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Gervais, Charles Henry, 1946-

C.H. (Marty) Gervais fonds. First accrual. – 1966-2003. – 5.68 m of textual records and graphic material. – 92 audio cassettes.

Series 1:
Correspondence. – 1967-2002. – 2.48 m of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of the series. – Correspondence arrangement is alphabetical, except for one box of email, which has been arranged chronologically. The number of items in a file appears in parentheses after the correspondent's name. No total appears where there are fewer than 3 items. Most files contain envelopes; these have not been included in the item count. Most correspondence is incoming; there are very few copies of Gervais's outgoing correspondence.

B Correspondence

F. 15 Baernstein, Tsigane (11)
F. 16 Bailey, Don
F. 17 Baltensperger, Peter
F. 18 Ball, Nelson (3)
F. 19 Balla-Szlavnics, Klara (3)
F. 20 Barbour, Doug (3)
F. 21 Barras, Dana
F. 22 Barreto-Rivera, Rafael
F. 23 Baudry, Hervé (8) (artwork)
F. 24 Baudry, Hervé (22) (including artwork)
F. 25 Bayard, Caroline
F. 26 Beasley, David (8)
F. 27 Beddoes, Julie (3)
F. 28 Beissel, Henry
F. 29 Bell, Roger (2 + typescript)
F. 30 Bemrose, John (2)
F. 31 Bendahan, Raphael (3)
F. 32 Benoit, Jean Louis
F. 33 Berton, Pierre (2)
F. 34 Billings, Robert
F. 35 Birney, Earle (19)
F. 36 Birney, Earle (24, including photograph, artwork and typescript)

C Correspondence

F. 18 Campbell, Wanda
F. 19 Canadalria, Fred
F. 20 Canadian Actors' Equity Association
F. 21 Canadian Forum (8)
F. 22 Canadian Heritage
F. 23 Cardamone, Debbie

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C Correspondence, continued

F. 1 Carpenter, J.D. (16, including 2 typescripts)
F. 2 Carter, Angela
F. 3 Carter, Keith
F. 4 Cartwright, Bob
F. 5 Charles, Veronica
F. 6 Chidwick, Paul
F. 7 Christie, Janis
F. 8 Christy, Jim
F. 9 Circus World Museum
F. 10 Clift, David (4)
F. 11 Cogswell, Fred (18, including typescript)
F. 12 Cohen, Matt
F. 13 Coleman, Victor
F. 14 Colombo, John Robert, 1971-82 (35)
F. 15 Colombo, John Robert, 1983-89 (27)
F. 16 Collins, Heather (6)
F. 17 Communication Skill Builders
F. 18 Connexion (Don Polson)
F. 19 Cook, G.M.
F. 20 Cooper, John C.
F. 21 Copperfield (Doug Brown)
F. 22 Cormier, Louis
F. 23 Cormier, Nan (10)
F. 24 Cory, Pat and Tom
F. 25 Cowan, Mikal
F. 26 Crawford, Terry (15)

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C Correspondence, continued

F. 1 Crowley, Wendy (4)
F. 2 Cspregi, Ellie
F. 3 Cuelho, Art
F. 4 Currie, Bob (4)
F. 5 Curry, J.W.

D Correspondence
F. 6 Dale, Peter
F. 7 Dalgleish, Jack (3)
F. 8 Danby, Ken
F. 9 Daurio, Beverly (4)
F. 10 Davey, Frank
F. 11 David, Jack, 1976-77 (14 items, including typescript)
F. 12 David, Jack, 1978-79 (8 items)
F. 13 Davies, Hilary (includes typescript)
F. 14 Davies, Hilary (includes typescripts)
F. 15 Davies, Hilary (includes typescripts and letter from Bruce Meyer)
F. 16 Davis, William G.
F. 17 Dawber, Diane
F. 18 Day, Shirley (9, including typescripts)
F. 19 Deahl, James
F. 20 Dean, Michael (10)
F. 21 De Franceschi, Marisa
F. 22 Delta Canada (Glen Siebrasse) (4)
F. 23 Desjardins, Philip (13)
F. 24 Detroit Free Press
F. 25 Deutsch, Joel (4)
F. 26 Di Cicco, Pier Georgio (8)
F. 27 Dickson, Doris
F. 28 Di Lella, Barbara (8, including illustrations)
F. 29 DiPrima, Diane
F. 30 Donnell, David (11)
F. 31 Doucet, Clive (includes typescript)
F. 32 Doucet, Clive (includes audio cassette) (7)
F. 33 Doucet, Clive (includes audio cassette and typescripts) (11)

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D Correspondence, continued

F. 1 Dowling, M.A.C.
F. 2 Doyle, Richard
F. 3 Drouillard, Paul (artwork)
F. 4 Dube, Paulette
F. 5 Dudeck, Louis (includes Gervais manuscript)
F. 6 Dunlop, Rishma
F. 7 Durrell, Gerald (on behalf of)

