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Farley Mowat fonds. Fourth accrual.-- 1973-1984; 1980-1984 predominant. - 7 m of textual records and graphic material.

Series 1: Manuscripts
Sea of Slaughter (McClelland and Stewart, 1984)
Note: For the most part it has not been possible to separate the archival material for this book into discernable complete drafts, as individual chapters underwent varying degrees of revision. The material has therefore been grouped by chapter.

Box 150
F.1 Introduction. 2nd draft. Ts (car), 15 pp.
F.2 Chapter 1. Early draft. Ts, 80 pp.
F.3 Chapter 1. Another early draft. Ts (car), 84 pp.
F.4 Chapter 1. Draft dated Dec. 28, 1982. Ts, 59 pp.
F.5 Chapter 1. Median draft. Ts. 55 pp.
F.6 Chapter 1. Carbon of above, dated January 20, 1984. 55 pp.
F.7 Chapter 1. Insert. Ts, 8 pp.
F.8 Chapter 1. Corrected draft. Ts (photocopy), 47 pp.
F.9 Chapter 1. Carbon of above with corrections in another hand. 47 pp.
F.10 Chapter 2. Early drafts. Ts, 69 pp.
F.11 Chapter 2. Median draft. Ts (car), 34 pp.
F.12 Chapter 2. "1st typing". Ts, 25 pp.
F.13 Chapter 2. Carbon of above, 26 pp.
F.14 Chapter 2. Another carbon of same, with notes in another hand. 25 pp.
F.15 Chapter 2. "2nd typing". Ts (car), 22 pp.
F.16 Chapter 3. Original draft. Ts, 18 pp.
F.17 Chapter 3. Early draft. Ts, 32 pp.
F.18 Chapter 3. Median draft. 27 pp.
F.19 Chapter 3. Carbon of above. 27 pp.
F.20 Chapter 3. Another draft, with corrections by Steve Wendt. Ts (car) , 24 pp.

Box 151
F.1 Chapter 4. Early draft. Ts, 27 pp.
F.2 Chapter 4. Carbon of above (incomplete).16 pp.
F.3 Chapter 4. Later draft. Ts (car), 25 pp.
F.4 Chapter 5. Early draft. Ts, 29 pp.
F.5 Chapter 5. Later draft. Ts (car), 27 pp.
F.6 Chapter 6. Early draft. Ts, 48 pp.
F.7 Chapter 6. Median draft. Ts, 42 pp.
F.8 Chapter 6. Carbon of above (incomplete). 39 pp.
F.9 Chapter 6. Later draft. Ts, 45 pp.
F.10 Chapter 6. Carbon of above (incomplete). 40 pp.
F.11 Chapter 7. Early draft of Brown Bear section. Ts, 16 pp.
F.12 Chapter 7. Carbon of above. 17 pp.
F.13 Chapter 7. Early draft of Black Bear section. Ts, 9 pp.
F.14 Chapter 7. Carbon of above. 9 pp.
F.15 Chapter 7. Later draft of Black Bear section, dated Nov. 13, 1983. Ts, 7 pp.
F.16 Chapter 7. Early draft of Grizzly Bear section. Ts, 11 pp.
F.17 Chapter 7. Later draft. Ts, 29 pp.
F.18 Chapter 7. Carbon of above. 29 pp.
F.19 Chapter 7. Another draft. Ts (photocopy) , 25 pp.
F.20 Chapter 7. Carbon of above. 25 pp.
F.21 Chapter 8. Early draft. Ts, 27 pp.
F.22 Chapter 8. Median draft.. Ts, 26 pp.
F.23 Chapter 8. Carbon of above. 25 pp.
F.24 Chapter 8. Later draft. Ts (photocopy), 24 pp.

Box 152
F.1 Chapter 9. Early draft. Ts, 25 pp.
F.2 Chapter 9. Later draft. Ts, 26 pp.
F.3 Chapter 9. Carbon of above. 25 pp.
F.4 Chapter 10. Early draft. Ts, 44 pp.
F.5 Chapter 10. Later draft. Ts (photocopy), 39 pp.
F.6 Chapters 11-12. Early draft. Ts, 83 pp.
F.7 Chapters 11-12. Carbon of above. 82 pp.
F.8 Chapters 11-12. Later draft. Ts (car) , 72 pp.
F.9 Chapter 13. Early draft. Ts, 107 pp.
F.10 Chapter 13. Later draft. Ts, 95 pp.
F.11 Chapter 13. Carbon of above. 96 pp.
F.12 Chapter 13. Excerpt from another draft. Ts (photocopy) , 13 pp.
F.13 Chapter 14. Early draft Ts, 59 pp.

Box 153
F.1 Chapter 14. Median draft. Ts, 73 pp.
F.2 Chapter 14. Carbon of above. 71 pp.
F.3 Chapter 14. Later draft. Ts (photocopy), 30 pp.
F.4 Chapter 15. Early draft. Ts, 57 pp.
F.5 Chapter 15. Median draft. Ts, 64 pp.
F.6 Chapter 15. Carbon of above (lacks photocopied pp. at end). 55 pp.
F.7 Chapter 15. Later draft. Ts (photocopy), 28 pp.
F.8 Prefatory note to Part V. Ts, 2pp.
F.9 Chapter 16. Early draft. Ts, 65 pp.
F.10 Chapter 16. Carbon of above. 64 pp.
F.11 Chapter 16. Retyping of early draft. Ts (car), 79 pp.
F.12 Chapter 16. Median draft. Ts, 65 pp.
F.13 Chapter 16. Another retyping. Ts, 73 pp.
F.14 Chapter 16. Later draft. Ts, 69 pp.
F.15 Chapter 16. Carbon of above (complete) .37 pp.
F.16 Chapter 16. Later draft (incomplete). 51 pp.
F.17 Chapter 16. Another late draft. Ts (car), 50 pp.

