Ellen Seligman fonds
Ellen Seligman fonds. 1st accrual. – 1950-2016; predominant 1985-2012. – 0.82 m textual records; 185 photographs: b&w and col.; 365 digital files (AIFF, JPG, MP3 formats): 1.14 GB; 14 VHS tapes; 1 audiocassette; other materials.
Series 1: Author Files. – 1979-2012. – 22.86 cm textual records; 40 photographs: b&w and col.; 17 35-mm slides: col.; 2 photographic contact sheets: b&w; 1 stereo card; 2 CD-ROMs; 2 digital files (AIFF and MP3): 97.1 MB, 40 min. 22 sec. total recording time.
Series 2: McClelland & Stewart Editorial and Business Correspondence. – 1983-2012. – 10.16 cm textual records; 12 photographs: col.
Series 3: McClelland & Stewart Publicity Records. – ca. 1980-2009. – 108 photographs: b&w and col.; 16 photographic contact sheets: b&w; 8 photographic negatives; 4.75 cm textual records; 1 CD-ROM; 1 audiocassette; 2 digital files (AIFF): 546.79 MB, 54 min. 10 sec. total recording time.
Series 4: Seligman’s Awards. – 1995-2012. – 3.81 cm textual records; 8 photographs: col.; 1 DVD; 2 medals; 2 glass awards.
Series 5: PEN Canada Records. – 1993; 2004-2012. – 10.16 cm textual records.
Series 6: Personal Records. – 1950-2016. – 30.48 cm textual records; 17 photographs: b&w and col.; 361 digital files (JPG): 494.62 MB; 2 printing plates (steel and copper).
Series 7: VHS Recordings. – ca. 1986-2000. – 14 VHS tapes.
Series grouping and file arrangement were supplied by the processing archivist.
Series 1
Author Files. – 1979-2012. – 22.86 cm textual records; 40 photographs: b&w and col.; 17 35-mm slides; 2 photographic contact sheets: b&w; 1 stereo card; 2 CD-ROMs; 2 digital files (AIFF and MP3): 97.1 MB, 40 min. 22 sec. total recording time.
Series comprises Seligman’s subject files for various authors, most of whom she worked with in a professional capacity at McClelland & Stewart. Files predominantly comprise personal correspondence and memorabilia; editorial and/or business correspondence does not feature prominently.
Record types include letters, postcards, photographs, news clippings, and some poetry typescripts. Files are arranged in alphabetical order by author’s last name, in keeping with received order.
Box 1
F.1 Atwood, Margaret [“Bearlift”—Signed excerpt from MaddAddam novel, printed and assembled by Sarah Webster and Laura Stenberg at The Toadery, Toronto. Pages tied with twine. Copy number 17]. – November 2012. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.2 Atwood, Margaret [Postcards to Seligman; news clippings; photographs with Seligman]. – ca. 1989-2007. – 0.5 cm textual records; 5 photographs: col.
F.3 Bemrose, John [Computer printout of photograph of Seligman and Bemrose]. – n.d. – 1 p. textual records.
F.4 Bergen, David [Photograph of Seligman and Bergen]. – ca. 2000s. – 1 photograph: col.
F.5 Bevelander, Mieke [1 original, unsigned ink drawing, ca. 8 x 11.5”, dated 2 April 1980; 1 original, unsigned ink drawing, ca. 3.5 x 5.5”, dated 1976; 1 original colour illustration, ca. 7 x 10”, n.d.; “Alter Images” show program (?), n.d.; 2 “Alter Images” promotional postcards; 2 photographs: col., n.d.]. – ca. 1976-1980. – 0.25 cm textual records; 2 photographs: col.
F.6 Birdsell, Sandra [1 card, 2001; 1 handwritten letter, 17 June 2004]. – 2001; 2004. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.7 Brickner, Richard Pilpel [Memorial program, 2006 (?); news clipping]. – 2006. – 6 pp. textual records.
F.8 Brown-Trickey, Minnijean [Printouts of email correspondence with Seligman, 2001; news clippings; ephemera]. – 2001; 2004. – 0.25 cm textual records.
F.9 Catfish [4 letters to Seligman from Alice Turner (Catfish)]. – 1985-1986. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.10 Cohen, Leonard [2 photographs of Seligman with Cohen]. – n.d. – 2 photographs: b&w.
