Finding Aid
Marjorie Harris fonds. 1st accrual. – 1965-2005. – 10.87 m of textual records and other materials.
Series 1: Magazine and newspaper work. – 1968-2004 – 2.24 m of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 1-13.
Series 2: Monographs. – 1965-2004 – 4.61 m of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 13-37.
Series 3: Radio and Television Work. – 1971-1990. – 48 cm of textual records and sound recordings. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 37-39.
Series 4: Speaking Engagements and Public Appearances. – [1987]-2004. – 15 cm of textual materials. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 39-40.
Series 5: Correspondence. – [197-]-2006. – 29 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 40-41.
Series 6: Personal Records. – 1972-2006. – 1.12 m of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 42-47.
Series 7: Gardening Records. – 1988-2004. – 32 cm of textual records and other material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 48-49.
Series 8: Proposals and unpublished works. – 1971-2005. – 48 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 50-52.
Series 9: (originally Series 10): Electronic materials. – [198-]. – 16 cm of electronic material. – Title based on content of series. – Box 52.
Series 10 (originally Series 9): Oversize. – 1967-2004 – 82 cm of textual records and other material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 53-54.
Series 1:
Magazine and newspaper work. – 1968-2004 – 2.24 m of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 1-13.
This series focuses on Harris’s work as a freelance writer, staff writer, columnist, and senior editor. The first part of the series consists of articles written for major Canadian magazines and newspapers, including Maclean’s, Chatelaine, Saturday Night, Financial Post Magazine, Toronto Life, The Toronto Star, and The Globe & Mail. Files include fashion spreads from Maclean’s, research articles, notes and transcripts of interviews, typescripts, copies of published articles, and correspondence from editors and readers. Some of the Maclean’s fashion spreads are found in Series 10 Oversize.
The second group of files relates to MH as the author of a series of arts articles for Applied Arts Quarterly, and as a columnist (‘Marjorie’s Way’ from The Canadian in the late 1970s, and Globe & Mail gardening columns from 1992 to 2004).
The final section documents MH’s role as co-editor of Toronto Life Gardens in 1996-97 and as editor-in-chief of Gardening Life beginning in 1997. These latter files include internal correspondence (for example, administrative memos and story ideas), drafts of articles by MH, promotional materials, and correspondence from readers.
Series 1 also includes a few promotional items written by MH for commercial clients.
The files are arranged chronologically except for the ‘Marjorie’s Way’ and Globe & Mail gardening columns, which are grouped at the end of the series, followed by drafts of articles which have not been dated or confirmed as having been published.
Early notes and drafts for some articles can be found in a notebook in Series 6.
Box 1
Chronological order:
F.1 “You should see it when it’s working it’s really great.” artscanada, June 1968, pp. 3-7. Published version.
F.2 “Who’s the lady in the costume? That’s our hostess.”[fashion] Maclean’s, January 1969, pp. [69]-72. Published version.
F.3 “Red white and blue.” [fashion] Maclean’s, March 1969, pp. 69, 71. Published version.
F.4 “The great nutrition game: How it’s played with dice and with your shopping bag.” Maclean’s, April 1969, pp. 76-7, 79-80. Published version. File also includes eight letters from readers, some letters annotated and edited for reprinting in Letters to Editor; and two newspaper articles citing the article.
F.5 “The all-Canadian fabrication” [fashion] Maclean’s, April 1969, pp. 86-9. Published version. File also includes reactions from readers (4 letters, 24 April-13 June 1969).
F.6 “Who needs the cover-up fad?” [fashion] Maclean’s, May 1969, pp. [90-3]. Published version.
F.7 “White is beautiful.” [fashion] Maclean’s, June 1969, pp. [80-2]. Published version.
F.8 “Canada’s top 10 eating places.” Maclean’s, July 1969, pp. [46, 48], 50; and in the same issue, “The Age of Elegance,” [fashion] pp. [60]-61-2. Published version.
F.9 “Top it!” [fashion] [Maclean’s, August 1969], pp. 57-[60]. Published version.
