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Fonds Description
Peter Such fonds.
Third accrual -- 1970-97. -- 60 cm of textual records. -- 3 photographs
: b&w ; negative.. – 1 computer disk.
Manuscripts and other material
BOX 33
F.1 “Floating Bears”, published in Magazin Porcépic, ts., 10 pp., 1972.
F.2 “The Reef”, commissioned for CBC Anthology, photocopy of ts., broadcast
August 12, 1972.
F.3-5 Dolphin’s Wake, three sets of corrected proofs and 5 other pp.(new beginning),
166 pp.each, 1979.F.4 entitled “Bouboulina”.See also boxes 6-8 and box 35.
F.6 Contracts between Such and James Purdy with the CBC for three episodes of
“Euclid Street” (later called “Homes Fires”), November 6-19, 1979.See also
boxes 15-18.
F.7 Contracts for episodes four to seven between Such and James Purdy with the CBC
for “Homes Fires” series, January 29 to April 30, 1980, with letter from Such to
Alice Sinclair.
F.8 Final revisions of episode five of CBC Homefires series, written with James
Purdy, ts. with some pp. photocopied, [12] pp., July 14 1980.
F.9 “Arbitrary Measures”, episode ten of CBC Homefires series, ts., 13 pp., with
photocopy from Such to the producer of the series, Robert Sherrin, November 18,
1980.
F.10-1 “Of All the People”, cabaret with Kristi Allik, ts. and ms., irregular pagination,
January 1981- May 30, 1982. See also Boxes 25-26.
F.12 “Rainbow Boat”, first complete draft, ts., 112 + [12] pp., April 20, 1981. See also
Box 27.
F.13 “Rainbow Boat”, second draft, ts., 101 pp., April 28, 1981.
F.14 “Rainbow Boat”, photocopy of ts., 101 pp., 1981. Such has written: “This became
the novel Dragon Mouth renamed Ravines (finished 1992).”
F.15 “The Bridge”, two ts. with ms. pp., 14 + 2 pp.and 13 pp., with two letters from the
CBC (Robert Weaver) and contract for broadcasting of the story on CBC’s
Anthology, May 11, 1981.
F.16 “Force Field One”, two ts., 3 pp. and 16 pp., the latter dated April 24, 1981, with a
contract from the CBC, May 25, 1981.
F.17 “Loom, Sword, River”, photocopy of ts., 116 pp., 1981. Opera performed at Roy
Thompson Hall in 1981 and in Estonia in 1996. See also box 25.
F.18 “Loom, Sword, River”, correspondence with Such’s musical collaborator, Kristi
Allik, her résumé, correspondence with the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada
Council, and related historical documents, 1980-81.
F.19 Kristi Allik, “The Electronic Music Effects and Compositional Devices to Be
Used in the Realization of the Electronic Music Composition ‘Kalevipeog’”,
photocopy of ts., [1980-1].
BOX 34
F.1 “The Island Report”, photocopy of ts., 16 pp., May 24, 1982. See also Box 27.
F.2 “Significant Departures: Angela Houpt, ‘Tel’”, ts., 6 pp., June 1982, with page
from Canadian Art (fall 1985): 93 containing a review by Such of an exhibition,
“David Pelletier: Points of Reference”.
F.3 “Love Is a Crime”, one-act TV drama for Trilogy, City TV, ts., 22 + [3] pp., April
15, 1983. See also Box 27.
Not in F. 3 posters of “Island Follies”, outdoor vaudeville extravaganza celebrating
Toronto Island Sesquicentennial, staged by the Shadowland Repertory Company, 1984.
F.4-10 “Rituals”, several drafts of the novel (e.g. first revised ts., second draft, “1st
restructuring of revised typescript”, etc.), combination of ts., photocopy and ms.
with inserted pp. Often with irregular pagination, includes “Falling Out” which
was absorbed into the novel, 1985-86. See also Box 25.
F.11 “Genesis II”, first draft, 98 pp. according to Such, 1985.
F.12 “Earthbaby” (formerly “Genesis II”), photocopy of ts., 72 pp., with copy of letter
to John ?, March 2, 1991.
F.13 “Sunderland” (a multidisplinary theatre piece for Factory Theatre), photocopy of
ts. (45 pp. In cerlox binder), ts.(49 pp.), computer disk, 1992.
F.14 “Sunderland Project”, grant applications, budget, résumés, and letters of financial
support (Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Laidlaw Foundation,
Canadian Actors’ Equity association, etc.), 1992-95.