E Correspondence
F. 8 Eastman Kodak Company
F. 9 Edwards, Joan
F. 10 El Ayoubi, M.
F. 11 EP#7 F Correspondence
F. 12 Fagan, Cary (14)
F. 13 The Far Point (3)
F. 14 Farmiloe, Dorothy (23)
F. 15 Farmiloe, Dorothy (11)
F. 16 Farrar, Bernice Lever (photographs)
F. 17 Ferris, Sean (8)
F. 18 Fetherling, Doug (5)
F. 19 Findley, Timothy
F. 20 Fines, Anne (23)
F. 21 Fitzgerald, Judith 1980-1985 (50)
F. 22 Fitzgerald, Judith 1985-1995 (includes typescripts) (24)
F. 23 Fitzgerald, Judith 1985-1992 (includes invoices, contracts and typescript) (7)
F. 24 Fitzsimmons, Thomas
F. 25 Flack, Brian L. (14)

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F Correspondence, continued

F. 1 Flood, John (6)
F. 2 von Flotow-Evans, Luise
F. 3 Fortier, M.
F. 4 Fox, Gail
F. 5 Fraser, Dave
F. 6 Fraser, John (3)
F. 7 Fraser, Raymond (7)
F. 8 Freedman, Jim (6)
F. 9 Fulford, Robert

G Correspondence

F. 10 Gale Research
F. 11 Gallant, Mavis
F. 12 Galt, George
F. 13 Gane, Lorraine (4, including diskette and typescript)
F. 14 Garand, Greg (includes slides and artwork) (5)
F. 15 Garand, Greg (artwork)
F. 16 Garnet, Eldon (4)
F. 17 Gasparini, Len (3
F. 18 Gatenby, Greg, 1976-1979 (36)
F. 19 Gatenby, Greg, 1980-1997 (24)
F. 20 Geddes, Gary
F. 21 Geller, Jacob David (3)
F. 22 Gerard, Lance
F. 23 Gervais, M. (postcards to family members)
F. 24 Gestetner
F. 25 Gibson, Graeme
F. 26 Gilbert, Gerry
F. 27 Gill, John
F. 28 Ginsberg, Allen
F. 29 Given, Imogene
F. 30 Globe and Mail (Ed O'Dacre) (3)
F. 31 Glover, Doug (15)
F. 32 Gold, Artie
F. 33 Goodman, Eileen (McClelland and Stewart)
F. 34 Graham, Archie
F. 35 Grain
F. 36 Green, Jim (3)
F. 37 Greenland, Cyril
F. 38 Gugler, Laurel (27) (includes typescripts and artwork)
F. 39 Guild of Canadian Playwrights
F. 40 Gunn, Thom
F. 41 Gustafson, Ralph (23)
F. 42 Gutteridge, Don (11)

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H Correspondence

F. 1 Haffner, Margaret (5, and printing transparencies)
F. 2 Hall, Phil (6)
F. 3 Hamilton, Jamie
F. 4 Hancock, Geoff (Canadian Fiction Magazine) (26)
F. 5 Harding, Karen J.
F.6 Hardy, Anne (3)
F. 7 Hart, Kim (3)
F. 8 Harvey, Rolf
F. 9 Harwell, Ernie
F. 10 Hansen, John
F. 11 Hawkes, Gerald (3)
F. 12 Hawkes, Robert
F. 13 Hawkins, Robert (5) (includes manuscripts of poetry)
F. 14 Hay, Elizabeth (10)
F. 15 Hayes, Marla (3)
F. 16 Helwig, David (7)
F. 17 Henderson, Brian
F. 18 Herendeen, Wyman
F. 19 Highway Book Shop
F. 20 Hill, Robert (9)
F. 21 Hilles, Robert (25, includes diskette)
F. 22 Hilles, Robert (page proofs)
F. 23 Hiram Walker Historical Museum
F. 24 Hogg, Bob (10)
F. 25 Honig, Samuel (3)
F. 26 Hood, Dora
F. 27 Hood, Hugh (9)
F. 28 Hornby, Betty
F. 29 Hounslow Press (Tony Hawke) (4)
F. 30 Howell, Bill
F. 31 Howith, Harry
F. 32 Hoy, Gene

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H Correspondence continued

F. 1 Hrastovec, Peter
F. 2 Hudson's Bay Company
F. 3 Humphreys, Helen (12)
F. 4 Hurtig, Mel
F. 5 Hutchinson, Bruce
F. 6 Hutchinson, Charlotte (11) (includes typescript)
F. 7 Hutchinson, Sybil H. (8)
F. 8 Hymers, A.L.