F.10 “A tale of two cities: Montreal - Canada’s fashion centre reaches for world status; Toronto gives prizes for designs short on style and taste.”[fashion] Maclean’s, September 1969, pp. 80-4. Published version. File also includes nine letters from readers, and a 4-page typescript response from MH, 15 September 1969.
F.11 “The new mood of drama for fall.” Maclean’s, October 1969, pp. 60-2, 66. Published version.
F.12 “The plasticization of practically everything.” [fashion] Maclean’s, February 1970, pp. 44-5. Published version plus annotated typescript describing the fashion shoot, apparently prepared when the layout was entered into a competition.
F.13 “Tax tip: whatever else you do, don’t make an honest woman out of her.” Maclean’s, May 1970, p. 18; and in the same issue, “This dress is all hang-up.” [fashion] p. 75. Published version.
F.14 “Ray Moriyama: A designing man with seduction on his mind ...” Maclean’s, March, 1970, pp. 58, 60-2; and in the same issue, “Snow, Saunas, and Swimsuits.” [fashion] pp. 64-5. Published version.
F.15 “Ethnicity.” [fashion] Toronto Life, November 1970, pp 56-7. Published version.
F.16 “Art as found fashion.” [fashion] Toronto Life, February 1971, pp. [50-1]. Published version.
F.17 “My journey into the land of the flat people.” Toronto Life, May 1971, pp. 36-41. Published version.
F.18 “The look of no look at all.” [fashion] Toronto Life, April 1971, p. 45; and in the same issue, “See how my city garden grows,” pp. 49-51. Published version.
F.19 “Good-time Sunday: Maybe we’re bound for hell in a handcart but, oh happy Sunday, the Blue Laws are fading! You can shop, dine, drink, watch strippers, see a ballet, fly, get steamed, move furniture, have your roof fixes, and lots, lots more.” Toronto Life, October 1971, pp. 38-41. Published version.
F.20 “If you are oenophilic, stay out of N.S. & B.C.” Saturday Night, November 1972, p. 52. Published version.
F.21 Reaction to “The invisible woman.” Weekend Magazine, 17 February 1973. Six letters to MH from readers, 15-17 February 1973.
F.22 “Pasta the puck.” Toros Sports Magazine, 9 October 1973, pp. 28-30. Published version.
F. 23 “You can’t go home again.” Toros Sports Magazine, 4 November 1973, pp. 4-5. Published version.
F.24 “Till road trips do us part.” Toros Sports Magazine, 13 December 1973, pp. 4-6. Published version.
F.25 “Trends.” Chatelaine, June 1975, p. 8. Published version.
F.26 “Kids and trouble.” [Article for Quest Magazine, March/April 1976. 1 of 2.] Annotated typescripts (multiple versions); holograph and typescript interview notes. See also next file.
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F.1 “Kids and trouble.” [2 of 2]. Reactions from readers: 21 letters, 19 March-2 April 1976.
F.2 “The mysterious world of Louis de Niverville.” Saturday Night, March 1976, pp. 38-46. Published version; expense claim; annotated typescripts of article; holograph interview notes in two notepads; typescript interview notes; photocopy of article on De Niverville by Robert Fulford; misc. holograph notes.
F.3 “Six radical ways to change your marriage.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, May/June 1976, pp. 16-18, 20, 22-3. Published version; numerous annotated typescripts; typescript of interview notes (including with David Suzuki and Tara Cullis); holograph notes.
F.4 “Sex and your kids: How to tell if there’s trouble coming - and how the problem may be you.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, September/October 1976, pp. [82-3], 84, 86-90. Published version; expense claim; carbon typescript to “Shirley”; annotated typescripts of article and interview notes.
F.5 “John Sewell and the chili-sauce mafia.” Toronto Life, December 1976, pp. 48-9, 149–50, 152-7, 159. Published version; letter from ‘Sandy’ [Alexander Ross, editor]; letter to “Sandy” from advance reader; annotated typescript interview notes; holograph notes; newspaper clippings and research articles. See also next file.
F.6 Interview notes for John Sewell article: five spiral notebooks; one notepad.
