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Jack McClelland fonds
First Accrual.(1987)
Correspondence
Box A
"A" Miscellaneous
ACTRA
Air Canada
Allen, Vale - Charlotte
Allen, Lewis
Dead File
Atrium Sale - 1983
ACP
Asboth, Ingrid
Atwood, Margaret
"B" Miscellaneous
Beny, Roloff - 1983
Berton, Pierre
Best, T.H.
Bielawski, Maxwell
Blue Jays
Book Lunch Group
Book of the Month Club
Bradshaw Current
Bradshaw, John
Box B
"C" Miscellaneous
Cameron, Elspeth
Canadian Miscellaneous
Canadian Authors
Car
Centenary Series
Clarke-Irwin
Classic Bookstores
Cohen, Matt
Colbert, Nancy
Cole's Bookstore
Computer File
Courier Service - 1982
Donald Grant Creighton Fund
Cummings, Len
Cushman, John
"D" Miscellaneous
Davis, The Hon. William
Deverell, Bill
Dystel, Oscar
McClelland, J.G.
Directors' Meeting, Sept. 23/83
McClelland, J.G., Apr. 11/83
McClelland, J.G.
Directors' Meeting (Celebrate Invitations)
M & S Directors', Feb. 1/83
"E" Miscellaneous
Editors
Executive Cttee.
Executive Women
Box C
"F" Miscellaneous
Forum For Young Canadians
Franklin, Elsa
Fraser, Sylvia
"G" Miscellaneous
Grosskurth, Phyllis
Gwyn, Richard
"H" Miscellaneous
Henley, Gail
Houston, James
Hume, Martin & Timmins
"I" Miscellaneous
"J" Miscellaneous
"K" Miscellaneous
Kemp, Hugh
"L" Miscellaneous
LaMarsh,Judy (1978-1980)
Laurence, Margaret
Lee, Dennis
Lemelin, Roger
Little Brown
"M" Miscellaneous
Magook
"Mc" Miscellaneous
McClelland and Stewart
M & S Book Supply Company
McGill, Dave
McKnight, Linda
Memos General
Miller, Lily
Monk, Lorraine
Montreal Trip File
Moore, Brian
Morton, Mrs.
Mowat, Farley
Mowat Film Project
Mulroney, Brian
Box D
"N" Miscellaneous
National Science of Canada Limited
N.S.L. Directors', Apr. 12/83
N.S.L. Current
N.S.L.
N.S.L. Bd. of Directors' Meeting, Mar. 28/79
N.S.L. Bd. of Directors' Meeting, July 25/79
N.S.L. Annual Meeting, July 25/79
N.S.L. Bd. of Directos' Meeting, Oct. 31/79
Natural World
Natural World - Vintage Years
Natural World - Prospectus - Vintage Years
Neale, John
Nelles, Ann
New Canadian Library
Newman, Peter
Newman, Peter
Newman Responses
"O" Miscellaneous
Ontario Arts Council
Owen, Judith
"P" Miscellaneous
Personnel
Policy Planning
Pocklington, Peter
Porter, Anna [file not deposited with archive]
Potter, Al
Purdy, Al
"Q" Miscellaneous
"R" Miscellaneous
Richler, Mordecai
Royal Bank
"S" Miscellaneous
Sales Department
Scaggs, Peter
Scribner's
Seal - Financial
Seal Books
Secretary of State
Seligman, Ellen
Shain, Merle
Box E
Speech File
Staebler, Edna
"T" Miscellaneous
Taylor, Peter
Thompson, Valerie
Three For Two - 1983/84
TV Ontario - CP Book
"U" Miscellaneous
"V" Miscellaneous
Van Herk, Aritha
"W" Miscellaneous
Walter, Jan
Wilkinson, Bob
Wilson, Lorene
Witney, Dudley
Woods, Gordon etc.
Writers' Development Trust
"XYZ" Miscellaneous
XYZ Corporation
1984
Box F
"A" Miscellaneous
Association of Canadian Publishers
"B" Miscellaneous
Berryman Street
Berton, Pierre
Birney, Earle
Book of the Month Club
Braithwaite, Max
Budget 1984
"C" Miscellaneous
Canada Council
Canadian Authors
Celebrate Our City
Clearances
Cohen, Leonard
Copyright
Courier Bills 1983
Courier 1984
Cummings, Len
Box G
"D" Miscellaneous
Direct Mail
McClelland, J.G.