F.11 Cohen, Leonard [Handwritten note from Cohen to Seligman]. – n.d. – 1 p. textual records.
F.12 Creighton, Donald [Typescript of Seligman’s remarks on Creighton’s last collection; typed note from Creighton to Seligman, with signature—27 April 1979]. – 1979. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.13 Donnell, David [Signed letter to Seligman, February 1893 (sic); news clippings and published copies of poetry; 4 photographs, most headshots of Donnell]. – ca. 1983. – 10 pp. textual records; 4 photographs: b&w.
F.14 Donnell, David [News and magazine clippings; 5 professional headshots; 2 photographic contact sheets]. – ca. 1985. – 0.5 cm textual records; 5 photographs: b&w; 2 contact sheets: b&w.
F.15 Donnell, David [Cards; awards and reading ephemera; typescript excerpt from novel Breakfast at the Mohican Diner (18 pp. n.d.)]. – ca. 1980s. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.16 Ducornet, Rikki [4 letters to Seligman; 1 postcard; 1 enclosed chapbook (Mandrake, from Editions Deleatur, 1997); 1 stereo card]. – 1988-1997. – 0.25 cm textual records; 1 stereo card.
F.17 Lane, Patrick [Two CD-ROMs for promotion of Lane’s novel Red Dog, Red Dog—1 interview with Ellen Seligman, edited; 1 interview with Seligman, unedited]. – 2008. – 2 CD-ROMs.
F.18 LePan, Douglas [2 letters to Seligman—10 March 1988 and 28 April 1990; response from Seligman—28 May 1990]. – 1988; 1990. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.19 MacLeod, Alistair [Letter to Seligman]. – 11 January 2012. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.20 Michaels, Anne [Awards ephemera; signed, inscribed broadside “Into Arrival”, published by McClelland & Stewart in Fall 1999; 3 letters to Seligman, 2 with n.d. 1 from 8 November 1994; 1 photocopied letter to Martin Levin, Editor of book section (Globe and Mail), 23 February 2002; ]. – ca. 1990-2002. – 0.25 cm textual records.
F.21 Munro, Alice [Photograph of Seligman with Alice Munro and Charlotte Gray]. – n.d. – 1 photograph: col.
F.22 Ondaatje, Michael [Two signed, inscribed broadsides of poem “What We Lost”, published by McClelland & Stewart in Fall 1998; photo printout of Ondaatje and Seligman; English Patient ephemera; Ondaatje clippings – 1 of 2]. – ca. 1989-1998. – 2 cm textual records.
F.23 Ondaatje, Michael [2 of 2—1 colour photograph of unidentified people; interfiled ephemera, including note to Seligman from Margaret Atwood (2001); letter from Seligman to her mother describing New York trip with Ondaatje—n.d.; Ondaatje postcards (14) and cards (1) to Seligman; ephemera]. – ca. 1989-1998. – 2 cm textual records; 1 photograph: col.
F.24 Ondaatje, Michael [Miramax International promotional file for The English Patient film (Directed by Anthony Minghella, 1996)]. – 1996. – 2 cm textual records; 13 photographs: b&w; 17 35-mm slides.
Box 2
F.1 Ondaatje, Michael [Monograph In the Blink of An Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing by Walter Murch (Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1995)—monograph inscribed to Seligman and signed by Ondaatje (March 1996). – 1 cm textual records.
F.2 Polk, James [News clippings]. – 1992. – 0.25 cm textual records.
F.3 Purdy, Al [Correspondence; poem typescripts (“Concerning Ms. Atwood”; “The Smell of Rotten Eggs”; “To”; “Bruegel’s ICARUS”; “In the Desert”; “Blood Pressure Blues”; “Lament for Bukowski”; “Transvestite”; “Yes and No”; “The Gossamer Ending”); news clippings]. – ca. 1986-2000. – 2 cm textual records.
F.4 Purdy, Al [Correspondence; reading programs; ephemera; news clippings]. – 1999-2000. – 0.25 cm textual records.
F.5 Purdy, Al [Oversize chapbook, “Two Poems” by Al Purdy (Printed at Pie Tree Press for Colophon Books, March 1990)—inscribed to Seligman and signed, copy no. 92]. – 1 oversize chapbook.
F.6 Ricci, Nino [Photograph of Seligman with Ricci and “Erika”]. – 2010. – 1 photograph: col.