Box 154
F.1 Chapter 17. First draft. Ts, 48 pp.
F.2 Chapter 17. Early draft. Ts, 46 pp.
F.3 Chapter 17. Miscellaneous pp. from an early draft. Ts (car), 12 pp.
F.4 Chapter 17. Median draft. Ts, 45 pp.
F.5 Chapter 17. Carbon of above. 45 pp.
F.6 Chapter 17. Late version (with notes). Ts (car), 44 pp. + photocopies.
F.7 Chapter 17. Photocopy of above. 44 pp.
F.8 Chapters 18-19. Early draft. Ts, 119 pp.
F.9 Chapters 18-19. Median draft. Ts, 103 pp.
F.10 Chapters 18-19. Carbon of above. 103 pp.
F.11 Chapters 18-19. Later draft. Ts (car. & photocopy), 139 pp.
F.12 Chapters 18-19. Various incomplete drafts. Ts, Ts (car) and photocopies, 138 pp.

Box 155
F.1 Epilogue. Notes. Ts and ms, 25 pp.
F.2 Epilogue. Early draft. Ts and ms, 16 pp.
F.3 Epilogue. Later draft. Ts, 8 pp.
F. 4-5 Incomplete draft of book, dated June 8, 1984. Ts (car), 197 + 127 pp.
F.6 Penultimate draft of book, Part I. Ts, 149 pp.
F.7 Penultimate draft, Part II, Ts, 150 pp.
F.8 Penultimate draft, photocopy of chapters 8-10. 104 pp.
F.9 Penultimate draft, Part III. Ts, 81 pp.

Box 156
F.1 Penultimate draft, Part IV. Ts, 194 pp.
F.2 Penultimate draft, Part V. Ts, 179 pp.
F.3 Setting copy, Part 1. Ts, 152 pp.
F.4 Setting copy, Part II. Ts, 123 pp.
F.5 Setting copy, Part IV. Ts, 196 pp.
F.6 Setting copy, Part V. Ts, 175 pp.

Box 157
F.1 Early drafts of appendices (mostly incorporated into text) .Ts, 73 pp.
F.2 Outlines, tables of contents etc. Ts and ms, 32 pp.
F.3 Miscellaneous and unidentified pages. Ts, 67 pp.

Boxes 157- 62
Research material for Sea of Slaughter, consisting mostly of articles and books in photocopy form, some with annotations.

Other Manuscript material:
Box 163
F.1 And No Birds Sang ( 1979). Photocopy of book. 235 pp.
F.2 Second copy of same. See Boxes 182-5 for manuscript material.
F.3 -4 The World of Farley Mowat (1980) Ts and photocopy of text. 256 pp. + 167 pp.
F.5 The World of Farley Mowat. Partial version, photocopy. 165 pp.

Box 164
F.1 A Whale for the Killing. Notes. 55 pp.
F.2 A Whale for the Killing. Correspondence (1967). 41 pp.
F.3 A Whale for the Killing. Chronology of events. 125 pp.
F.4 In the Wake of the Great Sealers. Miscellaneous F.. 71 pp.
F.5 Never Cry Wolf. Screenplay. December 1977. 103 pp.
F.6 Never Cry Wolf. Screenplay. April 1979. 124 pp.
F.7 CBC series on the sea. Notes. 68 pp.
F.8 "River to the Sea". 8 pp.
F.9 "The Central Sea/The Floating Continent". Ts, 9 pp.
F.10 [Open letter to The Writers' Union of Canada]. Ts, 4 pp.
F.11 "Hellfire." Ts, 8 pp.
F.12 "Norse." Ts (+ car.), 22 pp.
F.13 "The Ice is Red." Ts (+ car.), 5+ 5+ 7+ 5 pp.
F.14 Letter to the Editor of Maclean's. Ts,13 pp.
F.15 Notes on the walrus. Ts, 37 pp.
F.16 Various partial and complete pieces. 28 pp.

Series 2: Correspondence
Box 165
Correspondence A -C
Box 166
Correspondence D -J
Box 167
Correspondence K -M
Box 168
Correspondence N -S
Box 169
Correspondence T -Z
Fan mail (begins)
Boxes 170-74
Fan mail (continues)
Box 175
Unidentified incoming correspondence. Outgoing correspondence (arranged chronologically). Miscellaneous correspondence.
Correspondence continues from Box 186 onward.

Series 3: Financial, printed materials, photographs.
Boxes 176-77
Financial material
Boxes 178-79
Clippings about Farley Mowat.
Box 179
Other Clippings.
The Writers' Union of Canada material.
Box 180
The Writers' Union of Canada material.
Photographs.
Miscellaneous (2 files)
Box 181
Miscellaneous (1 file)

Addendum:
Manuscripts:
And No Birds Sang (1979)
Box 182:
First draft
Box 183:
Second draft
Box 184:
Third draft
Box 185:
Final draft

Correspondence:
Box 186:
Publishers correspondence, 1977
Box 187:
General correspondence, 1977
Box 188:
Fan mail, 1977
Box 189:
Publishers correspondence, 1978
General correspondence, 1978
Box 190:
Publishers correspondence, 1978, 1979
Box 191:
General correspondence, 1978, 1979
Written Union, 1978, 1979
Box 192:
Fan mail, 1978
Box 193:
Fan mail, 1978, 1979
Box 194:
Fan mail, 1979
Bulgarian trip
European trip
Box 195:
Legal and financial, 1978
Box 196:
Legal and financial, 1978-1979
McClelland and Stewart, 1978-1979
Box 197:
Clippings and reviews, 1978-79

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