Finding Aid
John Robert Colombo fonds. First Accrual
Note re Box numbering. When this finding aid was written in 1971 neither box numbers nor file folder numbers were assigned. Because of that fact, box numbering can only be approximate; some boxes appear to contain files not described – the files may have become out of order over the decades.
I Index of Correspondents
Box 1
Correspondence. Includes both incoming and outgoing. Numbers of letters given in parentheses. The boxes contain letters from only some of the correspondents listed here; this listing was originally thought of as an index rather than a finding aid to box contents. See for example the entries for the Tamarack Review and the League of Canadian Poets in Box 4.
Acorn, Milton, 1968 (1)
Adcock, Fleur, 1968 (1)
Aldwinkle, Eric, 1958 (1)
Amann, Eric W., 1968 (1)
Arts Canada, 1968 (3)
Association of Literary Magazines of America, 1965 (1)
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, 1967 (1)
Australian Consolidated Press, 1966-67 (2)
Ayre, Leslie, undated (1)
Bailey, A. G., 1968 (1)
Baird, N. B., 1968 (1)
Ballantine Books, 1966 (1)
Bartlett, Elizabeth, 1967 (3)
Bates, Ronald, 1967 (1)
Beattie, Eleanor, 1967 (1)
Beattie, Jean, 1967 (3)
Bell, John, 1968 (3)
Berne, Stanley, 1968 (2)
Berton, Pierre, undated (2)
Bertram Rota Ltd., 1967 (1)
Best, H.B.M., 1967 (2)
Bevington, Stan, 1967 (1)
Birney, Earle, 1958-67 (7)
Bissell, Claude T., 1958 (1)
Bly, Robert, 1963-68 (7)
Bourinot, Arthur S., 1960-66 (5)
Bowering, George, 1966 (1)
Brilliant, Allen, 1967 (3)
Brown, James, 1967? (1)
Bulletin, The, 1966-67 (2)
Burgess, Ivan, undated (1)
Burke, Herbert C., 1968 (8)
Burtt, E. A., 1968 (1)
Bust Press, 1968 (1)
Callaghan, Morley, 1966 (1)
Canada Council, 1964-68 (9, 4)
Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 1966-68 (11, 1); also 5 CBC contracts
Canadian Dimension, 1968 (2)
Canadian Forum, 1964-68 (1, 1)
Canadian Government Trade Commissioner (Australia), 1967 (1)
Canadian Literature, 1960-68 (16)
Canadian Literature Club, 1967 (1)
Canadian Mental Health Association, 1968 (8, 1)
Canadian Poetry, 1958-61 (2)
Canadian Preview Book Society, 1967 (1)
Candelaria, Fred, 1967 (1)
Carpenter, Edmund, 1958 (2)
Carruth, Hayden, 1964-68 (24)
Centennial Commission, 1965-67 (2, 1)
Centre de Psychologie et de Pedagogie, 1963 (1)
Chapman, G. Ken, Ltd., 1967 (1)
City Light Books, 1964-67 (3)
Clarke, Austin C., 1967 (4)
Clarke Irwin and Co., 1966 (2)
Clarkson, Adrienne, 1967 (2)
Cloutier, Cecile, 1967 (1)
Cogswell, Fred, 1958 (1)
Coleman, Victor, 1967 (1)
Contact Press, 1967 (1)
Cook, Michael, 1968 (2, 1)
Cook, Ramsey, 1966-68 (2)
Cooperman, Stanley, 1968 (1)
Corman, Cid, 1962 (1)
Corvina Press, 1967 (1)
Coulter, John, 1966-68 (11)
Cox, Leo, 1958 (1)
Crawley, Alan, 1964 (1)
Creeley, Robert, 1963 (1, 1)
Curtis Brown Ltd., 1965-67 (2)
Dalhousie Review, 1966 (2)
Dault, Garry, 1967 (1)
Davey, Frank, 1964-68 (2)
Dawson, David, 1967 (1)
Delta Canada, 1966-68 (11)
Denison, Merrill, 1966-68 (8)
Doubleday Canada Ltd., 1967-68 (2)
Doughtery, James 1967 (1)
Douglas, Harold, 1966 (1)
Dudek, Louis, 1960-67 (11)
Duffy, Dennis, 1966-68 (2)
Dwyer, Peter, 1966-67 (2)
Eaton, Mr.& Mrs. J. D., 1967 (2)
El Corno, 1967 (1)
Emid, Douglas, 1967 (1)
Evans, Allen,1958 (3)
Everson, R. G., 1960-68 (32, 1)
Ezekiel, Nissim, 1966-67 (5)
Faber and Faber Ltd., 1968 (3, 1)
Fairley, Barker 1966 (1)
Fang, Hsin, 1967 (1)
The Far Point, undated (1)
Fetherling, Doug, 1967-68 (2)
Ferguson, Max, 1958 (1)
Fiddlehead, 1968 (1)
Fielden, Charlotte, 1968 (1)
Finch, Robert, 1958-68 (13)
Finlay, Ian H., 1966-67 (2)
Fisher, Douglas M., 1966-67 (2)
Ford, R.A.D., 1967 (1)
Foster, Robert, 1967 (1)
Francis, Wynne, 1967 (2)
Francis Thompson Ltd., 1967 (1, 1)
Fraser, Raymond, 1968 (1)
Frye, Northrop, undated (1)
Box 2
Gentleman, Ross W., 1968 (1)
Gervais, C. H., 1968 (2)
Gill, John, 1966 (4)
Glassco, John, 1966-67 (12)
Glisinski, Michael J., 1968 (2)
Gnarowski, Michael, 1958-67 (2)
Godbout, Jacques, 1966-68 (17)
Godfrey, David, 1967 (1, 1)
Godin, Gerald, 1966 (1)
Goodman, Eileen, 1968 (1)
Gordon, Camille, undated (2)
Gotlieb, Phyllis, 1960-67 (3)
Grant, George, 1965-68 (7)
Graphis Press, 1961 (1)
Green, H. Gordon, 1967-68 (1, 1)
Greenland, Cyril, 1966-68 (7)
Griffin, John H., 1957 (1)
Gross, Ronald, 1967-68 (1, 1)
Guggenheim Foundation, 1966 (1)
Guillet, Edwin C., undated (1)
Gundy, H. Pearson, 1968 (1)
Gustafson, Ralph, 1966-68 (13)
Gwyn, Richard, 1968 (1)
Gwyn, Sandra, 1968 (3)
Haiuku, 1968 (1)
Harlow, Robert, 1968 (4, 1)
Harriman, L. C.,1968 (1)
Harris, David W., 1966-67 (2)
Harrison, Keith, 1966-68 (6)
Hart House Poetry Committee, 1966 (1)
Helwig, David, 1966-67 (7)
Hendry, T. B., 1966 (1)
Hine, Daryl,1963-66 (4)
Hood, Hugh, 1961-68 (13, 1)
Hornyansky, Michael, 1967 (1)
Horwood, Harold, 1968 (1)
House of Anansi, 1968 (5)
Howith, H., 1961-68 (8)
Hunter, Alistair M., 1967 (1, 2)
Hurtig, M. G., 1967-68 (14)
Hutchinson, Sybil, undated (1)
Imperial Oil Review, 1967 (1)
Institute for Entrepreneurial History, 1967-68 (3)
International P.E.N., 1962-66 (3)
Jeffers, Lance, 1967 (1)
Johnson, Eric, undated (1)
Johnston, George, 1962 (2)
Jonas, George, 1968 (2)
Jones, Douglas, 1959-67 (3)
Journal of Canadian Studies, 1967 (2)
Kattan, Naim, 1967-68 (1)
Keddell, G. M., 1962-63 (2)
Kierans, Eric, 1967 (1)
Kitchener Public Library, 1967 (4)
Kobler, Sandra, 1967 (8)
Kolber, Leo, 1967 (1)
Lacey, E. A., 1958-63 (4)
Laine, Michael, 1966 (1)
Lamming, George, 1965 (1)
Lampert, Gerald, 1968 (1)
Land, R.B., 1968 (1)
Lavoie, Edgar, 1968 (1)
Layton, Irving, 1958-68 (20)
Lee, Dennis, 1968 (1)
Legman, G., 1967 (1)
LePan, Douglas, 1967 (3)
Lindsey, Charles B., 1966 (1)
Livesay, Dorothy, 1966-68 (2)
Longmans Canada Ltd., 1966-(?) (9, 2)
Lord, Barry, 1967 (1)
Lowenfels, Walter and Lillian, 1968 (3)
Lucas, I. B., 1967 (1)
Lucie-Smith, Edward, 1966-68 (8)
Ludwig, Jack, 1966-67 (2)
MacDonald, Thoreau, undated (1)
MacDonald, Wilson, 1958 (2)
MacEwan, Gwendolyn, 1966 (1)
MacKay, David, 1966 (1)
MacKenzie, Joan, 1966- (?) (6)
MacKenzie, R. D., 1968 (1)
Macklem, Michael, 1967-68 (17)
MacLennan, Hugh, 1965 (1)
Macmillan of Canada Ltd.,1967 (4)
Macpherson, Jay, 1958-66 (3)
Maganda, 1968 (1)
Malahat Review, 1967-68 (2)
Malanga, Gerald, 1965-66 (2)
Mallory, Robert, 1967 (?) (1)
Mandel, Eli, 1960-61 (4)
Marshall, Tom, 1967-68 (5)
McAuley, James, 1966 (1)
McCauley, Gerard F., 1957-68 (8, 3)
McDonough, John T., 1968 (1)
McFadden, David, 1967-68 (4)
McFarlane, Leslie, 1966-68 (6)
McGrath, Tom, 1965 (1)
McGraw Hill Ltd., 1967 (3)
McKenty, Neil, 1967 (2)
McKervill, Hugh, 1967 (2)
McLuhan, Marshall, 1965 (1)
McRobbie, Kenneth, 1958- (?) (8)
McWhinney, William, 1967 (1)
Miller, Henry, 1958 (1)
Miller, Peter, 1958-67 (5)
Mitchell, W.O., 1958 (1)
Monica McCall Inc., 1968 (1)
Mott, Michael, 1967 (1)
Mowat, Farley, 1967 (2)
Murray and Robinson Ltd., 1968 (1)
Box 3
Naimy, Mikhail, 1958 (1)
Najovits, Simson R., 1958 (14)
National Library of Wales, 1957 (1)
Newlove, John, 1967-68 (13)
Newman, Jerry, 1967-68 (1)
Nichol, B. P., 1968 (?) V
Nowlan, Alden, 1959-67 (8)
Oberon Press, 1967-68 (17)
O’Broin, Padraig, undated (2)
Ontario Council for the Arts 1964-67 (5, 6)
Ontario Department of Education 1967 (1)
Orten, Maureen Jessop, 1968 (1)
Osterlund, Steven, 1967-68 (7)
Owen, I., 1967 (1)
Oxford University Press, 1967 (1)
Pacey, Desmond, 1958 (2)
Pahonia Publishers, 1967 (1, 1)
Parti Pris, 1964 (1)
Patchen, Mrs. Kenneth, 1961 (1)
Peace News, 1965 (1)
Penfield, Wilder, 1967 (2)
Peter Martin Associates, 1968 (1)
Pierre, Lorne, 1959-61 (7)
Poetry Singapore, 1968 (2)
Polyani, Ilona, 1968 (2)
Pound, Ezra, 1957 (1)
Pratt, E. J., 1967 (1)
Pratt, M. Claire, 1966 (1)
Priestley, Christopher, 1958 (2)
Prism International, 1967 (1)
Procope, Mervyn, undated (1)
Purdy, Al, 1966-68 (5)
Queens Quarterly, 1968 (1)
Quetico Centre, 1968 (2)
Radisch, P. H., 1959 (1)
Randall, Margaret, 1967 (1)
Reaman, E. G., 1957-58 (2)
Reaney, James, 1958-66 (14)
Richler, Mordecai, 1964-66 (4)
Riddell, Alan, 1967 (1)
Robb, Wallace H., 1958-68 (3)
Robitaille, Gerald, 1966 (2)
Roman Books Ltd., 1966 (3)
Rosenblatt, Joseph, 1967 (1)
Rosey, Gui, 1964 (1)
Rossman, D. A., 1968 (1)
Roy, G. R., 1958, (1)
Ryerson Press, 1959-68 (6)
Ryga, George, 1966 (1)
Saturday Night, 1967-68 (2)
Scott, F. R., 1958-67 (3)
Scott, Peter Dale, 1967 (1)
Siebrasse, Glen, 1966-68 (9)
Selin, Jan, 1963 (2)
Sergeant, Howard, 1965 (1)
Shen, J. Chi, 1967 (1)
Sherbourne Press, 1967 (1)
Skelton, Robin, 1964-68 (10)
Smith, A. J. M., 1958-66 (5)
Smith, Dennis, 1967 (2)
Society of Translators and Interpreters of Canada, 1967 (1)
Something Else Press, undated (2)
Souster, Raymond, 1958-67 (5)
South Head Press, 1966 (2)
Sparshott, Frances, 1966 (1)
Stand, 1963 (2)
Stevens, Peter, 1966-68 (10)
Stewart, Jo, 1968 (1)
Stiling, F., 1958 (1)
Stratford, Philip, 1966-68 (5)
Sylvester, Guy, 1967 (5)
Symons, Scott, 1967 (6)
Swan Publishing Ltd., 1967 (1)
Tarn, Nathaniel, 1966-68 (7)
Tonks, Rosemary, 1965-66 (2)
Toronto Telegram, 1963-68 (4, 1)
Town, Harold, 1966 (1)
Trocchi, Alexander, 1965 (2)
Turnbull, Gael, 1966 (1)
Unicorn Press, 1967 (3)
University of Toronto School of Library Science, 1968 (1)
Very Stone House, 1967 (2)
Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957 (1)
Villa-Lobos, H., 1958 (1)
Vizinczey, Stephen, 1967 (3)
Waddington, Miriam, 1967-68 (5)
Wallace, Joseph, undated (1)
Watson, Wilfred, 1958 (1)
Weaver, Robert, 1964-68 (8)
West, Paul, 1966 (1)
White, Eric W., 1966 (2)
Williams, Perry, 1967 (1)
William Heinemann Ltd., 1965 (1)
Wilson, Graeme, 1968 (1)
Wilson, Milton, 1966 (3)
Winter, Jack, 1967 (1)
Woodcock, George, 1960-68 (18)
Woods, Elizabeth R., 1968 (2)
Xisto, Pedro, 1968 (3; also some printed proofs of Xisto’s “concrete poetry”)
Yates, J. Michael, 1967-68 (25)
York University, 1967 (2)
York University Centre for Continuing Education, 1968 (1)
Zekowski, Arlene, 1967 (2)
Zilber, Jacob, 1967 (1)
Box 4
II Special Topics: Correspondence, Documents, News clippings and Ephemera
Some particularly important organizations, activities and events in Colombo’s life have been arranged under separate subject headings and filed in rough chronological order. Various types of material (excluding manuscripts and printed works) which pertain to the organization, activity or event, have been brought together in these files.
1956 Theosophical Society certificate of membership. October, 1956.
1957-59 Chiaroscuro
Letters from eminent Canadian literary figures commenting on the book: Leo Cox, Max Ferguson, F. Stiling, Desmond Pacey, F .R. Scott, W.O. Mitchell, Earle Birney, Wilfred Watson, A.J.M. Smith, and G.R. Roy. A notice of publication: Globe and Mail, 27 April 1958. 2 reviews: Globe and Mail, 4 May 1958; Waterloo Newsweekly, 19 Dec.1959.
1958 Rubato
A letter of congratulation from Claude T. Bissell, then President of Carleton University, Ottawa. 4 March 1958. 2 reviews: the Varsity, 13 Feb. 1958; the Globe and Mail, 15 Feb. 1958.
1959 Varsity Chapbook
A copy of the contract with Ryerson Press to publish the Chapbook. 5 letters to Colombo from Lorne Pierce, editor at Ryerson, covering the period April-Sept. 1959. A newspaper advertisement for the companion volume, the McGill Chapbook, also published by Ryerson. An article on the work in progress, from the Varsity , 9 Oct. 1959. 4 reviews: the Varsity, 23 Oct. 1959; Montreal Star, 2 Jan.,1960; McGill Daily, 14 Dec. 1959; Toronto Star,12 Dec. 1959.
1956-61 The Guild of Hand Printers
Combined correspondence of Colombo, Harold Kurschenska, and the Guild. 41 letters, most of them from owners of private “vanity” and experimental presses. Several notices from the Guild concerning Wrongfount 2, 1961. Several news paper clippings, including a review of Wrongfount 1, 1960, from Canadian Printer and Publisher, Aug., 1960; and an article on private printing in Toronto, from the Toronto Star, 18 June 1960.
1959-69 Clippings and Ephemera on Colombo and His Work
30 newspaper clippings: articles, notices and reviews of Colombo and his work, collected by Colombo from various sources.
1959-60 (Christmas Cards and Other Cards) received by the Colombos. 31 cards.
Includes 16 privately printed cards from Harold Kurschenska, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Havelock Robb, Mr. and Mrs. James Reaney, Jay Macpherson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dair, Jean Marie and Douglas Molson, John Webster Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Reuter, G.W. Davidse, Mr. and Mrs. Rosewarne, Peter Colgrove, R.R. Cusaden, and others. A thank you card, privately printed, from Jean and Doug Molson, 5 Oct.1957. 6 p.
1960 Vocal Magazine
27 leaflets and programs, many of them privately printed by Colombo. 16 articles and reviews. The transcript of the text of a radio notice.
1960-61 Bohemian Embassy Literary Evenings
13 mimeo advertising flyers, covering the period 20 Oct. 1960-12 Jan.1961. A newspaper clipping of Pierre Berton discussing “folk” culture in Toronto, Toronto Star, 23 Nov., 1960. A clipping from the Varsity, 9 Nov. 1960.
1961-62 Contact Poetry Readings
2 mimeo advertising flyers: One outlining the 1961-62 series and one announcing a reading by James Reaney.
1964 Poetry / Poesie 64
2 notices of publication and 24 photocopies of reviews, clipped from English and French-Canadian newspapers. A copy of The Canadian Reader 5 (12): Oct. 1964, with a review.
1965-68 Tamarack Review: Literary Correspondence
18 letters from Canadian and international writers (included in the index of Correspondents,
Sec. I). 4 form letters (1965) to booksellers from Tamarack, written by Colombo. “Library of Congress Symposium on American Literature”, 2-3 April 1965: Program, list of participants, brochures on the Library of Congress, and 6 press releases of the major addresses.
Association of Literary Magazines of America “Report to the Membership”. 12 June 1963. mimeo. 5 p.
1963-67 Tamarack Review: Financial Correspondence and Statements
Correspondence with corporations regarding financial assistance to Tamarack (1966): 12 carbon copies of letters sent by Colombo. 9 replies. 10 pages of rough notes used by Colombo in composing the appeals. Correspondence with the Province of Ontario Council for the Arts and the Canada Council (1964-67): 5 letters to the POCA. and 4 in return; 1 letter to the Canada Council and 1 in return; includes Robert Weaver’s request for $7,000 for 1965 to be used in hiring Colombo as Managing Editor, and the rough notes employed in composing the request. A letter from Colombo to J. C. Lockwood of the Toronto Arts Foundation: a diplomatic appeal for financial assistance. 1 May 1964. A letter from Colombo to the Congress for Cultural Freedom asking that they distribute Tamarack to European “editors, leading writers and cultural entrepreneurs”. 3 Nov. 1965.
A letter from Colombo to the Dept. of National Revenue. 9 June 1966. Tamarack “fact sheet” on circulation and advertising rates sent by Colombo to advertisers. Dec., 1966.
Financial Statement, 1963; prepared by Colombo. 2 carbon tss: 1 p. “The Tamarack Review: Statement of Receipts and Expenditures and Deficit for the year ending May 31, 1965”; prepared by Clarkson and Gordon, Chartered Accountants.
1965-66 Tamarack Review: Internal Correspondence and Minutes of Editorial Meetings.
Notes by Colombo on 3 editorial meetings, 19 Oct. 1965, 15 Dec. 1965, and 17 Jan. 1966. Carbon tss: 3 p., 3 p., and 2 p. Note by Colombo outlining his functions and goals for 1965-67 as Managing Editor. Ts. 1 p.
A carbon ts. of a letter from Colombo to Robert Weaver, 16 Nov. 1965. A reply from Weaver, 17 Nov. 1965.
1961-66 Tamarack Review: Newspaper Clippings
36 clippings and photocopies of clip pings from English and French-Canadian newspapers, on Tamarack and associated people and events.
Tamarack Review: Ephemera
“Recommendations of the Committee on the Literary Arts”. 21 Jan. 1965. A photostatic copy found in the Tamarack materials. 8 p.
Three typewritten extracts from Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrar; one typewritten extract from Mazo de la Roche of Jalna. 10 p.
1964 Atlantic Monthly Special Canadian Issue (Nov., 1964)
A form letter sent by Colombo to potential contributors to this special issue. A copy of the issue.
1966 The Mackenzie Poems
A letter from Ballantine Books rejecting the ms. 8 June 1967. Letters from recipients of complimentary copies: Edwin C. Guillet, David MacKay, Charles B. Lindsey and Michael Laine (1966).
A letter from Hamilton Teachers College requesting permission to reprint one of the poems in their yearbook. 7 Nov. 1966.
Newspaper clippings of 22 reviews and notices and 2 advertisements.
1966-68 League of Canadian Poets: Correspondence with Members
41 letters from Canadian poets (listed in index of correspondents). 3 informational form letters sent out by the League or its provisional organizers: 1 Jan. 1967, 7 May 1967, and one undated, sometime in the summer of 1967.
A letter from the League to Colombo requesting that he act as convener for the Toronto portion of a poetry-reading circuit. 2 July, 1968.
1966-68 League of Canadian Poets: Minutes, Documents, News clippings and Ephemera
Carbon ts. of agreement with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, opening a bank account; signed by Colombo and Souster, 20 Oct., 1966.
2 sets of minutes of a meeting of the Provisional Steering Committee, 18 Feb. 1967; taken by Colombo and Souster.
2 clippings of Robert Fulford’s Toronto Star column on the formation of the League; and a letter to Fulford from Colombo, 4 Jan. 1967. A prospective invitation to new members, composed by Colombo. Several partial lists of members, drawn up at various stages. Ephemera from and several news clippings on the Metro Poetry Festival, Toronto, 31 March, 1968.
Box 5
1966-67 Abracadabra
Publisher’s letter to the Library of Congress requesting a preassigned LC number; 26 Oct. 1966. A 1etter from George MacBeth, Talks Dept. of the BBC, commenting on the book; 8 Aug. 1967. Newspaper clippings of 9 reviews.
1966-67 The Great Wall of China
2 letters from the publisher regarding printing of the book; undated. 2 letters about the book from David Holheboer (?) and Jane Shen; Shen includes a short poem in reply. Newspaper clippings of 5 reviews. Ts. of a review by Jacques Godbout in Liberte; 1 p.
1967 W. W. E. Ross Anthology, Shapes & Sounds, selected by Raymond Souster and John Robert Colombo.
Carbon copies of 2 letters from Colombo to Longmans Canada Ltd., 21 May 1967 and 9 Sept. 1967. A carbon copy of a letter from Longmans to the Canada Council requesting a grant of $3,000 to aid in publishing the anthology; 29 May 1967. Three letters from Peter Stevens to Colombo: 7 Feb. 1966; 25 Jan. 1967; and 24 April 1967. 2 letters from Souster to Colombo: 14 July 1967 and one undated. Several pages of rough notes by Colombo sketching out production and budgeting of anthology.
1968 Mostly Monsters
A letter from Peter Martin Associates rejecting the ms; 22 Nov. 1968.
1967 World Poetry Conference (Expo)
A brochure on the conference, 6-10 Sept. 1967. 5 letters to Colombo from Guy Sylvestre, chairman of the committee: 14 Feb., 7 June, undated, 26 June and 16 Nov. 1967. Photocopy of a letter from Sylvestre to the Canadian Forum, passed on to Colombo; 31 Oct. 1967. A press release, 6 July 1967. A note from Colombo to R.G. Everson and a reply, 11 Oct. 1967. Photocopy of a press release “Short Notes on Participating Poets”. 35 p.
1967 Centennial Medal
A document announcing the conferring of the medal on Colombo. 1 July 1967.
1967-68 A Century of Canadian Literature
Colombo had 3 poems published in this centennial anthology, sponsored by the Centennial Commission of the federal govt. 4 letters from H. Gordon Green, English Language Editor of the anthology: 6 Aug. 1966; 10 Feb. 1967; 19 Feb. 1967; and 24 May 1968. Carbon copy of a letter from Colombo to Green seeking payment, 25 April 1968.
1968 The New Writer’s Workshop
An account of the history and future requirements of the workshop written by Sean O’Huigin. Ms. 7 p. Flyers announcing various readings by members of the workshop, including Colombo.
1968 Ryerson Creative Writers Workshop
Several pieces of promotional ephemera about the workshop. 2 newspaper clippings announcing the workshop. RYE Workshop, a mimeo collection of poetry from the participants. 17 p.
III Manuscripts and Printed Works: Prose
Box 6
1955-57 (University of Waterloo Newsweekly ).
Clippings of 60 news articles and columns by Colombo. Several articles on Colombo and his work. 2 letters to the Newsweekly’s editor, written by Colombo: 9 Dec. 1955 and 28 Jan. 1958.
1955-56 From Poetry to Religion
Published in the Cord in 1955 or 1956. Clipping. 4 p.
1955-56 Rachmaninoff
A brief essay on his life and work. Published in the Cord in 1955 or 1956. Clipping 3 p.
1956 From the Editor
An editorial in the Cord, Dec. 1956. 6 p.
1956 Recent and Readable
A review of Susanne K. Langer’s Philosophy in a New Key. In the Cord, Dec. 1956. p. 12-14.
1957 (A Debate) upholding the affirmative of the proposition “resolved that fraternity houses have detrimental effects on students”. Ms. 5 p.
1957 Royalist Revalued
A review of G.E. Reaman’s The Trail of the Black Walnut. Published in the Varsity, 7 Nov. 1957. 5 p. Carbon ts. 2 p.
1957-60 (University of Toronto Varsity)
Clippings (and copies of the newspaper) and 26 articles and notices about Colombo and his work. 6 of Colombo’s poems: Lines from an Anti-Christmas Carol, Last Month, Final Impression, By the Shore, Regressive Tendencies, Prayer for Adam, Two Haikus: “Night is a nun. ..” and “You: who know nor care. ..”
1957-59 (University College Gargoyle)
Clippings from and copies of this undergraduate newspaper, edited by Colombo, 1958-59. 14 articles and reviews by Colombo. 1 article about his work. 2 ads for This Citadel in Time. 2 poems: George Rouault; and Part of Whose Past....
Box 7
1958 (Book Review) of Mikhail Naimy’s “Till We Meet. ..” and Twelve Other Stories.
Published in Canadian Theosophist, XXXVIII (6): Jan.-Feb., 1958. p. 134-137. A partial worksheet for the review. Carbon ts. 5 p.
1958 The Wound-dresser. Rough outline of a play in one act. Ms.5 p.
1958? Mr. Vagardy
A short story: A Hungarian refugee, forced to leave his family behind, begins to find a new life in Canada. Epstein Literary Prize story. Carbon ts. 9 p.
1958 Notes Towards a Study of Symbolism
A college paper; discusses Cassirer, Langer, Collingwood, and Northrop Frye. Ms. 12 p.
1961-62? Little Lambs Among the Lions
An article “on the unfortunate state of the criticism and reviewing of poetry in Canada.” Possibly for Exchange but never published. Ms. 11 p.
1958 The Man Who Is Himself: Anthony Frisch.
For the Varsity but never published. 3 incomplete mss: 5 p., 13 p., and 12 p. Rough notes. 3 p.
1958 (Book Review) of Blessed Be He: A Tribute to Alexander Watt printed by
Hawkshead Press. Published in Canadian Theosophist Nov.-Dec. 1958. Written under the pseudonym “Ruta”.
1958-59 (Book Review) of Irving Layton’s A Red Carpet for the Sun. Written for the
Gargoyle but never published. Ms. 1 p.
1959 The Private Press: a Word of Explanation.
Printed at the Purple Partridge Press for Wrongfount, the publication of the Guild of Hand Printers. On the history and significance of private vanity and experimental presses. Ms. 4 p. Galley proofs from the University of Toronto Press. Rough notes on private presses entitled “Notes for Mr. Colgate”, dated 26 Nov. 1959. Ms. 6 p.
1959 Three Poets
A review of Miriam Waddington’s The Season’s Lovers, Irving Layton’s A Laughter in the Mind and John Glassco’s The Deficit Made Flesh. Published in Tamarack Review (11): Spring 1959. p. 91-97. Photocopy.
1959 (Book Review) of Gay Wilson Allen’s The Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of
Walt Whitman. Published in Canadian Theosophist XL (3): July-Aug. 1959. p. 65-66.
1960 Canada’s Banned Poet
Published in the Varsity, 10 Feb. 1960. Revised version published in Canadian Forum, XL (474): July 1960. On Joe Wallace, Canadian communist poet. Ms. 8 p.
1960 (Book Review) of Klanak Islands: A Collection of Short Stories edited by William McConnell. Published in Canadian Forum XXXIX (470): March 1960. p. 285-86.
1960 Package Marked “Genius”. Published in the Toronto Telegram, 26 March 1960. On Irving Layton. A clipping.
1960 (Book Review) of The Powers of Poetry by Gilbert Highet. Published in the Toronto Telegram, 28 May, 1960. A clipping.
1960 (Book Review) of The New American Poetry: 1945-60 edited by Donald M. Allen. Published in Tamarack Review (16): Summer 1960. p. 85-6. Photocopy.
1960 (Film Review) of He Who Must Die and Love is My Profession. Published in Canadian Forum XL (475): Aug. 1960. p. 117-18.
1960 (Film Review: On German Films, 1920-35). Published in Canadian Forum XL (476): Sept., 1960. p. 137-38.
1960 The Fool. Ikon and text of Aleph, the Fool of the Tarot. Published in Alphabet (1): Sept., 1960. p. 82. Photocopy.
1960 Sax Rohmer and His Yellow Shadows. Published in Tamarack Review (17): Autumn 1960. p. 43-57. Photocopy.
1960 (Film Review: a Preview of the Fifth International Stratford Film Festival). Published in Canadian Forum XL ( 477): Oct. 1960. p. 159-60.
1960 (Film Review: on Bennet Fode and Toronto’s Odeon Christie Theatre). Published in Canadian Forum XL (478): Nov., 1960. p. 190-91.
1960 The Making of the Golem. Notes for an address delivered to the Toronto Theosophical Society, 18 Dec., 1960. On the Golem myth and its variations– robots, androids, etc. Ms. 21 p.
1960 Backbones of Whales: from Aleph the Fool to Tau the World. On the tarot, its history and significance. Ms. 6 p. Schematic of the various significance of tarot symbols. Ms. 1 p.
1960 The Beatnik Muse. 2 versions of an essay on beat poetry, its publishing organs, its major figures, its style and concerns; some discussion of the tradition in Canada (Layton, Souster, Dudek and McRobbie). 2 mss: 8 p. and 9 p. For the Waterloo Review but never published.
1960 (Editorial) on America’s fascination with the Civil War. Written for Tamarack Review but never published. Ms. 2 p.
1960? The Making of Paper: Part One. For a commercial made by MacLaren’s Advertising Agency. Ms. 2 p.
1960-63 Art. A catalogue of books on this subject written and prepared by Colombo for Ryerson Press. 20 p.
1961 (Film Review: a Look at Magazines about “Art” Films). Published in Canadian Forum XL (480): Jan. 1961. p. 230-31.
1961 A Doctor of Mysticism : Richard Maurice Bucke. Published in Canadian Theosophist 41 (6): Jan.-Feb. 1961. p.133-139.
1961 (Film Review: Fantasy Films) Published in Canadian Forum XL (481): Feb. 1961, p. 254-55.
