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Series 1
Manuscript material, literary submissions and correspondence relating to Volume 63, Weed/flower Press, Hyphid, Weed as well as other endeavours. Boxes 1 through 8.

Box 1: Mss and Correspondence for Volume 63, A Biannual of Poetry
File 1 – Volume 63, Issue #1 (December 1963) Submissions, editorial notes, approval drafts and related ephemera, 72 p.

“Beach Scene” by Kent Mitchell, 1 p. t.s.
“Orgelkonzert Im Stephansdom: 19 UHR” by Ralph Gustafson, 1 p. t.s.
“Turbonave Magnolia” by Earle Birney, 2 p. t.s. with corrections.
“At the Matterhorn” by Ralph Gustafson, 1 p., t.s.
“Garden Party” by Jane Johnson, 1 p. t.s.
“And This Have They Done to the Rain” by G.C. Leach, 1 p. t.s. with corrections.
“New York Poem III” by Luella Booth, 1 p. t.s. with corrections.
“The Singer” by J.H. Haley, 1p., t.s.
“Satyr and Nymph Breakfast” by Archie Rosenhouse, 1p. t.s.
“Duet in a Coffee House” by Elizabeth Searle Lamb, 1p. t.s.
“Island Song” by Henry Beissel, 1 p. t.s.
“Broken the Silver Horn” by Myrtle Reynold Adams, 1 p., t.s.
“Circe In Four Scenes” by S.G. Buri, 2 p. t.s.
“The Bead Spectrum” by Gwendolyn MacEwen, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Dust” by S.G. Buri, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“all the time” by J.H. Haley, 1 p., t.s.
“Sons of the Rope-tow” by Joan Finnigan, 1p, t.s. with corrections.
“Philosophy” by J. Rosenblatt, 1 p, t.s.
“Asking and Telling: A discussion of Theory” by Thomas L. Waugh, 7 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Ubermensch” by P. Anthony Ruth, 3 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Old Girl Friend” by A. W. Purdy, 1 p., t.s.
“Wrapt In Black” by George Bowering, 1 p., t.s.
“Train Ride” by Faye Labelle, 2 p., t.s.
“local tragedy” by M.R. Appell, 1 p., t.s.
“Summer” by Nelson Ball, 1 p. t.s. with corrections.
“Same Old Story” by Roy Lowther, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
“Rag Doll” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
“Exhibition Rides” by Margaret Atwood, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Unwitting Succubus” by Pádraig O Broin, 3 p., t.s. with corrections.
“To Giorgio de Chirico for his ‘Nostalgia of the Infinite’” by John Robert Colombo, 3 p., t.s. with corrections.
“every fallen feather” by Mary Humphrey Baldridge, 1 p., t.s.
“The Wedge and the Green Wood” by LeRoy Johnson, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Home” by Stanley Mason, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Mad Doll” by LeRoy Johnson, 1 p., t.s.
“East Hastings Street” by Warren Stevenson, 3 p., t.s.
“where they danced” by Daphne Buckle, 3 p., t.s.
“Outside voices bear” by Marcia LaBelle, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.
“King Kong Meets Allen Ginsberg” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Birthday Party (not mine)” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“You In the East As Opposed to You In the West, Same Person” by Marvyne Shael Jenoff, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“On the Beach” by Kent Mitchell, 1 p., t.s. with corrections [draft of “Beach Scene”].
“Moment: White” by George Bowering, 1 p., t.s.
“An Eye for An Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth” by Gigi Lord, 1 p., t.s.
“Prelude” by Crystal Toole, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“A’Isha Bint ‘Omar” by Michael Parr, 1 p., t.s.
“Et Tu Brutus” by Joseph M. Cohen, 1 p., t.s.
“The Pipe” by LSB, 1 pg., t.s.


File 2 – Volume 63, Issue #2 (October 1964) Galleys, submissions and editorial notes, 80p, t.s. (Includes graphic materials by Barbara Caruso.)

Galleys for Issue #2, 11 p., t.s.
Inside front of Volume 63 Issue #2. 4 p., t.s. with corrections.
 “a picnic of pedants” by Phyllis Gotlieb, 1 p., t.s.
“Petrarch’s sonnet” by Phyllis Gotlieb, 1 p., t.s.
“Crazy clean lullaby” by Phyllis Gotlieb, 1 p., t.s.
“Solitaire 37 ½” by Phyllis Gotlieb, 1 p., t.s.
“Bean Shuibhne Gheilt” by Pádraig O Broin, 1 p., t.s.
“Mathair Shuibhne Gheilt” by Pádraig O Broin, 1 p., t.s.
“Mac Shuibhne Gheilt” by Pádraig O Broin, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Inghean Shuibhne Gheilt” by Pádraig O Broin, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Displacements: 1 & 2” by Miriam Waddington, 2 p., t.s.
“Pictures in a Window” by Miriam Waddington, 1 p., t.s.
“Love Poem” by Henry Beissel, 1 p., t.s.
“Cows Vs. Dinosaurs” by William Metcalf, 1 p., t.s.
“Jaguar Jungle” by Faye LaBelle, 1 p., t.s.
“Dream Fragment” by Faye LaBelle, 1 p., t.s.
“The Labyrinth” by Faye LaBelle, 1 p., t.s.
“Poisonous Seeds” by Thelma Reid Lower, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Indian Children” by Thelma Reid Lower, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“At White Town Corner” by Thelma Reid Lower, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Of Time & the Aging Girl” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Hello” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Fire Girl” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Novemember 17, 1963” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“The Dance of the Tribe” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Put Down” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Maryjane” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“the teacher” by Carol Bergé, 1 p., t.s.
“in motion” by Carol Bergé, 1 p., t.s.
“poem on a nahuatl theme” by Carol Bergé, 1 p., t.s.
“Would You?” by Gigi Lord, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Locked” by Gigi Lord, 1 p., t.s.
“Trauma” by Gigi Lord, 1 p., t.s.
“The Children’s Dance” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s.
“Concrete” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s.
“Sister II” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s.
“Poem (for L.S.)” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
“Paris” by Jack Cain, 3 p., t.s. with corrections.
 “Where Is This Place?” by Ron Macleod, 1 p, t.s.
“It’s Over Now” by Ron Macleod, 1 p., t.s.
“Three Whites of Hokusai” by Lucien Stryk, 1 p., t.s.
“Haiku” by Lucien Stryk, 1 p., t.s.
“But Who’s Impressed” by Tracy Thompson, 1 p., t.s.
“Birds” by Tracy Thompson, 1 p., t.s.
“Before the Dawn” by Tracy Thompson, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
“The Elder Catallus” by Tracy Thompson, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Poem that Refreshes” by J. Barry Lord, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Oligarchs Collapse” by J. Barry Lord, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.
“corner poem” by Barry Lord, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
“Annuciation” by Trevor Goodger-Hill, 2 p., t.s.
“Christ in a Fire Cloud” by S.G. Buri, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“1/3 page” copy for ads (Village Book Store, Island quarterly, E D G E, etc.) and subscription notice, 5 p., t.s. with correction.
Five untitled sketches by Barbara Caruso, 4 p.


File 3 – Volume 63, Issue #3 (April 1965)
Galley-proofs for Issue #3, 50 p., t.s. with corrections.


File 4 – Volume 63, Issue #4 (Summer 1966) Submissions, editorial notes and ephemera, 52p. Includes graphic materials by Giovanna Cernauskas.