I Correspondence

J Correspondence

F. 14 Jacobs, Dale
F. 15 Jalowica, Daniel (16)
F. 16 Jenoff, Marvyne
F. 17 Jewinski, Ed
F. 18 Jirgens, Karl
F. 19 Jobson, Kellie
F. 20 Johns, Nancy (artwork only)
F. 21 Johnson, Bill
F. 22 Johnson, Jane
F. 23 Johnson, Nancy
F. 24 Jones, D.G.
F. 25 Jones, Ed
F. 26 Jones, Elizabeth (4)
F. 27 Joyce, Dianne
F. 28 Judge, Maureen

K Correspondence

F. 29 Kaethler, Janet (Shorten) (6)
F. 30 Kaminski, Linda
F. 31 The Kangaroo's Lining F. 32 Kapasi, Margaret
F. 33 Karsh, Yousuf and Estrellita (3)
F. 34 Kassian, Roma (4)
F. 35 Kaulbach, Kathy (including artwork) (4)
F. 36 Keating, Diane
F. 37 Keeney, Patricia (Smith) (4)
F. 38 Kelly, Carol
F. 39 Kelly, M.T. (21)
F. 40 Kelly, Matthew (Abbey of Gethsemani)
F. 41 Kemp, Penny (Chalmers) (Twelfth Key) (16) (includes photographs and typescript)
F. 42 Kienzle, William

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M Correspondence, continued

F. 1 McClure, Robert
F. 2 McDonald, Hugh (20, includes page proofs and photographs)
F. 3 McFadden, Dave (14)
F. 4 McIntosh, Ellen (3)
F. 5 McIntyre, Paul F. 6 McKay, W.G.
F. 7 McKeage, Anne
F. 8 McKend, Heather (12)
F. 9 McKeough, W. Darcy (8)
F. 10 Mclennan, Rob
F. 11 McNamara, Eugene (3)
F. 12 McNeeley, Thomas
F. 13 McNeill, Florence
F. 14 Meecham, James (6)
F. 15 Melfi, Mary (11)
F. 16 Merton, Thomas (typescript only)
F. 17 Meyer, Bruce (28, including typescript)
F. 18 Meyer, Bruce (typescript)
F. 19 Meyers, Jeffrey
F. 20 Mickalski, Rick
F. 21 Miller, Henry (1 autograph postcard and 2 blank postcards)
F. 22 Mineau, Marion
F. 23 Mitton, Anne (10)
F. 24 Moe, Rusty (includes page proofs and photograph)
F. 25 Monks, Bob (includes sketches)
F. 26 Montaldo, Jonathan
F. 27 Moore, Thomas
F. 28 Morriss, Wendy (14)
F. 29 Morrow, Dianne
F. 30 Mosaic Press
F. 31 Moses, Daniel David
F. 32 Mulhallen, Karen, 1986-1995 (17, including typescripts)
F. 33 Mulhallen, Karen, 1996-2000 (17, including typescripts)
F. 34 Mulhern, MaryAn
F. 35 Munger, Barb

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M Correspondence continued

F. 1 Murphy, Joanne (50)
F. 2 Murphy, Father Stan (typescript only)
F. 3 Murphy, Father Stan (typescript only)
F. 4 Musgrave, Susan

N Correspondence

F. 5 NDWT Company
F. 6 Nebula Press
F. 7 Nelson, Audrey (31, including typescripts)
F. 8 Neufeldt, Leonard
F. 9 New York Institute of Photography
F. 10 New York University Press
F. 11 Newman, Peter C.
F. 12 Nichol, b.p. and Estate of b.p. nichol (48, including typed poems, photographs, and page proofs)

N Correspondence

F. 13 Nin, Anais (4)
F. 14 Noonan, Jim
F. 15 Norris, Ken (13)
F. 16 Nosanchuk, Saul
F. 17 Nowlan, Alden

O Correspondence

F. 18 Oates, Joyce Carol (7)
F. 19 O'huigin, Sean, 1980s (53)
F. 20 O'huigin, Sean, 1990s (65, including reviews of his work)

O Correspondence, continued

F. 1 O'huigin, Sean, 2000 (2)
F. 2 O'huigin, Sean (6, artwork and photographs only)
F. 3 O'huigin, Sean (20, reviews and fan mail)
F. 4 O'huigin, Sean (publicity for book tour)
F. 5 O'huigin, Sean (tour expenses and copy of audio tape)
F. 6 O'huigin, Sean (book tour 1989)
F. 7 O'huigin, Sean (book tour 1990)
F. 8 Olympia Communications
F. 9 Ondaatje, Micheal
F. 10 O'Neil, Susan
F. 11 Ontario Arts Council
F. 12 Ontario Genealogical Society
F. 13 Ontario Historical Society
F. 14 Ontario Writers' Retreat
F. 15 Osherhoff, Lynn
F. 16 Other Voices (Jane Johnson) (16)

