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J. Wreford Watson fonds. First-fourth accruals. -- 1936-1988. -- 3.1 m of textual records and graphic material.

BOX 2
The Flags of Dawn. Interracial love story, set in contemporary South Africa and Canada. The order of the 3 versions below is arbitrary, as only one of the mss. was dated.
F.1 The Flags of Dawn. Chapters 1-9. Typescript, pp. 1-139. Originally in a document folder labelled, in JWW’s hand: “Sent by Wreford Watson, Broomhill, Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire DG5 4LG”. The file also contains eight 5 x 7 colour photographs, mounted on white bond paper, which were in the document folder. The photographs were taken in South Africa, and include images of the Drakensberg [Mountain] Range, native huts, and native women in native costume, the latter photos all labelled “Tourists’ Tableau: Primitive Africa” with various sub-captions. The captions indicate that one of the women is “Mbinda” which is also the name of one of the novel’s protagonists. (151 items)
F.2 The Flags of Dawn. Chapters 10-17. Typescript, pp. 140-312. [Originally in document folder, as above.] (173 items)
F.3 The Flags of Dawn “by James Wreford”, May 1983-February 1984, Chapters 1-15, typescript, pp. 1-[311], + 1 TLs from Watson, Little Limited, Authors’ Agents, to “Wreford Watson Esq” [n.d.] declining to handle the manuscript for him. File also contains 1 page holograph note indicating number of pages in each chapter. This is a different draft of the novel than that in the preceding two files. (314 items)
F.4 The Flags of Dawn. Chapters 16-24. Typescript [remainder of above draft], pp. [312-571]. (259 items)
F.5 The Flags of Dawn. Drafts of Chapter 1 and a later passage. Holograph loose pages, [6] pp. (3 items)
F.6 The Flags of Dawn. Various chapters, incomplete. Carbon typescript, many pages only partially extant, having been cut into smaller pieces. (91 items)
F.7 The Flags of Dawn. Chapters 1-[11]. 3 holograph spiral notebooks labelled “2nd Revision, Book I, 2nd Revision, Book II” etc., pp. 1-158. [This version is quite different from the others, focusing on relations between Native Canadians and White Canadians.] (3 items)
F.8 The Flags of Dawn. Chapters [11-18]. 2 holograph spiral notebooks [continuation of above draft], pp. 159-318.

F.9 The Galloway Saga. Synopsis of this historical series, consisting of six novels set in Scotland, covering events from the time of the Celtic invasion to the Scottish War of Independence. The synopsis is signed “Wreford Watson”. The novels are listed as follows: Seek a New Land, Fall of the Eagle, The Field of Marc, A Certain Splendour, and two which were not yet titled. The latter two may be A Change of Wind and The Mote of Urr. (See separate files for all of these titles.) There is also a draft of another [untitled] novel similar in theme included with the ms. of You Little Sinner (see Box 4, File 12). 2 typescript copies, with identical text, but different margins, one signed by JWW, each 6 pp. (12 items)
F.10 The Innocent and the Beautiful. Contemporary romance, set in [Edinburgh?]. Other drafts are titled The Finished Act and The Finishing of the Act. These have been filed separately under those titles. Chapters 1-15. 4 holograph notebooks + loose sheets, pp. [1-147]. (22 items)
F.11 The Innocent and the Beautiful. Chapter 16 [two drafts, incomplete], holograph lined paper, [4] pp. + typescript, [19] pp. (23 items)
F.12 The Innocent and the Beautiful. Chapters 1-7. Typescript, pp.[1-137]. (137 items)
F.13 The Innocent and the Beautiful. Chapters 8-16 [continuation of above]. Typescript, pp. [138-169]. (169 items)
F.14 The Innocent Communist. Contemporary romance, set in [Edinburgh?]. Chapters 1-26. Typescript, pp. 1-329. (329 items)
F.15 The Keep. Family saga, country setting. Chapters 1-3. Holograph lined paper, [33] pp. (17 items)
F.16 The Keep. Chapters 1-15, [16-21]. 6 holograph spiral notebooks, pp. 1-328.
(39 items)
F.17 The Man Between. Contemporary academic setting, Edinburgh, written in diary form. [On final page of ms:] “Sept 1/58-Jan 12/60.” Chapters 1-16. 2 holograph bound notebooks [marked “I” and “II” on front covers], pp. 1-345 (2 items)

BOX 3
F.1 More than Delight, “by Ree Ford, nom de plume of James Wreford Watson, Professor of Canadian Studies...University of Calgary...” [Contemporary romance, set in Toronto]. Chapters 1-9. Typescript, pp. 1-112 + portion of original file folder [on which is written, “by Ree Ford...” etc.] (113 items)
F.2 More than Delight, Chapters 9-16. Typescript [continuation of above], pp. 113-219. (107 items)
F.3 The Mote of Urr. [This is likely the fifth or sixth book in a historical series of novels written by JWW, entitled The Galloway Saga. The series is set in Scotland and covers the period from the time of the invasion of the Celts to the Scottish War of Independence. This particular novel is incomplete. For JWW’s notes on the series, see Box 2, File 9]. Chapters 1-2. Holograph bound notebook and loose holograph lined paper, [28] pp. (17 items)
F.4 The Nelson Story (see also variant title in following file). Contemporary romance set in Edinburgh’s academic community. Chapters 1-[13]. 3 holograph spiral notebooks, marked “L1,” “L2,” and “L3,” respectively, on front covers, pp. 1-155. (9 items)
F.5 The Nelson Story. Chapters [13-21] [continuation of above]. 3 holograph spiral notebooks, marked “L4,” “L5,” and “L6,” respectively, on front covers, pp. 156-219. The last 3 pp. of L4 are academic and geographic notes (grading of “1968-69 graduates” and a chart entitled “Land Survey in Scotland”; on the last page of L5 is a holograph poem + various drafts of Chapter 1 [with title Not All the Sins of Lil, holograph lined paper, [15] pp. (3 items)
F.6 Seek a New Land [variously titled Seek the New Land and They Seek a New Land]. This is the first book in a historical series of novels written by JWW, entitled The Galloway Saga. The series is set in Scotland and covers the period from the time of the invasion of the Celts to the Scottish War of Independence. For JWW’s notes on the series, see Box 2, File 9. Chapters 1- [16]. 2 holograph writing tablets and 11 University of Edinburgh examination booklets, pp. 1-262. (13 items)
F.7 Seek a New Land. [another draft of the above]. Chapters 1-17. Holograph lined paper, pp. 9-216 + draft of Chapter ?, loose plain paper [18] pp. + envelope with 3 ll. holograph notes. (227 items)
F.8 Seek a New Land. [another draft]. Chapters 1-18. Typescript, pp. 1-319. (319 items)
F.9 Seek a New Land. [partial ms]. 2 holograph, stapled booklets, [24] pp. + 1 copy of Scotland’s Magazine Vol. 71, 3 (March, 1975), opened to article “In Search of Scotland’s King Arthur” by Lloyd Laing + one p. marked with measurements. (4 items)
F.10 Seek a New Land. [On front cover: “They Seek a New Land, Bk. I”]. Chapters 1-2. Holograph spiral notebook, pp. 1-50. (1 item)
F.11 The Stock-Doves Called from the Bottle-Brush Trees. [Anti-apartheid love story set in South Africa.] “3rd Edition, Books I-IV”, Chapters 1-14. 4 holograph spiral notebooks, pp. [1-143]. (4 items)
F.12 The Stock-Doves Called from the Bottle-Brush Trees. Chapters 1-7. Typescript,
pp.1-134. (134 items)
F.13 The Stock-Doves Called from the Bottle-Brush Trees. Chapters 1-14, heavily annotated (by proofreader or editor). Carbon typescript, pp. 1-269. (270 items)
F.14 The Stock-Doves Called from the Bottle-Brush Trees. Two copies of the book, in dust-jacket. (Vantage Press: New York, 1988). 195 pp. (4 items)

BOX 4
F.1 The Trumpet’s Mouth. Contemporary, anti-apartheid novel, set in South Africa. Incomplete, although the file contains a near-complete outline of the novel. Chapters 1-2. Holograph lined paper, pp. [1-22] + holograph outline of the novel, [2] pp. (13 items)
F.2 Unnumbered and Unnamed. WW II romance set primarily in Scotland. Chapters 1-[24]. 16 holograph lined writing tablets and loose and stapled pages, pp. [1-409]. (409 items)
F.3 Up at the College, Down by the Sea, “by Willi Watt” [i.e., JWW.] Contemporary romance set in Scotland. Chapters 1-13. Holograph folded foolscap, loose unlined paper, 2 writing tablets and 1 spiral notebook, pp. 1-183. (31 items)
F.4 Up at the College, Down by the Sea, “By Leah Moon” [i.e., JWW]. Chapters 1-[14]. Typescript [of above ms], pp. 1-329. (330 items)
F.5 [Up at the College, Down by the Sea]. Drafts of Chapters [?]. Holograph, spiral-bound notebook and loose lined pages, [80] pp. The first 9 pp. of this notebook contain holograph notes on Canadian novels, including Rudy Wiebe’s The Temptations of Big Bear, Christine Van der Mark’s In Due Season and Robert Kroetsch’s Badlands.