“Wives and Others” by David Donnell, 1 p., t.s.
“De Sade As a Young Man” by David Donnell, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Wedding Guest” by David Donnell, 1 p., t.s. with title correction.
“Pluto’s Side of the Story” by David Donnell, 1 p., t.s.
“Maiden Fury” by David Donnell, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Gothic Suburban Lovers” by David Donnell, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“At Welsh’s Tomb” by Diane Wakoski, 2 p., t.s.
“Summer” by Diane Wakoski, 1 p., t.s.
“that’s a plenty blues” by P.T. Rogers, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“grey blues” by P.T. Rogers, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“too late blues” by P.T. Rogers, 1 p., t.s.
“The Mountain” by Nelson Ball, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Clown” by Sylvia Osterbind, 1 p., t.s.
“Revenant” by Pádraig O Broin, 1 p., t.s. with notes.
“Margins I” by Red Lane, 1 p., t.s.
“Margins XIII” by Red Lane, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
“Beach-life” by J.R. Cain, 1 p., t.s.
“Spring” by J.R. Cain, 1 p., t.s.
“Journey” by J.R. Cain, 1 p., t.s.
“coast” by J. Barry Lord, 3 p., t.s. with notes.
“placard poem” by J. Barry Lord, 4 p., t.s. with notes.
“Choice” by Pat Lowther, 1 p., t.s.
“Christmas Poem” by Pat Lowther, 2 p., t.s.
“Drunk Man” by Pat Lowther, 2 p., t.s.
“winter music” by M.R. Appell, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“the things that are” by M.R. Appell, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Gethsemane” by Thomas Kretz, 1 p., t.s.
“An Ordinary Day in Hell” by Douglas Blazek, 1 p., t.s.
“Free Pair of Baby Pants From Crib Diaper Service” by Douglas Blazek, 1 p., t.s.
“How Much Time is Spent in Et Cetera?” by Douglas Blazek, 1 p., t.s.
“Mysteriensonaten #1” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Mysteriensonaten #4” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Mysteriensonaten #5” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Mysteriensonaten #6” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Mysteriensonaten #7” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Mysteriensonaten #8” by William Hawkins, 1 p., t.s.
“Fashion Elegy” by George Bowering, 1 p., t.s.
“The Road Tells” by George Bowering, 1 p., t.s.
Untitled ink sketches by Giovanna Cernauskas (3 p.).


File 5a – Volume 63, Issue #5 (Summer 1966)

Galley-proofs for Issue #5, 43 p., t.s. with corrections.


File 5b – Volume 63 Issue #5 Correspondence. Includes writers’ submissions, memos and administrative copy from University of Waterloo Board of Publications.

Mac Low, Jackson (1966) From: 5
Nichols, Robert (undated) From: 1
Bergé, Carol (1965 - 1966) From: 13 To: 11
Sivrel, Christian (1966) To: 1
Kearns, Lionel (1966) From: 1 To: 1
Bowering, George (1966) From: 2 To: 1
Blazek, Douglas (1966) From: 1 To: 1
Reid, Jamie (1966) From: 1 To: 1
Newman, Robert (1966) From: 1 To: 1 (a forwarded letter by Carol Bergé)
Lord, Barry (1966) To: 2
Dawson, David (1966) To: 1
“On the Street Where You Live” by Christian Sivrel. 2p., t.s.
“Animals Alone” by Robert Newman, 1p., t.s.
“A Physical Way Into Fear” by Robert Newman, 1p., t.s.
Envelope containing ink sketches by Barbara Caruso, 3p.

Envelope containing all submissions (in draft form) for Issue #5 (51 p., t.s. with corrections and notes). Submissions include: “letters to Gabriel” by David Dawson, “History of Poets: John the Baptist by George Bowering, “Spring” by Nelson Ball, “death poem” by Barry Lord, “The World Egg” by Joe Rosenblatt, “On the Street Where You Live”, “Eggs” and “Spontaneous Annotation #2” by Christian Sivrel, “Kinetic Poem” by Lionel Kearns, “from The Book of the Ox” by bpNichol, “Almost a Poem” by William Hawkins, “The Condition” by David Cull, “Just a Dream” by Victor Coleman, “Cadmium Red Color”, “After Labor Day”, “Songs and Other Songs”, “On a Hot Night” and “Animals Alone” by Robert Newman, “The Fake Melody of Friends Desire”, “An Old Tale”, “The Meet”, “The Broken Projector” and “earth angel” by Murray Mednick, “from the Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin” and “At the Beach: Strider” by Hannah Weiner, “The Deer Dance”, “Autobody”, “Bluefish” and “stud’s song” by Allen Planz, “four progressions for judith malina”,
“untitled” and “julios song” by John Harriman, “For Hildur”, “Villanelle on the Hottest Day of the Year”, “A Sonnet for Gerard De Nerval” and “The Origin of Ores” by Jackson Mac Low.

Galley-proofs for Issue #5, 47 p., t.s. with notes and corrections.
Galley-proofs for Issue #5, 56 p., t.s. with notes and corrections. Includes “New York Section” drafts and edits.


File 6 – Correspondence and submissions (1968-69). Included are media clippings, catalogues, leaflets, League of Canadian Poets newsletters, and other ephemera.

Bergé, Carol (1968 - 1969) From: 8
bissett, bill (1968 - 1969) From: 3
Eshleman, Clayton (1969) From: 1
Reigo, Ants (1968 - 1969) From: 2
Featherling, Doug (1969) From: 1 [includes transcription of CBC broadcast on the death of D.A. Levy]
Martin, Peter (1969) From: 1
Clark, Thomas A. (1969) From: 1
Verey, Charles (1969) From: 1
Brilliant, Alan (1968 - 1969) From: 4 [one being a letter to Raymond Souster forwarded to Nelson Ball] To: 1
Martin, John (1969) From: 1
Colombo, John (1969) From: 3 To: 2
Wilson, Keith (1968) From: 1
Lowell, Jim (1968 - 1969) From: 5
Lord, Barry (1969) From: 1 To: 1
Barbour, Doug (1969) From: 1 To: 1
Souster, Raymond (1969) To: 3 [includes a submission to LEAGUE anthology (15 p.), an additional submission of the poem “Fingers” as well as biography and credits (2 p.)]
Woodward, Frances (1969) From: 1
Siebrasse, Glen (1969) From: 1
Goodman, Eileen (1969) From: 1
Maytag, Kenneth (1969) From: 1
Randall, Joanne (1969) From: 1
Eichele, Rob (1968 - 1969) From: 2
Hawkins, William (1968) From: 1
Kissam, Ed (1969) From: 1
Newlove, John (1968) From: 2
Wilson, Jean (1969) From: 1
Fraser, Dave (undated) From: 1
Coleman, Victor (1968) From: 2
Pierce, Lucille (1968) From: 1
Reyes, Carlos (1968) From: 1
Morris, Richard (1968) From: 1
De Loach, Allen (1968) From: 1
Harris, David W. (1968) From: 1
in store – new writing from Conestoga, no. 1 (April 1969) 31 p., mock layout, t.s. with notes.
in store – new writing from Conestoga, no. 1 (April 1969) 31 p., magazine, t.s. Contains fiction and poetry by Tiit Kao, Sandra Williams, Ardonna Hewat, Pam Stiff, Al Bowman, g.r. dorrington, Mar Kavaner, Chris Brett-Perring, Terry Kaiser and Don Macerollo.
Submission to Poetry returned – 9 p. paper-clipped with editorial note. Contains following poems: “Fingers”, “Location”, “Arrangement”, “City Night”, “Toronto Morning”, “In Passing”, “The Blue Field”, “Conversation”, and “Tell Me Your Dreams” t.s. with corrections.


Box 2: Correspondence, 1963 - 1970

File 1 - Correspondence and solicitations for Volume 63. Includes rough work as well as media clippings and ephemera, 1963 – 1967.