F.7 Shyan [sic] [Selvadurai, Shyam—two photographs with Seligman]. – ca. 1990s-2000s. – 2 photographs: col.
F.8 Urquhart, Jane [Computer printouts of photographs; select correspondence; news clippings; McClelland & Stewart email printouts]. – 1985-2008. – 2 cm textual records.
F.9 Author files—unidentified [Correspondents and photograph subjects unclear]. – ca. 1990s-2002. – 0.25 cm textual records; 3 photographs: b&w.
Series 1 Digital Files
Note: Digital records are accessible with assistance from William Ready Division staff.
F.1 Red Dog final [Patrick Lane interview related to novel Red Dog]. – 2008. – 1 file (AIFF): 82.4 MB; 8 min. 9 sec. total recording time.
F.2 Red Dog final [Patrick Lane interview]. – 2008. – 1 file (MP3): 14.7 MB; 32 min. 13 sec. total recording time.
Series 2
McClelland & Stewart Editorial and Business Correspondence. – 1983-2012. – 10.16 cm textual records; 12 photographs: col.
Series comprises a small number of records related to Seligman’s editorial work at McClelland and Stewart, as well as her work as Vice President, a position she held from 2012 until her death in 2016. Record types include correspondence, department memos, new clippings, Seligman’s employment letters, press releases, and some event photographs.
Files are arranged in rough chronological order by earliest date of record within each file.
Box 2 [cont.]
F.10 [McClelland & Stewart editorial memos regarding fiction publishing, addressed to other editors—memo authors and recipients include Seligman, Linda McKnight, and Jan Walter]. – 1983; 1986. – 17 pp. textual records.
F.11 Ellen’s MSS Corrections [Select McClelland & Stewart business and editorial correspondence, including some of Seligman’s McClelland & Stewart employment letters—1 of 3]. – ca. 1983-2012. – 2 cm textual records.
F.12 Ellen’s MSS Corrections [2 of 3]. – 2 cm textual records.
F.13 Ellen’s MSS Corrections [3 of 3]. – 1 cm textual records.
F.14 [Seligman’s biographical statements—n.d.; list of McClelland & Stewart job responsibilities—ca. 1991-1992; Irene Carroll correspondence regarding “People Who make a Difference” project—1994]. – 13 pp. textual records.
F.15 [Letter from Jeffry V. Brock to Seligman]. – 12 March 1992. – 1 p. textual records.
Box 3
F.1 Business papers, letters, etc. [Business and editorial correspondence – 1 of 2]. – ca. 1992-2001. – 2 cm textual records.
F.2 Business papers, letters, etc. [2 of 2]. – 2 cm textual records.
F.3 [McClelland & Stewart press release regarding Seligman’s promotion to Publisher (Fiction)—June 2000; University of Toronto press release regarding donation of McClelland & Stewart shares—June 2000]. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.4 [Computer printout of report to McClelland & Stewart board from Seligman regarding fiction program]. – January 2001. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.5 [Professional notebook]. – 2006. – 2 cm textual records.
F.6 [Email printouts from Seligman to McClelland & Stewart staff regarding health issues]. – October 2015. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.7 [Notes and draft letter to “Rob” from Seligman on conflict with Douglas Gibson regarding Seligman’s role at McClelland & Stewart]. – n.d. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.8 [Letter of employment from Random House Canada]. – 25 January 2012. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.9 [Sponsorship proposal for the Rosalind Prize for Fiction, with Seligman’s annotations]. – n.d. – 15 pp. textual records.
F.10 [Handwritten list of colleagues’ telephone extensions (?)]. – n.d. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.11 [Mixed event and author photographs]. – n.d. – 12 photographs: col.
Series 3
McClelland & Stewart Publicity Records. – ca. 1980-2009. – 108 photographs: b&w and col.; 16 photographic contact sheets: b&w; 8 photographic negatives; 4.75 cm textual records; 1 CD-ROM; 1 audiocassette; 2 digital files (AIFF): 546.79 MB, 54 min. 10 sec. total recording time.
Series predominantly comprises photographs, either professional headshots of Seligman or photographs taken at award ceremonies. Award ceremonies include the Ontario Trillium Prize ceremony, the Giller Prize ceremony, and the Governor General’s Award ceremony. Series also includes some McClelland & Stewart publicity clipping files and audio recordings of promotional interviews about specific McClelland & Stewart publications.
