Home


Fonds Description

Jack McClelland fonds. Seventh accrual. -- 1977-1995; 1991-1995 predominant. -- 2 m of textual records. Accession 56-1995.
Arranged as follows:
Series 1 Correspondence
Series 2 Book manuscripts received
Series 3 J.G.M's writings
Series 4 Roloff Beny Estate
Series 5 Financial

Series 1 General and Family Correspondence
Box 79 Correspondence, most dating between 1991-1995
Series 1a General Correspondence
F.1 Unidentified Correspondence
Anne-Marie and Bob
Carol
Eve and Dick

F.2 A Correspondence
Actra
Adam, Joe
Alloway, D.M.
Atwood, Margaret

F.3 B Correspondence
Bantam, Doubleday, Dell
Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall
Bennett, Tony (to)
Bishop, Arthur (see also McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
Blackmore, David
Book Promoters' Association of Canada
Borne, Robert (3)
Bracebridge Rent-All

F.4 Berton, Pierre - 4 items.
F.5 C Correspondence
Callwood, June
Campbell-Smith, Struan, Paule and Bob
Canadian Coastal Forces Veteran's Association (3)
Castagne, Noelle (from Linda McKnight)
Clark, Glen
Cohen, Leonard (2 to and 1 from agent)
Consul-General of Belgium
Crighton, Richard (3)

F.6 D - E Correspondence
Deahl, James
Duffus, Marian and Gerry
Evanoff, Katarina

F.7 F - G Correspondence
500 Avenue Road (3)
Franklin, Elsa
Friskney, Janet
Gaby, R.M.
Gewirtz, Judy (4)
Globe and Mail
Grant, June
Greig, James D. (3)

F.8 H Correspondence
Harrison, Donald C.
Hebb, Marian D. - see Montgomery
Honderich, John A.
Hood-Caddy, Karen (3)

F.9 I - K Correspondence
In Print Publishing
Jensen, Pia
Keeling, Nora
King, James (8)
Kingsmill, Allison (3)

F.10 L Correspondence
Lecker, Robert
Lennox, John
Les Productions de Impatiente

F.11 League of Canadian Poets (published material only)
F.12 M Correspondence
MacInnes, Jeff
Mappin, John N.
Massey College
Machett, Robin
Metro Toronto News Company
Miller, Lily Poritz (8br including material about memoirs)
Montgomery, Dixie Anne
Murray, Rose (re. Edna Staebler)
Muskoka Lakes Association
Muskoka Lakes, Township

F.13 Mackenzie, Joan Finnegan (8)
F.14 Mc Correspondence
McDonald, Tom
McGarvey, J.A. Pete (4)
McGraw-Hill Ryerson (2)
McIntyre, Scott (5) - see also Beny material, especially Box 81, file 14.
McKnight, Linda
McNeill, John (Royal Ontario Museum - see also Beny files)

F.15 McClelland and Stewart (5)
F.16 McMaster University (26, includes printed material)
F.17 Mitchell, C. Latham (14)
F.18 Monk, Karyn (13)
F.19 Monk, Lorraine (22)
F.20 Montgomery, L.M. (mostly correspondence with Marian Hebb) (32)
F.21 Mowat, Farley and Claire (13)

F.22 N Correspondence
Nadel, Ira B.
Nanayakkara, T.
National Archives of Canada
National Library of Canada
Newman, Peter
Norman, Chad
Nowell, Iris

F.23 Naples Daily News (2 + enclosures)
F.24 O - P Correspondence
O'Driscoll, Robert
Ondaatje, Michael - see Order of Canada
Order of Canada
Parry, John
Porter, Anna (7)
Porter, H.E.
Portmann, Richard W. (4)

F.25 Ontario Arts Council (9 published items)
F.26 Ontario Development Corporation (20 items, 1982-1995, relating to attempts to restructure M&S)
F.27 R Correspondence
Rabinovitch, Jack
Random House
Richler, Mordecai
Roper, Carol
Royal Ontario Museum - see Beny Foundation files

F.28 S Correspondence
Sale, John
Schoonover, Jason (4)
Seal Books
Shaver, C.E. (3)
Simon Fraser University (4)
Slopen, Beverly - with short story by J.G.M.
Southam, Nancy (3, re. Richard Hatfield)
Stevenson, Lawrence N., Smithbooks (3)
Stein, David Lewis
S[toddart], Jack

F.29 T Correspondence
Taylor, Peter
Templeton, Charles
Timothy, Hamilton B.
Toronto Star (6)

F.30 U - V Correspondence
University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge
Valiant Press
[Vizinczy], G[eraldine]

F.31 W Correspondence
Walker, Hugh (3)
Watson, Dominic

F.32 Webber, Marlene (8)
F.33 Wildgen, Ed (16)
F.34 Wilfred Laurier University & University Press (33, mostly printed material)
F.35 Wilson, Lela M. (11)
F.36 Writers' Development Trust (8, re. Canada Night in S.W. Florida)
F.37 Writers' Union of Canada (3)
F.38 Writers' Union of Canada (17, published newsletters and clipping).
F.39 X Correspondence
Xiques, Donez (4)