Beissel, Henry (1963 - 1965) From: 4 To: 1
Battels, Janice (1966) To: 1
Mednick, Murray (undated) From: 1
Nichols, Robert (1966) From: 1
Rosenblatt, Joe (1965) To: 1
Lord, Barry (1964 - 1966) From: 3 To: 1
Bergé, Carol (1963 - 1965) From: 4 [includes “concern (for Charles Olson)” by Carol Bergé] To: 3
Shiry, John (1967) From: 1 To: 1
Buri, S.G. (1963) From: 3 To: 3
Lowther, Pat (1965) From: 1 To: 2
Osterbind, Sylvia (1965) From: 2 To: 1
Reid, Jamie (1965) To: 1
Bowering, George (1963 - 1965) From: 1 To: 3
Coleman, Victor (1965) To: 2
Cull, David (1965) To: 1
Eaton, Charles Edward (1964) From: 2 To: 2
Jenoff, Marvyne (1963 - 1965) From: 6 To: 4
Katzman, Allen (1964 - 1965) From: 1 To: 3
Locke, Duane (1964) From: 2 To: 2
Khatchadourian, Haig (1964) From: 2 To: 1
Purdy, Al (1963 - 1965) From: 2 To: 2
Montgomery, George (1964 - 1965) From: 2 To: 2
Rosenhouse, Archie (1964) From: 1
Roberts, Bill (1965) From: 1 To: 2
Mac Low, Jackson (1966 - 1967) From: 2
Board of Publications Executive, University of Waterloo (1965) To: 2 [includes Minutes Meeting and poem “Fragment” by Marcia LaBelle]
Birney, Earle (1963) From: 1 To: 1 [includes Volume 63 one-sheet and abstract]
Gustafson, Ralph (1963 - 1964) From: 2 To: 2
Smith, A.J.M. (1963) From: 1 To: 2 [one is a retained copy written by S.G. Buri]
O Broin, Pádraig (1963 - 1964) To: 3
Gotlieb, Phyllis (1963 - 1964) From: 3 To: 2
Hawkins, William (1963) To: 1
Lower, Thelma Reid (1964) From: 3 [includes poem “At White Town Corner” by Thelma Reid Lower] To: 1
Thompson, Tracy (1964) To: 1
Waddington, Miriam (1964) From: 1 To: 1
French, Murray (1963) From: 1 [from Board of Publications, University of Waterloo]
Marlatt, Daphne (1964) From: 1
Mitchell, Kent (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Stanton, Yvonne (1964) From: 3 To: 1
Kraemer, James D. (1964) From: 2 To: 2 [includes budget outline for Volume 63]
LePan, Douglas (1963) From: 1
Reaney, James (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Buckle, Daphne (1963) To: 1
Cohen, Joseph M. (1963) From: 1
Parr, Michael (1964) From: 1 [retained copy addressed to University of Waterloo Board of Publications] To: 1 [written by Yvonne Stanton]
Toole, Crystal (1963) From: 1 To: 1
MacEwen, Gwendolyn (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Leach, G.C. (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Lowther, Roy (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Booth, Luella (1963) From: 2 To: 1
MacKenzie, Joan (1963) To: 1
Colombo, John (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Johnson, Jane (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Atwood, Margaret (1963) From: 1 To: 1
Adams, Myrtle (1963) To: 1
 “Love Letter to Ron” by Diane Wakoski, 2 p., t.s.
“Birthday Party (not mine)” by Nelson Ball (July 6, 1963), 1 p., t.s. with correction.
“Elegy to Gottlieb Friedrich Möhle” by Anna Maria Möhle. 2 p. [translated and handwritten by S.G. Buri].
“O Goddess” by S.G. Buri. 1 p., t.s.
“Story of a Stone” by S.G. Buri. 2 p., t.s.
“Christ In a Fire Cloud” by S.G. Buri. 1 p., t.s.
“Roses and Geraniums – Two Poems for a Lady” by S.G. Buri. 3 p., t.s. [Includes poems “The Bee and the Princess” and “The New Castle”]


File 2 – Correspondence, 1967-1968. Contains ephemera connected to Weed/flower Press, HYPHID, League of Canadian Poets, Toronto-area readings, Bookstore order requests, etc.

Hollo, Anselm (1968) From: 2 [includes commentary on Anselm’s poems by Ted Berrigan and a note by Edward Dorn] To: 2
Lowell, Jim (1968) From: 6 To: 4
Bintcliffe, Heather (1968) From: 1
McClelland, Jack (1968) From: 1 To: 1
Newman, Julia (1968) From: 2 To: 1
Newlove, John (1967 - 1968) From: 4 To: 4
Bergé, Carol (1968) From: 3 To: 3
bissett, bill (1968) From: 1 To: 1
(No surname given), Hal (1968) From: 1
Montgomery, George (undated) From: 1
Brilliant, Alan (1968) From: 1 To: 1 [includes submitted poem “Evidence: Canadian Winter”, t.s.
Bromige, David (1968) From: 1
Eshleman, Clayton (1968) From: 1 To: 1
Rutledge, Donald (1968) From: 1 To: 1
Mac Low, Jackson (1968) From: 1 To: 1
Lothrop, Helen (1968) From: 1
Coleman, Victor (1967 - 1968) From: 4 To: 3 [includes portfolio of Nelson Ball poem drafts (21 p., t.s. with corrections). Includes the following poems: “Nets”, “Note” (I and II), “Memo (To Myself)”, “Memo (II)”, “Dust and Sun”, “Conversation”, “The New Table”, “Construction on Bedford Road (Demolition and The Crane Operator)”, “Fragment on Poetics”, “Sparrows”, “The Union”, “Toronto Poem”, “Winter Poem ‘68”, “Lake Huron III”, “Spring”, “The Beginning”, “The Mind/The Body”, “The Rain”, “Morning” and “Lake Huron II”.
McFadden, David (1968) From: 3 To: 2
Robinson, Brad (1968) From: 2 To: 2
Bowering, George (1968) From: 3 To: 4
Harris, David W. (undated) From: 1
Crozier, Andrew (1968) From: 2 To: 2
Reyes, Carlos (1968) From: 3 To: 2
Siebrasse, Glen (1968) From: 1 [includes Delta Canada tear-sheet]
Riley, Peter (1968) From: 2 [includes Riley’s poem “the song of the man who rides in a chariot on the sea” (2 p., t.s. with corrections)] To: 2
Rago, Henry (1968) From: 1 To: 1
Birney, Earle (1967 - 1968) From: 3 To: 2
Cull, David (1967) From: 1
Mitchell, Kent (1968) From: 1 To: 1
Buri, Steve (1967) From: 3
Jabberwocky (1967) 38 p. Inserted loose inside are Nelson Ball poem drafts of the following: “Interaction”, “Little Blue Row-Boat”, “Morning Tension”, “Trains & Things”, “Love Poem”, “The Table The Chair”, “Forces”, “Automobile Poem”, “Flower in a Vase”, “As In the Mind / The Body”, “The Clearing”, “A Dry Throat” and “The Heron”, t.s. with corrections.
Bouzouki Music by Anselm Hollo, 3 p., t.s. Includes title page, Hollo’s poem “Webern” and table of contents only.
“Index/Weed” rough draft itemizing the 12 issues of Weed and its contributors. 3 p., t.s. with corrections.
Portfolio for David Rosenberg. 13 p., t.s. Includes the following poems: “Train Ride”, “City Sun”, “Memo”, “Lake Huron” (3 & 4), “Note”, “Inclusion” (5, 6, 7 & 8), “Brown Eyes”, “Train Through Mount Albert” and “In Passing”.
Portfolio for David Rosenberg. 6 p., t.s. Includes the following poems: “The Affluent Society”, “The Lone Ranger”, “This Discussion”, “Scattered”, “Shoes” and “Morning Sun”.
Portfolio of Nelson Ball poems submitted to El Corno Emplumado (31 p., t.s. on carbon paper).


File 3 – Outgoing correspondence, 1966 – 1967.

Brilliant, Alan (1967) To: 1
McFadden, David (undated) To: 1
Buri, Steve (1966) To: 1
Reyes, Carlos (1966) To: 1
Fletcher, Beryl (1966) To: 1
Sinclair, John (1966) To: 1
bpNichol (1966) To: 2
Thomas, Richard (1966) To: 1
Rogers, Peter (1966) To: 1
bpNichol & David W. Harris (undated) To: 1
Wakoski, Diane (1966) To: 1
Wilson, Keith (1966) To: 1
Randall, Margaret (1965 - 1966) To: 3
Byrd, Bobby (1966) To: 1
Wells, Chris (May 9, 1966) To: 1 p., t.s.
Coleman, Victor (1965 - 1966) To: 4
Johnson, Jane (1966) To: 1
Morris, Tina (1966) From: 1
Johnston, Gary (1966) To: 1
Green, David (1966) To: 1
Bowering, George (1966) To: 1
Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Sept 28, 1965) To: 3 p., t.s. [Includes a review of Al Purdy’s The Cariboo Horses as a submission/application to write for The Record’s weekly Book Review section]


File 4 – Correspondence, 1969. Contains ephemera from League of Canadian Poets, Toronto literary scene, etc.

Howith, Harry (1970) From: 1 [includes 2 p. itinerary for Metro Poetry Week, 1970]
bissett, bill (1969 - 1970) To: 2 [includes portfolio of Nelson Ball poems: “The Air”, “Dust”, “Snow-boots”, “The Rabbit” and “Train Through Mount Albert” (5 p., t.s.)]
Rosenberg, David (1969) To: 1 [includes portfolio of Nelson Ball poems: “Approaching Union Station”, “The Difficulties”, “Another Hurried Coffee”, “Admixing”, “Toronto Morning”, “Articulation” and “The Pre-linguistic Heights” (8 p., t.s. with notes) addressed to “Ants Langfoot” for The Ant’s Forefoot]
Newlove, John (1969) From: 4 To: 1
Eshleman, Clayton (1969) From: 2
Hollo, Anselm (1969) From: 2
Barbour, Doug (1969) From: 2
Lowell, Tess & Jim (1969) From: 1 To: 1
Bergé, Carol (1969) From: 3
Eichele, Robin (1969) From: 1
Reigo, Ants (1969) From: 1
Whitney, J.D. (1969) From: 1
Birney, Earle (1969) From: 1
Whitney, John (1969) From: 1
Woodward, Jeff (1969) From: 1
Lowell, Jim (1969) From: 2 To: 1
Martin, John (1969) From: 1
Souster, Raymond & Douglas Lochhed (1969) From: 1 [Includes accepted submission of Nelson Ball poems: “Arrangement in a Vase”, “Winter Poem”, “The Affluent Society”, “Locations” and “Fingers” (6 p., t.s.)] To: 1 [Includes two poems since revised: “Location” and “Fingers” (3p., t.s.)]
Fairbairn, Tessa (1969) From: 1
Souster, Raymond (1967) From: 1
Brilliant, Alan (1968) To: 1 [Includes poem “The Foundation” and a note of revision (3p., t.s.)]
Selection of three blank greeting cards. Art by Barbara Caruso. Each contains one of the following Nelson Ball poems: “the tern”, “The Silence” or “Shallow Water”.
“Bridge Scene” and “The Marriage” by Nelson Ball. Clipping attached with note.
A review of David McFadden’s Letters from the Earth to the Earth by Nelson Ball. 3 p., t.s. with note.


