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John Robert Colombo fonds. Second accrual

Incoming Correspondence (mid-1950’s to 1978)
BOX 19
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B
Ballon, Iris
Ba
Be
Bi
Bl-Br
Bu
C
Canada Council

BOX 20
Canada Council
Ca
CBC
Candaleria, Fred
Catanoy, Nicholas
Clarkson, Stephen
Ce-Cw
Cogswell, Fred
Colombo family
Coulter, John D
Di Cicco, Pier Georgio
Dudek, Louis

BOX 21
E
Everson, Ron
Ford, R.A.D.
F
Fetherling, Doug
Fielden, Charlotte
Fulford, Robert
Ga
Gatenby, Greg
Ge
Gh-Gi
Gl
Globe and Mail
Gn-Go
Goodman, Eileen
Gr
Greenland, Cyril
Gross, Ronald
Gu-Gy
Gustafson, Ralph

BOX 22
Ha
He
Hi
Ho
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Hood, Hugh
Hounslow Press
Howith, Harry
Hu
Hurtig Publishers

BOX 23
I
J
Ka
Ke-Ku
Kelly, Nora
Kostelanetz, Richard
La
Le
League of Canadian Poets
Lee, Dennis
Li
Lo
Lowenfels, Walter
Lu-Ly
M
Ma
Mac
Macklem, Michael

BOX 24
Marshall, Tom
McClelland and Stewart
Mc
Me
Mi
Mo
Mu-My
Na-Nc
Najovitz, Simpson
Ne-Ng
Ni-No
O
Osterlund, Steve
Oxford University Press
Pa
Pe
Peter Martin Associates
Ph-Pl
Po-Py
Progress Books
Purdy, Al
Q

BOX 25
Ra
Re
Rh-Ri
Ro
Rosenberg, Stuart E.
Ru-Ry
Sa-Se
St. James Press
Scott, F.R.
Sh-Si
Skelton, Robin
Sk-Sp
Sward, Robert
St-Sy
Ta-Te
Th-Ti
To
Tr-Tw
U-V

BOX 26
Wa
Weaver, Robert
We-Wh
Wi-Wy
XYZ
Yates, J. Michael
Zend, Robert
Unidentified

BOXES 27-28
Letters re Colombo’s Canadian Quotations

BOX 29
Letters re Canadian limericks, graffiti, etc.

BOX 30
Outgoing correspondence, A-Z

Book Manuscripts
BOX 31

The Mackenzie Poems (1966) Paste-up
Abracadabra (1967) Ts.
John Toronto (1969) Ts.; Uncorrected proof; Poems deleted
How Do I Love Thee (ed., 1970) Ts.; Drafts of preface; Miscellaneous; Advance copy
The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (1971) Ts.; Proofs; Worksheets; Radio version

BOX 32
New Directions in Canadian Poetry (ed., 1971); Proofs and partial ts.
Rhymes and Reasons (ed., 1971) Correspondence; Preface and notes Ts.
Praise Poems (1972) Ts.; Worksheets
Leonardo’s Lists (1972) Ts.; Worksheets
Open Poetry (ed., 1973) Correspondence and mss. of contributors

BOX 33
Open Poetry Correspondence and mss. of contributors; Mss. not included in book

BOX 34
The Great Collage (1974) Drafts
The Sad Truths (1974) Ts.; Worksheets
Translations from the English (1974) Early ts. (2); Ts. (2) + photocopies; Worksheets

BOXES 35-36
Notes and worksheets for reference books

BOX 37
Colombo’s Canadian Quotations (1974) Miscellaneous; Diary entries
Colombo’s Little Book of Canadian Proverbs, etc. (1975) Ts. (2); Miscellaneous
Under the Leaves of a Forgotten Village (trans., with Nikola Roussanoff, 1975) Ts.; Worksheets
Proofs; Paste-up; Sample signatures

BOX 38
The Balkan Range (ed. with Nikola Roussanoff, 1976) Ts.; Ts. of introduction; Worksheets; Proofs; Page proofs; Translations of Bulgarian poems not included

BOX 39
Colombo’s Concise Canadian Quotations (1976) Ts. (4)