1961 (Book Review) of Rivers Among Rocks and Rocky Mountain Poems by Ralph Gustafson. Published in Canadian Reader 2 (5): March 1961. p. 4-6. Ms. 6 p.
1961 (Film Review: Promoting Feature Films). Published in Canadian Forum XLI (l): April 1961. p. 19-20.
1961 (Book Review) of The Complete Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce with an Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Published in Tamarack Review (19): Spring, 1961. p. 102-103. Photocopy.
1961 (Book Review) of An Anthology of English Poetry: 1954-60 edited by Thomas Blackburn. Published in Tamarack Review (20): Summer, 1961. p. 98-99. Photocopy.
1961 (Film Review: on Francois Truffaut). Published in Canadian Forum XLI (485): June 1961. p. 66-68.
1961 (Film Review) of Godard’s Breathless. Published in Canadian Forum XLI (486): July 1961. p. 89-90.
1961 The Little World of David Mackay. Published in Canadian Forum XLI (487): Aug. 1961. p. 107-109. On MacKay and three of his films: The Pounding Heart, Typography Film and No Evil.
1961 Summer Cinema in New York. Published in Canadian Forum XLI (489): Oct. 1961. p. 157-58. A review of The Truth, Rocco and His Brothers, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and L’Avenntura.
1961 A Long-range View of Bergman. Published in Canadian Forum XLI (491): Dec. 1961. p. 198-99. On Ingmar Bergman and his films.
1961 Louis De Niverville. Published in English, German and French in Graphis 17 (98): Dec. 1961. p. 500-507.
1961 Modern British and American Poetry. An essay written for the Canadian Booksellers Association Training Course for Bookstore Employees. A guide to the fields of British, Canadian and American poetry, to critical studies, anthologies, and poetry awards. Duplicated copy. 10 p.
1961? (A Bibliography of Today’s Poets) prepared by John Robert Colombo for Poetry Centre, a series of readings sponsored by the Contact Poetry Readings and the YMCA and YWCA Arts Council. A duplicated newsletter. 3 p.
1962 A Theory of Film? Published in Canadian Forum XLI (492): Jan. 1962. p. 233-34. A review of Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality by Siegfried Kracauer .
1962 Louis De Niverville. Published in Canadian Art XIX (2): March/April 1962.
1962 A Conference on Creative Writing. Published in Canadian Forum VLII (495): April 1962. p. 13-15. A report on the National Federation of Canadian Universities.
1962 American Protest, African Presence. An incomplete ms. of a review of the anthology, Poets of Today, edited by Walter Lowenfels. For Tamarack Review published in revised form. 2 Mss: 10 p. and 5 p.
1963 (Book Review) of Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. Published in Tamarack Review (26): Winter 1963. p. 96. Photocopy.
1963 (Book Review) of New Poets of England and America: Second Series edited by Donald Hall and Robert Pack. Published in Tamarack Review (26): Winter 1963. p. 97, Photocopy.
1963 (Book Review) of Cornelius Krieghoff by Marius Barbeau, Tom Thomson by R. H. Hubbard, David Milne by Alan Jarvis, and Alfred Pellan by Donald W. Buchanan. Numbers 1 to 4 in the Gallery of Canadian Art series from McClelland and Stewart. Published in Tamarack Review (26): Winter 1963. p. 96. Photocopy.
1963 Poetry Chronicle. A review of Selected Poems by Yevtushenko, In the Clearing by Robert Frost, Poet’s Choice edited by Paul Engle and Joseph Langland, The Outcasts by Edith Sitwell, The Re-Ordering of the Stones by Jon Silkin, In Fact by John Ciardi, and Silence in the Snowy Fields by Robert Bly. Published in Tamarack Review (26): Winter 1963. p. 86-95. Photocopy.
1963 (Book Review) of The Kama Sutra of Vatsayana translated from the Sanskrit by Sir Richard F. Burton. Published in Tamarack Review (27): Spring, 1963. p. 102-3. Photocopy.
1963 (Book Review) of Screen Masterpieces of Gothic Horror edited by Robert Donald Spector. Published in Tamarack Review (27): Spring, 1963. p. 103. Photocopy.
1963 (Review) of Harry Ludlam’s A Biography of Dracula: The Life Story of Bram Stoker. Published in the Montrealer 37 (3): March 1963. p. 40. A clipping.
1963 Case of the Bohemian Embassy. Published in the Montrealer 37 (3): March, 1963. p. 26-33. A partial transcript of the trial of the owners of this Toronto private club on a charge of operating a public hall without a proper license. Introduction and editing by Colombo.
1963 Richard Maurice Bucke: Friend of Whitman and Mystic. Published in the Catalogue to the Exhibition on the life and work of Bucke, held at the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meetings, 10-14 June 1963, Toronto. Organized by Cyril Greenland. p. 18-19.
1963 Toronto’s Art Galleries. Published in the Montrealer 37 (7): July, 1963. p.19-22. Text for a series of photographs of paintings and sculpture in Toronto galleries. Illustrated with sketches by Leslie Gal.
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1963 J.R..Colombo of the Ryerson Press Comments on the First International Unesco Seminar and Festival, Films on Art. Published in Canadian Art XX (4): July/Aug. 1963. p. 242-3.
1963 A Showpiece Showcase. Published in the Telegram, 26 Oct.,1963. p. 22. A look at Toronto’s Bloor Street Colonnade prior to its opening. Ms. 3 p.
1963 (On Jack Pollock and the Pollock Gallery). Written for the Telegram but never published, Ms.3 p.
1963 (A Review of Three Toronto Exhibitions). Written for the Telegram but never published. A review of the paintings of Paul Jenkins, the drawings of Aba Bayefsky and the enamels of Bronca Michalowska, on exhibit at three Yorkville galleries. Ms. 3 p.
1963 Typography and Poetry. On their relationship as one of form and content; discusses calligraphs, Blake’s “design poems”, combining text and illustration, “typographical eccentricity” (e.g. cummings), Jose Garcia Villa, Joyce’s “encyclopaedic form”, Lopa de Vega and the Bauhaus movement. Ms. 10 p. Notes for the essay. Ms. 5 p.
1963-64 Arnold Rockman at the Pollock Gallery. A review, never published. 2 mss: 2 p. Dec. 1963. 2 mss: 2 p. Jan., 1964.
1964 Letter from Toronto. Published in Canadian Literature 23: Winter 1965. p. 53-62. On theatres and literature in Toronto, and the problems involved in its subsidization. Ms. 18 p.
1964 (Book Review) of The Scotch by John Kenneth Galbraith and The Fields of Noon by Sheila Burnford. Ms. 6 p. Broadcast by CBC on “Trans-Canada Matinee”.
1964 (On “Art Novels”). An article for Maclean’s Magazine. Unpublished. Particularly discusses William Burrough’s Naked Lunch and Leonard Cohen’s Beautiful Losers; partly in the form of a fictitious interview with Leonard Cohen. Ms. 5 p.
1964 (On Italo-Canadians). An article for Maclean’s Magazine. Unpublished. On Italian-Canadians, their attitudes and achievements. Ms. 5 p.
1965 A Ministry of Culture: How Should the State Assist the Arts? A pamphlet written for the Canadian Association for Adult Education and the CBC. January 1965. 16 p.
1965 Of Poets and Presidents. A review of Of Poetry and Power by Erwin A. Glikes and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Published in Tamarack Review (34): Winter 1965. p. 100-106. Photocopy.
1965 (Book Review) of Earle Birney’s Near False Creek Mouth. Published in Canadian Literature 24: Spring 1965. p. 55-59.
1965 Remarkable Reading. Schedule of a course given by Colombo at the YMCA informal adult education classes, Toronto, Spring 1965. Ts. 2 p. 3 YMCA brochures advertising the course.
1965 The Social Imagination. Schedule of a course given by Colombo at the YMCA informal adult classes, spring, 1965. Ts. 1 p.
1965 (Review) of Norman Newton’s Thirty-One Poems. Editorial report of the submitted ms. March 1965. Ms. 2 p.
1965 (Review) of Rick Campbell’s Gnomes at the Wine Keg. Editorial report submitted Ms. May 1, 1965. Ms. 2 p.
1965 (Review) of Norman Newton’s Towns and Peoples of Medieval British Columbia. Editorial report of the submitted ms. May 1, 1965. Ms. 2 p.
1965 (Book Review) of Alfred Purdy’s The Cariboo Horses. Published in Canadian Literature 25: Summer 1965. p. 62-64.
1965 (Book Review) of A Controversy of Poets edited by Paris Leary and Robert Kelly. Published in Tamarack Review (36): Summer 1965. p. 90-91. Photo (1) copy.
1965 (Review) of Wilfred Watson’s Poems [?] of Jenny Blake. Editorial report of the submitted ms. (Although the report is dated 3 Aug., 1963 it is more probable that he meant 1965.) Ms. 2 p.
1965 Poetry for an Evening. A radio script. Broadcast by the CBC (CBL) 19 Sept. 1965. Poems by Robert Finch, Leonard Cohen, Margaret Atwood, Jay Macpherson, Raymond Souster, Alfred Purdy, Raymond Knister, F.R. Scott, Earle Birney and Irving Layton; read by Beth Lockerbie and sung by Jan Rubes to music by Tibor Polgar; commentary by John Robert Colombo. Carbon ts. 10 p.
1965 (Book Review) of Ronald Everson’s Wrestle with an Angel. Published in the Globe Magazine, 25 Sept. 1965. Clipping.
1965 (Book Review) of Fred Bodsworth’s The Atonement of Ashley Morden. Published in Canadian Literature 26: Autumn 1965. p. 76-78.
1965 The Little Magazine as a Member of Society. Delivered as a lecture at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, 14 Oct. 1965. On the history and significance of “Little” magazines. Contrasts them with the mass media and “serious specialist” publications of scholarly criticism. Ms. 18 p. Rough notes. 10 p. Re- printed in Continuous Learning 5 (1): Jan.-Feb. 1966. p. 13-22.
1965 (Book Review) of Irving Layton’s Collected Poems. Published in the Montreal Star, 13 Nov. 1965. Clipping. A letter from Sheila Stone concerning the review, 13 Dec. 1965. A letter from Stanley Handman to the editor of the Star concerning the review. Colombo’s letter to the editor, in reply.
1965 (Book Review) of Raymond Souster’s Ten Elephants on Yonge Street. Published in the Globe Magazine, 27 Nov. 1965. Clipping.
1965/66 On Editors and Books. Published in the McClelland and Stewart Newsletter, Number 1. On trends, important books and important figures in contemporary publishing, particularly in Canada. Photocopy of a ms. 7 p.
1965/66 On Historians and Books. Published in the McClelland and Stewart Newsletter, Number 2.
1966 (Book Review) of Rhymes of Rebellion edited by John S. Moir. Published in Tamarack Review Winter 1966. p. 108. Photocopy.
1966 The Muse of Eloquence. Published in The Canadian Author and Bookman. 42 (2): Winter, 1966. p. 12. An interview with Merrill Denison, conducted by Colombo.
1966 Subsidy in Sixty-six. (Subtitled “Why, Whenever He Hears the Word ‘Culture,’ the Treasury Board Official Reaches for his Purse”). Published in Canadian Forum XLV (541): Feb. 1966. p. 254-59. On patronage of the arts in Canada by the state and the private corporations, and the consequences of this. Ms. 21 p.
1966 (Book Review) of Smoking the City by Bryan McCarthy, A Divided Voice by Francis Sparshott, Naked Poems by Phyllis Webb, and Halibut, York and More by Peter Desbarats. Published in the Globe Magazine, 12 Feb. 1966. Ms. 3 p. Clipping.
1966 (Book Review) of Selected Letters of Malcolm Lowry, edited by Harvey Breit and Marjorie Bonner Lowry. Published in Canadian Magazine, 26 Feb. 1966. p. 29-30. Ms. 4 p. Clipping. Rough notes used in composing the review. 8 p.
1966 (Book Review) of Gwendolyn MacEwen’s A Breakfast of Barbarians. Published in the Globe Magazine, 19 March, 1966. Clipping.
1966 (Book Review) of George Ryga’s Ballad of a Stone-Picker. Published in Canadian Magazine, 9 April 1966. p. 29-30. Ms. 3 p.
1966 (Book Review) of Willard Motley’s Let Noon Be Fair. Published in the Globe Magazine, 28 May 1966. Ms. 2 p. Some pencilled notes. Clipping.
1966 What’s a Writer-in-residence? A One-man Department. Published in the Toronto Star, 4 June 1966. p. 17. On the appointment by Canadian universities of Irving Layton, Earle Birney, and Norman Levine as writers- in-residence. Ms. 3 p.
1966 (Book Review) of Strange Empire: The Story of Louis Riel by Joseph Kinsey Howard. Published in Tamarack Review. Summer 1966. p. 95. Photocopy.
1966 Some Problems of Artistic Subsidy. Published in Canadian Forum XLVI (646): July, 1966. p. 81-84. Discusses the problems with particular reference to five regional ‘art councils’ across Canada.
1966 A Graveyard of Good Intentions. Published in French in Le Devoir, 15 Aug., 1966. p. 8. Published in French and English in The Stage in Canada, 2 (6): Aug., 1966. p. 5-11. A criticism of the state of patronage of Canadian theatre, particularly with the example of John Coulter’s play Riel, and its fate. Ms. 5 p.
1966 Poems at an Exhibition. Script of a radio broadcast, 23 Aug., 1966. From the series CBC Tuesday Night. Narrated by Colombo. Ms. 14 p. Reprinted in the Dalhousie Review 46 (4): Winter, 1966-67. p. 433-442.
1966 (Book Review) of New Wave Canada edited by Raymond Souster. Published in the
Globe Magazine, 10 Sept., 1966. Clipping.
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1966 (Book Review) of The Painted Bird by Jerry Kosinski, and The Gates of the Forest by Elie Wiesel. Published in the Toronto Telegram, 26 Nov., 1966. Ms. 7 p. Clipping.
1966 (Book Review) of Leonard Cohen’s The Parasites of Heaven. Published in the Globe Magazine, 10 Dec., 1966. Ms. 2 p. Clipping.
1966 The Books We Liked Most in 1966. A contribution to a symposium. Published in Commentator 10 (12): Dec., 1966. p. 23-24.
1966 (Review) of Canadian Poets, a recording produced by the CBC. Published in Canadian
Reader 7 (12). p. 4-5.
1966 The New Canadian Poetry. Script of a radio broadcast: commentary on and readings from Frank Davey, John Newlove, George Bowering, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Margaret Atwood, David Wevill, and Victor Coleman. Ms. 62 p.
1966-67 An Opening for the West. A review of New Wave Canada; the current generation of Canadian poets has realized that it is Metro-American without really worrying about it”. Very similar to “Canadian Writing in the Sixties” and “News from the Conservative North”. Ms. 6 p.
1966-67 News from the Conservative North. Written for New: American-Canadian Poetry but never published. On the lack of national consciousness in Canadian writers, with particular reference to New Wave Canada. Ms. 5 p.
1967 Canadian Writing in the Sixties. Published in the Bulletin, 6 May 1967, as “The Canadian Experience”. A survey of contemporary Canadian writing, commenting on McLuhan, George Grant, Walter Gordon, Earle Birney, Raymond Souster, Margaret Laurence, and on Parti Pris and the new French-Canadian writers. Ms. 6 p.
1967 (Book Review) of Any God Will Do by Richard Condon and The Son by Gina Berriault. Published in the Toronto Telegram, 7 Jan. 1967. Ms. 6 p. Clipping.
1967 (Book Review) of The Scorpions by R. Kelly and Take Hands at Winter by J. Peter. Published in the Toronto Telegram, 21 Jan. 1967. Clipping.
1967 (Book Review) of Poets of Today: A New American Anthology edited by Walter Lowenfels. Published in Tamarack Review Spring 1967, p. 96. Photocopy.
1967 The Epic Impulse. A radio script, broadcast by the CBC in conjunction with the Ontario Department of Education, 11 April 1967. On epic poetry; uses “The Song of Hiawatha”, “The Kalevala”, and “The Aeneid” as examples. Duplicated copy. 18 p.
1967 The Publishers in My Life. Published in Canadian Literature 33: Summer 1967, as “Inside the Trade: An Editor’s Notes”. Ms. 17 p. A preliminary draft of this article, entitled “The Revelations of a Publisher’s Reader”. Ms. 7 p.
1967 New Wave Nichol. A review of “bp” a package containing a recording, a sheaf of concrete poems, and a booklet of poetry. Published in Tamarack Review, Summer 1967. p. 100- 04. Photocopy.
1967 (Book Review) of The Dumbfounding by Margaret Avison and A Christ of the Ice
Flows by David Wevill. Published in Canadian Literature 34: Autumn 1967. p. 72-76.
1967 Poetry at Expo: Moments to Remember. Published in Canadian Forum XLVII (561): Oct. 1967. p. 145-147.
1967 (A Proposal for a Canadian Epic Poem) Written in the form of an application for a grant. Ms. 6 p.
1967 (Foreword) to The Peoples of Canada by Stephen Mezei. Ms. 3 p. Ts. of the book.
27 p. Attached note addressed to J. W. Smallwood of Aurora, Ontario.
1967 (Dust-jacket notes) for Around the Mountain by Hugh Hood. Ms. 1 p. A curriculum vitae on Hood, written by Colombo. Reviewers’ comments on Hood’s previous work. Peter Martin Associates list of “projected publications 1967-68”.
1967 (Book Review) of Hugh Hood’s Around the Mountain. Published in Canadian Reader
8 (5). p. 2-3. Ms. 4 p.
1967 The Wedding. Published in Expo 67 a special publication of the Department of
Economics and Development, Province of Ontario, for Expo 67. p. 76-78.
1967 (Dust-jacket notes for Shapes & Sounds). Ms. 4 p.
1967 (Book Review) of William Goldman’s The Temple of God. Ms. 3 p. Unpublished.
1967 All Things New: Some Thoughts on Found Poetry. For Canadian Literature but never published. Comments by Colombo on the publication of the Mackenzie Poems and its reception by the public and critics, and on “found” poetry in general; alternate with biblical verse, newspaper reports and court-room testimony arranged in the form of poetry, and with quotations from Morton Shulman, Marianne Moore, Igor Stravinsky,
T. S. Eliot, Arthur Miller and R. G. Collingwood. Ms. 14 p.
1967 (Movie Review) of The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao. For Tamarack Review but never
published. Ms. 3 p.
1967 (Book Review) of Allen Drury’s Capable of Honour. For the Toronto Telegram but
never published. Ms. 2 p.
1967 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste. A Radio script for the CBC. A dramatic
poem, with original and “found” poetry. Production copy: Photocopy of a ms. 20 p. Author’s “original version”: 2 Mss: 19 p. First draft: Ms. 24 p. Second draft: Ms.
16 p. Notes on “references and sources”: Handwritten ms. 7 p. Part of a ms: 5 p.
1967 (Book Review) of Poorboy at the Party by Robert Gover, and The Son by Gina
Berriault. Published in the Toronto Telegram. Ms. 6 p.
1967/68 (Book Review) of F. R. Scott’s Selected Poems. Published in the Canadian Magazine. Ms. 3 p.
1967/68 Proposal for a Quickie, Theatrical Entertainment for Workshop Productions. Outline for a poetry reading with mime and music. To be produced by Toronto Workshop Productions. Ms. 2 p.
1968 (Letter to the Editor) of the Globe and Mail. In reply to a letter to the Globe from William Prouty, 12 March 1968, concerning the Canadian poet Tom MacInnes. 16 March 1968. Clipping.
1968 On Meeting Jorge Luis Borges. Published in Canadian Forum XLVIII (567): April 1968. p. 6-9. An account of a brief meeting and a review of Borges’ address, entitled “Tales of the Fantastic”, at the University of Toronto, March 1, 1968. Ms. 10 p.
1968 T.O. Now? A review of T.O. Now:
1968 T.O. Now? A review of T.O. Now: The Young Toronto Poets edited by Dennis Lee. Published in Tamarack Review, Summer 1968. p. 71-73. Photocopy.
1968 (Introduction to Walter Lowenfels). A statement introducing Lowenfels at a reading, Toronto Public Library, 9 Nov., 1968. Ms. 2 p.
1968 (A Note) on J. Michael Yates’ Man in the Glass Octopus. 2 paragraphs for the publisher’s promotional brochure.
1968 (Dust-jacket Notes) for Jacques Godbout’s Knife on the Table. Ms. 1 p.
1968/69 Mackenzie’s Canada (And Strachan’s). Introduction to a play making use of Mackenzie and Strachan poems. Photocopy of a ms. 2 p.
1968/69 Sources (of some of the author’s, “found poems”). An introduction prepared for a projected book. Unpublished. Ms. 8 p.
1969 The Great Cities of Antiquity: Notes for the premier, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, February, 20, 1969. 2 Mss: 2 p. and 4 p.
1969 New Books for ‘69. McClelland and Stewart Catalogue. About 85% written and
edited by Colombo. 64 p.
Undated Freedom and the Private Press. A lecture on some legal aspects of private printing; outlines and interprets the laws concerning libel, copyright, obscenity, taxation, and incorporation. Duplicated copy. 11 p.
Undated Book Promotion and Editorial Club. Rough notes on printing, publishing and book promotion in Canada. Ts. 2 p.
Undated Poetry Today. A pilot radio script. Written and narrated by John Robert Colombo. Readings from and commentary on the poetry of Douglas Livingstone. Carbon ts. 4 p.
Undated Canadian Literature: a Proper Definition. Canadian literature and its relation to other, particularly American, literature, and to liberalism as a philosophy. Rough notes, ts. and ms. 8 p.
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Undated (Introduction) to The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper. A brief introduction to Cooper and his art. Published in the Airmont Classics Series. Ms. 3 p.
Undated (Introduction) to Bret Harte’s The Outcasts of Poker Flat, The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Stories. A brief introduction to Harte and his art. Published in the Airmont Classics Series. Ms. 3 p.
Undated (Book Review) of It Must Be the Climate by Leo Vaughan, and The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin by Idries Shah. Written for the Toronto Telegram but never published. 2 reviews. 2 mss: 9 and 7 p.
Undated (Statement for the Toronto Telegram). Unpublished. Statement by Colombo of his intentions concerning The Great Wall of China. Ms. 1 p.
IV Manuscripts and Printed Works: Poetry
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1954-55 Shards of Song. 53 poems from the period April 1954-Dec. 1955. Mss. Clippings of two poems published in student literary magazines.
1955-68 (The Black Notebook). A large spring binder of mss. and rough notes. Includes: Mss. of 143 poems; often several drafts of a poem.
1957 A Siren in the Night and Mirroring. Published in Chiaroscuro, April 1957.
1957 Shalom. Published in the University of Toronto Undergrad, Spring 1958. Reprinted in Five Year Plan, Hawkshead Press, Toronto, 1961. Ms. 1 p., dated 7 Oct. 1957.
1957 Fragments. 125 copies privately printed by Colombo and H. Kurschenska. 11 poems, vi, 16 p.
(pre-1958) Broken Sonnet Number One. Ms. 1 p.
(pre-1958) The Subject Sees Himself in a Forgotten Photograph. Ms. 1 p.
(pre-1958) Homer to Himself. Ms. 1 p.
(pre-1958) She as If in Safety. Ms. 1 p.
(pre-1958) Poem. “Late, and in the woods. ..” Ms. 1 p.
(pre-1958) Two Poems on the Form and Function of the Church by “Anthony Ludovici”
(J. R. Colombo). A carbon ts. of 2 poems: This Citadel in Time; Holy Mother the Church. 5 p.
1958 This Studied Self. 197 copies privately printed at the Hawkshead Press. 15 poems. May 1958. 20 p.
1958 Sonnet. Published in Rubato, Purple Partridge Press, Toronto,1958. Ms. 1 p.
1958 Passion. Published in Rubato, Purple Partridge Press, Toronto,1958. Reprinted in Abracadabra, 1967. Ms. 1 p.
1958 Variations. 100 copies privately printed by Colombo Kurschenska at the Hawkshead Press, Toronto, 17 poems. iv, 20 p.
1958 New Canadian. Ms. 1 p., dated 25 April 1958.
1058 St. George and Harbord. Published in Canadian Forum XXXVIII (458): March 1959. p. 270. Ms. 1 p.
1958 Beth Tzedec. Ms. 1 p., dated 1 Aug. 1958.
1958 Query and Completion. Published in Canadian Poetry Magazine 22 (3): Spring 1959. p.19 Ms. 1 p., dated 10 Aug., 1958.
1958 The Poem Is the Poet Turned Inside Out. Ms. 1 p., dated 10 Aug. 1958.
1958 The Return. Ms. 1 p., dated 16 Aug. 1958.
1958 The Buddha in His Glory. Ms. 1 p., dated 21 Aug. 1958.
1958 Voyage. Published in Canadian Poetry Magazine 22 (4): Summer 1959. p. 14. Ms. 1 p:, dated 16 Sept. 1958.
1958 A Poem Is What it Describes. Ms. 1 p., dated 18 Sept. 1958.
1958 Change. Ms. 1 p., dated 26 Sept. 1958.
1958 The Persistence of Sound. Ms. 1 p., dated 13 Oct. 1958.
1958 The Ballade to All Christmas Travellers. Ms. 1 p., dated 29 Dec. 1958.
1958 Elegy. Published in Fiddlehead (38): Fall 1958. p. 11. Photocopy.
1958 Lines for an Anti-Christmas Carol. Published in the Varsity, 16 Dec. 1958.
1958/59 Ten Poems. 100 copies printed by the Undergrad of poems not included in their regular issues. Includes two poems by Colombo; On Rouault’s “Christ Crucified” and Annuntio Gaudium Magnum.
1958/59 Two Sequences of Poems. 16 poems. Includes some listed elsewhere, also: A January Summer; Time; Riverdale Lion (published in Five Year Plan and reprinted in The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse and Abracadabra), Harbord Street Saturday Night (published in the Undergrad, Spring, 1959). Jarvis and Dundas; The Difference in Classes; Huron Street (published in Combustion, Nov., 1958 and reprinted in Abracadabra); and You. Ms. 7 p.
1959 Last Month. Published in the Varsity, 30 Jan. 1959. p. 2. Privately reprinted by Colombo and Kurschenska, under the title “An Epiphany”, as a Christmas greeting (undated).
1959 (Two Haikus) “Night is a nun...” and “You: who know nor care...” The two poems received a prize and an honourable mention in the Varsity Haiku Contest and were printed in the Varsity 27 Feb. 1959.
1959 Final Impression by “Ruta Ginsberg” (Colombo). Published in the Varsity, 6 March 1959.
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1959 Part of Whose Past. .. Published in the Gargoyle, 10 March, 1959. p. 3.
1959 Annuntio Gaudium Magnum. Published in Fiddlehead (41): Summer 1959. p. 33. Photocopy. Also published in Ten Poems.
1959 By the Shore. Published in the Varsity, 23 Oct. 1959. p. 5 and in The Varsity Chapbook, 1959. Reprinted in Canadian Poetry Magazine 23 (3): Spring 1959-60. p.15.
1959 Flower Garden. Published in Canadian Forum XXXIX (459): April 1959. p. 10.
1959 An Illustrated Man Regards Himself. Published in Canadian Forum XXXIX (466): Nov. 1959. p. 181.
1959 Poems to Be Sold for Bread. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, Toronto, 1959. 4 poems. 4 p.
1959 This Is the Poem Entitled Canada. A privately printed double sheet. Purple Partridge Press, 1959.
1959 Nada. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, Toronto, 1959. A “design poem” on a small card. Published in Combustion, Sept. 1959, and in the Varsity Chapbook, 1959.
1959 A Prayer for Adam. Published in the Varsity, 24 Sept. 1959 and in Poems to be Sold for Bread, Hawkshead, 1959. Reprinted in English XV (90): Autumn, 1965, p. 218-19, as “The Naming Angel”.
1959 (Poetic Text) to photographs by Ted Schafer. Published in Otherside, Autumn 1959, a magazine supplement to the Varsity. 7 poems. p. 9-11.
1959 In the Streets. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, Toronto, 1959. Under the pseudonym, “Ruta Ginsberg”. 5 poems. 4 p.
1959 Two Poems. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, 1959. 4 p. Includes: Alphos Weary; The Prostitute.
1959 Fire Escapes. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, 1959. 4 p.
1959 Three Poems in Two Colours. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, 1959. 8 p. Includes: Clochard; Forgotten Poems; Street Walker.
1959 Lines for the Last Day. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, 1959.
1959 Business Transaction. Ms. 1 p., dated 7 April, 1959.
1959 Poem and Other Poems. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, 1959.
9 poems. 8 p. Colombo’s first use of the “found” technique with a quotation.
1959 Incident for a Winter’s Evening. Privately printed on a small folded card at the Hawkshead Press, 1959.
1959 The Impression of Beauty. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, 1959. On toilet paper.
1960 Death Speaks and Lustless Gunman. Published in Fiddlehead (43): Winter 1960. p. 26. Photocopy.
1960 The Appearance of Angels. Published in Canadian Theosophist XL (6): Jan.-Feb., 1960. p. 142.
1960 Millennium. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, Toronto, 1960. 1 poem. 4 p. Reprinted in Canadian Poetry Magazine 24 (2): March 1961. p 18.
1960 Regressive Tendencies. Published in the Varsity, 2 March 1960. p 5. Reprinted in Canadian Forum, XL (478): Nov. 1960. p 171.
1960 (Seven Poems) published in Fiddlehead (44): Spring, 1960. p 24-28. Photocopy. Includes: Garden Poem; Only They Praise; Adam and the Unicorn; Lover to Lover; Horror; The Last Day; December 31, 1999; and Autumn.
1960 The Recording Angel. Published in Canadian Theosophist 41 (4): Sept.-Oct., 1960.
p 85. Reprinted in Five Year Plan, Hawkshead, 1961.
1960 (Four Poems) published in Canadian Forum XL (478): Nov. 1960. p 171 and 177. Regressive Tendencies; Lyric; Our Return; and Junkman’s Serenade.
1961 Five Year Plan: Poems and Fantasies. Privately printed at the Hawkshead Press, Toronto, 1961. 8 Poems. 12 p.
1962 To the Actors. Published in the Toronto Star, 16 June, 1962. p 21. Ms. 4 p. A letter to the editor of the Star, concerning this poem, signed “S. K.”, 20 June 1962.
1963 How They Made the Golem. Published in Tamarack Review (29): Autumn 1963. p 36-7. Photocopy.
1963 The Seat of the Miraculous. Published in Tamarack Review (29): Autumn 1963. p 38. Photocopy.
1963 Ideal Angels. Published in Tamarack Review (29): Autumn 1963. p 39-40. Photocopy.
1964 Recipe for a Canadian Novel. Published in Atlantic Monthly 214 (5): Nov. 1964, in its special Canadian issue. p 118.
1965 The Last Words of Louis Riel. Published in The Marxist Quarterly (15): Autumn 1965. p 48-53. Reprinted in Le Devoir, circa 1965.
1965 Two Poems (from the prose of William Lyon Mackenzie). Published in Pinch, Oct. 1965. p 16. One (“I have constantly identified myself with the common people . ..”) was reprinted in the Mackenzie Poems.
1966 Miraculous Montages. 9 poems by Colombo with drawings by Don Jean-Louis. 150 copies printed at the Heinrich Heine Press, 1966. 40 p. unbound in a folder. Ms.
20 p. Publicity brochure. 1 p.
1966 The Mackenzie Poems. Poetic rearrangements of the prose of William Lyon MacKenzie; Published by Swan, Toronto, 1966. 94 p.
1966 To Recreate the Impossible Landscapes of Mantegna’s “Virgin and Standing Child” and Others. Published in Poetry India 1 (3): July-Sept. 1966. p 38-9. Reprinted in Abracadabra, 1967.