F.7 “Why you’re enjoying your women friends more.” Chatelaine, February 1977, pp. 33, 86, 88-9. Published version; letter from editor; annotated typescripts of article.
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F.1 “Blotchface.” [profile of Christie Blatchford] Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, February 1977, pp. 3-4. 6-9. Published version; two letters from Blatchford to Jack [Batten] re interview; annotated typescripts of article; typescript and holograph interview notes; holograph note from Blatchford to MH; clippings of Blatchford’s Globe and Mail columns (1976); portion of MH’s original folder with Blatchford family contact details.
F.2 “Toronto’s real estate market - boom or bust?” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, May 1977, pp. Toronto Edition 1-4, 6, 8-9. Published version; annotated typescripts of article; typescript research and interview notes; misc. holograph notes.
F.3 “What men want from women - now.” Chatelaine, May 1977, pp. [31]-32, 34, 38, 128, 128, 130-1. Published version; annotated typescripts of article; typescript interview and holograph interview notes in spiral notebook and notepad; portion of MH’s original folder with contact information.
F.4 “What kind of man do women want now?” Chatelaine, August 1977, pp. 26, 86-90. Published version; annotated typescripts of article and interview notes.
F.5 “The selling of Eskimo art.” Weekend Magazine, 13 August 1977, pp. 4-7; abridged and reprinted as “Canada’s Native Masters.” Atlas World Press Review, December 1977, p. 51. Published versions; contract between MH and Weekend Magazine ; annotated typescripts of article; typescript interview notes; research article.
F.6 “Men and women: where we’re at: Coming out of the stone age: the myths and facts separated.” Co-authored with Benjamin Schlesinger. Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, October 1977, [24]-26, 28, 30. Also in the same issue, by MH: “The Five Best-Bet Young Toronto Artists.” pp. Toronto Edition 1–4, 6, 8, 10. Published versions; annotated typescript drafts and research notes for first article.
F.7 “How a married couple saw themselves on film and got it together apart.” The City: Toronto Star Sunday Magazine, 20 November 1977, p. 6. Published version and expense claim.
F.8 “Sunday Cook: Prof. John Slater; Diana Filer; Norman Hay, Writer/Designer; David Brown; Beverley J. Rockett; Charles Pachter; Nuala FitzGerald.” [Series of articles for the Sunday Star, 1978?] Annotated typescripts; holograph interview notes and recipes; portion of original MH folder with list of names.
F.9 “George’s and all that jazz: without Doug and Dorian Cole there wouldn’t be all that jazz.” The City: Toronto Star Sunday Magazine, 22 January 1978, pp. 10-13. Published version; typescript letter from Doug Cole; annotated typescript of article.
F.10 “50 Golden Years of Chatelaine, 1928-1978.” Chatelaine, March 1978, 43-55. Published version; annotated typescript of article.
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F.1 “Power play. All it takes to win political office is money, charisma and lots of friends.” The Financial Post Magazine, March 1979, pp. 25-9. Published version, annotated typescripts of article; lengthy typescript interview notes with Stephen Lewis (5 pp.), David Crombie (2.5 pp.) Stuart Lagged (2.5 pp.), John Roberts (3 pp.), Flora MacDonald (3 pp.), and shorter notes re Keith Daley, Royce Faith, James Counts (P.O.), and Heather Peterson; research materials.
F.2 “The Confessional of Mike McManus: Beneath the sex appeal of TV Ontario’s talk show host is a very insecure man.” The City: Toronto Star Magazine, 11 June 1978, pp.11-13. Published version; annotated typescript of article.
F.3 “Woman’s Work: Meet eight vanguard artists whose work startles, provokes, even makes you laugh.” Chatelaine, July 1978, pp. 34-7. Published version; expense claim; annotated typescript drafts of article; holograph and typescript interview notes with Alexandra Haeseker, Patricia Kushner, Gathie Falk, Colette Whiten, Sherry Grauer, Anne Mandlsohn, Irene Whittome, and Joy Walker; correspondence with the artists; news clippings and research articles; catalogue from art exhibition, “A Toronto Sensibility,” 1978.