BOX 35
Notebooks not in files
Notebook 1. Yellow cloth with abstract design in black, red, blue and white. Contains
notes for “Rituals” Dolphin’s Wake, and short stories read on CBC Anthology (“The
Bridge”), 1970-76.
Notebook 2. White cloth with abstract design in green, red, and yellow. Fragments of
reviews, 1983-87.
Notebook 3. Brown-black cloth in an abstract design. Contains notes for “Island Follies”,
notes done in Cuba and Dominican Republic, and article on Canadian sculpture at the
Guild Inn for Arts Canada, 1980-86.
Notebook 4. Blue cloth with abstract design in blue and black. Contains notes for
Dolphin’s Wake, “Dragon’s Mouth” (later entitled “Ravines”), and “The Banyan Tree”
(published in This Magazine, 1988), 1979-90.
Notebook 5. Black cloth. Contains notes for “Island Follies”, “Rituals, and “Loom,
Sword, River”. 1981-96.
F.1 Printed articles.“Shakespeare Never Went to Verona, Toronto Globe and Mail,
[198?]; “L’image autochtone dans la littérature canadienne anglaise”, Cahiers de
L’I.P.E.C, publications de l’Université de Rouen No. 194, 1993: 183-94; “The
Dalai Lama’s Pyjamas”, A View on the Garden, 5 (1995): 76-86.
F.2 Advertisement leaflets for readings, 1979-81.
F.3 News clippings, 1975-94.
F.4 Résumé, biographical articles, 2 photographs and negatives (one with Such
shaking Bob Rae’s hand), 1980-95.
Correspondence. Incoming mail; 1 letter unless otherwise indicated.
F.5
Norman Beach, 1980.
To Peter Buitenhuis, [1981].
The Canada Council (Robert M.Kennedy), 1983. 1 letter to Josiane Polidori, 1991,
Canadian Art (Betty Ann Jordan), 1995.
Ellen Case, Christmas card, 1994.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Ivan Fecan, Gayle O’Brien), 2 letters, 1991-95.Also
undated statement by Such for the CBC from the ACTRA Writers Guild.
Wendall Clarkson (?), 1993.
External Affairs and Internal Trade Canada, 1991.
The Fiddlehead, 1994.
Finnish-Canadian-Society (Nina Lindroos), 1986.
Réshard Gool, 2 letters, 1981.
Joan Haggerty, 3 letters and 1 post card, 1981-94.
Hamilton and Region Arts Council (Dianne Palubski), 1986.
Michael Harris, 2 letters, 1985-6.
Keith Harrison, with résumé, 1992.
Marian Dingman Hebb, 1981.
Maxine Heppner, card and letter, 1992.
House of Anansi Press (Ann Wall), with booklet celebrating Anansi’s twenty-fifth
anniversary, 1987.
Jancy James, card and letter, 1994.
Patricia Keeney, 1990.
Mary Laren, 1981.
Kelly Lamore, with photograph, 1994.
To William Lane, 1990.
Bernice Lever, 2 letters, 1 addressed to Giorgio Di Cicco and editors of Waves, 1982.
McKeown, Yoerger, Spearing & Champlin, 1977.
Jack MacLeod, n.d.
Les Monkman, 3 letters, with biographical entry for The Canadian Dictionary of Literary
Biography, 1981.
Anne Montagnes, [199?].
Libby Oughton, [198?].
Jeanne Pattison, Christmas card, 1981.
Poetry Canada Review, form letter, issue of vol. 5, no. 1 (fall 1983) with profile on Such,
and ms., 5 pp., by him, “Carrying on Regardless”.
Kevin Roberts, 1991.
Cheryl Saurette, letter to Congdon & Weed Publishers (Leslie Garisto) and letter to Such,
1983-6.
Ron Shirtliff, 3 letters, 1981-82.
Silverstein & Selznick (Stephen I. Selznick), 2 letters, 1980-2.
Chritina Maria Sklepkowycz, 1989.
Toronto Star, 1991.
Simone Vauthier, card and letter, 1993-4.
Seppo Tamminen, 1993.
Vancouver International Writers Festival (Alma Lee), letter and photo of Geoff
Goodfellow, 1992.
Tom Wayman, 1984.
Writers Copyright Agency, agenda, 1982.
The Writers’ Development Trust (Carol Loveridge), with agenda of meetings, financial
report, etc., 1981-3.
York University (Ian Macdonald, M.W. Ransom, Diane Stadnicki, Susan Mann),
4 letters to Such, letter to Susan Mann, invitation to reception for Margaret
Laurence, notice of reading for Timothy Findley, minutes of meetings of
the Canadian Studies Programme, letter from Such about his travel plans),
1977-97.
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