Files are arranged in rough chronological order by earliest date of record within each file.
Box 3 [cont.]
F.12 [Photographs of Seligman, likely for publicity purposes]. – n.d. – 36 photographs: b&w.
F.13 [Photographs of Seligman with various authors, including Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart, and others]. – ca. 1980s-1990s. – 26 photographs: col.
F.14 [Governor General’s award ceremonies—ca. 1992; 2000; related ephemera]. – ca. 10 pp. textual records; 8 photographs: col.
F.15 [News clippings about Seligman and McClelland & Stewart awards]. – ca. 1990s-2004. – 2 cm textual records.
F.16 [Audiocassette recording of Seligman’s interview on “Sunday Morning” program with Alison Parr (New Zealand public radio)]. – October 1995. – 1 audiocassette.
F.17 [Correspondence and news clippings regarding Kenneth J. Harvey in Globe & Mail]. – 1999. – 0.25 cm textual records.
F.18 [Computer printouts of unidentified award ceremony photographs; 1 photograph from unidentified award ceremony]. – ca. 2000s. – 2 pp. textual records; 1 photograph: col.
F.19 [Promotional clippings about Seligman; photograph of Seligman]. – ca. 2000-2009. – 0.25 cm textual records; 1 photograph: col.
F.20 [Professional head shots and contact sheets, all of Seligman]. – ca. 1990s. – 9 photographs: b&w; 4 contact sheets: b&w.
F.21 [Photographs and contact sheets for Toronto Life shoot of Seligman—photos by Steve Payne]. – ca. 1990s. – 2 photographs: b&w; 5 contact sheets: b&w.
Box 4
F.1 Publicity [Assorted McClelland & Stewart-related news clippings and publicity-related correspondence]. – 1990s-2000s. – 2 cm textual records; 2 photographs: b&w; 2 negatives.
F.2 [Professional headshot—Seligman]. – 2000. – 1 photograph: b&w.
F.3 [Photograph of Seligman and others at Ontario Trillium Award ceremony]. – ca. 2000s. – 1 photograph: col.
F.4 [Photographs of Seligman and others at Giller Prize ceremony]. – ca. 2000s. – 1 p. textual records; 3 photographs: col.
F.5 [Professional headshots, contact sheets, and negatives—all of Seligman, taken by Paul Orenstein]. – 2005. – 7 contact sheets; b&w; 8 photographs: b&w; 6 negatives.
F.6 [Headshots of Seligman by Paul Orenstein]. – ca. 2000s. – 6 photographs: col.
F.7 [CD-ROM with recording from CBC Writers & Company program—Philip Roth interview with Eleanor Wachtel]. – 1 November 2009. – 1 CD-ROM. – Recording is available as digital file.
F.8 [Photograph of Seligman at event—photo by Sari Naworynski]. – n.d. – 1 photograph: b&w.
F.9 [Ontario Trillium Book Award—clippings, photographs, correspondence]. – 1994; 1998. – 0.25 cm textual records; 3 photographs: b&w.
Series 3 Digital Files
Note: Digital records are accessible with assistance from William Ready Division staff.
F.1 CBC Writers [2 audio recordings]. – 2001. – 2 files (AIFF): 546.79 MB, 54 min. 10 sec. total recording time.
Series 4
Seligman’s Awards. – 1995-2012. – 3.81 cm textual records; 8 photographs: col.; 1 DVD; 2 medals; 2 glass awards.
Series comprises records related to Seligman’s professional awards, including her awards from the Canadian Booksellers Association, the Association of Canadian Publishers, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (Order of Ontario), and others. Record types include commemorative certificates, photographs, correspondence, and award medals.
Files are arranged in rough chronological order by earliest date of record within each file.
Box 4 [cont.]
F.10 [Who’s Who of Canadian Women correspondence]. – 1995. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.11 [Arts Foundation of Greater Toronto—Protégé Honours Event 1997—Seligman win for “Writing and Publishing”]. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.12 [Program for 1998 Canadian Booksellers Association award—Seligman shortlisted for “Editor of the Year”]. – 16 pp. textual records.
