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Addendum to first accrual (previously unprocessed). – 1962-1984. – 46 cm of textual records; 2 photographs.

Series 1: Correspondence
Correspondence. – 1962-1984. -- 40 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of series. -- Boxes 31-34.
Note: Correspondence has been rearranged from its original chronological order and dates supplied in square brackets where possible. However, since this addendum was found partially sorted, there have been some problems with arrangement and description. Explanatory notes are provided where needed.

Box 31:
F.1
Unidentified [W. ], Jim, letter, p. 2, n.d.
Bonnie, letter to, 1980
note written on sketch, n.d.
Faye, letter, 1984
Geo, letter, 1980
George, pc., 1971
Harvey, letter, 1971
Jane, letter, 1982
Jim, letter, n.d.; letter to, 1981
Leon, letter, 1982
Midnight Critic, letter, 1984
Mike, 5 letters, 1968-1969
Susan, letter to, 1981
Unsigned, pc., n.d.

F.2 A ACTRA (Paul Siren), 2 form letters, 1980
Aide, Bill, 15 letters, [1971, 1980-1981?], encl. tss., “Immense Answering of Human Skies: the Poetry of Margaret Avison”, “The Common Reader’s Sestina
(for P.K. Page)” Alphabet, letter, [1971?]
Anansi, The House of (Dennis Lee), 7 letters, 1969-1986, encl. photocopy
of letter from Dennis Lee to Tom Marshall, 11 February 1981
Andras, Robert, Minister of Manpower and Immigration, letter to, 4 February 1975; reply of 3 March 1975 is from Andras’ assistant, R.A. Button
Atkinson, Stephen, letter to, 6 January 1971
Archbold, Rick, 2 letters, 1982-1983. See also Doubleday Canada.
Arnott, Brian, 9 letters, [1971?]-1983
Arthur, Cathy, letter, 21 October 1975
Athens District High School (Albert Ongley), 2 letters, 1977
Atherton, Stan, pc., 14 January 1982
Atkinson, Stephen, 2 letters, 1975; letter to, 1975
Atlantic Monthly Press (Natalie Greenberg), 2 letters, 1971. See also Oberon, Box 33, F.7
Atwood, Margaret, 8 letters, 1971-[1978?]; letter to, 29 November 1971
Aurora (Morris Wolfe) letter, 26 October 1977

F.3 B Baker, Mark, letter, 30 July 1982
Barbour, Doug, letter, 6 April 1971. There is also a photocopy of an article by Barbour.
Barnes, Lily, letter, 21 February 1983
Beaufort Books Inc. (Marnie K. Goodman, Thomas Woll, Susan Suffes), 4 letters, 1982-1984), encl. questionnaires, dust-jacket for A Sound Like Laughter; letter to, 9 November 1982
Beissel, Henry, letter, 11 November 1966
Belleville Public Library (Sylvia Katzer), 2 letters, 1983
Benson, E.J., Minister of Finance, letter, 20 November 1970; letter to, 9 November 1970
Birdsell, Sandra, letter, 9 December 1982 Birney, Earle, pc., 30 September 1970
Books in Canada (Randall Ware, Douglas Marshall, Pier Girgio Di Cicco, et al.), 11 letters, 1971-1977, n.d., encl. fifth anniversary issue, May 1976
Borcharadt, Georges, letter, 12 August 1976; draft letter to, [1976]
Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards (Waddell Austin), letter 10 May 1971
Boseman, Yogi Lafayette, letter to, 9 May 1975
Bourne, Lesley, 2 letters, [1982-1983?], encl. poem, “Vendor”
Bowering, George, 5 PCs., 2 letters, 1970-1980, encl., order form for The Silver Wire Brooks, Eunice, letter, 2 January 1983
Brown, Jamie, letter, 14 October 1974
Bruce, Phyllis, letter, 24 August 1971
Burns & MacEachern (Rex Williams, Marc Foisy des Forges), pc., letter, 1977
Butcher, John C., letter, 1 August 1984, encl. poems

F.4 Don Bailey
Bailey, Don, 23 letters, 1968-1984, encl. tss., “The Long Fall Down”, “Swim for Your Life”, “The Ceremony of the Child”