P Correspondence

F. 17 Paulson, Ron
F. 18 Paxton, Maureen (18)
F. 19 Penumbra Press (3)
F. 20 Pepper, Leila (4, includes photograph)
F. 21 Pickersgill, Ed (The Lunatic Gazette) (4)
F. 22 Pittman, Al (3)
F. 23 Plant, Richard
F. 24 Plantos, Ted
F. 25 Playwrights' Co-op
F. 26 Pluck
F. 27 Poetry Australia
F. 28 Polson, Don
F. 29 Porcupine's Quill (Tim Inkster) (14)
F. 30 Powell, R.J. (typescript only)
F. 31 Power, Michael

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P Correspondence continued

F. 1 Priest, Robert (9, including typescripts)
F. 2 Prima, Diane de
F. 3 Purdy, Al, 1970-1976 (13, including typescript)
F. 4 Purdy, Al, 1977 (19, including typescripts and photographs)
F. 5 Purdy, Al, 1978 (10, including photographs)
F. 6 Purdy, Al, 1979 (12)
F. 7 Purdy, Al, 1981-84 (22, including photograph)
F. 8 Purdy, Al, 1989-91 (5, including typescript)
F. 9 Purdy, Al (typescript only)
F. 10 Purdy, Jim

R Correspondence

F. 18 Rabinowitz, Richard
F. 19 Reaney, Colleen (11, including manuscript)
F. 20 Reaney, James (52, including artwork, photograph and typescripts)
F. 21 Reaney, James (9, including artwork, photograph and typescripts)

Box 14

F. 1 Reid, D.C. (typescript only)
F. 2 Reimer, Dolores (typescript)
F. 3 Roscoe, Terry (3)
F. 4 Rosenberg, David
F. 5 Rosenblatt, Joe (17, all correspondence is undated)
F. 6 Rosenblatt, Joe (20, including typescript)
F. 7 Rosenblatt, Joe (40)
F. 8 Rosenblatt, Joe (15, including artwork)
F. 9 Rothstein, Etho (6)
F. 10 Russelo, Kristina
F. 11 Ryan, Frances
F. 12 Ryan, Patric
F. 13 Ryan, Peggy
F. 14 Safarik, Allan (3, including typescript)
F. 15 Salt
F. 16 Savoie, Paul (7)
F. 17 Scheier, Libby (13)
F. 18 Seiller, Susan
F. 19 Sepharim
F. 20 Serling, Robert
F. 21 Shier, James
F. 22 Skelton, Robin
F. 23 Slaver, Mary
F. 24 Smith, A. J. M.
F. 25 Smith, Cameron
F. 26 Soelle, Dorothee
F. 27 Sono Nis Press (3)
F. 28 Sorestad, Glen (4)
F. 29 Spalding, Linda (14)
F. 30 Sparshott, Francis
F. 31 Stacey, Robert
F. 32 St. Clair College (4)
F. 33 Steel, Dr. G. W. Harvey
F. 34 Stevens, Peter
F. 35 Stevenson, Richard
F. 36 Stewart, Jim
F. 37 Strange, Ken
F. 38 Struthers, Betsy (5)
F. 39 Suknaski, Andrew

Box 15

F. 1 Sullivan, Rosemary (final typescript)
F. 2 Sullivan, Rosemary (13)
F. 3 Sutherland, Fraser (13, including photographs)
F. 4 Sutherland, Ronald
F. 5 Suzuki, Aiko
F. 6 Sward, Robert
F. 7 Sweet Publishing (3)
F. 8 Syratt, Lorraine T Correspondence
F. 9 Talonbooks (3)
F. 10 Tamarack
F. 11 10:47 Magazine (3)
F. 12 Terranova, Elaine
F. 13 Tomlinson, Betty
F. 14 Towell, Larry (16)
F. 15 Towell, Larry (16)
F. 16 Town, H.
F. 17 Tributaries
F. 18 Troyer, Warner

U Correspondence

F. 19 University of British Columbia
F. 20 University of Chicago Press
F. 21 University of Guelph
F. 22 University of Windsor Review (Eugene McNamara and John Ditsky) (20)

V Correspondence

F. 23 Vard, Robert Du
F. 24 Vasey, Paul (4, includes photograph)
F. 25 Verny, T. R.
F. 26 Virgilio, Nicholas
F. 27 Visser, John De
F. 28 Von-Konigslow, Andrea (7, including typescript)
F. 29 Von-Konigslow, Andrea (page proofs)