File 5 – Correspondence, 1969 – 1970. Includes various ephemera from Toronto literary scene.

Lowell, Jim & Tess (undated) To: 1
bissett, bill (1970) From: 1 [Includes manifesto about The League of Canadian Poets (3 p., t.s.)] To: 1
Catanoy, Nicholas (1969 - 1970) From: 7 [Includes photocopy of poems in Romania Literara (April 23, 1970), as translated by Irving Layton (2 p), a photocopied cover of Macnair cel orb (1970) (3 p.), drafts of translations (11 p., t.s. with corrections), clippings (5 p.) and a draft on Contemporary Romanian Poetry (10 p., t.s.) by Nicolas Catanoy] To: 3 [Includes Nelson Ball poems “Dust”, “Blue Light”, “Approaching Union Station”, “The Routine”, “Dried Grasses”, “Articulation”, “Metamorphosis” and “Preference” as well as three translations: “Nocturne” by Maria Banus, “Poem” by Nina Cassian and “The Hand” by Camil Petrescu (12 p., t.s.). Included in a following letter are biographies by Barbara Caruso and Nelson Ball (2p., t.s.)]
Wah, Fred (1970) To: 1
Tallman, Warren (1969 - 1970) To: 2 [The first letter includes a submission of Nelson Ball poems: “Foot Foot”, “Preference”, “The Pre-linguistic Heights”, “Bridge Scene”, “the tern” and “The Foundation” (7 p., t.s.). The second letter includes Nelson Ball’s biography (1 p., t.s.).
McIvor, Ruth (1970) From: 1
Newlove, John (1970) From: 1
Geddes, Gary (1970) From: 1
Tratt, Grace (1970) From: 1 To: 1
Bohne, Harald (1970) To: 1
Simmons, Carol (1970) From: 1 To: 1
Doyle, Mike (1970) From: 1
Tracy, Prudence (1970) From: 1
Lowell, Jim (1970) From: 1


File 6 – Correspondence (miscellaneous)

Untitled poem by Anonymous (5 p., t.s.)
White, Russ and Jane (1969) From: 1 Christmas card
Ball, Mary Frances (Oct. 6) From: 1 p., handwritten.
“Judge Hoffman finds No Rhyme, Reason to Poet Allen Ginsberg” (1969), Newspaper clipping, 1 p., t.s. with note.
Ahvenus, Martin (1969) To: 1 [Includes Weed/flower Press Book List]


Box 3: Published Material: Articles, poems, etc. in periodicals and magazines.

File 1 – From a Window, a Poetry Magazine, Number 5, Tucson, Arizona, Nov 1966. 52 p., t.s.
File 2 - Volume 63 – a biannual of poetry, No. 1, University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, ON, Dec 1963. 75 p., t.s.
File 3 – potpourri 11-12, Prensa de Lagar/Wine Press, Portland, Oregon, 1967. 40 p. t.s.
File 4 – Caterpillar, New York, April 1969. 256 p., t.s.
File 5 – Expression ’63, University of Waterloo Promethean Society, 1963. 17 p., t.s.
File 6 – potpourri 7-8, Prensa de Lagar/Wine Press, Milwaukie, Oregon, 1966. 44 p., t.s.
File 7 – Hyphid, No. 1, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, January 1968. 47 p., t.s.
File 8 – Force Movements, Ganglia Press, Toronto, 1969. 12 p., t.s.
File 9 – Is., No. 1, Toronto, ON, 20 p., t.s.
File 10 – Force Movements, Ganglia Press, Toronto, 1969. 12 p., t.s.
File 11 – El Corno Emplumado, Number 19, Mexico, July 1966. 200 p., t.s.
File 12 – The Small Pond, No. 6, Auburn, Maine, Spring 1966. 20 p., t.s.
File 13 – The Open Letter, No. 6, Canservcol Royal Roads, Victoria BC. 52 p., t.s.
File 14 – Sparrows (pre-publication copy), Weed/flower Press, Toronto, ON, 1968. 40 p., t.s. with corrections.
File 15 – The Wormwood Review, Vol. 6, No. 3, Storrs, Connecticut, 1966. 37 p., t.s.
File 16 – Bitterroot, No. 17, Brooklyn, NY, Autumn 1966. 40 p., t.s.
File 17 – “from The Poem Poem” by David McFadden, 2 p., t.s. with note.
File 18 – Volume 63 – a biannual of poetry, No. 3, University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, ON, Summer 1965. 52 p., t.s.
File 19 – Volume 63 – a biannual of poetry, No. 2, University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, ON, Oct 1964. 51 p., t.s.
File 20 – Hyphid, No. 4, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, ON, Dec 1968. 20 p., t.s.
File 21 – Is., No. 5, Toronto, ON, 36 p., t.s.
File 22 – Intrepid, No. 16, Intrepid Press, Buffalo, NY, 1969. 79 p., t.s.
File 23 – Snap Dragon, No. 1, Kitchener, ON, 1963. 11 p., t.s.
File 24 – Other Voices, Vol. 2, No. 3, London, ON, 1966. 28 p., t.s.
File 25 – Other Voices, Vol. 1, No. 3, London, ON, 1965. 24 p., t.s.
File 26 – Other Voices, Vol. 2, No. 1, London, ON, 1966. 23 p., t.s.
File 27 – Other Voices, Vol. 1, No. 4, London, ON, 1966. 35 p., t.s.
File 28 – The Canadian Forum, Toronto, ON, Dec 1966. 216 p., t.s.
File 29 – Performing Arts In Canada, Vol. VI, No. 3, Toronto, ON, 1969. 48 p., magazine/t.s.??
File 30 – Pliego XIX, “Social Man I” by Nelson Ball, Prensa de Lagar/Wine Press, Orono, Maine. 1 p. broadsheet, t.s.
File 31 – The Canadian Forum, Toronto, ON, March 1966. 288 p., t.s.
File 32 – Fascist Court, Blewointment Press, Vancouver, BC, 1967. 60 p., t.s.
File 33 – Poetry Review, No. 8, University of Tampa Press, Florida, 1966. 61 p., t.s.
File 34 – Jabberwocky, University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, ON, 1967. 39 p., t.s.
File 35 – Jabberwocky, University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, ON, 1965. 20 p., t.s.
File 36 – Ganglia 5, Toronto, ON, 80 p., t.s.
File 37 – Poetry Review, No. 6, University of Tampa Press, Florida, 1965. 49 p., t.s.
File 38 – “Evidence: Canadian Winter” by Nelson Ball, from Unicorn Folio, Series 3, No. 1 “A Canadian Folio”. 1 p., t.s. with ink design.
File 39 – “Metamorphosis” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. Includes a grOnk mailout on concrete poetry (2 p., t.s.) and a one-sheet mentioning Weed/flower Press and Force Movements, 1 p., t.s.
File 40 – envelope containing newspaper clippings: 1) article on Hugh Garner from Toronto Daily Star, July 25, 1970, 2) a torn half-page from the Montreal-Matin, Aug 7, 1968, and 3) a Globe and Mail review of Hugh Garner’s The Sin Sniper by William French, July 25, 1970.


Box 4: Manuscripts of published books.

File 1 – Beaufort’s Scale, Weed/flower Press. Poems from 1964 – 1966. Manuscript appears in three versions: a stapled collection of 8 ½ x 11 papers (May 1967, 28 p., t.s.), a mock-up chapbook set to scale (Aug 1967, 31 p., t.s. with measurements/corrections), and the finished book (Aug 1967, 31 p., t.s. with revised copies of select poems inserted and dated Mar 30, 1968).