F.4 “Celebrate the cityscape: It’s got heart!” Chatelaine, August 1978, pp. 38, 95. Published version; annotated typescript contact list; annotated typescripts drafts of article; quotes from interviewees; documentation from group photo shoot.
F.5 “Mere vulgar money is not enough. The difference is called style.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine.” November 1978, pp.70-2, 74-5. Published version; typescript contact list; holograph interview notes; annotated typescripts drafts of article.
F.6 “Fitness” [Chatelaine, December 1978]. Letter of thanks, after publication, from consultant interviewed for the article.
F.7 “Travels with Maureen: Canada’s great contralto rates the weird and wonderful halls of the world.” The Canadian , 6 January 1979, pp. 4-6. Published version; annotated typescripts of article; typescript and holograph interview notes; research articles.
F.8 “Best seller” Canadian, April 1979. Expense claim; annotated typescript drafts of article; detailed typescript interview notes with Bev Slopen (3 pp.) and Malcolm Lester (3 pp.) re Lester & Orpen publishers (particularly re Eve Orpen); and on Canadian publishing with Jack McClelland (7 pp.); Doug Gibson (1 typescript); Joy Carroll (4 pp.) June Callwood (2 pp.); additional interview notes with Anna Porter; Philippe van Rjindt; Bill Hushion (Gage Publishing) Jackie Nestmann (Canadian Book Publishers Council) re Eve Orpen; holograph and typescript research and interview notes; ‘Rights Checklist’ (i.e. list of titles) from Lester & Orpen, 1978/79 and L&O press releases; research articles; portion of original MH folder with contact information.
F.9 “Super-art” (Don Watt, package designer). Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine [April 1979]. Portion of published version on which reader as written a letter to MH; annotated typescript drafts of article; holograph research notes; portion of original folder including contact information.
F.10 “The Exuberant Art of Canada’s Artisans. They work in glass, leather, silver and clay, and what they create is not only functional but of lasting grace and beauty.” Chatelaine, May 1979), pp. 48-51, 146, 148, 150, 154. Published version.; carbon typescript expense claim from MH; annotated typescripts drafts of article; annotated typescript list of artisans; biographical sheet on Polly J. Greene.
F.11 “Moving up to a better home. What you should know before you start.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, October 1979, pp.[37H-48H]. Published version; carbon typescript MH expense claim.
F.12 “Fun and games at work: The toy business is deadly serious for the manufacturers.” The Financial Post Magazine, 10 November 1979, pp. 12-13, 16, 18. Published version.
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F.1 “Brian Burnett and ducks and bunnies.” Toronto Star, 24 May 1980, p. F7. Published version; letter from Toronto artist and musician, Mendelson Joe, post-publication.
F.2 “A certain style: How Irving Samuel blends current cut and timeless taste for the Canadian market.” Toronto Life Fashion, Fall 1980, pp. 45-7, 72, 74-6. Published version; expense claim from MH; annotated typescript drafts of article; typescript and holograph interview notes, some in spiral notebook.
F.3 “Has anything really changed? (Women in business).” BusinessBeat: The Business Lifestyle Magazine, November/December 1980, pp. 22-3, 25-6, 30. Published version; carbon typescript expense claim from MH; four typescript letters from MH to magazine 1980-81.
F.4 “Parenting is more than having children: It’s treating them as human beings.” Financial Post Magazine, February 1981, pp. 16-18. Published version; holograph research notes; typescript interview notes; research articles; portion of MH’s original folder with contact information.
F.5 “On the scene: A report on new wave from the mainstream.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, March 1981, pp. Toronto Edition 3-4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16. Published version; expense claim from MH; annotated typescripts of article; holograph and typescript research notes; research articles; typescript letter MH to [Michael] Enright (Quest editor) re story ideas.
F.6 “The business traveller’s survival guide. How to stay sane when stuck or stranded.” The Financial Post Magazine, 15 April 1981, pp. 21, 23-4, 26, [28]. Published version; annotated typescript drafts of article; typescript and holograph interview notes in 2 spiral notebooks; research articles.
F.7 “Bertrand versus business: One man’s crusade against too much corporate power.” Financial Post Magazine, June 1981, pp. 20-1, 24-7. Published version; typescript addenda to story; annotated proofs.
F.8 “Redressing the balance: Equal pay laws aren’t enough. Getting women to the top demands planning - and if you don’t do it, the government may make you.” Canadian Business, June 1981, pp. 52-6, 59, 61. Published version; annotated typescripts drafts of article.
F.9 “Profile: Martha Johnson. Though she’s not your usual glitzy rock ‘n’ roller, this musician has survived the new wave fad to become a real star.” Flare: Canada’s Fashion Magazine, November 1981, pp. 51-2, 54, 56, 138. Published version; comment and contract typescript letters from editor; annotated typescripts drafts of article and interview notes; news clippings; photograph of Martha and the Muffins band.
F.10 “Issy Sharp’s finest season: How three lifelong friends went from Jarvis Street in Toronto to Fifth Avenue in New York by never cutting corners on class.” Canadian Business, February 1982, pp. 74-81; annotated typescripts of article and research notes.
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F.1 “The new clubbiness of women.” Chatelaine, April 1982, pp. 66-7, 152, [154], 156, 158-9. Published version; holograph research notes; research articles.
F.2 “Women in advertising.” Chatelaine, June 1982, pp. 58-9, 93-4, 96, 101, 103. Published version; typescript contract letter: annotated typescripts of article and interview notes; research articles; portion of original MH file with contact information.
F.3 “Suite success: Helen Moffett has made the design of corporate offices a multimillion-dollar business.” The Financial Post Magazine, 1 June 1982, pp. 12-14, 16, 18. Published version.
F.4 “Married but living apart: Portrait of an unusual marriage.” [Profile of MH and Jack Batten] Chatelaine, August 1982, pp. 52-3, 138, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150. Published version; contract typescript letter from magazine; annotated typescripts of article; typescript interview with herself; holograph notes.
F.5 “The soft sell: Why more women are going into PR – and excelling at it.” The Financial Post Magazine, 1 November 1982, pp. 20-1, 24, 26. Published version; annotated typescripts of article; typescript comments from reader ‘Ken’ [Waxman?, managing editor]; typescript and holograph interview notes; research articles; promotional materials from PR companies.
F.6 “The many lives of Carol Rapp: Who says superwoman doesn’t exist?” City Woman, Holiday, 1982, pp. 38-40, 42-6, 58; contract; annotated typescripts of article; typescripts and holograph interview notes; research articles; speeches by Rapp.
F.7 “Christmas gifts from the heart.” Chatelaine, December 1982, pp. 49-51, 76-7; reprinted as ‘Gifts from the heart: Twenty ideas for thoughtful Christmas gifts” in Key to Kingston Magazine, Nov./Dec. 1983, pp. 14-17. Published versions; contractual letter and comments to MH from Bonnie Cornell, ME of Chatelaine; annotated typescripts of article; typescript and holograph research notes; research articles.
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F.1 “Wives at the top.” Chatelaine, January 1983, pp. 62, 120, 122, 124, 126, 130. Published version.
F.2 Promotional writing: invoices from MH to Theo Dimson Design Inc. for PR package for Lipton’s (women’s clothing store) and promotional material, 1983.
F.3 Editing work for The Observer, March, April 1993. Invoice.
F.4 “Canada ... Vacationland” Touring & Travel: The Canadian Travel Authority, May 1983, pp. 7-8, 10-11, 13-19, 21-5, 27-37. Published version; annotated typescripts of article; typescript and holograph interview notes with Alex Colville, Mel Hurtig; Robert Joy, Carole Laure, W.O. Mitchell, David Suzuki, Veronica Tennant, re: their favourite places in Canada.
F.5 “You don’t have to read Canadian: Our namedropper’s guide will do.” The Financial Post Magazine, 1 November 1983, pp.14-16, 18-19. Reprinted as “You don’t have to read Canadian: The EL namedropper’s guide will do” in Emergency Librarian, November-December 1984, pp. 9-12. Published versions; correspondence with magazines (3 typescript); annotated typescripts of article.