Directors' Meeting, Mar. 18/84
McClelland, J.G.
Executive Cttee., Nov. 6/84
Directors' Meeting, Oct. 16/84
McClelland, J.G., Direcotors' Aug. 28
M & S Directors' Meeting, Dec. 4/84
Directors
M & S Directors' Meeting, Jan. 23/84
"E" Miscellaneous
Editorial Meeting
Editors Notes
Executive Cttee.
Executive Women
"F" Miscellaneous
"G" Miscellaneous
Gervais, Norm
Grange Commission
Greig, Jim
Greig, Jim
Gzowski, Peter
Box H
"H" Miscellaneous
"I" Miscellaneous
"J" Miscellaneous
"K" MIscellaneous
Kiil, Toivo
"L" Miscellaneous
Laing, Blair
Little Brown
"M" Miscellaneous
"Mc" Miscellaneous
McClelland, Anne
Betty and Marg
McKnight, Linda
Micom
Monk, Lorraine (mailing files)
Moore, Brian
Mowat, Farley
"N" Miscellaneous
Neale, John
Newman, Peter
N.H.L. Book
Box I
"O" Miscellaneous
ODC Meeting
Ontario Arts Council
Ontario Lottery Corp.
"P" Miscellaneous
"Q" Miscellaneous
"R" Miscellaneous
Richler, Mordecai
Royal Bank
"S" Miscellaneous
Seal Directors', Nov. 1/84
Seal - Janet Turnbull
Seal Applications
Seal Promotion
Seal Editorial
Seal Directors
Seal General
Seal Contest
Sesquicentennial
Steed - Ontario Manpower
Stevanovic, Steve
"T" Miscellaneous
Three For Two - 1984
Touche, Ross
Town, Harold
Town, Harold
"U" Miscellaneous
"V" Miscellaneous
"W" Miscellaneous
Walter, Jan
PERSONAL: Appointment diaries and day files
Box 1 Appointment diaries: 1952-1961
Day Files (These files consist of a monthly file folder,
with a page for each day of the month. Notes on appointments,
messages and reminders are on each page and/or tipped in to the
folder. The texts of speeches are included as well as copies of
some memos. These files provide a record of McClelland's
appointments and activities day-by-day, although the content of
discussions is not usually given. However, used in conjunction
with the correspondence and other files, these provide an
important record of the management of McClelland and Stewart
from 1952 to 1986. Expense receipts are present as noted).
September to December 1961
January to December 1962
January to December 1963
January to December 1964
January to December 1965
January to December 1966
Box 2
January to December 1968
January to December 1969
January to December 1970
1970 expense receipts
Box 3
January to December 1971
1971 expense receipts
January to December 1972
January to June 1973
Box 4
July to December 1973
January to December 1974
January to December 1975
January to June 1976
Box 5
July to December 1976
January to December 1977
1977 expense receipts
January to June 1978
Box 6
July to December 1978
January to December 1979
January to April 1980
Box 7
May to December 1980
January to December 1981
Box 8
October 1983
January to December 1984
January to March 1985
Box 9
April to December 1985 (lacks July 1985)
January, April, July 1986
1 file undated day file notes
Personal correspondence (invitations, receipts, flyers and
announcements, some correspondence and memos)
1979
1980
Box 10
Personal correspondence (as above)
1984
1985 (2 files)
1986
Personal expenses 1965 to 1968 (charts)
Sordsmen Club file
Ger Horsman (confidential) - undated
Canadian Food Writers Awards 1985
- file of notes, correspondence and copies of articles up for
this award (J.G.M. was one of the judges).
Among the materials which came to McMaster in March 1987
was one transfer case of early files from Mr. McClelland's
office. The dates vary for the material, ranging from 1951 to
1964.
While some items may exist elsewhere in the archive, these
copies of minutes, memos, statements contain Jack McClelland's
notes and comments, reflecting his role in the company.
Private Files - Office Cabinet
Box 11
1. Advertising - includes advertising budgets and memos,
1962 to 1964.