F.6 Up at the College, Down by the Sea. “Bk II of Ms” [so labelled on first page], Chapters [5-8?]. Holograph spiral notebook, pp. 50-99. [No other “Books” of this draft were found.] (1 item)
F.7 Vanessa Lawrence. [late 1980s?]. Incomplete novel about young love. Chapters 1-[4]. Holograph spiral notebook, pp. 1-[45] + Chapter 1 and [?], typescript, pp. [1-33] and
[17] pp.
F.8 [When Shall Our Sorrows Cease?] [here titled Sweet Renegade; contemporary romantic tragedy set in Ireland]. Chapters 1-13. Holograph, foolscap sheets, [217] pp. (56 items)
F.9 When Shall Our Sorrows Cease? “a novel by Colin Kirk” [i.e. JWW]. Chapters 1-13. Lightly annotated typescript [of above], pp. 1-237. (238 items)
F.10 [When Shall Our Sorrows Cease?] [here titled Young Lovers in the Dark Wood] “by Colin Kirk” [i.e. JWW]. [1972-3?], [Misc. pages], heavily annotated typescript with holograph lined paper taped over portions of some of the typescript pages, [20] pp. + 2 identical carbon typescripts incorporating these revisions, [42] pp. + 1 invoice for typing dated 1-5-1973. (63 items)
F.11 Who Owns the Wind? [Contemporary romance set in Edinburgh]. Chapters 1-[14],
3 holograph, spiral-bound binders, 169 pp. + 2 drafts of Chapter 1, holograph lined paper, [3] pp. and 5 pp. (13 items)
F.12 Who Owns the Wind? Chapters 1-11. Carbon typescript, pp. 1-279. (279 items)
F.13 You Little Sinner. Contemporary romance, academic setting. [late 1980s?]. Chapters
1-5, holograph, spiral-bound notebook, pp. 1-126 + misc. pages, holograph writing tablet, [7] pp. [N.B.: The spiral notebook also contains [24] pp. of an untitled novel, set in ancient Scotland, which may relate to JWW’s historical series, The Galloway Saga (see Box 2, File 9 for information on this series.) (2 items)
F.14 [Untitled]. Incomplete. Encounter between young American woman and young Scottish man. Chapter 1. Holograph, loose pages, pp. [1-12]. (6 items)
F.15 [Untitled]. Incomplete. Christian missionaries interacting with natives. [Late 1980s?] Chapter 2. Holograph, lined pages, [8] pp. + typescript of same, [27] pp. (34 items)
F.16 [Untitled]. Incomplete. Contemporary romance, set in Edinburgh. [Late 1980s?] Chapter 1. Holograph, loose pages, pp. [1-17]. (17 items)
F.17 [Portion of novel?] Encounter between minister and distressed young woman. [Chapter 1?], holograph, lined pages, [2] pp. + Notes on “Early Spring in Deeside” and “Early Spring in Strathmore” (description of landscape), holograph, loose pages, [1] p. (2 items)

II Poetry
Watson was a prolific writer of poetry as is evidenced by the large size of this series, which spans nearly his entire lifetime. He wrote mostly in notebooks, writing on one side of the page all the way through a book, then often starting again, working his way backwards using the blanks he’d left. When a notebook was unavailable, he wrote his poetry on seemingly any piece of paper he could lay his hands on–office memos, pay cheque stubs, envelopes, even toilet tissue! It is not surprising that JWW’s career as a geographer is reflected in his poetry, notably in the many poems he wrote about the Scottish landscape, and in two main collections, Countryside Canada and Canadian Seasons, which, as their title suggests, document his love affair with Canada. This love affair, however, comes nowhere close to matching JWW’s poetical outpouring of affection for his wife, Jessie Black Watson. There are well over one thousand poems written in her honour, spanning the poet’s lifetime.
The poetry series consists of holograph notebooks, typescripts of these poems, and copies of published works. In a very few cases, page proofs are also extant. This series has been arranged chronologically, as most of JWW’s poetical works are dated. Some which are undated have been assigned tentative dates, based on other evidence. The material for which no date could be assigned is filed at the end of this series.