F.6 “At your service: Now is the time for all good caterers to come to the aid of your party.” Toronto Life, December 1983, pp. E4-E7, E16, E18, E20-24. Published version; page proofs; holograph contact list; annotated typescript of article; typescript letter from caterer; yellow pages section with caterers’ listings.
F.7 “Found weekends: Romantic retreats and other great escapes: presenting our tour of twenty-five close-to-home getaways.” Toronto Life, June 1984, pp. 34-9. Published version; contract typescript letter from magazine; holograph research notes; correspondence with tourism venues; research articles; annotated typescripts of article.
F.8 “New faces in portrait painting: These women are the vanguard of a renascent art.” The Financial Post Magazine, 1 August 1984, pp. 37-40, 42, 44. Published version; annotated typescripts of article; holograph notes.
F.9 “The man behind the background music: In radio land, jingle producer Mort Ross is a commercial success.” The Financial Post Magazine, 1 May 1985, pp. 46-[8], 52-3. Published version; annotated typescripts of article; news clippings; promotional materials from Ross’s company; holograph and typescript interview notes.
F.10 “The safe guide to getting sick.” Toronto Life, July 1985. Correspondence only.
F.11 “Mixed media: The inside scoop on the industry’s reporters, editors, and owners.” Toronto Life, November 1985, pp. 72. No byline. Published version; research notes in notebook in Series 2, Box 14, File 5).
F.12 “Life at the fast track.” Elegance (Toronto Star magazine), 6 April 1986. Annotated typescripts and computer printouts of article; holograph notes; list of Elegance board members and freelancers; correspondence with editor. For published version, see Oversize, Box 53.
F.13 “Boutique food - dining out.” Elegance (Toronto Star magazine), 1 June 1986. Computer printout of article; typescript restaurant list; expense claim. For published version, see Oversize, Box 53.
F.14 “Players: A fashionable look at corporate gamesmanship when the workday’s over.” [photo shoot of well-known executives, including Anna Porter and Theo Dimson] Successful Executive, June 1986, pp. 37-41. Published version; computer letter to Anna Porter, 27 May 1986; computer printout of letter from MH to editor, including final version of article, credits, and invoice; computer printout drafts of article; annotated typescript list re photo shoot.
F.15 “Flying in style.”[luxury travel items]. [Successful Executive, July/August 1986.]. Invoice MH to magazine, 16 May 1986; computer printout of article and interview notes; note to photographer and [copy editor?] from MH; annotated list of items to be photographed; holograph notes; merchandise brochures; printout of letter to MH from editor with research article.
F.16 “When slowing down means touching love.” Toronto Star, 16 August 1986, p. M2. Computer printout of article; published version. Date sourced from LexisNexis database.
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F.1 “Designing ways.” Elegance (Toronto Star magazine), 17 August 1986. Annotated typescripts of article; typescript & holograph interview notes. For published version, see Oversize, Box 53.
F.2 “I went downstairs and it hit – boxes scattered all over.” Toronto Star, 23 August 1986, p. A15. Computer printout of drafts of article; published version (photocopy and original).
F.3 Promotional writing: ad copy and short corporate history of Lipton’s (women’s fashion stores) produced for Lipton’s, December 1986-March 1987; correspondence.
F.4 “F.Y.I.: Our regular roundup of best bets.” Successful Executive, January/February 1987, pp. 32-3. Published version; computer printout letter from MH to editor, including invoice and final article.
F.5 “Yorkville reno: Architect Jack Diamond reshapes the streetscape.” Toronto Life, March 1987, pp. 32-5. Computer printout of interview notes, article; invoice; published version.
F.6 “Driving the glorious West Coast.” Physicians’ Guide for Travel & Meetings, Summer 1987, pp. 16-18, 20-[21]. Published version; computer printout of letter from MH to editor, 30 March 1987, including invoice and final article; annotated typescript of article.
F.7 “Garden varieties: Flowers, bushes and trees for house dwellers who want instant greenery without having to work at it.” Toronto Life, February 1988, pp. [H19-20, H22]. Photocopy of published version.