2. Articles and photos - J.G.M.
- publicity about the firm and J.G.M. - news clippings,
reprint articles, photographs, history of the company,
articles re book trade. 1960-64.
3. B.C. and Alberta Anthologies
- agreements, copies of memos, schedules etc. 1954-1958.
4. Budget
- memos, statements, analysis 1963-64 including 5 page
commentary on the company in 1964 by J.G.M.
5. Budget Reports
- budgets, sales reports, inventory etc. 1963-64.
6. Building Canada Series
-correspondence re series on histories of Canadian
businesses (Molsons, etc.) (Includes correspondence with
Merrill Denison) 1952-1954.
7. Business Equipment
-advertising for automatic typing services, etc. 1960-63.
8. Business Procedures
- clippings from magazines on bookshops, organization
center analysis, etc.
9. Canadian Centennial
- file of information and publications of the Canadian
Centenary's Council, of which McClelland and Stewart was a
member 1963.
10. Cartoons
- clippings of cartoons relating to books and publishing.
10A. Censorship file-correspondence (incoming and
outgoing) memos and clippings re censorship and importation of
books, 1963-1964. Much of material concerns Naked Lunch by W.S. Burroughs.
11. Children's Books
- clippings
12. Contracts
- sample publishing agreements
13. Copyright
-correspondence (incoming and outgoing) concerning
copyright and copyright deposit, 1951-1959, some with W. Kaye
Lamb, National Librarian. The file also includes clippings,
reports and copies of the Copyright Act from various dates.
14. Dictionary - Early records
- correspondence, memos, etc. on project to prepare a
Canadian Bilingual Dictionary. (1955-58).
15. Direct Mail
- report on direct mail costs, results, and ideas 1955-
1960 plus samples of mailings by some publishers.
16. Director's Meetings
- agenda and notes on one meeting, March 27, 1962.
17. Duty - Customs
- correspondence, memos and reports on customs duties re
importation of books 1956-1963. Includes reports of the
Book Publishers Association on valuing books for duty
purposes.
18. Eastern Canada
- miscellaneous lists re Halifax and Boston.
19. Editorial Archives
- Reports on manuscripts in process, 1955, 1962, 1964 +
letter from Morley Callaghan Jan. 26, 1963.
20. Editorial Project - J.G.M.
- correspondence and notes on ideas for various editorial
projects 1961-1964.
20A. Editorial Reports
- January & February 1964.
21. Education
- estimates on new business 1962 plus clippings on
educational markets.
22. Expense Account File
- report of trip to New York, Montreal, etc in 1963
including progress and actions taken as well as financial
reports.
23. Export
- clippings re export of books plus speech by J.R. Kidd
to Canadian Book Publishers' Council Seminar.
24. Glencannon
- reports and newsletters of an organization to which
J.G.M. belonged called The Ailing Cockroaches.
25. Idea file - general
- clippings and some reports on marketing ideas.
26. Insurance
- correspondence and information re employee benefit
plans, profit-sharing, etc. for McClelland and Stewart 1958-
1963.
27. Inventory
- list of titles considered out-of-print.
28. Legal
- Copy of Bylaws of McClelland and Stewart Limited, 14
February 1919
- Copy of Bylaw No. 1 for Club Provisions Limited,
annotated January 1962.
29. Markets, Author
- miscellaneous clippings re serial markets for authors.
30. Market Rights Committee
- memos, minutes, correspondence, etc. of this committee
of the Canadian Book Publishers Association, 1959.
31. M&S Book Collection
- notes on a project begun in May 1961 to collect a copy
of all books published by the firm.
32. Meet the Authors Dinner
- correspondence, records on arrangements for this dinner,
held April 16th, 1959. Sponsored by Canadian Library Week in
association with the Telegram of Toronto to provide funds to
restore the porch of Stephen Leacock's home. J.G. McClelland
was chairman of the committee arranging the dinner.
Box 12
33. Merger
- file not located.
34. Montreal - Ottawa
- records on business trips to Montreal and Ottawa in
1959-1963 with notes on discussions, meetings, etc.
35. New York Trip
- records on business trips to New York in 1961-1963 with
notes on meetings, discussions.
36. Old Trip Records
- New York trips in 1954 to 1961, with notes of
conversations, meetings, etc.
37. Paperback Subsidiary Co.
- file of New Canadian Library with material on paperback
publishing in general. 1961.
38. Party Records
- notes, guest lists for promotion parties 1963-1964.
39. Promotion and Publicity
- report by Elsa Franklin on organization of the Promotion
department, n.d., plus clipping & note by Hugh Kane 1964.
40. Rackliffe Records
- correspondence re Mr. J.R. Rackciffe, an employee on
leave of absence, 1962.
40A. Remainder file
- clipping
40B. Resident Sales Representative
- memos from 1964 on resident sales representatives in
various regions of Canada.
41. Sales Conferences
- Memos and minutes re sales conferences and sales
representatives 1961-1964.
42. Sales Reports
- Weekly Sales Reports February to October 20, 1967,
plus December 8, 1967.
43. Shares, Transfer of
- correspondence concerning acquiring full control of
McClelland and Stewart shares 1959, and memo concerning proposed
acquisition of J.M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Ltd.
44. Sheila Burnford
- file re The Incredible Journey with reader's report,
and correspondence with Little Brown re the Canadian
distribution of the publication.
45. Special Sales
- some correspondence re the Vinay dictionary plus other
sales ideas (eg. novels in supermarkets).
46. Speech files - old speeches
- Notes and texts of various speeches given by J.G.
McClelland 1956-1961, along with correspondence re such
occasions.
47. Speech file - Sources
- clippings of articles relevant to publishing used by
J.G.M. to prepare speeches. The file also includes and
correspondence for some speeches.
48. Style Sheets
- for McClelland and Stewart and general (MLA style sheet,
etc.).
49. Subsidiary Companies
- letter to M&S from McDonald, Nicholson & Co. 1961 re
subsidiary companies.
50. Subsidiary Rights
- clippings and some correspondnece re rights.
51. Trade Sales
- Sales Conference notices and agendas 1959, 1960.
52. U.K. Trip file
- records of business trips to UK 1954, 1957, 1961 with
notes of meetings, lists of addresses, correspondence, re
arrangements.
53. Western Canada
- records of business trips to Western Canada by J.G.M.,
and Hugh Kane - 1955-1961.
54. Writers-Freelance and Typists
- notes of names and addresses.
Box 13 ADMINISTRATION
Board of Directors - These files contain the agenda,
supporting material (such as financial statements, reports etc.
and minutes of meetings of the Board).
1. Notebook of informal minutes 1963
2. Publishing Policy (confidential draft for Board of
Directors), 1977
3. Board of Directors: 1983 & 1984 notes and minutes (from
Linda McKnight to J.G.M.).
4. Board of Directors - December 4, 1984 (L. McKnight)
5. Board of Directors - December 4, 1984 (J.G.M.)
6. Board of Directors - March 26, 1985 (J.G.M.)
7. Board of Directors - March 26, 1985 (L. McKnight)
8. Board of Directors - May 2, 1985
9. Board of Directors - May 31, 1985
10. Board of Directors - August 7, 1985
11. Board of Directors - September 24, 1985
12. Board of Directors Audit Committee 1985
13. Board of Directors Executive Committee January 8, 1985
14. Board of Directors Executive Committee - February 26, 1985
15. Board of Directors Executive Committee - June 25, 1985
16. Board of Directors Executive Committee - October 29, 1985
17. Management Meetings 1974 to 1979
- minutes of meetings dealing with staff matters such as
vacations, leaves of absence, position descriptions, etc.
18. Management Meetings 1979-82
- minutes as in preceding file
19. Management Meetings 1982-84
20. Management Reports
- Woods Gordon 1983 on Goals/Job Descriptions/Organization
21. Woods Gordon 1983-84 Business Plan (correspondence,
report, memos commenting on plan, etc.)
22. Woods Gordon 1985 - Business Plan
(Correspondence, drafts, report, memos commenting on plan,
etc.)
23. Personnel - Frankfurt memo 1977 by J.G.M. - 5 p. Ts.
"Thoughts at Frankfurt".
24. Personnel - Woods Gordon reports on search for Chief
Financial Officer for M&S., 1985
Note: Mr. McClelland's files contain some confidential files
for individual employees which contain memos received and/or
sent, correspondence, etc. and cover a variety of topics, not
necessarily just employment matters.
