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James King. Second accrual. 1943-1977. – 60 cm of textual records and graphic material.

Series 1:
Manuscripts and related material. -- 1995-1997. -- 40 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. Boxes 4-5

Please note: For preservation reasons some changes were made to the material location in November 2013. Please note this when referring to older notes. Box 5 Files 3-7 are now in Box 4. Box 6 files are now in Box 5 and there is no longer a Box 6.

Box 4
File 1 (in envelope)
“Margaret Laurence: A Life”. Typescript, with notes at end of each chapter. [1996]. 625 p.
File 2 (in envelope)
The Life of Margaret Laurence. (1997). Preliminary page proofs with author’s annotations and corrections. March 24, 1997. 398 p.
File 3 The Life of Margaret Laurence. (1997). Final proofs. May 25, 1997. 457 p.
File 4 Editorial notes and revisions. Ts. and holograph. 97 p.
File 5 Jacket photos and proofs (not all used for final jacket).
File 6 Schedule of work, notification of award, and addresses of contacts, e-mail messages regarding research material at various institutions, 1995-1996.
File 7 Photographs:
9 black & white, used in book.
7 colour, of Margaret Laurence in Africa and England.

Series 2:
Correspondence. -- 1943-1997. -- 20 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of series.

Box 5
File 1 Andrzejewski, Sheila
From: 2 letters, 1995
File 2 Atwood, Margaret
From: 1 letter, 1997
File 3 Bailey, Don
From: 2 letters, 1995
File 4 Baron, Alexander
From: 2 letters, 1995
File 5 Cameron, Sandra
From: 2 letters, 1995

File 6 Canadian High Commission, Accra, Ghana
From: 4 letters, 1995 (one addressed to John R. Schram).
To: 2 letters, 1995
File 7 Cooper, Sarah (Assistant to Margaret Atwood)
From: 3 letters, 1995
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 8 Daily Graphic (Accra, Ghana)
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 9 Dennys, Elisabeth
From: 2 letters, 1987-1988
File 10 Dickson, Jonathan Lovat
From: 1 letter (fax), 1995

File 11 Deseagu, S. A.
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 12 Findley, Timothy
From: 3 letters, 1995-1996
File 13 Fullerton, Anne
From: 1 letter, 1997
File 14 Gatenby, Greg
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 15 Ghana Library Board
From: 2 letters, 1995

File 16 The Ghanian Times
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 17 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
To: 1 letter, 1995
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 18 Greene, Graham
From: 2 letters, 1987-1988
File 19 Gunn, Brenda
From: 1 letter, 1995
To: 1 letter w/enclosures, 1995
File 20 Institute of African Studies (Professor Bame)
To: 1 letter, 1995

File 21 Jones, Nadine 
From: 1 letter, [1995].
File 22 Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
From: 2 letters, 1995 and 1997
To: 2 letters, 1995-1996
File 23 Laurence, Jack
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 24a Laurence, Jocelyn
From: 2 letters, 1995
File 24b
1 letter, 1995 RESTRICTED ACCESS

File 25 Lee, Dennis
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 26 Maclean, Alan
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 27 Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
From: 2 letters, 1995
To: 2 letters, 1995
File 28 Manchester Guardian Weekly
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 29 Manitoba Post Adoption Registry
From: 1 letter, 1995

File 30 McClelland, Jack
From: 4 letters, 1994-1995
File 31 McGill University
From: 1 note with enclosures, 1995
File 32 McMaster University, Division of Archives and Research Collections
From: 1 note and enclosure, 1995
File 33 Meredith, Mona
From: 2 letters, 1995
File 34 Munro, Catherine
From: 1 letter, 1995

File 35 National Archives of Canada
From: 3 letters with enclosures, 1995
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 36 Ofosu, Fred
From: 1 letter, 1995
To: 2 letters, 1995
File 37 Parent, Ruth
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 38 Pennie, Olive
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 39 Purdy, Al
From: 1 letter, 1995

File 40 Princeton University
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 41 Queen’s University Archives
From: 3 letters, 1995
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 42 Read, Piers Paul
From: 1 letter, 1996
File 43 Ricard, François
From: 1 letter, 1995
To: 1 letter, 1995
File 44 Richler, Mordecai
From: 1 letter, 1995

File 45 Ross, Malcolm
From: 5 letters, 1995-1997
File 46 Rule, Jane
From: 2 letters, 1995
1 related letter (from Chris Hives), 1995
File 47 Sapper, Josephine
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 48 Sitwell, Edith
To: Donaldson Hudson, 1 letter, 1943
File 49 Sorin, Shelley
To: 1 letter, 1995

File 50 Sparrow, Fiona
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 51 Todd, Ruthven
From: 1 letter, 1972
File 52 Toppings, Earle
From: 1 letter, 1997
File 53 University of British Columbia
From: 2 letters, 1995
To: 2 letters, 1995
File 54 University of Calgary
From: 3 letters with enclosures, 1995

File 55 University of Texas (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre)
From: 3 letters with enclosures, 1995
To: 3 letters, 1995
File 56 University of Toronto (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library)
From: 4 letters with enclosures, 1995
To: 3 letters, 1995
File 57 University of Victoria
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 58 University of Winnipeg Library
From: 2 pages of collection description, 1995.
File 59 University of Winnipeg, Student Records
To: 1 letter, 1995

File 60 Waddington, Miriam
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 61 Wemyss, Pat
From: 1 letter (card), 1995
File 62 Whitelaw, Marjory
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 63 Wilson, Budge
From: 4 letters, 1995-1996
File 64 Wilson, Lois
From: 1 letter, 1995

File 65 Worling, Douglas C. (St. Andrew’s College)
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 66 Xiques, Donez
From: 1 letter, 1995
File 67 York University Archives
To: 4 letters, 1994-1995
From: 2 letters, 1995
File 68 York University - Faculty of Arts
From: 1 letter, 1995

Series 3:
Margaret Laurence correspondence to Alan Maclean -- 1970-1971. – 4 items. – Title based on contents of series.

Box 5
File 68
All letters are addressed to Alan (her editor and publisher at Macmillan) and/or Robin [Maclean].
1 TLs. 3 Sept. 1970 to Alan and Robin.
2 TLs. [n.d.] to Alan and Robin.
1 TLs. [1971] to Robin and Alan.

 

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Last Reviewed: November 15, 2013
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