F.8 [“Baja Peninsula.” Physicians’ Guide for Travel & Meetings, 1988?]; Annotated computer printouts of article; research materials (brochures, articles, maps, etc.); computer printout letter MH to Heather Howie, magazine editor.
F.9 “Magic that makes an enchanted garden.” Toronto Star, 16 April 1988. Published version and photocopy.
F.10 “Some garden books are not just for dreamers.” Toronto Star, 24 September 1988, pp. M14.
F.11 [“Taste of the Town.” Restaurant review of Le Français.] Toronto Life, October 1988. Computer printout of review; expense claim; Date sourced in Canadian Periodical Index, 1988. No byline.
F.12 “Bulbs for beginners.” [Chatelaine, October 1988, pp. 49-50.] Computer printout of partial article. Issue and pagination sourced in Canadian Periodical Index, 1988. File also includes draft letter (28 June 1988) MH to Chatelaine editor re proposed garden column and letter from MH to the magazine re photos, 18 June 1988.
F.13 “Gardening: Gifts for gardeners.” Chatelaine, November 1988, pp. 46-9. Published version; annotated computer printout of article; memo to MH.
F.14 “Garden catalogues: harbingers of spring.” Chatelaine, February 1989, p. 46-9. Date and pagination sourced Canadian Periodical Index, 1989.
F.15 “How to start a garden club.” Chatelaine, March 1989, [p. 54. 56] Annotated typescript of article.
F.16 “Roundup for all jolly green thumbs.” The Toronto Star Saturday Magazine, 24 June 1989, p. M4. Published version; computer printout of final draft.
F.17 “Coffee table blooms: In a Canadian Garden.” [review] The Toronto Star Saturday Magazine, 30 September 1989, p. M10. Published version; computer printouts of article.
F.18 “The winter garden.” Toronto Life Homes: The magazine of urban design, November 1989, pp. 27-8, 31. Published version; computer printout invoice MH to magazine, 13 June 1988.
F.19 “Growth industry ... No wonder the gardening business is blooming.” Report on Business Magazine, June 1990, p. 60-3. Published version; computer printout of draft and interview notes.
F.20 “A perennial obsession.” Toronto Star, 23 June 1990, p. M4. Computer printout of article; published version.
F.21 “Prairie rewards. Wind, cold and beating sun can sap a gardener’s spirit. Here’s how to grow a prairie oasis.” Canadian Gardening, August/September 1990, p. 38. Published version.
F.22 “The checkered past of a downtown plot.” [re MH’s own garden in Toronto] City & Country Home, September 1990, pp. 98-102. Published version; computer printout of final article, cutlines, and partial drafts.
F.23 “Leaf it & love it: The foliage garden.” Canadian Gardening, December/January 1991, p. 24-7. Published version; computer printouts of final version; letter from MH to editor; invoice.
F.24 [“Common courtesies: shared gardens and the good neighbors who share them”, Toronto Life Homes, May 1991, pp. H19-21]. Computer printouts of article, one including letter from MH to editor. Title and reference sourced in ProQuest database.
F.25 [“Upfront gardens” Canadian Gardening, June/July, 1991, pp. 22-5.] Computer printout of article and invoice; letter, MH to CG. Title, issue, and pagination sourced in online index to Canadian Gardening ( www.canadiangardening.com,1999 ).
F.26 [“Raising rhododendrons ... there are plenty of species hardy enough to grace a Canadian garden.” Canadian Living, April 1993, pp. 168-71. Computer printout of two articles on rhododendrons. Date and pagination sourced in Canadian Periodical Index, 1993.
F.27 “His & Hers” [Garden of Nancy and Ted Maitland]. Canadian Gardening, October/November 1994; pp. 32-9. Published version; typescript letter from Maitlands to MH; annotated computer printout of article; plan of garden; computer printout list of plants; holograph interview notes.
F.28 “The good, the bad, and the ugly.” ChatelaineGardens!, (n.d. but the magazine was published between Summer 1995 and Spring 1997). Computer printout of article.