25. Personnel - Ian Ardill 1984-85
26. Personnel - Len Cummings - confidential 1981-84
27. Personnel - Hugh Kane - confidential 1969-1980
28. Personnel - David Maxwell - confidential 1985
29. Personnel - Linda McKnight - confidential 1982
30. Personnel - Anna Porter - confidential 1985
Box 14
1. Personnel - Peter Waldock - 1985
2. Other Management matters - Gemstone memos 1973
3. Other Management matters - memo on publishing and staff
1985
EDITORIAL - General files
4. Educational Division - Confidential Budget 1969
5. Educational Division - General file on projects 1968 -
confidential
6. Publishing Department - Confidential file 1969 (salary
overhead)
7. Editorial Planning Committee - minutes and memos 1980-81
8. Editorial Planning Committee - minutes and memos 1981
9. Editorial Planning Committee - minutes and memos 1981
10. Preliminary Publishing Plans - various titles (binder -
undated)
EDITORIAL - Authors/Specific Projects
Jack McClelland's papers contain some files of editorial memos,
contracts and correspondence for a few authors with whose work
he was closely involved, either because of the complications of
the publications or because of interest.
Roloff Beny: Jack McClelland's files contain extensive material
on the various books produced by Roloff Beny, especially Iran:
Elements of Destiny (1978). Jack McClelland was actively
involved in all aspects of the Beny books.
11. Beny - general correspondence, memos, agreements, etc.
1979
12. Beny - general correspondence, etc. 1980
13. Beny - general correspondence, etc. 1982
14. Beny-Mitchell Crites - correspondence with Mr. Crites who
assisted Beny with Persia: Bridge of Turquoise (1975) and
Iran: Elements of Destiny (1978)
15. Beny - Thames and Hudson contract file
- correspondence, agreements and memos re negotiations for
joint publication of Beny books 1969-1979
16. Beny - Thames and Hudson
- correspondence and memos re Beny books 1979
17. Beny - Mondadori - correspondence, memos, telexes with
this publishing company re Beny books
18. Beny - Persia (1975) - Pleasure of Ruins
- file of correspondence, financial, memos, etc. dating
1977
19. Beny - Persia (1975) - correspondence, memos
20. Butcher - "Persepolis" - proposed title 1978 which M&S was
approached to copublish.
- (file also contains some material on Beny's books which
Butcher was involved with.)
21. Beny - Iran, Elements of Destiny (1978)
- file of contracts and general information on trip, plus
pictures.
22. Beny Iran - Balding and Mansell printers - correspondence
23. Beny Iran - K. Webb, Ferndale Editions re selling stock of
Iran
24. Beny Iran #1 Financial files 1977-1978
- extensive correspondence, memos and notes
25. Beny Iran #3 Meetings, reviews etc. of Iran - travel
of Beny, McClelland, etc.
Box 15
1. Beny - general. 1977-78 (Iran) #17
2. Beny - Bank Melli - Bazaar Project #18
(for tentative book "Bazaar") 1975
3. Beny - Bank Melli - Bazaar Project 1977 #19
4. Beny - Iran - Mercatrafonds firm re translation of Iran
- extensive correspondence with Maurits Naessens 1978.
#20
5. Beny - Iran - Amirajomand, Majadi, etc. #21
- correspondence re arrangements for special copies to
foundations.
6. Beny - Iran - Amirarjomand, Chancellor of Farah Pahlavi
University.
- large correspondence and telex file re Farci edition
of Iran.
7. Beny - Iran - correspondence, etc. for September, October
and November 1978.
8. Beny - Rajasthan book 1979
- editorial and correspondence file
9. Beny - Rajasthan - correspondence with and about Beny
1972-1981.
10. Beny - Contracts - Iran, Persia, etc. various dates.
11. Beny - Persia - Farci editon, 1975-78 correspondence re
arrangements
12. Beny - Persia, Bridge of Turquoise
- correspondence file on reprints and foreign editions
13. Beny - Iran - text #11
- editorial
14. Beny - Iran - production #10
- extensive file with Beny. Lily Miller, Peter Scaggs,
etc.
Box 16
1. Beny Iran - Accounting, invoices, telexes 1977-78
2. Beny Iran - Telexes October 1977
3. Beny Iran - Telexes March, April, May 1978
4. Beny Iran - Rome file, memos and correspondence 1977
5. Beny Iran - Canadian embassy - Iran correspondence 1978
6. Beny Iran - sales correspondence 1976
7. Beny Iran - Iran new projects
- correspondence, telexes, etc. 1976. ("Patterns of Persia")
8. Beny Iran - general Tehran trip file J.G.M.
9. Beny Iran - Tehran trip file January-February 1977
10. Beny Iran - David McGill file on Iran correspondence,
memos, telexes
11. Beny Iran - correspondence, memos, telexes, re special
editions of the book
12. Beny Iran - correspondence re possible film
13. Beny Iran - correspondence negotiations, memos re U.S.
election
14. Beny Iran - clippings of reviews
15. Beny "Thrones of Heaven and Earth" - correspondence,
memos, agreements re this title, possibly published as
Odyssey in 1981?
16. Beny - Egypt book "Obelisks of Fire"
- correspondence, proposals etc for this book 1979
- published?
17. Beny Odyssey: Mirror of the Mediterranean (1981)
- correspondence, memos, finances, agreements, reviews,
etc. concerning this publication
18. Beny Odyssey - photocopies of thirty certificates of
authenticity for photos from Odyssey
19. Beny Odyssey - correspondence, memos re arrangments for
Eatons exhibition and press party
20. Beny "People" book, later The Visual Journals of Roloff
Beny.
correspondence, memos, telexes, etc. re planned volume,
1979-80
21. Celebrate Our City (1983) book published by McClelland and
Stewart to celebrate Toronto's 150th anniversary.
- program November 10, 1983 - planning and drafts by
McClelland, along with final version
22. Celebrate Our City - Correspondence and planning, June
1983 (J.G. McClelland was actively involved in planning
the celebrations of Toronto's 150th anniversary. The
files contain his many notes and memos throughout the
project.)
23. Celebrate Our City - correspondence and planning, July 1983
24. Celebrate Our City - correspondence and planning, August
1983
Box 17
1. Celebrate Our City - correspondence and planning,
September 1983
2. Celebrate Our City - correspondence and planning, October
1983
3. Celebrate Our City - correspondence and planning,
November-December 1983
4. Celebrate Our City - excerpts, design material,
announcements, etc.
5. Celebrate Our City - photocopy proofs of book
6. Peter C. Newman - The Acquisitors - legal file on Rapp
case, 1981
7. Peter C. Newman - agreement file, dating 1970-1976
8. Peter C. Newman - photocopy typescript from Canadian
Establishment Vol. II
9. Peter C. Newman - correspondence re The Bronfman Dynasty,
1978
10. Peter C. Newman - The Bronfman Dynasty - editorial and
production file, 1978
11. Peter C. Newman - a second file similar to previous file
12a-b. Peter C. Newman - The Bronfman Dynasty, Fall 78.
Correspondence, editorial, production
13. Peter C. Newman - correspondence (not mailed) August 25,
1978 by J.G.M. re Bronfman Dynasty
14. Peter C. Newman - re purchase of movie rights for Bronfman
Dynasty, 1979
15-16. Peter C. Newman - correspondence 1975
Box 18
1a-b. Peter C. Newman - correspondence 1976
2. Peter C. Newman - correspondence 1977
3. Peter C. Newman - correspondence 1979
4. Peter C. Newman - correspondence 1979-80
5a-b. Peter C. Newman - correspondence 1981
6. Terence Robertson - correspondence, memos, legal and
financial information 1968-1981
7-a. Terence Robertson - correspondence, memos, legal and
financial information, 1969-1981
8. Terence Robertson - contracts
9. Terence Robertson - "Bronfman" - Ts.(car.) draft of book,
1969
10. Terence Robertson - "Bronfman" - Ts.(car.) draft of book,
589 pp.
Box 19
1. Terence Robertson - "Bronfman" photocopy of Ts. draft, 127 pp.
2. Terence Robertson - Robertson's correspondence file 1966-
1967, mainly concerning Falcon Pictures of Canada Ltd. and
proposed film "Dieppe; The Shame and the Glory" (with
Ronald Neame) based on Robertson's book The Shame and the
Glory: Dieppe (M&S) 1962.
