McNamara, Eugene
Eugene McNamara fonds. Second accrual.
Series 1 Journals and notebooks. -- 1990-1999. -- 16 cm
of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 33
10 journals and notebooks containing daily notes, mss. of poems and fiction
and addresses. 1990-1999.
Series 2 Poetry. -- [199-?]-2002. -- 32 cm of textual records. -- 2
floppy diskettes. -- 1 compact disc. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 34
File 1"Adagio for Martin". [199-? ]. Two ms. versions, edited ts. and
final ts., 5 p.
File 2 "Excursions: Poems" . [199-? ]. Photocopy of early draft. 65 p.
File 3 "Excursions: Poems". [199- ?]. Photocopy of final edited draft,
67 p. and partial edited draft, 50 p. File 4 "For Roy Orbison". 2002.
Text of poem and contract with Queen West Productions, re film adaptation.
Poem originally published in anthology Keeping In Touch: New & Selected
Poems, 1998. 11 p.
File 5 Keeping In Touch: New & Selected Poems. (Mosaic Press, 1998). Ts.
(mimeograph?) of "Running Rivers of My Youth Running Rivers Run", 1986,
to be included in this anthology. 5 p. File 6 Keeping In Touch. Ts. with
editing, and list of corrections marked on separate sheet; three title-pages
with excised titles, not used. 113 p. File 7 Keeping In Touch. Final ts.
110 p. File 8 Keeping In Touch. Final proofs. 137 p. File 9 Keeping In
Touch. Ts., incomplete, with edited cover proof. 109 p. File 10 Keeping
In Touch. Partial ms; notes, title-page (not used), and correspondence
with Mosaic Press. 1998-2002. 151 p. File 11 Keeping In Touch.. Partial
ts. 51 p. File 12 Keeping In Touch. 2 floppy diskettes. For the above
title, see also Box 3 file 3.
Box 35
File 1 Matins and Heartland. (Windsor: 1995). Page proofs and unbound
sheets for chapbook. 6 p. File 2 Matins and Heartland. Prelims and mock-up
for chapbook. 14 p. File 3 Matins. CD performance by the Windsor Classic
Chorale. Music by John Burge and poems by McNamara. May 7, 2000.
File 4 "There is a Fountain Filled with Blood". 1998. Edited ts. Later
published as Keeping in Touch. 98 p.
File 5 "Winter Apples". 1998. Ts., edited and with original title-page
"Winter Apples: New and Selected Poems (1965-1996)" not used, and published
as a sequence in Keeping in Touch. 51 p.
File 6 "Winter Apples". 1998. Ts., edited and with original title-page.
56 p.
Series 3 Short stories and fiction. -- 1985-2000. -- 4 cm of textual
records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 36
File 1 "Anything Could Happen: Selected and New Stories". 1999. Ts. with
editing. 72 p.
File 2 "Anything Could Happen: Selected and New Stories". 1990-1999. Variant
ts. with editing and correspondence with Dave Margoshes. 163 p.
File 3 "Anything Could Happen: Selected and New Stories". 1990-1999. Early
ts. and compilation. 181 p.
File 4 Children of the Night. A Novel. [199-? ]. (unpublished?) Ts. 121
p.
File 5 "The Dark Summer". [199-? ]. Ts. of two early drafts, 12 p. each
and later version, 15 p.
File 6 Fox Trot. 1994. Early ts. [199-? ]. File 7 "Fox Trot: Short Stories".
Photocopy of cover ideas. 6 p. Box 37
File 1 "Freeze Frames". 1998. Ts., 15 p. and off-print, 10 p.
File 2 "Home In the Dark". 1998. Ts. 126 p.
File 3 "Home In the Dark". 1998. Ts, with re-written pages, and ms. notes.
140 p.
File 4 "Homecoming". 1998. Ts. [30 p.]: pp. 96-126.
File 5 "Homecoming". 1998. Ts. Revisions of pp. 10-119.
File 6 "Hubba-Hubba". 1993. Early ts. with editing and cut and paste.
76 p.
File 7 "Hubba-Hubba". 1998. Final ts. 41 p.
File 8 "Hubba-Hubba". 1998. Ts. with portions of variant drafts. 36 p.
File 9 "The Island of Sponges". 1996. Early draft and ms. additions and
notes. 43 p.
File 10 "The Island of Sponges". 1996. Ts., with additions, 62 p.
Box 38
File 1 Spectral Evidence: Short Stories. (Black Moss Press: 1985). Photocopy
of cover and printed version of text, pp. 107-119.
File 2 "Stories New and Old". 1996-1998. Ts. and ms. excerpts of stories;
notes, editorial correspondence and notes for Dave Margoshes, research
material. 96 p.
File 3 "Stories New and Selected". 1998-1999. Ts. Third drafts of compilations
which include: "The Dream", "Hubba-Hubba", "The Island of Sponges", "Travelling
Through the Dark" and "Waterfalls". 97 p.
File 4 "Things That Break". Ms. and ts. partial draft, partial notes,
unpaginated. 106 p. File 5 "Travelling Through the Dark". 1998. Ms. draft,
11 p., variant ts, drafts, 80 p.