W Correspondence

F. 30 Waddington, Miriam (12)
F. 31 Wagner, D. R. (3)
F. 32 Walker, Anne (5, including typescript)
F. 33 Walker, Anne (artwork only)
F. 34 Walker, Barb F. 35 Wallace, Madeline
F. 36 Wascana Review (3)
F. 37 Waves (Pier Giorgio Di Cicco) (includes typescript of 2 poems by Gervais)
F. 38 Waxman, Martin (19)
F. 39 Waxman, Martin (20)
F. 40 Waxman, Martin (11, including typescript)

Box 16 W Correspondence continued

F. 1 Wayman, Tom
F. 2 Weller, Duncan (5, includes 2 magazines)
F. 3 Wendigo
F. 4 West Coast Review (Fred Candelaria) (7)
F. 5 Williams, Donna
F. 6 William Hoffer Bookseller
F. 7 Williams, Larry
F. 8 Williams, Stephen
F. 9 Willmot, Rod, 1960s (many undated) - 1975 (29, including typescripts)
F. 10 Willmot, Rod, 1976-1985 (38, including typescripts)
F. 11 Willmot, Rod, 1986-1991 (18)
F. 12 Wilson, Budge (6)
F. 13 Wilson, Catherine (McClelland and Stewart) (3)
F. 14 Wilson, Milton (typescript)
F. 15 Wilton Katz, Welwyn
F. 16 Windsor, City of
F. 17 Windsor Public Library (3)
F. 18 Windsor Star, The, 1971-2003 (84, most are letters regarding Gervais' writing in the newspaper)
F. 19 Winner, Howard
F. 20 Wishinsky, Frieda
F. 21 Woodcock, George (and Canadian Literature) (12)
F. 22 Woodward, Jeff (11)
F. 23 WQLN
F. 24 Wright, Phyllis
F. 25 Wynne-Jones, Tim
F. 26 Wylie, Betty Jane, 1980-1989 (35)
F. 27 Wylie, Betty Jane, 1990-2002 (19)
F. 28 Wylie, Betty Jane (typescripts only)
F. 29 Wylie, Betty Jane (2 copies of published poems only)

Y Correspondence
F. 29 Yolton, Karen
F. 30 Young, Scott
F. 31 Yoshida, Dr. S.
F. 32 Young, Ian (3)

Z Correspondence
F. 33 Zeller, Ludwig
F. 34 Zieroth, Dale

Box 17 Email correspondence, sorted by date, 1999-2003.

F. 1 1999, October.
F. 2 1999, November.
F. 3 1999, December.
F. 4 2000, January.
F. 5 2000, February.
F. 6 2000, March.
F. 7 2000, April/May.
F. 8 2000, June/July.
F. 9 2001, November/December.
F. 10 2002, May/July.
F. 11 2002, August/December.
F. 12 2003, January.
F. 13 2003, February.
F. 14 2003, March.
F. 15 2003, April. F. 16 2003, May.
F. 17 2003, June. Series 2: Poetry: manuscripts, typescripts and computer print outs. – 1966-[1996] and undated. – .32 m of textual records. – Title based on content of the series. – Arrangement alphabetical by title where provided.

Box 18 Poetry

F. 1 Afternoons in the Cold War, [later Tearing into a Summer Day, 1996] undated typescript.
F. 2 Autobiographies (1989) Typescript.
F. 3 Autobiographies Later typescript.
F. 4 The Believable Body (1979) Photocopied typescript and published version.
F. 5 Bittersweet (1972) Typescript and published version.
F. 6 Frames [undated] Typescript.
F. 7 Into a Blue Morning (1982) Annotated typescript, with introduction by Al Purdy.
F. 8 Into a Blue Morning
Published version.
F. 9 Letters from the Equator (1985) Spiral bound [preprint?] version.
F. 10 Letters from the Equator
Incomplete typescript with editorial notes.
F. 11 Letters from the Equator
Corrected printout.
F. 12 Letters from the Equator
Further corrected printout.

Poetry, continued

Box 19

F. 1 Maggie T Poems (published as Public Fantasy: The Maggie T Poems) Annotated typescript.
F. 2 New Play Typescript fragments, 3p.
F. 3 New Poems/Poems in Progress Annotated typescript.
F. 4 Paper Thighs (with some correspondence relating, dated 1973-75) Annotated typescript and manuscript.
F. 5 Poems for American Daughters (1976) Annotated typescript and manuscript. Also published version.
F. 6 Silence Comes With Lake Voices Pamphlet publication by the League of Canadian Poets [1979?]
F. 7 Up Country Lines (1979) Annotated typescript.
F. 8 Children's Poems [1980s] Typescript and manuscript.
F. 9 Miscellaneous Poems - 1 Typescript and manuscript.
F. 10 Miscellaneous Poems - 2 Typescript and manuscript.
F. 11 Miscellaneous Poems - 3 Typescript and manuscript.
F. 12 Various versions of poems,
one page bears title Brain Music, typescript and illustrations.
F. 13 Binder with clippings of published poetry, 1966-1967 and undated.
F. 14 2 computer discs marked "poetry".
F. 15 Copy of published poem in Literary Review of Canada, 2002 Series 3: Book Manuscripts and other writing: typescripts, photocopies and graphic material. – 1976-2002. – 1.72 m of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – Arrangement by genre: books; plays; other writing; research notes and story ideas; writing for children, then chronological, by date of publication.