F.5 C
Callwood, June, letter, 30 June 1981. See also National Magazine Awards Foundation and Writers’ Union of Canada.
Cameron, Elspeth, letter, 15 June 1982, encl. photocopy of authorization letter from Irving Layton
Canadian Business (Margaret A. Wente), letter, 2 December 1983; letter to, 31 October 1983
Canadian Dimension ( G. David Sheps), letter, 14 May 1969
Canadian Forum, The, (Milton Wilson, A. Rotstein) 5 letters, 1965-1970, n.d.
Canadian Literature (George Woodcock, Beverly Westbrook, W.H. New), 5 letters, 1969, 1982-1983 Canadian Penitentiary Service (Yvan Roy), letter, 9 November 1972
Canadian Who’s Who (K.P. Simpson), 2 letters, 1980-1981
Canadore College (Anthony E. Bos), 5 letters, 1982, encl. printed materials about Artsperience 1982. See also Seeley, Ruth
Cariboo-Thompson Nicola Library System (Barbara Watkins), letter, 21 December 1979
Carrier, Jean-Guy, 2 letters, 1974-1975
Catalyst (Etienne Boisjoli), 2 letters, n.d.
Centennial Public School, 25 letters from pupils of, 1971
Chapman, K.W., 3 December 1982
Chatelaine (Alemda Glassey, Liz Primeau, Mildred Istona), 4 letters, 1971-1981; letter to, 23 June 1981
Chicago Tribune (Marcia Lee Masters), 2 letters, 1970
CKWS TV, letter to, 13 September 1970
Clarke, Irwin & Company (Roy MacSkimming, John Pearce), 4 letters, 1968, 1981
Clarkson, Robert, 2 letters, 1984
Cogswell, Fred see Fiddlehead and Oberon Press, Box 33, F.2
Colombo, John Robert, 10 letters, 1967-1971, n.d. On the verso of Columbo’s letter of 30 December 1970, Helwig has written a brief ms. on the meaning of poems. See also Tamarak Review.
Commcept Publishing (Edward Peck), 5 letters, 1977, encl. copies of correspondence with Oberon Press Concordia University (Arthur Broes), 2 letters, 1977
Contemporary Literature in Translation, letter, n.d.
Cornwall Collegiate (Ronald McCabe), letter, 20 October 1971 Craig, Robert, letter, n.d.
Crawford, Terry, letter, 17 October 1974; letter to, 19 June 1973
Creative Artists Agency (Andrea Newman), letter to, 25 June 1984

F.6 Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Robert McCormack, Robert Weaver, Rudi Dorn, Robert Allen, Keith Gill, George Jonas, Selina Appleby, Anne Gibson, Joyce ?, John Douglas, Gordon ?, John Kennedy, John Hirsch, Stanley ?, Beverley Roberts, Peter A. Herrndorf, Joe Partington, Jana Kendall, Robert Sherrin, Howard Engel, Janice Murray, Bill Davis, Geraldine Sherman, Alice Sinclair, J.W. Barnes, Fred Diehl, John Reeves, 90 letters, 1966-1984; 14 letters to, 1983, encl. tss., untitled play proposal for the love affair between Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn, 1971 and a story line for Sidestreet, “The Smell of Danger”, 1976. The file also contains contracts.

F.7
Canada Council
Naim Kattan, Katherine Berg, Mavor Moore, David W. Barlett, Gwen Hoover, James De Gaspé Bonar, Robert Stacey, Katharine Benzekri, 21 letters, 1971-1983;
6 letters to, 1971-1983. There are also two public reading notices and a cheque stub in the file.

F.8 D, E, F
Daigon, Ruth, letter, n.d.
Dalhousie University (S.E. Sprott, N.S. Poburko), 5 letters, 1975-1977
Darwiaw?, Duncan, letter, n.d.
Davenport, Michael, letter, 27 October 1982
Dawder?, Graham, letter, [1971?]
De Barde, Marianne, 2 letters, 2 pcs., 1980; letter to, 24 June 1908
De Rosa, Susan, letter, 26 September 1983; letter to, 29 September 1983
de Younge, George Edward, letter, [1983?]
DesJardins, Phil, letter, 4 April 1971
Dimension (C.W. Gonick), letter, 7 August 1969
Doubleday Canada Ltd. (Carolynne Hastings, Betty Jane Corson, Morris Wolfe, Janet Turnbull, Rick Archbold), 7 letters, 1977-1981
Douglas College (Maurice Hodgson), letter, 1979
Dragland, Stan, letter, 12 March 1971
Duel (Mike Rival), letter, 24 September 1984
Eckler, Kathy, letter, 11 July 1982
Edinborough, Arnold see Saturday Night
Ellipse (Sheila Jones, D.G. Jones), 2 letters, 1969-1970
Emery Collegiate Institute (Warner Winter), letter, 15 September 1976
Enns, Victor, letter to, 13 April 1982
Engel, Howard see Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Engel, Marian, 2 letters, n.d. See also Oberon Press, Box 33, F.4
Enright, Michael see Quest
Espanola High School (Karen Van Alstine), 4 letters, 1982
Faber and Faber see Hughes, Olwyn
Far Point, The (Myron Turner), 2 letters, 1969
Fawell, B., 2 letters, [1983?]
Fetherling, Doug, letter, 16 July 1984
Fiddlehead (Fred Cogswell, Kent Thompson), 17 letters, 1965-1971, encl. Conference Schedule
Findley, Timothy, 2 letters, 1976-1982
Freedman, Adele, letter, 11 July 1977
Frontenac County Board of Education (James A. Coles, Marion Watkins), 3 letters, 1980-1984, encl. printed material about Barnardo Boy and biographical
information on Helwig
Fulford, Robert see Saturday Night