F.13 [Salute to the City award—Seligman wins “Health/Medicine” and “Literature” categories]. – 2002. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.14 [Order of Ontario award--photographs from ceremony featuring Seligman with Dalton McGuinty and David Onley]. – 2009. – 7 photographs: col.
F.15 [Order of Ontario award--computer printouts of event photographs; event program; email printouts]. – 2009. – ca. 20 pp. textual records.
F.16 [Order of Ontario award—computer printouts of congratulatory emails]. – 2009. – 0.25 cm textual records.
F.17 [Order of Ontario award—photograph of cohort]. – 2009. – 1 p. textual records; 1 photograph: col.
F.18 [Order of Ontario event invitation]. – 2009. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.19 [Order of Ontario—investiture ceremony DVD]. – 2009. – 1 DVD.
F.20 [Quadrangle Society, Massey College—invitation for membership and other correspondence]. – 2009. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.21 [Association of Canadian Publishers Award—2011]. – 1 p. textual records.
F.22 [Random House commemorative certificate for 35 years of service]. – September 2012. – 1 p. textual records mounted in plaque.
Box 5 [Oversize]
F.1 [Order of Ontario—award certificate]. – 22 January 2009. – 1 p.: 28 x 43 cm.
F.2 [Order of Ontario medal and associated pins in commemorative box]. – 2009. – 1 medal on fabric ribbon: 6 cm. diameter; 3 pins.
F.3 [Random House of Canada award for 35 years of service]. – 2012. – 1 glass award: 11.5 x 18 x 3 cm.
F.4 [Glass award, possibly for Salute to the City]. – ca. 2002. – 1 glass award: 18 x 12.5 x 3.3 cm.
F.5 [Toronto Arts Award for Writing & Publishing, 1996]. – 1 medal inscribed to Seligman: 8.5 cm. diameter.
Series 5
PEN Canada Records. – 1993; 2004-2012. – 10.16 cm textual records.
Seligman served as president of PEN Canada from 2009-2011. Series comprises records which predominantly date from Seligman’s presidency. Record types include PEN Board email printouts, press releases, advocacy letters, Seligman’s notebooks, speeches, and PEN annual reports.
Files are arranged in chronological order by earliest date of record within each file.
Box 6
F.1 [PEN newsletter]. – May 1993. – ca. 25 pp. textual records.
F.2 [Computer printout of PEN general by-law no. 10]. – 2004. – 20 pp. textual records.
F.3 [PEN Canada annual report]. – 2006-2007. – 1 cm textual records.
F.4 [Computer printouts of board emails]. – 2007. – 1 cm textual records.
F.5 [Press release regarding Stephanie Nolen award]. – October 2007. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.6 [News clippings]. – 2008. – ca. 5 pp. textual records.
F.7 [PEN Canada annual report]. – 2008-2009. – 1 cm textual records.
F.8 [Board email printout]. – 2009. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.9 [Copies of press release announcing Seligman’s presidency]. – 2009. – 8 pp. textual records.
F.10 [Drafts and email printouts—Seligman to various writers about PEN events]. – 2009-2010. – 1 cm textual records.
F.11 [PEN Canada annual report]. – 2009-2010. – 1 cm textual records.
F.12 [Advocacy letters to Prime Minister]. – 2009; 2010. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.13 [Board ephemera]. – 2009-2011. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.14 [Seligman’s PEN notebook]. – ca. 2009-2011. – 2 cm textual records.
F.15 [Seligman’s speaking notes and speech drafts]. – ca. 2009-2011. – 2 cm textual records.
F.16 [Computer printouts of photos—PEN-affiliated individuals]. – ca. 2009-2011. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.17 [Board email printouts and draft partnership agreement for University of Alberta’s Festival of Ideas]. – 2010. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.18 [Versions of PEN president’s report]. – May, July 2010. – 0.25 cm textual records.
F.19 [Board email printout]. – 2011. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.20 [PEN Canada annual report]. – 2010-2011. – 1 cm textual records.
F.21 [Final draft (for Board) of strategic plan, 2011-2015]. – April 2011. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.22 [Approved version of strategic plan, 2011-2015]. – April 2011. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.23 [Board introductory package (originally housed in binder)]. – 2011-2012. – 2 cm textual records.
Series 6
Personal Records. – 1950-2016. – 30.48 cm textual records; 17 photographs: b&w and col.; 361 digital files (JPG): 494.62 MB; 2 printing plates (steel and copper).