3. Terence Robertson - file of Arctic photographs of/by
R.C.M.P. officer Henry Larsen, Captain and navigator of
the St. Roch which sailed the North-West passage in 1940-
42 and 1944. Presumably Robertson jplanned to do a story
on Larsen.
4. Harold Town - invitation list for launch and some memos on
Harold Town's Toy Horse, 1982.
FINANCES
These files kept by Jack McClelland reveal his constant efforts
to ensure the financial stability of McClelland and Stewart.
The material dates from 1965 to the sale of the company to Avie
Bennett in 1985. There is a great deal of material on the
involvement of Woods Gordon in advising McClelland and his
staff, along with dealings with the Ontario Development
Corporation, the Royal Bank, and the creation of M&S Publishing
Investments Lt. As much as possible, the material has been
arranged chronologically. Much of the material consists of
memos and correspondence by J.G.M.
5. McClelland & Stewart financial statements 1965
6. McClelland & Stewart financial statements 1966
7. McClelland & Stewart financial statements 1967
8. McClelland & Stewart financial statements 1968
9. M&S - correspondence and memos re financial difficulties
1967-1968
10. M&S - financial material 1967-1968 (duplicate of material
sent to Mr. Crane)
11. M&S - Phases One, Two and Three 1968.
- notes on plan to resolve the financial difficulties
of the firm. The notes discuss the cash sources, sales, cost
of sales, selling expense, warehouse expense, administrative expense, etc.
12. Woods Gordon reports 1968 on the financial difficulties
(extensive file with draft and commentaries by J.G.M.)
13. Finances 1967-68 - file of personal correspondence, memos
and notes on the problems
14. Finances 1968 - file of personal correspondence, memos and
notes on the problem
15. Finances 1968-70 - general creditors letters and
correspondence
16. Finances 1968-70 - correspondence with creditor T.H. Best
Printing Co. Ltd.
17. Finances 1968-70 - correspondence with creditor British
Printing Corp. Ltd.
18. Finances 1968-70 - file of correspondence with creditor
Copp Clark Ltd.
Box 20
1. Finances 1968-70 - file of correspondence with creditor
Mondadori Publishing
2. Finances 1968-70 - file of correspondence with creditor
Rolph Clark Stone
3. Finances - 1970 - personal and confidential memos, notes
and correspondence
4. Finances 1970-1971 - weekly financial statements
(incomplete)
5. M&S Financial statements 1971
6. Macmillan of Canada - bid to purchase
7. M&S Financial statements 1972
8. M&S Financial statements 1973
9. M&S Financial statements 1974
10. M&S Financial statements 1975
11. M&S Financial statements 1976
12. M&S Budget projects 1977
13. Bertram Loeb/Seal Meeting 1977 - re possible financial
support
14. J.G.M.'s Budget files 1977, 1978
15. M&S Financial statements 1977
16. Project Tartan 1978 - a reconsolidation plan for the
company
17. Greenshields Inc. - correspondence 1977-1979 exploring
various merger and financial options with other publishing
firms.
18. M&S Financial statements 1979
19. M&S Auditors' Reports 1971-1979 by Gardner, McDonald & Co.
20. BCMA Associates Inc. Management consultants - report 1980
21. Seal-M&S - NCL analysis 1980
22. Inventory reduction plans 1982, 1983
23. Ontario Development Corporation - correspondence and
agreements 1971, 1978-82
24. M&S - Bantam Seal share purchase file, 1983
25. Ontario Development Corporation/Royal Bank/Ron Smith -
correspondence 1983
Box 21
1. Ontario Development Corporation - Woods Gordon report on
M&S 1983, with 1984 update
2. Ontario Development Corporation - agreement 1984 with M&S,
report to ODC by Woods Gordon
3. Woods Gordon - correspondence with M&S 1984-85
4. Royal Bank - loan agreements and correspondence 1985
5. Ontario Development Corporation - Ron Smith 1983-85
6. M&S Properties (25 Hollinger Rd, 72 Northline Rd) -
appraisals 1971 and 1983, roofing estimates 1985
7. M&S and associated companies - Financial statements 1981
8. M&S and associated companies - Financial statements 1984
9. McClelland Holdings Inc. - Financial records 1983-85
10. MS Publishing Investments Ltd. - correspondence re/with
Gardiner Watson/Bell Gouinlock Ltd. 1984.