1966 What the Camera Makes Us See. Published in Abracadabra, 1967. 11 worksheets, dated, 11 Nov. 1966.
1966/67 The Last Words of Louis Riel, Cantata for Contralto and Bass solo, mixed chorus and orchestra. Music by Tibor Polgar. Text by John Robert Colombo. Ms. of score with text. Ring-bound folio. 41 p.
1966/67 Mixed Messages. 12 concrete poems. Unpublished. 2 mss: 11 p. and 12 p. 6 loose p.
1967 The Constitution of Canada. Published in Abracadabra, 1967. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Abracadabra. Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1967. 2 Mss: 112 p. and 136 p. One ms. lacks 7 poems which appear in the final publication, the other ms. includes 6 additional poems which did not appear in the final publication.
1967 The Poet Throws Confetti and Hopes There Will Be a Wedding. 2 Mss: 13 p. each. Notes: the quotations from other authors used in the poem. 4 p.
1967 Printed Pages. 3 mss: 4 p. each.
1967 One Dozen Canadian Contexts. Published in the Journal of Canadian Studies 2 (3): Aug. 1967. p 24-25.
1967 British Columbia. A concrete poem. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Labyrinth. A concrete poem. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Entropy. A concrete poem. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Permutational Poem. A concrete poem. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Social Philosophies. A concrete poem on a line from Rousseau. 3 mss: 1 p. each.
1967 What Power Leads To. A concrete poem on lines from Lord Acton and Albert Einstein. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Why Canada Has No Draft . A concrete rearrangement of a line from William Lyon MacKenzie. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Voltaire on Canada. A concrete rearrangement of a line from Candide. Ms. 1 p.
1967 Poem Against John Bassett. 2 mss: 4 p. and 11 p.
1967 William Lyon Mackenzie Rides Again. 125 copies printed as Wrongfount 5, 1967, as a centennial project by the Guild of Hand Printers, Toronto. 18 poetic rearrangements of MacKenzie’s prose. Originally written for The MacKenzie Poems but not published therein. 18 separately designed and printed double sheets and single sheets in a folder. Ms. of 12 of the poems. 23 p.
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1967/68 Hitler over Germany. A poetic rearrangement of lines from Allan Bullock’s Hitler, a Study in Tyranny. 3 mss: 6 p., 6 p., and 5 p.
1967/68 Wounds. A poetic rearrangement of the prose of Norman Bethune, taken from The Scalpel, the Sword by Ted Allan and Sydney Gordon. Ms. 6 p.
1967/68 Flaherty Country: 5 mss: 4 of 7 p., 1 of 5 p. Rough notes in pencil. 3 p.
1967/68 The Concise Tarzan. A poetic rearrangement of excerpts from Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan of the Apes, a poetic condensation of the novel. 4 mss. of draft versions: 21 p., 26 p., 6 p., and 7 p.
1967/68 The Shorter President Fu Manchu. A poetic rearrangement of excerpts from Sax Rohmer’s President Fu Manchu,. a poetic condensation of the novel. Ms. 10 p.
1967/68 Doc Kelly’s (The) Big Free Fun Show. Worksheet for a found poem. A poetic rearrangement of excerpts from the book Doc Kelly. Ms. 23 p.
1968 (Three Poems) published in Poetry Singapore 1, Aug. 1968. p 1-2. Inventory; Seven Ways of Being Herostratus; The Central Intelligence Agency Awards Richard Melvin Bissell Jr. a Secret Intelligence Medal...
1968 Mostly Monsters. 28 found poems. Excerpts from modern classics of horror and fantasy arranged in the form of poetry. Unpublished. Ms. 30 p.
1968 The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. A collection of found poems. Poetic rearrangements of excerpts from James Russell Wilson’s San Francisco Horror of Earthquake and Fire. Unpublished. Ms. xi, 60 p. Draft of a preface rejected by the author. Ms. 4 p.
1968 This Is My Son, His Name Is Jonathan, He Is Four Years Old. 2 mss: 4 p. and 3 p.
1968 Notes on a Northern Lake in August in Rainy River Country. 5 worksheets: 1 p. each.
1968 Canadian Images. Published in Canadian Forum, Jan., 1968. p 232. Ms. 2 p.
1968 The Jingle of the Open Road. Published. in Thumbprints, 1968, edited by Doug Fetherling.
1969 John Toronto. Poetic Rearrangements of the prose of the Bishop John Strachan. Published by Oberon Press, 1969. 96 p.
1967/68 (Neo-Poems). Published by Sono Nis Press, Vancouver, 1970. Mss. of: Last Poem; A Carthaginian Peace; Walking on Water; Off-Limits; Levitations; Modernism is Dead; Words-of-Mouth; Addenda to “Words-of-Mouth”; Materializations; Gravitations; A Conspiracy of Silence; Hands Down; Selected Worlds; Improvisations; The Way Things Are; The-Thing-in-Itself- Is; Trances; Inventions; Short Poem; One-Sided Conversation. 47 mss. and 75 p. in all.
V Manuscripts and Printed Works: Translations
Box 14
undated Verte Ma Parole. Andre Major’s poem, taken from Le Pays (1963), a collection of poems by Chamberland, Cote, Drassel, Garneau, and Major. 11 mss: 2 p each.
undated The Rain and Fine Weather. Translations of 10 poems from Jacques Prevert’s La Pluie et le Beau Temps 1965. Ms. 11 p.
undated The Emblem and the Earth. An essay on Jordi Bonet, translated from the French of F. Dufau-Labeyrie. Ms. 14 p. A biographical note on Bonet. Ms. 3 p. An alternate translation of this article was published in Quebec.
1968 Translations of Poems by Jacques Godbout. 21 poems translated from Les Paves Sec and C’est la Chaude Loin de Hommes. 62 mss: 75 p. in total. Four of these appeared in Fiddlehead (76): Summer, 1968, p 58-59: “Je me rappelle. ..”; “Essaie de Comprendre...”; Un Vieux Sorcier; and Comme un Orange. Others appeared in Prism and in Poetry of French Canada, edited by John Glassco.
1968 Sonnets of George Faludi, translated from the Hungarian. “Third Sonnet” translated by Colombo. 4 other translations by Michael Yates, Raymond Souster, Gwendolyn MacEwen, and Ron Everson. Letter from Eric Johnson with four of the sonnets in Hungarian and in a literal English translation. 9 p. 5 mss of the translations: 1 p. each. To be published in future.
VI Manuscripts and Printed Works: Editions
1957 Waterloo College Open House Souvenir Program. 7-8 Feb., 1957. 12 p.
1957 Chiaroscuro. 444 copies printed by the Board of Publications of Waterloo College. An undergraduate literary journal. 20 p.
1959 Students Handbook to the University of Toronto. 94 p.
1963 Richard Maurice Bucke: Catalogue to the Exhibition. For an exhibition held at the Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Psychiatric Association annual meeting in Toronto, 10-14 June, 1963. 20 p.
1965 Pinch, Nov., 1965. A popular magazine published in Toronto of which Colombo was an Associate Editor.
1967 Shapes & Sounds. Selected poems of W.W.E. Ross. Edited by John R. Colombo and Raymond Souster. Published by Longmans of Canada, 1967. Ms. 167 p.
1968 Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage by Judy LaMarsh. Published by McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1968. Ms. 494 p. Photocopy of publisher’s schedule. 2 p.
1968 Probings. A collection of essays contributed to the Canadian Mental Health Association for its golden jubilee, 1918-1968. 96 p.
VII Manuscripts and Printed Works: Other Authors
Box 15
Anonymous. For A.M. Klein. A poem. Ms. 3 p. Handwritten notes to the poem. 1 p.
Godfrey, David. Starved in the Hour of Our Hoarding: the Conglomberate as Fiction. A review of Jack Ludwig’s Above Ground. Published in Tamarack Review, Summer 1968. p 73-79. Ms. 7 p.
Hawkins, William. The Gift of Space. 30 poems. Photocopy of a ms. 33 p.
Hood, Hugh. It’s a Small World: 1) Circuses and Bread. An article for Tamarack Review on how Expo 67 exploited the poor. Ms. 15 p. 1967.
Kattan, Naim. Une Litterature D’interrogation. Ms. 9 p.
Lacey, E.A. Poems of E.A. Lacey collected and transcribed from various sources by Colombo. 43 poems. Tss. and clippings. 48 p. 3 epigrams. Tss. 3 p. 10 translations. Tss. and clippings. 12 p. Tss. of articles by Colombo and David Lewis Stein written for the Varsity. A clipping of Robert Fulford’s review of The Forms of Loss, from the Toronto Star, 28 April 1965. A fictitious report on Lacey’s death written by Colombo. Ms. 2 p.
MacEwen, Gwendolyn. Six Poems: First Song From the Fifth Earth; Poem; Letter to a Future Generation; Song for a Stranger; The Thin Garden; The Shadow Maker. One poem is dated 1966. Ms. 6 p.
MacEwen, Gwendolyn, Terror and Erebus. “A half-hour verse play”. mimeo. 17 p.
Macpherson, Jay. Five Poems: The Wound; More Beyond; The Solstice; Tom Walker; The Buried Lovers. Ms. 2 p.
Marshall, Tom. Macdonald Park. A poem. Photocopy of a ms. 13 p.
Nowlan, Alden A. Five Poems: The Night of the Fire; Picking Blackberries; Two Funerals; At Noon I Saw the Bat; Sweet Christ. Ms. 5 p.
Reaney, James. The Thunderstorm. A poem. Ms. 1 p.
Ross, W.W.E. Fresh Woods. Poems circa 1924-40. An original ts. of Ross given to Colombo by Mrs. Ross for his work on Shapes and Sounds. 96 p.
Ross, W.W.E. 32 Poems by Ross Not Included in Shapes and Sounds: Collected and copied by Colombo from various sources, including copy books numbers 1 and 2, the 1925 copy book, the 1926 copy Book, The Daily Journal 1957, The Dial, and Sonnets. Ts. 36 p.
Ross, W.W.E. 4 Poems transcribed by Colombo from the Folkways recording, Six Toronto Poets. Not included in other mss. Undated. 5 p.
Ross, W.W.E. 4 Poems. Photocopies of the mss. of The Animals All; The Tower; On Dreams; The Spring; The Boat-Ride. Received by Colombo from Peter Stevens, and transcribed by him. 5 photocopies and 5 tss.
Stevens, Peter. A Consistency among Incommensurables: the Poetry of W.W.E. Ross. Ms.
21 p. undated.
Tarnow, David. A Collection of Solitudes. A typewritten and stapled book of short prose poems. 66 p. Published by Verge Communications Unlimited, Toronto, 1968.
Box 16
VIII Private Press Materials
A) Colombo and Kurschenska
(i)
Printer, Kitchener, Ontario (1956-57)
Work Is Worship, Dedicate it to God. A small book of devotional quotations. 4 Jan. 1956. 16 p.
Poetic Flight by Goethe. A small folded card with a few lines from Goethe’s Faust. 9 Jan. 1957.
Good-Bye by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 15 Jan. 1957. A small booklet. 12 p.
Angelus Silesius. A devotional booklet. Author unknown. 15 March 1957. 28 p.
Holiness as Observed by the Pen of Martin Buber. A booklet of quotations. 19 March 1957. 12 p.
Songs Of Siva. Quotations from Sri Swami Sivananda. 18 April 1957. Signed by Kurschenska as a Gift to Colombo. 28 p.
Fragments. Poems by J. R. Colombo. 125 copies printed. 24 Aug. 1957. 28 p.
(ii)
The Hawkshead Press, Kitchener and Toronto, Ontario (1958-60) (Certificate of Registry) for the Hawkshead Press, in the name of Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Colombo, from the International Register of Private Press Names. Registry no.34. May 1958.
Blessed Be He: A Tribute to Alexander Watt. J. R. Colombo (ed.) Selections from his writings. No.11 of 126 copies. Autographed by Watt. May 1958. 11 p.
This Studied Self. 15 poems by Colombo. 197 copies printed. May 1958. 20 p.
Variations. 17 Poems by Colombo. 100 copies printed. June 1958. 20 p.
In the Streets by “Ruta Ginsberg” (J. R. Colombo). 5 Poems. Folded sheet. 7 copies.
The Impression of Beauty. A poem by Colombo. Galley proof on toilet paper. 1959.
Poems to Be Sold for Bread. 3 poems by Colombo, folded sheet.
A Dry Light and the Dark Air. Two poems by Jay Macpherson. 50 copies printed. Folded sheet. 16 copies.
Millennium by J. R. Colombo. Folded sheet. 1960.
Incident for a Winter’s Evening by J.R. Colombo. Folded sheet. 1960.
Poem and Other Poems. 9 Poems. 18 p. by J. R. Colombo.
Richard Maurice Bucke / Alexandra David-Neal. Two quotations. Folded sheet. 1960.
Hot Alphabet by Mike Strong. Folded double sheet. 4 poems. One in a series of 15 from Hawkshead.
Heart Honey Churning by Mike Strong. 11 poems. Folded broad sheet. March, 1960.
Five-year Plan: Poems and Fantasies by J. R. Colombo. 1961. 12 p.
(iii)
Purple Partridge Press, Toronto, Ontario. (1958-60).
Rubato. J. R. Colombo (ed.) 196 copies printed. March, 1958. 16 p.
This Is the Work Entitled “Canada” by J. R. Colombo. A poem on a double sheet written and Printed to celebrate the International Exhibition of Book Designs, Leipzig, Germany, 1959. May, 1959.
Osprey on Lake Skootamatta by Wallace Havelock Robb. Printed for Wrongfount 1960. Folded double sheet.
The Canticle of the Sun. Saint Francis d’Assisi. 52 copies printed 32 p.
The Private Press: a Word of Explanation by John Robert Colombo. Folded sheet. 1959.
Japanese Haiku. Designed and printed by Jean and Doug Molson at the Purple Partridge Press for Wrongfount 1960. 8 1/4” x 21 1/2” Parchkin Art Parchment.
(iv)
Under no particular imprint
(Christmas Cards) by Colombo and Kurschenska. 4 cards dated 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959, and one undated.
A Christmas Bagettele by John and Ruth Colombo. 1959. An original poem on a post-card.
An Epiphany. A short poem for Christmas by John R. Colombo. Printed on a small card.
(Invitation) to an At Home at the Colombo’s, 78a Dale Avenue, Toronto. 30 Jan. Printed on a post-card.
Desideratum by Sax Rohmer. Printed by Colombo on single folded sheet. 1959.
Jesous Ahatonhia by Father Jean de Brefeuf. A Christmas gift booklet designed for the Gurney family by Harold Kurschenska. 1958.
(A Business Card) for Trenchard Flowle, Photographer.
(An Invitation) to a reception for Yousuf and Madame Karsh, given by the University of Toronto Press.
(An Election Notice). “Re-elect Mary Reid deputy reeve”.
B) Other Private Presses
Adagio Press, The private press of Leonard F. Bahr, Michigan, USA.
Printing in Privacy, a review of activity among American private presses. Leonard F. Bahr (ed.). 550 copies printed. Summer, 1960. 24 p.
Collecting Press Books by Will Ransom. Reprinted from Sooner Magazine, April, 1955. 1,000 copies printed. Undated. 8 p.
(Promotional Ephemera). 2 pieces.
Blew Ointment Press, Vancouver. (Promotional Ephemera). 2 pieces. Includes a note from Bill Bissett to J. R. Colombo. undated.
The Coach House Press, Toronto. Das Barren Schyff (The Ship of Fools). 100 copies printed for Wrong-fount 3, 1962. Medieval woodcuts (reproduced) and verse. 12 p. (13 postcards).
(Announcement) of a course in printing given at the Coach House Press. Undated.
(Promotional Ephemera). 9 pieces.
Falling Sauk Press (I Love You Canada) by Kenneth McInnis and Morris Manley. Printed by
A. Suddon. Single Sheet. undated.
Gallery Editions, Isaacs Gallery, (Promotional Ephemera). l piece.
Ganglia Press, Toronto. Scraptures by B. P. Nichol. A concrete poem with graphics. 20 p. undated
Cluster by Hart Broudy, Gronk Series 4: No.2. 4 p. 8 1/2 x 11” in an envelope.
Herity Press, Ben Lieberman, White Plains, New York, USA.
Checklog of Private Press Names. Elizabeth K. Lieberman (ed.) Aug., 1960. 20 p. 1961. 20 p.
An Invitation to Private Presses to register in the Checklog.
The Private Press of the Indiana Kid. James Lamar Weygan, Nappanee, Indiana. (A Note on Private Press Names). Printed for Small World. A small card. Undated.
Janlyn Press, John Hurdis, prop., Toronto.
Snowshoes. A private journal printed for members of the AAPA. No. 2: Dec., 16: undated.
4 p.
Hurdy-gurdy. A journal printed for members AAPA. Undated. 2 p.
Klanak Press, Vancouver. (Promotional Ephemera); a piece on Ralph Gustafson’s Rocky Mountain Poems.
Press of the North Toronto Herald, Toronto.
Horace Walpole on Milton by William Colgate. 1963. 26 p.
Paroquet Press, H. Detlev Voss, Erindale Woodlands, Ontario.
New Year Card to Colombo from prop., 1967.
A Business Card for the Paroquet Press.
Should I? a fictitious letter to Ann Landers. Postcard size.
Peterkin Press, Toronto, Ontario,
A Business Card for the Peterkin Press.
The Press at the Sign of the Scarlet Cockerel, Gillette, N.J., USA.
Weaker Moments. No.109: 3 April, 1959. A small private journal for members of the NAPA. 4 p.
The Slap-Happy Hobby Press, (Peter) D. W. Huhn, prop., Toronto, Ontario.
Entrance Fee by Alexander Woolcott. 175 copies printed. A booklet for use as a Christmas card. In English and German. Undated. 20 p.
The Friday-niters’ Sobriety Roster. A small booklet produced for his bowling companions. 1963. 16 p.
Trovillion Private Press, Violet and Hal Trovillion, props., Herrin, Illinois, USA.
Two from the Book by Violet and Hal Trovillion. A booklet sent to friends at Christmas, 1956. 16 p.
I Salute the Silver Horse by Paul Jordan-Smith. A booklet sent by the Trovillions to friends at Christmas, 1958.
The Private Press at Home and Abroad. A booklet sent by the Trovillions to friends at Christmas, 1959. 12 p.
Turret Books, London, England. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Private Press Books Published by Turret Books and Other Private Presses, Brighton College of Art, 14-30 April, 1967. With an introduction by Edward Lucie- Smith. 20 p. Promotional Ephemera, 6 pieces.
Unicorn Press, Santa Barbara California.
Poetry 1967/68 Unicorn Catalogue. Catalogue of Unicorn and Delta (Canada) publications.
16 p.
Upbank Press, Morin Heights, P.Q. Promotional Ephemera 1 piece.
Very Stone House, Vancouver. 2 Lists of New Books 1968 and undated. Printed double sheets.
Village Press, Thornhill, Ontario. Our Private Press. A poem written and printed by Gus Rueter. April 1961. 28 p.
Willow Green Press, Mono Road Station, Ontario.
The Tragedy of King Lear. An extract from King Lear, Act III Scene II, designed and printed by Judith Fralick and Gerry Moses for Wrongfount 3. A double sheet.
Winesap Press, Toronto. Change of Address Card for Stanley and Patricia Fillmore.
Change of Address Card for John Richmond.
Christmas Card, 1958 from Stanley and Patricia Fillmore.
Christmas Card, 1959 from Stanley and Patricia Fillmore, Stephen and Kathleen.
B) Privately Printed Individual Items
Aurora. Number 1: Spring, 1958. A small private journal written, printed and distributed by John Hurdis and Bas Headford of Toronto. 8 p.
Cartier. First proof of a new typeface designed by Carl Dair to mark the Centenary of Canadian Confederation. A limited edition by Cape and Company, Ltd. 1966. 8 p.
Estro 1. A broadsheet. Published by Prensa De Lagar, Tuscon, Arizona, USA. 9 poems by George Bowering. March 1965.
A Gaelic Alphabet. Designed and cut by Michael Biggs with a note on Irish lettering by Liam Miller. Dolmen Press, Dublin. 300 copies printed as the 11th part of the Dolmen Chapbook. 1960. 8 p.
Box 17
Oz. Extracts from the satyrical magazine. 15 p.
Private Press Books, Roderick Cave and Thomas Rae (eds). 2 pieces of promotional ephemera and an application form for inclusion in the annual bibliography .
Quotes. A typesetting exercise for members of the Society of Typographic Designers of Canada at the Ontario College of Art. Feb.-Mar., 1962. 10 p. unbound in folder.
An Exhibit of Selected Papers of Dorothy Roberts. 20 March-1 June 1967, Pennsylvania State University Printed unknown. 8 p.
Wrongfount 1 :1960. A large envelope of hand-printings by members of the Build of Hand Printers. 10 pieces and an invitation to participate in Wrongfount 2: 1961. 3 copies, extra copies of some pieces.
Wrongfount 2: 1961. An invitation to participate. A poster announcing a meeting of the Guild of Hand Printers to discuss “Where is Wrongfount 2?” 18 May 1961
Wrongfount 3: 1962. 12 pieces of hand-printing from members of the Guild of Hand Printers.
17 unidentified pieces of private printing
IX The Whitman–Bucke Material
Box 18
A) Correspondence and Materials of Whitman–Bucke researchers.
John Robert Colombo, 8 letters received by Colombo (1960-63) from Charles E. Feinberg, Blowden Davies, Northrup Frye, and others.
Blowden Davies, 1 letter from the Theosophical Society of Canada (1938), 1 letter from the Public Archives of Canada
Cyril Greenland, 5 letters received by Greenland (1963-64) from Northrup Frye, the Rev. James Horne, and others. A curriculum vitae on Greenland, and a cumulative bibliography. Carbon ts. 10 p.
The Life and Death of Louis Riel, 1844-1855: a Study in Forensic Psychiatry. Part : Surrender, Trial, Appeal, and Execution. An essay by Cyril Greenland. Dated June, 1964. Published in Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal 10 (4): July-Aug., 1965. p. 253-59.
Riel--patriot , Zealot, or Rebel? A flyer announcing “an exhibit” by Alex Richman, M.D., Dept. of Psychiatry and Victor Doray, B.A., Dept. of Medical Illustration, University of British Columbia. 1 p.
B) Writings on Walt Whitman:
Allen, Gay Wilson, Editing the Writings of Walt Whitman: a Million Dollar Project Without a Million Dollars. Reprinted from Arts and Sciences 1 (2): Winter, 1962-63. 6 p. 2 copies.
Anonymous. Whitman and Brooklyn. Program to an exhibition commemorating the centennial of Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York, 31 May-4 July, 1955. 16 p.
Blodgett, H. W. and Whitman, Walt. Last Words. An undated, unpublished Whitman poem from a ms. in the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. Printed by Kindle Press, New York, 1959. With commentary by H. W. Blodgett. 4 p. With a small note-card from Kindle Press.
Bradley, Dr. E. S. (ed.) The Long Islander. Special anniversary issue 28 May, 1964. 2 p.
2 copies.
Colombo, John Robert. (Book Review), of Gay Wilson Allen’s The Solitary Singer: A Critical Biography of Walt Whitman. Published in Canadian Theosophist XL (3): July-Aug., 1959.
p. 65- 66.
Feinberg, Charles E. A Whitman Collector Destroys a Whitman Myth. Reprinted from the Bibliographical Society of America Papers 52 (2): 1958. 20 p. 2 copies.
Traubel, Horace L. (ed.) Good-bye and Hail Walt Whitman: at the Graveside of Walt Whitman, and Sprigs of Lilac. Billstein and Son, Philadelphia, 1892. Whitman eulogies. 43 p.
White, William. Walt Whitman and Lafayette. Reprinted from Tradition IV (11): Nov. 1961.
p. 32-35. 2 copies.
White, William. Walt Whitman to U. S. Grant. Reprinted from Prairie Schooner 34 (2): Summer, 1960. 4 p. 2 copies.
White, William. Whitman on American Poets; an Uncollected Piece. Reprinted from English Language Notes, Sept. 1963. 1 p. 2 copies.
White, William. Whitman’s Poem on the Johnstown Flood. Reprinted from The Emerson Society Quarterly 33 (4): 1963. p. 79- 4. 2 copies.
White, William. Some Uncollected Whitman Journalism. Reprinted from The Emerson Society Quarterly 33 (4): 1963. p. 84-90. 2 copies.
White, William (ed.). Walt Whitman Review, X (1): March 1964 and X (2): June 1964. A quarterly journal from Wayne State University Press.
C) Writings on R. M. Bucke
(Richard Maurice Bucke, M.D. (1837-1902) was a pioneer in Canadian psychiatry and a renowned mystic. He was a friend, biographer, and one of the three literary executors of Whitman’s estate, and edited Calamus (1897), The Wound Dresser (1898), and Notes and Fragments (1899) after Whitman’s death.)
(A Bibliography) of Works on R. M. Bucke, prepared by K. Walter, H . Shapiro and H. Miller.
A partial list of publications and references not included in Coyne’s Richard Maurice Bucke:
A Sketch, which lists works published between 1862 and 1902. Carbon ts. 3 p.
Anonymous. (A Satire) of Bucke’s literary theories. A transcript made by Colombo of an item from the London News, 29 Dec. 1897. Ts. 2 p.
Anonymous. Canada’s Psychiatrists and Their History. An editorial from the Canadian Medical Association Journal, 7 Sept. 1963. p. 520-21. Photocopy of reprint. 2 p.
Barshaw, Harold D. Walt Whitman’s Physicians in Camden. A photocopy, (source unknown) sent to Colombo by Cyril Greenland. 3 p.
Colombo, John Robert Bucke and the Beat Generation. Notes for a talk at the Toronto and Hamilton Theosophical Societies. Ts. 6 p. (See Mss. and Printed Works: Prose, Section III)
Colombo, John Robert. A Doctor of Mysticism: Richard Maurice Bucke. Published in Canadian Theosophist 41(6): Jan. - Feb., 1961. p. 133-39. (See Mss. and Printed Works: Prose, Section III)
Colombo, John Robert (ed.). Richard Maurice Bucke: Catalogue to the Exhibition. A catalogue to an exhibition at the Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Psychiatric Association annual meetings, 10-14 June 1963, Toronto. Includes 2 brief essays on Bucke: “Richard Maurice Bucke, Psychiatrist and Philosopher” by Cyril Greenland, and “Richard Maurice Bucke, Friend of Whitman and Mystic” by J. R. Colombo. 20 p. 2 invitations to the exhibition.
Davies, Blowden. (A Reply) to Colombo’s “A Doctor of Mysticism” in Canadian Theosophist XLI (96): Jan.-Feb. 1961. p. 133-39. Photocopy of a ms. 6 p. Dated 7 Jan., 1963.
Feinberg, Charles E. Walt Whitman and His Doctors. Published in a special anniversary issue of the Long Islander, 28 May, 1964.
Greenland, Cyril. Richard Maurice Bucke, MD. Published in Canada’s Mental Health XI (5): May,1963. p. 1-5.
Greenland, Cyril. Richard Maurice Bucke, M.D., A Pioneer in Scientific Psychiatry. Published. in Canadian Mental Health Association Journal 91: 22 Aug. 1964. p. 385-91. Carbon ts. 16 p. Dated May, 1963. A reprint of the published article.
Greenland, Cyril. Richard Maurice Bucke, M.D.: Psychiatrist, Author, Mystic. An address to the R.M. Bucke Memorial Society Conference, Montreal, 1965. Published in the Proceedings of the Society. Carbon ts. 20 p.
Greenland, Cyril. Three Pioneers of Canadian Psychiatry. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 200 (10): 5 June 1967. p. 833-842. A reprint.
Hall, Dr. E. (Statement) read on behalf of Dr. Hall at the opening of the Richard Maurice Bucke Exhibition at the University of Western Ontario, 3 July, 1963. Photocopy. 1 p.
Roland, Charles G., M.D. Straddling a Hobby: Avocational Books by Canadian Physicians. A reprint from the Journal of the American Medical Association 192 (2): 12 April, 1965. p. 122-26. Contains a section on Bucke, p. 123-24.
(3 Pictures of R.M. Bucke and 2 of the Bucke Coat of Arms). (Notes and Material Used by Colombo in Researches on Bucke). Includes a photocopy of a reprint of “The Sources of Man’s Intimations of immortality” by Joan Fitzherbert, from the British Journal of Psychiatry 110 (169): Nov. 1964. p. 859-862.
Transcript of a letter of introduction for Bucke written by Walt Whitman to Tennyson. Other notes.
D) The R.M. Bucke Memorial Society for the Study of Religious Experience
(Materials from 1st Annual Conference), Montreal, 15-16 Jan. 1965. Personality Change and Religious Experience.
(Program) 2 p. 3 copies.
(News Release). On the R.M. Bucke Memorial Society. 2 p. 2 copies.
(Schedule of Travel Arrangements) for J.R. Colombo, Cyril Greenland, and Anne Sexton. Photocopy. 1 p.
(Letter) from the Berkeley Hotel to Cyril Greenland confirming reservations for him, Colombo, and Sexton. Photocopy. 1 p.
Proceedings of 1st Annual Conference. 86 p.
The R.M. Bucke Memorial Society Newsletter. 1 (1): Jan. 1966. 16 p.
(Program of the 2nd Annual Conference), Montreal, 4-6 March, 3 p.
E) The Artsman
The Artsman. Monthly journal of the Rose Valley community and craft movement. 4 issues: Oct., 1903, Feb., 1904, Sept., 1904 and Oct., 1905. About 30 to 40 p. each issue. 2 small “bulletins”. 8 p. each. On “furniture printing” and on “artsmanship”. Dated 1903.
Audio Reels (located before Box 1)
Each reel is contained in a blue, CBC Radio-Canada box. Items 1-15 are Colombo introducing and reading the poems. There is no host or other speaker on the recordings.
1. This Citadel in Time, 1 September 1967. 24:16.
2. Abracadabra,1 September 1967. 27:13.
3. Reading poems, may be from Abracadabra,1 September 1967. 30:01.
4. Abracadabra,1 September 1967. 25:12.
5. Abracadabra,1 September 1967. 30:34.
6. Miraculous Montages, 15 September 1967. 17:21.
7. The Great Wall of China, 1-39. 20 September 1967. 29:23.
8. The Great Wall of China, continued, 40-84. 20 September 1967. 29:55.
9. The Great Wall of China, continued, 85-99. 20 September 1967. 0:00-14:25;The Mackenzie Poems, 14:29-28:13.
10. The Mackenzie Poems, continued, 27 September 1967. 29:19.
11. The Mackenzie Poems, continued. 0:00-21:34. Mostly Monsters, 21:35-30:49.
12. Mostly Monsters, continued. 0:00-12:55; The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 12:57-29:02.
13. Mss poems: The Colombo Papers, 9 October 1967. 29:07.
14. Mss poems: Now is the Time for All; The Mystery of the Marie Celeste; Commentaries on Canvases. 27:14.
15. Mss poems: Black Gold; Poem against John Bassett. 14:59.
16. [Work Play] composition for radio by Columbo. 'Full show'. 29 March 1970. 33:37.
John Robert Colombo fonds. Second accrual
Incoming Correspondence (mid-1950’s to 1978)
BOX 19
A
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
John Robert Colombo fonds. Third Accrual.
Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts (and in a few cases the worksheets) of the translations which he made or edited for Tony Hawke’s Hounslow Press, and some material concerning the final issues of The Tamarack Review.
Incoming Correspondence
BOX 56
Academy of Canadian Writers. 33 pieces. 1978-81.
Acorn, Milton. 4 pcs. 1978-81.
Adams, John C. 1 pc. 1980.
Ages, Arnold. 2 pcs. 1978
Alberta Heritage Learning Resources Project. 5 pcs. 1979-81.
Allen, Andrew. 7 pcs. 1977.
Allik, Kristi. 3 pcs. 1978-79.
Aman, Reinhold. 16 pcs. 1979-82.
Ampersand Printing. 1 pc. no date
Amprimoz, Alexander. 97 pcs. 1977-83.
Anderson, Patrick. 3 pcs. 1978.
Anderson, Sharon. 2 pcs. 1981.
Anglin, Jerry. 1 pc. 1978.
Anthony, Geraldine. 1 pc. 1978.
Argomenti Canadesi. 1 pc. 1978.
Argyle, Barry. 1 pc. no date
Arnason, David. 1 pc. no date
Association des bibliothécaires du Québec. 6 pcs. 1978.
Austen-Leigh, Joan. 2 pcs. 1980.
Avenue Magazine. 1 pc. 1981.
Ayre, John. 1 pc. no date.
B., Mats. 1 pc. 1981.
Baker, Mark Allen. 1 pc. no date.
Baliozian, Ara. 28 pcs. 1979-83.
Ballon, Iris. 9 pcs. 1978.
Barbour, Doug. 1 pc. 1981.
Batten, Jack. 1 pc. 1978.
Beissel, Henry. 4 pcs. 1978-80.
Bell, Don. 71 pcs. 1979-83.
Bennett, Michael. 3 pcs. 1981.
Berg, Sharon. 7 pcs. 1979-81.
Bertram, Ross. 5 pcs. 1979.
Beurling, D. 1 pc. 1978.
Bhatia, Kamala. 23 pcs. 1978-83.
Billings, Robert. 2 pcs. 1979.
Birney, Earle. 10 pcs. 1979-82.
Black, Conrad. 1 pc. 1980.
Bliss, Michael. 1 pc. 1983.
Book Society of Canada. 1 pc. 1982.
Boraks, Jagna. 6 pcs. 1979-83.
Bowering, Marilyn. 1 pc. 1980.
Bozilov, Ted. 1 pc. 1982.
Brault, Lucien. 1 pc. no date
Brennagh, Donald Hugh. 1 pc. 1978.
Bringhurst, Robert. 1 pc. 1978.
Britnell, Albert, Bookshop. 1 pc. 1981.
Brooke Bond Inc. 1 pc. 1982.
Brooks, David. 2 pcs. 1978.
Brown, Horace. 1 pc. 1979.
Brown, Paul Cameron. 7 pcs. 1981.
Brycht, Andrew. 2 pcs. 1981-82.
Buitenhuis, Peter. 3 pcs. 1977-78.
Bullock, Michael. 1 pc. 1978.
Burke, Herbert. 1 pc. 1979.
Burlington Public Library. 3 pcs. 1978.
Burrs, Mike. 10 pcs. 1978-81.
Calkin, G.A. 1 pc. 1978.
Canada Council. 40 pcs. 1978-83.
Canada Law Book. 1 pc. 1977.
Canada-USSR Association Inc. 3 pcs. 1979-82.
The Canadian. 2 pcs. 1978-79.
Canadian Authors Association. 3 pcs. 1979.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 pcs. 1978-82.
Canadian Business. 1 pc. 1979.
Canadian Publishing Foundation. 4 pcs. 1977.
Canadian Who’s Who. 3 pcs. 1983.
Carroll, Nancy. 5 pcs. 1979-80.
Catanoy, Nicholas. 91 pcs. 1977-83.
Cathers, Ken. 1 pc. 1980.
Centennial College. 2 pcs. 1978.
CFCF Television. 1 pc. 1979.
Chan Shal Imi Society. 1 pc. 1979.
G. Ken Chapman Ltd. 1 pc. 1979.
Christy, Jim. 1 pc. 1978.
Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd. 1 pc. 1980.
Clift, Gerry. 1 pc. 1980.
Cloutier, Cecile. 10 pcs. 1978-80.
Coggeshall, Calvert. 2 pcs. 1979.
Cogswell, Fred. 3 pcs. 1980.
Cohen, Edward H. 2 pcs. 1980.
Coleman, Cheri. 1 pc. 1978.
Coles, Don. 2 pcs. 1982.
Colombo family. 8 pcs. no date.
Colombo, Steve. 1 pc. 1981.
Committee for an Independent Canada. 2 pcs. 1978.
Commonwealth Fund. 1 pc. 1977.
Contemporary Dialogue. 1 pc. 1981.
Conway, Rosalind Eve. 1 pc. 1978.
Cook, Gregory M. 4 pcs. 1980.
Corcos, Francine. 1 pc. no date
Cordell, Arthur. 4 pcs. 1979.
Coulter, John. 14 pcs. 1978-80.
Countryman, Barry J. 1 pc. no date.
Crainford, Doreen. 1 pc. 1982.
Croutch, Ruby. 1 pc. 1983.
Culp, Ted W. 5 pcs. 1977-80.
Curman, Peter. 1 pc. 1983.
Curtis Brown Ltd. 2 pcs. 1978.
Dabydeen, Cyril. 3 pcs. 1982.
Daniel, E. 4 pcs. 1982.
Daskalov, Liana. 1 pc. no date.
Davies, Dave. 1 pc. 1979.
Davis, Brian. 2 pcs. 1978.
Davy, Ted G. 5 pcs. 1982-83.
Dale, Stephen. 1 pc. 1981.
D’Alfonso, Antonio. 1 pc. 1982.
D’Alimonte, Dan. 1 pc. 1980.
de Corneille, Elizabeth. 1 pc. 1982.
de Passille-Sylvestre, Yves. 1 pc. 1977
Dempster, Barry. 4 pcs. 1979.
Derbecker, Leslie. 4 pcs. 1980.
Dewdney, A.K. 1 pc. 1982.
Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio. 17 pcs. 1978-81
Donegani, Doug. 12 pcs. 1981.
Donnell, David. 1 pc. no date
Dorset Publishing Inc. 1 pc. 1979.
Dow, Marguerite R. 10 pcs. 1980.
Doubleday Canada Ltd. 1 pc. 1980.
Douglas & McIntyre. 2 pcs. 1981.
The Downtowner. 9 pcs. 1979.
Doyle, Mike. 2 pcs. 1978.
Doyle-Marshall, William. 1 pc. 1980.
Dudek, Louis. 24 pcs. 1978-81.
Duncan, Barry. 1 pc. 1979.
Duncan, David Garth. 2 pcs. 1982.
Dunford, Gary. 1 pc. 1980.
Dunlop, Donna. 2 pcs. 1979-80.
ECW Press. 3 pcs. 1982.
Early Canadian Life. 4 pcs. 1978-80.
Edwards, Murray. 2 pcs. 1978.
Egan, Geoff. 2 pcs. 1980.
Eggleston, Wilfred. 1 pc. 1978.
Egyedi, Bela. 3 pcs. 1978.
Einstein, Claude M. 1 pc. 1980.
Engel, Howard. 1 pc. 1978.
Estonian Art Centre. 1 pc. 1979.
Ethos Cultural Development Foundation. 21 pcs. 1982.
Evans, Don. 7 pcs. 1981-83.
Everson, Ron. 4 pcs. 1980-82.
Faludy, Andrew. 1 pc. no date.
Faludy, George. 3 pcs. 1978-82.
Farrar, Joan. 1 pc. 1981.
Fetherling, Doug. 6 pcs. 1978-82.
Figler, Bernard. 1 pc. 1979.
Filer, S. Patricia. 2 pcs. 1979.
The Financial Post. 2 pcs. 1981.
Finch, Robert. 4 pcs. 1978-81.
Fish, Jeannette. 1 pc. 1980.
Fleming, Aida. 5 pcs. 1977.
Fleming, Jim. 1 pc. 1981.
Flood, John. 2 pcs. 1983.
Ford, Robert. 10 pcs. 1978-79.
Forster, D.F. 1 pc. 1983.
Fortier, Mark. 2 pcs. 1979-82.
Fortier, Rénald. 1 pc. 1981.
Fowke, Edith. 1 pc. 1980.
Fowler, Marian. 1 pc. 1983.
Francombe, W.H. 1 pc. 1982.
Fraser, Dorothy. 5 pcs. 1978.
Freeman, Minnie. 1 pc. 1979.
Frith, David W. 1 pc. no date
Frontier College. 21 pcs. 1983.
Fulford, Robert. 5 pcs. 1976-80.
Funnell, Augustine. 1 pc. 1978.
BOX 57
Gabori, Susan. 2 pcs. 1982.
Gadd, Maxine. 2 pcs. 1978.
Gage Publishing. 3 pcs. 1978-81.
Gasparini, Len. 2 pcs. 1979.
Gatenby, Greg. 25 pcs. 1978-83.
Gedalof, Robin. 1 pc. 1982.
Geddes, Gary. 6 pcs. 1980.
General Publishing. 1 pc. 1981.
Gervais, Marty. 35 pcs. 1980-83.
Gillespie, Robert. 3 pcs. 1981.
Globe and Mail. 12 pcs. 1980-82.
Gnarowski, Michael. 1 pc. 1983.
Godbout, Jacques. 1 pc. no date
Goening, Laura. 1 pc. 1982.
Gorman, Leroy. 1 pc. 1980.
Gotlieb, Phyllis. 2 pcs. 1978-82.
Goumas, Jannis. 2 pcs. 1978-79.
Gourlay, Elizabeth. 1 pc. 1979.
Gowdey, David. 2 pcs. 1978.
Grady, Wayne. 5 pcs. 1979.
Grayson, J. Paul. 6 pcs. 1979.
Greenland, Cyril. 37 pcs. 1978-83.
Grier, Eldon. 1 pc. no date
Griesdorf, Norman. 1 pc. no date
Griffin, John D. 3 pcs. 1980.
Grohovaz, Gianni A. 11 pcs. 1981.
Grol, Lini R. 1 pc. 1978.
Gross, Ronald. 14 pcs. no date
Guderna, Lad. 12 pcs. 1980-81.
Guggenheim Foundation. 3 pcs. 1982.
Gussow, David. 2 pcs. 1976.
Gustafson, Ralph. 14 pcs. 1978-80.
Gutteridge, Don. 1 pc. 1978.
Gzowski, Peter. 9 pcs. 1978.
Halman, Talat Said. 2 pcs. 1982.
Hambleton, Ronald. 1 pc. 1979.
Hamilton Arts Council. 1 pc. 1980.
Hamilton Magazine. 3 pcs. 1979.
Hamilton Public Library. 1 pc. 1978.
Hancock, Geoffrey. 1 pc. 1980.
Harvey, Rolf. 1 pc. 1978.
Havergal College. 1 pc. 1979.
Hearn, John. 1 pc. 1980.
Hemelrijk, Prue. 1 pc. 1977.
Herberman, Ethan.
Hincks Centre. 1 pc. 1981.
Hofsess, John. 15 pcs. 1982.
Hollingshead, Sandra. 1 pc. 1979.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 6 pcs. 1978-80.
Hood, Hugh. 2 pcs. 1978-82.
Horak, V. 1 pc. 1981.
Home, Edward. 1 pc. 1977.
Hotrum, M. 1 pc. 1978.
Hounslow Press. 16 pcs. 1978-82.
Houghton, Norm. 1 pc. 1980.
Howell, Bill. 2 pcs. 1979.
Howith, Harry. 3 pcs. 1978-79.
Hull, Raymond. 6 pcs. 1978.
Humber College. 1 pc. 1980.
Hurley, Dave. 4 pcs. 1978.
Hurtig Publishers. 44 pcs. 1978-83.
Hutchinson, Sybil A. 1 pc. 1979.
Indian and Northern Affairs. 2 pcs. 1978-82.
Infeld, Helena. 1 pc. 1981.
Inkster, Tim. 3 pcs. 1982.
International P.E.N. 7 pcs. 1978-79.
Italian Canadian Benevolent Corp. 1 pc. 1978.
Ivanov, Stoyko. 1 pc. 1979.
Iwaniuw, Waclaw. 2 pcs. 1979-82.
Jackson, Donald. 1 pc. 1977.
Jacobs, Maria. 1 pc. 1980.
Jeffries, Alice. 3 pcs. 1980.
Jensen, C.A.E. 1 pc. 1980.
Jonas, George. 1 pc. no date
Jonathan-James Books. 3 pcs. 1978-79.
Jonkola, Beth. 4 pcs. no date
Karsh, Yousef. 1 pc. 1979.
Katz, Leon. 1 pc. 1978.
Kay, Monte. 2 pcs. 1979.
Kearns, Lionel. 1 pc. 1978.
Kelly, M.T. 7 pcs. 1978.
Kemp, David. 1 pc. 1979.
Kikot, Mark. 1 pc. 1978.
Killam Hospital. 5 pcs. 1979.
Kilodney, Crad. 1 pc. 1979.
Kings Palace Hotel. 8 pcs. 1980.
Kitchener Public Library. 3 pcs. 1981.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record. 1 pc. 1979.
Klein, Ralph. 20 pcs. 1982.
Klovan, Peter. 1 pc. 1980.
Konyves, Tom. 4 pc. 1980-82.
Kostelanetz, Richard. 15 pcs. 1979-82.
Kurschenska, Harold. 1 pc. 1982.
Labaroka, Marta. 1 pc. 1979.
Lacey, E.C. 12 pcs. 1975-82.
Lane, Pat. 1 pc. 1981.
Langbridge, May. 14 pcs. 1981.
Language and Society. 4 pcs. 1982-83.
Latham, Shula. 1 pc. 1980.
Lautens, Gary. 1 pc. 1982.
Laveque, Lucie. 1 pc. 1977.
Layton, Irving. 1 pc. 1978.
Lazarow, Bruce. 1 pc. 1979.
League of Canadian Poets. 17 pcs. 1978-82.
Leather, Edwin. 7 pcs. 1980-82.
Lee, John B. 1 pc. 1981.
Legman, G. 3 pcs. 1980.
Lemieux, Carlotta. 25 pcs. 1978-83.
Lennox, John W. 2 pcs. 1979.
Lenten, Seymour. 1 pc. no date
Lester & Orpen Dennys. 7 pcs. 1979-82.
Levchev, Lyubomir. 1 pc. 1981.
Lever, Bernice. 4 pcs. 1978.
[Levesque, René]. 1 pc. 1980.
Lillard, Charles. 1 pc. no date
Lipska, Eva. 1 pc. 1982.
Livesay, Dorothy. 4 pcs. 1981-82.
Lorenzini, Amleto. 3 pcs. 1978.
Lotz, Jim. 1 pc. 1982.
Loucareas, Dale. 2 pcs. 1981.
Lunatic Gazette. 1 pc. 1982.
Lynnwood Arts Centre. 4 pcs. 1981.
MacDonald, Ross. 3 pcs. 1979.
MacEwen, Gwendolyn. 3 pcs. 1978.
MacFarlane, Gus. 2 pcs. 1978.
Machalski, Andrew. 1 pc. 1981.
Keiller Mackay Collegiate Institute. 1 pc. 1979.
Macmillan of Canada. 1 pc. 1979.
MacPhee, Rosalind. 1 pc. 1980.
Mandell, Peter H. 1 pc. 1981.
Marinov, Ivan. 1 pc. no date.
Markman, Vladimer. 1 pc. no date.
Marshall, Tom. 2 pcs. 1979.
Martin, Carol. 2 pcs. 1978.
Mather, [Gary?]. 1 pc. 1978.
McClelland and Stewart. 9 pcs. 1980-83.
McDonald, Larry. 6 pcs. 1982.
McDougall, Elinor. 2 pcs. 1978.
McDowell, Marlene. 7 pcs. 1978-81.
McDuff, Gerald. 1 pc. 1978.
McFadyen, Darina. 2 pcs. 1981.
McIntosh, Dave. 1 pc. 1979.
McKeachie, Helen. 2 pcs. 1979.
McLachlin, Richard. 1 pc. 1979.
Maclean’s. 1 pc. 1978.
McMullen, R.M. 1 pc. 1977.
McNeil, Bill. 1 pc. no date
McWha, Albert. 2 pcs. 1980.
Melfi, Mary. 2 pcs. 1980.
Merrill, Judith. 1 pc. no date.
Metcalf, John. 1 pc. no date.
Meyer, Bruce. 1 pc. 1979.
Meyers, Herbert. 1 pc. 1977.
Midwestern Regional Library System. 10 pcs. 1981.
Miller, John A. 3 pcs. 1978-82.
Milton, Ralph. 1 pc. 1980.
Miosi, Frank T. 7 pcs. 1980.
Missimer, Frederick W. 1 pc. 1979.
Mohawk College. 65 pcs. 1978-81.
Monk, Lorraine. 16 pcs. 1981-82.
Montz, Albert. 6 pcs. 1979-82.
Morley, Patricia. 4 pcs. 1981-82.
Morris, Jan. 2 pcs. 1982-83.
Morris, Jerrold. 1 pc. 1982.
Morrison, Harold R.W. 1 pc. 1977.
Morrison, Alex. 1 pc. 1982.
Morton, Colin. 1 pc. 1980.
Morton, Desmond. 11 pcs. 1981.
Mosaic Press. 4 pcs. 1980-81.
Mosaic-Massey Inc. 11 pcs. 1980.
Multicultural History Society of Ontario. 1 pc. 1982.
The Muses’ Company. 1 pc. 1982.
Musgrave, Susan. 2 pcs. 1979.
Myers, Barton. 1 pc. 1980.
Myers, Jay. 14 pcs. 1978.
BOX 58
NC Press. 6 pcs. 1978-79.
Najovitz, Simson. 2 pcs. 1979-80.
Nations, Opal. 2 pcs. 1978.
National Capital Commission. 5 pcs. 1979.
National Indian Brotherhood. 2 pcs. 1977.
National Museums Canada. 2 pcs. 1978.
Neal, Alice. 12 pcs. 1978-82.
Negosanu, Petronela. 2 pcs. 1978.
Nelson, Ruben. 1 pc. 1978.
Thomas Nelson & Sons. 2 pcs. 1979-80.
Nemetz, Arnold. 2 pcs. 1982.
New, W.H. 1 pc. 1978.
Newlove, John. 8 pcs. 1980-83.
Newman, Peter C. 2 pcs. 1981.
Nicolova, Dobrina. 1 pc. no date.
Noble, Terry. 2 pcs. 1978.
Norris, Ken. 1 pc. 1978.
North York, City of. 2 pcs. 1980.
North York Public Library. 5 pcs. 1978-79.
Norton, W.A. 2 pcs. 1979.
Nossal, Kim R. 2 pcs. 1982.
Nowlan, Alden. 1 pc. 1980.
Nowlan, Michael O. 5 pcs. 1977-80.
Nynych, Stephanie. 1 pc. 1981.
Oberon Press. 20 pcs. 1979-83.
Obodiac, Stan. 3 pcs. 1979-83.
O’Cahan, Kevin. 2 pcs. 1979.
O’Huigin, Sean. 7 pcs. 1978-80.
O’Malley, Terrence J. 1 pc. 1982.
Ontario Arts Council. 2 pcs. 1978-79.
Ontario Association of Library Technicians. 1 pc. 1979.
Ontario College of Art. 3 pcs. 1979.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. 4 pcs. 1978-79
Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship. 1 pc. 1982.
Ontario Ministry of Health. 2 pcs. 1979.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 1 pc. 1981.
Ontario Ministry of Transport. 1 pc. 1981.
Ontario Universities’ Application Centre. 1 pc. 1979.
Orr, Aaron. 2 pcs. 1982.
Orten, B.J. 1 pc. 1978.
Oxford University Press. 4 pcs. 1980-83.
Pachter, Charles. 1 pc. 1978.
Page, P.K. 2 pcs. 1979.
Paige, Ned. 8 pcs. 1979.
Paikeday Publishing. 3 pcs. 1981-82.
Panofsky, Ruth. 1 pc. 1982.
Paris, Terrence. 1 pc. 1977.
Parr, J. Gordon. 1 pc. 1980.
Participaction. 1 pc. 1982.
Pavlovic, [ ]. 1 pc. no date.
Pemberton, John. 1 pc. 1979.
Pemberton, Prim. 3 pcs. 1980-82.
Pepper, David. 1 pc. 1980.
Personal Library. 2 pcs. 1979-80.
Peters, Greg. 2 pcs. 1982.
Pickersgill, Ed. 1 pc. 1982.
Pickersgill, J.W. 2 pcs. 1978.
Pierre Berton Celebration Dinner. 1 pc. no date.
Pilon, Jean-Guy. 7 pcs. 1978.
Pittman, Al. 1 pc. no date
The Porcupine’s Quill. 2 pcs. 1980-81.
Porter, John. 1 pc. 1978.
Portico. 4 pcs. 1979.
Portoraro, Domenico. 12 pcs. 1978.
Press Porcepic. 2 pcs. 1979.
Priest, Robert. 8 pcs. 1979-81.
Prometheus Books
Proulx, Esther. 4 pcs. 1982.
Purdy, Al. 11 pcs. 1978-82.
Purdy, Brian. 1 pc. 1978.
Rapoport, Janis. 13 pcs. 1978-81.
Rauchman, Steve. 1 pc. 1979.
Reeve, Joe. 2 pcs. 1980.
Reibetanz, John. 2 pcs. 1978.
Richardson, Michael. 8 pcs. 1978-81.
Rohmer, Richard. 2 pcs. 1981-82.
Roland, Charles. 2 pcs. 1978-79.
Rollinson, Paul. 1 pc. no date.
Rosenberg, Stuart E. 4 pcs. 1983.
Rosenblatt, Joe. 2 pcs. no date.
Ross, Dan. 1 pc. 1979.
Ross, P.S. 2 pcs. 1978-79.
Ross, Stuart. 4 pcs. 1982-83.
Rotstein, Abe. 4 pcs. 1979.
Royal Ontario Museum. 1 pc. 1979.
Rucker, Lance M. 1 pc. 1982.
Sagaris, Lake. 2 pcs. 1982.
St. Clement’s School. 3 pcs. 1981.
St. James Press. 5 pcs. 1979.
Santos, Manuel B. 2 pcs. 1978-79.
Saskatchewan Education. 1 pc. 1979.
Saturday Night. 1 pc. 1978.
Scarborough Board of Education. 1 pc. 1980.
Schafer, R. Murray. 4 pcs. 1983.
Scheier, Libby. 11 pcs. 1979-80.
Schlesinger, Yaffa. 1 pc. 1979.
Schlobin, Roger C. 1 pc. 1980.
Scholastic-TAB. 3 pcs. 1980.
Schreyer, Edward. 2 pcs. 1983.
Schroeder, Andreas. 4 pcs. 1979-82.
Schroeter, Gerd. 3 pcs. 1977-78.
Schuyler, Grant. 3 pcs. no date.
Science-Fiction Studies. 1 pc. 1982.
Scott, F.R. 2 pcs. 1978.
Seal Books. 1 pc. 1979.
Seaton, J. 1 pc. 1980.
Secretary of State. 1 pc. 1980.
Sereny, Marika. 1 pc. 1980.
Sharp, Robert. 1 pc. 1982.
Shaw, David. 1 pc. no date
Sherk, William. 40 pcs. 1977-82.
Shumiatcher, Morris. 36 pcs. 1978-83.
Simpsons Ltd. 1 pc. 1980.
Skala, Diana. 1 pc. 1981.
Skelton, Robin. 7 pcs. 1978-80.
Skvor, George J. 10 pcs. 1980-81.
Skvorecky, Josef. 1 pc. 1981.
Smart, Carolyn. 1 pc. 1978.
Smieja, Florian. 19 pcs. 1978-79.
Smith, Steven. 1 pc. no date.
Snelling, Lynn. 1 pc. 1983.
Snowdon, Annette. 3 pcs. 1980.
Solway, David. 3 pcs. 1978.
Somborac, Judith. 6 pcs. 1981-82.
Sommerkamp, Sabine. 2 pcs. 1981.
Souster, Ray. 1 pc. 1978.
Spry, Graham. 1 pc. 1976.
Steckley, John. 1 pc. 1981.
Stedingh, Wayne. 2 pcs. 1980.
Stewart, Charlotte. 3 pcs. 1978-82.
Stewart, Doug. 1 pc. 1980.
Stone, E. Lawrence. 4 pcs. 1978.
Straker, Rod. 1 pc. 1978.
Stratford Central Secondary School. 1 pc. 1978
Stratford Gallery. 1 pc. 1981.
Sun-Scope Records. 1 p. 1980.
Sutherland, Fraser. 4 pcs. 1978.
Sward, Robert. 6 pcs. 1978-82.
Syms, J. Frank. 2 pcs. 1982.
Syrokomla, Mathew. 1 pc. 1981.
Szohner, G.J. 1 pc. no date.
Szydlowski, Roman. 2 pcs. no date.
Tallman, Warren. 3 pcs. 1979.
Taylor, C. Jane. 1 pc. 1979.
Taylor, Charles. 1 pc. 1978.
Taylor, Jennifer. 1 pc. 1982.
Telesat Canada. 1 pc. 1980.
Tellalov, Kenstantin. 8 pcs. 1978-80.
Thibaudeau, Colleen. 2 pcs. 1979-82.
Thompson, J. Walter. 1 pc. 1982.
Thorne Riddell Inc. 3 pcs. 1982.
Torgov, Morley L. 1 pc. 1982.
Toronto French School. 1 pc. 1981.
Toronto Life. 1 pc. 1982.
Toronto Public Library. 8 pcs. 1978-80.
Toronto Star. 11 pcs. 1978-82.
Trachule, John. 2 pcs. 1981.
Trent University. 2 pcs. 1983.
University of Toronto Press. 1 pc. 1982
Van Norman, Brian. 3 pcs. 1982.
Van Nostrand Reinhold. 3 pcs. 1978-82.
Varnai, Paul. 1 pc. 1979.
Varney, Ed. 2 pcs. 1979.
The Varsity. 7 pcs. 1982.
Vehicule Gallery. 2 pcs. 1979-80.
Wald, Suzanna. 1 pc. 1978.
Wallace, Doreen. 1 pc. no date.
Warkman, Mary Ann. 1 pc. 1980.
Washburn, Hugh. 1 pc. 1979.
Wasita, Ryszard. 2 pcs. 1981-82.
Watt, Frank. 2 pcs. 1979-81.
Weaver, Robert. 35 pcs. 1978-82.
Weaver, Wendy. 1 pc. 1979.
Wees, William C. 10 pcs. 1978-79.
Weider, Barbara. 12 pcs. 1979-80.
Weinrich, Peter. 1 pc. 1980.
Weintraub, William. 1 pc. 1979.
Weiss, Charlotte. 1 pc. 1980.
Wentworth County Board of Education. 2 pcs. 1981.
Westcott, W.F. 8 pcs. 1978-82.
Western Producer Prairie Books. 20 pcs. 1977-82.
Westfall, C.W. 7 pcs. 1980-81.
Whiteman, Bruce. 7 pcs. 1980.
Whiten, Clifton. 1 pc. 1978.
Williams, D. Carlton. 17 pcs. 1981.
Willman, Andrew. 4 pcs. 1979.
Willson, Margo. 1 pc. no date Wilson, Jane. 2 pcs. no date.
Wiseman, Christopher. 1 pc. 1979.
Wolfe, Morris. 1 pc. 1979.
Woolf, Erika. 2 pcs. no date.
Writer’s Lifeline. 1 pc. 1982.
Wylie, Betty Jane. 3 pcs. 1978.
Wynand, Derk. 3 pcs. 1978-79.
Yapp, Peter. 3 pcs. 1982.
Yates, J. Michael. 9 pcs. 1978-83.
York University. 2 pcs. 1980.
Young, Ian. 7 pcs. 1978-82.
Young, Judy. 2 pcs. 1979.
Zalan, Magda. 4 pcs. 1982.
Zarev, Pantelei. 2 pcs. 1978.
Zavitz, R. Perry. 1 pc. 1981.
Zeller, Ludwig. 1 pc. no date.
Zend, Robert. 8 pcs. 1978-80.
Unidentified incoming correspondence.
Outgoing Correspondence
Amprimoz, Alexandre L. 1 pc. 1983.
Association des bibliothécaires du Québec. 2pcs. 1978.
“Book Lover.” 8 pcs. 1979.
Brooks, Bill. 1 pc. 1976.
Canada Council. 15 pcs. 1978-79.
Canada-USSR Association. 1 pc. 1982.
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 2 pcs. 1979.
Clarke, Irwin & Co. 1 pc. 1980.
“Editor.” 2 pcs. 1978.
Firefly Books. 1 pc. 1982.
Flood, John. 2 pcs. 1983.
Forster, Donald. 1 pc. 1983.
Frontier College. 2 pcs. 1983.
Gervais, Marty. 7 pcs. 1982.
Hamilton Public Library. 1 pc. 1983.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 2 pcs. 1978-80
Hounslow Press. 3 pcs. 1982.
Hurtig Publishers. 5 pcs. 1978-79.
Kay, Monte. 1 pc. 1979.
Killam Hospital. 3 pcs. 1979.
Legman, [ ]. 3 pcs. 1980.
Lipska. Ewa. 2 pcs. 1981.
McClelland and Stewart Ltd. 1 pc. 1980.
Metca1f, John. 2 pcs. 1982.
Multiculturalism Directorate. 2 pcs. 1982.
North York, City of. 1 pc. 1980.
Oberon Press. 4 pcs. 1980-82.
O’Malley, Terrence. 1 pc. 1982.
Paul, Edward H. 2 pcs. 1979-82.
Pennell, Raymond. 1 pc. 1979.
Rohmer, Richard. 3 pcs. 1981.
Schafer, R. Murray. 2 pcs. 1983.
Schoenfield, [ ]. 2 pcs. 1982.
Skelton, Robin. 1 pc. 1981.
Stewart, Charlotte. 1 pc. 1982.
Toronto Star. 2 pcs. 1978.
Weaver, Robert. 1 pc. 1982.
Yates, J. Michael. 1 pc. 1982.
Zarev, Pantelei. 1 pc. 1979.
Unidentified correspondents.
Manuscripts
BOX 59
Colombo’s Canadian Quotations (1974). Quotes on slips.
BOXES 60-65
Colombo’s Canadian Quotations. Ts.
BOXES 66-67
Colombo’s Canadian Quotations. Proofs.
BOXES 68-70
Colombo’s Canadian Quotations. Index slips.
BOX 71
Mostly Monsters (1977). Ts,100 pp.
Colombo’s Book of Canada (1978). Ts, 637 pp.
BOX 72
Colombo’s Book of Canada. Ts (photocopy), c. 700 pp.
Colombo’s Book of Canada. Proofs.
BOX 73
Colombo’s Book of Canada. Research notes and letters of permission.
BOX 74
Colombo’s Names and Nicknames (1978). Correspondence and research notes.
Colombo’s Names and Nicknames. Ts., 230 pp.
The Poets of Canada (1978). Permissions. The Poets of Canada. Correspondence with poets.
BOX 75
The Poets of Canada. Correspondence with poets.
The Poets of Canada. Acknowledgements (slips).
The Poets of Canada. Proofs.
BOX 76
Private Parts (1978). Ts. 83 pp.
Cdn SF & F (1979). Notes, preface, etc.
Cdn SF & F. Ts.
Cdn SF & F. Proofs.
Colombo’s Book of Marvels (1979). Ts, pp.17-574.
BOX 77
Colombo’s Hollywood (1979). Ts, 258 pp.
Colombo’s Hollywood. Proofs.
Colombo’s Hollywood. Index slips.
BOX 78
The Great Cities of Antiquity (1979). Ts, 132 pp.
Canada Colouring Book (1980). Correspondence, photographs, etc.
BOX 79
Blackwood’s Books (1981). Ts. (2c.)
Blackwood’s Books. Research material.
Friendly Aliens (1981). Ts.
BOX 80
Poems of the Inuit (1981). Research, correspondence, acknowledgements, etc.
BOXES 81-82
Colombo’s Canadian Books in Brief (1982). Ts.
BOX 83
Selected Poems (1982). Ts (pasted pages from books).
Selected Translations (1982). Ts.
Individual poems (ts and ms, 2 files).
Miscellaneous articles, etc.
Hounslow Press Material
BOX 84
Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio, ed. Roman Candles (1978). Ts, 105 pp. Ts (bound), 90 pp.
Faludy, George. East and West (1978). Ts, 142 pp.
Gabe, Dora. Depths (1978). Notes and worksheets, 68 pp.
Germanov, Andrei. Remember Me Well (1978). Notes and worksheets, 155 pp.
Amprimoz, Alexandre L. Selected Poems (1979). Ts,108 pp. Ts (photocopy), 106 pp.
Catanoy, Nicholas. The Fiddlehead Republic (1979). Ts, 44 pp. Ts (car.), 44 pp.
Cloutier, Cecile. Springtime of Spoken Words (1979). Ts, 97 pp.
BOX 85
Ford, R.A.D. Holes in Space (1979). Ts, 78 pp. Proofs (photocopy), 33 pp.
Iwaniuk, Waclaw. Dark Times (1979). Ts,124 pp. Worksheets,63 pp.
Rapoport, Janis. Winter Flowers (1979). Ts, 90 pp.
Coulter, John. In My Day (1980). Proofs. Paste-up (to p.170).
BOX 86
Coulter, John. In My Day. Paste-up, pp.171-357 + index.
Iwaniuk, Waclaw. Evenings on Lake Ontario (1981). Worksheets, 21 pp. Ts, 64 pp.
Lipska, Ewa. Such Times (1981). Worksheets, 78 pp. Ts, 82 pp.
Javor, Pavel (i.e. George Skvor). Far From You (1981). Ts,100 pp. Miscellaneous material.
Croutch, Leslie A. Years of Light (1982). Ts, 325 pp. (pt.l)
BOX 87
Croutch, Leslie A. Years of Light. Ts, pt. 2.
Gervais, Marty. Into a Blue Morning (1982). Ts, 76 pp. Miscellaneous material.
Sorescu, Marin. Symmetries (1982). Ts, 74 pp.
Zend, Robert. Beyond Labels (1982). Miscellaneous material.
Faludy, George. Learn This Poem of Mine By Heart (1983). Ts,175 pp. Miscellaneous material.
Miscellaneous Hounslow Press material.
Miscellaneous and unidentified worksheets for translations.
Other Material
BOX 88
Miscellaneous rejected and incomplete tss and mss. Research notes. Tamarack Review no.74. Typescripts . Tamarack Review no. 77-78. Typescripts, proofs.
BOX 89
Tamarack Review no. 81-82. Correspondence; typescripts; proofs (2 sets). “Separation and After,” a typescript with J.R.C.’s notes.
BOX 90
Manuscripts not by Colombo
BOX 91
Printed material (advertisements, catalogues, etc.); photographs.
Oversized material
Partial paste-up of Colombo’s Canadian References
Paste-up of Ewa Lipska’s Such Times
John Robert Colombo fonds – 4th Accrual. – [ca. 1950]-1977. – 90 cm of textual records and graphic material.
Series 1: Manuscripts by Colombo. – 1966-1977. – 30 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
Box 92
F.1-2 Poetry: “Growing up in Name Waterloo Type County,” with research materials; ts. with corrections and ts. photocopy, ca. 1969-70
F.3 Poetry: John Toronto, The Strachan Poems; ts., ca. 1968-9
F.4-5 Poetry: “Mackenzie’s Canada (and Strachan’s)”; ts. and ts. photocopy, 1968.
F.6 Poetry: Mostly Monsters, Now is the Time for All; includes correspondence with Norman McLaren; ts., ca. 1977
F.7 Material re. Neo Poems; includes drawings and short articles about poetry; ts ., ca. 1970
F.8 Poetry: Neo Poems; ts ., ca. 1970
F.9 Poetry: Praise Poems; ts., ca. 1972
F.10 Poetry: Translations from the English; ts. photocopy, ca. 1974
F.11 Poetry by Dora Gabé (translated by Colombo and published in Depths?); ts. with corrections, ca. 1978
F.12 Poetry: “Song of the Eighteen Dead”; includes letter from Lester Sugarman; ts. with corrections
F.13 Poetry: translated from Sanskrit; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.1-2 Poetry and research materials; news clippings, ts. and ms., ca. 1966
F.3-4 Found poetry; includes introduction and table of contents; ts. and ts. with corrections, after 1969
F.5 Poetry; includes a table of contents; ts. and ts. with corrections
F.6-9 Poetry; includes short prose about poetry; ms., ts., and ts. with corrections
F.10 Radio script: “The Mystery of the Marie Celeste”; ts. photocopy
F.11 Text of CBC radio programme re. found poetry
F.12 “Eclipse Lore: a Collage for Radio”; includes research materials; ts.
F.13 Ontario School Broadcast script re. language: “Proverbial Play”; ts., 1977
F.14 Tamarack Review, issue 52; ts. and proofs
Series 2: Correspondence. – 1970-1972. – 10 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
F.1 Sender not known, 1970
F.2 Senders not known, 1972
F.3 Correspondents A-K; includes Louis Dudek, Encyclopedia Britannica, and Harry Howith
F.4 Canada Council; includes an agenda of a May 1970 meeting and the minutes of a February 1970 meeting
F.5 Correspondents L-U; includes Macmillan of Canada, Oberon Press, Saturday Night and Type University of Name Toronto Press
F.6 Correspondents Wee-Wel; includes Weekend and Hannah Weiner, who attaches many poems and drawings
F.7 Correspondent Williams, Jonathan (Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies); includes poems
Correspondence re. How Do I Love Thee (1970)
F.8 Includes unidentified letters to and from Colombo and cut-out signatures from letters
F.9 Research notes re. How Do I Love Thee (1970)
F.10 Correspondents A-B; includes Milton Acorn, Earle Birney and bill bissett
F.11 Correspondents C; includes Paul Chamberland and Cécil Cloutier
F.12 Correspondents D-F; includes Frank Davey, Louis Dudek and raoul duguay
F.13 Correspondents G; includes Roland Giguère and Phyllis Gotlieb
F.14 Correspondents H; includes Harry Howith and Mel G. Hurtig
F.15 Correspondents I-L; includes Michèle Lalonde and Dennis Lee
F.16 Correspondents M-O; includes Gwendolyn MacEwen, Alden Nowlan and Michael Ondaatje
F.17 Correspondents P-S; includes P.K. Page, Al Purdy and Ray Souster
F.18 Correspondents W-Z; includes Miriam Waddington and George Woodcock
Series 3: Manuscripts not by Colombo. – [ca. 1950]-1977. – 45 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
Prose
F.19 Blaise, Clark, “A Prologue to North America”; ts.
F.20 Bullock, Michael, Green Beginning, Black Ending: Stories; ts.
F.21 Cogswell, Fred, “The Function and Nature of Poetry”; ts. carbon copy
Curry, Ralph, ed., Leacock Medal Treasury (1976); oversized proofs; map cabinet 19
F.22 Dunlop, Donna, “French-Canadian Poetry in the Sixties”; ts. photocopy
F.23 Faludy, George and George Jonas, “Ave Luna, Morituri Te Salutant!”; ts.
F.24-5 Fetherling, Doug, Rip-off; ts.
F.1 Ford, R.A.D., The Solitary City; proofs
F.2-3 Frye, Northrop, The Bush Garden (1970); photocopy of proofs
F.4 Grant, George, Technology and Empire; proofs
F.5 Hannon, Leslie F., The Forts of Canada (ca. 1969); includes research notes; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.6-8 Hood, Hugh, The Swing in the Garden (ca. 1975); includes notes; ts.
F.9-10 Johnston, James, The Party’s Over (1971); includes a letter from Hugh Buchanan; ts. photocopy with corrections
F.1-4 Johnston, James, The Party’s Over (1971); ts. photocopy with corrections
F.5 Gerry Lampert, unidentified prose; ts. photocopy with corrections
F.6 Mehl, Andy, “The Drunk”; ts.
F.7 Phillips, Timothy A., unidentified prose; ts. photocopy
F.8 Rosenberg, Stuart, The Jewish Community in Canada (1970); ts. and ts. with corrections
F.9 Thompson, Kent, stories; includes “Crossing”, “The Home Country” and “Because I am Drunk”; ts.
F.10 Winter, Jack, text of a broadcast for CBC re. the poet Attila Jozsef; ts.
F.11 Yates, J. Michael, radio plays; includes “ Theater of War”, “The Broadcaster” and “The Calling”; ts. photocopy
F.1 Unidentified author, prose re. Native Canadians; ts. with corrections
F.2 Unidentified authors; includes “Sir Alphonse Smith” and “An Interview with Walter Bauer”; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.3 Unidentified author; includes prose in a Cyrillic language; ts.
Poetry
F.4 Chalmers, Penny; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.5 Couzyn, Jeni; includes a selection from House of Changes (1978), as well as prose excerpts and a letter; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.6 Di Cicco, Pier Girogio, The Circular Dark (1977); ts.
F.7 Howith, Harry, “A Letter to the Governor General” (1977) and misc. poems (ca. 1972); ts. and ts. photocopy
F.8 Latner, Anita, misc. poems (ca. 1976-7); ts. photocopy
F.9-10 Lowenfels, Walter, Muga; includes a letter; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.11 Skelton, Robin, Callsign (1976); includes letter; proofs
F.12 Suknaski, Andrew, misc. poems; includes letter; ms. and ts.
F.13 Winter, Jack, The Island; ts.
F.14 Zeller, Ludwig, Cuando el Animal de Fondo Sube la Cabeza Estalla (1976); includes other poems (ca. 1972); ts. photocopy
F.15 Zend, Robert, Ditto Poetry; includes misc. papers; ts. photocopy
F.1 Various authors; includes poems by Gail Fox and Yannis Goumas; ms., ts., and ts. photocopy
F.2 Various authors; includes poems by Duncan MacLeod, Norah Story and Robert Sward; ms., ts., and ts. photocopy
F.3 Various authors; includes poems by Malcolm Barbeau, Ralph Gustafson and Bryan Small; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.4 Various authors; includes poems by George Faludy and Jagna Boraks, among other unidentified authors; ts. and ts. photocopy
F.5 Unidentified author; includes misc. poems; ts.
F.6 Unidentified author; includes misc. poems (ca. 1950-70); ts.
Series 4: Miscellaneous notes and printed materials. – [ca. 1973]-1975. – 5 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series.
F.7 Collected quotations with a foreword; ts. and ts. with corrections
F.8 Research materials: “Richard Maurice Bucke Catalogue”; ts. photocopy
F.9 Miscellaneous research materials; ts.
F.10 Miscellaneous research materials; printed material and ts.
F.11 Notes re. John Coulter’s memoirs; includes 2 letters (1974); ms. and ts.
F.12 Miscellaneous notes; includes an address list and an itinerary; ms. and ts.
F.13 B&W photograph of Pauline Rhind
F.14 CV of Vera Frenkel
F.15 News release from Raymond Souster (ca. 1973)
F.16 Printed material; includes pamphlets, posters and news clips
F.17 Poetry magazines; includes Poetry Toronto (1976) and Old Nun (1975)
Oversize (map cabinet 19): art-work, posters advertising Colombo's books, speeches, and readings arranged by him.
John Robert Colombo fonds. 5th accrual. 1950-2016. 14.3 m of textual records, graphic materials and printed materials and media. Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note: JRC in finding aid refers to John Robert Colombo
Series 1
QuasiBooks. 1983-2006. 2.5 m of textual records and printed material. Title based on the contents of the series.
Note: The series Quasi-books is in alphabetical order by title. Titles with quotation marks denote original file titles. Titles within brackets are derived from title pages. These are camera ready artwork for books written largely by JRC, issued, complied and sold in the 1980s. They were issued as photocopied, cerlox-bound books that bridged the gap between the publications bearing the Hawkshead Press imprint of the 1950s and 1960s and the Colombo & Co. editions (C&C) or Battered Silicon Dispatch Box (BSDB), that began to appear in the 1990s.
Box numbering is continuous from the previous accrual. Text in quotation marks denotes original file title unless otherwise indicated.
Boxes 99-109 authored by JRC
Box 99
F.1 A is for Aphorism. 2006.
F.2 All About Us. 1998.
F.3 Autumn in August. 2006.
F.4 Book of Canada (Colombos Book of Canada). 1998.
F.5 Book of Canada (Colombos Book of Canada). 1998.
F.6 Briefs: Certain Aphorisms of John Robert Colombo. 2001.
F.7 Bucke (The New Consciousness: Selected Papers of Richard Maurice Bucke). 1997.
F.8 Canadian Capers. 2000.
F.9 China (The Great Wall of China). 1996.
Box 100
F.1 Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind. 1994.
F.2 Closer Than You Think. 1998.
F.2 Colombos Concise Canadian Quotations. 1998.
F.3 Colombos Concise Canadian Quotations. 1998.
F.4 Contrails: New Poems and New Effects. 1996.
F.5 Double (Colombos Double Book of Laws and Last Words). 1982, 1995.
F.7 Earlier Lives: Old Poems and New Effects. 1996.
F.8 Erotica Canadiana. 1995.
F.9 Ether/Rewords (Ether: Notions and Emotions) (Rewords: One Thousand More Poems). 1997.
Box 101
F.1 Far Star: Poems and Effects. 2001.
F.2 Foundlings: Uncollected Found Poetry. 2002.
F.3 Ghosts in Our Past. 2000.
F.4 Ghosts Galore! Personal Accounts of Hauntings in Canada. 1994.
F.5 Half a World Away. 2000.
F.6 Half Life: Poems and Effects. 2002.
F.7 Humour of Us (The Humour of Us: An Anthology of Canadian Jokes and Anecdotes). 2001.
Box 102
F.1 Hungarians (Some Hungarian Poets). 1995.
F.2 Impromptus: One Thousand Poems. 2000.
F.3 Incredible Canadiana. 2000.
F.4 Interspaces: Some Poems, Some Effects. 1999.
F.5 Iron Curtain: Humour of the Soviet Union. 1996.
F.6 Ironic Curtains: The Humour of the Communist World. 2004.
F.7 Jokes (666 Canadian Jokes). 1996.
F.8 Kidstuff: A Collection of Light Canadian Lore for Children of All Ages. 1996.
F.9 Lamberts Day: An Appreciation of R.S. Lambert. 1999.
F.10 Leacock (The Stephen Leacock Quote Book). 1996.
F.11 Little Book of Canadian Proverbs (Colombos Little Book of Canadian Proverbs, Graffiti, Limericks, and Other Vital Matters). 1997.
Box 103
F.1 Luna Park: One Thousand Poems. 1994.
F.2 Making Light: Occasional Writings of John Robert Colombo. 2002.
F.3 Many Mysteries. 2001.
F.4 Mystery of the Shaking Tent (The Mystery of the Shaking Tent). 1993.
F.5 Mystery of the Shaking Tent (The Mystery of the Shaking Tent). 1993.
F.6 Map of Canada (Quasibook Edition of the Writers Map of Canada). 1995.
F.7 Marvellous Stories: Strange Events and Experiences from Canadas Past. 1998.
F.8 Metros Goldwyn Mayor: The Complete Malapropisms of Allan Lamport. 1995.
Box 104
F.1 Mostly Monsters. 1995.
F.2 More or Less: Poems and Effects. 2003.
F.3 More Iron Curtains. 1998.
F.4 Mysterious Canada. 1998.
F.5 Only in Canada: A Treasury of Canadian Humour. 2002.
F.6 Omnium Gatherum: John Robert Colombos Bibliography. 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998.
Box 105
F.1 Open Secrets: Aphorisms of John Robert Colombo. 2000.
F.2 Ones: One Thousand Poems. 2003.
F.3 Personal Effects: New Aphorisms of John Robert Colombo. 2003.
F.4 Parts of the World: New Poems and Effects. 2007.
F.5 Poems of the Inuit. 1981, 1997.
F.6 Say it Again, Sam: The Sayings of the Stars in Real Life and in Reel Life. 2003.
F.7 Self-Schrift. 1999.
F.8 Semi-Certainties: Some Aphorisms of John Robert Colombo. 1998.
F.9 Shapely Places: Instances of Imaginative Geography. 1996.
Box 106
F.1 Singular Stories: Tales of Wonder from 19th Century Canadian Newspapers. 1999.
F.2 Slightly Higher in Canada: A Treasury of Canadian Lore. 1996.
F.3 Small Wonders: An Anthology of Miniature Literary Compositions. 2000.
F.4 Songs of the Great Land. 1989, 1996.
F.5 Songs of the Indians. 1983, 1997.
F.6 Space Poems. 1995.
F.7 Strange Stories: Weird and Wonderful Experiences from Canadas Past. 1994.
F.8 Three Mysteries of Nova Scotia. 1999.
Box 107
F.1 To Take from Life: Poems and Effects. 2005.
F.2 Uncommon Knowledge: A Dictionary of Aphorisms. 1996.
F.3 UFO Quote Book (The UFO Quote Book). 1999.
F.4 Ukrainian and the Tractor (The Ukrainian and the Tractor and Other Canadian Jokes and Anecdotes). 2002.
F.5 Voices of Rama. 1994.
F.6 Walt Whitmans Canada. 1992.
F.7 Walt Whitmans Canada. 1992.
Box 108
F.1 Walt Whitmans Canada. 1992
F.2 Webb (The Occult Webb: An Appreciation of the Life and Work of James Webb). 1999.
F.3 We Stand On Guard: Poems and Songs of Canadians in Battle. 1985.
F.4 Weird Stories from 19th Century Canadian Newspapers. 2000.
F.5 What is What: New Poems, New Effects. 1998.
F.6 Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction. 1982, 1997.
F.7 Work and Canada (The Work and Canada). 1999.
F.8 Work and Canada (The Work and Canada). 2003.
F.9 Work and Canada (The Work and Canada). 1999, 2002, 2003.
Box 109
F.1 Work and Canada (The Work in Canada). 2006.
F.2 Yes and No: New Poems, New Effects. 2004.
F.3 Yet More Iron Curtains. 2000.
Quasi-books by other Authors. Note: For titles published by Ruth Colombo, please see Ruth Colombo fonds
Box 110
F.1 Bender, Peter Urs. Benderisms: Some Characteristic Remarks of Peter Urs Bender. 1998.
F.2 Butts, Ed. Buffalo: A Fable of the West. 1998.
F.3 Dunlop, Donna. What She Can Remember. 1998.
F.4 Dunlop, Donna. Spirit of the Crossroads: New and Selected Song Lyrics of Donna Dunlop. 2002.
F.5 Gay. Colombo, John Robert. Master of All Poets: The Life and Works of James Gay. 1996.
F.6 Hartt, Reg. Gilgamesh: The Epic Retold. 1997.
F.7 Huntington, Ralph. The True Canadian: An Original Novel of Canada An Epic of 2024 A.D. 2000.
F.8 Kostelanetz, Richard. Three Canadian Geniuses: Glenn Gould, Marshall McLuhan, Northrop Frye. 2001.
F.9 Lacey, Edward. The Collected Poems and Translations of Edward A. Lacey. 2000.
Box 111
F.1 Mason, Roger Burford. Somewhere Else. 1996.
F.2 Owen, Iris M. Conjuring Up Philip: An Adventure in Psychokinesis. 2000.
F.3 Owen. Colombo, John Robert. Conjuring Up the Owens: A Tribute to Iris M. Owen and A.R.G. Owen. 1999.
F.4 Owen, Iris. My Many Lives. 2000.
F.5 Owen, R.G. Psychic Mysteries of Canada. 2000.
F.6 Richar, Gustav A. Cloud Lake. 1997.
Series 2
Articles, speeches, talks, columns, scripts, radio-plays and documentaries. 1968-2014. 96 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of the series.
Note: The series is arranged chronologically by date except for radio-plays and documentaries (Box 117) which is arranged alphabetically. File titles derived from original files. The genre of the document appears in round brackets.
Box 112
F.1 Colombo Quotes (Television Shows) 1977.
F.2 Can Lit Days (Talks) February 17-18 1977.
F.3 Talk on Multiculturalism (Talks) February 13 1978.
F.4 Talk and Reading at Beth Tzedek Synagogue (Talks) February 18 1978.
F.5 Canadian Topics Essay Contest (Talks) February 24 1978.
F.6 Notes on Creativity (Talks) March 14 1978.
F.7 Scaling Hamilton Mountain (Talks) March 30 1978.
F.8 The Arts in Canada: Our Sense of Intensity (Talks) April 4 1978.
F.9 On Being Alert (Talks) May 10-15 1978.
F.10 Colombos Dying Words (Radio Scripts) September 13 1979.
F.11 Colombos Short Forms (Radio Scripts) September 13 1979.
F.12 Meet the Monsters with Don Harron and John Robert Colombo (Radio Scripts) April 11 1979.
F.13 Morningside (Radio Shows) 1979-1980.
F.14 Bob McLean Show (Television Shows) 1979-1981.
F.15 Canadian Folk-Lore (Articles) 1980s.
F.16 Poetic Ideas (Articles) 1980s.
F.17 Some Fascinating Facts Canadians (and Others) Should Know About Bulgaria (Articles) 1980s.
F.18 Four Hundred Years of Fantastic Literature (Talks) July 19 1980.
F.18a Notes and Slides for 400 Years of Fantastic Literature in Canada (Talks) October 19 2016.
F.19 The Souvenir (Articles) April 1982.
F.20 Philip Coulter Arts National (Radio Scripts) October 27 1982
F.21 A Biographical Write on Thomas P. Kelley (Articles) 1983.
F.22 CBC Radio (Radio Scripts) 1984-1985.
F.23 Halloween Talk (Talks) October 23 1985.
F.23a Axioms of Authorship (Article for Globe & Mail) 1985
F.24 Firearms (Articles) January 26 1988.
F.24a English Language (Articles) August 7 1988.
F.25 Fifty Futures (Articles) 1989.
F.26 The Bob McLean Show (Television Shows) 1989.
F.26a JRCs Favourite Book (Radio Talks) February 3 1989.
F.27 Great Canadian Quotes Everybody Should Know (Talks) April 17 1989.
F.27a Untitled (Articles) May 24 1989.
F.28 The Loon in Life and Lore (Articles) August 29 1989.
F.29 What We Know About the Future (Talks) November 13 1989.
F.30 Unpublished Pasts and Futures (Articles) December 1989.
F.31 One and Two Word Quotations and References (Articles) 1980s-1990s.
F.32 An Appreciative Forward (Articles) 1990s.
F.33 Aphorisms for Readers and Writers (Articles) 1990s.
F.34 Assistant Editor (Articles) 1990s.
F.35 Canada in the Space Age (Articles) 1990s.
F.36 Colombos Ten Canadian Quotations Everyone in this Country Should Recognize (Articles) 1990s.
F.37 Love and Marriage (Articles) 1990s.
F.38 Mysterious Canada (Articles) 1990s.
F.39 Quotable Quotes of the 1990s (Articles) 1990s.
F.40 Second Advance Landing (Articles) 1990s.
F.41 The Characteristic Seasons (Articles) 1990s.
F.42 The Love of the Law (Articles) 1990s.
F.43 The Quotable P.E.T. (Articles) 1990s.
F.44 Canadian Fantastic Quotations (Articles) 1990s.
Box 113
F.1 Colombos Neologisms (Articles) April 11 1990.
F.2 Canadian Fantastic Literature: Its Future Prospects (Talks) June 30 1990.
F.3 Mysteries, Myths, Monsters, Treasures Things that be Bump in the Night (Radio Talks) November 19 1990.
F.4 John Robert Colombos Strange but True (Articles) 1991.
F.5 A Name by Any Other Name (Articles) 1992.
F.6 Cuban-Canadian Address (Talks) 1992.
F.7 How Americans Quote Canadians (Articles) 1992.
F.8 Is Canada a Matter-of-Fact Place? (Articles) 1992.
F.9 Names and Nicknames and Quotable Toronto Quotes (Articles) 1992.
F.10 Nomen est Cognomen (Articles) 1992.
F.11 Notable, Quotable Ontario (Articles) 1992.
F.12 One Dozen Canadianisms (Articles) 1992.
F.13 Whats the School of Philosophy? (Articles) 1992.
F.14 Writers Places in Toronto (Articles) 1992.
F.15 Canadiana: Odds and Sods (Articles) March 1992.
F.16 Witchcraft (Columns) March 30 1992.
F.17 Notes for the Tribute to Judith Merrill (Talks) October 15 1992.
F.18 Strange But True: Symbolic Geography (Articles) September 1992.
F.19 Whats Better than Being a Canadian? (Talks) April 22 1993.
F.20 Canada Day (Articles) 1994.
F.21 Talk for Ontario Association of Library Technicians (Talks) May 28 1994.
F.22 Times-Colonist Articles (Articles) June 3 1994.
F.23 UFO Update Series: The Seven Eras of Ufology (Talks) July 21 1994.
F.24 Memories of Carl Dair and the Times His and Mine (Talks) October 1 1994.
F.25 Autobiographical Series (Articles) 1995.
F.26 Japanese Scenes (Talks) 1995.
F.27 Spiritual Institute Grand Opening (Talks) June 5, 11 1995.
F.28 As it Happens Studio (Talks) June 23 1995.
F. 29 The Our Humour (Talks) August 3 1995.
F.30 UFO and Alien Symposium (Talks) October 20 1995.
F.31 Tribute to JRC in Budapest, Hungary (Talks) 1995-1996.
F.32 Tagore Our Contemporary (Talks) 1996.
F.33 Mysterious Ontario (Talks) February 18 1996.
F.34 Canadiana Quiz (Radio Talks) February 29 1996.
F.35 666 Canadian Jokes (Radio Talks) April 19 1996.
F.35a Five Ghost stories for CBC Radios Later the Same Day. October 9, 1996.
F.36 Proprietary Interests (Talks) November 5 1996.
F.37 Canadas Mysteries (Talks) April 17 1997.
F.38 Why We Laugh: Canadian Humour? (Talks) May 15 1997.
F.39 Giving Birth to Our Divinity (Articles) November-December 1997.
F.40 Colombos Great Canadian Achievements (Radio Talks) January 31 1997.
F.41 The 1999 Canadian Global Almanac (Talks) 1998-1999.
F.42 Leslie Croutch Our Contemporary (Talks) June 19-20 1999.
Box 114
F.1 Ghosts in the Movies and in Real Life (Talks) January 20 2000.
F.2 Toronto Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society (Talks) October 12 2000.
F.3 An Evening with John Robert Colombo (December 20 2000).
F.4 Salute to Canada (Articles) 2001.
F.5 Notes for an Evening of Tribute for Edward A. Lacey (Talks) March 28 2001.
F.6 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour Awards Dinner (Talks) May 24 2001.
F.7 Edmonton Theosophical Society (Talks) June 20 2001.
F.8 Reclaiming Canadas Mysterious Past (Talks) August 10 2001.
F.9 Adventures in Mysteries (Talks) August 21 2001.
F.10 Three Anecdotes (Talks) October 13 2001.
F.11 Psychic Unfair (Talks) October 27 2001.
F.12 The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes (Talks) November 13 2001.
F.13 Mysteries and Our Belief in Them (Talks) April 12 2002.
F.14 Ghosts of the Future (Talks) May 21 2002.
F.15 Idea City (Talks) June 19 2002.
F.16 Notes for a Talk at Art Bar (Talks) July 5 2002.
F.17 In Praise of Superstition (Talks) July 21 2002.
F.18 In Praise of Superstition (Talks) September 13 2002.
F.19 Ghosts: Research, Investigation, and Ethics (Talks) October 13 2003.
F.20 The Quotable Jean Chretien (Articles) October 26 2003.
F.21 World of Worlds (Talks) November 14 2003.
F.22 Book Review of Oxford Companion to Canadian History (Articles) 2004.
F.23 Notes for a Talk at the Toronto Theosophical Society (Talks) February 22-24 2004.
F.24 Sandalwood Thoughts (Talks) June 7 2004.
F.25 On Being Named to the Order of Canada (Talks) August 16 2004.
F.26 Peter Urs Benders Birthday Party (Talks) September 9 2004.
F.27 Ghosts and Spirits (Talks) November 21 2004.
F.28 Master of Ceremonies, Federico Allodis Launch (Talks) November 26 2004.
F.29 Eulogy for Peters Urs Bender (Talks) March 11 2005.
F.30 Launch of William Toyes On Canadian Literature (Talks) June 16 2005.
F.31 Brief Tribute to the Memory of Peters Urs Bender (Talks) September 9 2005.
F.32 A Multilingual Week (Talks) 2006.
F.33 Introducing Gianna Patriarcha (Talks) March 1 2006.
F.34 Swansea and the Myth of Canada (Talks) April 5 2006.
F.35 Theosophy and Denis Saurat (Talks) April 24 2006
F.36 Outline for Talk on Northrop Frye & Esoteric Thought (Talks) September 22 2006.
F.37 Panel Discussion: Toronto SF (Talks) November 10 2006.
F.38 Another Haunted House for Toronto (Talks) February 3 2007.
F.39 Another Haunted House for Toronto (Talks) March 10 2007.
F.39a Some Comments to mark the occasion of the 80th birthday of John Smallridge. London, Ontario April 19, 2008.
F.40 Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (Talks) November 7 2007.
F.40aTribute to Kamal Dhakal. (Tribute) June 13, 2008
F.41 Celebration of James Georges 90th Birthday (Talks) September 14 2008
F.42 Ghost Talk and Walk in Hamilton (Talks) October 10 2008.
F.43 Launch of Swim Glass by George Whipple (Talks) November 7 2008.
Box 115
F.1 Comments by JRC (Talks) March 6 2009.
F.2 Humanist of the Year (Talks) May 10 2009.
F.3 Up, Up, and About! (Talks) August 9 2009.
F.4 Spirits of Canada (Talks) September 3 2009.
F.5 Ghosts and Where to Find Him (Talks) October 24 2009.
F.6 Ghosts of Toronto and Spirits of Canada (Talks) December 1 2009.
F.7 The Importance of Anthologizing (Talks) 2009-2011.
F.8 A Verdant Green (Talks) March 4 2010.
F.9 Anthologies and Anthologizing (Talks) April 10 2010.
F.10 Polaris (Talks) July 16 2010.
F.11 Do Ghosts Exist? (Talks) October 17 2010.
F.12 Why Everyone Believes in Ghosts (Talks) October 27 2010.
F.13 Wordstock (Talks) September 20 2011.
F.14 Comments on the Order of Canada (Talks) February 16 2012.
F.15 Speech at Jonathan 50th, and Cathies 46th (and Theos 40th) (Talks) July 13 2013.
F.16 The Raymond Souster Award (Talks) June 8 2013.
F.17 50th Anniversary Celebration of Marie and Rod Adams (Talks) August 10 2013.
F.18 Four Hundred Years of Rob Sawyer (Talks) August 19 2013.
F.19 Greetings on Jims 95th Birthday (Talks) September 24 2013.
F.20 Celebration of Beth Bruders Birthday (Talks) September 25 2013.
F.21 A Tribute to Bob Beardsley (Talks) December 5 2013.
F.22 Ghosts and Other Literary Matters (Talks) October 20 2014.
F.23 Become Your Own Publisher (Talks) November 6 2014.
Box 116
Note: The files in this box are arranged alphabetically and are undated.
F.1 A Causerie on O Canada for July the First (Articles).
F.2 Canada: A Collage of Quotations (Talks).
F.3 Canadas a Ghostly Place or There are Spirits Among Us (Talks).
F.4 Canada and the Imagination of Disaster (Articles).
F.5 Canadian Culture Means Culture in Canada (Talks).
F.6 Canadian Fantastic Quotations (Articles).
F.7 Colombos Lexicon for the 1980s (Articles).
F.7a Consider Her Ways by John Wyndham, typed excerpt from 1947 edition.(Articles).
F.8 Fine Art of Editing (Talks).
F.9 Foreword: Can Such Things Be? (Articles).
F.9a How Apt are Aptonyms! (Articles).
F.9b Jerry Goodis: A Personal View (Articles).
F.10 O Canada! Is not bad (Articles).
F.11 Our Cosmopolitans: The Ethnic Canadian Writer in a Provincial Society (Articles).
F.12 Publishing and Nationalism (Talks).
F.12a Publishing and Writing in Canada (Articles).
F.13 Publishing in Canada (Talks).
F.13a Sage Observations (Articles).
F.14 T is for Toronto (Articles).
F.15 Tesseracts Forward (Articles).
F.16 Text Non-Books (Talks).
F.17 Three Kinds of Editing (Talks).
F.18 Toronto in Quotation Marks (Articles).
F.19 The Book Report (Radio Scripts).
F.19a Untitled (Articles).
F.20 Untitled (Talks).
F.21 Untitled (Talks).
F.22-25 Index cards in holograph, with notes for speeches and talks.
Box 117 (Radio Plays, Drama, Documentary)
Titles are in alphabetical order
F.1 An Ode to the Present Queen (Radio Play) June 02 1997.
F.2 Aphorisms on Various Topics (Writing) n.d.
F.3 A Tribute to the Times (Radio Play) March 10 1968.
F.4 Between Ourselves A Confederation Collage (Radio Play) n.d.
F.5 Christmas Lore (Radio Play) December 22 1970.
F.6 Doctor of Mysticism (Radio Play) December 15 1970.
F.7 From the Beginning to the End (Radio Play) 1970.
F.8 Great Cities of Antiquity (Radio Play) 1969.
F.9 Growing Up in Waterloo County (Radio Play) July 18 1970.
F.10 History of Science Fiction in Canada and Colombos Other Canadas on Anthology (Radio Play) November 17 1979.
F.11 How Can You Tell the Water from the Wave? (Radio Play) 1980s.
F.12 Kaleidoscope (Radio Play) 1971.
F.13 Mackenzies Canada (And Strachanss) An Entertainment for Three Voices (Radio Play) 1968.
F.14 Man on High (Radio Play) 1970.
F.15 Office Memo, After Hanging a Dream, and Symphonie Fantastique (Radio Play) 1970s.
F.16 One Dozen Canadian Contexts (Radio Play) 1970s.
F.17 Podcasts (Radio Play) 2010.
F.17a Songs of the Indians (Radio Plays) May-June 1984.
F.18 Scripts for Reach for the Top (Drama) 1980-1981.
F.19 The Bohemian Embassy and Irreverent Coffee House (Documentary) November 11 2002.
F.20 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Documentary) 1970s.
F.21 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Radio Play) 1970s.
F.22 Various Voices (Radio Play) n.d.
F.23 Voices (Radio Play) 1970.
F.24 Voices: The Mighty Thunder (Radio Play) December 1 1970.
F.25 Work Play: A Composition for Radio (Radio Play) 1980s
Series 3
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy. -- 1980-1986. 1.9 m of textual records and printed material. Title based on contents of series.
Box 118
Note: These boxes contain extensive holographic notes, typescripts, correspondence and printed materials.
Authors A L
F.1 Aspler, Tony.
F.2 Beck, Adams L.
F.3 Bedford-Jones, H.
F.4 Birney, Earle.
F.5 Blackwood, Algernon
F.6 Chapman, John L.
F.7 Clute, John.
F.8 Coney, Michael G.
F.9 Croutch, Leslie A.
F.10 Cuthbert, Chester D.
F.11 Davies, Chandler.
F.12 Davies, Robertson.
F.13 Dunsany, Lord.
F.14 Flagg, Francis.
F.15 Gibson, William.
F.16 Godfrey, Dave.
F.17 Gottlieb, Phyllis.
F.18 Green, Terry.
F.19 Hargreaves, H.A.
F.20 Hill, Douglas.
F.21 Howard, Blanche.
F.22 Hull, E.M.
F.23 Kelley, Thomas P.
F.24 Ketterer, David.
F.25 Killian, Crawford.
F.26 Kingsbury, Donald.
F.27 Leacock, Stephen.
F.28 Llewellyn, Edward.
F.29 London, Jack.
Box 119 Authors M Z
F. 1 MacEwen, Gwendolyn.
F.2 Macfadyen, Jr. A.
F.3 Manning, Lawrence.
F.4 Markoosie.
F.5 Mason, John Keith.
F.6 Merril, Judith.
F.7 Page, P.K.
F.8 Percy, H.R.
F.9 Petrie, Graham.
F.10 Priest, Robert.
F.11 Reid, Julian.
F.12 Roberts, Charles.
F.13 Robinson, Spider.
F.14 Rousseau, Victor.
F.15 Sawyer, Robert J.
F.16 Scobie, Stephen.
F.17 Scott, Duncan Campbell.
F.18 Sharpe, David.
F.19 Soderstrom, David.
F.20 Saunders, Charles R.
F.21 Stead, Robert.
F.22 Stringer, Arthur.
F.23 Sullivan, Alan.
F.24 Theriault, Yves.
F.25 Thomson, Edward William.
F.26 Tremblay, Michel.
F.27 Van Vogt, Alfred.
F.28 Wates, Cyril G.
F.29 Watson, Sheila.
F.30 Weiner, Andrew.
F.31 White, Cecil B.
F.32 Yates, Michael J.
Box 120
F.1 Can Fan Books
F.2 NFLD
F.3 SOL
(Canadian Science Fiction and Fiction)
Box 121
F.1 Annual Anthology
F.2 Arctic and Hollow Earth
F.3 Canadian Fantastic Publications
F.4 Canadian Literature and Films of the Fantastic
F.5 Canadian Science Fiction and Fiction
F.6 Centennius
F.7 Fantastic in the Arts Conference
F.8 Fantastic in Literature and Film Conference
F.9 Friendly Alien
F.10 Harbottle (Fearn)
F.11 John Bell
Box 122
F.1 Miscellaneous
F.2 Miscellaneous Research
F.3 Mysterious Fiction
F.4 Newton
F.5 Science Fiction and Fiction Art
F.6 Science Fiction in Bulgaria
F.7 Sky and Telescope
F.8 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
F.9 Solarians
F.10 Stardust: The Canadian Science Fiction Magazine
F.11 The Spaced Out Library
F.12 Torque
F.13 Yugoslavia
(Mysterious Canada) See also files in Correspondence Series.
Box 123
File Titles A-M
F.1 Alberta
F.2 At Deaths Door
F.3 Borley Rectory The Most Haunted House in England
F.4 British Columbia
F.5 Dreams and Visions
F.6 Dundurn Ghost Book
F.7 Fate Magazine (1)
F.8 Fate Magazine (2)
F.9 Haunted Houses
F.10 Hazards of War
F.11 Incredible Occurrences
F.12 Manitoba
F.13 Mysterious Canada: Rejects, Revisions, etc.
Box 124 File Titles N-Z
F.1 Native Ways
F.2 Newfoundland
F.3 New Brunswick
F.4 Northwest Territories
F.5 Nova Scotia
F.6 Ontario
F.7 Ontarios Mysterious Places
F.8 Other Than Human
F.9 Peculiar Powers
F.10 Prince Edward Island
F.11 Quebec
F.12 Saskatchewan
F.13 Strange Visitors
F.14 Suggestive of Survival
F.15 The Literary Map of New York
F.16 Weird Warnings
F.17 Yukon
Box 125
Research on Charlie Grants War
A-H
F.1 Birth and Education (1900-1918)
F.2 Charlie Grants Life
F.3 Charlie Grants War
F.4 Charlie Grants War: Possible Outline of Contents (Books and Miscellaneous)
F.5 Correspondence
F.6 Early Employment (1919-1923)
F.7 Early Postwar Years (1945-1960)
Box 126
I-Z
F.1 Incarceration (1938-1945)
F.2 Interviews (Originals)
F.3 Invoices of Expenses
F.4 Late Postwar Years (1960-1980)
F.5 Miscellaneous
F.6 Pre-War Vienna and London (1923-1938)
F.7 The Daily Hebrew Journal (1938 Passports)
F.8 Training Centre and Documents
Box 127 Pulp Science Fiction writers on whom JRC wrote: Algernon Blackwood, Leslie Croutch, A.E. Van Vogt)
F.1 Algernon Blackwoods Canadian Tales of Terror (research, correspondence, and copies)
F.2 Blackwood Stories (stories 1-4 as marked, cut and paste document)
F.3 Blackwood Stories (stories 5-8 as marked, cut and paste document)
Box 128 Research (Blackwood, Croutch, Van Vogt)
Titles (from Original Box 19)
F.1 Blackwood (research and correspondence)
F.2 Blackwood: A Golden Book Magazine, 1929 (research, journal)
F.3 Blackwood M5
F.4 Blackwood: Promised Land Productions (research, correspondence)
Box 129 Research (A.E. Van Vogt, T.P. Kelley, Croutch, J.R. Fearn)
F.1 A.E. Van Vogt (correspondence, notecards) 1981-1982.
F.2 A.E. Van Vogt (correspondence, photocopies) 1990.
F.3 A.E. Van Vogts Canadian Science Fiction Stories (Holograph, t.s. notes, photocopies, and correspondence) 1981.
F.4 Dank Destroyer and Other Canadian Tales of the Future: by JRC 2003.
F.5 Memorates and Monsters 2002-2006.
F.6 Memorates and Others (photocopies, correspondence) 2002.
F.7 Traditionalism Gnosticism 2001-2002.
Box 130
F.1 John Russell Fearn Lands End Labrador.
F.2 T.P. Kelley. Undated research.
F.3 T.P. Kelley. 1983-1984.
F.4 Leslie A. Croutch Miscellaneous Research.
Series 4
Manuscripts and research materials. 1956-2007. -- 3.0 m of textual records and printed materials. Title based on contents of the series.
Box 131
Walt Whitman in Canada (Hounslow Press, 1992), co-authored by JRC and Cyril Greenland.
F.1 An Offprint from American Literature May 1975
F.2 Walt Whitman in Canada (Part I Manuscript)
F.3 Walt Whitman in Canada (Part II Manuscript)
F.4 Walt Whitman in Canada (Part III Manuscript)
F.5 Walt Whitman in Canada by Cyril Greenland and John Robert Colombo
F.6 Walt Whitman in Canada Description of Illustrations Reproduced from 1911
F.7 Walt Whitman in Canada Description of Illustrations Reproduced from 1911
F.8 Walt Whitman in Canada Printing Costs, Estimates, Correspondence with Cyril Greenland 1981
Box 132
F.1 Correspondence between John Robert Colombo and Elliott B. Macrae
F.2 Walt Whitman and American Idealism and Whitman to America
F.3 Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada
F.4 Photocopies of Photos, Mock-Up of Pages for Book
F.5 Photocopies, Correspondence, Sources, and Notes from 2004
F.6 (Bon Echo) Whitman and Transcendentalism and Correspondence
F.7 Miscellaneous Writing Relating to Richard M. Bucke
F.8 Richard M. Bucke List of Books and Correspondence
F.9 Miscellaneous Research
Box 133
F.1 Continuing Interest, Ts, Colombos Writing on Bucke, 1960.
F.2 My Passionate Affair with R.M. Bucke, M.D. A True Romance by Cyril Greenland and Photocopies of Walt Whitmans Diary in Canada.
F.3 Research Photocopies and Correspondence 1980s.
F.4 Research Photocopies and Correspondence with Black Moss Press.
F.5 Proposal, Correspondence, and Dr. Buckes Notes on Walt Whitmans Last Illness, 1980s.
F.6 Interview with Charles Feinberg, 1983.
F.7 Research Notes and Correspondence, 1980s-1990s.
F.8 Correspondence, Notes, and Photocopies, 1983-1986.
F.9 Miscellaneous research
Box 134
F.1 Bucke and Whitman Research photocopies of texts, 1980s.
F.2 Agreement between John Robert Colombo. Cyril Greenland, and Black Moss Press for Book and Correspondence, December 5 1984.
F.3 Research Copies on R.M. Bucke, 1980s.
F.4 Copies and Notes by John Robert Colombo and Cyril Greenland.
Notes for Canadian Science Fiction and Fiction: work on two un-published anthologies: Bring Back Future, North of Now, etc.
Box 135
F.1 Alien Eyes on Canada, April 17 1982.
F.2 Bring Back Future
F.3 Bring Back Future
F.4 Bring Back Future. Canadian Adventure in Space and Time, 1982.
F.5 Fantastic Literature, 1982.
F.6 Fiction and Correspondence.
Box 136
F.1 Miscellaneous Research and Correspondence
F.2 North of Now (Research and Cover Art)
F.3 North of Now and Other Science Fiction Writing, 1980s.
F.4 Rafal Malczewski Clippings.
F.5 Single Stories of Merit (Canadian).
F.6 Single Stories of Merit (Foreign).
F.7 The Canadian Society for the Study of Names, June 11-12 1984.
Windigo, UFO Quote Book, Mediumship
Box 137
F.1 Dark Visions: Personal Accounts of the Mysterious in Canada (1992). Permissions and Copies.
F.2 Occult and Mediumship (1990). Photocopies and Correspondence.
F.3 The UFO Quote Book (1992). Correspondence.
F.4 Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction (1997-1998). Photocopies and Notes.
F.5 Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction (1982). Permissions.
Research James Webb and Maurice Level
Box 138
F.1 Stories of Fear and Fascination: The Fiction of Maurice Level (2005-2007).
F.2 The Occult Webb: An Appreciation of the life and Work of James Webb (1989-1998).
F.3 The Occult Webb: An Appreciation of the life and Work of James Webb (1989-2000).
F.4 Proof Reading (1998-1999).
Research Mysteries, Miscellaneous, and Knowles
Box 139
F.1 Court Case: Doubleday (1994-1995)
F.2 Miscellaneous Research (1991-2011)
F.3 Miscellaneous Research (2002-2003)
F.4 Monsters (n.d.)
F.5 Mysteries (2009)
F.6 Permissions for Mysterious Encounters (1989-1990)
Box 140
F.1 Readers Digest Book on Mysteries (1997-1998)
F.2 R.E. Knowles (1990-1991)
F.3 Ripley (1991)
F.4 Various research photocopies
F.5
F.6
F.7 Various research photocopies (1996-2003)
Research Legends
Box 141
F.1Borges: A Reader and The Golemization of Relativity
F.2 David Boyle, Jaspers Column, 2003
F.3 Golem (research clippings for the Wandering Jew)
F.4 Native American Texts and Tales
F.5 Notes on the Canadian Wanderings of the Wandering Jew (typescripts and holographs), 1980s.
F.6 The Native Series, 2003
F.7 The Wandering Jew (typescripts of various legends and typed stories)
Box 142
F.1 The Wandering Jew (notes and correspondence)
F.2 The Wandering Jew (typescript, holograph notes, copies, and various stories), 1982
F.3 The Wandering Jew (research copies, various versions of typescript notes, copies), 1982
F.4 The Wandering Jew (Greenwood Press correspondence and contract), 1982
F.5 The Wandering Jew (various scripts, write-ups, correspondence, copies), 1982
F.6 The Wandering Jew: Our Contemporary (typescripts and correspondence), 1982
Research Miscellaneous
Box 143
F.1 Bathroom Book of Canadian Quotes by Lisa Wojna (2006)
F.2 Casa Loma: Canadas Famous Castle
F.3 Cyril Greenland Biographical Information
F.3a Fantastic Toronto: A Survey of Toronto in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Karen Bennett
F.4 Medicine Wheels (holograph notes and photocopies)
F.5 Medicine Wheels (t.s. and photocopies)
F.6 Mysterious Talks in Canada
F.7 Niagara Falls and Yours Till Niagara Falls (Ts. and edited drafts)
F.8 North Pole (Ts. and partial pages)
F.9 Theodor Fontane (Transactions)
F.10 William Jamieson Ancient and Tribal Art Museum
Psychical Research
Box 144
F.1 (Campbell) Miscellaneous Correspondence and The Origin of Species Revisited by Donald R. Forsdyke
F.2 Coe, Albert, Alternate Perceptions Magazine (correspondence)
F.3 H.P.B Library (correspondence)
F.4 Iris and George Owen (correspondence)
F.5 Lambert, Richard S. (correspondence and articles)
F.6 Lambert, Richard S., Miscellaneous Mysteries
F.7 Miscellaneous Research
Box 145
F.1 Mundus Imaginalis, or the Imaginary and the Imaginal by Henry Corbin
F.2 Mysterious Canada: A Guide to Strange Sites and Peculiar Places, 1987 (correspondence)
F.3 Reminiscences of Iris M. Owen and A.R.G. Owen, 1999 (correspondence)
F.4 Romances
F.5 Truth Unearthed on Thornbury Legend
F.6 White America! The Ancient Caucasian and European Heritage of American Continents by Michael Bradley, December 1998
Shapely Places: Instances of Imaginative Geography (C&C, 1996)
Box 146
F.1 Africa Research (correspondence, maps, postcards, newspaper clippings) 2000-2004.
F.2 Africa Research (correspondence, maps) 1996-1997.
F.3 Africa Research (correspondence, newspaper clippings) 1998.
F.4 Africa Research (correspondence, newspaper clippings, maps) 2000.
F.5 Africa Research (correspondence, newspaper clippings) 1992-2002.
Box 147
F.1 Africa Research (correspondence, postcards) 1994-1995.
F.2 Asia and Europe Research (correspondence, maps, articles) 1993-1994.
F.3 Canada and Europe Research (correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, maps) 1993.
F.4 Miscellaneous Research (correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, maps, pamphlets) 1990s.
F.5 Miscellaneous Research (correspondence, articles) 1987-1995.
F.6 Miscellaneous Research (correspondence, articles, illustrations) 1993-1994.
Gurdijieffs Fourth Way. Note: Correspondence with Stephen G. Grant has been moved to the special topics correspondence series
Box 148
F.1 A Provisional Skeleton Index to G. Gurdjieffs All and Everything and A Very Great Enigma, 1956 and 1963.
F.2 Bonnasse, Pierre. Thirst for Truth Selected Poems, n.d.
F.3 By the Way Books (catalogs, flyers, pricing information) about Gurdijieff, 1980s 2000s.
F.4 By the Way Books (catalogs, flyers, pricing information), 1980s 2000s.
F.5 By the Way Books (pamphlets, flyers, booklets), 2005.
F.6 Conge, Michel. Sur Le Chemin de LOctave de LHomme: Temoignage dun Eleve de G.I. Gurdjieff, 1961, 1984
F.7 Jerucon 82, The First International Congress on Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Science in Jerusalem, 1981-1982.
Box 149
F.1 Miscellaneous Articles, 1980s 2000s. Photocopies and clippings
F.2 Miscellaneous Articles, 1980s 2000s.
F.3 Miscellaneous Articles, 1980s 2000s.
F.4 Miscellaneous Notes, 1990s 2000s. Ts., and holograph
F.5 Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 1980s 2000s.
F.6 Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 1980s 2000s.
Box 150
F.1 Miscellaneous Research (articles, correspondence, newspaper clippings), 1980s 2000s.
F.2 Miscellaneous Research (pamphlets, pamphlets, newspaper clippings), 1980s 2000s.
F.3 Miscellaneous Research (articles, correspondence, pamphlets), 2000s.
F.4 Newspaper Articles, 1990s 2000s.
F.5 On the Way to Self-Knowledge, 1976.
F.6 Talks, Seminars, Conferences, 1990s 2000s.
F.7 The Work and Canada, 1990s 2000s.
F.8 Photocopies, printed materials, n.d.
Series 5
Travels and associated research for writing and conference presentations. 1968-2008. -- 1.12 m of textual records, printed and graphic materials.Title based on contents of the series.
Box 151
Bulgaria
F.1 Balkan Range: A Bulgarian Reader, 1977
F.2 Bulgaria, 1974-1979
F.3 Bulgaria, 1976-1977
F.4 Bulgaria Celebrates 1,300th Birthday
F.5 Bulgarian Translations, 1978
F.6 Bulgarians, 1978-1979
F.7 Conference Presentations, 1993
F.8 Controversy over Bulgarian Conference, 1975
F.9 Left Handed
F.10 Magazines and Newspapers, 1970s
Box 152
Note: This box largely contains information about Bulgaria which includes brochures, magazines, correspondence, stray pages of ts.
F.1 Miscellaneous: brochures, correspondence, general information about Bulgaria.
F.2 Miscellaneous, 1968-1981
F.3 Miscellaneous, 1978-1979
F.4 Miscellaneous, 1979; 1993
F.5 Miscellaneous, 1979-1980
F.6 Miscellaneous, 1978-1980
F.7 Miscellaneous, 1982-1983
F.8 Rural Life in Bulgaria, 1978
F.9 Sites in USSR and Ireland, 1993
F.10 Trip to Bulgaria, 1966; 1970s (I)
Box 153
F.1 Trip to Bulgaria, 1966; 1970s (II)
F.2 Trip to Moscow, 1993
F.3 Trip to the Southwest, 1993
F.4 Under the Eaves, 1975
F.5 Untitled
F.6 Untitled
F.7 Untitled, 1972-1981
F.8 Untitled, 1979-1981
Box 154
Japan
F.1 Dracontology, 1996
F.2 Hirokos Post Summer Visit, 1996
F.3 Hirokos Visit, 1996
F.4 Hiroko Yasuda, 1996
F.5 Letters from Japan, 1995-1997
F.6 Letters from Japanese Students, 1996 (I)
Box 155
F.1 Letters from Japanese Students, 1996 (II)
F.2 Monsters in our Lives Keynote Address at the Great Expectations Summit, 1994
F.3 Music Scores for Piano (Japanese)
F.4 Untitled, 1994-1995
F.5 Untitled, 1995-1997
Box 156
Soviet Union, Budapest, Washington, Chicago, Israel, London, France, Dublin, Romania, and Ireland
F.1 Budapest Trip, 1993.
F.2 Chicago Illinois, 2007.
F.3 France, 2005.
F.4 Israel, 1982-1985.
F.5 London and Ireland, 1993.
F.6 London and Malta, 2008.
Box 157
F.1 Moscow, 1993.
F.2 Washington, 1993.
F.3 Sorescu, 1976-1980.
F.4 Romania Content, 1982-1984.
F.5 Romania, 1978-1985.
Series 6
Diaries, Journals, Biographical and Personal Documents. -- 1955-2003. 80 cm of textual records and media. --Title based on contents of the series.
Note: Diaries are arranged in chronological order by date. Overlapping dates occur in some files. These diaries are unpublished.
Box 158
F. 1 Bound diaries
Bound black diary, 1955. Holograph. Has typed note pasted in on gold paper, reading Caveat Lector with quote from Henry Amiel. Second page reads Liber Dierum or The Book of Days Being the journal of Frater Dagonet Commonly called John Robert Colombo.
Bound black diary, 1956. Holograph. Has typed note pasted in reading Diary of John Robert Colombo with added quote from Strachey.
F. 2 Trip diary. Holograph. June 10-September 18, 1976. Bulgaria. Entries by John and Ruth Colombo. Loose notebook and letter paper.
F.3 Trip diary. Holograph on notebook paper. July 9-Aug 2, 1991. East coast, Canada. Entries by Ruth Colombo.
F. 4 Trip diary. Holograph on notebook paper. June 26-July 16, 1987. California. Entries by Ruth Colombo.
F. 5 Trip diary. Holograph in notebook. July 9-August 3, 1987. Great Britain. Entries by Ruth Colombo.
F. 6 Trip diary. Holograph in notebook. July 1989. Arizona/New Mexico/California. Entries by Ruth Colombo.
F. 7 Trip diary. Holograph in notebook. July 4-23, 1993. Russia and Ireland. Entries by Ruth Colombo.
F. 8 Trip diary. Holograph in diary. Dec. 25, 1994-January 11, 1995. Japan. Diary titled Personal Record of our trip to Ibusuki Kiyushu. Entries by John and Ruth Colombo.
F. 9 Trip diary. Holograph on loose pages. Sept 29-Oct. 4, 1993. Budapest and arrival at Amsterdam.
F. 10 Trip Diary. Holograph on loose pages. July 7-July 24, 1992. Washington, D.C., N.Y. state and Montreal; Itinerary and loose pages. Nov. 11-Nov. 14, 1993 for Washington, D.C.
F.10a Trip diary. Holograph on loose pages. June 17-July 2, 1996. Denver, Alburqurque, Santa Fe, Taos, Boulder, Denver.
F. 11 Aide Mémoire. Ts. of stay at Sunnybrook Hospital, May 28-31, 2000.
F. 12 Trip diaries 5 small spiral bound memo notebooks. Holograph.
Australia (2) Feb 1-Feb 27, 2001.
Western trip, July 5-24, 2001
India/Europe Dec 20, 2002-Jan 3, 2003; Europe June4-8, 2003.
Untitled green memo contains notes taken at conference on Ismaili community at University of Alberta [200?].
Box 159 Journals
F. 1 Journal, 30 Sept 1976-Feb 19, 1977. Loose pages. Ts. and holograph, titled JRCs Journal.
F. 2 Journal, 3 Jan1977-16 Sept 1978. Loose pages. Ts. edited.
F. 3 Journal, 20 Feb 1977-18 June 1977. Loose pages. Ts. with added holograph pages, titled JRCs Journal.
F. 4 Journal, 19 June 1977- 3 Jan 1978. Loose pages. Ts. edited.
F. 5 Journal, 18 Sept -24 Dec 1978. Loose pages. Ts. edited and holograph.
Box 160 Journals
F.1 Journal, 16 Dec 1978-25 Dec 1979. Loose pages. Ts. and holograph with insertions dated Dec 14/78.
F.2 Journal, 1 Jan 1980-30 Sept 1982. Loose pages. Ts. and holograph, edited.
F. 3 Journal, June 17-July 28, 1981, titled Four Colombos in Europe One Cathie at Hincks Farm. Loose pages. Ts. and holograph.
Box 161 Journals
F.1 Journal, 25 March -30 Dec 1985. Loose pages. Ts. and holograph, edited.
F. 2 Journal, 5 Jan-17 Dec 1986. Loose pages. Ts.
F. 3 Journal, 18 Jan 1987-14 Jan 1988. Loose pages. Ts.
F. 4 Journal, 19 Jan 1988-27 July 1989. Loose pages. Ts.
F. 5 Journal, 2 Aug 1989-27 Sept 1990. Loose pages. Ts.
Box 162 Biographical and Personal
F.1 Early documents:
Cartoon strip in the format of coupons drawn by JRC in pencil crayon titled The yellow skelton [sic] at the jail. Undated.
Secondary School Graduation Diploma from The Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, 2 July 1954.
Secondary School Graduation Diploma (Grade 13) from The Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, 19 August 1955.
Waterloo College Examination Reports for 1955-56 and 1956-57.
Christmas card to parents with note saying that the printed verse chosen on the card being sent by the Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at the University were written by JRC. 1958.
First Aid certificate, 1956.
Clipping of photo of Christoforo Colombo.
F.2 Newsletters from Waterloo College :News Weekly, with mention of JRC. 1956-1957.
F.3 Clippings of photos, articles printed material about JRC. 1957-1974.
F.4-5 Various biographical write-ups, compilations and book lists; Colombo & Co. catalogues and brochures, c.1960-2004.
F. 6 Order of Canada invitations, programmes, place names, menu, travel arrangements, 2004.
F.7 JRC on the web. Originals of some web pages, printout of books by JRC; two USB sticks which preserve the contents of the website www.colombo.ca, as of 1 July 2016, prepared by Bill Anderson along with necessary data to read the contents, (note dated 19 Oct, 2016) 1996-2016
Series 7
Writings, Translations and Early Press Publications. -- 1960-2016. -- 1.2 m of textual records, printed and graphic materials. Title based on contents of the series.
Note: This series contains writings by JRC, some designated as Early, as well as various typescripts of prose and poetry found when sorting the archive. It also includes early press publications from Colombos Hawkshead Press. The series contains correspondence.
Box 163
F.1 Now is the time for all. Ts.(carbon), edited draft of poems. 1968.
F.2 Russian notes. Ts. and holograph prose and verse about various Russian topics. [1960s].
F.3 Russian notes. Red on White. Memoirs. Unpublished holograph memoir. 1971.
F. 4 Russian notes. Correspondence re Russian inquiries, 1971-1972. Includes telegram from JRC to Ruth Colombo from Leningrad.
F. 5 Fearsome Fivesome. Ts.(carbon), edited draft of compilation of aphorisms, c.1970.
F.6 An Ode to the Present Queen. Ts., edited draft of playlet, June 2, 1977.
F.7 Various early writings: Ts., with holograph corrections; some untitled. Includes Against John Bassett; Robert Ripley Jr.s Believe It or Not prose and verse versions; Marshall McLuhan; My Fragments of His Life; Flaherty Country and Black Gold. Original file titled Halo. [1970-1980].
F.8 Concrete poetry. Ts., various poems, some holograph corrections and one envelope marked The Tamarack Review with title Two Nations, containing 3x 5 paper with edited typed poetry. [1970s].
F.9 Poems: translations of various poems, some by Ludwig Zeller (1927- ). [1970s].
F.10 Translations from the French (Goudbout and others), ts. with some printed poems, pasted on sheets, possibly JRCs Great Wall of China[1970s].
F. 11 Translations of Polish poems of Stanislaw Branczak, ts. with correspondence. 1978.
F. 12 Poetry ideas, Ts. and holograph, edited with notes and printed material, 1979-1983.
F. 13 Jokes from F.R. Scott pasted on to pages, taken from Tamarack Review c. 1970s.
F. 14 Commentaries on canvases. Ts. of poems (edited) based on Canadian paintings pre-1966. [1970s].
F. 15 Puzzles and quizzes: various compilations and correspondence on Canadiana. Ts., holograph and printed [1980s].
F. 16 Soviet Humour - holograph notes, ts. Edited, photocopies, correspondence [1970s]-1997.
Translations in Hungarian. See also Correspondence series.
Box 164
F.1 Endry Ady. Ts. and holograph ms. of various poems in draft, corrected, and other versions. c. 1960-1970.
F.2 George Faludy, Arpád Toth, Ferenc Juhász, Gyula Juhász (translated by George Jonas), Vince Sulyok: ts., corrected wth holograph annotations, ms. versions , revised. c.1960-1970].
F.3 Gyula Illyés. Ts., edited and annotated draft versions with printed write-up of Illyés. c.1960-1970.
F.4 Four Hungarian Poets: Selected and Translated by JRC and George Jonas. Early typed ms. with some revisions and changes to be made to book which was not published under this title. c.1970.
F.5 Compilation of translations of poems by JRC. Ts. drafts, revised and annotated. Pt. 1 of 2. c.1960-1970.
F.6 Compilation of translations of poems by JRC. Ts., drafts, heavily revised, added poems, with annotations. c1960-1970.
F.7 Compilation titled Pannonia Ts., corrected drafts, of compilation of poetry and translations in and prose from authors of ancient Hungary, c.1960-1970.
F.8 Dezsö Kosztolányi. Ts. and holograph drafts and notes of translations and biography of poet. c..1960-1970.
F.9 Miklós Radnóti. Ts., drafts of poems, revised, with excerpt of a biographical chapter on the poet and biography. C. 1960-1970.
F.10 Lörinc Szabó. Various ts. corrected drafts of poems, c.1970.
F.11 Magda Zalán. Translations of JRCs poems into Hungarian. Ts., and photocopies. C.1980-1990.
F. 12 Robert Zend. Ts., various mss. by Zend including Symphonies of a Week, 1967; holograph concrete poetry by Zend and speech inscribed to Ruth Colombo. 1960-1970.
F.13 Robert Zend. Perhaps. Poems adapted by Zend and JRC. Photocopy. 1981.
F.14 Robert Zend. Rejects. Note from Zend to JRC, 7 July 1980, including selections left out of collaborative publication. C.1980s. Photocopies.
Box 165
F.1 Found Poetry. Correspondence and publications. Includes correspondence with George MacBeth (1965), Peter Miller (1967), Eldon Garnett (1971),with enclosures of journals.
F. 2 Found Poetry. Various ts. and holograph gatherings of poetry and prose, notes and some clippings. [1970s].
F.3 Found Poetry. Various ts. compilations of poems and by JRC, holograph notes and lists, research, some fragments. [1970s].
F.4 Found Poetry. Original folder labelled as Found Art. Various poetry and prose compilations on found concepts in literature and art by JRC. Holograph ts. and notes. 1969-[1970s].
F. 5 Found Poetry. Poetry and prose selections by other authors, compiled by JRC. Ts., edited drafts, 1970s-1980s.
Box 166
F.1 Fifty Futures. Ts. of science fiction writing. JRC has annotated the front of the typescript: Sole attempt at fiction since college, unpublished c.1970s 12 Sept 2016.
F.2One-Liners from Colombos Canadian Quotations: 411 quotable quotes without any sources or dates. Ts.(carbon), edited draft, April 19, 1974.
F.3 Toronto and Hamilton quotes. Ts., edited, with correspondence and proposal for book Colombos Canadian Quotations, 1978.
F.4 Colombos Quotes. Ts. drafts and one photocopy with four different typescripts on Canadiana, with correspondence to Canadian Motorist Magazine, 1979, with enclosure of 4 issues of magazine containing published versions of tss. 1980-1981.
F.5 One Hundred Canadianisms. Ts. of write-up of book, 2001.
F.6 Foreword by JRC for The Complete Adventures of the Golden Amazon by John Russelll Fearn. Ts., 13 March 2004.
F.7 Preface by JRC for Vincent Starretts Reporters Notebook. (Battered Silicon Dispatch Box), Edited proof, 5 January 2010.
F. 8 Late in the Day: Poems and Effects of 2014. (Colombo & Company), Edited proofs, 2015.
F.9 Immense Estates. (Colombo & Company), Edited proofs, 2016.
F.10 Various writings by JRC, some contain only partial pages [1970s-2011]
Box 167 Early Press Publications
Note: Arranged by date.
Incident for a Winters Evening, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Toronto. 1950.
(inscribed message by John Robert Colombo on inside fold)
[book of devotional quotes, front page containing quotation by Sivananda]. Printed by A. Printer, Kitchener, Ont. January 4, 1956.
Cord, Waterloo College. December 1956.
Poetic Flight, by Goethe. Nemo Filius Press, Kitchener. January 9, 1957.
(In envelope addressed to Miss Ruth F. Brown, inscribed To The Lighthouse)
Christmas, Nineteen Hundred Fifty-Seven. Contains poem by Ruta Ginsberg.
(inscribed to Ruth from John)
Good-Bye, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nemo Filius Press, Kitchener. January 15, 1957.
Angelus Silesius: Expressing a Mood about God and Man. [no given author]. A. Printer, Kitchener. March 15 1957.
Chiaroscuro. Waterloo College, Waterloo. April 1, 1957.
(Two of 444 copies printed, includes newspaper clipping from March 26, 1970 regarding Metro Poetry Festival)
Songs of SIVA, [Sri Swami Sivananda]. A. Printer, Kitchener. April 18, 1957.
Being a Collection of Short Verse Called <<Fragments>>, by John Robert Colombo. A Private Printer, Kitchener. August 24, 1957.
(125 Copies printed. Three complete cream copies, One complete blue copy, One complete yellow copy. One cream copy lacking outer binding and copyright page with red stitching. One cream copy lacking outer binding, copyright page, and stitching. Two cream copies in unmarked outer binding, red stitching. One cream copy in outer binding lacking ornamentation and stitching.)
Blessed Be He, by Alexander Watt. Hawkshead Press, Kitchener. 1958.
(126 copies printed.)
Rubato, edited by John Robert Colombo. Purple Partridge Press, Toronto. 1958.
(196 copies printed. One copy in paper package. One unaccompanied copy. A card and paper sleeve associated with the publication also extant.)
This Studied Self, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Kitchener. 1958.
(Two of 107 copies printed of this edition)
Photocopy of this publication by Baldwin Room also extant.
Variations, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Kitchener. 1958.
(Two of 100 printed copies.)
This Citadel in Time, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Kitchener. Oct 17, 1958
(Three copies)
The University College Gargoyle, Annual Poetry Edition, edited by John Robert Colombo. University College, Toronto. 1958/1959.
(Three Copies, one with inscription on cover)
In The Streets, by Ruta Ginsberg. Hawkshead Press, Kitchener. [Presumed 1959.]
(Two copies. One copy has been folded and posted to Mr. and Mrs. John A Colombo in Kitchener, Postmarked Toronto, February 7, 1959 with one stamp.)
The McGill Chapbook, edited by Leslie L. Kaye. The Ryerson Press, Toronto. 1959.
(Number 190 of 500 printed.)
Poems to be Sold For Bread by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Toronto. 1959.
(Inscribed dates under each poem, two different colours of pencil. Printed as Bagatelle Number Three)
This is the work entitled CANADA, by John Robert Colombo. Purple Partridge Press, Toronto. 1959.
(Doublesheet to celebrate the International Exhibition of Book Designs in Leipzig. Two copies.)
Millenium, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, 1960. Number 6.
(Four folded copies, one unfolded copy.)
Richard Maurice Bucke/Alexandra David-Neal. Hawkshead Press. 1960.
(contains selections from Walt Whitman by Richard Maurice Bucke (1883) and With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neal (1931))
FIVE YEAR PLAN: Poems and Fantasies, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Toronto. 1961.
Poesie 64/Poetry 64 Anthology, edited by Jacques Godbout and John Robert Colombo. Les Editions Du Jour, Montreal, and The Ryerson Press, Toronto. Copyright 1963.
Bohemian Embassy II Issue, edited by Hans Jewinski. The Missing Link Press, Toronto. August 27, 1974.
(foreword by John Robert Colombo.)
[card, Announcing a Series of Poetic Pamphlets, Send One Dollar to The Hawkshead Press, 78A Dale Avenue, Toronto 5, Canada]
A Dry Light & The Dark Air, by Jay Macpherson. Hawkshead Press, Toronto. Undated.
(Bagatelle Number ten of fifty impressions. Includes newspaper clipping Ancient Art Craft in Exhibit regarding typographic exhibit at Stratford Festival.)
FIRE ESCAPES/FIRE ESC/FIRE, By John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead press, Toronto. Undated.
(Two copies. Bagatelle Series Number Two)
The Private Press: A word of explanation, by John Robert Colombo. No printing information or date.
Three Poems in Two Colours, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, undated.
(Two copies, one with 5 inscribed on upper right corner of front page)
Two Poems, by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Toronto. Undated.
(two copies.)
Box 168 Early press publications (oversize)
F.1
Heart Honey Churning by Mike Strong. Hawkshead Press, Toronto: March 1960.
(Large copy, folded twice.)
Factoring by Margaret Avison. Village Press, Thornhill. No date given.
(Sixty copies printed, design and printing done by Gus Rueter.)
Towards a Definition of Love by John Robert Colombo. Hawkshead Press, Toronto: undated.
(Two copies, one with marbled back. Bagatelle Number Five, indicated as handset.)
F.2
Kitchener-Waterloo Record Saturday August 12, 1955. Upper School Results in Twin City Schools
(Newspaper page, K-W Collegiate results included. Ruth F. Brown and John R. Colombo are both indicated in pencil.
Hawkshead Press packing slip and order slip.
Order slip is dated February 1, 1960. From Hawkhead Press, Toronto. Addressed: Order Department, University of Toronto Library, Attention Miss Thompson.
Packing Slip is from University of Toronto Library to Mr. John R. Colombo Toronto. Dated February 8, 1960 in pencil. Being Returned as requested by you
Swan Publishing Co. Ltd. Advertisment for The Mackenzie Poems by William Lyon Mackenzie and John Robert Colombo. Toronto: 1966.
(Advertisment for The Mackenzie Poems. One-sided paper advert.)
Macleans May 2, 1966.
(Pages folded open to article regarding The Mackenzie Poems, full copy of this edition. Separate and unbound copy of the article is in accompaniment.
Double birthday bash for poet and his wife by Nora McCabe. Whats Happening Column, Toronto Daily Star, Sat. March 27, 1971.
(Newspaper clipping, reports on the Colombos joint 35th birthday party.)
Happy Day In Person Ruth John No. 35 Invitation to All Our Friends for Ruth and John Colombos Gala 35th Joint Birthday Party on March 26th, 1971.
(Printed on green paper, year not included on page)
Four poets firmly rooted in ironic Canadian style by Susan Swan. Books in The Star, Toronto Daily Star, Sat. October 9, 1971.
(Full newspaper page, includes photo of John Robert Colombo.)
Weekend Magazine Vol. 23, No. 11. March 17, 1973. Kitchener-Waterloo Record. John Colombo is Open for Quotes by Don Bell.
(One fully copy of this magazine, as well as separate single page copy with article.)
U.S. poetry anthology lacks international look by Frank Davey. The Toronto Star, Saturday, August 25, 1973.
(Full newspaper page, includes photo of John Robert Colombo captioned Published own work)
Weekend Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 34. August 25, 1973. Great Canadian Quotations
Saturday Night, May 1974. Special Issue: CANDIAN LITERATURE NOW The literary politics of John Robert Colombo by Doug Fetherling.
(One full copy of this magazine, profile of John Robert Colombo from pages 31 through 34.)
Books for Everybody. Catalogue. November 22, 1974.
(Book catalogue. Date of November 22, 1974 is written on the cover in pen. Also on the cover is stamped PROVIDENT BOOKSTORE 117 King St., W. Kitchener, ONT. (518) 743-2673 Advert for Colombos Canadian Quotations on page 6)
Sloppy Editing and lack of wit in book of quotes by Doug Fetherling. January 12, 1974.
(Newspaper clipping, the name of originating Newspaper is not included on this clipping. Small part of logo remaining suggests The Toronto Star. Date of Jan 12/74 is written in pen above article.)
The fall season: When fortunes are made and lost by publishers by Robert Fulford. The Toronto Star, Saturday, August 17, 1974.
(full newspaper page, mention of Colombos Canadian Quotations.)
A Boxing Day gift of Canadian Humor by John Robert Colombo. The Toronto Star, Friday December 26, 1975.
(full newspaper page, poetry and cartoons)
Study overflowing with boxes, books very organized says busy author by Joan Mackie. My Favorite Room column, The Sunday Star, May 24, 1987.
(Appears to be photocopied, page of only article. Toronto has been written above the newspaper title.)
If Canada dies these qualities die with her by Richard Gwyn. The Toronto Star, November 12, 1977.
(Newspaper clipping, includes extract of a John Robert Colombo poem.)
Special Events Toronto Week. N.d.
(Single magazine page, includes A writers reading room and photo of Greg Gatenby, Opal Nations, and John Robert Colombo.)
Recipe for a Canadian Novel, after Cyprian Norwid. By John Robert Colombo. N.d. Reprinted from The Dalhousie Review, Vol. 41, No. 4)
(Offprint includes some other published works, with Colombos poem on the front/first page. Two [2] copies.)
Advert for Hey, Rube! presented by Workshop Productions, directed by George Luscombe. N.d.
(advertisement on red card. No date given.)
Modern British and American Poetry by John Robert Colombo. Canadian Booksellers Association Training Course for Bookstore Employees. N.d.
(article written for Training Course, includes Questions at end.)
Series 8
Contracts and Agreements. -- 1988-2013. --16 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of the series.
Note: Arranged by date first, then alphabetically. This series contains correspondence
Box 169
F.1 Correspondence- 1988-
Syndication for Columns in various newspapers & magazines, Includes scripts
Braemar publishing December 9, 1988
(rejection letter)
Calgary Herald December 15, 1988
(rejection letter)
Globe and Mail November 2, 1988
(Includes two additional pages of notes, one newspaper clipping of Globe and Mail press address)
Ottawa Citizen November 10 - November 14, 1988
(One letter to Burt Heward from Colombo, One letter from Burt Heward to Colombo. Included are Canadian Wordplay, Political Party Nicknames, Memorable Canadians, and Canadian Anagrams.)
Ottawa Magazine November 22, 1988
(rejection letter)
Toronto Computes February 6, 1989
(Assumed Toronto Computes no letterhead given. Includes Computers and Quotations.)
Toronto Star December 6, 1988
(Offer of $200 per column, every other week)
Vancouver MagazineJanuary 17, 1989
(rejection letter)
Western Living January 6, 1989
(Edmonton Magazine is now a supplement within Western Living. Cannot accept commissions.)
Two Return to Sender Envelopes
Addressed to Canada Computes and Calgary Magazine.
Stapled documents labelled SYNDICATION RESPONSES requesting columns be sent.
Including Calgary Herald (November 18, 1988), Toronto Star (November 18, 1988), Vancouver Sun (November 29, 1988), Edmonton Journal (21 November, 1988), Hamilton Spectator (18 November, 1988).
Paper-clipped set of papers, including rough notes, a list of first mailing recipients, and a general letter template regarding syndication with template for return correspondence.
Stapled, two papers. CITIES. Second paper includes addresses of various publications throughout Canada.
Canadian Newspaper and Magazine Directory.
(Some annotations throughout)
Colombos Canadiana
(Final versions of columns for syndication; Memorable Canadiana, Canadian Anagrams, Some Odd Dedications, Quotable Canadiana, Political Party Nicknames, and Canadian Wordplay.)
Draft versions of columns for syndication. Annotation in red ink
(Memorable Canadiana, Canadian Anagrams, Some Odd Dedications, Quotable Canadiana, Political Party Nicknames, and Canadian Wordplay)
F.2 (Contracts) - 1991-1998 -
Includes Arsenal Pulp Press, Cacanadadada, can©opy, Dundurn Press, Hounslow Press, McClelland and Stewart, Old Farmers Almanac, Stoddart Publishing Ltd.
Arsenal Pulp Press Book Publishers Ltd.
Author Contract, 11 April 1992. (Quotations on Sex and Love in Canada)
Author Contract, 11 April 1992. (Quotations on UFOs)
Cacanadadada Press Ltd.
An Agreement, 26 September 1991. (Worlds in Small)\
Can©opy
Membership Agreement (Members Copy), January 1997.
Schedules (Members Copy), January 1997.
Dundurn Press Ltd.
Typed letter dated 11 November 1993, to John Robert Colombo from Kirk Howard.
Publishing Contract, 20 February 1998. (Haunted Ontario)
Hounslow Press
An Agreement, 30 September 1989. (Mysterious Encounters: Personal Accounts of the Supernatural in Canada)
An Agreement, 15 November 1990. (MacKenzie Kings Ghost and Other Personal Accounts of Canadian Hauntings)
An Agreement, 20 March 1991. (UFOs Over Canada)
An Agreement, 27 December 1991. (Dark Visions: Personal Accounts of the Mysterious in Canada)
Publishing Contract, 10 November 1993. (Ghost Stories of Ontario)
Publishing Contract, 20 February 1996. (Haunted Toronto)
McClelland & Stewart Limited
Letter dated 28 May 1991, to John Robert Colombo from Douglas M. Gibson.
(McClelland & Stewart will be handling Colombos New Canadian Quotations sales and distributions)
The Old Farmers Almanac
Letter dated 13 February 1997, to John Robert Colombo from Sarah Duffy.
(acceptance of Canadas Ghosts for publication, with a payment of $1000.
Stoddart
Letter dated 25 May 1991, regarding Dictionary of Canadian Quotations.
Letter dated 30 May 1991, regarding Dictionary of Canadian Quotations.
Letter dated 21 June 1991, regarding Dictionary of Canadian Quotations. Royalty advance to amount of $1000 is enclosed.
Memorandum of Agreement, undated. (Dictionary of Canadian Quotations)
F.3 Elwy Yost
(re: contract with BSDB for book to be published by George Vanderburg)
Small piece of paper, note on Birthday Elwy → 10 July 1925 Lila→ Nov 14, 1924.
Elwys Top 25, Post TV, February 13, 1999.
(Photocopy of article, Yost celebrates his 25th anniversary as host of TVOntarios Saturday night at the movies on March 27)
Letter of Understanding and Agreement, 25 October 2003.
(White Shadows: A Novel of Espionage and Adventure, by Elwy Yost. One original copy, signed by all parties indicated. One photocopy without signatures.
Photocopy of annotated draft pages, for the dust jacket for White Shadows.
Colour copy of dust jacket for White Shadows.
F.4 Ghost Trackers & GMI Production Ltd. 2005
Handwritten note. Chris Gudgeon, Bulk Order
Consulting Agreement with GMI Productions Ltd. For GTI: Ghost Trackers Investigates Television Series. Cover letter dated June 14, 2005, Contract signing dated June 9th 2005.
Small handwritten note. Ghost Trackers. Stacey Ferguson, Third payment Oct 31
Ghost Trackers, Tiers and Blocks.
(intended locations and air dates for series)
Contact information for Production, within CCI Entertainment Office
Unlabeled Floppy disk. IBM formatted, from Staples Business Depot.
F.5 Penguin + Others 1999-2006
(Includes Douglas & McIntyre, Dundurn Press Ltd, Empire Club, Guernica, Key Porter Books, Penguin Books Canada)
Douglas & McIntrye Publishing Group
Memorandum of Agreement, dated 15 February 2000. (Colombos Great Canadian Quotations).
Letter to John Robert Colombo from Scott McIntyre, dated April 20, 2000. (regarding contract finalization.)
Dundurn Press Limited
Publishing Contract, dated 30 July 1999. (Ghost Stories of Canada).
Handwritten note, dated 29/7/99, From Terry.
Publishing Contract, dated 25 September 2000. (1000 Questions About Canada (third volume))
Publishing Agreement, dated 14 August 2003. (The Midnight Hour: Canadian Accounts of Eerie Experiences.)
Publishing Agreement, dated 9 November 2004. (Terrors of the Night)
Empire Club
Handwritten note, including the phone numbers of the Empire Club and Debbie Testa.
Email from John Robert Colombo to the Empire Club, dated 29 December 2005.
(John Robert Colombo intends to use a number of short quotes from previous addresses and needs affirmation of permission by the Club.)
Email from John Robert Colombo to Gail Richardson, dated 20 March 2005.
(request for permission from club to quote speakers remarks. Two copies.)
Email from Gail Richardson to John Robert Colombo, dated 20 March 2005.
(Permission is granted, the response is being forwarded to Debbie Testa (administrator at the Empire Club), and Richardson is looking forward to Colombos next book. She has miswritten hear as here.)
Guernica
Advert bookmark for Laura Bosss Arms.
(Handwritten on inverse side, As Promised, Antonio.
Affixed to this bookmark is Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit: Declaration of Citizenship and Residency)
Letter addressed to John Robert Colombo from Halli Villegas, dated 2 August, 2002.
(acceptance of One Hundred Poems for publication in 2004, contact information written in pen on upper right corner)
Documents regarding the usage of Lawren Harris Isolation Peak as illustration for One Hundred Poems.
(Illustration for 100 Poems, two emails dated August 14 and 15, 2002 between Judi Schwartz and John Robert Colombo.)
Publishing Agreement, dated 22 April 2003. (One Hundred Poems)
Email exchange between John Robert Colombo and Antonio DAlfonso, dated 4 June 2003.
(Four pages, contract issues.)
Email from Antonia DAlfonso to John Robert Colombo, dated 5 June 2003.
(single page, contract issues further. I am not into power struggles.)
Key Porter Books
Publishing Agreement, dated 13 January 2004. (UFO Stories from Across Canada)
(Three copies, one signed and witnessed 20 January 2004. Other two lack signatures.)
Letter to John Robert Colombo from Anna Porter, dated 6 August 2003.
(Fax. Key Porter Books would like to produce a Ghost Stories of Canada publication.
Written in pen, email and name of Sheila Evely)
Publishing Agreement, dated 9 September 2003. (True Canadian Ghost Stories)
(One full copy, signed and witnessed 11 September 2003. One partial photocopy.)
Email to John Robert Colombo from Janie Yoon, dated 22 September 2003.
(contact on electronic files/disk for Ghost Stories of Canada)
Email to Janie Yoon from John Robert Colombo, dated 22 September 2003.
(manuscripts and electronic files of True Canadian Ghost Stories)
Three pages of rough notes, on number of stories. (True Canadian Ghost Stories)
Table of Contents, rough notes and editing. (True Canadian Ghost Stories)
Publishing Agreement, dated 16 August 2004. (More Canadian Ghost Stories)
(Signed and witnessed 18 August 2004)
Penguin Books Canada Limited
Publishing Contract, dated 14 February 2001. (The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes from Eh to Zed)
Letter to John Robert Colombo from Catherine MacGregor, dated 7 February 2002.
(copies of contract for The Penguin Book of Canadian Poems and Songs We Love.)
Publishing Contract, dated 7 February 2002. (The Penguin Book of Canadian Poems and Songs We Love.)
Publishing Contract, dated 23 September 2002. (The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes Volume II)
Letter to John Robert Colombo from Lisa Rundle, dated 9 August 2004.
(Changes to distribution of titles, royalty rates. Two addendums sent, for The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes Volume II, and The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes from Eh to Zed.)
Addendum to Publishing Agreement, dated 11 August 2004. (The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes Volume II, regarding Paragraph 9.0)
Addendum to Publishing Agreement, dated 11 August 2004. (The Penguin Book of Canadian Jokes from Eh to Zed, regarding Paragraph 9.0)
Series of correspondences regarding the Edit Process of The Penguin Dictionary of Canadian Quotations. Includes Publishing Contract dated 24 February 2005, drafts, edits, and emails up to December 2005.
F.6 Publishing 2008-10
Canada Council, Access Copyright, Dundurn Pres, Public Lending Right Commission
Part II of list Books by H. Bedford-Jones
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, Vol. 12, No. 4. Summer 2003.
The Horror of the Heights. ALA Annual Conference. Toronto, June 21-24 2003.
(Two copies.)
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, Vol. 12, No. 5. Summer 2003.
Jules de Granjerque by John York Cabot. Pulpcon XXXII, July 31-August 3, 2003.
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, Vol.12, No. 6. Fall 2003.
The Little Old Man of Batignolles by Emile Gaboriau. The Door County CCC, MMIII, September 12-14, 2003.
(Written on front cover in pen, 2003- Canonical Convocation and Capes- MMIII, Door County. Multiple handwritten notes written in pen and crossed out in pencil on back of publication.)
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, Vol. 12, No. 8. Fall 2003.
My African Adventure in 1993, A Reprise by George A. Vanderburgh. The Bootmakers of Toronto, Toronto Reference Library, October 25, 2003.
(Handwritten note in pencil on back of publication. Cinderella. Lion Hunters)
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, n.d.
(partial section of pages, regarding Sherlock Holmes titles)
Access ©, The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency. Letter to JRC, dated 20 January 2010.
(email address not valid for e-newsletter, thus letter has been sent physically.)
Dundurn Press Limited. Letter dated 12 August 2010 to JRC from Tammy Mavroudi.
(countersigned copies of agreements for Fascinating Canada and Jeepers Creepers.)
Dundurn Press Limited. Publishing Agreement, dated 5 August 2010, countersigned 12 August 2010. (Fascinating Canada)
Dundurn Press Limited. Publishing Agreement, dated 5 August 2010, countersigned 12 August 2010. (Jeepers Creepers)
Dundurn Press Limited. Publishing Agreement, dated February 5, 2007. (Strange but True: Canadian Stories of Horror and Terror)
(Sticky notes affixed to front page, including handwritten notes between Tony and JRC.)
Public Lending Right Commission. Public Lending Right, Earning Summaries. Dated 13 February, 2008. Includes both JRC and Ruth Colombos Title Earning Summaries. Letters accompany both, written by David Copelin.
Public Lending Right Commission. Public Lending Right, Earning Summary. Dated February 11, 2009. Accompanied by Letter from Jacques Ouellet regarding included documents. All Addressed to JRC.
Public Lending Right Commission. Public Lending Right, Earning Summary. Dated 18 February 2014. All addressed to JRC.
Public Lending Right Commission. File Update Form, Title Earning Summary, and Letter dated 18 February 2014 to 15 March 2014. All Addressed to Ruth Colombo. Letter is from Aline Apostolska and Peter Schneider.
F.7 The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories -2008
Contract with Dundurn Group
Letter dated 17 January 2008, from Dundurn Groups Tammy Cabral to JRC.
(The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories, congratulations on contract, enclosed is Author Kit)
The Dundurn Group, Author Guide.
Publishing Agreement, dated 23 January 2008, countersigned 27 January 2008. Accompanying letter is dated 30 January 2008. (The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories)
Email exchange between Brett Lougheed, Brian Hubner, and JRC, dated April 6-16 2008.
(Six pages total. Acquisition of Copies and Usage of images from Archives and Special Collections at the University of Manitoba.)
Citing Material Page regarding usage of materials from University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections.
Five pages of rough notes, multiple size pages. Majority handwritten or handwritten annotations.
Image copies of covers of The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories. One black and white of entire jacket, one full colour of front cover.
Annotated draft of Table of Contents (The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories)
F.8 Contracts and Agreements 1984-2013
Doubleday Canada Ltd. Publishing Agreement, dated November 1984. (Canadian War Poems, Songs & Verses and 1,001 Questions About Canada)
Doubleday Canada Ltd. Publishing Agreement, dated April 1987. (Mysterious Canada)
(attached is a handwritten note I think you should have received this contract ages ago! from Frances Hill)
Letter to JRC from John Neale dated 16 February 1988. (Mysterious Canada, amendment to agreement)
Doubleday Canada Ltd. Publishing Agreement, dated 17 February 1988. (999 Questions about Canada)
Three Royalty Statements from Doubleday Canada Limited, dated 31 December 1988. (1001 Questions about Canada Paperback, Mysterious Canada, We Stand on Guard Book #1)
Letter to JRC from Elaine Chan, dated 2 May 1989. Accompanied by revised Royalty Statements for Mysterious Canada)
Hounslow Press. Three agreements dated January 15, 1984, March 15, 1984, February 24, 1989, executed and signed by Anthony R. Hawke.
Hurtig Publishers. Agreement, 31 December 1986 for Colombos New Canadian Quotations.
McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Agreement Nov 4, 1983 for Toronto Quiz and Puzzle Book
NC Press Royalty Report for J.R. Colombos Book of Marvels, Feb 88-Jan 89.
National Film Board of Canada. License Agreement for Canada Vignettes: Riverdale Lion, 30 août 2013 with attached card from Julia Dawson to JRC Sep 9, 2013.
Oberon Press. Memorandum of Agreement for Songs of the Great Land. 19 January 1989
Random House of Canada Limited. Agreement for Electronic Books Programme, for Mysterious Canada, 13 April 1987.
Series 9
Proposals, Projects, Promotions, Contributions and works edited by JRC. 1976-2008. -- 30 cm of textual records and printed material. Title based on contents of the series.
Note: Arranged in alphabetical order by title/subject.
Box 170
F.1 Jack Beddell. Resolving the Deficit. Correspondence with Jack McClelland, edited manuscript pages, typesetting details, 1990.
F.2 Books in Brief. Ts., edited draft of Canadian titles, A-L (selected by JRC) with publishing history and synopsis of each book, c.1985.
F.3 Books in Brief. Ts., edited draft of Canadian titles, A-L (selected by JRC) with publishing history and synopsis of each book, c.1985.
F.4 Books in Brief. Preface, ms. titled Colombos Canadian Books in Brief by JRC and Ruth Colombo, notes in holograph and typed on various authors, correspondence regarding project, 1976-1985.
F.5 Canadian Country Diary and Recipe Book. Proposal to publish with Hounslow in 1981. Holograph notes with selections, acknowledgements, 1981.
F.6 Canadian war songs and music. Proposal for a series of programs for CBC. Ts., edited draft of Songs of Canadians in Battle, holograph notes, correspondence, 1985.
F.7 Colombos All Time Great Canadian Quotations (1994). Book proposal, research notes, correspondence, marketing, design, printed material, 1993-1998.
F.8 Colombos Canadiana Quiz Book(tentative title). Correspondence, notes, chapter outlines, proposals, design notes, 1982-1983.
F.9 Contemporary Authors: Autobiography series. Correspondence with Thomson, Gale to update JRCs autobiographical entry, agreement, edited entry for 1996. 2005.
F.10Contemporary Poets. Contributions by JRC for various poets: holograph notes on poets, correspondence with St. James Press, lists of poets, ts. entries for book, newsclippings, 1984-2000.
F.11The Great Canadian Dictionary (working title). Ts. of topics/authors to be included, correspondence with Mel Hurtig, various holograph notes, 1978-1979.
F.12 Jokes. Proposed Canadian joke book. Ts., list of topics and Introduction; clipping. [2008].
Box 171
F.1 New Canadian Encyclopedia. Ts., edited drafts of entries proposed for book, holograph notes, correspondence, Memorandum of Agreement with New Canadian Encyclopedia Publishing Ltd, 12 July 1984. 1984-1986.
F.2 Sir Henry Pellatt. Proposal and research material for documentary on Sir Henry Pellatt and Sharon Temple (Newmarket, Ontario). Ts., drafts, notes, write-ups, brochures, correspondence, 1972.
F.3 Quotations Book. Various ts. and holograph edited drafts on various topics; correspondence, 1981-1986.
F.4 Romance. Proposed article titled Three of Hearts for Leisureways magazine. Ts. draft with holograph notes. Includes correspondence with Nomi Berger, Janette Turner Hospital, Joy Fielding and Charlotte Vale, 1984.
F.5 Sat-Okh. Abandoned project In Search of Sat-Okh by JRC, based on English translation (from Polish) by George Wiatr of The Land of Salted Rocks by Sat-Okh, also known as Stanisław Supłatowicz, was a soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II. Purportedly born in Northwest Territories, Canada, he later published autobiographical children's books under the name Sat-Okh. Ts., edited unpublished ms., copies of English translations and correspondence, 1984.
F. 6 Sat-Okh. Research correspondence. Inlcudes Polish embassy, and other Polish agencies, clippings. Original file titled Poland. 1979-1984.
F.7 Science Fiction, Canadian locales. Promotion for project. Ts., edited drafts with holograph notes on various Canadian locales and correspondence and lists for The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. 1990s.
F.8 Symposium on Paranormal. Correspondence with Doug Freake, U of Toronto, various holograph notes, printed research material for talk, 1987.
F.9 Television. TV proposal for series based on Mysterious Canada. Ts. of first draft of Preface; correspondence re concepts and productions with Paula Salvador Productions (1994), Primedia Productions (1989), Breakaway Films (1989), Stan Lipsey Productions, Silhouette Productions, 1990. Various holograph notes.
F.10 TV Series. Edited scripts for productions of Unexplained Canada; correspondence with KarowPrime Films (Sean Karow); Consulting Services contract; film contract, 2005.
F.11 Viktor Tinkl. Ts., edited ms.(unpublished) of Parade by JRC on the art of Viktor Tinkl. Correspondence with Altitude Publishing on the project; research and printed material; photocopy of Tinkl drawing, 1980-1982.
F.12 Words in Small. Promotion and research on JRCs book, which was originally published in 1993. Correspondence, holograph notes of entries, 1995.
Series 10
Photographs, Graphic and Ephemera c1950s-2006. -- 60 cm of graphic records and printed materials; -- 445 photographs. Title based on contents of the series.
Note: photographs are stored in envelopes, designated as E
Box 172
F.1 Photographs Large Portraits
E.1 Colombo Portraits (8 Negatives)
E.2 Colombo Portraits (1 b x w)
E.3 Colombo Portraits with Special Effects (1 b x w)
E.4 Colombo Portraits with Mysterious Canada book (3 b x w)
E.5 Colombo Photo Proof Sheets (18 b x w)
F.2 Photographs Small Portraits
E.1 Colombo Portraits (1 col.)