Series comprises Seligman’s personal records, including a juvenilia notebook, high school memorabilia, address books and personal agendas, select correspondence, funeral ephemera, and many digitized personal photographs dating from the 1980s.
Files are arranged in rough chronological order by earliest date of record within each file. Digital files are maintained in their received order.
Box 7
F.1 [Juvenilia notebook]. – ca. 1950-1955. – 1 cm textual records.
F.2 [Assorted photographs of artwork, Seligman, and her friends and family]. – ca. 1950s-2000s. – 14 photographs: b&w and col.
F.3 [New Lincoln school promotional magazine (?)]. – ca. 1950s. – 1 cm textual records.
F.4 [New Lincoln High School yearbook and ephemera]. – 1958. – 2 cm textual records.
F.5 [New Lincoln High School yearbook]. – 1959. – 2 cm textual records.
F.6 [Travel notebook—UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Greece]. – ca. 1960s. – 2 cm textual records.
F.7 [CD-ROM containing digitized photographs of Seligman and friends, family—photos ca. 1982-1987—digitization completed by Al Potter]. – ca. 2000s. – 1 CD-ROM and enclosed note. – Note: Photographs accessible as digital files; full listing at end of series.
F.8 [Address book]. – ca. 1990-2010s. – 2 cm textual records.
F.9 [Computer printouts of photographs]. – ca. 1995-2002. – ca. 20 pp. textual records.
F.10 Tribute to Uncle Arnold [Arnold Glick]. – July 1999. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.11 [Personal notebook—household matters (?)]. – ca. 2000s. – 2 cm textual records; 2 photographs: col.
F.12 [Photocopy of letter from Seligman to Christine (?)]. – 8 May 2002. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.13 [Personal letter, sender unknown]. – 27 December 2003. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.14 [Personal agenda book]. – 2003. – 1 cm textual records
F.15 [Personal letter from “Michael and Christine”]. – 5 December 2004. – 1 p. textual records.
F.16 [Personal agenda book]. – 2005. – 1 cm textual records.
F.17 [Penguin Random House Canada employee access card]. – ca. 2006-2015. – 1 card with photograph: plastic.
Box 8
F.1 [Personal agenda book]. – 2006. – 1 cm textual records.
F.2 [Personal agenda book]. – 2007. – 1 cm textual records.
F.3 [Personal agenda book]. – 2008. – 1 cm textual records.
F.4 [Personal agenda book]. – 2010. – 1 cm textual records.
F.5 Aunt Ruth [Ephemera related to Ruth Glick]. – 2010. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.6 [Personal agenda book]. – 2011. – 1 cm textual records.
F.7 [Personal agenda book]. – 2013. – 1 cm textual records.
F.8 [Seligman’s funeral invitation and program]. – 2016. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.9 [Seligman’s memorial excerpts and quotes]. – Spring 2016. – 16 pp. textual records.
F.10 [Personal notes and clothes list (?)]. – n.d. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.11 [Assorted holiday and condolence cards; shopping list]. – n.d. – 1 cm textual records.
F.12 [Personal letter to Seligman from “Pammie”]. – n.d. – 1 p. textual records.
F.13 [Copper plate for printing, likely for Seligman’s business or calling cards]. – n.d. – 1 copper plate: 11 x 8.5 cm.
F.14 [Steel plate for printing, likely for Seligman’s business or calling cards]. – n.d. – 1 steel plate: 7.5 x 4 cm.
F.15 [Assorted postcards and other personal cards]. – n.d. – 1 cm textual records.
F.16 [Dream notes]. – n.d. – 1 p. textual records.
F.17 [Assorted notes, cards, ephemera]. – n.d. – 1 cm textual records.
F.18 [Personal notebooks—5 total—1 of 3]. – n.d. – 2 cm textual records.
F.19 [2 of 3]. – 2 cm textual records.
F.20 [3 of 3]. – 2 cm textual records.
Series 6 Digital Files
Note: Digital records are accessible with assistance from William Ready Division staff.
F.1 1983—Ellen—Shaker Village—Tanglewood—Mount Greylock [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2012. – 36 files (JPG): 46 MB.
F.2 1983-1984 [Digitized photographs from 1983-1984]. – 2013. – 58 files (JPG): 75.1 MB.