11. MS Publishing Investments Ltd. - confidential offering
memorandum and amendments 1984
12. MS Publishing Investments Ltd. - closing file 1984-85
13. MS Publishing Investments Ltd. - Trust Units 1985
14. M&S audit committee report 1985
15. Avie Bennett - J.G. McClelland correspondence and memos to
Bennett 1985-86 pre and post sale of company
16. McClelland/Bennett agreement
17. Avie Bennett - closing file of sale of M&S to Bennett,
1985
18. Avie Bennett - note November 4, 1985 to David Peterson and
Ontario Government re sale of M&S to Bennett
MARKETING
19. Books promotion plan and other memos 1962
20. Illustrated Book Division - Budget 1968 (Confidential)
21. Illustrated Book Division - Schedule 1968 (Confidential)
22. Trade Division - Budget 1968 (Confidential)
23. Trade Division - General 1968 (Confidential)
24. Pricing file - memos 1968
25. Sackheim - Sherman Sackheim & Co. Inc. advertising 1968,
plus Canadian Preview Book Society
Box 22
1. Mass paperback marketing - studies and proposals 1973?
2. Three for two sale 1977
3. Three for two sale 1977
4. Three for two sale 1977 - proposal to Bantam, etc
5. Doubleday Project - unidentified, untitled photocopied
manuscript market "Foret" of twenty-three chapters from
Samuel Vaughan of Doubleday, 1978
6. Marketing/Promotion file 1981, Lorene Wilson. Includes
advertising for 1981 season and a history of McClelland &
Stewart for their 75th anniversary
7. Atrium Book Sale 1983 - correspondence, memos, finances,
proposals
8. Atrium Book Sale 1983 - correspondence, memos, finances,
proposals
9. Great Canadian Book Sale 1983 - proposals, correspondence,
memos, finances
10. Berton-Coles dispute - correspondence, press releases,
etc. of U.S. edition of Canadian books into Canada under
Schedule C, 1984. Specifically about Berton's The
Invasion of Canada.
SUBSIDIARIES AND AGENCIES
Box 23
1. Canadian Centennial Library - correspondence, memos,
etc. 1965-1967
2. Canadian Centennial Library - correspondence, memos, etc.
1965-1967
3. Natural Science Library - Auditors' report - March 1970
4. Natural Science Library - financial statements 1971-1980
5. Natural Science Library - contract with Doubleday 1977
6. Natural Science Library - Annual Meeting June 14, 1978
7. Natural Science Library - Fulfillment proposal by R.L.
Polk & Co. Ltd. 1978
8. Natural Science Library - documents re proposed sale 1980
9. Atheneum - correspondence 1968-70 re M&S financial
difficulties
10. Dodd Mead - correspondence 1968-70 re M&S financial
difficulties
11. Lippincott - correspondence 1968-70 re M&S financial
difficulties
12. Little Brown - financial statements, correspondence etc.
1963 to 1970, some concerning M&S financial difficulties
in 1968-70
13. Van Nostrand - extensive confidential file on the company,
its management and Directors' Reports 1962-1969
14. Van Nostrand - correspondence 1968-70 re M&S financial
difficulties
MISCELLANEOUS
15. Montreal Book Fair 1976 - Registration Book signed by
participants
16. File marked memos which contains article on J.G.M. and
Rubinsky Associates on a computer based publishing system
for McClelland & Stewart 2 November 1984.
Box 23a
1. Books sale, n.d.
2. Carleton Library. New Titles. 1966.
3. Canadian Centennial Publishing Co. Agreements, contracts, financial, 1968-1971.
4. Canadian Centennial Publishing Co. forecast, 1967
5. Cohen, N. Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
6. Educational Division report, 1965
7. Budget forecast, 1968
8. Financial, 1965-1968
9. Financial statements, 1967-1970
10. Financial statements, 1975-1976
11. News clippings, 1971-1977
12. Correspondence, 1967-1971
13. Income tax return, 1971
14. Merger, 1963
15. Cecil Vinberg, 1966-1967
Box 23b
Jack McClelland (6 files, 1975-1982)
Newman. Bronfman Dynasty. 1978
Newman / McCormick. Legal. 1978-1988
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