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Writers’ Union Fifth to Ninth Accruals

Fifth Accrual (41-2008). – 1979-2008. – 26 cm of textual records and graphic material. – 504 photographs.
This accrual consists of photographs of authors as well as newsletters, pamphlets and web snapshots.

Box 263
Photographs – predominantly b & w; some col. The original file folders note that these are duplicates. Many of the photographs are not dated. For those that are the date range is 1979-1997.

F.1       Photographs A-B – 81 photos
Wilma E. Alexander
Marguerite Andersen
Ann Alma
Jan Andrews
Margaret Atwood
James Bacque; also a dust-jacket of his book, The Lonely Ones
John B. Ballem; also biographical information
Byrna R. Barclay
Joan Barfoot
Joyce C. Barkhouse
Michael Barnes
Ted (Theodore) Barros
Bob Barton
Jack Batten
Nancy Bauer
Bernie Bedore
Henry Beissel
Eugene Benson
Steven Benstead
Pierre Berton
Sandra Birdsell
Arthur Black
Fred Bodsworth
Alice Boissonneau
Lynne Bowen
Marilyn Bowering
J. Patrick Boyer
Karleen Bradford
Marianne Bradis
Di Braudl
Brian Brett
Ron Brown
Michael Bullock
Brian Burtch
Sharon Butala

F.2       Photographs C-G, 99 photos
Silver Donald Cameron
Barbara Carey
David Carpenter
Norma Mae Charles
Veronika Martenova Charles
Ann Charney
Lesley Choyce
Joan Clark
George Elliot Clarke
Matt Cohen
Robert Collins
Jan Conn
Gregory Cook
Hugh Cook
Flavia Cosma
Janice Cowan
Susan M. Crean
Jillian Dagg
Aubrey Davis
Robertson Davies
William Devrell
Mary Alice Downie
Jan Drabek
Sharon Drache
Stan Dragland
Frances Duncan
Jacqueline Dumas
Sarah Ellis
Cary Fagan
Dorothy Farmiloe
Charlie Farquharson (i.e. Don Harron)
Cliff Faulknor
Trevor Ferguson
Joy Fielding
Timothy Findley
Esther Fine
Joan Finnigan Mackenzie
Edith Fowke
Mark Frutkin
Robert Fulford
Priscilla Galloway
Lawrence (Larry) Garber
Greg Gatenby
Graeme Gibson
Rachna Gilmore
Douglas Glover
Cilia Godkin
Donald R. Gordon
LeRoy Gorman
Carolyn Gossage
Charlotte Gray
Dorothy Grant
Linda Granfield
Terence M. Green
Barbara Greenwood
Barry Grills
Phyllis Grosskurth
Dennis Gruending
Laurel Dee Gugler
Sylvia Gunnery
Richard Gwyn

F.3       Photographs H-L, 130 photos
Joan Haggerty
Max Haines
Phil Hall
Maxine Hancock
Robert (Bob) Harlow
Dorothy Joan Harris
Keith Harrison
Ted Harrison
Don Harron see also Charlie Farquharson
Anne Hart
Elisabeth Harvor
Barbara Haworth-Attard
Emily Hearn
Dorris Heffron
Steven Heighton
David Helwig
Stephen Henighan
Michael F. Hennessey
Doris Hillis
Hélène P. Holden
Greg Hollingshead
Blanche Howard
Irene Howard
Angela Hryniuk
Isabel Huggan
Aislinn Hunter
Bernice Thurman Hunter
Edith Iglauer
Ann Ireland
Kevin Irie
Francees Itani
Beth Jankola
Marvyne Jenoff
Gordon K. Johnson
Leanne M. Jones
Vancy Kasper
Welwyn Wilton Katz
Donald Robert Keating
J.K. Keefer
Betty C. Keller
Heather Kellerhals-Stewart
M.T. Kelly
Betty Kennedy
Penny Kemp
Fred Kerner
Susan Kerslake
Deirdre Kessler
David Keyho
Ann Knight
Valerie Knowles
Joy Kogawa
Gordon Korman
Myrna Kostash
Elizabeth Kouhi
Pat Krause
Philip Kreiner
Paul Kropp
Robert Kroetsch
Anita Krumins
Julie Lawson
Betty Lee
Dennis Lee
Terry Leeder
Diane Carmel Leger
Helen I. Levi
Allan Levine
Norma West Linder
Jean Little
Alison Pirot Lohans
Janet Lunn