Box 39
File 1 Waterfalls: Selected and New Stories. (Coteau books, 2000). Early
edited partial draft of compilation. Ts. and ms. notes, 61 p.
File 2 Waterfalls. Ts. draft, with original title, "Anything Could Happen:
Selected and New Stories". 320 p.
File 3 Waterfalls. Production schedule, correspondence with Coteau Books
1999-2001. 140 p.
File 4 File containing off-prints of various short stories. 1987-1998.
76 p.
Series 4 Non-fiction. -- [after 1979]-2001. -- 16 cm of textual records.
-- Title based on content of series.
Box 40
File 1 "Henry and Edith". [after 1979]. Ms. notes and partial ts. 8 p.
File 2 "Imagining Island: The Art of Mary Celestino". 1996. Ts. and photocopy
of early draft 9 p. each; final draft, with additions, 12 p.
File 3 "Imagining Island". Page proofs. 1996. File 4 "The Journal of John
Kaspar". [199- ]. Ts. 30 p. File 5 "Memories of Shame". Ts. [199- ]. 17
p. File 6 "St Gauden's Shaw Memorial, Berryman, Lowell and the Film Glory".
1997. Book and film review. Ts. 19 p. File 7 Book review on four works
by Thomas Wolfe. Ts. 1984. 14 p. File 8 Promotion and publicity for Waterfalls
and For Roy Orbison. 2000-2001. File 9 Publicity, sales and promotion
for Spectral Evidence. 1985. File 10 Publicity and reviews, clippings
of Fox Trot. 1994. File 11 Book review clippings of McNamara's works.
1986-1997.
Series 5 Correspondence. -- 1981-1998. -- 16 cm of textual
records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 41
File 1 A-B Abson, Shannon, 1996. Bogusky, Alf, 1987. Bonazzi, Roberto,
1998. Burke, Sharon, 1983.
File 2 C Camilleri, Lillian, 1995. Carlson, Patricia Ann, 1984. Cariboo
College (Ginny), [1989]. Celestino, Mary, 1996 Colbert, Nancy, 1983. File
3 D-E DiCicco, Pier Giorgio, n.d. Eady, David, n.d. Einstein, Susanna,
1997. Elouard, Patricia, n.d.
File 4 F-G The Fiddlehead, 1990. Fitzgerald, Judith, 1985-7 Gaskin, Geraldine,
1982. [Gervais, Marty], 1989. Gibson, Doug, 1982. The Globe and Mail,
1997. Gregory, Blanche, 1988. Greenwald, Roger, 1985.
File 5 H - I Hall, Phil , 1985-1998. Hoover, Gwen, 1982. Ianni, Ron W.,
1996. File 6 J - K Jacobs, Maris, 1984. Jones, W.E., 1996. Kennedy, Bill,
1984. Kogon, Nicolaus, 1987. Kollintzas, Elaine, 1986. File 7 L Lee, David,
1983-1985. Lemm, Richard, 1987. Linman, Claude, 1984. File 8 M [McNamara],
Michael, n.d. Maltin, Leonard, 1988. Martindale, Sheila, 1985. McKay,
Don, n.d. Mershart, Ronald V., 1981-1997. Michaels, Anne, 1981. Miracle,
Faith B., 1991. Mohyde, Colleen, 1988 Mueller, Martin, 1984. Murrah, Charles
C., 1995. Murray, Jacqueline, 1996. Musgrave, Susan, 1996. File 9 N-O
O'Reilly, Pat, 1996. File 10 P Pair, Joyce, 1987. Pakassar, Helga, 1995-1996.
Panepinto, Nicolo, 1982. Power, Michael, 1990. Purdy, Al, n.d. File 11
R Reid, Mike, 1990. Rosenblatt, Joe, 1985. Rosenman, Jane, 1981-1982.
Ross, Frank E., 1985.
File 12 S Sheridan Health Care Center, 1984. Sparshott, Francis, 1982-1987.
St. Amand, Matt, 1997. Steinhoff-Smith, Carolyn, 1986. [Stevens], Peter,
1998. Stocking, Kathleen, 1990. Struthers, J.R. (Tim), 1984-1990.
File 13 T - W Thomas, Alphonsus, 1989. Vasey, Paul, 1981. Wayman, Tom,
1985-1996. Willeman, Ray, 1986-1987.
File 14 Unidentified correspondence. File 15 Contacts - business cards,
names and addresses. File 16 Editorial correspondence 1993-1998. File
17 Correspondence relating to published works 1992-1997.
Series 6 Personal.
-- 1990-2001. -- 16 cm of textual material. -- 1 photograph: b&w. -- 2
floppy diskettes. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 42
File 1 Photograph of Eugene McNamara, c.1990. Back and white, 8"x10" portrait.
File 2 Curriculum vitae, 1994. File 3 Doctor of Laws citation. Awarded
to Eugene McNamara from Assumption University, Windsor, 2001. File 4 Popular
Culture Association. Conference materials, business correspondence, 1991-1996.
File 5 Popular Culture Association. Conference brochure, March 26-29,
1997. File 6 Sabbatical leave, 1993-1994. File 7 Teachers Awards, 1994.
File 8 Workshops and readings, 1990.
File 9 Two floppy diskettes labelled ‘Christopher McNamara'.
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