F.9 G
Garner, Hugh, 2 letters, 1971
Gasparini, Len, 3 letters, 1971, n.d.
Geddes, Gary, letter to, 15 May 1975
Gelber, Arthur, letter to James Cole, Kingston Youth Orchestra, 21 July 1980
Gervas, C.H. (Marty), 4 letters, 1 pc., 1969-1971, n.d.
Globe and Mail, The (Herbert Whittaker, Kenneth Bagnell), 2 letters, 1968-1971; letter to, 19 November 1983, marked “never sent”
Gifford, Tony, letter, 12 March 1971
Goal, Réshard, 3 letters, 1982-1983; letter to, 9 January 1983
Godfrey, Dave, letter, 23 April 1971
Gold, Alan D., letter, 19 August 1981
Goldhar, Eleanor R., letter, 26 September 1983
Goodden, Herman, 2 letters, 1983
Gower, Peter, 3 letters, 1975-1976
Green, Alex, 2 letters, 1984
Greenwald, Roger, letter, 10 March 1984

F.10 General Publishing Ltd.
Susan Stoddard, Diane Lutynec [later Young], Debbie Backer, Peggy Archer, W.B. Hanna, Joan Leaning, Ellen Woodger, Edward J. Carson, Gerry Young, Sharon Cook, Anne Mackrell, Lyn Gent, Barbara Hehner, 68 letters, 1974-1984, encl. photocopy of letter from George Woodcock to Diane Young, 14 January 1981, editorial comments, blurb, photocopies of two different book covers and review for It Is Always Summer, photocopy of page from Follett, Modern American Usage, photocopy of book cover for Jennifer, photocopies of letters from Michael Macklem of Oberon Press, 1981, promotional tour schedule, April and May 1982, blurb and promotional information for The Only Son; 2 letters to, 1981-1983B

Box 32

F.1 H
Halliday, Kurt, letter, n.d.
Ham, Peggy, letter, 17 November 1974; letter to, 16 January 1975
Hamilton Spectator (Ken Kilpatrick), 3 letters, 1980-1982
Harcourt, Peter, 5 letters, 1977-1980
Harrison, Jeanne, 3 letters, 1980
Haskins, Doug, letter, 19 November 1962
Hathaway, Thomas S., 8 letters, 1 pc., 1979-1981, encl. ts., photocopy of letter from J. Ralph A. Turner, 1980 to Hathaway
Hehner, Barbara, letter, 9 July 1984. Note: The first two pages of this letter are missing.
Helwig, Maggie, 1 letter, 2 notes, 1981-1984, encl. poem
Hewitt, Sean, letter to, 15 January 1982
Hill, Douglas J., letter, 25 October 1971
Hind, Tommy, 2 letters, 1 pc., 1981-1983
Hirsch, John see Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Stratford Festival
Hodgson, Marina?, letter, n.d.
Hoffer, William, 2 letters, 1971, n.d.
Hood, Hugh, 2 pcs., 1970
Holt, Rinehard and Winston (Joseph Banel, Elaine Ellsworth), 3 letters, 1971
Hopkins, John, 2 letters, 1976
Howell, Bill, letter, 16 February 1975
Hudson’s Bay Company (Barbara Kilvert), 3 letters, 1969
Huggan, Isabel, letter, n.d.
Hughes, Olwyn, 2 letters, 1970-1971, encl. letter from Frank Pike of Faber and Faber to Hughes
Hurtig, M.G. (Mel), 4 letters, 1968-1971

F.2 I, J, K
Irwin, Pat, letter, 13 March 1977
Institute of Public Administration of Canada, The (J.J. Galimberti), letter to Frank Milligan, 22 November 1979
Jacobs, Maria, letter 3 March 1982
Jane Austen Society of North America (Jane Austen-Leigh), letter, 1 October 1982, encl. programme
Jany, Averil, letter, 6 November 1977
Jaw Breaker (Leonard Russo), letter, 5 June 1971
Journal of Canadian Fiction (John G. Moss), 2 letters, 1971
Johnston, George, 3 letters, 1967
Jonas, George see Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Kelly, M.T., letter, n.d.
Kendle, Judith, letter, 5 September 1980
Kerr, Bob, pc., 1983
King, Allan, letter, 11 March 1977
Kingston, City of (Gerretsen, John P.), letter, 14 March 1984
Kingston Public Library (Michael Dicketts), 2 letters, 1983
Knight, Lorna, letter, 20 July 1982
Knox, Grant, letter, 18 March 1982, encl. business card
Kogawa, Joy, 4 letters, 1968-1970