BOX 5
F.1 1929-1934. [At top of first page:] “Five Years 1929-34". 23 poems. Holograph, stapled notebook, [32] pp. The cover of the notebook bears a “George Watson’s Boys’ College” label, and has been marked (presumably by JWW): “Home Work. J.W. Watson, Class V [i.e. Roman Numeral V] S2”. (4 items)
F.2 1929-1934. [At top of first page:] “Splendour Falls Being a collection of Verse written at the imperious urge of soul for expression during the years 1929-1934”. Approx. 63 poems. Holograph, stapled notebook, [102] pp. (1 item)
F.3 [1930?]. 1 poem. Holograph, stapled notebook, [52] pp. The cover of the notebook bears a “George Watson’s Boys’ College” label, and is designated as belonging to “Douglas S. Robertson, Class V [i.e. Roman Numeral V] U.”, dated 23.9.30.
F.4 1936-38 + 1940s. 47 poems, including “Christus Resurrectus” [composed between 1936 and 1938]. Holograph, loose pages + typescript, [98] pp. (70 items)
F.5 “Poems 1937”. 26 poems. Holograph, stapled notebook, [35] pp. The notebook also includes a list of seven topics, entitled “Major Works for the Future” (eg. “The Rebel Life, or a new presentation of Heloise & Abelard. An offering to Freedom.”) + a rough geographic sketch (“Cambrian” “Caledonian”) and a list of geography topics. (1 item)
F.6 [Late 1930s-early 1940s?]. “Sonnets to My Mistress, J.W. Black”. 80 poems. Two holograph, stapled notebooks + loose pages, [121] pp. Many of the poems have been annotated in a hand other than JWW’s, which is presumed to be that of Jessie Black. Her final words in the first notebook are “I count it a sacred trust to have been allowed to read these throbbing poems. That they would be good I knew but that they are excellent, the silent joy of my heart unmistakably affirms.” The first notebook also contains a newspaper clipping from the Toronto Daily Star, Wednesday June [?], written by the Star’s financial editor, entitled “Crisis Raises Deep Queries and Problems”.
F.7 “October 1939”. 1 poem, signed: “J.W.W. Nov. 12th. 39, Armistice Sunday”. Holograph, loose pages, [23] pp. (12 items)
F.8 “Poems, 1939-42. Book I”. 72 poems. Holograph, stapled notebook + loose pages, [122] pp. Includes list of 50 poems “Already Published” and draft of “Goes to the Grave Too Soon”, published in May 1939 (see Box 5, File 10).
F.9 [1938-1949]. 208 poems, some duplicates. Holograph, loose pages + typescript, [227] pp. Several of these poems appear in Of Time and the Lover (see also file 21 in this box and File 8 in Box 9). (180 items)
F.10 18 May 1939. “Goes to the Grave Too Soon”. 1 poem, [in] The Listener (Book Supplement), Vol. XXI, No. 540, p. 1058. [Holograph note on front cover reads: Poem re: Wreford's brother John, a Wing Commander in the Air Force. Shot down & killed in last war.”] (1 item)
F.11 “Poems 1939-1959”. “Cry the Divided World” [on first page]. 71 poems. Holograph, bound notebook, [74] pp. (1 item)
F.12 [1939-1959]. “Cry the Divided World”. 25 poems. Typescript [some with checkmarks], [25] pp. (25 items)
F.13 [1939-1959]. “Cry the Divided World”. 30 poems + introductory note. Holograph, loose pages + typescript and carbon typescript of some of the poems, [68] pp. (68 items)
F.14 [1939-1959]. “Cry the Divided World”. 44 poems, including many duplicates. Carbon typescript pages numbered in two different series, [71] pp. (71 items)
F.15 [1939-1959]. “Cry the Divided World”. 30 poems. Loose typescript pages with ms. revisions + 24 of the same poems re-typed with the revisions on loose carbon typescript pages (2 identical sets), [71] pp. (71 items)
F.16 “Verse ca. 1942-4” + misc. 1948 and 194[9?]. 38 poems. Holograph, stapled notebook (marked “2” on front cover) + 3 poems (one dated 1948, the other on the back of a 1949 McMaster University geography examination booklet), loose holograph pages, [57] pp.
(5 items)
F.17 1945-1947 (some items 1949 and 1955-1956). 48 poems [72] pp. + a short essay, “How could a country be independent and follow a policy of non-resistance?”, [3] pp. + notes on “Island Years”, [9] pp., stapled notebook, [84] pp. + 41 poems, holograph, loose pages + typescript, [84] pp. + 1 holograph letter, “Hamish” to Watson, 14 May 1965, regarding JWW’s poems. (46 items)
F.18 1946-1948. 24 poems, including “Of Time”, “Abraham - Revised Version. Sept 46 - May 48”, “Nunatack In the North”. Holograph, loose pages + a few typescript and carbon typescript pages, [89] pp. (35 items)
F.19 1948, 1954, 1968. 24 poems. Holograph, loose pages, [33] pp. (24 items)
F.20 Late 1940s. 33 poems. Holograph, spiral-bound notebook + 1 loose page, [39] pp.
(2 items)
F.21 [1950?]. [Of Time and the Lover]. 57 poems + table of contents. Carbon typescripts
(2 copies), [134] pp. These appear to be final drafts of poems, some 30 of which were published in Of Time and the Lover. See also File 9 in this box, and File 8 in Box 9.
(134 items)
F.22 [1950?]. “Of Times and Time and the Lover”. Short biographical essay (or perhaps a lecture?) which includes references to a meeting with W.H. Auden and to Unit of Five and Time and the Lover. Holograph, stapled booklet, [8] pp. This item was originally inserted in JWW’s poetry notebook “Verse c.1942-4” (see Box 5, File 16), although its references to Time and the Lover (published in 1950) indicate it dates from a later period. See also next file and File 9 in this box. (1 item)
F.23 [1950s?]. 56 poems + 1 sheet ms. music [by Watson?] with some lyrics. Loose holograph and typescript pages, [63] pp. Many of the poems are annotated in Jessie Watson’s hand, for example, “I love this. Please keep. Love, xxx”. (55 items)
F.24 1951, 1953. 43 poems, including the following longer poems: “The Terror and the Beauty”, “Axel Skaar”, “John Henry”, as well as “Come Away, Love” (from “The Death of the Birds and Other Poems”). Holograph, stapled booklets, [250] pp. See files below for other drafts of these poems. (115 items)
F.25 January 1953. 1 poem: “Axel Skaar”. Holograph stapled booklets and writing tablet, [281] pp. See also File 24 in this box. (27 items)
F.26 February-April, 1953. 1 poem: “The Terror & the Beauty”. Holograph, stapled booklets, [132] pp. See also File 24 in this box. (31 items)
F.27 [1953?]. 19 poems: The Death of the Birds and Other Poems. Typescript and duplicate carbon typescript, each in an “accopress” binder, each 84 pp. Holograph note on p.1 of typescript copy reads: “Note: Return to Sybil Hutchinson, [gives street address], Toronto. (Can. Writer’s Service)”. See also Files 24 and 28 in this box. (2 items)
F.28 [1953?, 1957 and 1961]. 117 poems, including The Death of the Birds and Other Poems (a revised selection [with some additional holograph revisions] of that in the above file) + a one-page [novel?] outline about South Africa + a one-page reading list + a one-page list of travel expenses for a trip to Yellowknife, N.W.T. Carbon typescripts (some in an “accopress” binder), and loose, holograph pages, [132] pp. (126 items)

BOX 6
F.1 1960s. 31 poems. Holograph, loose pages + 1 holograph, stapled notebook + 1 typescript page, [34] pp. All items originally in a folder labelled: “Keep to rewrite.” (23 items)
F.2 1966-1971. 18 poems: “Autumn” [from Canadian Seasons?]. See also the next 3 files and Box 8, Files 24, 25 and 26, and Box 9, File 8. Holograph, loose pages, [19] pp.
(13 items)
F.3 1966-1969. 20 poems: “Spring” [from Canadian Seasons?]. See also the previous file, the next 2 files, and Box 8, Files 24, 25, and 26, and Box 9, File 8. Holograph, loose pages, [22] pp. (12 items)
F.4 1966-1968. 29 poems: “Summer” [from Canadian Seasons?]. See also the 2 previous files, the next file, and Box 8, files 24, 25, and 26, and Box 9, File 8. Holograph, loose pages, [31] pp. A few poems date from earlier periods. (20 items)             
F.5 [1966-1971]. 191 poems: [Canadian Seasons?]. See also the 3 previous files, Box 8, files 24, 25, and 26, and Box 9, File 8. Typescripts of “Second Spring”, “Summer” and “Winter” and carbon typescripts of “Spring”, “Summer” and “Autumn”, [216] pp.
(216 items)
F.6 1966-1969. 104 poems. Holograph, loose pages + one black and white, 8 x 10 photograph of unidentified buildings [university campus?] with a poem on verso of the photograph, [118] pp. These items were originally in a folder labelled (in JWW’s hand) “Keep to rewrite”. (88 items)
F.7 1967-1970. 264 poems. Holograph, loose pages, [123] pp. (179 items)
F.8 1967-1970 (primarily July to August, 1970). 74 poems, including “Island Lake” poems and “L.U.” [Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario] poems. Holograph, loose pages + one page typescript, [81] pp. (72 items)
F.9 1968-1969. 84 poems, including a notebook labelled (in JWW’s hand) “Poems Canada 68/69 - Not good enough” and misc. poems on Scotland. Holograph, spiral-bound notebook + loose pages, [103] pp. (items)
F.10 [1970]. 31 poems: “Calgary Days”. Holograph, spiral-bound notebook, loose pages + typescript, [51] pp. A leaf which appears to be from this notebook was found with and has been filed with items in Box 7, File 11. (20 items)
F.11 1970-[1971]. 161 poems: “Late Poems 1970-” + loose poems (some dating from 1967, one from 1952 and one from 1965) + 1 page of prose + 1 page [guest list?]. Holograph bound notebook + loose pages, [273] pp. (57 items)
F.12 [ca.1970-1973?]. 75 poems: “The Alternative Society: You, Love, and I” (see also File 20 in this box) + miscellaneous poems (two from the 1940s, one from 1964). Holograph, loose pages, [116] pp. (55 items)
F.13 August 1970 and September 1971. 18 poems. Holograph, notepad, [18] pp. (1 item)
F.14 [Early 1970s?]. 34 poems, most written in Scottish dialect. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “2”, [64 pp.]. (1 item)
F.15 [Early 1970s?]. 119 poems: “Rock, Tide, Time and Root” [i.e., Countryside Canada]. See also the next 2 files, Box 7, Files 13, 14 and 21, and Box 8, Files 6, 15 and 16. Holograph, spiral-bound notebook + loose pages, [218] pp. (107 items)
F.16 [Early 1970s?]. 73 poems: “Rock, Tide, Time and Root” [i.e., Countryside Canada]. See also previous file, next file, Box 7, Files 13, 14 and 21, and Box 8, Files 6, 15 and 16. Typescript and carbon typescript (mostly duplicates), [77] pp. (159 items)
F.17 [Early 1970s] (some dated “1970”). 82 poems [from Countryside Canada]. See also the two previous files and Box 7, Files 13, 14 and 21, and Box 8, Files 6, 15 and 16. Holograph, loose pages + photocopies, the latter dated "1970", [84] pp. (85 items)
F.18 [July to December, 1971]. 105 poems: “Later Poems. July 1971-[December 1971]”. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “III” on front cover, [176] pp. (1 item)
F.19 1971. “Poems - 1971”. 91 poems (many about birds). Holograph, spiral-bound notepad, [93] pp. (1 item)
F.20 September to October, 1971. 49 poems: “The Alternative Society - You and I, Love” (see also File 12 in this box) + [4] pp. geographical notes. Holograph, spiral notebook, [76] pp. (1 item)
F.21 1972. 134 poems: “Poems 1971”. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “IV” on front cover, [166] pp. (1 item)
F.22 1972. 1 poem: Scotland: The Great Upheaval. Two holograph drafts, one in a spiral-bound notebook, [45] pp., the other on loose pages, [40] pp. (12 items)
F.23 1972. 1 poem: Scotland: The Great Upheaval. Two cerlox-bound copies of the published work (The Bonaly Press: Edinburgh, [1972]). 34 pp. (5 items)
F.24 February to May, 1972. 98 poems. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “V” on front cover + 2 loose pages, [128] pp. (3 items)
F.25 April 1972. 83 poems. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “VI” on front cover + loose pages. The notebook also contains [12] pp. of geographical notes relating to Appalachia and American regional religious history. [199] pp. (13 items)

BOX 7
F.1 October 1972. 30 poems: “October Woods. For Jess”. Holograph, spiral-bound notebook + typescript and duplicate carbon typescript of the same, [117] pp. (63 items)
F.2 November 1972. 10 poems, including the longer poem, “Love in the Secular City”. Holograph, bound notebook, [99] poems. (1 item)
F.3 November 1972. 1 poem: “Love in the Secular City” + 6 pp. notes on ancient Scottish history + one-page reading list entitled “Scottish Place Names”. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “VIII” on front cover + photocopy of typescript (reading list), [114] pp. (2 items)
F.4 December 1972 to March 1973. 140 poems, including the longer poems, “My Ever Only Darling Love” (see also the file below), “Now That the Leaves are Falling” (see also File 6 in this box), “Beauty, Like Spring”, “In The Sweet Dark Night” (see also File 8 in this box), and “The Scottish Year” + one-page prose (excerpt from an historical novel, perhaps part of The Galloway Saga? (see Boxes 1 to 3) Holograph, bound notebook + one loose page, [178] pp. Some leaves have been removed (razored) from the notebook. (2 items)
F.5 December 1972. 15 poems: “My Every Only Darling Love. To Jessie”. Typescript, [26] pp. The poems in the file below were likely meant to accompany these poems. See also the above file. (26 items)
F.6 December 1972 to January 1973. 19 poems: “II . Now that the Leaves are Falling”. Typescript, [26] pp. This group of poems likely accompanies “My Every Only Darling Love” (see above file and File 4 in this box). (26 items)
F.7 January to February 1973. 54 poems: “For Jessie, These”. Holograph, spiral-bound notepad, [80] pp. (1 item)
F.8 March 1973. 32 poems: “In the Sweet Dark Night, Spring At Last”. Typescript, [34] pp. See also File 4 in this box. (34 items)
F.9 May to June 1973. 71 poems: “The Green Will”. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “IX” on front cover + 3 loose pages, [128] pp. The loose pages are 2 poems dated August 1973 and one poem dated 1 October 1980, entitled “Banff”. (4 items)
F.10 June, August, October to December 1973. 6 poems, including the longer poems, “High Noon at Dusk”, “Wounded with Love”, “Turn of the Year”, “Time and the World”. Holograph, bound notebook, labelled “ XII” . [185] pp. (1 item)
F.11 September and December 1973. 32 poems, including the longer poem, “In City Streets Constrained”. Holograph, stapled notebook + loose pages, [45] pp. One of the loose pages appears to be from the notebook in Box 6, File 10. (13 items)
F.12 December 1973. 23 poems: “The Fact, The Tree, The Hill”. Holograph, stapled notebook, [45] pp. (1 item)
F.13 1973. 99 poems (some duplicates), including “Thinking of You”, “Tantramar”, and
“Peggy’s Cove, N.S.”, the latter apparently from Countryside Canada (see Files 14 and 21 in this box, Box 6, Files 15 and 16 and Box 8, Files 6, 15 and 16). Holograph, loose pages + typescript and carbon typescript duplicate of same, [109] pp. See also next file. (88) items.
F.14 1973. 61 poems. [from Countryside Canada], including “Tantramar,” “Rideaus” and “The Barrens.” See also the above file and File 21 in this box, and Box 6, Files 15 and 16, and Box 8, Files 6, 15 and 16. Carbon typescript, [68] pp. (68 items)

Note: A number of the following files contain poems grouped under the titles “Wounds” or “Wounds of Love”. There appear to be three very distinct groups of poems, however. The first group, titled “Wounds” (File 15 in this box) and “Wounds of Love” (File 25 in this box, and File 7, Box 8), is secular, dealing with love and nature. The other two groups, also titled “Wounds of Love”, include those in File 18 in this box (“Wounds of Love III”), which are written in a Scottish dialect, and those in Files 16, 17, 20 and 25 in this box, and Files 1, 2, and 3 in Box 9, which explore religious themes. This latter group was published by JWW in 1985. For page proofs and copies of the book, see the previously mentioned files in Box 9.

F.15 [1973]. 74 poems. “Wounds I”. Holograph, spiral-bound notepad, [108] pp. See the note above this entry. The notebook also contains [4] pp. of prose (describing a man trying to revive an unconscious woman) and 2 sketched maps of [Roman?] forts with accompanying notes. (1 item)
F.16 1973 and 1980. 113 poems: “The Wounds of Love” + misc. poems. See note above the entry for File 15. 5 holograph, stapled notebooks + 1 writing tablet, [127] pp. (6 items)
F.17 [1973?]. 65 poems: “The Wounds of Love”. See note above the entry for File 15. Holograph, loose pages + typescript and duplicate typescript of same, with some holograph revisions, [144] pp. (143 items)
F.18 [1973?]. 7 poems (in Scottish dialect): “The Wounds of Love”. See note above the entry for File 15. Holograph, loose pages, [7] pp. (7 items)
F.19 February 1974. 26 poems: “Thinking of You”. Holograph. stapled notebook + typescript of same, [58] pp. (25 items)
F.20 March 1974 and October to December 1979. 43 poems: “The Wounds of Love” (see note above the entry for File 15) and miscellaneous poems. Holograph, stapled notebook (missing cover) + loose pages, [61] pp. (8 items)
F.21 April 1974 and January 1976. 51 poems, including the longer poems, “Birds on the Sweet Air Bring” (see also File 23 below and Box 8, File 2), “Young Love”, “Rock Barren, N.S.” and “Peggy’s Cove”. The latter two poems are from Countryside Canada (see also Files 13 and 14 in this box, Box 6, Files 15 and 16, and Box 8, Files 6, 15 and 16). Holograph, stapled notebook, [57] pp. Some pages have been removed (razored) from the notebook. (1 item)
F.22 [1974?]. 22 poems: “For Margaret-Anne”. Typescript, [20] pp. (20 items)
F.23 April 1974 and January 1976. 38 poems (some duplicates): “Birds in the Spring Air Bring”. Typescript + carbon typescript duplicates of most, [61] pp. See also File 21 above and Box 8, File 2. (61 items)
F.24 April to June 1974. 130 poems. Holograph, bound notebook + typescript of 7 poems, [141] pp. The notebook also contains 1 page of notes from The Myth of America (see note above the entry for Box 10, File 23). (9 items)
F.25 June to September 1974. 63 poems: “The Wounds of Love” (see note above the entry for File 15) + poems about South Africa and notes on trip to South Africa (July to August 1974). Holograph, spiral notepad, [99] pp. (1 item)
F.26 September to December 1974. 132 poems, including the longer poems: “Time and the Times”, “Ilium Refought”, and “Lavinia Given Hope”. Holograph, bound notebook + 1 loose page, [139] pp. (2 items)
F.27 1974. 41 poems: “Poems for Margaret-Anne Watson. The Sweet Dissent of Spring.” Holograph, stapled notebook, [56] pp. (1 item)

BOX 8
F.1 January 1, 1975. 24 poems: “The Lion of Earth and Air, for William Wolfe.” Heavily annotated typescript + duplicate carbon typescript, [60] pp. (50 items)
F.2 May to June 1975. 96 poems, including “For Jessie” (see also file below), “Birds in the Spring Air Bring” (see also Box 7, Files 21 and 23) + one page of holograph prose (incomplete), on the subject of retirement, entitled “Clothesline Daydreams,” written in a hand other than JWW’s (perhaps Jessie Watson’s? Portion of the text reads: “As a wife, I have a few rambling thoughts on this...”). Holograph, spiral notepad + 3 loose pages, [96] pp. (4 items)

F.3 [May to June 1975]. 70 poems (many duplicates): “For Jessie” (see also above file). Typescript + duplicate carbon typescript, [50] pp. (50 items)
F.4 November to December 1975, April to May 1976, January 1978, July 1982. 10 poems, including drafts and revisions of “The Anatomy of Love.” Holograph, bound notebook + loose pages, [88] pp. (16 items)
F.5 1975. 92 poems: “Cry the Fair City” [poems about Edinburgh] (see also File 8 in this box) and “The Omega of Days.” Holograph, bound notebook, [116] pp. (1 item)
F.6 1975 to 1976. 59 poems: The Anatomy of Hope” (see also File 4 in this box) and “Rock, Tide, Time and Root” (i.e., Countryside Canada - see also Box 6, Files 15 and 16, and Box 7, Files 13, 14 and 21 and Box 8, Files 15 and 16) + misc. poems. Holograph, spiral notepad, [91] pp. (1 item)
F.7 1975 to 1976. 70 poems: “Wounds of Love” (see also the note above the entry for Box 7, File 15), “Death and Dr. Aldwinckle.” (for correspondence between the Watson and Aldwinckle family, See Box 11). Holograph, spiral-bound notepad, [93] pp. (1 item)
F.8 1975 to 1980. 111 poems: “Cry the Fair City” [poems about Edinburgh]. See also File 5 and next file in this box. Holograph, bound notebook, [121] pp. (1 item)
F.9 [1975 to 1980]. 111 poems: “Cry the Fair City.” Typescript of poems in above file, [72] pp. (72 items)
F.10 1975 and 1981. 48 poems: Including “To My Students with Love”. Holograph, spiral-bound notepad, [57] pp. (1 item)
F.11 1976. 71 poems: Including 2 drafts of “Why Freedom?” [on interracial love], “The Lion of Earth and Air”, “The Fre[m?] Fowk”, and “The Hairt’s Gee” [the latter two written in Scottish dialect]. See also next file. Holograph, bound notebook + envelope, [139] pp.
(2 items)
F.12 [1976?]. 5 poems: “Why Freedom?”, “Scotland, Wake”, “The Lion Rampant”, “Sweet Summering”, “The Hairt’s Gee”, the latter two written in Scottish dialect. See also File 23 in this box for other drafts of some of these poems. The items in this file were originally in a document folder labelled (in JWW’s hand); “Poems submitted by James Wreford Watson, “Manotick”, 57 Bonaly Rd., Edinburgh, EH13 OPB.” Typescript (of many of the items in previous file), [22] pp. (22 items)
F.13 February 1978. 6 poems + [4] pp. geographical notes. Holograph, spiral notepad, [16] pp. (1 item)
F.14 November to December 197[8]. 25 poems + 1 news clipping (re: Jessie Watson’s appointment to presidency of the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton, [n.d.]). Holograph, bound notebook + typescript of same, [62] pp. Portions of the front endpaper and first leaf of the notebook have been removed. The notebook was apparently not presented to Jessie by JWW until “Xmas 88”, although the poems were “Written ten years ago...”. (28 items)
F.15 1979. 30 poems: Countryside Canada. One heavily annotated copy of the published work (Fiddlehead Poetry: Fredericton, 1979). It would appear that JWW used this copy during readings and accompanying photographic slide shows, since there are 19 slips of paper, marked with holograph notes on Canada, inserted loosely into the book and many of these slips contain references to slide numbers, as does some of the book’s marginalia. See also the next file and Box 6, Files 15 and 16, Box 7, Files 13, 14 and 21, and Box 8, File 6. (20 items)

F.16 1979. Countryside Canada. Six copies of the published work (Fiddlehead Poetry: Fredericton, 1979). One copy signed, another lightly annotated. See also previous file and Box 6, Files 15 and 16, Box 7, Files 13, 14 and 21, and Box 8, File 6. (6 items)

F.17 1979 to 1982. 47 poems. Holograph, stapled notepad, [48] poems. (1 item)
F.18 June, 1980. 13 poems: “Urr Valley”. Holograph, spiral-bound notepad, [13] pp. (1 item)
F.19 [1980?]. 52 poems: [“Cry, Why?”] Poems about interracial love. The introduction states that the author is “following up, though in a different way, a poem sequence [he] once published in the Canadian Forum, beginning” “One world we want...”. “See also the following file. Holograph, bound notebook + loose pages, [69] pp. Many of the first leaves of the notebook have been removed (razored). (5 items)
F.20 [1980?]. 76 poems + introductory note: “Cry, Why?” (see also previous file). Typescript of poems in previous file, in binder, [78] pp. On a label on the front cover of the binder is written the following (in JWW's hand): “Cry why? by James Wreford. Manuscript submitted by Prof. James Wreford Watson, Centre of Canadian Studies, Edinburgh University ... Scotland”. (79 items)
F.21 [1980 to 1982?]. 20 poems: “The Ruined Croft” + misc. poems. Typescript, loose pages, [26] pp. (26 items)
F.22 1980 to 1982. 13 poems: “Suddenly All the Morning Skies”. Holograph, stapled notebook + typescript and duplicate carbon typescript of the first 12 poems, [37] pp.
(25 items)
F.23 [1980]. 97 poems: All originally in an envelope labelled: “Cry the Fair City” [poems about Edinburgh]. The poems include “Scotland, Wake”, “The Lion Rampant”. “The Hairt’s Gree” and “Sweet Summering” (the latter two written in Scottish dialect). See also File 12 in this box. On two of the holograph pages are pencil sketches of urban scenes, presumably by JWW. The file also includes 14 pp. of notes on urban landscapes. Holograph, loose pages + typescript and duplicate carbon typescript of many of the poems, [113] pp. (111 items)
F.24 1981. 67 poems: [On p. 1:] “To Jessie with love from Wreford, Happy Xmas, ’81”. [On p. [3]: “Canadian Seasons”. See also the two following files, and Box 6, Files 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Box 9, File 8. Based on the handwriting, the final two poems appear to have been written later than 1981. Holograph, cloth-covered notebook, [90] pp. (1 item)
F.25 1981. 67 poems: “Canadian Seasons, Xmas, ’81, To Jessie with Love”. These items were originally in a document folder labelled (in JWW’s hand): “Canadian Seasons. Poems by James Wreford, sent by James Wreford Watson, “Broomhill,” Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG5 4LG, Scotland”. Typescript of poems in previous file, [75] pp. See also the previous and next files, Box 6, Files 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Box 9, File 8.
(75 items)
F.26 [1981]. 65 poems: “Canadian Seasons”. Typescript of poems in File 24 of this box. This typescript differs from that in the previous file. The poems herein have different line endings and a few have been revised. Typescript, [65] pp. See also the two previous files, Box 6, files 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Box 9, File 8. (65 items)
F.27 1982. 9 poems + 5 pp. geographical notes. Holograph, stapled notebook, [14] pp.
(1 item)
F.28 1982. 11 poems, including “The Greening Heart”, “The Man Universal” and “Our Everlastingness” + a poem by Margaret Watson (JWW’s daughter) entitled, “Peace”. Holograph, bound notebook + 2 loose pages, [45] pp. (3 items)
F.29 December 1982. 25 poems: “The Weighill Poems. To Jessie, Dec ’83”. Holograph, bound notebook, [31] pp. (1 item)

BOX 9
F.1 1984. The Wounds of Love. Photocopies of page proofs from the Alna Press edition (see next file), heavily annotated, [38] pp. See also the note above the entry for File 15,
Box 7. (38 items)
F.2 1984. The Wounds of Love. Six copies of the published work. (Alna Press: Broxburn, Scotland, 1985). See also previous and next files. (6 items)
F.3 1985. Review of The Wounds of Love in Life and Work: The Record of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, August 1985. See also previous two files. (1 item)
F.4 [n.d.]. 39 poems: “The Aspen Belt in N. Canada and Other Prairie Poems”. Carbon typescript, loose pages, [40] pp. (41 items)
F.5 [n.d.]. 14 poems. Misc. titles, including several love poems. Typescript + carbon typescript duplicate, [14] pp. (28 items)
F.6 [n.d.]. 3 poems, including “Personal Reaction (to the Heeney-Merchant Report)”. Holograph, loose pages + typescript of 2 of the poems, [4] pp. (4 items)
F.7 [n.d.]. 27 poems: “Why Cry for this Freedom?”. Holograph, bound pocket notebook, [62] pp. (1 item)
F.8 [n.d.]. 71 poems, including selections from Of Time and the Lover (see Box 5, Files 9 and 21), and Canadian Seasons (see Box 6, Files 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Box 8, Files 24, 25 and 26). Typescript, loose pages, [97] pp. (97 items)
F.9 [n.d.]. 50 poems. Originally in a folder labelled (in JWW’s hand): “Dubious”. Dated works include: “Come Away, Love” (February 1951), [“A conceit on Reading the Early Yeats”] (26 August 1955), “Lovely O Love” (9 March 1966), and “St. Abb’s Head” (14 June 1968). Holograph, loose pages + 2 typescript pages, [68] pp. (58 items)
F.10 [n.d.]. 50 poems. Those works which are dated (and mostly untitled) generally fall between the years 1965 and 1970. Holograph, loose pages [71] pp. (57 items)
F.11 Contemporary Verse: A Canadian Quarterly, Victoria, B.C., Vol. 1, No. 4 (June 1942). Includes 3 poems by JWW. 2 copies. First Statement: Canadian Prose and Poetry, Montreal, Vol. 2, No. 5 (March 1944). 1 poem by JWW. 2 copies. (4 items)
F.12 [n.d.]. [Lecture?] notes on “The Montreal [poetry] Group” which “consists of 3 groups: a) The McGill Fortnightly & Canadian Mercury Group, b) The First Statement Group, and c) The Preview Group”. JWW discusses such poets as A.M. Klein and F.R. Scott. Holograph, loose pages, [9] pp. (5 items)

III Geographical Writings
Watson’s professional career as a geographer began in 1937 when he joined the staff of Sheffield University after completing his M.A. at the University of Edinburgh. Two years later, he opened a Department of Geography at McMaster University which was established as a full department in 1945 at which time Watson became its first Professor and Head. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto and then began working for the Canadian government as chief of the geographical bureau of the Department of Mines and Resources in 1949. Watson returned to his native Scotland and taught at the University of Edinburgh from 1954 to 1982. During that time he maintained close ties with Canada, founding the departments of geography at both Carleton and Queen’s universities, and serving as visiting professor at a several Canadian universities.

Watson was the author of many books on geographical subjects, including North America: Its Countries and Regions (1963), Canada, Problems and Prospects (1968) and Social Geography of the United States (1979). As well, he contributed to numerous geographical journals and textbooks. Although by no means complete, these writings are represented in his papers in the form of manuscripts, typescripts and some page proofs of articles and longer works, and copies of the journals in which he was published.

The items have been arranged in chronological order. Items in Box 11, File 18, which include JWW’s curriculum vitae and a bibliography of his geographical works, were helpful in dating some of these materials. This series also includes a small number of maps found among JWW’s papers, located in the final file of this series.

BOX 10
F.1 November, 1943. Journal article: “Urban Developments in the Niagara Peninsula” in Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, Toronto, Vol. 9, No. 4 (November 1943), pp. 463-486. Offprint. (1 item)
F.2 May, 1945. Journal article: “Hamilton and its Environs” in Canadian Geographical Journal, Ottawa, Vol. XXX, No. 5 (May 1945), pp. 240-252. Copy of the journal.
(1 item)
F.3 1946. Essay: “Industrial and Commercial Development” in The Hamilton Centennial 1846-1946. Edited by Alexander H. Wingfield. (The Hamilton Centennial Committee: Hamilton, 1946), pp. 21-39. Copy of the publication. (1 item)
F.4 June 1946. Journal article: “Mapping a Hundred Years of Change in the Niagara Peninsula” in Canadian Geographical Journal, Ottawa, Vol. XXXII, No. 6 (June 1946), pp. 266-28[3]. Copy of the journal. (1 item)
F.5 September 1947. Journal article: “Rural Depopulation in Southwestern Ontario” in Annals of the Association of American Geographers, [Washington], Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, pp. (September 1947), pp. 145-154. Offprint. (1 item)
F.6 1951. Government publication: An Introduction to the Geography of the Canadian Arctic. Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Services, Geographical Branch (Ottawa, 1951). Canadian Geography Information Series No. 2. Introduction written by JWW, who was then Director, Geographical Branch. Copy of the publication. (1 item)
F.7 1952. Journal article: “Geography in Relation to the Physical and Social Sciences” in Revue Canadienne de Geographie, Montreal, Vol. VI (1952), pp. [3]-11. Copy of the journal. (1 item)
F.8 1953. Journal article: “The Progress of Geography” in The Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, Toronto, Vol. XIX, No. 2 (May 1953), pp. [253]-261. Two offprints. (2 items)
F.9 1955. Journal article: “Geography - A Discipline in Distance” in The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Edinburgh, Vol. 71, No. 1 (1955). pp. 1-13. Offprint. (1 item)
F.10 April 1956. Journal article: “The Land of Canada” in Canadian Geographical Journal, Ottawa, (April 1956), pp. [2-30]. Offprint. (1 item)
F.11 [1957]. Essay: “The Sociological Aspects of Geography”. Chapter XX in Geography in the Twentieth Century, edited by Griffith Taylor. (The Philosophical Library and Methuen: New York & London, [1957]), pp.463-499. Offprint. (1 item)
F.12 [1962?]. Essays: “The Rise and Growth of Edinburgh” (pp. ii-ii) and “Institutions of Edinburgh” (pp. 21-22) in An Atlas of Edinburgh. (The Edinburgh Branch of the Geographical Association: [Edinburgh, 1962?]). See also next file. 2 copies of the publication. (2 items)
F.13 [1962?]. Essay: “Edinburgh: The Geographical Basis”. This essay is a longer version of JWW’s essay, “The Rise and Growth of Edinburgh”, published in An Atlas of Edinburgh (see previous file). Photocopy of typescript, 13 pp. The file also contains a (much-used) map of Edinburgh, [title portion of the map is missing], published by The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, copyright John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., [n.d.]. 102 x 126 cm. (14 items)
F.14 1962. Journal article: “Canada and its Regions” in The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Edinburgh, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 137-149. Offprint. (1 item)
F.15 [1964]. Journal article: “Geography and World Population” in Developments in Geography, [n.p.], No. 3, pp. 76-97. Two offprints. (2 items)
F.16 1965. Journal article: “Canadian Regionalism in Life and Letters” in The Geographical Journal, London, Vol. 131, Part I (March 1965), pp. [21]-33. Three offprints. (3 items)
F.17 December 1965. Journal article: “Geography and Growth in Scotland” in The Journal of Geography, [Macomb, Il., etc.], Vol. LXIV, No. 9 (December 1965), pp. 398-414. Offprint. (1 item)
F.18 1967. Lecture: “Mental Images and Geographical Reality in the Settlement of North America”. University of Nottingham. Cust Foundation Lecture 1967. [24] pp. Three reprints. (3 items)
F.19 1968. Lecture and essay: “Concluding Remarks” from The Exploding City (Seminar on Urban Growth and the Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 1968). Published in The Exploding City, edited by W.D.C. Wright and D.H. Stewart. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [1972], pp. 188-189. Offprint. (1 item)
F.20 1968. Essay: “The Natural Scene”. Chapter 1 in American Civilization: An Introduction, edited by A.N.J. den Hollander and Sigmund Skard. (Longman’s: London, 1968), pp. 1-34. Three offprints + photocopy [of the published work]. (37 items)
F.21 1968. Essay: “Canada’s Geography and Geographies of Canada” in The Canadian Cartographer, Toronto, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1 June 1968), pp. 25-36. Two offprints. (1 items)
F.22 [1970]. [Essay? Lecture?]: “Image Geography: The Myth of America and the American Scene”. Heavily annotated, holograph, spiral-bound notebook, [34] pp. It should be noted that this title is the same title as that of the Presidential Address JWW delivered to the Geography Section of the British Association for Advancement of Science in 1970, so this may in fact be the text he used for that address. The numerous footnotes in the text, however, suggest that it was likely also prepared for publication. The theme of this [essay] is also similar, and may thus have some connection, to the monograph manuscript in the next 4 files. See also the following note. (1 item)

   Note: The monograph manuscript in the next 4 files, variously titled Mind and Land in America or The Myth of America in the American Scene does not appear to have been published in the form in which it here appears. Portions of the ms. are similar to JWW’s essays in The American Environment: Perceptions and Policies, edited by JWW and Timothy O’Riordan (Wiley & Sons: London, 1976). Unfortunately, no further information on this ms. is extant in JWW’s papers. See also Box 7, File 24.

F.23 [1970?]. Monograph manuscript: Mind and Land in America. Chapters 1-7. Typescript, pp. 1-276. See also the previous file and the next 3 files. (277 items)
F.24 [1970?]. Monograph manuscript: Mind and Land in America. Chapters 8-12. Typescript, pp. 277-553. See also the 2 previous files and the next 2 files. (277 items)
F.25 [1970?]. Monograph manuscript: Mind and Land in America also titled The Myth of America in the American Scene (JWW has crossed out the former title and written in the latter.) Chapters 1-7. Carbon typescript of items in File 23, pp. 1-276. See also the previous 3 files and the next file. (277 items)
F.26 [1970?]. Monograph manuscript: Mind and Land in America also titled The Myth of America in the American Scene. (JWW has crossed out the former title and written in the latter title above Chapter 1 in the previous file.) Chapters 8-12. Carbon typescript of items in File 24, pp. 277-553. See also the 4 previous files. (277 items)
F.27 [1972]. Journal article: “Canada and its Environment” in The Geography Journal, London, Vol. 138, (1972), pp. 228-231. Offprint. (3 items)
F.28 1974. Essay: “Geography and the Development of the U.S.A.” Chapter 1 in The United States: A Companion to American Studies. Edited by Dennis Sydney Reginald Welland (Methuen: London, [1974]), pp. [13]-58. Three sets of photocopies of Chapter 1.
(72 items)
F.29 [1975 or later]. Paper: “Canada par l’image”. Photocopy of typescript, 23 pp.
(23 items)
F.30 [1976]. Lecture, subsequently a journal article: “Adam Smith and New Town Edinburgh”. The first page of the ms. is a list of slides which apparently accompanied the text. The text itself dates from 1969 or later, and was subsequently published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series IV, 14 (1976).
F.31 1976. Journal article: “Land Use and Adam Smith” A Bicentennial Note” in Scottish Geographical Magazine, Edinburgh, Vol. 92 (1976), pp. 128-134. Offprint. (1 item)
F.32 [1976 or later]. Lecture: “Coast and Cariboo in British Colombia: Contrasts in Land and Literature”. [Presidential Address to the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers, 1976.] Lightly annotated typescript, [34] pp. JWW’s “list”, entitled “A Geographer’s Odyssey” (see Box 11, File 18) states that this lecture was to have been published in Humanistic Geography and Literature: Essays on the Experience of Place, edited by Douglas Pocock (Croom Helm: London, 1981), however, it does not appear in that publication. (34 items)
F.33 [1977 or later]. Essay: “Place, People and Prejudice: An Essay in Value Geography” also titled, “Freedom and Felicity: An Essay in Value Geography”. Holograph, stapled notebook, [25] pp. The essay discusses Edinburgh. Many of the first leaves have been removed (razored). (1 item)
F.34 [1979 or later]. Essay: “People, prejudice and place”. Chapter 6 in unidentified book, pp. 93-109. Page proofs. (10 items)
F.35 1979. Lecture: “Place, Prejudice and People: The Changing Face of Edinburgh from Mediaeval to Modern Times”. Delivered at Carleton University, 26 November, 1979. Partial holograph stapled pages + photocopied typescript of complete text, [42] pp. The file also contains a reproduction of a drawing of St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.
(54 items)
F.36 [1979 or later]. Essay: “Canada and the United States: Having Tea with a Boaconstrictor”. Annotated photocopy of typescript, 28 pp. (28 items)
F.37 1983. Lecture, subsequently journal article: “The Soul of Geography”. Presidential Address delivered at the Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers, Edinburgh, January 1983. Published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, London, N.S. Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 385-399. Typescript [21 pp.] + duplicate photocopy + 2 advance offprints + 2 final offprints. (46 items)
F.38 1983. Book review: “Concepts and Themes in the Regional Geography of Canada by J. Lewis Robinson...1983”. Typescript, [2] pp. (2 items)
F.39 1983. Essay: “Centre and Periphery: The Transfer of Urban Ideas from Britain to Canada”. Chapter 13 in The Expanding City: Essays in Honour of Professor Jean Gottman, edited by John Patten. (Academic Press: London, 1983), pp. [382]-411. Three offprints. (3 items)
F.40 [198?]. Essay: “A Lifepath in Geography”. Holograph, loose pages, [12] pp. The essay traces JWW’s geographical education and career. The introductory paragraph states that the essay was to be included in The Practice of Geography in Scotland. No record for such a publication was located. (12 items)
F.41 [n.d.] [Monograph?] ms. Southwest Scotland. Holograph, loose, folded pages, as follows: outline (3 pp.); draft of Part I (20 pp.); completed draft (40 pp.) heavily annotated in another hand (perhaps Jessie Watson’s?); photocopies (some duplicates) of portions of an unidentified map. See also the next 3 files, especially note in entry for File 43.
(28 items)
F.42 [n.d.]. Misc. items originally with those in the previous file, as follows: one-page photocopy showing six small maps of Scottish settlements, [n.d.]; one-page photocopy of four-page article entitled “Grants for Livestock” [i.e., government grants], [n.d.];
2 mimeographed pages, one a chart listing different kinds of cattle, grass and grain acreage, etc., the other discussing a particular farm near Dalbeattie; 1 page of holograph notes [in JWW’s hand] on agriculture in southwest Scotland; 8 pages of misc. photocopied typescript (a few pages are dated “March 1975”) entitled, “S.W. Region Excursion: Balcary to Glentrool, Clatterinshaw, and return”; 6 pp. photocopied typescript entitled, “Scotland”, signed by JWW. See also the previous file and the next two files, especially the note in the entry for File 43. (19 items)
F.43 [n.d.] [Monograph?] ms. Southwest Scotland. [Apparently unpublished]. Heavily annotated typescript, 61 pp. + original envelope. Note: The envelope which originally contained these items is labelled: “Jessie’s Thesis”. See also 2 previous files and next file. (61 items)
F.44 [n.d.] [Monograph?] ms. Southwest Scotland. [Apparently unpublished]. Typescript
(61 pp.) + two photocopies of typescript. One photocopied set has been lightly annotated, and has two versions of p. 37. See also 3 previous files, especially the note in the entry for File 43. (184 items)

BOX 11
F.1 [n.d.] [Audio script?]: “Water”. Incomplete, holograph, folded pages, [4] pp. The text indicates that certain sounds are to be inserted at particular points, eg., “sound of rainfall”. On the last page is statistical information relating to immigration. (1 item)
F.2 [n.d.]. Endnotes from unidentified essay. Heavily annotated [by editor?] photocopy of typescript, pp. 24-37. (34 items)
F.3 Maps of Canada. The file contains three maps, as follows:
Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Topographical map, No. 31 D/NW. Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962. Printed 1965. 63.5 x 74.5 cm.
            
Manitoba, Canada. Satellite Image Map (Sheet No. 10 Winter). Topographical Survey, Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1975. 62.5 x 44 cm.

Canada. “Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France...”. [Reproduction of map by Guillaume Del’Isle, published in Amsterdam, c. 1730.] + 1 p. photocopy [supplied by archivist] providing cartobibliographical information. 55 x 75 cm. (4 items)

Academic Awards & Honours
During his long and distinguished career as a geographer, James Wreford Watson received honorary degrees from several universities and was also the recipient of the Northern Telecom International Prize for Canadian Studies in 1984. The files in this series contain correspondence, convocation programmes, photographs and other items relating to these awards. The series begins with the files relating to academic honours, arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the institution. These are followed by files relating to other awards, arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the granting institution. Please note that copies of many of the degrees themselves can be found in Box 12.