File 2 – Beaufort’s Scale, Weed/flower Press. Paper-clipped photocopies of poems, some eventually omitted (32 p., t.s. with notes).
Purdy, Al (1967) From: 2 To: 1
Weed, Number 1, Kitchener, Ontario, Jan/Feb 1966. 16 p., t.s.
Weed, Number 9, Kitchener, Ontario, May/June 1967. 16 p., t.s.
Beaufort’s Scale, Weed/flower Press. Manuscript appears as a collection of 8 ½ x 11 pages in a duo-tang (May 1967, 27 p., t.s. with corrections).

File 3 – Force Movements, Ganglia (grOnk 3, no. 4), 1969. Poems from 1966 – 1969. Manuscript appears as a collection of 8 ½ x 11 pages in a duo-tang (9 p., t.s. with corrections).

File 4 – THE PRE-LINGUISTIC HEIGHTS, Coach House Press. Manuscript appears in five versions: three stapled collections of 8 ½ x 11 pages (the first: 18 p., t.s. with notes, the second: 32 p., t.s. with corrections, and the third: 34 p., t.s.), a tape-bound pocketbook (1969, 22 p., t.s. with corrections) and 8 ½ x 11 pages collected in a duo-tang (1970, 44 p., t.s. with corrections).

File 5 – Room of Clocks, Weed/flower Press. Manuscript appears in two versions: a mock-up originally designed for Beaufort’s Scale repurposed for Room of Clocks (1965, 24 p., handwritten with measurements) and the finished book (1965, 22 p., t.s.).

File 6 – Room of Clocks, Weed/flower Press. Poems from 1964 – 1965. Manuscript appears in three versions: an early staple-bound book (28 p., t.s. with corrections), a 2nd Edition (1967, 24 p., t.s.) and 8 ½ x 11 pages collected in a duo-tang (1965, 43 p., t.s. with notes).

File 7 – Sparrows, Weed/flower Press. Manuscript appears as 8 ½ x 11 pages collected in a duo-tang (1968, 28 p., t.s. with corrections).

File 8 – Sparrows, Weed/flower Press. Hardbound edition (no. 1 of 20, Oct 1968, 39 p., t.s. with note) as well as three mock-ups (one folded, one stapled and one paper-clipped together).

File 9 – Spring Fragments, Weed/flower Press. Manuscript appears in two staple-bound but very different sequences: One (April 1968, 16 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes additional drafts of all poems stapled and tucked inside (3 p., t.s. with corrections) and two (June 3, 1968, 12 p., t.s. with notes and corrections).
A series of untitled, loose poems by Nelson Ball, including “Your Kiss Today”, “Short Poem II”, “Myth: The Ocean”, “The New Lines”, “Fishing”, “Hotel Street View”, “To My Wife, After Too Much Time Spent On a Group of Poems”, “Kitchener XVII”, “Short, “Intrusion (2)”, “Spring”, “Water Song”, “Charlie”, “Inclusion (11)”, “Conversation”, “The Sidewalk”, and two rough, untitled drafts (18 p., t.s. with corrections).
Drafts of poems circa Spring Fragments, reworked and stapled together (5 p., t.s. with corrections).

File 10 – Train Through Mount Albert, Weed/flower Press, 1969. Manuscript appears in two versions: a pocketbook edition (18 p., t.s.) and 8 ½ x 11 pages stapled together (16 p., t.s. with corrections).

File 11 – Water-pipes and Moonlight, Weed/flower Press, 1969. Manuscript appears in two versions: a pocketbook edition (20 p., t.s. with corrections) and 8 ½ x 11 pages collected in a duo-tang (9 p., t.s. with notes).


Box 5:
Weed/flower Press Publications. Weed No. 1 – 12. Correspondence relating to Weed. Includes sporadic ephemera related to the press.

File 1 – Weed/flower Press Correspondence (A) – June 1965 – March 1966

Ahvenus, Marty (1968) To: 1
Lowell, Jim (1968) From: 1 To: 1
Reyes, Carlos (1966 - 1967) From: 8 To: 3
Newlove, John (1966 - 1967) From: 5
Gervais, C.H. (undated) From: 1
Wieners, John (1967) From: 1
Lord, Barry (1967) From: 1
Hawkins, William (1967) From: 4 To: 3
Robinson, Brad (1967) From: 3 To: 1
Mac Low, Jackson (1967) From: 1 To: 1
Birney, Earle (1966 - 1967) From: 4 To: 1
Barclay, William (1967) From: 1
Colombo, John (1967) From: 1
Harris, David W. (1966 - 1968) From: 14 To: 3
Machan, Lynn (1967) From: 2
Burkhardt, J.E. (1967) To: 1
bissett, bill (undated) From: 1
Cobbing, Bob (1966) From: 1 To: 1
Tolle, Hans-Werner (1967) From: 2
Eshleman, Clayton (1968) From: 1
Brigham, Besmilr (1967) From: 1
Sinclair, Dave (1967) From: 1
Sommer, Angelika (1967) From: 2 To: 1
Kissam, Ed (1966 - 1967) From: 4 To: 1
Bergé, Carol (1966 - 1967) From: 3
Williams, Pedro (1967) From: 2
Carlson, Chuck (1967) From: 1 To: 1
Purdy, Al (1967) From: 2
Byrd, Bobby (1966) From: 3
bpNichol (1966 - 1967) From: 3 To: 1
Whittaker, Ted (1967) From: 1
McFadden, David (1966 - 1967) From: 2
Buri, Steve (1965 - 1967) From: 4
Coleman, Victor (1966) From: 1
Appell, Mel (1966) From: 1
Webster, Norman (1966) From: 1
Harwood, Lee (1966) From: 1
Smith, Donald G. (1966) From: 1
Bowering, George (1966) From: 1
Sinclair, John (1966) From: 2
Gavronsky, Serge (undated) From: 1
 

File 2 – Weed/flower Press Correspondence (B)

Murray, Margaret C. (1966) From: 1
Buri, Steve (1966 - 1967) From: 4
Reyes, Carlos (1965 - 1966) From: 6 To: 2
Brigham, Besmilr (1966) From: 6
Birney, Earle (1966) From: 1
Gavronsky, Serge (Sept 15, 1966) From: 1
Fletcher, Beryl (1965 - 1966) From: 3
Mayne, Seymour (1966) From: 3 To: 2
Harris, David W. (1966) From: 2
Bergé, Carol (1966) From: 1 To: 1
bpNichol (1965 - 1966) From: 7 To: 2
Newlove, John (1966) From: 3
Randall, Margaret (1965 - 1966) From: 9 To: 1
Hiatt, Ben (1966) From: 3
Wilson, Keith (1966) From: 5
Byrd, Bobby (undated) From: 2
Lord, Barry (1965 - 1966) From: 3 (one letter is addressed to Steve Buri)
bissett, bill (undated) From: 1 To: 1
Roberts, Bill (1966) From: 1
Sinclair, John (1966) From: 2 [Includes Artists’ Workshop Society newsletter (2 p., t.s.)]
Sandberg, Dave (1966) From: 2 To: 1
Bourinot, Arthur (1966) From: 1
Zilber, Jacob (1966) From: 1 [Includes Ball’s cover-letter to Prism International, a contributor’s form and a photocopy of Zilber’s response (3 p., t.s. with notes)]
Semenovich, Joseph (1966) From: 1
Cull, Dave (1966) From: 1
Sinclair, Magdalene (Leni) (1966) From: 3 [Includes an Artists’ Workshop Society newsletter dated March 9, 1966 (2 p., t.s.)]
Johnson, Jane (1966) From: 2
Hawkins, William (1965 - 1966) From: 4
Johnston, Gary (1966) From: 3 To: 1
 “Is Jabberwocky really dull? Has potential” by Nelson Ball. Newspaper clipping from The Coryphaeus (Nov 11, 1965)
“Yesterday” by Nelson Ball. Newspaper clipping from The London Free Press (March 19, 1966)
“Worthy Mission” by Bill Motz (Review of Room of Clocks by Nelson Ball) Newspaper clipping from Kitchener-Waterloo Record (April 2, 1966).
Room of Clocks (review from Poetry Newsletter no. 7, February/March 1966). No author listed. Newspaper clipping.
Booth, Luella (1966) From: 1
Sivrel, Christian (1966) From: 2
Malanga, Gerard (1966) From: 1
Bowering, George (1965 - 1966) From: 2
Rosenblatt, Joe (1965 - 1966) From: 4
Purdy, Al (1966) From: 1
Cain, Jack (1965) From: 1 [Includes copy of Al Purdy’s arctic poems from The Canadian, weekend magazine of The Province]
Coleman, Victor (1966) From: 3
Wagnon, Drew (1966) From: 1
Chute, Bob (1966) From: 1 To: 1
Holland, Barbara A. (1965) From: 1
Montgomery, George (undated) From: 1
Locke, Duane (undated) From: 1 [Includes assignment of copyright, signed Nov 10, 1965 (2 p., t.s.)]
Wilson, Milton (1965) From: 1 [a handwritten reply on same postcard sent] To: 1
Brown, Peter (1965) From: 1
“He Sings the Underground Ballads in the Soviet Union”, The New York Times. Newspaper clipping (Nov 27, 1966).


