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David Helwig fonds. Sixth and Seventh Accruals.

Sixth accrual. – 1997-2003. – 2. 45 m of textual records. – Title based on contents of fonds.

Series 1
Manuscripts and typescripts. – 1997-2003. – 1.2 m of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Box 67
F.1 “An Act of Oblivion”. Ts. 1st draft and another early version, with holograph revisions. 40 p. each. To be published in Best Canadian Stories 2003.
F.2 “An Act of Oblivion”. Ts. 2nd draft, revised 2003. 38 p.
F.3 “An Act of Oblivion”. Ts. 3rd draft. 40 p.
F.4 “At the Castle”. (alternate title “Salt Sea”). Ts. with holograph revisions; segments of non-sequential pagination. 65 p.
F.5 “At the Castle”. Ts. 2nd draft with additions and revisions. 271 p.

Box 68
F.1 “At the Castle”. Ts. 3rd draft, variant copy with segments of non-sequential pagination and revisions. 355 p.
F.3-4 “At the Castle”. Ts. 4th draft and holograph notes. 640 pages

Box 69
F.1 “At the Castle”. Ts. 5th draft, corrected, with holograph notes. 328 p.
F.2 “At the Castle”. Ts. 6th draft, with minor revisions and holograph notes. 349 p.

Box 70
F.1 “Clyde’s Calling”. Ts. for novel. 1st draft, revised and holograph notes. 355 p. 2002-2003.
F.2 “Clyde’s Calling”. Ts. 2nd draft, revised and corrected with holograph notes. 404 p.
F.3 “Clyde’s Calling”. Ts. 3rd draft, with revision and holograph notes. 347 p.

Box 71
F.1 “Clyde’s Calling”. Ts. 4th draft, with some holograph revision and notes. 308 p.
F.2 “Duet”. Ts. for novel, forthcoming in 2004. Early draft119 p. [1998].
F.3 “Duet”. Ts. Draft with revisions, notes , 118 p. and disk, March 9, 1998.
F.4 “The FF Leslie Interviews”. Ts. and notes of abandoned novel. 299 p. [1999-2000].

Box 72
F.1 “Living Here”. Ts. for novel. 1st draft and versions, revised in holograph and notes, 357 p. Published in 2001.
F.2 “Living Here”. Ts, 2nd draft, heavily edited with notes and photocopies at end, 213 p.
F.3 “Living Here”. Ts, 3rd draft with holograph notes, 213 p.

Box 73
F.1 “The Man Who Finished Edwin Drood”. Ts. draft, heavily annotated and revised., 328 p.
F.2 “The Stand-In”. Ts., revised Dec. 13, 2000, p. 1-71.
F.3 “The Stand-In”. Ts., later versions, 2002. 72; 71; 72 p. and notes.

Box 74
F.1 “The Time of Her Life”. 1st draft. Ts. with additions, revisions and holograph notes, 190 p. 2000.
F.2 “The Time of Her Life”. Ts. 2nd draft. Ts, lightly annotated. 253 p.
F.3 “The Time of Her Life”. Ts., 3rd draft. Final draft, 219 p.
F.4 “Wakefulness”. Ts. of unpublished story drafts. 112 p.
F.5 Prose segments, various with holograph notes, 52 p. [2000-2003].

Series 2
Manuscripts edited. – 1999-2001. – 15 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Box 75
F.1 Bailey, Don. “A Stranger to Myself”. Ts., notes and correspondence, 2001.
F.2 Celiac, Sam. “The Last Canadian Poet: An Essay on Al Purdy. Uncorrected proof copy. 1999.

Series 3
Poetry. – 1999-2003. – 30 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Box 76
F.1 “This Human Day”. Ts. and holograph drafts. 295 p. 2000.
F.2 “Shoelace Factory”. Ts. and holograph drafts, revisions. 364 p.
F.3 Poetry - various. Ts. and holograph. 316 p. [2000-].
F.4 Poetry - published. Ts. 1999. 79 p.

Box 77
F.1 “The Year One”. Ts. 1st draft of book length poem, revisions in holograph, and repetition of various poems. To be published in 2004. 394 p.
F.2 “The Year One”. Ts. 2nd draft, revised, with holograph notes. 175 p.
F.3 “The Year One”. Ts. 3rd draft, 340 p.
F.4 “The Year One”. Ts. 4th draft, 380 p.