F.4       Photographs M-P, 85 photos
J. Hugh MacDonald
Claire MacKay
Alistair MacLeod
Joan Magee
Carol Malyon
Linda Manning
Ainslie Manson
Daphne Marlatt
Shelia Martindale
Dona Paul Massel
Carol Matas
Shirlee Matheson
Robin D. Mathews
Rhona McAdam
Michael J. McDonald
Peri McQuay
Lila Mehta
John Melady
George Melnyk
Heather Menzies
Judith Merril
Roy Miki
Tololwa M. Mollel
Christopher Moore
Tom Moore
Patricia Morley
Stephen Morrissey
Hope Morritt
Daniel David Moses
John Moss
Erin Moure
Claire Mowat
Robert Munsch
Hilda Chaulk Murray
Susan Musgrave
Betty Nickerson
Peter C. Newman
Frank O’Keeffe
Michael Ondaatje
Paul O’Neill
Sandra Orr
P.K. Page
Myra Paperny
Erna Paris
Kalwant Singh Parmar
John Parr
George T. Payerle
Kit Pearson
Edward O. Phillips
Helen Porter
Bruce Allen Powe
Betty Pratt-Johnson

F.5       Photographs Q-S, 57 photos
Katie Rekai
T.F. Rigelhof
Ken Rivard
Kevin Roberts
Heather Robertson
Ajmer Rode
Carmen Rodriguez
Ronald Rompkey
Zoltan P. Rona
Leon Rooke
Veronica Ross
Claire Rothman
Holley Rubinsky
Ronald Ruskin
Lake Sagaris
Estelle Salata
John Ralston Saul
Candace Savage
Jeanne Scargall
Bill Schermbruker
Andreas Schroeder
Maggie Siggins
Josef Skvorecky
Ian Slater
Ron Smith
Donna E. Smyth
Glen Sorestad
Mary Soderstrom
Ted Staunton
Hubert J. Squires
Fred Stenson
Kathy Stinson
Peter Such
Rosemary Sullivan
Merna Summers
George Swede
David Szanto

F.6       Photographs T-Z, 52 photos
Charles Taylor
Audrey Thomas
Clara Thomas
William J. Thomas
Mark Thruman
Eva Tihanyi
Rhea Tregebov
Jan Truss
Karen X. Tulchinsky
Alan Twigg
Geoffrey Ursell
Aritha van Herk
Fred Wah
Clarke Wallace
Betsy Warland
Sydell Waxman
Joan Weir
Lyle Weis
Patience Wheatley
Barbara Williams
David (Dave) Williamson
Budge Wilson
Ronald Wright
Betty Jane Wylie
Tim Wynne-Jones
Paul Yee
Ludmila Zeman

F.7       Newsletters
The Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletters:
Volume 33 Number 2 Summer 2005
Volume 33 Number 3 Fall 2005
Volume 33 Number 4 Winter 2005
Volume 33 Number 5 February 2006
Volume 34 Number 1 Spring 2006
Volume 34 Number 2 Summer 2006
Volume 34 Number 3 Fall 2006
Volume 34 Number 4 Winter 2007
Volume 35 Number 1 Spring 2007
Volume 35 Number 2 Summer 2007
Volume 35 Number 3 Fall 2007
Volume 35 Number 4 Winter 2008
Volume 36 Number 1 Spring 2008

Box 264
F.1
The Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletter Professional Development Workshop: From Desk to Bookstore: Making the Leap to Writing as a Career 2008.
National Council Meeting Kit, September 7-9, 2007.
Press Materials for The Awakening Press Conference event on Parliament Hill April 16, 2007.
A Status of the Artists Act for Ontario: The Writers’ Union of Canada’s brief to the Ontario Ministry of Culture’s Advisory Council for Arts and Culture Status of the Artist Sub-Committee – November 2005.

F.2
National Council Meeting Kit, January 25-27, 2008.
Submission to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage: Investigating the Role of the CBC/Radio Canada as a Public Broadcaster in the 21st Century, February 2007.
Staff Retreat Agenda, June 13-15, 2007.
Staff Meeting Agenda - TWUC Office, October 2007.
The Writers’ Union of Canada: Author and literary Agent Guidelines and Responsibilities Pamphlet, 2007.
Press Releases, January 2007 – May 2008.

F.3       Web Snapshot Part 1, August 13, 2008.
F. 4      Web Snapshot Part 2, August 13, 2008.
F. 5      Web Snapshot Part 3, August 13, 2008.

Sixth Accrual (48-2009).2008-2009. – 13 cm of textual records. – This accrual consists of reports, newsletters, press releases, pamphlets, minutes, web snapshots and other documents.

F.6
Report from the Strategic Planning Workshop, 30 January 2009
The Writers’ Union of Canada Membership Survey Report, 2008.
Final Report from the AGM Registration Committee to the National Council, March 29, 2008.
Letter to the TDSB. Endorsing appeal of decision to remove an author’s work, May 20, 2008.
From Desk to Bookstore: Making the Leap to Writing as a Career – Professional Development Workshops for Writers in all Phases of their Careers, 2009. Pamphlets.
Press Releases, January 2008 – October 2008.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, May 22, 2008.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, September 5-7, 2008.