File 3 – Weed No. 1 – 12. Issue and manuscripts.

Weed, Number 2, Kitchener, Ontario, March/April 1966. 16 p., t.s. Inserted are manuscripts submitted by the following authors: Victor Coleman (4 p., t.s.), Carlos Reyes (2 p., t.s.), Keith Wilson (2 p., t.s. with notes), Gerard Malanga (2 p., t.s.), Carol Bergé (2 p., t.s.), Barry Lord (1 p., t.s.) and bpNichol (2 p., t.s.).
Weed, Number 3, Kitchener, Ontario, May/June 1966. 16 p., t.s. Inserted are manuscripts submitted by the following authors: George Bowering (1 p., t.s.), Gerard Malanga (1 p., t.s.), Gary Johnston (4 p., handwritten and t.s.), David Cull (1 p., t.s.), C. Siurel (2 p., t.s.), Mel Appell (1 p., t.s.), Nelson Ball (5 p., t.s. with corrections) and Keith Wilson (1 p., t.s.).
Weed, Number 4, Kitchener, Ontario, July/August 1966. 16 p., t.s. Inserted are manuscripts submitted by the following authors: John Newlove (2 p., t.s.), Bobby Byrd (3 p., t.s. with notes) and Serge Gavronsky (3 p., t.s. with notes).
Weed, Number 5, Kitchener, Ontario, Sept/Oct 1966. 20 p., t.s. Inserted are manuscripts submitted by the following authors: Keith Wilson (3 p., t.s. with notes), Jack Cain (2 p., t.s. with notes), David Sandberg (2 p., t.s.), Victor Coleman (4 p., t.s. with notes), bpNichol (3 p., t.s.), David McFadden (2 p., t.s. with notes).
Weed, Number 6, Kitchener, Ontario, Nov/Dec 1966. 28 p., t.s. Inserted is a mock-up of the issue layout as well as manuscripts submitted by the following authors: Victor Coleman (3 p., t.s.), bill bissett (2 p., t.s. with notes), Terence Fletcher (3 p., t.s. with notes), Margaret Randall (1 p., t.s.), David Cull (4 p., t.s. with notes), David McFadden (2 p., t.s.), Besmilr Brigham (3 p., t.s.) and Nelson Ball (2 p., t.s. with notes).


File 4 – “Weed 7-12”

“Retracing Paul Blackburn’s Transit” by Ed Kissam, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Stars Over Grove Street” by Barbara A. Holland, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Ailanthus Thoughts of Gratitude” by Barbara A. Holland, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“Dilley, Oregon – August, 1952” by Carlos Reyes, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Tree” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s.
“My Lawyer” by Al Purdy, 2 p., t.s.
“I Am In a Hall of Mirrors” by Joe Rosenblatt, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.
“The Difference” by Ed Kissam, 1 p., t.s. with corrections.
A mock-up of Weed #7 with the following poems inserted: “Of Cea Sing” by S.G. Buri (7 p., t.s.), “The Differences” by Ed Kissam (1 p., t.s.), “An American Dream” by Barbara Caruso (1 p., t.s.), “My Beauty” by David McFadden (1 p., t.s.), “Studies #2” by Jack Cain (1 p., t.s.), “Dead Men” by John Newlove (2 p., t.s.), “The Initiation” and “Poem for Alberto Rabilotta” by margaret randall (2 p., t.s.), “What” by Gerard Malanga (1 p., t.s.), “Taking Off From the First Line”, “The Potlatch #1” and “The Potlatch #2” by Bobby Byrd (3 p., t.s.), “the potato poems” by bpNichol (6 p., t.s.), “This Morning After a Light Snowfall”, “The Hollows” and “Flypaper” by Seymour Mayne (3 p., t.s.), “The Ring of Annapolis: Sea, as it touches land” and “the callings” by Keith Wilson (3 p., t.s.)

A mock-up of Weed #8 with the following poems inserted: “A Brief Suicide Christmas-Tree Note” manuscript by David McFadden (8 p., t.s.), “Russ’ Hardware”, “The Clearing”, “The Table The Chair” and “The Heron” by Nelson Ball (4 p., t.s.), “In Celebration” by Paul Malanga (1 p., t.s.), “from Gideon Music” and “auditory liturgy” by David W. Harris (2 p., t.s.), “Or Less”, “Fire”, “A Pretty Woman” and two untitled poems by S.G. Buri (7 p., t.s.).

A mock-up of Weed #9 with the following poems inserted: “Vercussion: 1” and “Vercussion:2” by David W. Harris (2 p., t.s.), “Mother, the Angel of Death in my Dreams”, “A Dream” and “Simple Song” by William Hawkins (5 p., t.s.), “The Apple” by Pedro Williams (1 p., t.s.), and “The Bottle”, “Toward One’s Own Myth” and “Packing It In” by Nelson Ball (3 p., t.s.).

A mock-up of Weed #10 with the following poems inserted: “A New Shorter Bible”, “American Dream (part 5)”, “Rondo”, “Good Morning Timelessness” and “The Cosmic Man” by Barbara Caruso (5 p., t.s.), “November Fly” by David McFadden (1 p., t.s.), “The Ceremony of Your Name” by Brad Robinson (1 p., t.s.), “The Black Pope’s Brittle Sermon”, “For ‘The Madison Ave. Boys of the Aegean’”, “Ruthie’s Tired Thing” and “The Pauper’s Answer” by Bruce Cockburn (4 p., t.s.).

A mock-up of Weed #11 with the following poems inserted: “Paolo Ucello in Perspective”, “The Final Solution”, “How Thangbrand Converted the Heathen” and “The Conversion of Iceland” by Hans-Werner Tolle (5 p., t.s.), “The First New Mexico Songs” by Carol Bergé (1 p., t.s.) and “Weather Report” by William Hawkins (2 p., handwritten).

A mock-up of Weed #12 with the following poems inserted: “Lion-Eater”, “Empty”, “We Will”, “I’ll Put It With Others, I’ll Go For Beer” and scrapped drafts of the aforementioned by S.G. Buri (8 p., t.s. with corrections), “Monument for a City” by David W. Harris (4 p., t.s.), “The Lacrosse Poem”, “And”, “TV” and “The Gnome Poem” by David McFadden (4 p., t.s.), “Woman Holding the Skins of the Orchestra” by Diane Wakoski (4 p., t.s.) and “Gone” by Lynn Machan (1 p., t.s.).


Box 6: Weed/flower Press publications.

File 1 – Hyphid, A Quarterly of Poetry by Nelson Ball

Mock-up of The Story of Cinderella by Rosemary Eckert, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1970 (16 p.). Inserted is a handwritten preface by bpNichol.
Window Poems by Ants Reigo, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1970 (14 p.).
Mock-up of My Experience in the War by Doug Fetherling, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1969 (10 p.)
Mock-up of The Rainpipe Poems by Brad Robinson, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1969 (8 p.).
The Rainpipe Poems by Brad Robinson. Manuscript appears as 8 ½ x 11 pages stapled together (5 p., t.s.).
Mock-up of The True Eventual Story of Billy the Kid by bpNichol, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1969 (10 p.).
My Experience in the War by Doug Fetherling. Manuscript appears as 8 ½ x 11 pages folded together (4 p., t.s.) and includes an undated letter from Fetherling to Nelson (1 p., handwritten).
Mock-up of Skin Scales for Psoriasis Sufferers by Brad Robinson, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1970 (14 p.).
Window Poems by Ants Reigo. Manuscript appears as 8 ½ x 11 pages stapled together (14 p.).
Hyphid, no. 4, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, December 1968 (20 p.)
Hyphid, no. 4 (finished but without cover). Inserted are the following poems: “Heap Bad Hole Love Poem” by Anselm Hollo (3 p., t.s.), “River Rhine” and “Strangers & Friends” by George Bowering (1 p., t.s.), “This Discussion”, “Inclusion (10)”, “Fingers”, “Scattered” and “Preference” by Nelson Ball (5 p., t.s.).
Mock-up of Hyphid, no. 3, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, September 1968 (20 p.). Inserted are the following poems: “Sunday”, “Changing the Site” and “yr going up watch yr step please back alley song” by Brad Robinson (8 p., t.s. with notes), “Upon Looking at a Book of Astrology” by David McFadden (2 p., t.s.), “To My Brother the Marriage to His Lady” by David Rosenberg (3 p., t.s.), “Warm Wind”, “The Wind” and “Please” by John Newlove (2 p., t.s. with note).