Box 78
F.1 “The Year One”. Ts.5th draft, revised , with many holograph additions. 480 p.
F.2 “The Year One”. Ts. 6th draft with revisions, 307 p.
F.3 “The Year One”. Ts. 7th and last draft, 175 p.

Series 4
Radio plays. – 2000-2001. –15 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Box 79
F.1 CBC: The Mystery Project. “Storm Stayed”. Ts. of storyline, early drafts (nine variants) with revisions and correspondence, 2000-2001. 342 p,
F.2 CBC: The Mystery Project. “Storm Stayed”. Nine drafts with holograph notes, play submitted January 3, 2001.

Series 5
Articles, Reviews and Obituary. – 1998-2002. – 30 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of the series.

Box 80
F.1 Article on Elton Hall, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Ts., holograph, extensive research and notes. 1997-1999. 150 p.
F.2 Article on Cottage industry revival. Ts. revised drafts. 2000. 43 p.
F.3 Article on Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Ts. drafts and notes, 91 p.
F.4 Article on Charlottetown artist Robert Harris. Ts. drafts and clippings. 1998. 25 p.
F.5 Published and unpublished book and movie reviews, ts. and some clippings. 1999-2002.
F.6 Obituary of Al Purdy. Ts. and revised drafts, clippings. 2000.

Series 6
Correspondence. – 1997-2002. – 75 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Box 81
F.1 A
Access (Fred Wardle), 2002, 1 piece.
The Acorn Press (Laurie Brinklow), 2001, 1 piece.
Aide, William, 1997-2002, 48 pieces.
Akenson, Donald H., 1999, 1 piece.
Aldana, Patricia, 1998, 2 pieces.
Allen, Stephen, n.d., 1 piece.
American Biographical Institute, Inc. (C. L. White), 2001, 1 piece.
Andrew Marshall, 2002, 1 piece.
Andrychuk, Kristin, 1999, 1 piece.
Annick Press, 2001, 2 pieces.
Armstrong, Doreen, n.d., 1 piece.
Arts Atlantic (Gordon Laurin), n.d., 1 piece.
Atlantic Crossings (Eddie Baugh), 2000, 1 piece.

F.2 B
Bailey, Don, 1997-2002, 20 pieces.

Baker, Thomas, 1997, 1 piece.
Baugh, Edward, n.d., 1 piece.
Bellemare, Gaston, 2001, 1 piece.
Benson, Eugene, 1999, 2 pieces.
Binns, Pat, 1997, 1 piece.
Books in Canada (Matt Davis), 1997, 1 piece.
Boychuk, Rick, n.d., 1 piece.

F.3
Beissel, Henry, 1997-1998, 3 pieces + 1 enclosure of proofs of Seasons of Blood (1998).

F.4 C
Calcaterra, Janet, 1999-2000, 2 pieces.
Campbell, Kumari, 1998, 1 piece.
The Canada Council for the Arts (Bianca Côté, Gordon Platt, Donna Scott), 1998-2002, 5 pieces.
Canada India Village Aid, 1997, 1 piece.
Canadian Geographic (Michael Clugston, Rick Boychuk), 1998-1999, 2 pieces.
Canadian Who’s Who, 2001, 1 piece.
Cancopy, 1998-2000, 2 pieces.
Catalano, Judith, 2001, 2 pieces.
CBC Radio-Canada, 1997-2001, 4 pieces.
Clark, Joan, n.d., 1 piece.
Clarkson, Adrienne, 2000, 1 piece.
Compton, Anne, 2002, 1 piece.
Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, n.d., 1 piece.
Confederation Centre of the Arts (Curtis Barlow, Kevin Rice), 2000-2001, 2 pieces.
Contemporary Poets (Thomas Riggs), 1999, 1 piece.
Cook, Greg, 2000, 1 piece.
Cowan, Doris, 2002, 1 piece.
Cowan, Judith, 1997-2002, 69 pieces.
Cox, Dina, 2002, 3 pieces.
County of Prince Edward Public Library, 2001, 1 piece.
Cronin, Ray, 1999, 1 piece.
Cruickshank, Tom, 1997, 1 piece.
Cumyn, Richard, 2001, 1 piece.

Box 82
F.1 D
Darling, Michael, 1999, 2 pieces.
David, Fred, 1999, 6 pieces.
Davis, William B., 2001-2002, 7 pieces.
Demchinsky, Bryan, n.d., 1 piece.
Fonds Gloria Demers (Beth Follett), 1998, 1 piece.
Donoghue, Pamela, 1999-2002, 33 pieces.

