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Levenson, Christopher, 1934-

First accrual. -- 1969-1994. -- 60 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of fonds. Boxes 1-3.

Series 1

Manuscripts and typescripts. -- 1969-1986. -- 20 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of series. Box 1.

Box 1
File 1 Cairns (London: Chatto & Windus, 1969). Ts., with annotations and revisions, marked "mss as submitted". 82 p.
File 2 Cairns. Later ts., with minor corrections, marked "book as accepted by Chatto's". 62 p.
File 3 Into the Open (Ottawa: Golden Dog Press, 1977). Ts. (photocopy) with minor corrections. [31 p.] .
File 4 The Journey Back (Windsor: Sesame Press, 1978). Early corrected proofs of book: ms., ts., photocopies and correspondence pertaining to this book with Tim Inkster, 1978. Also includes ms. notes for Bartok poem. [56 p.].
File 5 The Journey Back. Ts. (photocopy), marked as "originally submitted".
[65 p.].
File 6 The Journey Back. Ts. (photocopy); ms. and ts. notes. Marked "Ts. as accepted by Sesame". [37 p.].
File 7 The Return (Hitchin, Herts.: Mandeville Press, 1986). early ts. working drafts, heavily annotated and revised; some ms. notes. [109 p.]. Also includes published copy of book.
File 8 Stills (London: Chatto & Windus, 1972). Early ts., with revisions and additions. [60 p.].
File 9 Stills. Ts.(carbon), with few annotations. Marked "as submitted". [55 p.].
File 10 Stills. Final ts. with notes for printer. Marked "as published". 52 p.

Series 2

Literary correspondence. -- 1969-1994. -- 40 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of series. Boxes 2-3.

Subseries
Correspondence and sales relating to individual poetry books. -- 1969-1994. -- 20 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of subseries. Box 2.

Box 2

File 1 Arriving at Night. (Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1986).
Correspondence with Mosaic Press (Kenneth Sherman and Howard Aster), 1985-1989. (33 letters, sales invoices, contract, and sections of ms. as enclosures).
Rejection letters from the following publishers: Deneau Publishers; Oberon Press; House of Anansi Press; Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Oxford University Press; General Publishing Co. Ltd., Sono Nis Press. 1982-1985. 25 letters.

File 2 Half Truths (Toronto: Wolsak & Wyn, 1990).
Correspondence with Maria Jacobs, 19 letters, 1989-1990. Enclosures include edited versions of Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; book launch invitation and clippings of review.

File 3 Into the Open (Ottawa: Golden Dog Press, 1977).
Correspondence and rejection letters from the following publishers: Oberon Press; House of Anansi; Peter Martin Associates Ltd.; Macmillan of Canada; Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd.; McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Talon Books Ltd Anson-Cartwright Editions, 1975-1976. 21 letters.
Correspondence with Golden Dog Press (Michael Gnarowski), 1 letter, 1976.

File 4 Into the Open. 1 letter from Michael Gnarowski re copies of book, 1978.
Record of sales in Toronto, 1975-1976.
Record of review copies, 1975-1976.

File 5 Reconcilable Differences (Calgary: Bayeux, 1994). Anthology edited by Levenson.
Correspondence with possible publishers: Lester & Orpen Dennys; Wolsak & Wyn; Polestar Book Publishers; Ragweed Press. 5 letters, 1989-1993.
Correspondence with publishers re permission to reprint material: 13 letters and enclosures, 1994.
Correspondence with contributors: 23 letters and faxes, 1993-1994.
Correspondence with Ashis Gupta (Bayeux Arts Inc.), 14 letters-1994.
Correspondence with possible reviewers, interviewers, etc., 15 letters and clippings,
1993-1994.

File 6 The Return. (Hitchin, Herts.: Mandeville Press, 1986).
Correspondence: 7 letters, 1984-1986.

File 7 Stills. (London: Chatto & Windus, 1972).
Correspondence with Chatto & Windus, 26 letters, 1970-1972 and enclosures of pages of text and royalty statements from A.D. Peters & Co.
1 jacket proof.
Correspondence with Clarke Irwin & Co., 3 letters, 1972-1973; 3 invoices, 1972-2973.

Subseries
General literary correspondence. -- 1984-1994 . -- 20 cm of textual records. -- Title based on contents of subseries. Box 3.

Note: In many instances letters have been placed in the order they were found, so as not to lose their context; in such cases, a strict alphabetical sequence or name authority has not been followed.

Box 3

File 1 A
Abley, Mark letter, 1987.
Adilman, Mona, 1 letter, 1988.
Anderson, Keith, 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter from, 1993.
Arc. 6 letters, (Rita Donovan), 1992-1994; 3 letters to, 1992-1994.
Arndt, Bohm, see under Dallet, Joseph, file 4.
"Atwood" [Atwood, Margaret], 7 letters between Earl Ingersoll and Levenson, regarding interview with Atwood. 1988-1989.

File 2 B
Baker, Ross H. 1 letter, 1992, 1 letter from, 1992.
Barfoot, Joan, 1 letter, 1990.
Barton, John, 1 letter, 1991.
Bayeux Arts Inc., see Box 2, file 5.
Bell, John, 3 letters, 1989-1992. See also under "Ottawa", file 15.
Berry, Paul, 1 letter, 1992.
Bitar, Walid, 1 letter, 1988.
Blaise, Clark, 1 letter, n.d.; 1 letter to, 1992.
Bluger, Marianne, 1 letter, 1988.
Bohemian Embassy, see under "Toronto", file 20.
Bohm, Arnd, 3 letters, 1993-1994; 1 letter to, 1994.
Bombay Literary Review (Vilas Sarang), 1 letter to, 1992.
Books in Canada (Barb Carey), 2 letters, 1993-1994; 1 letter to, 1993, with enclosure.
Bookware (Susan McMaster), 2 letters, 1994.
Born, Heidi von, 1 notice and 1 printed brochure regarding Heidi von Born's biography and reading, 1992.
Brady, John, 1 letter, 1990.
Brandt, Diane, 1 letter to, n.d.
Brandt, George, 1 letter, 1993, 1 letter to, 1993.
Brick (Linda Spaulding), 1 letter, n.d.; 2 letters to, 1988.

File 3 C

"Caedmon" [Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.], 1 letter; 1 invoice, 1986-1987.
Cameron, Brian, 1 letter, n.d.; 1 letter to, 1991.
The Canada Council (Katharine A. Benzekri), 19 letters, 1989-1994; 5 letters to, 1990-1994.
Canadian Authors Association Conference ‘91, 3 letters and enclosures, 1991.
Canadian Book Information Centre (Adam Becker), 3 letters, 1992.
Canadian Forum (Pat Smart), 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter to, 1992.
Canadian Literature (Laurie Ricou), 1 letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.
Canadian Who's Who, 1 letter with enclosure, 1988.
Cancar, Brenda, 1 letter to, 1991.
Capital Poets; An Ottawa Anthology, ed. Colin Morton (1989), Clippings from The Ottawa Citizen, 1989 and letters related to the reviewing of this book, 7 letters (Colin Morton and Robert Eady), 1989.
Carey, Barbara, 2 letters, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.
Carleton University (Michael Gnarowski and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer), 3 letters, 1992-1993; 1 letter to, 1991.
Carleton University Press (Michael Gnarowski; Carol Shields), 6 letters, 1991-1992; 10 letters to; 1 book launch notice and 1 catalogue for fall 1992.
The Charlatan (Nicole McGill), 1 letter, 1993; 2 letters to, 1993.
Chatto & Windus, see Box 2, file 7.
Causley, Charles, 1 letter to, from Lissa Paul and biographical material re reading, 1990.
CHUO Radio, 1 letter to, 1991.
Clarke, George Elliott, 6 letters, 1990-1993 and enclosures, 1 letter to, 1990.
Clarke, Irwin & Co., see Box 2, file 7.
Clever, Glenn (Borealis Press), 1 letter to, 1992.
Coles, Don, 4 letters, 1988-1991; 1 letter to, 1991.
Cook, Greg, 1 letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1992.
Copp Clark Pitman Ltd. (Tilley Crawley), 2 letters, 1990.
Cousin, Florence, 1 letter, 1990, 1 letter to, 1990.
[Cowan], Judith, 1 letter to, 1988.
Csamer, Ellen, 2 letters, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.
[ ], Ronnie, 1 letter to, 1993 and 1 draft.

File 4 D

[re] Dallett, Joseph, 2 letters from Arnd Bohm (Carleton University), re dedication of Festschrift to Dallett; 3 letters to: 1 to Dallett, 1993-1994.
Davey, Frank, see under Open Letter, file 15.
Dennis, Michael, 2 letters, 1994; 2 letters to, with enclosure, 1994.
Lester & Orpen Dennys (Louise Dennys), 1 letter, 1989.
Desai, Anita, 3 letters, 1988-1990; 3 letters to; 1988-1990.
Dharwadker, Vinay, 1 letter to, 1993.
Dieruk, Guus, 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter to, 1992.
Donlan, John, 2 letters, 1988.
Donovan, Rita, 2 letters to, 1990.
[re]Doucet, Clive, 1 biographical note, n.d.
Dragland, Stan, 1 letter to, 1992.
Drummond, Robbie Newton, 1 letter, 1989.
Dubé, Paulette, 1 letter, 1989; 1 letter to, 1989.
"Dutch" [Dutch Language School, Ottawa], 1 letter and enclosure, 1992.

File 5 E

Eady, Robert, 1 letter, 1989; 2 letters to, 1989.
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus, 1 letter, 1994; 1 letter to, 1994.

File 6 F
Ferguson, Max, 1 letter, 1993; 2 letters to, 1993
Findlay, Seaton, 1 letter to, 1992.
Findley, Timothy, 1 letter, 1991; 1 letter to, 1991.
Fischman, Sheila, 1 letter to, 1988.
Fleck, Polly, 1 letter, 1986; 1 letter to, 1987.

File 7 G

German, Tony, 1 letter, 1994.
Giguère, Richard, 1 letter with enclosure of letter from Larry Shouldice, 1987-1988; 2 letters to, 1987.
Girol Books Inc., see under "Symbiosis".
Glickman, Susan, 1 card, 1989; 2 letters to, 1989-1991.
Gnarowski, Michael, see Box 2 file 3.
Godbout, Patricia, 1 letter, n.d.; 1 letter to, 1988.
Govier, Katherine, 1 letter, [1988?].
Greenwald, Roger (Innis College), 2 letters, 1988-1989.
"Georgia" [University of Georgia] (Ronald Bogue), 1 letter, 1 letter to, 1992.
Groening, Laura, 1 letter to, 1992.
Gross, David, 1 letter from Vinay Dhardwadker, 1992; 1 letter to, 1992.
"Guelph" [University of Guelph]. 2 letters to Tim Struthers, 1991; 1 to Guelph Public Library, 1991.
Gupta, Ashis, see Box 2 file 5.

File 8 H

Hall, Bernadette, 1 letter, 1991.
Hamilton, Beth, 1 letter to, 1992.
Harris, Claire, 1 letter, 1990; 1 letter to, 1990 with enclosure.
Harris, Gail, 1 letter, 1989.
Harris, Michael, 1 letter to, 1991.
Harvor, Beth, 3 letter, 1989-1992.
Heighton, Steven, 5 letters, 1988-1991; 3 letters to, 1989-1990, with enclosures.
Heine-Hoehn, Lala, 1 letter to, 1989.
Helwig, David, 2 letters to, 1990.
Hendler, Sue, 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter to, 1989.
Henderson, John, 1 proposal for T.V. reading, n.d.
Heward, Burt, 1 letter to, 1991.
Hilderley, Bob, 1 letter, 1992; 5 letters to, 1992.
Hilson Avenue Public School, 3 letters, 1991; 1 letter to, 1991.
Holmes, Boyd, 4 letters, 1988; 2 letters to, 1988,
Holmes, Nancy, 1 letter to, 1990.
Hood, Hugh, 1 letter, 1990; 1 letter to, 1990.
Hoogland, Joan, 2 letters, 1987; 1 letter to, 1988.
Hughes, Ted, 1 letter, 1990; 1 letter to, 1990.

File 9 I

Indian High Commission (V.P. Sharma, Alok Sen), 6 letters, 1991-1992; 4 letters to, 1991-1992.
Industrial Design, School of (Carleton University), 1 letter and 1 enclosure, 1990.
Ingersoll, Earl, see under "Atwood", file 1.
Ioannou, Susan, 1 letter and enclosure, 1990.
Iowa, University of (Herman Rapoport), 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter to, 1992.
Irvine, Norma, 1 letter to, 1991.

File 10 J

Jahn, Delia Ruth, 1 card, 1991; 1 letter to, 1992.
Jaimet, Kathleen, 1 letter, 1993.
Jiles, Paulette, 2 letters to, with enclosure of interview, 1988.
Johnson, Bernard, 1 letter to, 1993.
Johnston, George, 1 letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1991.
Johnston, Gordon, 1 letter, 1991; 1 letter to, 1991.
[Jones], Doug, 1 letter, 1989.

File 11 K

Keefer, Janice Kulyk, 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter to, 1992.
Keeney, Patricia, 1 letter with enclosure, 1988.
Kelly, M.T., 1 letter to, 1990.
Kerr, Luella S., 1 letter, 1987; 1 letter to, 1988.
Kitchener Public Library (Mrs. Georgina Green), 1 letter to, 1992.
Klappert, Lorna, 1 letter, 1991.
Kociejowski, Marius, 1 letter, 1990.
Korp, Maureen, 1 letter, 1988.

File 12 L

Lampert Award, 1 letter from Betsy Struthers and 1 page of entries, 1989.
Lampman Award, 1 letter to, re entries received in 1987.
Landale, Zoë, 3 letters, 1989.
Lane, M. Travis, 1 letter, n.d.; 1 letter to, 1991.
"Laureate" [Poet Laureate of Ottawa], 2 letters from Department of Recreation and Culture, re selection criteria, 1992.
The League of Canadian Poets (Angela Rebeiro, Richard Lemm), 6 letters, enclosure, 1988-1994; 1 letter to, 1991.
Lecker, Robert, see "Montreal", file 13.
Leckner, Carole, 1 letter to, 1988.
Lemm, Richard, 1 letter to, 1993.
[Levenson, Christopher], Book launch and reading notice, 1993.
Liman, Claude, 1 letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.
Lowther Award, List of entries, [199-].
Lush, Richard, 1 letter, 1990.

File 13 M

MacBeth, George, 2 letters, 1990, 1 addressed to Mr. Evans; 2 letters to, 1990; 3 letters re George Macbeth, 1990-1993.
MacGregor, Cathy, 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter to, 1992.
Manhire, Bill, 1 letter, 1992; 2 letters to, 1992.
Mann, Tony, 1 letter to, 1991.
Martindale, Sheila, 2 letters, 1 addressed to Karen Litton, 1991; 1 letter to, 1991.
McAdam, Rona, 1 letter, 1988.
McDougall, Rob and Anne, 1 letter, 1991; 1 letter to, 1991.
McGill University (Catherine M. Shaw), 1 letter, 1991.
McKay, Don, 1 letter to, 1989.
McWhirter, George, 1 letter, 1987.
The Mid-American Review, 1 letter to Editor, 1992.
Miles, Ron, 1 letter, 1988.
Miska, John, 1 letter, 1989.
Mistry, Rohinton, 2 letters, 1988-1992; 2 letters to, 1991-1992.
"Montreal" [McGill University], 1 letter from Robert Lecker, 1991; 1 letter to, 1991; 1 letter to Catharine Shaw, 1991.
Moon, Bryan, 1 letter to, 1991.
Moore, Brian, 2 letters, 1984-1985; 5 letters to, 1985-1990.
Mosiac Press, see Box 2 file 1.
Motion, Andrew, 2 letters to, 1993.
Munro, Lily Oddie, 1 letter, 1988.
Munsch, Robert, 1 letter, 1990; 1 letter to, 1990.

File 14 N

Nash, Roger, 2 letters, 1990; 1 letter to, 1990.
Netherlandic Press (Henny Ruger), 1 form letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.
Neuman, Shirley, 1 letter, 1992; 1 letter to, 1991.
Niagara Falls Public Library (Claire Bukermann), 1 letter to, 1992.
Niditch, B. Z. 1 letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.
Noyes, Steve, 1 letter, 1988.

File 15 O

"Olympic" [Canada Olympic Program], 1 letter from Michael Cassidy, MP, House of Commons, Ottawa, 1988.
Open Letter, 1 letter from Frank Davey, 1993; 1 letters to, 1992-1993.
"Ottawa" [Ottawa: a Literary Portrait], 1 letter from John Bell, 1991.
Ostinguy, J. (Carleton University), 2 letters, 1991 with enclosure of invoice and outline.
The Ottawa Citizen (Charles Gordon), 1 request for book review; 1 letter to, 1994.
Ottawa Independent Writers (Jane Wilson), 1 letter and enclosure, 1990; 1 letter to, 1990.
Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry, 2 letters, 1990; 1 letter to, 1990; Enclosures of contract and biography.

File 16 P

Page, P.K. 2 letters to, 1988-1989.
Palin, Jeremy, 1 letter, 1992.
Patel, Gieve, 8 letters and 1 telegram, 1991-1992; 8 letters to and enclosures, 1991-1992.
Peterborough Poetry Festival, 1 letter with enclosures of agenda and information, 1990.
Prosperine Press (Keith Anderson), 1 letter, 1992.

File 17 Q

Quarry, 1 form letter, 1991.
Queen's Quarterly, 3 letters, 1988-1989; 4 letters to, 1988-1990.


File 18 R

Radu, Ken (Matrix), 2 letters, 1989-1990; 2 letters to, with enclosure of book review, 1989-1990.
Redmond, Chris, 1 letter, 1988; 2 letters to, 1988-1992.
Redgrove, Peter, 1 letter, 1992; 2 letters to, 1992.
Richards, David Adams, 5 letters to, 1989-1990.
Rueter, William, 3 letters, 1988-1990; 1 letter to, 1988.

File 19 S

"Ste. Agathe, Quebec" [Laurentian International College], 1 letter to, 1991.
Schupham, Peter, 3 letters to, 1989-1993.
Sharma, V.P., 1 letter, 1993; 2 letters to, 1993.
Sherman, Kenneth, 1 letter, 1989 with enclosure of poetry ts; 1 letter to, 1988. See also Box 2 file 1.
Shields, Carol, 2 letters, 1990-1991.
Shouldice, Larry, 2 letters to, 1987-1988.
Simison, Greg, 1 letter, 1988; 3 letters to, 1988-1993 with enclosures.
Simms, Norman, 1 letter, 1989.
Singleton, Martin, 2 letters, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988; 4 letters, about, 1994.
Smart, Carolyn, 1 letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.
Smith, Allen, 2 letters, 1988-1989.
Smith, Doug, 1 letter, 1988-1989; 1 letter to, 1991.
Staines, David, 4 letters, 1988-1994; 1 letter to, 1991.
Stevenson, Richard, 5 letters, 1 p.c., 1988-1993; 3 letters to, 1989-1993; 1 letter of reference for Canada Council, 1988.
Stratford, Philip, 1 letter, 1989.
Struthers, Betsy, 1 letter, 1988.
Summerhayes, Don (York University), 3 letters, 1991-1992; 1 letter to, 1991.
"Symbiosis", 1 letter from Girol Books Inc., re funding for anthology, entitled "Symbiosis"[?], 1992.


File 20 T

This Week at Carleton, 1 letter to, 1993
Thurston, Harry, 5 letters, 1988-1993; 3 letters to, 1988-1993, and 1 letter of reference to Canada Council, 1988.
Tolley, Trevor, 3 letters, 1991-1993; 2 letters to, 1991-1993.
Tomlinson, Charles, 1 letter, 1990; 2 letters to, 1990-1992.
"Toronto" [Bohemian Embassy], 2 letters to, 1991.
Tsukimura, Reiko (University of Toronto), 1 letter, 1988; 1 letter to, 1988.


File 21 U-V

Urquhart, Jane, 1 letter to, 1990.

Valgardson, W.D., 3 letters, 1990; 3 letters to, 1990.
Valley Writers' Guild (Joy Mann), 2 letters with enclosures of contest entries, 1992; 1 reply with comments, and newsletter, 1992.
Vassanji, M.G. (Toronto South Asian Review), 5 letters to, 1992-1994.

File 22 W

Wallace, Bronwen, 2 letters and 1 note, 1987-1988.
Wallace-Crabbe, Christopher (Harvard University), 1 letter, 1987; 1 letter to, 1987.
"Waterloo" [University of Waterloo], 1 letter to Kim Jernigan, 1992.
Wayman, Tom, 3 letters, 1992; 1 letter to, 1992.
Webb, Phyllis, 1 letter to, 1989.
Weissbort, Danny, 1 letter to, 1992.
Whiteman, Bruce, 1 letter to, 1991.
Wiljer, Bob, 1 letter, 1989.
Williams, Jonathan, 1 letter to, 1992 with enclosure of ts. of poems.
Windhorse Reader: Choice Poems of 93, 1 nomination letter, 1994; 1 letter to editor, 1994.
Wiseman, Christopher, 1 letter, 1988; 3 letters to, 1989-1993.
Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd., 1 invoice and 2 letters, 1992-1994; 1 letter to, 1992. See also Box 2 file 2
Woodcock, George, 1 letter, 1988; 2 letters to, 1988.

File 23 Y

Young, Patricia, 1 letter, 1990; 2 letters to, 1990.

File 24 Z

Zieroth, Dale (Event), 1 letter, 1988,; 2 letters to, 1988.
Zwicky, Jan (The Fiddlehead), 1 letter, 1993; 1 letter to, 1994.