Books
The Rumrunners: A Prohibition Scrapbook (Thornhill, Ont.: Firefly Books, 1980).

Box 20
Rumrunners: Research material

F. 1 Notes and research material.
F. 2 Purple Gang - research material.
F. 3 Spracklin and Trumble - research material (includes 1978 letter).
F. 4 Notes from CBC tape.
F. 5 Legislation - photocopied research material.
F. 6 Individuals - 2 notebooks and other research notes.
F. 7 Temperance research - photocopies.
F. 8 Prohibition - research notes and correspondence with Jake Geller (1978).
F. 9 Cooper research material.
F. 10-15 General research material.

Box 21
Rumrunners: Typescripts and other related material

F. 1 Permission letters - to reproduce earlier articles in Rumrunners, 1978-79.
F. 2 Draft of Introduction.
F. 3 Chapters 1-8, draft typescript.
F. 4 Chapters 10-14, incomplete typescript.
F. 5 Chapter 24, revised typescript.
F. 6 Manuscript revisions to typescript.
F. 7 Various draft chapters - 1.
F. 8 Various draft chapters - 2.
F. 9 Various draft chapters - 3.
F. 10 Videotape labeled "Rumrunners".

Box 22 The Border Police: One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years of Policing in Windsor Waterloo, Ont.: Penumbra Press, 1992. C.H. Gervais with Mary E. Baruth and G. Mark Walsh. Photocopied research material

F. 1 Alexander Bartlet Diaries
F. 2 Police Commission Minutes: Ford Strike, 1945
F. 3 Sandwich Township history
F. 4 Police Reports, 1922-29: Ford City
F. 5 Police Commission Minutes, 1950
F. 6 Town/City Committees, 1867-1922
F. 7 Cross Examination, 1949
F. 8 Alton C. Parker
F. 9 Windsor Census, 1864
F. 10 Crime Prevention
F. 11 Windsor Police Seniority List
F. 12 Bye Law, Windsor, 1913
F. 13 Police Expenses: Auditor's Reports, 1870-1935
F. 14 James R. Wilkinson: photographic material, photocopied
F. 15 Centennial Moments: audio tape

Box 23
The Border Police: Photocopied research material, continued.

F. 1 Offences
F. 2 Chief C.W. Farrow: biographical material
F. 3 Alton C. Parker: biographical material
F. 4 Alton C. Parker: further research material
F. 5 Crime Statistics, Windsor
F. 6 Walkerville Police Department: Constable's Reports, 1928-1931
F. 7 Walkerville Police Department: Constable's Reports, 1932-1935
F. 8 Sandwich Police Commission Reports, 1923-1932
F. 9 WPA Yearbook, 1951-1974
F. 10 Various research materials
F. 11 Duplicated research material

Box 24
The Border Police: Photocopied research material, continued

F. 1 Chief Jack Shuttleworth: biographical material
F. 2 Chief John Hughes: biographical material
F. 3 Chief Gord Preston: biographical material
F. 4 Alton C. Parker: further research material
F. 5 Chief John Williamson: biographical material
F. 6 Windsor Police Commission Minutes, 1935
F. 7 Patrol Division Occurrence Book, 1915-1916
F. 8 Board of Police Commission Minutes, 1923
F. 9 Windsor By Laws, 1867-1922
F. 10 Board of Police Commission Minutes, 1917
F. 11 Roadside Police Commission Reports, 1935-1953
F. 12 Walkerville Police Reports, 1900
F. 13 Police Offences
F. 14 Death of Alton C. Parker
F. 15 Police Committee Minutes, 1880-1891
F. 16 Border Police: General materials

Box 25
The Border Police: Photocopied research material, continued and research notes.

F. 1 - F. 10 Border Police, General research files
F. 11 Border Police: 3 spiral bound notebooks containing research notes

Box 26
The Border Police: Original and photocopied photographic material

F. 1 Police photographs, original and photocopied
F. 2 Photographic material: one original and photocopies
F. 3 Photographic material: photocopies
F. 4 Photographic copies of original photographs
F. 5 Photographic material: photocopies, annotated with cut lines for the book
F. 6 Photographic copies of original photographs
F. 7 Photographic material: photocopies
F. 8 Photographic copies of original photographs

Box 27
The Border Police: Typescript drafts and page proofs

F. 1 Book Proposal: "Windsor Police Project"
F. 2 Book preliminaries
F. 3 Annotated typescript, incomplete
F. 4 Typescript draft of chapter: "Growth of the Border Cities, 1900-1935"
F. 5 Revised and corrected pages from various chapters
F. 6 Revised and corrected pages, incomplete typescript
F. 7 Revised and corrected pages, incomplete typescript
F. 8 - F. 12 Revised page proofs, incomplete

Box 28
From America Sent, Toronto: Quarry Press, 1995.

