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Anna Porter. Second Accrual.  - 1972-2012 - 1.32 m textual material. - Title based on contents of the fonds.

Series 1
Manuscripts and Writing. - 1986-2007. - 1 m textual material. - Title based on contents of the fonds.

Bookfair Murders. 1996-1997.
Box 9
F.1          Notes and research.
F.2          Outlines.
F.3          First draft, TMS, annotated, 79 pp.
F.4          Second draft, TMS, annotated, 103 pp.
F.5          Third draft, TMS, annotated, 353 pp.
F.6          Correspondence related to the book.
F.7          Publicity and reviews [English].
F.8          Publicity and reviews [German].

Dance of the Marionettes
Box 10
F.1          TMS draft, annotated, approximately 540 pp.

Kasztner's Train. 2005-2007.
Box 10
F.2          First draft, TMS, annotated, 235 pp.
F.3          Second draft, TMS, annotated, 311 pp.
F.4          Third draft, TMS, annotated, 585 pp. Continues in Box 11.

Box 11
F.1          Third draft, TMS,annotated, 585 pp. Continued from Box 10.
F.2          Fourth draft, TMS, annotations by Rosemary Shipton.
F.3          Incomplete fifth draft, TMS, annotated, 137 pp.
F.4          Proofs, annotated, 444 pp.

Mortal Sins. 1986-1987.
Box 12
F.1          First draft, TMS, annotated, 67 pp.
F.2          Draft, annotated [by Alyssa Diamond], 366 pp.
F.3          Draft, annotated [by John Pearce], 366 pp.
F.4          Second draft, TMS, annotated, 366 pp.

Box 13
F.1          Final draft, TMS, annotated, 435 pp.

Box 18
F.1          Proofs, annotated, 435 pp.

Storyteller. 1996-2007.
Box 13
F.2          Loose notes. [c. 1996].
F.3          Notebooks. [c.1996-2000].
F.4          Early version, TMS, 63 pp.
F.5          Early version, TMS, 44 pp.
F.6          Early version, TMS, 60 pp.
F.7          Early version, TMS, 63 pp.
F.8          Early version, TMS, 106 pp.
F.9          Early version, TMS, 160 pp.
F.10        Early version, TMS, 132 pp.

Box 14
F.1          First draft, TMS, 273 pp.
F.2          First draft, annotation 1.
F.3          First draft, annotation 2.
F.4          Second draft, TMS, 256 pp.
F.5          Second draft, second version. TMS, 256 pp.

Box 15
F.1          Third draft, TMS, 273 pp.
F.2          Third draft, annotated, TMS, pp. 11-405.
F.3          Fourth draft, TMS, 275 pp.
F.4          Draft 4.5, TMS, 276 pp.

Box 16
F.1          Final draft, TMS, 457 pp.
F.2          Final, TMS, annotated, 457 pp.
F.3          Final, TMS, annotated, 457 pp.
F.4          Final, TMS, annotated, 457 pp.
F.5          Final Changes, epilogue, etc. 2000-2001.

Box 17
F.1          Proofs, annotated, 325 pp.
F.2          Publicity. 2000-2006.
F.3          Reviews. 2000-2007.

Various Articles by Anna Porter
Box 9
F. 10      
Review. In Praise of Older Women by Stephen Vizinczey. Literary Review of Canada. p. 21. July/August 2010.
"Has the Age of Ideas Passed?", Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 117, No. 3, pp. 329-335. Fall 2010.
"Imre Kertész: Writing the Impossible Novel", Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp. 361-371. Fall 2011.
"Midnight in Paris: a Moveable Feast", Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 119, No. 1, pp. 27-33. Spring 2012.


Series 2
 Correspondence and other material. - 1972-2012. - 32 cm textual material. - Title based on contents of the fonds.

Box 17

F.4          Correspondence - General. 1980-2012.
F.5          Correspondence - The Hidden Agenda. Includes notes. 1984-1985.
F.6          Correspondence - Farley Mowat. Includes notes. 2004-2006.
F.7          Correspondence - Order of Canada. 1991-2012.
F.8          Clippings about Anna Porter. 1972-2011.
F.9          Personal items - "Memory of Jack and Anna - The Pathfinders". 2012.
F.10        Personal items - "Anna's Book of Poems". [n.d.].



 

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