F.4 Carleton University, 4 November 1979. JWW the recipient of Doctor of Laws. The file includes 2 copies of the convocation programme, a lightly annotated typescript copy of JWW’s Convocation Address (marked “Revised Text”), and copies of the citation prepared for JWW’s degree, and misc. correspondence and news clippings relating to the granting of the degree. The file also contains copies of flyers advertising 2 lectures and a poetry reading by JWW at Carleton, and a copy of a 1985 news clipping re: Carleton’s Jessie and Wreford Watson Award in Geography. (45 items)
F.5 McMaster University, 28 May, 1977. JWW the recipient of Doctor of Laws. The file includes a copy of the press release and subsequent news clippings, 3 copies of the convocation programme (one containing instructions for JWW and a typescript copy of a poem by James Morton, entitled “The Prairie Cemetery”, 2 congratulatory telegrams, and 3 black and white photographs showing JWW receiving his degree. A few items in this file relate to JWW’s appearance as the guest of honour at a reception held at McMaster 30 May 1987, following the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. (29 items)
F.6 Queen’s University, 1 June 1985. JWW the recipient of Doctor of Laws. The file contains a holograph ms. of JWW’s convocation address, 8 pp. See also File 9 in this box. (4 items)
F.7 University of Calgary, 5 June 1981. JWW the recipient of Doctor of Laws. The file contains news clippings, correspondence, typescript of JWW’s convocation address, and copy of convocation programme. (19 items)
F.8 University of Edinburgh, 23 June 1979. Dinner honoring the 25th anniversary of JWW’s appointment to the Chair of Geography. File contains a copy of the invitation to the dinner, and a typescript (2 pp.) describing his achievements. (3 items)
F.9 York University, 21 June 1985. JWW the recipient of Doctor of Laws. File contains heavily annotated typescript (13 pp.) of his convocation address (adapted from his address delivered at Queen’s University ceremony - see File 6 in this box) + photocopy of same, as well as 2 copies of his citation. (35 items)
F.10 Northern Telecom International Prize for Canadian Studies. 17 February 1984. Correspondence, programme, news clippings and misc. items relating to JWW’s receipt of the award. See also the next 2 files. (74 items)
F.11 Northern Telecom International Prize for Canadian Studies. 17 February 1984. Letters of congratulations. See also previous and next file. (9 items)
F.12 Northern Telecom International Prize for Canadian Studies. 17 February 1984. Twenty black & white photographs and 38 colour photographic slides of the awards ceremony.
(48 items)
F.13 Scottish Geographical Medal. 28 September 1984. Typescript letter informing JWW that he is to receive the medal. (1 item)

Miscellanea
This series includes a variety of items, some personal and others relating to JWW’s professional and literary careers. The types of items include photographs, notebooks and correspondence. Of particular note are the two travel journals (File 23) and the correspondence between the Watsons and the Aldwinckle family whom they had befriended in Canada which offers insight into the later years of the Watsons’ lives.

F.14    Articles about JWW, 1949-1979. (6 items)
F.15 British Association for Canadian Studies. Newsletter (1984, no. 1) + news clipping about its establishment [n.d.]. (4 items)
F.16 Correspondence. Typed letter “To Jessie and Wref”, unsigned. Dated 29 January 1985 at “Burnside, Bulawayo”. The letter includes the outline of a novel. [6] pp. (6 items)
F.17 Correspondence. Two holograph letters written by JWW, the first to “Jim” (Prof. Jim. Bird, Southampton University), the second to “John” (Prof. John Small, Southampton University), both dated 4 March 1988. JWW states in one letter: “You’ve caught me just out of hospital, where I've been for several months with a stroke.” 2 pp. (2 items)
F.18 Curriculum vitae, [1978] and [1986] (each 6 pp.) + “James Wreford Watson: A bibliography of his geographical writings” [1983 or later] (4 pp.) + “A Geographer’s Odyssey: Trends in British Geography” [i.e., a biographical summary of JWW’s life as a geographer] (2 pp.) + a one-page biography of JWW (1979). (19 items)
F.19 McMaster University. Miscellaneous items including the McMaster Silhouette “50th Anniversary Issue” (6 December 1979), a copy of a literary magazine published by the university, entitled, The Muse (November 1944) + a copy of the university’s Department of University Extension calendar for 1956-1957. (3 items)
F.20 Photographs. JWW and Jessie Watson. One black & white photograph, [taken in Canada?], [194?] + 2 colour photographs taken in Scotland, [1984]. File also contains 1 black & white photograph of JWW with an unidentified man at convocation ceremony [Edinburgh?], [1965]. (3 items)
F.21 Photographs. JWW. One black & white photograph [taken at Dalbeattie, Scotland] + 3 colour photographs showing JWW at unidentified convocation ceremonies. These photographs all appear to date from the 1970s or 1980s. (4 items)
F.22 The Royal Society of Canada. Notice of membership dues (1980), programme from Annual Meeting, 6-9 June 1976, and brochure describing the society. (4 items)
F.23 Travel Journals. Two bound notebooks, the first describing a driving trip from Ontario to British Colombia ([121] pp.) and the second from British Columbia to Alberta, [110] pp., taken in 1960. The notebooks contain holograph notes, primarily in JWW’s hand, describing landscape, buildings and towns, (eg., “Near Duncan, small farm still quite pioneer in aspect with some of the oats harvested in fields still having big tree stumps and roots”) plus numerous sketches of landscapes and buildings and a few of totem poles.
(2 items)
F.24 Pocket notebook. Contains list of travel expenses (British Columbia), 2 poems (one on a loose leaf, dated 6 July 1951) + brief passages on people and [conversations?], [46] pp. Some of the leaves have been removed [razored] from the notebook. (2 items)
F.25 Jessie Watson. Journal article. “On the Teaching of Value Geography” in Geography, [London] Vol. 62, Part 3 (July 1977), pp. 198-204. Offprints. (6 items)
F.26 Jamie Watson. Essay. “The Role of Pottery in the Culture of Peoples” [1975 or later]. Carbon typescript, [40] pp. (40 items)
F.27 Miscellaneous items: JWW’s Scottish Universities Entrance Board Certificate, 27 May 1932 + invitation to reception at Canadian High Commissioner, 21 November 1974 + request to support fellowship application 2 February 1984. (21 items)
F.28 Miscellaneous notes on American novels [1969?], including The Great Gatsby, A Farewell to Arms and The Bear + notes on Appalachian strip mining. Holograph, loose pages, [27] pp. (14 items)

Second accrual (18-1993): Files 29-30.
F.29 Photographs, as follows: 8 loose colour photographs, taken in May & June, 1986 at or near the Watsons’ home (“Broomhill,” Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland), showing JWW, Jessie Watson and female visitors. 10 colour photographs in a small photo album, some of the photos dated “1984”. The album includes photos of JWW, Jessie, and their children, Margaret and Jamie, and Jamie’s wife, Beverley, as well as a photo of [the family pet?] - a very handsome spaniel named “Craigie”. 1 colour photograph of JWW wearing academic robes, date and occasion not identified, although it appears to date from the 1980s.
F.30 Correspondence. 21 letters (including some on postcards) from JWW and/or Jessie Watson to Muriel and Russell Aldwinckle, dating from the summer of 1984 to June of 1989. The letters deal primarily with family and personal matters, although a few written by JWW contain a few details about his geographical and literary endeavours of that time. One letter from Jessie, dated “24.2.86”, charts her and JWW’s lives from the time they met up until the time the letter was written. (41 items)

Third accrual (24-1995)
F.31 1950s Correspondence. 8 letters and 2 post cards from Wreford and Jessie Watson to Muriel and Russell Aldwinckle... Also one letter from David Aldwinckle to his parents.
F.32 1960s Correspondence. 9 letters and 3 postcards from Wreford and Jessie Watson to the Aldwinckles.
F.33 1980s Correspondence. 1 letter from Wreford Watson to Muriel Aldwinckle.
F. 34 Greeting cards, 1950s - 1980s; 7 items.
F.35 Photographs of Jessie and Wreford Watson, some including their children and the Aldwinckles; 8 items.

Fourth accrual (06-2001): File 36
F. 36 Aldwinckle family. Letters, cards and photographs, 1948-1988, and obituary notice.

Oversize materials (Map Cabinet 28)
Awards and Honours:
York University, Doctor of Laws, June 1985
Royal Geographical Society, Murchison Grant certificate, June 1960
Association of American Geographers, Citation for Meritorious Contribution, April, 1954
Carleton University, Doctor of Laws, November, 1979
Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Diploma of Fellowship, December 1961
Royal Society of Canada, Diploma Aggregationis, June 1953
University of Edinburgh, Masters of Arts, July, 1936
University of Toronto, PhD, June, 1945
Miscellaneous:
Manuscript map: “Manufacturing Industries, Trade, Industry” Finances - VII 2, Manufacturing Centres, Eastern Canada.” [n.d.], 51 x 69 cm.
Photocopy of “Very Old Chinese Proverb”, written in calligraphy. “If there be righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character...”. [n.d.] (9 items)

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