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Claire Mowat fonds. – Sixth
accrual. – 1992-2005 – 64 cm of textual records.
Series 1
Manuscripts and research material. – 1992-2005. – 64
cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of the series.
The series consists predominantly of drafts of the author’s books
Girl from Away, The French Islands, Last Summer in Louisbourg
and Travels with Farley; also some research material related
to the books.
Box 15
Manuscripts relating to Claire Mowat’s books for young readers
Girl from Away and The French Isles.
Girl from Away (Toronto: Key Porter, 1992).
F.1 First annotated typescript
draft; variant titles The Masked Visitors and The Visitors,
67 pp. and photocopy of carol “I Saw Three Ships”.
F.2 Second annotated typescript
draft, The Girl Who Came from Away, 71 pp.
F.3 Third annotated typescript
draft, The Girl From Away, 79 pp.
F.4 Editorial Notes by
Mary (Elliot) Talbot.
F.5 Fourth Draft, in page
proofs.
F.6 Copy of the published
book.
F.7 Letters from young
readers concerning this book.
F. 8 More letters from readers.
The French Islands (Toronto: Key Porter, 1994).
F.9 The French Islands,
Research Material.
F.10 First annotated typescript draft,
115 pp.
F.11 Second annotated typescript draft,
121 pp.
F.12 Copy of the published book, here
entitled The French Isles.
Box 16
Manuscripts relating to Claire Mowat’s book for young readers
Last Summer in Louisbourg (Toronto: Key Porter, 1998).
F.1 Last Summer in
Louisbourg, Research material.
F.2 Last Summer in
Louisbourg, first annotated typescript draft, 147 pp.
F.3 Last Summer in
Louisbourg, second annotated typescript draft, 144 pp.
F.4 Page proofs, 152 pp.
F.5 Copy of the published
book.
Research material relating to Claire Mowat’s book Travels with
Farley; A Memoir (Toronto: Key Porter, 2005).
F.7-10 Research material
Box 17
Research materials and manuscripts relating to Claire Mowat’s book
Travels with Farley; A Memoir (Toronto: Key Porter, 2005), continued.
F.1-F.4 Research
material
F.5 Detailed commentary
on an early draft of the manuscript by Farley Mowat, annotated typescript,
36 pp.
F.6-9 Sections from several very early drafts
of the book, heavily annotated, 450 pp. approx. total.
F.10 First complete draft , first
part, lightly annotated typescript, pp. 1-178.
F.11 First complete draft, second part, lightly annotated typescript,
pp. 179-355.
F.12 First complete draft, third part,
lightly annotated typescript, pp. 356-496.
F.13 First complete draft, fourth
and final part, lightly annotated typescript, pp. 497-579.
Box 18
Later drafts, with editorial comments, of Claire Mowat’s
book Travels with Farley; A Memoir (Toronto: Key Porter, 2005).
F.1 Retyped close to final
draft, lightly annotated, first part, pp. 1-148.
F.2 Retyped close to final
draft, lightly annotated, second part, pp. 149-227.
F.3 Further revised and
duplicate pages, pp. 178-258.
F.4 Retyped close to final
draft, lightly annotated, third part, pp. 228-346.
F.5 Editorial comments
and revised first chapter from Meg Taylor, 16 pp. total.
F.6 Editorial correspondence
from Meg Taylor, May-June 2005, revised section, map, notes and acknowledgements,
16 pp. total.
F.7 Annotated typescript
sections from a close to final draft, pp. 68-320, incomplete.
F.8 Further retyped draft,
with running footer title and publishing information, first part, lightly
annotated, pp. 1-109.
F.9 Further retyped draft,
with running footer title and publishing information, second part, lightly
annotated, pp. 106-168.
F.10 Further retyped draft, with running
footer title and publishing information, third part, lightly annotated,
pp. 169-337.
F.11 Mock-up of cover for the book
with note from Meg Taylor.
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