F. 1 Early typescript draft, here entitled This Side of the River: A Memoir for Henry
F. 2 Early typescript draft, here entitled From America Sent: An Open Letter to Henry Miller
F. 3 Heavily annotated typescript draft
F. 4 Final [?] typescript, 11 July 1995
F. 5 Cover material and publisher's note, November 1995.

Plays

Box 29 Baldoon. Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 1976.

F. 1 Genealogy of the Baldoon family and research material
F. 2 Research material: copies of newspaper articles
F. 3 Research material: background information for the play
F. 4 Research material: published pamphlets and notes
F. 5 Annotated typescript of the play
F. 6 Photographs relating to Baldoon , one historic and the other from a production.
F. 7 Teaching Kit: Supplementary Guide to the NDWT Co's production

The Fighting Parson. Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 1983.

F. 8 Notes and research material
F. 9 Draft and revised pages
F. 10 Draft and revised pages
F. 11 Early typescript draft

Box 30 The Fighting Parson, continued

F. 1 First Draft: annotated typescript and letter re contract from Tim Inkster
F. 2 Second draft: revised typescript
F. 3 Production photographs
F. 4 Annotated "working copy" of the published version
F. 5 Poster and newspaper clippings relating to the play

Other Writing, edited books

F. 6 People in Struggle: The Life and Work of Bill Stapleton Page proofs with sketches, brief autobiographical note by Stapleton (August 1991)
F. 7 The Writing Life: Historical and Critical Views of the Tish Movement. Coatsworth, Ontario: Black Moss Press, 1976. Letters of permission to publish essays from Earle Birney, Louis Dudek, Lionel Kearns, and Beverley Mitchell; 2 letters from Frank Davey, who wrote the introduction, and copies of some of the essays selected.
F. 8 Research materials relating to Tish
F. 9 Research notes relating to Tish and the book
F. 10 Typescript draft of the introduction and notes re. the book.

Box 31
Research, notes, story ideas and interview transcripts

F. 1 Notes and research material for 3 day novel writing contest; based on story of baseball player Reno Bertola, 2001 (Gervais won 3rd prize).
F. 2 Story ideas, including letters with suggestions and research material, 1998-1999.
F. 3 Story ideas, including letters with suggestions and research material, 1998-1999.
F. 4 - F. 8 Historical research material on Windsor and area
F. 9 Orval Shaw research material
F. 10 Interview research and two transcripts: interviews with Gordon Sinclair, F.R. Scott and Barbara Frum, 1980

Box 32 Writing for children and personal material

Writing for children
F. 1 How Bruises Lost His Secret
Typescript of children's story with earlier draft entitled How Bruises Got His Name.
F. 2 Dr. Troyer and the Secret in the Moonstone
Contract with the illustrator, illustrations, and 4 versions of the text in annotated typescripts

Series 4:
Personal material: notebooks, photographs, contracts, financial material, postcards. – [197-]--[199-] – .24 m of textual records. – Title based on content of the series.

F. 3 Notebook, undated
Contains drafts of poems, some pages loosely inserted
F. 4 Inserted material from above notebook
Includes postcards, pamphlets and clippings
F. 5 Notebook, undated Contains drafts of poems and prose pieces
F. 6 Inserted material from above notebook
Includes postcards, pamphlets and clippings
F. 7 Loose pages from an undated notebook
Prose and poetry drafts, ca. 1990
F. 8 Photographs of Marty Gervais, 1980s and 1990s
F. 9 Photographs of Marty Gervais, mostly 1990s
F. 10 Other photographs: Cardinal Carter, O.R. Melling and Gail Fox (not by Gervais)
F. 11 Photographs of England by Gervais
F. 12 Various old photographs

Box 33 Personal material, continued

F. 1 Contracts for books and teaching appointments, 1976-2001
F. 2 Correspondence relating to teaching appointments
F. 3 Bank statements - Bank of Nova Scotia
F. 4 Papers relating to Coco (M.G.'s dog)
F. 5 Computer lease material
F. 6 Mazda car agreement
F. 7 Manulife Insurance
F. 8 Crohn's disease
F. 9 Postcards and bank books
F. 10 Domestic bills
F. 11 Doug Merriam cards
F. 12 Expired passports
F. 13 Published guide to a Polish Prisoner of War camp 3 envelopes: World Series tickets Postcards from MG to Donna Unused postcards, most from travels

Series 5:
Published newspaper columns: newsprint. – 1980-2002. – .42 m of textual records. – Title based on content of the series.