F.7
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, January 30 – February 1, 2009.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, May 21, 2009.
Submission to the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, April 17, 2008.
Pre-Budget Consultations for Budget, Canada’s Writers Promote Canada in a Competitive World, January 2009.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletters:
Volume 36 Number 2 Summer 2008.
Volume 36 Number 3 Fall/Winter 2008.
Volume 36 Number 4 Winter/Spring 2009.

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F.1       Web Snapshot Part 1, June 29, 2009.
F.2       Web Snapshot Part 2, June 29, 2009.

F.3
Annual Mailings, 2009.
Staff Meeting, June 18, 2008.
Staff Retreat, June 18-20, 2008.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Annual General Meeting, May 22-25, 2008.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Annual General Meeting, May 22- 25, 2008.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Annual General Meeting Minutes, May 22-25, 2008.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Reports to the Annual General Meeting, May 22-25, 2008.

Seventh Accrual (55-2010). – 2009-2010. – 14 cm of textual and digital records. This accrual consists of mailings, conference kits, minutes of regional meetings and National Council meetings, USB containing professional development materials, newsletters, pamphlets.

F.4
April 2010 Mailing – Dues notice, AGM information, Ontario Rep Ballot, BC/Yukon Call for Nominations, Notice of Motions.
Inaugural Letter of the Chair, September, 2009.
Letter from the Chair, October 2009.
Letter from the Chair, November 2009.
Letter from the Chair, January 2010.
Letter from the Chair, February 2010.
Letter from the Chair, March 2010.
Letter from the Chair, April 2010.
Access Copyright Payback Information.
Google Settlement Information, January 2010.
Heather Robertson Compensation Claim Information.
December Mailing, 2009.
PWAC Complaint Against Transcontinental Media Contract.
Q & A on Google Settlement, August 2009.
The Writers’ Union of Canada, Limitless Sky Conference and Annual General Meeting, May 21-24, 2009.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Annual General Meeting Minutes, May 21-24, 2009.
Minutes of TWUC BC/Yukon Region, January 30, 2010.
Minutes of TWUC BC/Yukon Region, November 14, 2009.
BC Arts council Fast Facts.
Lookout: A Forum For & About Writers No. 37, Winter 2009-2010. Leaflet.
Report on NC Meeting, Oct. 2-4.
Minutes of TWUC BC/Yukon Region, September 27, 2009
Minutes of TWUC BC/Yukon Region, August 1, 2009.
Minutes of TWUC BC/Yukon Region, April 11, 2009.

F.5
Letter to Premier Gordon Campbell, October 27, 2009.
Letter Regarding Google Settlement.
TWUC Brief for the Copyright Consultations.
Pre-Budget Consultations for Budget: Canada’s Writers Promote a Sustainable Future for Canadians, 2010.
Strategic Plan: Grant Application Form Part 1
Pamphlets:
The Chair’s Report, 2010. Forward, Together: A blueprint for serving and advocating on behalf of Canadian writers, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada: Model Trade Book Agreement, June 2010.

F.6
Report from the Strategic Planning Workshop, January 30, 2009

F.7
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, February 5-7, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, October 2-4, 2009.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Annual General Meeting and Future of the Word Conference, June 3-6, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting Minutes, May 21, 2009.

F.8
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, June 3, 2010.
Newsletters:
Volume 37 Number 1 Spring/Summer 2009.
Volume 37 Number 2 Summer/Fall 2009
Volume 37 Number 3 Fall/Winter 2009.
Volume 37 Number 4 Winter/Spring 2010.

Box 266
F.1       Web Snapshot Part 1, June 24, 2010.
F.2       Web Snapshot Part 2, June 24, 2010.

F.
USB Containing:
Author & Editor: A Working Guide
Glossary of Publishing Terms
Model Trade Book Agreement
Help Yourself to a Better Contract
Writers’ Guide to Grants
Access Copyright
Links to Web Resources

Secure Footing in a changing Literary Landscape: Professional Development Symposium for Writers in all Phases of their Careers. Pamphlet.
Secure Footing in a changing Literary Landscape: Professional Development Symposium for Writers in all Phases of their Careers. Agenda
Press Releases, May 2009-March 2010.

Eighth Accrual (27-2011). – 2010-2011. – 5 cm of textual records. This accrual contains regional meeting minutes, conference kits, annual mailings, National Council minutes and newsletters.