BOX 40
Colombo’s Concise Canadian Quotations Ts.; Ts. of index; Proofs; Proofs of index; Drafts of preface
When the Animal Rises from the Deep the Head Explodes (Ludwig Zeller) (trans. 1976) Worksheets

BOX 41
Colombo’s Concise Canadian Quotations (1976) Index slips

BOX 42
Colombo’s Little Treasury of Canadian Jokes, etc. (1977) Ts.
The Left-Handed One (Lyubomir Levchev) (trans. 1977) Ts.; Worksheets
Stairway (Levchev) Miscellaneous
Mostly Monsters (1977) Original ts.; Ts. and notes Ts.; Ts. (car.); Ts. (photocopy) and illustrations

BOX 43
Mostly Monsters Worksheets
Variable Cloudiness (1977) Ts.; Worksheets
East and West (George Faludy) (ed., 1978) Worksheets

BOX 44
East and West Worksheets
Private Parts (1978) Worksheets
The Poets of Canada (ed., 1978) Drafts of preface
The Great Cities of Antiquity (1979) Worksheets

Other manuscript material
The Colombo Papers Ts.; Worksheets
Notes for a book of found texts on Niagara Falls
Notes for a book of found texts on Casa Loma

BOX 45
Worksheets of uncollected or unidentified poems

BOX 46
Worksheets of poems
“Phrases/Phases”
‟Pix Poems”

Book reviews Manuscript evaluations
“Poetry and Advertising”
Contributions to Contemporary Poets
“Europe”
Article on young poets for Weekend Magazine (unpublished)
Tribute to Robert Weaver
Article on quotations

BOX 47
“Soviet Book Notes”
“Smoke Signals”
“Brilliant Exile: Temporality in the Poetry of Robert Finch”
“Edith Sitwell: A Lost Generation”
“King Must Go”
“M. Melville/M. Merrill “
”Canadian Literature”
Article on the Bohemian Embassy
“Me, Myself and I”
Talk on concrete poetry

Various Notes
on Gurdjieff and Ouspensky
on the House of Lovat Dickson
on Alexander Watt and Crowley
on Northrop Frye
on the design of Colombo’s books
on writers
on found poetry
on Bradley’s The Fight with France
on education
on Union Station
on concrete poetry
on Whitman and Bucke
on creation myths
on a Toronto book
on Leonardo da Vinci

BOX 48
Various files
Romanian anthology
Andrei Vosnesensky
Yiddish poetry
Poems of Stanislaw Baranczak
Polish poets
CBC programme on translation
CBC programme on young poets
CBC programme on the occult
Radio script on Jacques Cartier
Metro Poems (published in Earth and You)
Phoenix Books
Law
Publishing scheme
Notes on books edited
Notes on Walter Gordon
Appendices deleted from Walter Gordon’s book

BOX 49
McClelland and Stewart forms
Harbourfront
Royal Ontario Museum reading series
Dorothy Shoemaker Contest
Canada Council
Arts Council material
Local Initiatives Programme application
Letters from students in writing class
“John Robert Colombo: The Man and His Works,” by Debbie Fernandez
Spare type and stamps
Contracts

BOX 50
Miscellaneous
Christmas cards
Miscellaneous notes
Photographs
Magazines containing Colombo’s work
Broadsides
Hawkeshead Press
Printed matter
Marbled paper

BOX 51
Flyers (1 folder)
Miscellaneous (3 folders)

Tamarack Review material
BOX 52
No. 52 - mss.
No. 53 - mss., proofs
No. 54 - mss.
No. 55 - mss., proofs, paste-up
No. 56 - proofs, paste-up
No. 57 - mss., proofs

BOX 53
No. 60 - mss., proofs
No. 64 - mss., proofs, paste-up
No. 67 - mss., paste-up
No. 70 - mss., proofs

BOX 54
No. 70 - paste-up
No. 71 - mss., proofs, paste-up
Editorial correspondence
Outgoing correspondence
Correspondence and submissions, A-F

BOX 55
Correspondence and submissions, G-Z
Unidentified correspondence and submissions
Miscellaneous

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