posters and news clips
F.17 Poetry magazines; includes Poetry Toronto (1976) and Old
Nun (1975)
Oversize (map cabinet 19): art-work, posters advertising Colombo's books,
speeches, and readings arranged by him.
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