F.2 E
Eades, Bill, 1998, 1 piece.
The Electronic Rights Licensing Agency (TERLA) (Robert Labossière, Mark Zuehlke), 1999, 2 pieces.
Eliot, C. W. J., 1998, 1 piece.
Engineer, Dilshad, 1997, 1 piece.
Europa Publications Limited (Richard B.L. Fitzwilliams), 1999, 1 piece.

F.3 F
Fischman, Sheila, n.d., 1 piece.
Freeman, John, 1999, 1 piece.
Fulford, Robert, 1999, 1 piece.

F.4 G
Gasparini, Len, 2000, 2 pieces.
Gaspereau Press, 2000, 2 pieces.
The Gazette (Phyllis Beaulieu, Lynn Desormeaux, Peter Hadekel, Frank Mackay), 1998-2001, 4 pieces.
Glen, Laurie, 2002, 1 piece.
Glover, Douglas H., 2002, 2 pieces.
Goose Lane Editions (Susanne Alexander, Laurel Boone, Sabine Campbell, Julie Scriver), 1997-2002, 35 pieces.
Gouin, Lise, 2002, 1 piece.
Gourlay, Jim, 2002, 1 piece.

F.5 H
Hall, Nora Keeling, 1997-2000, 9 pieces.
Harcourt, Peter, 2002-2003, 2 pieces.
Harper, François, 1998, 1 piece.
Harrowsmith Country Life (Tom Cruickshank, Heather Grace), 1997-2001, 2 pieces.
Heighton, Steven, 1997-2003, 2 pieces.
Helwig, Maggie, 1999, 1 piece.
Hollow Pine Writing (Hugh MacDonald), 2001, 1 piece.
Hopewell, Martha, 2002, 1 piece.
Hulse, Michael, 2002, 1 piece.
Hunt, Barbara, n.d., 1 piece.

I
Imperial Oil (D. Berger, Sarah Lawley), 1997-2000, 3 pieces.

F.6 J
Joyce, Catherine, 1999, 2 pieces.

F.7 K
Kaller, Elizabeth, 1999, 1 piece.
Keefer, Jamie K., 2001, 1 piece.
Kelly, M. T., 2000-n.d., 2 pieces.
Kostash, Myrna, 2000, 1 piece.
Kropp, Paul, 1999-2002, 9 pieces.
Kuerti, Anton, 1997, 1 piece.

F.8 L
Landmarks, An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land, 2001, 1 piece.
Langille, Carole Glasser, 1999, 2 pieces.
LeBlanc, Diane, 2002, 1 piece.
Lee, Henri, 2000, 1 piece.
Limelight (Terence Cottrell), 1999, 1 piece.

F.9 M
MacKay, Jean Halliday, 1999, 1 piece.
Macklem, Michael, 1999-2002, 6 pieces.
The Malahat Review (Marlene Cookshaw), n.d., 1 piece.
Maritime Writers’ Workshop, 1998, 1 piece.
Manitoba Arts Council (Pat Sanders), 1997, 2 pieces.
Margoshes, Dave, 2000, 1 piece.
Martz, Fraldie, 1999, 2 pieces.
McCuaig, Ruth, 1999, 1 piece.
McDougall, John (Kingston Literacy), 1998, 1 piece.
McNeill, Diana (Québec Writers’ Federation), 2002, 4 pieces.
Metcalf, John, 1998-2003, 10 pieces.
The Millay Colony for the Arts, 2003, 1 piece.
Ministerial Steering Committee on Culture (C. Matheson), 1 piece.
Moore, Christopher, 1999, 1 piece.
Moore, Jo-Anne, 2002, 1 piece.
Musgrave, Susan, n.d., 2000, 2 pieces.

F.10 N
New Brunswick Art Board, 2000, 2 pieces.
The New Orphic Review (Ernest Hekkanen), 1998, 1 piece.
The New Quarterly (Kim Jernigan, Mary Merikle), 1998-2002, 8 pieces.
Nicholson, Carol, 1998-2000, 2 pieces.
Northrop Frye/Moncton Literary Festival (Edmond Lemond, Paulette Thériault), 1999-2000, 5 pieces.
Nymark, Barbara, 2001, 2 pieces.

O
Oberon Press (Dilshad Engineer, Michael Macklem, Nicholas Macklem), 1997-2002, 69 pieces.
Ottawa BTC, 2002, 1 piece.

F.11 P-Q
Pacific Press, 2000, 1 piece.
Page, P.K., 1999, 1 piece.
The Porcupine’s Quill (Elke Inkster, Amanda Jernigan, John Metcalf), 2002, 19 pieces.
Pratt, David, 2000, 1 piece.
Prince Edward Island, Council of the Arts (Karen McLenithan), 1999, 2 pieces.
Prince Edward Island, Department of Education, 1998, 1 piece.
Prince Edward Island, Office of the Premier, 1998, 1 piece.
Public Lending Right Commission (Karleen Bradford), 1999-2000, 2 pieces.
Purdy, Al, 1998 and n.d., 22 pieces.
Queen’s Quarterly, 2001, 1 piece.

F.12 R
Raddall, Thomas, 1999, 1 piece.
Rigel [?], Ann and Terry, n.d., 1 piece.
Robertson, Heather, 1997-2002, 6 pieces.
Robinson, Robert R., 1999-2002, 8 pieces.
Aunt Rose, 2000, 1 piece.
Russell, Pamela G., 1999, 1 piece.
Ryan, Darlene, 2002, 1 piece.

F.13 S
Saskatchewan Book Awards (Joyce Wells), 2001, 3 pieces.
Saturday Night (Paul Tough), 1999, 1 piece.
Shaidl (?), Kathy, 1997, 1 piece.
Shapiro, [ ], n.d., 1 piece.
Shapiro, Henry L., 1997, 1 piece.
Shepherd, Jean, 2001, 1 piece.
Sherman, Ann and Joe, 1999-2002, 29 pieces.
Simonds, Merilyn, 1999-2003, 2 pieces.
Soderstrom, Mary, 1998-2000, 2 pieces.
South Shore Literary Club, 2001, 2 pieces.
Stedmond, John Mitchell, 2002, 1 piece.
Steeves, Andrew, 2002, 3 pieces.
Stein, Dave, 1998, 1 piece.
Stewart, Charlotte A., 1997-1999, 6 pieces.
Stewart, Linda J., 1999, 1 piece.
Stockland, Pet, n.d., 1 piece.
Sweet, David, 1997-1998, 3 pieces.
S, Mag. 1998, 1 piece.

Box 83
F.1 T
Transatlantic Literary Agency Inc. (Lynn Bennett), 2000, 1 piece.
U
The University of Chicago Press, 2002, 1 piece.
University of New Brunswick (Rhona Sawlor), 1999-2002, 8 pieces.
University of Prince Edward Island (Jane Ledwell), 1998, 1 piece.

F.2 V-Z
Véhicule Press, 2000, 1 piece.
Veilleux, Marie-Claude, 2001, 1 piece.
Via Rail Canada, 2000, 1 piece.
Viscount Cultural Council (Jean North), 2002, 1 piece.
Vogt, Bruce, 1997-1998, 2 pieces.

Wah, Fred, 2002, 1 piece.
Wells, Joyce, 2001, 3 pieces.
Whitney, Al, 1998, 1 piece.
Windsor Review (Hugh MacDonald), n.d., 1 piece.
Word on the Street, 2001, 1 piece.
The Word Bookstore, 2000, 1 piece.
The Writers’ Development Trust (Wendy Morgan), 1998, 1 piece.
Writer-in-Residence, 1997, 1 piece.
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (Anna Mae Snider), 1998-1999, 3 pieces.
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (Jane Buss), 2000-2001, 3 pieces.
Writers’ Guild of Canada (Bruce McKenna, Doris Tay), 1997-2001, 4 pieces.
The Writers’ Union of Canada (Penny Dickens), 2000-2003, 72 pieces.
The Writewords, 1998, 1 piece.
Yale University Press (John Kulka), 2002, 1 piece.
F.3-4 Miscellaneous and unidentified, 56 pieces.

Seventh Accrual (22-2010)
F.5 Correspondence: Helwig to George Loewen, 45 ls. and cards, 1958-2005; includes chapbook, "The Picasso Museum", "Ecco Homo", and other poems
F.6 Christmas cards: Loewen to Helwig, 11 cards, n.d., 1999, 2008, 2009; artwork is by Loewen


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