Series 1b Family Correspondence
F.40 Family Reports and Circulars, 1991-1995 (13 + some duplicates)
F.41 Barlow, Margaret (J.G.M.'s sister) (11)
F.42 Drinkwater, Suzanne (daughter) and family (29)
F.43 McCabe, Carol (daughter) and family (4)
F.44 McClelland, Elizabeth (wife) (3)
F.45 McClelland, Robert H. (son) (3) - see also financial files
F.46 McClelland, Sarah (daughter) (3)
F.47 Stark, Elizabeth (sister) (5)
F.48 Weyman, Ann - family (3)
Series 1c Florida, Causes, Invitations and Greeting Card Correspondence
F.49 Florida correspondence, mostly re. condominium (50)
F.50 Florida - financial correspondence, circulars and clippings (45)
F.51 Causes - letters requesting support/donations (15)
F.52 Invitations (13)
F.53 Greeting Cards (18)
F.54 Publications received (38)
F.55 Clippings (20)

Series 2 Book Manuscripts received

Box 80
F.1 Lists of literary agents and form letters, for mailing to clients of Jack McClelland and Associates Inc.
F.2 [Anon - no author's name], The Secret of Lostman's River, photocopied typescript, 191p.
F.3 Bishop, Arthur Our Bravest and Best, photocopied typescript, 214p. Also copy of letter to the publisher by J.G.M., 1p. F.4 Corbett, Beatrice Malcom Ross and the New Canadian Library: The Early Years, photocopied typescript (essay for an English course), 19p.
F.5 Hood-Caddy, Karen Tree Fever, spiral bound typescript, 258p.
F.6 Matchett, Rosalie Snapdragon, spiral bound typescript, 87p.
F.7 Parker, George L. A History of a Canadian Publishing House ..., Ph.D. thesis, University of Toronto, 1969, photocopied typescript, 415p.
F.8 Wildgen, Ed [Untitled - opening chapter and book outline], typescript, 11p.
F.9 Wildgen, Ed Feeling No Pain, Outline and complete manuscript, typescript, 5p. + 265p.

Series 3 J.G. McClelland's Writings
Series 3a "Daybook" entries
Even in retirement, Jack McClelland appears to have maintained his long-established habit of listing tasks for each day on sheets of an unlined notepad.
F.10 1989, March 31 - April 19
Bellwood Centre Notes, ms, 31p.
F.11 1989, March 31 - April 19
Other Bellwood notes and duplicated materials, ca. 180p.
F.12 1992, May 2, ms., 1p. F.13 1993, May - August, ms., 26p.
F.14 1993, September - Decembe,r ms., 106p.(includes some scrap pad notes and business cards)
F.15 1994, February, ms., 12p.
F.16 1994, March - May, ms., 25p.
F.17 1994, July - August, ms., 11p.
F.18 1994, August ms., 4p.
F.19 1994, September Report (circular) on the "Long Weekend" and notes and lists, ms., 20p.
F.20 1994, September - October ms., 22p.
F.21 1994, October - December ms., 44p.
F.22 1995, January - February ms., 15p.
F.23 1995, March ms., 11p.
F.24 1995, April - July ms., 46p.
F.25 1995, August ms, 27p.
F.26 1995, September - October ms., 20p.

Series 3b Fragments of J.G.M.'s memoirs
F.27 Draft opening with note accompanying, dated 8 February 1989, typescript, 3pp.
F.28 My Rose Garden, Chapter 1 and (one page of) Chapter 2, undated, typescript, 9p.
F.29 Notes for memoirs, and other notes. First page dated 13 February 1995, typescript, 6p. [Speech for the Jack Award? ms., 2 pp., n.d.]
F.30 Letter to Avie Bennett (unsent) regarding memoirs, typescript, 2p.
- see also Miller and Slopen correspondence
Short pieces by J.G.M.
F.31 "Apartment Sex in the 80s", ms., 7p.
F.32 "For Bookies Only", ms., 2p.
F.33 "Here There Be Dragons", ms., 5p.
F.34 "Inventions", dated 11 April 1990, ts., 2p.
F.35 "A Long Time at Sea", ms., 5p.
F.36 "Meech Lake", dated 11 April 1990, ts., 29.
F.37 "My Balcony", Short story dated 10 May 1988, ts., 2p.
F.38 "My Bellwood Experience", dated 2 May 1989, ts., 12p.
F.39 "My First Author Gabrielle Roy", ts., 7p. (intended for the memoirs).
F.40 "The Night I Invented Gabrielle Roy", ts., [1989?], 3p.
F.41 List of possible column topics, ms., 12p.
F.42 Notes and lists, ms., 35p.