F.4
Annual Mailings 2010, Membership Dues, Bill C-32 Advocacy Toolkit, 2011 Federal Election 2011 Toolkit
The Writers’ Union of Canada Annual General Meeting & On Words Conference Agenda and Minutes, May 26-29, 2011
The Writers’ Union of Canada Pacific Region Meeting Minutes, February 19, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Pacific Region Meeting Minutes, September 26, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Pacific Region Meeting Minutes, August 7, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Pacific Region Meeting Minutes, June 4, 2010.

F.5
Submission of the Writers’ Union of Canada to the Parliamentary Committee Reviewing Bill C-32, March 24, 2011.
Submission of the Writers’ Union of Canada in Response to the Consultation Paper on a Digital Economy Strategy for Canada, July 12, 2010.
Letter from the Chair, May 2011.
Letter from the Chair, March 2011.
Letter from the Chair, February 2011.
Letter from the Chair, January 2011.
Letter from the Chair, November/December 2010.
Letter from the Chair, October 2010.
Letter from the Chair, September 2010.
Letter from the Chair, August 5, 2010.
Letter from the Chair, June 8, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada: New Member Package, 2008.
Writers’ Testimonials About the Public Lending Right, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting Minutes, June 6, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting Minutes, October 1-3, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting Minutes, January 28-30, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting Minutes, May 26, 2011.

F.6
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, October 1-3, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, January 28-30, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada National Council Meeting, May 26, 2011.

F.7
The Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletter Volume 38 Number 1, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletter Volume 38 Number 2, 2010.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletter Volume 38 Number 4, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Newsletter Volume 39 Number 3, 2011.

F.8
Press Releases, April 2010-February 2011.
Invitation to Regional Meetings and Book Signings in Winnipeg and Saskatoon
Invitation to Quebec Regional Meeting.
Invitation to “Beat the Winter Blahs: A Meet and Greet with Newfoundland and Labrador Members of the Writers’ Union of Canada,” February 7, 2011.

F.9       Website Snapshot, July 28, 2011

Ninth Accrual (29-2012). – 2011-2012. –18 cm of textual records. This accrual contains conference kits and materials, regional meeting minutes, pamphlets, newsletters, press releases, and annual mailings.

F.10
The Writers’ Union of Canada 2010 On Words Conference and Annual General Meeting, Managing Craft, Career, and Change in the 21st Century, May 24-27, 2012.
Letter from the Chair, December 2011.
Letter from the Executive Director’s Year in Review, December 5, 2011.
National Council Committee Chair Nominations, 2012-2013.
Robertson v. Toronto Star Newspapers, Copyright Class Action, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Annual General Meeting, May 26-29, 2011.

Box 267
F.1
L’histore inedited du Programme de droit prêt public du Canada. Andreas Schoroeder.
The Writers’ Union of Canada, BC/Yukon Regional Meeting Minutes, September 24, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada, BC/Yukon Regional Meeting Minutes, November 19, 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada, BC/Yukon Regional Meeting Minutes, February 18, 2012.
The Writers’ Union of Canada, Pacific Region Meeting Minutes, April 9, 2011.
A Statement on Copyright by the Writers’ Union of Canada, June 2011.
Submission of the Writers’ Union of Canada to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-11, March 6, 2012.
Proposed Amendments to C-11 (The Writers’ Union of Canada)
The Writers’ Union of Canada, 2012 Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance, August 11, 2011.
Letter to Members of the Committee from the Chair.

F.2
Letter from the Chair, June 2011 - May 25, 2012.
Copyright Lobbying Kits, Lobbying on Parliament Hill (Bill C-32 and C-11), June 2011.
Pamphlet. The Writers’ Union of Canada Your Voice in Canadian Culture.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Survey for Development of Strategic Plan.
Strategic Plan Follow-Up Survey, 2011.
Report to National Council on Access Copyright Member Survey.

F.3
The Writers’ Union of Canada Web Survey.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Strategic Plan 2010-2013, May 2011.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Strategic Plan 2010-2013, February 2012.
Service Review – List of Services to Review.
On Words Conference, November 22, 2011.
National Council Meeting Minutes, May 24, 2012.
National Council Meeting Kit, February 3-5, 2012.

F.4
National Council Meeting Kit, Oct 1-2, 2011.
National Council Meeting Minutes, May 29, 2011.
Newsletters:
Volume 39 Number 1, 2011.
Volume 39 Number 2, 2011.
Volume 39 Number 3, Winter 2012.
The Writers’ Union of Canada Write Magazine, Spring 2012.

F.5
Press Releases, May 2011 – February 2012.
How to Be Your Own Publicist: Professional Development Symposium for Writers in All Phases of their Careers. Pamphlet.
How to Be Your Own Publicist: Professional Development Symposium for Writers in All Phases of their Careers. Agenda.
Regional Mailings, 2011.

F.6       Website Snapshot, May 7, 2012.


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