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John G. (Jack) McClelland fonds. -- 8th accrual. –1987-1996; predominant 1995-1996. – .4 m of textual records.

Series 1 Correspondence
BOX 85
Series 1a    Literary and General Correspondence
F.1
Literary Correspondence 1994
Harper, Collins Publishers(Larry Ashmead)
McMaster University Library (Charlotte Stewart)
Lorraine Monk
Pineapple Press (David Cussen, June Cussen)
Valiant Press (Charity Johnson)
Gloria and Stephen Vizinczey
F.2
Literary Correspondence 1995
Pierre Berton
Arthur Bishop
Leonard Cohen
Sharon Abron Drache
Janet Friskney
James Houston
McClelland and Stewart Inc. (Ellen ..., Doug Gibson)
Peter C. Newman
Jason Schoonover
Nora Foster Stovel
F.3
Literary Correspondence 1996
Margaret Atwood
Nathalie Cooke
Sharon Abron Drache
Joan Finnigan
Victoria Freeman
Janet Friskney
Peter Gzowski
Lea Harper
Michael Hetherington
James Houston
Richard A. Hunter
James King
Judith Mappin
George Mara
Robin Matchett
Theresa Matchett
McClelland and Stewart Inc. (Diane Massiah)
McMaster University Library (Carl Spadoni, Charlotte Stewart)
Karyn Monk
Lorraine Monk
Farley Mowat
Tara Nanayakkara
Knowlton Nash
Peter C. Newman
Chad Norman
Pineapple Press (Jane Cuessen)
Anna Porter
Val Ross
Jason Schoonover
Beverley Slopen
Marlene Webber
Lois Wilson
F.4 General Correspondence 1995
F.5 General Correspondence 1996

Series 1b Family Correspondence
F.6 Family correspondence, 1995, 1996, including letters from his children, and a series of "Family Reports" written by Jack McClelland and sent to their children while he and Elizabeth are at their Florida home.

Series 1c Awards, Causes, Invitations, clippings.
F.7 File of correspondence and information re the creation of the Jack McClelland Chair in Twentieth-Century Canadian Literature, 1996. Most of the correspondence is with Anna Porter.
F.8 Notices and agenda for the Jack Awards
F.9 Invitations
F.10 Clippings and copies of articles about Jack McClelland
F.11 Clippings and magazines kept by McClelland, most re Canadian book selling and publishing and about Canadian nationalism.

Series 2 Writings
F.12 Memoirs: various drafts of Jack's outline for his memoirs, and a letter to Anna Porter re the outline.
F.13 Day book. Appointment sheets and notes which McClelland continues to keep. Often only day and month dated, but 1995 and 1996. Not complete.

Series 3 Roloff Beny Foundation/Estate: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, etc. Much of the correspondence in this series concerns the large travelling exhibition Roloff Beny - Portraits mounted by the foundation. The exhibition appeared in various cities over the course of 1995.
F.14 Correspondence 1994
F.15 Correspondence January to June 1995
F.16 Correspondence July to December 1995. Much of the correspondence in this section is concerned with the exhibition and sale of Roloff Beny books and photographs which opened at the Lake Galleries, Toronto, December 10, 1995.
F.17 Correspondence July to December 1995 (continued)
F.18 Correspondence 1996

Series 4 Financial
F.19 Accommodation: File of correspondence, including joke notices, concerning the condominium in Florida. Also material about the sale of one condominium.
F.20 Boat: file of correspondence re repairs, insurance and invoices concerning McClelland's boat in Mactier, Ontario - 1987-1996
F.21 Personal finances, including bank statements, investment statements, and royalty reports re L.M. Montgomery books.


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