F.3 L
LaBrage, Dorothy, letter, 24 January 1983
Laureate-Gabriel, Chealsea, letter, 25 September 1980
Laurence, Margaret, letter, 25 August 1971
Layton, Irving, 7 letters, 1 pc., 1967-1968. Note: Letter of 8 July 1968 is written on the verso of a poem ts., “National Vices”. The letter of 11 July 1968 contains the poem “The Whole Bloody Bird”.
League of Canadian Poets (Raymond Souster, Gerald Lampert, Arlene Lampert, Gerald Gaskin), 15 letters, 1968-1982, encl. printed materials, newsletter, circular letter from Dennis Lee, 16 October 1970, photocopies of letters to the League from Ronald McCabe, Douglas Hill, and Kevin Murphy, all secondary school English Department Heads, biographical information on Helwig Note: Souster’s letter of 10 March 1969 has been torn in half, with only one-half remaining.
Lee, Dennis see Anansi, The House of and League of Canadian Poets
Lee, Clifford E., Award (Ben Tarver, Chris Fairbrother), 3 letters, 1975-1976, encl. information on the Award; letter to, 13 May 1976
Legal, Renée M., letter, 12 July 1982
Letters Bookstore (Nicky Drumbolis), letter, 7 November 1983
Levine, Norman, 6 letters, 1970-1971
Lewis, Stephen, letter, 13 May 1969
Lifton, Eric, 2 letters, 1974
Livesay, Dorothy, 4 letters, 1969, encl. ts. and proof of poem “Post-Operative Instructions”
Lomax, W.P., letter, 3 November 1974; letter to, 9 January 1975
Lord, Barry, 2 letters, 1979-1980
Lord, Peter, 2 letters, n.d.
Lorimer, James, open letter to Canadian publishers, March 1971
Loucareas, Dale, letter, 1982

F.4 M
Maddell, Peter, 1976-1976, 4 letters; 1 letter to, n.d.
Malahat Review, The (Helen E. Harris, Constance Rooke), 3 letters, 1982-1983
Manitoba Theatre Centre (Marjorie Morrell, Edward Gilbert, Armin Wiebe), 3 letters, 1968-1969; letter to, 1 December 1982 Marketing (Phil Murphy), letter, 2 March 1968
Marshall, Tom, 4 letters, 1967-1968
Martin, Sandra, 8 letters, 1982-1984, encl. birth announcement, photocopies of correspondence with Sue Laver, copy of letter to Dilshad Engineer of Oberon Press Mayer, Anita, 8 letters, 1980-1981, encl. photocopy of review of her book One Came Back
McArthur Student Council (Gloria Smith), letter, 15 December 1976. Note: Page one of the letter is missing.
McClelland and Stewart Ltd. (S.J. Totton, Judith Steed, Anna Porter, Catherine Wilson, Marilyn Fisher, Jack McClelland), 12 letters, 1965-1982, encl. report on A Step into the River; letter to, 22 March 1977
Macdonald, Rae, 2 letters, n.d.
McDonald, Roger, letter to Miss Jaquest, n.d.
McElroy, Gil, letter, 15 June 1981. Note: Ms. travel schedule notes by Helwig are attached.
McFadden, David, 2 pcs., 1977
McGraw-Hill (Conrad T. Wieczorek), 4 letters, 1971; letter to, 16 July 1971
MacLaren Advertising (Allan A. Jones), letter, 17 November 1967
Maclean’s Magazine (Charles B. Templeton, Linda Grey-Noble), 2 letters, 1969-1970
McNeal, Florence and David S., 4 letters, 1971
McWhirter, George, 7 letters, 1970-1975
Melvin, Mrs. John G., 1 card, 1 note, 2 letters, 1982, n.d. Note: The note is written on the photocopy of a letter from William in France to his father, 13 December 1916 Metcalf, John, 20 letters, 1970-1980
Miller, Peter, card, 6 June 1983 Milligan, Frank, letter, 30 November 1979, encl. letter to J.M. Galimberti, Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Mohnar, Betty, letter, 1984
Moore, Karen, letter, [1982]
Moore, Mavor see Canada Council
Mount Allison University (Doug ?), letter, 28 March 1977

F.5 N
National Council of Welfare (Ken Battle), letter, 30 July 1982
National Magazine Awards Foundation (June Callwood), letter, 4 December 1981, encl.printed materials, program
National Radio Theatre (Yuri Rasovsky), letter, 26 August 1980
Nelson, Joyce, letter, 26 August 1979; letter to, 12 October 1979
Nesbitt, Bruce, letter, 17 June 1971
Neufeld, F., letter, 26 February, 1982, encl. tear-sheet from Quest magazine, May 1982 with Neufeld’s letter to the editor about “The Case Against Skin Mags”.
Newlove, John, 5 letters, 1976
Newman, Jerry, letter, 28 November 1981
Northern Ontario Council of Teachers of English (Eve Kendel), 2 letters, 1980
Norton, W.W., draft letter to, n.d.
Novak, Barbara, letter, 7 May 1976

F.6 O
Oberon Press see Box 33
Sir Oliver Mowat Collegiate Institute (Gail Darling, Trina Wood), letter, 30 November 1977, encl. mimeo on Encounter Canada 77
Ontario Arts Council (Ron Evans, Karen du Toit, Steve Stevanovic, Zelda Heller), 9 letters, 1971-1983
Ontario Educational Communications Authority (Karen Gable), letter, 10 July 1980
Owen, I.M., 3 letters, 1977-1983
Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Canada (Theresa and Albert Moritz), letter, 21 November 1983 Oxford University Press (Ann McLellan), 3 letters, 1968

F.7 P
Paci, Frank, 2 letters, 1976-1981
Pakkala, Vern, letter, n.d.
PaperJacks (John Duff), card, 18 February 1975
Paterson, Tom, letter, 7 August 1984
Peace Arts 84 (Daniel J. Brooks), form letter, n.d., encl. mimeos
Pearce, Jon, letter, 31 July 1977, encl. mimeo “Interviews with Canadian Poets”
Phillips, Edward O., letter, card, 1983-1984
Pinkney, Arthur, letter, 3 September 1982
Plater, Alan, 2 letters, 1976
Poetry Singapore (Lee Tzu Pheng), 2 letters, encl. information on the journal
Pollock, Nancy, letter, n.d.
Porter, Anna see McClelland and Stewart
Poundmaker Productions (Barry Pearson), letter, 5 April 1982
Prism International (Robert Harlow, J. Michael Yates, Jacob Zilber), 5 letters, 2 form letters, 1966-1968
Prison Arts 71 (Marnie Knechtel), 6 letters, 1971-1972
Purdy, Al, 30 letters, 1 form letter, 1 card, 1967-[1984?], encl. ts. of poem “FLQ Kidnapping”

F.8 Q
Quarry (Johan Harcourt), letter to Irma McDonough, Ontario Library Review, 1971
Queen’s Quarterly (Albert Fell, Kerry McSweeney), 3 letters, 1966-1980
Queen’s University (George Whalley, Lilian Newkirk, Ronald L. Watts, Cliff Crawley, John M. Hartwick), 9 letters, 1974-1983, encl. pension plan form; letter to Whalley, 14 April 1980. There is also a note in Helwig’s hand on Queen’s University letterhead.
Quest (Lynn Cunningham, Jamie Tate, Michael Enright), 5 letters, 1981-1983, encl. letter to Quest from Paula Lemke; 4 letters to, 1981-1984

F.9 R
Reese, Peter, letter, 20 January 1980
Regteff [?], Gary, letter, n.d.
Richards, Dave, 2 letters, 1980
Robertson, Heather, 4 letters, 1979-1980
Rodriguez, Judith, letter, 1983
Rosebud Films (Barry Pearson), letter, 22 April 1980
Rule, Jane, 10 letters, 2 cards, 1970-1971
Ruskin, Ron, letter, 11 October 1970
Ryerson Press (Earle Toppings, Avo Erisalu), 4 letters, 1966-1968

F.10 S
Sandman, John, letter, n.d.
Saskatchewan Arts Board (Judy Krause, Jim Ellemers, Nik L. Burton, Victor Enns), 6 letters, encl. contract, printed material about literary awards
Saturday Night (Arnold Edinborough, Robert Fulford, Bernadette Sulgit), 16 letters, 1976-1982, encl. ts. of poem “Landscape”; 2 letters to, 1981-1982
Saunders, Leslie, letter, 23 October 1982, encl. periodical Next Exit.
Schoemperlen, Diane, letter, 15 March 1984
Schroeder, Andreas Peter and Sharon Elizabeth Brown, birth announcement card, n.d.
Schwarz, Herbert, letter, 7 January 1983, encl. p. 4 from a ts.
Scott, John J., letter, 9 April 1982, to Michael Enright
Seal Books (Jim Bacque), letter, 14 April 1977
Seeley, Ruth, 2 letters, [1982?]-1983, encl. Canadore College Creative Writing Class List
Shaw Festival (Brian Doherty), 2 letters, 1971
Shaw, Joan Fern, letter, 20 May 1984
Anthony Sheil Associates Limited (Giles Gordon), 25 letters 1973-1983, encl. letter from Peter Collenette at Macmillan; letter to, n.d.
Sibum, Norm, letter, n.d.
Simpson, Leo, 2 letters, 1971
Simon Fraser University (Kathy ?, Peter Buitenhuis), 3 letters, 1977-1979
Smith, Bobbie Jean, 3 letters, 1982-1983
Smiths Falls District Collegiate, letter, n.d.
Somerville, A., letter, 15 July 1968
Sorestad, Glen, 2 letters, 1976-1982
Souster, Raymond see League of Canadian Poets
Spindrift Dance Theatre, letter, 5 December 1983
St. George’s School of Montreal (Norma L. Passaretti, Gilbert H. Plaw), 2 letters, 1980, encl. mimeo
St. John’s College (David Arnason), letter, 2 October 1973
St. Martin’s High School (Alfredo da Cimba, Lynda Kinchsular), 2 letters, 1983, n.d.
Stein, David Lewis, 3 letters, 1975-1977, n.d.
Stevens, Peter, letter, 21 August 1981
Stratford Festival (John S. Hirsch, Thomas B. Hendry), 5 letters, 1968-1982
Stress & Pain Centre (John Walker), letter, 23 April 1982
Stuewe, Paul, 3 letters, 1979
Summers, Merna, 2 letters, 1980-1982, encl. review of Helwig’s book, The King’s Evil
Swan, Susan, letter, 8 December 1976
Sward, Robert, card, 15 February 1980

F.11 T
Tamarak Review (Robert Weaver, John Robert Columbo), 3 letters, 1965-1967. Note: The letter from Columbo is torn.
Tapestry Singers (Janice Schuyler), letter, 15 May 1984
Tarragon Theatre (Urjo Kareda), 3 letters, 1983; letter to, 1983
Taylor, Charles, letter, 17 March 1980
Templeton, Charles B. see Maclean’s Magazine
Theatre Toronto (Mavis Hayman), letter, 1968-1969
Thomas, Audrey, letter, 20 November 1974
Thompson, Kent, 3 letters, 1970-1976
Today Magazine (Judy Stoffman), 2 letters, 1981

F.12 U
Universal Productions (Alma ?), letter, 23 July 1980
University of Guelph (Patrick Holland), letter, 23 September 1982
University of Massachusetts Press, 3 letters, n.d.; letter to, 23 June 1980
University of Ottawa (David Staines, Glenn Clever, John ?), 6 letters, 1980-1981, encl. Callaghan Symposium leaflet
University of Saskatchewan (Paul Denham), letter, 10 September 1973
University of Toronto ( Jill Shefrin, Sarah Torgov, Frank W., Annabel Sissons, Peter Richardson, Bruce Gardham), 9 letters, 1967-1984. Note: the 1967 letter is incomplete and thus lacks a signature.
University of Victoria (W.D. Godfrey), letter, 16 January 1980, encl. job advertisement
University of Western Ontario (Joseph M. Zesulka), letter 20 September 1973
University of Windsor Review (Gene McNarma?), letter, 6 October 1971

F.13 V, W
Van Vierzen, Johanna, letter, 25 June 1969
Vaughn, Cleo, 2 letters, 1981
Vertolli, Lou, letter, 9 January 1983
Village Book Store (M. Ahvenus), letter, 19 September 1968
Wainwright, J.A.?, letter, [1971?]
Wallace, Aitken & Sheil, Inc. (Robert Cornfield), 2 letters, 1976
Wascana Review (Jayne Berland), letter, n.d.
Watmough, David, 2 letters, 1982-1983
Weekend Magazine (Jacqui Bishop), letter, 15 August 1975
Wente, Margaret A. see Canadian Business
Wiebe, Rudy, 2 letters, 1971, encl. ts.
Wien, Carol Anne, letter, 28 October 1982
Wilson, Robert, letter to, 16 October 1983
Welbourne Avenue Public School (Connie E. Taylor), 2 letters, 1984
Wendigo (Dave Sanderson), letter, n.d.
West Coast Review (Frederick Candelaria), letter, pc., 1967-[1971]
Westminster Films (Don ?), letter, 15 January 1981
Whalley, George see Queen’s University
Wild, Peter, pc. to Ed, 24 February 1969
Wolfe, Morris see Aurora and Doubleday Canada Ltd.
Wood, Ted, letter, 6 April 1976
Woodcock, George, 8 letters, 1975-1980. See also Canadian Literature and General Publishing Ltd.
Writers Directory, letter, n.d., encl. Helwig entry from previous edition.
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (Gregory M. Cook), letter, 1 December 1981
Writers’ Union of Canada (Ellen Powers, June Callwood, Susan Crean, Harold Horwood, Mary Jacquest, Kate ?, Bob Collins, Randy Haunfelder, Bob Harlow, Janice Tyrwhitt), 17 letters, 1 card, 1977-1983, encl. printed materials; letter to Callwood, 19 December 1979. Note: The letter from Tyrwhitt is a form letter as Chairman of the Canada Writes Committee.

F.14 X, Y, Z
Young, David, letter, 17 October 1977
Young, Ian, letter, April 1969
York University (J. Paul Grayson, Maurice Elliott), 3 letters, 1977-1980 Zieroth, Dale, 6 letters , 1971-1976
Zwicky, Jan, letter, 11 January 1984

Box 33 Oberon Press

F.1 1967
28 letters, 2 notes; 2 letters to. Also in file is a memorandum of agreement and copyright application for Figures in a Landscape, editor’s notes, and proofs of 3 poems, “Harlequin to Columbine”, “Coin”, and the title poem from the book.

F.2 1968
38 letters, 10 notes. Also in the file is copy of a letter from Anne Hardy, 9 March 1968 to Nan Dobson of the CBC and a letter from Fred Cogswell, 20 December 1968 of the Fiddlehead, praising Figures in a Landscape.

F.3 1969
22 letters, 5 notes, 1 card; letter to, 8 September. Also in the file is draft for the text of the jacket cover for Sign of a Gunman, a report (possibly two) on The Hanging of William O’Donnell, and a copy of a letter from Michael Macklem, 21 August 1969, to Victor De Barletta.

F.4 1970
31 letters, 2 pcs., 7 notes, encl. royalty statements and an invoice; letter to Peter Shaw, Ryerson Press, 10 March. Also in the file are copies of letters from Michael Macklem to Keith Gill of the CBC, Naim Kattan of the Canada Council, Tom [Marshall] at Quarry Press, Peter Shaw at Ryerson Press, Brittnell Book Shop, Marion Engel, two readers’ reports on “A Crime in Silence”, two notices about The Hanging of William O’Donnell, 1970/1971 catalogue, and a typed list of people associated with Oberon.

F.5 1971
47 letters, 1 pc., 5 notes, encl. income tax form. Also in the file are copies of letters to Ryerson Press, Miss Ellsworth, Canadian Press, Robert Weaver of Tamarak Review, D.G. Stephens, copy of letter from D.G. Stephens to Helwig, letters from Allan King and Leo Simpson to Macklem, a list of Oberon books and a book-cover for Fourteen Stories High.

F.6 1972
26 letters, 2 pcs., 7 notes, encl. invoice; letter to, 10 July. Also in the file are copies of letters to Paul P. Hewitt, John Newlove at McClelland and Stewart, to Anne Hardy from Jane Rule and Andy Suknaski, to Tom [Marshall] of Quarry Press, and Leo Simpson, letters from Paul Denham and Roger C. Lewis to Macklem, and the Fall List 72 with annotations by Helwig.

F.7 1973
44 letters, 1 pc., 5 notes; letter to Atlantic Monthly, 2 May 1974. Also in the file are copies of letters to Hugh Garner, Ontario Provincial Police, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Peter ?, George [Amabile?], as well as a mimeo outlining the financial picture at Oberon for 1973.

F.8 1974
42 letters, 7 notes. Also in the file are copies of letters to Ron ?, Fred Euringer, Frank Paci, Eldon ?, letters from Garry Fenton, Harry W. Coleman, Susan Stoddard, Eldon ?, 1 page of handwritten notes by Helwig headed “Andy Marshall.”

F.9 1975
10 letters; 1 note. Also in the file are copies of letters to Graeme ?, to and from Joyce Marshall and a list of authors of New Canadian Stories: 75 with payments to them.

F.10 1976. 11 letters

F.11 1977
26 letters, 3 notes. Also in the file are copies of letters to and from Terry Green of the Community Tape Resource Library Club, and from Gail Ellison of University of Southern California, as well as an invoice to Helwig for the purchase of 25 copies of The Best Name of Silence.

F.12 1979
5 letters. Also in the file is a copy of a letter to Tom Wilkinson of the Canadian Football League.

F.13 1980
46 letters; 1 pc., 1 note. Also in the file is are letters to Tom Wilkinson of the Canadian Football League, the editor of Quill & Quire and a blurb for The King’s Evil.

F.14 1981
41 letters, 2 notes. Also in the file are letters to and from Peter M. Sanger, including 2 letters from Helwig to Sanger and 1 letter from Sanger to Helwig; they concern Sanger’s complaint that Helwig was plagiarising Sanger’s work for The King’s Evil. A letter from Bruce Whiteman and a letter from David Richards to Helwig concern Whiteman’s poetry reading series at McMaster University.

F.15 1982
24 letters, 3 notes. Also in the file are letters to Sandra Martin and an unidentified firm concerning mass-market paperback rights for The Glass Night, from Mrs. Jay Robertson of General Publishing, and Bessie Lutyen.

F.16 1983
29 letters, 3 notes, encl. Beaufort catalogue; 1 letter to. Also in the file are copies of a letter to Bonnie Burnard, letter to from A.C. Wright, a pamphlet, Winter Poems: New Titles from Oberon Press, photocopy from Replay: Murder with a reference to Oberon Press and a ts. concerning the launch of 83: Best Canadian Stories.

F.17 1984. 8 letters.

F.18 n.d.
3 letters, 58 notes, 3 lists. Also in the file is a letter to John Newlove and proofs for Oberon advertisements. Note: One of the letters is page two of a letter, presumably by Michael Macklem, which could not be matched to a first page.

Miscellaneous

Box 34
Files 1-7 contain a variety of items that could not be identified as enclosures with the correspondence.
F.1 Interviews
Four interviews with Helwig published in Kingston Whig-Standard, 1977; The Nuggett, 1982; TV Times, n.d., and The Varsity, 1975.
F.2 News clippings
F.3 Photographs
Black and White photograph of Helwig; colour photograph of unidentified plaque.
F.4 Printed Materials
Biographical leaflet about Helwig; National Arts Centre programme, July 1972, containing biographical information on Helwig; leaflet by Patrick Lane, There are Still The Mountains; promotional material from publishing houses: Coach House Press for David Young’s Agent Provocateur, Intermedia Press, Ragweed Press, and Stoddart; tear-sheets from New Books, spring 1984; National Book Festival; Intersection Gallery; Canadians for Decency; Domino Theatre programme for 1966-1967 for Helwig’s A Time of Winter; Queen’s University reception; The Writer’s Development Trust; Terres des Hommes; Maritime Photographic Workshops 1982.