F.3 Alexis and David—New Canaan—December 1983 [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2013. – 73 files (JPG): 96 MB.
F.4 Christmas 1982 [Digitized photographs from 1982]. – 2013. – 46 files (JPG): 91 MB.
F.5 Ellen—Janice—Toronto Island [Digitized photographs, original date unclear]. – 2013. – 7 files (JPG): 14.6 MB.
F.6 Ellen—UK friends—Metro Toronto Zoo—1983 [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2012. – 26 files (JPG): 25.4 MB.
F.7 Goderich Christmas—1983 [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2013. – 23 files (JPG): 28.8 MB.
F.8 Hudson Drive [Digitized photographs, original date unclear]. – 2013. – 3 files (JPG): 6.92 MB.
F.9 Kincardine—Conway—Kingston—1983 [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2012. – 30 files (JPG): 32.2 MB.
F.10 Kingston Trip—1983 [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2012. – 10 files (JPG): 10.7 MB.
F.11 M&S Party—1987 [Digitized photographs from 1987]. – 2013. – 11 files (JPG): 10.7 MB.
F.12 Michael S. Young—December 1983 [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2013. – 6 files (JPG): 11.4 MB.
F.13 Sailing—Graeme, Diane, Ellen—1983—and Toronto Airshow from the waterfront [Digitized photographs from 1983]. – 2012. – 20 files (JPG): 28.5 MB.
F.14 With Brown and Grant and Claire—1982 [Digitized photographs from 1982]. – 2013. – 12 files (JPG): 17.3 MB.
Series 7
VHS Recordings. – ca. 1986-2000. – 14 VHS tapes.
Series contains VHS tapes collected by Seligman. Files are arranged in received order.
Box 9
F.1 [Toronto Arts Awards—compiled master]. – 30 November 1996. – 1 VHS tape.
F.2 Giller Prize. – 2000. – 1 VHS tape.
F.3 The In-Between World of M.G. Vassanji [Cogent/Benger Productions]. – 23 February 2006. – 1 VHS tape: 48 min., 40 sec.
F.4 My film on imprint. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape.
F.5 Imprint—Giller Prize. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape.
F.6 Giller—Ruth Rendell (?)]. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape.
F.7 Michael Ondaatje [Video in Lannan Literary Videos series by Lannan Foundation. Directed by Dan Griggs/Media Revolution]. – 1997. – 1 VHS tape: 60 min.
F.8 Half the Kingdom [Subtitle: “Seven women explore the challenges they face as Jewish feminists.” Video co-produced by Kol Ishah Productions Inc. and Studio D., National Film Board of Canada. Directed by Francine E. Zukerman and Roushell N. Goldstein]. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape: 58 min., 45 sec.
F.9 Imprint BPN 698101—I/V Molly Peacock Tape 2 SP 64735. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape.
F.10 Imprint BPN 698101—I/V Andre Alexis Tape 2, Eat Shots Andre on Ellen Michelle Berry, Setup SP 69839. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape.
F.11 Irving Layton Observes. – 9 June 1986. – 1 VHS tape: 52 min., 03 sec.
F.12 Shadow Maker [Gerda Film Production Inc.]. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape: 58 min.
F.13 A Tall Man Executes a Jig by Irving Layton. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape: 25 min., 58 sec.
F.14 Shadowmaker. – n.d. – 1 VHS tape.
Books
The following books were donated with the 1st accrual. Bibliographic records for all items are available in the McMaster Library catalogue.
Andrea Bolley & Tony Calzetta: Une Perspective de XV Ans: 1974-1989. Ed. XIII. Montréal: Galerie John A. Schweitzer, 1989.
Bradley, Jessica and Matthew Teitelbaum (Eds.). The Art of Betty Goodwin. Introduction by Anne Michaels. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario and Douglas & McIntyre, 1998. Signed and inscribed by Betty Goodwin; signed and inscribed by Anne Michaels.
Corkin, Jane (Ed.). Margaret Bourke-White: Photographs. Introduction by Terrence Heath. Toronto: Jane Corkin Gallery, 1998.
Ettlinger, Marion. Author Photo: Portraits, 1983-2002. Foreword by Richard Ford. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Kaplansky, Ronnie (Ed.). Mackenzie, Hugh. R.K. Studios Limited; Ronnie Kaplansky & Jane Creighton, 2010.
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