E.2 Colombo Portraits with Black Shirt (3 b x w)
E.3 Colombo Portraits dated July 04th 2006 (2 b x w)
E.4 Colombo Portraits with White Shirt and Patterned Tie (12 b x w)
E.5 Colombo Portraits with Black Shirt and Patterned Tie (9 b x w)
E.6 Colombo Portraits with Grey Shirt and Patterned Tie (15 b x w)
E.7 Colombo Profile Portraits (5 b x w)
E.8 Colombo Portraits with Hand Gestures (1 b x w)
E.9 Colombo Portraits with Black Jacket and Striped Tie (1 b x w)
E.10 Colombo Portraits with Grey Jacket and Patterned Tie (3 b x w)
F.3 Photographs Young Colombo Portraits
E.1 Young Colombo at Photo Booth (3 b x w)
E.2 Young Colombo Portraits with Black Vest (4 b x w)
E.3 Young Colombo Wallet-Sized Portraits dated May 10th 1975 (7 b x w)
E.4 Young Colombo with Baby (1 b x w)
E.5 Young Colombo Standing Portraits with Patterned Jacket and Tie (14 b x w)
E.6 Young Colombo Side View Portraits with Black Sweater and White Stripes (5 b x w)
E.7 Young Colombo Portraits with Folded Hands (3 b x w)
E.8 Young Colombo Portraits with Grey Jackets, Patterned Shirt, and Black Tie (1 b x w)
F.4 Photographs Colombo and Others
E.1 Colombo with Young Woman (1 col.)
E.2 Colombo Sitting with Man in front of Book Shelf (4 b x w)
E.3 Colombo with Group (2 b x w)
E.4 Young Colombo with Group (1 b x w)
F.5 Photographs Other People
E.1 Unidentified People (10 b x w, 1 col., 1 col. slide)
E.2 Ying and Roommate (3 col.)
E.3 Traven and Donna Matchett (1 b x w)
E.4 The Owens (5 b x w, 2 col.)
E.5 William Blair Bruce at the Art Gallery of Hamilton (1 b x w)
F.6 Photographs Other Authors
E.1 Walt Whitman (1 b x w)
E.2 Robert Hoshowsky (1 b x w)
E.3 Leslie A. Croutch and House (3 b x w)
E.4 Colin Low (1 b x w)
E.5 Enrich von Daniken The Great Debate (1 b x w)
E.6 Robertson Davies (1 b x w)
E.7 Ewa Lipski (2 b x w)
E.8 Sat-Okh (Stanislaw Suplatowicz) (2 b x w) c. 1950s
F.7 Photographs Historical People
E.1 Mowat (2 b x w)
E.2 Sir John A. Macdonald (1 b x w)
E.3 Mackenzie King (3 b x w)
E.4 Riki Turofsky (1 b x w)
E.5 Unidentified Historical People (6 b x w)
F.8 Photographs Colombo at Places (Small Photographs)
E.1 Colombo in front of Lowell Conservation Gate (1 col.)
E.2 Rama Indian Reserve (34 b x w)
E.3 Rama Indian Reserve (17 Negatives)
E.4 Colombo at Tunnel (2 col.)
E.5 Taber Hill (14 b x w)
E.6 Parks (3 b x w)
E.7 Colombo in Hydra, Greece, dated June 1977 (1 b x w)
E.8 Colombo with a Griffin dated May 21st 1998 (3 b x w)
E.9 Colombo Giving a Speech at Event (6 b x w)
E.10 Colombo in Backyard (9 b x w)
E.11 Cemetery (2 col.)
E.12 Chief William Yellowhead (17 b x w)
E.13 Police Station (1 b x w)
F.9 Photographs Colombo at Places (Large Photographs)
E.1 Ford York (1 b x w)
E.2 Interior of Theatre (1 b x w)
E.3 Young Colombo at Radio Studio (1 b x w)
E.4 Young Colombo in Projector Room (1 b x w)
E.5 Colombo with Mirror (14 b x w)
E.6 Colombo with Tombstone (2 b x w)
F.10 Photographs Buildings and Places
E.1 Unidentified Street (1 col.)
E.2 Houses and Other Buildings (29 b x w)
E.3 House Portraits (2 b x w)
F.11 Photographs Museums
E.1 Rock Crystal Skull from Museum of the American Indian (2 b x w)
E.2 Flying Saucer at US Army Transportation Museum (1 b x w)
E.3 The Royal Ontario Museum (2 b x w)
E.4 Hockey Hall of Fame (1 col.)
E.5 Freud Museum (1 col.)
F.12 Photographs Campuses
E.1 University of Toronto (6 b x w)
E.2 Unidentified Campus (4 b x w)
F.13 Photographs Research Photographs
E.1 Walt Whitman in Canada Research Photographs (6 b x w)
E.2 Walt Whitman Research Photograph (1 b x w)
E.3 Jason B. Artwork (1 b x w)
F.14 Photographs Colombo at Office
E.1 Young Colombo at Office (37 b x w)
E.2 Colombo at Desk (Polaroids) (2 b x w)
E.3 Young Colombo at Desk with Grey Jacket and Patterned Shirt (4 b x w)
E.4 Colombo at Desk (Birdview) (1 b x w)
E.5 Young Colombo at Desk with White Shirt and Striped tie (4 b x w)
F.15 Photographs Ruth Colombo
E.1 Ruth Colombo Wallet-Sized Portraits dated May 10th 1975 (9 b x w)
E.2 John and Ruth Colombo at Event (7 b x w)
E.3 Ruth Colombo Portraits (5 b x w)
E.4 Ruth and John Colombo with Tombstone (1 Negative)
Box 173 Oversize and Ephemera
F.1 Artwork and Ephemera
Ephemera: rubber stamps (small envelope)
-THE TAMARACK REVIEW with address in Toronto
-Authorised as Second Class Mail; Post Office Department, Ottawa.
Ephemera: Pins (small envelope)
-Conference on the Fantastic (Graphic of floral bouquet, fairies, and ribbon)
-Memphré International Dracontology Society of Lake Memphremagog. (Graphic of lake creature)
Envelope 1
-Mulholland illustration
-Metrosauras illustration
-The Grey Lady Illustration
-Simcoe landing at Toronto 1793- The view of the Harbour is from a sketch by Mrs Simcoe
Illustration by C.W. Jefferys
-Phantom of the Opera (Whackey?)
-unsigned sketch of man (Possibly JRC)
-Cartoon pencil sketch by Shamus Culhane, dated 1987
-Demonic-appearance print
-Two illustrations of elder men
Envelope 2
-Envelope titled Colombos Book of Marvels, contains five copies of frontispiece by Ludwig Zeller
Envelope 3
-Whalley illustration, mounted on card
-Postcard and photocopy, Simcoes Reward by Charles Pachter.
-The Grenadiers illustration
-R.S. Lambert Illustration
-Illustration of woman, Robert Hoshowsky. Dated 18 July 1995. (card)
-Sister Vincenza illustration
-The Don Jail Ghost illustration
Unenveloped:
Illustration of Nicholas Catanoy. Undated, unsigned.
F.2 Bach Among the Stars Sheet Music, 1985
-Large envelope, address of JRC and phone number inscribed in pen.
-Bach Among the Stars copy, comb bound. 37 pages. Copyright Michael Pepa, 1985.
(Inscribed on the front page: To John Robert Colombo, with my compliments, (Signature, presumed Pepas), Toronto, Mar. 1, 1985.)
(Commissioned by PODIUM for the BACH 300 CELEBRATION. To be PREMIERED on April 13, 1985. Text by John Robert Colombo.)
-Unbound copy of Bach Among the Stars, 36 pages.
F.3 Colombo and Company Logos (N.d.)
-Printed copy of logo, 8.5x11 paper
-A few size variations waxed & ready to use. Mounted on card.
F.4 Colombo Family Crest, 2007 Final Proofs
-Envelope addressed to JRC, from Rideau Hall. Dated 2007-07-13 by stamp.
-8.5x11 colour copy of crest
-Final art of crest, dated 10.7.7
F.5 Colombo Photographs, 1987 (oversized)
-Vancouver Art Gallery, JRC underneath letterboard advertising poetry reading
-Skip Dean/Leisure Ways, one copy on glossy stock, one pixelated copy.
F.6 Certificates
-International Dynamic Reading Institute, Reading Productivity Booster Seminar, 1981
-Toronto Ghosts & Hauntings research society, thanking JRC, October 21, 2000.
F.7. Dust Jacket Covers for Various Publications, 1970-2000s
End Notes- Poems with Effects, by JRC
(Front cover only, colour, printed on 8.5x11 paper)
Algernon Blackwoods Canadian Tales of Terror, Selected and Introduced by JRC
(full jacket, colour, printed on 8.5x11 paper)
Red Humour, Compiled by JRC
(two copies, full jacket, glossy colour paper)
Red Humour, Compiled by JRC
(one copy, full jacket, printed on 8.5x11 paper)
Advert cover for Colombos Little Book of Canadian Proverbs, Graffiti, Limericks and Other Vital Matter.
(two copies, full colour, advert by Hurtig Publishers)
The Penguin Dictionary of Popular Canadian Quotations, Edited by JRC
(Full jacket, colour)
Two for Faludy, Edited by JRC
(Full jacket, colour)
East and West, selected Poems of George Faludy, Edited by JRC
(Two copies, full jacket, colour)
Such Times, by Ewa Lipska
(Full jacket, colour, JRC is one of the translators)
Variable Cloudiness, New Poems by JRC
(Two copies, full jacket, colour)
Miniatures, by JRC
(Three copies, all differing in front cover illustration, full jacket, colour)
All the Aphorisms of John Robert Colombo
(Full jacket, colour)
What Men Will Die For, by Raymond Souster
(Two copies, different styles for jackets, full jacket, colour)
Stories of Fear and Fascination, by Maurice Level
(Full jacket, cover, infer that JRC is editor)
F.8 Dust Jacket Plaques for Colombo Publications by Hurtig Publishers 1976
-Red Variant for Colombos Concise Canadian Quotations
-Blue Variant for Colombos Canadian Quotations
-Colombos Little Book of Canadian Proverbs, Graffiti, Limericks and Other Vital Matter
(See item non-placqued in file 7)
F.9 Photocopies, Pamphlets, and Postcards, one dated 2000-2001
Envelope 1: Photocopies of Photos (8 pages, B&W)
-four pages of photos of Colombo, three of which are the same photo of him
-Photo of Scadding
-Photocopy of Ambrose J. Small
-photocopy of man in suit with spectacles
-Kahkewaquonaby (written underneath, Peter Jones)
Envelope 2: Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Postcards
-Jazz it up with Lynne
-Postcard, George Faludy Place, Toronto, Canada, Summer 2006
-Northrop Frye Newsletter Vol. 9, No. 1. Winter 2001-02.
-Northrop Frye Newsletter, Vol. 10. The Final Issue
-Name card, John Robert Colombo, Author, The Big Book of Canadian Hauntings
-Pamphlet, The Grange: A Gentlemans House in Upper Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario
-Pamphlet, Magic Mystery & Spiritualism, Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, Clifton Hill
(Attached is sticky note, DID I SEND YOU ONE OF THESE?)
-John Robert Colombo, Recent Poems, The League of Canadian Poets
-Postcard, The Red Mans Fact, Niagara Falls
(Woman standing in canoe, presumably going over Horseshoe Falls. Postcard is presumed older, distributed by HH Tammen Co. New York.)
F.10 Posters of Presentations and Various Publications, 1970s-2000s
-Small Press Big Author 2007 poster for Uptown Downtown by Raymond Souster
-George Faludy: A Celebration October 8, 1986
(Two Copies 8.5x11, Two copies oversize, all printed on heavier paperstock)
-Poster, 1300 Years Bulgaria: Bulgarian Book Exhibition, Toronto Canada 1981
-Poster, 1300 Years Bulgara: Exhibition of Bulgarian Books, Toronto 1981
-Out of this World: SF Giants read at Harbourfront
-Colombos Canadian Curses illustration, signed Bickers TH
(Poster for Colombos Concise Canadian Quotations is (accidentally?) adhered to the back of this paper)
-Cover of The Penguin Book of More Canadian Jokes by JRC
-The Division of Humanities and the Department of Romance Studies present 400 years of fantastic literature John Robert Colombo October 10, 1985
(Two Copies, published by Brock University, printed on card)
-Poster for Colombos Canadian References
-In Person: Readings at the Royal Ontario Museum, Arranged by John Robert Colombo Summer 1972
-In Person: Eminent Canadian poets and novelists read from their own work in the Fresco Gallery Arranged by JRC, Royal Ontario Museum, September 6 through October 26 [1972]
-Coming Soon: Colombos Canadian Quotations
-In celebration of its 60th Anniversary, The Royal Ontario Museum has John Robert ColombO, present In Person Literary Readings in the Fresco Gallery. John Robert Colombo is alive, alive, ALIVE! As amid the R.O.M.s placid statues, he takes his Word-defying Dive! Into the horny conclave of the Literary Hive. HE SOMERSAULTS! HE TUMBLES! With elan and great eclat through all the stuffy clichés That the Public have been taught. And balancing his authors with With AMAZING sleigh of hand Makes every single evening ASTOUNDING! Great and Grand!
-The City and the asylum: perspectives in art, culture, and the history of mental health in Toronto. June 22 to June 27th 1993
(two copies, differing sizes)
-PAUL MARTIN- The London Diaries of Canadas High Commissioner, 1975-1979, Available October 1988, University of Ottawa Press
-Poster for Wake Me Up Inside, by Lee Bice-Matheson, Paige Maddison Series
(Back has inscription: For Ruth & John, We have so much fun with the two of you! Cherished Friends, Lee Bice-Matheson, K(??))
-The CNE Archives Presents Two Free Presentations by Guest Speaker John Robert Colombo
(Part of CNE Archives 2009 exhibit, The CNE After Dark)
F.11 Order of Canada Citation, 2004
-One Order of Canada certificate, signed and dated 13 May 2004.
Series 11
Correspondence. [1950s]-2016. -- 2.5 m of textual records and printed material. Title based on contents of series.
Note: The series is arranged in two parts: Boxes 174-179 comprise personal, literary, cultural and general correspondence (arranged by last name) followed by separate files on significant authors. The second part of the correspondence (Boxes 180-187) is arranged by special topics/ book titles/research/editorial. It has not been integrated into the personal correspondence in order to maintain integrity of original order and context.
Part One
Box 174 Last names, A-C
F.1 `A correspondence
F.1a Ala, Salvatore
F.2 Atwood, Margaret, 1977. Holograph note on typed letter with enclosure of typescript by Atwood, titled, Canadian Monsters: Some Aspects of the Supernatural in Canadian Fiction.
F.3 `B correspondence
F.3a Beddoes, Dick, re Richard Beddoes, 1996
F.4 Berton, Pierre, 1983
F.5 Bradbury, Ray, 1977
F. 6 Birney, Earle, 1975
F.6a Burford-Mason, Roger, 1990-1996
F.7-8 `C correspondence
F.9 Cameron, Silver Donald, 1983
F.10 Carpenter, Edmund Snow (Ted), 1992-2006
F.11 Casson, A.J. 1983.
F. 12, Clarke, Arthur C., c.1990, with holograph note on letter.
Box 175 D-G
F. 1 `D correspondence
F.2 Danby, Ken, n.d.
F.3 Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio, 1979-2008
F.4 Douglas & McIntyre (Scott McIntyre), 1999-2000
F.5 Dudek, Louis, 1976-2000.
F.6 `E correspondence
F. 7 Everson, Ron, 1983
F.8 F correspondence
F. 9 Faludy, George,
F.9a Feinberg, Charles E.
F.9b Finch, Robert, 1992
F. 9c Foster, David Llewlellyn J., 1990-1993.
F.10 Fowke, Edith, 1978-1990.
F.11Friedman, Stanton, 1991-1992
F. 12 `G correspondence
F.13 Gardner, Martin, 1992-2007
F.14 Gilmore, Clyde, 1985-1991
F.15 Godbout, Jacques, 2016
F.16 Green, Terrence M, 1985-2001
F.17 Greenland, Cyril, 1998-2001
F.18 Grosskurth, Phyllis, 2007
F.19. Gustafson, Ralph, 1983
Box 176 Last names H-L
F.1 `H correspondence
F.2 Harbourfront International Festival of Authors, 1985 (Greg Gatenby)
F.3 Hood Hugh, 1982-1986
F.4 `I correspondence
F.5 `J correspondence
F.5a Joe, Mendelson, 2002
F.6 `K correspondence
F.6a Kelly, M.T., 1992-1996
F.7 Richard Kostelanetz, 1986-1992
F.8 Kuerti, Anton, 1983
F.9 `L correspondence
F.10 Lacey, Edward A., 1984-1991
F.11 Layton, Irving, 1984
F.12 Stephen Leacock Associates, 2001
F.13 Lee, Robert E., 1988
F.14 Levchev, Lyubomir, 1982-1986
F. 15 LePan, Douglas, 1985-1986
Box 177 M-O
F. 1 M correspondence
F.2 MacEwan, Gwendolyn,
F.3 MacQuarrie, Hon. Heath, 1998-2000
F.4 Martin, Peter, 1983
F.5 Manguel, Alberto, 1983-2016
F.6 McClelland, Jack, 1988-2000
F.7 McMichael, Robert, 1996
F.8 Mirvish, Edwin, 1998
F.9 `N correspondence
F.10 Negoşanu, Petronella, 1981-1992
F.11 Newman, Peter C., 1991-2000
F.12 Nicol, Eric
F.13 `O correspondence
F.14 Order of Canada, 2004. Congratulatory cards and letters include those by Prime Minister Paul Martin (see also Box 178, F. 6), Mayor David Miller, Lillian Boratz Nemetz, Avie Bennett, Adrienne Clarkson, Anna Porter.
F.15 Order of Canada nominations, 2007-2010.
F.16 Outram, Richard, 1982-2002
Box 178 P-S
F.1 `P-Q correspondence
F.2 Pachter, Charles, 1976-1995
F.3 Page, Christian, 2008
F.4 Page, P.K., 1987
F.5 Priest, Robert, 2008
F.6 Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, 1976 (see also Box 177, F.14)
F.7 Polyani, John C., 1986-1992
F.8 Pratley, Gerald, 1992
F.9 Purdy, Al, 1983
F.10 `R correspondence
F.11 Reaney, James C.,2001
F.12 Ripleys Believe It or Not! (President John L. Withers), 1983-1987
F.13 Robinson, Spider, 1987
F.14 Rosenblatt, Joe, 1985
F.15 Roux, Jean-Louis (Lieutenant-Governor of Québec 1996-1997), 2006
F.16 `S correspondence
F.17 Sawyer, Robert, 1987-2006
F.18 Scott, F.R. (Frank), 1974-1980
F.19 Shepard, Leslie, 2001
F.20 Shumiatcher, Morris, 1993-1998
F.21 Skelton, Robin, 1987
F.22 Skvorecky, Joseph, 1987
F.23 Slaight, Allan (Standard Broadcasting Corporation), 2000
F.24 Smith, A.J.M., 1976
F.25 Souster, Raymond, c1980s-2001
F.26 Sutherland, Fraser, 1983-2000
F.27 Suvin, Darko, 1985-1998
F.28 Suzuki, David, 1986
F.29 Sward, Robert, 1983-1992
Box 179 T-Z
F.1 `T correspondence
F.2 Thibaudeau (Reaney), Colleen, 1983
F.3 Toye, William, 1991-2016.
F.4 `U correspondence
F.5 `V correspondence
F.6 `W correspondence
F.7 Watson, Wilfrid, 1986
F.8 Weaver, Robert, 1983
F.9 Wellbeloved, Sophia, 2008
F.10 Whalen, Dwight,
F.11 Whipple, George, 2001-2009
F.12 Wiebe, Rudy, 1984
F.13 `X correspondence: Mr. X, 1983; St. Francis Xavier University (Kevin Brien), 1983
F.14 `Y correspondence
F.15 Yost, Elwy, 1992-1996
F.16`Z correspondence
F.17 Zalan, Magda, 1992-2002
F.18 Zeller, Ludwig and Susanna Wald, 1983-2000
F.19 Zend, Robert, 1974
F.20 Zingrone Frank, 1992-2001.
F.21 First names and unidentifiable
Part Two : Special topics
Box 180 Science Fiction: correspondence within files is alphabetical and annotated with authors names, by JRC
F1 Science Fiction, general 1979-1982
F.2 Conventions, NASFA (The Northview Association for Science Fiction Addicts), correspondence with Robert Sawyer, 1979-1982
F.1 `A correspondence, 1979-1980.
F.4 Amprimoz, Alexandre, 1976-1979
F.5 Ashley, Mike, 1981-1983
F.6 `B correspondence
F.7 Barbour, Doug, 1978-1979
F.8 Bell, John, 1978-1980
F.9 `C correspondence, 1978-1979
F.10 `D correspondence, 1978
F.11 `F correspondence, 1978-1980
F.12 `G correspondence, 1978-1980
F.13 H correspondence, 1978-1980
F.14 J-L correspondence, 1979
F.15 `M-P correspondence, 1978-1980
F.16 `R correspondence, 1978-1981
F.17 S-T correspondence, 1978-1980
F.18 `W-Z correspondence, 1979-1980.
Box 181 Hungarian poems and translations, Czech translations
F.1 Colombo poems in Hungarian, 1994-1996
F.2 Hungarian poets translations, 1962-1963. Includes Robert Bly, Ilya Polyani, Tibor Tollas, David Ray.
F.3 Hungarian poets Memorial service booklet for George Jonas (June 15, 1935-January 10, 2016)
F.4 Czech poems- correspondence re translations of Jiri Skvors Far From You, 1981-1982
Box 182 Mysterious Canada (1988) spiritual experiences correspondence and research
F. 1 Correspondence re writers whose accounts were included in the book, printed materials, reprint, 1952-1998.
F.2 Correspondence re writers whose account were not used but possible(file annotated by JRC) with correspondents names indicated in caps on all letters, 1987.
F.3 Holograph account of Kiplings mysterious encounter in Canada, with photocopy of Kiplings account, annotated with correspondents names, c.1990s.
F.4 Ts., and holograph notes, curriculum vitae and photocopies of works by correspondents Marcello Truzzi and others. 1996.
F.5 Bulletin of Anomalous Experience 1993-1994.
Box 183 Special topics
F.1 The Fourth Way by George Gurdjieff. Correspondence with Stephen Grant, c1990s-2016.
F.2 The Fourth Way by George Gurdjieff. Correspondence with Stephen Grant re Gurdjieffs In Search of Being and Pytor Ouspensky; includes copy of Grants draft of Confessions of an American Muddler Ending the Beelzebub Wars, 2013.
F.3 The Fourth Way by George Gurdjieff. General correspondence, 1980s-2003.
F.4 Mackenzie Kings Ghost (1991). Ts. of rewrites of Mackenzie King essays, holograph notes, research and correspondence, c.1990.
F.5 Mackenzie Kings Ghost. Holograph research notes on correspondence, ts., notes, research photocopies. C.1990.
F.6 New Canadian Encyclopedia Publishing Ltd. Correspondence re contributions by JRC, various edited drafts by JRC, 1982-1986.
F.7-8 Correspondence and publication of Colombo & Co. edition of James Gays poems. Edited proofs of Master of All Poets: The Life and Works of James Gay, of the Royal City of Guelph, Ontario, Poet Laureate of Canada and Master of All Poets, with notes sent to Philip Singer, 1996.
F.9 Research photocopies of correspondence, biography and holograph notes on John Gay, c.1990s.
Box 184 Various topics listed alphabetically
F.1 Advertising. Correspondence, notes, printed material, 1970s.
F.2 Arctic myths. Ts., various drafts and compilations by JRC, printed material, correspondence, c.1980s.
F.3 Earle Birney. Correspondence with Canada Council and holograph notes for nomination of Earle Birney for a Molson Prize, 1986.
F.4 CNE. Correspondence with Canadian National Exhibition Archives re presentations by JRC on The CNE After Dark. Ts., notes, presentation printout, brochures, 2009.
F.5 Carl Dair. Symposium at the Mackenzie Heritage Printery Museum Who Is Carl Dair. Correspondence notes, printed programme details and poster, 1994.
F.6 Dene people. Correspondence with Ethel Stewart, with various research publications and notes, 1987-1988.
F.7 Edith Fowke memorial. Correspondence, holograph notes, press release, programme for Edith Fowke: A Celebration, York University, May 15, 1996.
Box 185 Various topics (contd)
F.1 Northrup Frye. Correspondence with Northrup Frye Centre and Frye scholars re quote book of Frye expressions. (JRC was an Associate of the Centre for 2007-8). Includes JRCs tss. on Frye. 2006-2008.
F.2 Northrup Frye. Correspondence with Victoria University, various notes, printed lists, photocopy of title page of proposed book by JRC, printed materials; executed copy of the publishing agreement with Dundurn Press, 2013. 2001-2013.
F.3 Highway Bookshop. Correspondence re proposals to publish, 1980-1983.
F.4 Alan Lamport. Correspondence re Alan Lamport (former mayor of Toronto, 1952-1954) for publication of JRCs book The Complete Malapropisms of Allan Lamport. Ts., edited by Alan Lamport; Lamport correspondence, Maple Leaf Gardens, 1995-1998 and holograph notes from Lamport. Includes printed materials.
F.5 League of Canadian Poets. Correspondence re National Poetry Contest judging and Gala, 1996.
F.6 Legal Charges: The case of the barking dog. Note at beginning of correspondence supplied by JRC reads Legal charges against neighbours about a barking dog. Notice amount of correspondence and documentation, dated 26 May 2016.
F.7 Leithen. Correspondence re Sir Edward Leithen and George Buchan with George Vanderburgh and others. Includes ts. and holograph notes by JRC on John Buchan; printed material, 2003-2004.
Box 186 Various topics (contd)
F.1Mars. Correspondence with Jon Lomberg and others, re VISIONS OF MARS CD ROM project. Includes various ts. drafts by JRC on the subject of Mars, lists, holograph notes and printed material,1992-1994.
F.2 Niagara Falls. Correspondence with Dwight Whalen re book on Niagara Falls. Various drafts and write-ups by JRC, holograph index cards, clippings and research, 1991-1995.
F.3 Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Correspondence with William Toye re: entries for book. Includes various ts. and draft compilations by JRC; printed material, 1980-1997.
F.4 Rideau Hall. Correspondence re Colombo armorial Letters Patent and Arms, Flag and Badge and proofs, 2005-2007.
F.5 Sandy Stewart. Correspondence with CBC Enterprises, re editing and outline of TV book by Stewart; various notes and write-ups by JRC, 1986.
F.6 Web Domain. Correspondence re registration and hosting,
Box 187 Editorial
F.1 Corrections. Editorial correspondence with various writers re some titles of JRCs published works. Includes ts. by JRC and others, 2000-2005.
F.2 Corrections. Correspondence re corrections and errors noted in JRCs books, with holograph notes by JRC, 1979-1994.
F.3 Corrections. Corrections, permissions and fees correspondence with various authors to reprint poems for an anthology by JRC, 1980-1986.
F.4 New Quote Book. Publishers correspondence, ts. drafts and notes re entries for Colombos New Canadian Quotations(1987). Includes letters from Mel Hurtig, Doug Gibson, Penguin Books), 1981-1983.
F.5 Not to Be Taken at Night (1981). Permissions and contracts to reprint UK edition of book. Correspondence with various authors and ts. drafts of stories to be included, 1982-1987.
F.6 Permission to reprint articles by Bruno M. Cormier and the McGill Clinic in Forensic Psychiatry for publication of Breaking the Chains (1998) on behalf of Ruby Cormier. Includes correspondence with Cyril Greenland, Canadian Criminal Justice Association, Davis Publications, Ruby Cormier and cover art for book, 1991-1998.
Series 12
Teaching materials for American Management Association and Canadian Management Centre. 1993-2009. -- 16 cm of textual records and printed materials. Titles based on contents of the series.
Box 188
F.1 AMA - Leadership and executive speaking mailings, 1999-2001.
F.2 AMA - JRCs course notes and class materials, 1998-2009.
F.3 AMA -Peter Urs Bender correspondence and brochures.
F.4 AMA - Lecture notes.
F.5 AMA - Business magazine publications with mention of JRC, 2005-2006.
F.6 CMC - Preparation notes in holograph by JRC, 1996.
F.7 CMC Lecture notes, 1995 onwards.
F.8 CMC Effective executive speaking brochures, 1997-1998.
F.9 CMC Presentation skills seminar and workshop, index cards with notes.
F.10 CMC Coaching, lecture notes, 2005-2006.
F.11 CMC Peter Urs Bender correspondence, Speech Anxiety notes.
F.12 CMC notes of meetings, planning, webinars, 1996.
F.13 CMC Preparation short items, notes and printed material, 1996.
F.14 CMC Movies and People, notes.
F.15 CMC Powerpoint notes.
F.16 CMC Teaching text and manual Powerful Directions and various notes kept by JRC. 1993.
Series 13
Other authors. 1966-2013. -- 32 cm of textual and graphic records. Title based on contents of the series.
Note: The series contains correspondence
Box 189
F.1 Beddoes, Dick. (Sports journalist, c.1926-1991), Among My Souvenirs. Ts. drafts of articles arranged chronologically, with notes on individual title-pages written by Beddoes. 1966-1983. Accompanied by note written by JRC which reads Articles in typed form by Dick Beddoes, discovered by Cecilia Carter-smith and given to me about the year 2013. Note dated 13 Jan 2016.
F.2 Bell, John. The Far North and Beyond: An Index to Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature in Genre Magazines and Other Selected Periodicals. Accompanied by correspondence,1997.
F.3 Coulter, John. In My Day. (Hounslow Press, 1980). Ts, edited and typesetting copy. Accompanied by note written by JRC which reads, I arranged for the appearance in print- not really publication of Johns memoirs I became friendly with John who was a stalwart of the Arts & Letters Club. Note dated 1 May 2016.
F.4 Boraks-Nenetz, Lillian. Secrets of the Trees.c.1996. Accompanied by correspondence, 1996-1997.
F.5 Burcher, Robert. The Leather Boat. Spiral bound 2nd edit ts. with holograph notes on 2nd page. , with accompanying final draft of chapter One. Correspondence from Burcher, 2011. Includes photograph of cover for JRCs Mysteries of Ontario. Note from JRC accompanies manuscript which reads Robert Burcher, photographer in Collingwood with superlative ideas of early voyages from Europe and the Middle East, author. Note dated 29 May 2016.
Box 190
F.1 Halbritter, Ron. An Index to 535 issues of Fate Magazine from #1 Complete through October 1994"
F.2 Gordon, Lynne. Working Without a Net. Partial ms. first drafts and edited pages by JRC, stapled lot of discards with correspondence to Jan Walters of McClelland & Stewart Ltd., and others, 1985.
F.3 Kostelantetz, Richard. Three Canadian Geniuses: Glenn Gould, Marshall McLuhan, Northrup Frye(1991). Edited draft from Colombo& Co., with notes.
F.4 Obodiac, Stan. My Experiences at a Canadian Authors Convention. Ts. with Contents listed on title-page. Foreword by JRC. The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, c. 1958 by Stan Obodiac, c. 2006 by Emma Obodiac.
F.5 Paikeday, Thomas M. The Users Webster Dictionary. Preprint, beta version. Lexicography, Inc. 1997. With attached correspondence, 1997.
F.6 Patriarcha, Gianna. Nonna and the Girls Next Door. Photocopy of limited edition. 2004. With note attached.
F.7 No author. A Gift for Mars. Ts. draft4/21/98. With attached photocopies of cover and Introduction. Possibly authored by Jon Lomberg.
Series 14
Catalogues. 1982-2011. --16 cm of printed material. Title based on contents of the series.
Box 191
F.1 Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. George A. Vanderburgh. Publisher. Booklist flyers, list and images of all books published until 2008.
F.2 Colombo & Co. (C&C). Complete catalogue 1994-2003, 2005.
F.3 Backlist of Colombo publications to December 2007 and printout of website 20 March 2008.
F.4 Douglas & McIntyre Fall Books, 2000.
F.5 The Dundurn Group, 1998-2011.
F.6 Penguin Canada, 1995-2007.
F.7 Western Producer Prairie Books, 1982.