Box 81
Series 4 Roloff Beny Foundation Correspondence
Includes circulars, minutes of Board of Directors meetings, financial accounts, and correspondence about books and displays related to Beny's work. There are also some page proofs of Beny's books and related art work.
F.1 Undated memo by J.G.M, ms., 5p.
F.2 1992, Audited Financial Statements, 2 copies, spiral bound.
F.3 1991-1993, Executor Fee Information, 1 item, spiral bound.
F.4 1993, Financial, including financial statements for 1993, 7 items.
F.5 1993, Financial, minutes and book correspondence, 75 items.
F.6 1994, Visual Journeys, Annotated typescript, photocopy, 183p. + 6p.
F.7 1994, Executor Fee Information, 1 item, spiral bound.
F.8 1994, Correspondence, 26 items.
F.9 1994, Correspondence, most in connection with ROM exhibition, 82 items.
F.10 1994, Correspondence, most in connection with National Archives exhibition, 21 items.
F.11 1994, Correspondence, including a circular to the board by J.G.M., 15 items.
F.12 1994, Financial and legal correspondence, 12 items.
F.13 1994, Correspondence, 7 items.
F.14 1995, Correspondence, mostly related to the publication of Visual Journeys, also President's Report (by J.G.M.,) May 16 1995, 27 items.
F.15 1995, Page proofs (incomplete) of People book and related correspondence, also draft of J.G.M.'s speech for opening of Beny exhibition at National archives, 3 items.
F.16 1995, Correspondence regarding the National Archives exhibit, financial correspondence and minutes of Dec. 1994 Board of Directors meeting, 19 items.
F.17 1995. Portfolio on the Art Collection Centre at the University of Lethbridge, with other insertions, 1 item.
F.18 1995, Correspondence, much of it with University of Lethbridge and National Archives, with photographs of National Archives reception, some regarding the People book, also financial correspondence, 40 items.
F.19 1994-5, Financial Statements for year ending December 31 1994, also Financial Statements for February 28 1995, with related correspondence, and copy of Beny's will, 6 items.
F.20 1995, Correspondence and page proofs, most connected with People book, 15 items.
F.21 1995, Drafts of letters by J.G.M., 4 items (with some duplicates).
F.22 1995, Correspondence, regarding National Archives and ROM exhibits, also re. Visual Journeys and People books, 35 items.
F.23 1994-1995, Estate of Roloff Beny, Fourth report of the Executors, Mrach 1 1994 to February 28 1995, first half of report - originally received in large 3 ring binder.
F.24 1994-1995, Estate of Roloff Beny, Fourth report of the Executors, March 1 1994 to February 28 1995, second half of report - originally received in large 3 ring binder.
F.25 1995, Correspondence with ROM regarding expenses for Beny exhibit, 12 items.
F.26 1995, Issue of The Archivist , featuring article on Beny and copies of poster advetising exhibit at Canadian Embassy in Washington, 2 items (with duplicates of the poster).
F.27 1994-1995, Minutes of Board of Directors' meetings and other correspondence, 47 items.

Box 82
Item #1 "Mock up" of the cover of People, Photographs of Life and Art.
Item #2 Large size page proofs of Beny photographs, headed "Roloff Beny, Portraits".
Series 5 Financial Correspondence

Box 83
F.1 1977, Tax return
F.2 1985-1992, Tax receipts
F.3 1986, Elizabeth's tax return
F.4 1988-89, Ford Mustang, receipts and correspondence
F.5 1988, Financial
F.6 1989, Financial Statement of Jack McClelland and Associates Inc. Also statement regarding the company's closure
F.7 1989-1993, Receipts, estimates and lists related to cottage
F.8 1990, Taxes
F.9 1990, Bank statements
F.10 1990-1993, Income tax correspondence
F.11 1990 & 1991, Income tax receipts
F.12 1990-1992, Receipts and invoices
F.13 1991, Bank statements
F.14 1991-1992, Receipts and invoices
F.15 1991-1993, Financial
F.16 1991-1992, Taxes
F.17 1991-1992, Financial
F.18 1991-1994, Financial
F.19 1992, Financial
F.20 1992, Jack McClelland and Associates financial
F.21 1992. Bank statements
F.22 1992, Bank statements
F.23 1992-1993, Bills and receipts
F.24 1992, Financial

Box 84
F.1 1992-1994, Royalty statements and correspondence regarding L.M. Montgomery books
F.2 1993, Bank statements
F.3 1993, Receipts and financial
F.4 1993, Financial
F.5 1993, Financial
F.6 1993-1995, Financial, including income tax return
F.7 1993-1995, Financial, including tax papers and L.M. Montgomery material
F.8 1993-1994, Financial
F.9 1993-1994, Financial, mostly bank statements
F.10 1993-1994, Financial
F.11 1993-1994, Bills paid
F.12 1993-1994, Financial
F.13 1994, Financial
F.14 1994, Financial
F.15 1994, Footes Bay (cottage)
F.16 1994, Financial
F.17 1994-1995, Financial, including tax returns
F.18 1994-1995, Financial
F.19 1994-1995, Financial
F.20 1995, Financial, L.M. Montgomery
F.21 1995, Financial
F.22 1995, Financial

Next Finding Aid

Fonds Description        Finding Aid Index
Back to M Index

Back to Top

 

Contact: archives@mcmaster.ca
Last Reviewed: November 13, 2008
URL: