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Claire Mowat fonds. First accrual. – 1962-1983. – 1.35 m of textual records and graphic material.

The Outport People (McClelland and Stewart, 1983)
Box 1
F.1 Notes used by Claire Mowat, references to diary entries, etc. in writing book
F.2 Research, newspaper clippings
F.3 Account of move to Newfoundland, tms. lightly revised 10 pp.
F.4 Account of a freighter voyage by Claire and Farley Mowat, tms. lightly revised 7 pp.
F.5 Notes on corrections and changes made to book at various stages, with correspondence and notes to Lily Miller, editor at McClelland and Stewart
F.6 Drafts of various chapters, kept in small black binder, tms. with revisions, 72 pp.
F.7 Author’s note, and epilogue (not used), tms. and tms (copy), revised, 16 pp.
Chapter 1
F.8 Tms., first draft (?) revised, 9 pp.
F.9 Second draft (?) revised, 23 pp.
F.10 Tms. (car.) of revised second draft, 22 pp.
Chapter 2
F.11 Tms., 1st draft (?), revised, 15 pp.
F.12 Tms., second draft (?), revised, 20 pp.
Chapter 3
F.13 Tms., first draft (?) revised, 15 pp.
F.14 Tms., second draft (?) revised, 20 pp.
Chapter 4
F.15 Tms., first draft (?) revised, 14 pp.
F.16 Tms., second draft (?) revised, 13 pp.
F.17 Tms., further revisions, 5 pp.
F.18 Chapter 5, tms. with revisions, 21 pp.
F. 19 Chapter 6, tms., with revisions, incomplete, pp. 9, 13-14, 17-28
F.20 Chapters 5-10, tms., first draft, with revisions
F.21 Chapter 13 (originally 14), tms., first draft (?) with revisions, 14 pp.
F.22 Chapter 15, tms., first draft (?) with revisions, 14 pp.
F.23 Chapter 16, tms., first draft (?) with revisions, 19 pp.
F.24 Tms. draft with revisions, pp. 310-331.
F.25 Chapter 17, tms. with revisions, 20 pp.
F.26 Chapter 18, tms., first draft (?) with revisions, 10 pp.
F.27 Tms., second draft (?) with revisions, 11 pp.
F.28 Chapter 19 (various drafts), tms. with revisions, 22 pp.; 28 pp.; 11 pp.; ms. with revision, Chaps. 19 and 20, 23 pp.
F.29 Chapter 20 (various drafts), tms. with revisions, 19 pp.; (Chap. 22 originally), 13 pp.; 20 pp.; (Chap. 23 originally), 19 pp.; tms(car.), 7 pp.

Box 2
F.1 Chapter 21 (various drafts), tms. with revisions, 22 pp., 21 pp., 17 pp., 21 pp.
F.2 Chapter 22 (various drafts), tms. with revisions (fourth draft), 37 pp. Tms (car.) (fifth draft), 24 pp., tms. with revisions (Chap. 25 originally), 21 pp., 25 pp.
F.3 Chapter 23 (various drafts), tms. with revisions, 7 pp., 7 pp.; tms. various pages, 10 pp.
F.4 Chapters 1-7, tms. early draft, with revisions, 161 pp.
F.5 Chapters 8-13, tms., early draft, with revisions, 168 pp.
F.6 Chapters 14-19, tms., early draft, with revisions, 157 pp.
F.7 Chapters 20-23, tms., early draft, with revisions, 103 pp.
F.8 Chapter 24, tms., early drafts, with revisions, 9 pp., 14 pp.
F.9 Chapter 25, tms., early draft, with revisions, 8 pp.
F.10 Chapter 26 (later 23, 22), tms., early draft, with revisions, 18 pp.
F.l1 Chapter 27, tms., early draft, with revisions, 15 pp.
F.12 Chapter 28 (later 24), tms. early draft, with revisions, 18 pp.
F.13 Chapter 29, tms., early draft, with revisions, 9 pp.
F.14 Notes kept in black binder with this draft (file folders 4 to 13), 7 pp.
F.15 Revised and corrected pages, various early drafts, 70 pp.

Box 3
F.1 Revised and reworked pages, later drafts, 154 pp.
F.2 Tms. (copy and carbon) unedited, first version submitted, pp. 1-287
F.3 Tms. (copy and carbon), unedited, first version submitted, pp. 288-474
F.4 Tms. (copy and carbon), unedited, first version submitted, pp. 475-627
F.5 Tms. (copy), first version submitted, with suggestions from Lily Miller, Chaps. 1-4
F.6 Tms. (copy), first version submitted, with suggestions from Lily Miller, Chaps. 5-8
F.7 Tms. (copy), first version submitted, with suggestions from Lily Miller, Chaps. 9-13

Box 4
F.1 Tms. (copy), unedited version with suggestions from Peter Davison, Little Brown, Chaps. 1-4
F.2 Tms. (copy), unedited version with suggestions from Peter Davison, Little Brown, Chaps. 5-8
F.3 Tms. (copy), unedited version with suggestions from Peter Davison, Little Brown, Chaps. 9-13
F.4 Tms. (copy), unedited version with suggestions from Peter Davison, Little Brown, Chaps. 14-18
F.5 Tms. (copy), unedited version, with suggestions from Peter Davison, Little Brown, Chaps. 19-23
F.6 Tms., second revision, heavily revised, pp. 386-632

Box 5
F.1 Tms. and tms. (copy), third revision, pp. 386-627
F.2 Tms. (copy), final manuscript, pp. 1-187
F.3 Tms. (copy), final manuscript, pp. 188-385
F.4 Tms. (copy), final manuscript, with some pencilled corrections (Lily Miller’s?) pp. 386-627
F.5 Tms. with revisions, setting copy, pp. 1-187

Box 6
F.1 Tms. with revisions, setting copy, pp. 188-385
F.2 Tms. with revisions, setting copy, pp. 386-475
F.3 Tms. with revisions, setting copy, pp. 476-627
F.4 Ideas for title of book
F.5 Dust jacket ideas, photographs of Claire Mowat
F.6 “For the lawyer” by Claire Mowat, tms. + copy 5 pp.; correspondence with law firm
F.7 Tms. (copy) of final manuscript for legal verification, pp. 1-627
F.8 Legal copy, galleys of partial manuscript pp. 1-385

Box 7
F.1 Master galleys, January 17, 1983, with revisions, pp. 1-100
F.2 Master galleys, revised, 2/3/83, pp. 1-56
F.3 Master set, page proofs, 2/9/83, pp. 1-272
F.4 Publicity book bags

Journals (embargoed) (not boxed)
Volume 1 July 20, 1962 - December 31, 1963 (concerns life in Newfoundland)
Volume 2 January 1, 1964 - September 30, 1964 (Newfoundland)
Volume 3 October 1, 1964 - June 29, 1965 (Newfoundland)
Volume 4 June 30, 1965 - January 1, 1966 (Newfoundland)
Volume 5 January 1, 1966 (continued) - August 1966 (Newfoundland)
Volume 6 October 25, 1966 to December 1, 1966 (Russia trip)
Volume 7 January 27, 1967 to September 18, 1967 (Newfoundland to Port Hope); also contains some correspondence; note: same later entries by Farley Mowat.


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