Box 34 Copies of published columns in the Windsor Star

Religion Columns
F. 1 Clippings regarding Lois Wilson - research
F. 2 1980 clippings and photocopies - research
F. 3 1981 - religion columns
F. 4 1982 - religion columns
F. 5 1983 - Rome trip columns
F. 6 1983 - religion columns
F. 7 1983 - World Council of Churches
F. 8 1984 - Papal visit columns
F. 9 1984 - more Papal visit columns
F. 10 1984 - religion columns
F. 11 1985 - religion columns (1)

Box 35 Religion columns, continued

F. 1 1985 - religion columns(2)
F. 2 1986 - religion columns
F. 3 1987- Billy Graham Crusade
F. 4 1988 - religion columns
F. 5 1989 - religion columns
F. 6 1990-1994 - research material for religion columns

Box 36 Other columns and articles for the Windsor Star; also research files

F. 1 1991 - columns and articles
F. 2 1993 - book columns
F. 3 1994 - entertainment columns
F. 4 1996 - columns and articles
F. 5 1997 - column
F. 6 1998 - My Town series
F. 7 1999 - My Town series
F. 8 1999 - souvenir issue
F. 9 2002 - My Town series
F. 10 Programmes and lists of award winners from the Western Ontario Newspaper Awards dinners, 1988, 1994-2001
F. 11 Articles which mention Marty Gervais
F. 12 Windsor Star Tours, 1993
F. 13 Norman Vincent Peale - research file
F. 14 Wallenda family research file.

Series 6:
Audio cassette tapes of interviews conducted by Marty Gervais. – 1987-1996. – .5 m of sound recordings. – Title based on content of the series. – Arranged in alphabetical order by name of person interviewed; dates have been added where they are provided on the tape. All are regular format audio cassettes, except where otherwise indicated.

Box 37

Alvarez, Al Atwood (microcassette)
Atwood Ballard, J.G. Toronto, October 16 1987.
Tama Janowitz, Alice Hoffman
Barnes, Julian. October 1994
Beattie, Ann. October 14 1995
Beattie, Ann
Berton, Pierre. August 1990
Berton, Pierre. October 1996
Berton, Pierre
Berton, Pierre
Berton, Pierre
Black, Arthur
Bonisteel, Roy
Brandt, Di
Carroll, Diann
Carter, Cardinal
Cassady, Carolynn
[Churchill] ("Churchill's Grandson")
Creeley/Oates. August 15 1995
Davies, Robertson
Donaldson, Peter. May 1992
Dralculic, Slavenka Falwell - "Old Guys"
Falwell, Jerry - "Moral Majority Leader" (microcassette)
Faraha interview - "Stephen Spender Talk"
Farrow, Carl
Feore, Colm. May 1992
Feore, Colm.
Feore, Colm.
Ferguson-Miller,
Robert Findley,
Tim Ford,
Richard - "novelist" Fulford,
Robert Goldhawk,
Dale Gutierrez, [ ] (microcassette) Hailey, Arthur
Harwell, Ernie
Holmes, Richard "Coleridge Biography". October 16 1990
Hutchinson, Bruce
Johnstone, Bob
Johnstone, Bob
Layton, Irving. October 25 1991
Lindsey, Hal
Lindsey, Hal
McArthur, Micky
McCamus, Tom. May 1996
McCamus, Tom
McLain, Denny
Meyers, Jeffrey
Miller, Arthur
Mitchell, W.O. (microcassette)
Moore, Thomas. February 10 1995
Moore, Thomas. February 10 1995
Morgan, Carl
Newby [?], [ ]
Nin, Anais "Biographer, Baire"
Ouellette, Paul (microcassette)
Ouimette, Steve. May 1995 PTL Club Singer - "Nova[?] Bakker"
Paley, Grace. October 14 1995
Payne, Edward. "artist". June 1 1995 Phantom
Reyes, [ ]
Richler, [Mordecai]. November 1989
Richler, [Mordecai].
Rooney, Mickey. October 12 1995
Ross, Larry - "Billy Graham Crusade"
Sandidge - "Falwell Stuff"
Sandidge, Sue
Spender, Stephen. Toronto, October 18 1987
Spock, Benjamin (microcassette)
Stott, Bishop
Vallée, Brian
Vanderhaege, Guy
Vigneault, [Giles]
Wiggins, Marriam "Rushdie's wife". October 16 1990
Wilson, Lois "Moderator of United Church"
Wright, Janet "Actress" Young, Scott. August 6 1991

At the end of this sequence is one tape marked "Gervais", 3 audio cassettes and 8 micro cassettes with either no or illegible identification.

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