Posters
New Press colour poster of recent releases distributed by General Paperbacks.
Barnardo Boy poster for performance in Kingston, Ontario, 1982
Oberon Press new writings, 2 posters
Posters are filed in Map Cabinets.

F.5 Printed, Holograph and Typed Materials Copyright documents for Figures in a Landscape, The Sign of the Gunman, The Day Before Tomorrow and The Small Rain (published as The Streets of Summer); other printed, holograph and typed items.

F.6 Serials
Canadian Reader, 9, no. 3; 12, no. 3; Inner Circle, TWUC Newsletter; Next Exit, spring 1980; Ottawa Poetry News, July 1976; Poetry Canada, November 1970; West Coast Review, January 1971; Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletter, November 1979.

Series 2:
Manuscripts, Typescripts, and Proofs. – 1975-1982 -- 2 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series. – Box 34.

Other Authors

F.7

S.D. Harasym. Photocopies of tss. of 5 poems.
R.N. Latreille. Photocopy of ts., “[Review of] A Book about Billie”.
Charmaine Lindsay. Photocopy of ts., “A Bibliography of the Published Works of David Helwig.”
Gail Seeley Fox. Ts. and two proofs of poem “Lines In Contentment”.
Gwendolyn McEwen. Ts. and proof of poem “Jewellery”.
Roger Prentice. Ts. of poem “Responsibility”.
Bronwen Wallace. Photocopies of tss. and tss. of poems and prose. There are also photocopies of published materials as well as a resume for Chris Whynot. One of Wallace’s poems is dedicated to Liz Whynot.
Unidentified. Ts. of poem “Summertime”.

F.8
[Dennis Braithwaite’s column on television]. Ts./ts/ carbon, [3] p., 28 May 1975, to the Toronto Star.
[Peter Miller’s review of Nigel West]. Ts. carbon, [1] p., 11 January 1982, to the Kingston Whig Standard.
Cyril Greenland’s article on sex criminals]. Ts./ts. carbon, [2] p., 24 July 1982, to the Globe and Mail.
[Stratford Festival editorial]. Ts., [1] p., n.d.

Introductions
[Introduction to Human Elements: 2nd Series (Oberon, 1981)], ts., 4 p., n.d.; ts. carbon, 3 p., n.d.

Novels
It Is Always Summer. Photocopy of ts., [9] p., n.d. There is also a unsigned note commenting on the new material added to the novel. The Small Rain (published as The Streets of Summer). Ts., [2] p., n.d.

Poetry
Note: For a brief ms. by Helwig on the meaning of poems see Columbo, John Robert.
“Another Fall”, photocopy, [1] p.
“Hey, Bay”, ts., [1] p., n.d.
“A Kind of Letter (for Don Bailey)”, ts., [1] p., n.d. “Footnote to A Book about Billie”, ts., [1] p. Note: This poem is not in the book of the same name.

Reviews
[Review of books at Christmas]. Ts., 3 p., n.d.

Radio and Television Script Proposals
“Heaven and Earth”, photocopy of ts., [2] p., n.d. See also First Accrual, Box 22, F.14-17.
“It Isn’t Just Luck”, photocopy of ts., 7 p., n.d.
“The Smell of Danger”. See Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

Unidentified
Unidentified, unrelated ms./ts., [15] p., n.d.

F.9 Proofs
Figures in a Landscape see Oberon, Box 33, F.1.
The Best Name of Silence. Bound Proofs, n.d.
“To Hear the Angels Sing”, 5 p., n.d. See also First Accrual, Box 17, F. 16-18.
“The Case Against Skin Mags”, 8 p., n.d. See also First Accrual, Box 17, F. 3.

Series 3: Reviews and Published materials

Reviews of Helwig’s Books and Published Materials. – 1970-1982. -- 4 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series. – Box 34.

Reviews of Helwig’s books
F.10
The Best Name of Silence (1972)
The Day Before Tomorrow (1971)
Figures in a Landscape (c1967)
The Glass Knight (1976)
It Is Always Summer (1982)
The Sign of the Gunman (1969)
miscellaneous writings

F.11 Fourteen Stories High (1971)

F.12 New Canadian Stories (1972-1975)

F.13 Published Materials
“At the Pilot Tavern”, tear-sheet from Toronto Life, April 1980 “CND Festival of Life Bethnal Green, Easter 1970”, tear-sheet from Tribune (London, England), 9 April 1971 “Poem for the End of the Revolution”, tear-sheet from Saturday Night, December 1970

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