File 2 – Hyphid #1

Hyphid, no. 1, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, January 1968. This File contains two nearly identical mock-ups (48 p. each) and a batch of 8 ½ x 11 pages inserted. Contains the following poems: “The New Year Poem” by Carol Bergé (1 p., t.s.), “Good Morning Blues”, “The Mind/The Body”, “In This Field Is a Small”, “An Incident”, “Counting My Fingers Again” and “And My Friend, Too” by Nelson Ball (6 p., t.s.), “Against Propaganda”, “For Erik Satie, Charles Aznavour & John Wieners” by Victor Coleman (5 p., t.s.), “The Gift of Space”, “Sometimes In Quiet Anger”, “Willful Murder”, “Expanded Translation of a Half-Remembered Haiku”, “The Warner Mystique”, “Projective Tulips”, “Sun in Capricorn” and “A Poem About Tomorrow” by William Hawkins (8 p., t.s.), “The Room”, “Little Airs”, “The Mud is Flying” and “Toby” by David Rosenberg (10 p., t.s.), and “essence riffs; from my spiral notebook” by bill bissett (6 p., t.s.).


File 3 – Hyphid #2

Hyphid, no. 2, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, April 1968. This File contains a stapled mock-up (36 p.) and a batch of 8 ½ x 11 pages. Contains the following poems: “Gales and Showers”, “My White Powwow Lettuce Shoes”, “Snow Poem”, “Snow Poem (2)”, “Finnish Folk”, “Los Sedentarios”, “The Muse”, “The Views” and “The Insect Farmer To His Wife” by Anselm Hollo (11 p., t.s.), “Days From a Week” by John Newlove (4 p., t.s.), “For Ronnie Carter”, “My Garden”, “Secret Purr”, “City Stones” and “Bells” by George Bowering (5 p., t.s.), “Fish: Stone: Song” and “A Version” by Victor Coleman, “Ground Sounds”, “The Visual Splinter” and “The Saladeer” by David McFadden (8 p., t.s.), “Pott Shrigley Brickworks, Near Macclesfield, Cheshire and In the Mind” and “Three Rondeaux by Peter Riley (3 p., t.s.) and a reprint of “Roses” by Jason Ducharme (1 p.).
Sixty-Seven – poems from Toronto Schools, The Board of Education for the City of Toronto, December 1967.


File 4 – Weed/flower Press / Of Th Land Divine Service by bill bissett and related correspondence

Of Th Land Divine Service by bill bissett, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1967. Manuscript appears in two versions: four rough mock-ups bound by paperclip, 8 ½ x 11 pages clipped (22 p., t.s. with corrections).
Mock-up cover for (Th) Gossamer Bed by bill bissett (2 p., with note).
bissett, bill (1967 - 1968) From: 12 [Includes notes, drawings, two photos of Mount Baker and a poem “Whap Bam Zap” (1 p., handwritten)] To: 8


File 5 – Weed/flower Press / Tumbleweed by Anselm Hollo

Tumbleweed by Anselm Hollo, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, October 1968. Manuscript appears in two versions: a mock-up (20 p.) and 8 ½ x 11 pages stapled together (20 p., t.s.).


File 6 – The House of Okumura by Clayton Eshleman and related correspondence

The House of Okumura by Clayton Eshleman, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, March 1969. Manuscript appears in four versions: a finished edition (of 500 made – 37 p., t.s.), a mock-up (37 p.), 8 ½ x 11 page version clipped together (28 p., t.s. with corrections) and a staple-bound finished edition but without cover (37 p., t.s.).
Eshleman, Clayton (1968) From: 2 To: 2


Box 7: Correspondence with various authors. Copies of Western Ontario Historical Notes.

File 1 – bissett, bill – Lebanon Voices

Lebanon Voices by bill bissett, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, November 1967. Manuscript appears in two versions: a mock-up with corrections by both bissett and Ball (28 p.) and 8 ½ x 11 pages stapled together (10 p., t.s. with corrections).
bissett, bill (1967) From: 6 [includes Blewointment Press announcement and ink-based artwork (no author mention)] To: 5


File 2 – Bowering, George – Layers 1 – 13
Layers 1 – 13 by George Bowering, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1973 (19 p., t.s.).


File 3 – Buri, S.G. – Elephant girl

Elephant girl by S.G. Buri, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, 1967. Manuscript appears in three versions: two mock-ups (47 p.) and 8 ½ x 11 sized pages loose together (19 p., t.s. with corrections).
Buri, Steve (1967) From: 7 [includes poems “A Note on ‘Of Cea Sing’”, “Barrocos” and “so distinguished, so rare, so stilted”] To: 2
 “so distinguished, so rare, so stilted” by S.G. Buri, 2 p., t.s. with notes.
 “Roses and Geraniums” by S.G. Buri, 2 p., t.s. with notes.
“A Note on Elephant Girl” by S.G. Buri (March 14, 1967, 1 p., t.s. with notes)
“Circe n Four Scenes” by S.G. Buri (2 p., t.s. with note).
“Christ in a Fire Cloud” by S.G. Buri (1 p., t.s. with notes)
“On a Summer Day” by S.G. Buri (1 p., t.s.)
“Limerick” by S.G. Buri (1 p., t.s.)
“Acknowledgements and Thank Yous” by S.G. Buri (1 p., t.s. with note)


File 4 – Cull, David – 3 x 4 IS.

3 x 4 IS. by David Cull, Weed/flower Press, Kitchener, Ontario, Oct 1966. Manuscript appears in three versions: a finished edition (44 p., t.s., cover art by Christopher Wells), a mock-up (44 p.) and 8 ½ x 11 sized pages bound by paper-clip (31 p., t.s. with notes).
Cull, David (1966) From: 3 To: 3
Hawkins, William (undated) From: 1 p., handwritten.
 “in fluctuation of the actual / ideal shows thru” by David Cull (Aug, 1965, 2 p., t.s. with note).


File 5 – Hawkins, William – Ottawa Poems

Ottawa Poems by William Hawkins, Weed/flower Press, Kitchener, Ontario, July 1966. Manuscript appears in three versions: a finished edition (36 p., t.s.) with artwork by Barbara Caruso, a mock-up (35 p.), and 8 ½ x 11 sized pages bound by paper-clip (36 p., t.s. with notes).
Hawkins, William (1966) From: 3 [one addressed to Barbara Caruso] To: 1 [includes portion of manuscript that Ball is hoping to cut (7 p., t.s.).
Caruso, Barbara (1966) From: 1 [addressed to William Hawkins]


File 6 – Lord, Barry – subject/object

subject/object by Barry Lord, Weed/flower Press, Kitchener, Ontario, August 1967. Manuscript appears in two versions: a mock-up (40 p.) and 8 ½ x 11 sized pages bound by a clip (32 p., t.s. with corrections).
Lord, Barry (1966-1967) From: 3 [includes loose quarter-pages of editorial suggestions by Lord (13 p., t.s.)] To: 4


File 7 – McFadden, David – The poem poem

The poem poem by David McFadden, Weed/flower Press, Kitchener, Ontario, May 1967. Manuscript appears in two versions: a mock-up (35 p.) and 8 ½ x 11 sized pages bound by paperclip (36 p., t.s. with corrections).
McFadden, David (1967) From: 4 [includes aforementioned manuscript bound by paperclip]


File 8 – bpNichol – Konfessions of An Elizabethan Fan Dancer
Konfessions of An Elizabethan Fan Dancer
by bpNichol, Weed/flower Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1973 (33 p., t.s.).


File 9 – Newlove, John – What They Say

What They Say by John Newlove, Weed/flower Press, Kitchener, Ontario, May 1967. Manuscript appears in three versions: two mock-ups (23 p.) and 8 ½ x 11 sized pages bound by paperclip (20 p., t.s. with corrections).
Newlove, John (1967) From: 7 To: 2
Raw conceptual cover-art for What They Say (1 p.)


File 9 – Reyes, Carlos – The Windows

The Windows by Carlos Reyes, Weed/flower Press, Kitchener, Ontario, July 1966. Manuscript appears in three versions: a mock-up (16 p.), 8 ½ x 11 sized pages bound by staples (16 p., t.s. with corrections) and a finished edition (16 p., t.s.) with artwork by Barbara Caruso.
Reyes, Carlos (1966) From: 9 To: 5


File 10 – Western Ontario Historical Notes. Collection includes the following editions:

Vol. 4, No. 4
Vol. 5, No. 3
Vol. 5, No. 2
Vol. 5, No. 4
Vol. 6, No. 2
Vol. 7, No. 3
Vol. 8, No. 3
Vol. 9, No. 1
Vol. 9, No. 2
Vol. 9, No. 4
Vol. 10, No. 1
Vol. 10, No. 2
Vol. 10, No. 3
Vol. 11, No. 1 & 2
Vol. 12, No. 1 & 2
Vol. 12, No. 3 & 4
Vol. 13, No. 1 & 2
Vol. 13, No. 3
Vol. 14, No. 1
Vol. 14, No. 2
Vol. 14, No. 3


Box 8: Miscellaneous Poems

File 1 – Miscellaneous Poems by Nelson Ball

Stapled collection of pages titled “The Foundation (1967-68)”, 20 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes drafts of the following poems: “The Affluent Society”, “Evidence: Canadian Winter”, “The Foundation”, “In Passing”, “In This Field Is a Small”, “City Night”, “Inclusion (9)”, “Inclusion (6)”, “Memo (II)”, “Good Morning Blues”, “This Discussion”, “Tear”, “Ours”, “Fingers”, “Note (I)”, “Morning Sun”, “Shoes”, “Scattered”, “Construction on Bedford Road” and “Train Through Mount Albert”.

Stapled collection of pages. No title. 19 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes drafts of the following poems: “The Flower”, “In This Field Is a Small”, “Journal Entry”, “Making It…”, “Timelessness”, “Morning”, “Fragment on Poetics”, “The Beginning”, “The Mind/The Body”, “Lake Huron IV”, “A Hand”, “Winter ‘68”, “Cold Stone”, “Toronto Poem”, “The Union”, “Sparrows”, “The Glass-Jar/Ashtray”, and “Counting My Fingers Again”.

Loose pages include drafts of the following poems: “Heart”, “Involvement”, “Morning Tension”, “Kitchener III”, “The Ashtray”, “Journal Entry”, “To Begin With”, “Lake Huron (2)”, “Good Morning”, “for Archie Shepp”, “Billboard”, “Separation”, “Wednesday Afternoon: 19 October 1966”, “What the Man Said”, “Any Truck Is a Real Truck”, “The Light Outside My Window”, “The Forces”, “An Incident”, “The Glass-Jar/Ashtray”, “A Post-Card from Kitchener”, “Russ’s Hardware”, “Anytown: 12:15 a.m., May 16 1966: Passing Thru”, “the table. the chair.”, “Formations”, “The Forest”, “As In The Mind/The Body”, “It’s Been a Bad Day”, “Into & Out Of”, “The Room”, “Spring”, “The Bird”, “Letter To a Friend”, “The Heron”, “A Row of Houses”, “i said i love you”, “Little Blue Row-Boat”, “Flower In a Vase”, “Kitchener X”, “Kitchener XIX”, “Toronto Morning”, “Another Day”, “Morning”, “Sunday Morning”, “16/4/65 – Easter Sunday”, “Evening Lake”, “Night Poem”, “Shoes”, “A Flower In Suburbia”, “Adolescence”, “The Room Provides”, “Winter”, “Evening”, “Horses”, “The Man & His House”, “Poem: The Sun”, “The Heart”, “Poem”, “The Man & His Circles”, “The Train”, “Curtain”, “The Hermit”, “Trains & Things”, “When I Suddenly Realized…”, “The Boy Next Door”, “the air”, “Certification Of Illness For My Employer”, “The Routine”, “Until”, “Fall”, “Arrangement”, “Shallow Water”, “Fingers”, “The Dust Seen”, “The Silence”, “Air”, “Lightning”, “Scattered”, “Arrangement”, “Winter Poem”, “In Passing”, “The Blue Field”, “Bridge Scene: of a Hollywood Affair”, “The Stone Thrower”, “Shore Song”, “Street-Cars”, “Letting Go, Reluctantly”, “Spring Day”, “Foot, Foot”, “Blue Light”, “Metamorphosis”, “Fireball”, “The Subtleties”, “Two Short Ones On The Politics Of The Self”, “Our Discussion”, “Cup”, “Hello Stranger”, “Letting Go”, “Dried Grasses”, “Canadian Winter”, “Rain”, “Trees and People”, “Trees”, “Lineage”, “Huron County History”, “The Excavation”, “Connection”, “Loin Music”, “Purpose”, “Lightning” and “Ducks”.

Collection of pages bound by paperclip, 4 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes drafts of the following poems: “Because You Wanted a Poem”, “Fireball”, “The Subtleties” and “Hello”.

Stapled collection of pages titled “The Air”, 21 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes drafts of the following poems: “The Air”, “Feat”, “The Routine”, “The Marriage”, “Snow-Boots”, “Cigarette”, “Approaching Union Station”, “The Tern”, “The Argument”, “Dust” and “Certification Of Illness For My Employer”.


File 2 – More Miscellaneous Poems

Dark Clouds, Waterloo, ON, Feb 24, 1963. 8 p., t.s. with hand-drawn cover.

Duo-tang titled “Poems: 1960 – 1965”. 111 p., t.s. and handwritten with corrections.

Duo-tang titled “Coryphaeus”. October 1962 – January 1963. Contains articles written by Nelson Ball during his tenure in the news department of University of Waterloo’s student paper.

Stapled collection of pages titled “Patterns / Lake Huron”, 4 p., t.s. with corrections.

Stapled collection of pages titled “Poems – January 1964 to November 1965”, 14 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes the following poems: “love poem”, “this week i”, “The Bra”, “The Children’s Dance”, “Morning Walk”, “Poem For Maggie”, “Landscape”, “The Child Grows”, “The Moth”, “Meeting Again, Older Now”, “Wallace Orders Chaos” and “The Man & His Circles II”.

Stapled collection of pages titled “The Social Man”, 1966. 14 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes the following poems: “Social Man I - VII”, “Social Man X – XII”, “Social Man XIV”, “Social Man XVI” and “Social Man XVIII”.

Stapled collection of pages titled “Force Movements”, 10 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes drafts of the following poems: “automobile poems i”, “Sea-Poems”, “Fragment II”, “Grass Poem”, “Bird Poem”, “Poem”, “Tree Poem”, “Tree”, “Train Poems” and “Force Movements”.

Stapled collection of pages. No title. 9 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes drafts of the following poems: “A Circle”, “Horses”, “Light”, “The House”, “The Room”, “Yesterday”, “The Heart”, “The Idiot” and “The Train”.

“Flying North” by Nelson Ball, 2 p., t.s. with corrections.

Stapled collection of pages. No title. 5 p., t.s. with corrections. Includes drafts of the following poems: “As In The Mind/The Body”, “I Said I Love You”, “Kitchener I” and “The Flowers: A Discussion”.

“Dressed In Black” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
Untitled by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. with correction.
Review of Alfred Purdy’s The Cariboo Horses by Nelson Ball. 2 p., t.s.
Review of Jabberwocky (Oct 1965) by Nelson Ball, 2 p., t.s.
“Travelling” by Nelson Ball, 2 p., t.s. with corrections. Dated April 3, 1965.
“Evening” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. with corrections. Dated April 8, 1965.
 “The Lost Ball” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. Dated March 1964.
“A Half-Baked ‘Sonnet’ For the Cook” by Nelson Ball, 1 p., t.s. Dated March 1964.
“Clinton: The Thompson House” by Nelson Ball, 2 p., t.s. Dated October 1962.
Snap Dragon, April 1963, 10 p., t.s.
Expression ’63, University of Waterloo Promethean Society, 17 p., t.s.


File 3 – The Ant’s Forefoot, Winter 1969 No. 3 – pg. 26 “Lake Huron (3)”

The Ant’s Forefoot, No. 3, York University, Toronto, ON, Winter 1969. 32 p., t.s.


File 4 – The Ant’s Forefoot, Winter 1970 No. 5 – pg. 28 Ball

The Ant’s Forefoot, No. 5, York University, Toronto, ON, Winter 1970. 30 p., t.s.


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