F.29 “In praise of the mixed border” [by ‘Kathleen Bernard’, pseud of MH], Chatelaine, May 1996, pp. 83, 85-88, 90. Published version; computer printout of article with MH byline; letter to ‘Kristen’ re editing; invoice; photo list.
F.30 “Paradise found” (Linda Schafhauser’s garden, Milton ON) [Canadian Gardening, December/January 1996, pp. 34-9.] Annotated computer printouts of article and interview notes. Date and pagination cited in online index to Canadian Gardening (www.canadiangardening.com) for 1996, under “Garden of the Month.”
F.31 Foreword to Journeys through the garden: Inspirations for gardeners in B.C. and the Pacific Northwest by Paddy Wales, 1998.
F.32 “The new old garden.” Report on Business Magazine (Globe & Mail), June 1999.
F.33 “A room with a view and no tourists, please.” The Toronto Star, 4 December 1999, p, L24. Original and photocopy of published version.
F.34 “A slow bird gets the worms. And other essential tips on how to reactivate your garden this spring.” Weekend Post, 1 April 2000. Photocopy of published version.
F.35 “My Toronto: Secret gardens lure in Annex.” National Post, 22 November 2003.
F.36 MH’s contributions to Oxford Companion to the Garden, ed. Patrick Taylor [2006]. Computer printouts, some annotated, of 13 entries; letter from editor to MH, 15 August 2003; holograph notes.
The next section of files relate to MH as a columnist for The Canadian, as a series writer for Applied Arts Quarterly, and as the The Globe & Mail gardening columnist. Two files have been moved to Series 10, Oversized, Box 53, Files 14-15.
Box 9
F.1 Correspondence (2 letters, 1987) editor to MH; holograph and typescript notes relating to series written by MH for Applied Arts Quarterly. See also the next five files.
F.2 “A salute to the G.D.C.. fellows who, by influence and/or accomplishment, have made a major contribution to graphic design in Canada,” “Carl Dair,” and “Leslie (Sam) Smart.” Applied Arts Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1987, pp. 16-18. Published version; tear sheets; computer printout of article and interview notes.
F.3 “Bridging culture and commerce: Allan Fleming’s work and the designers he trained and inspired changed the visual literacy of Canada.” Applied Arts Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1987, pp. 76-78, 81. Published version; annotated proofs; computer printout of interview notes.
F.4 “Peter Dorn: Flexibility and diversity” and “Gerhard Doerrié: Mercurial brilliance.” Applied Arts Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 77-78, 82. Published version; tear sheets; computer printout of interview notes with Dorn; annotated computer printouts of Doerrié article; copy of Society of Graphic Designers of Canada Newsletter, June/July 1984 containing Doerrié obituary and accompanying letter.
F.5 “Kramer: Burton offers clients both design and instruction.” Applied Arts Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1988, pp. 57-9. Published version; tear sheets; annotated computer printouts of article and research notes; notice for exhibition of Kramer Associates Ltd. works, 1988.
F.6 “Respect thy audience: Harrod & Mirlin’s soft sell is a welcome relief from the brassy mindlessness of most advertising.” Applied Arts Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3; Fall 1988, pp. 30-2, 34-6. Published version.
F.7 “The unmistakable Theo Dimson” and “Carl Brett goes direct.” Applied Arts Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4, Winter 1988, pp. 30-2. Published version; tear sheets; annotated computer printout of interview notes with Dimson; annotated computer printout of Brett article.
F.8 Article on calligraphy (unpublished) for Applied Arts Quarterly. Research materials, letter from AAQ 5 October 1987.
F.9 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1992-95. Originals and photocopies of published versions; some computer printouts of articles. For draft versions of many of these columns, see Box 1o.
F.10 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1996-2003. Original and photocopies of published versions; some annotated computer printouts.
F.11 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 2004. Originals and photocopies of published versions.
F.12 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1991. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.13 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1992. Computer printouts of draft versions.
Box 10
F.1 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1993. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.2 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1994. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.3 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1995. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.4 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1996. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.5 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1997. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.6 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1998. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.7 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 1999. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.8 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, 2005. Computer printouts of draft versions.
F.9 Weekly gardening columns, The Globe & Mail, undated or computer printouts of multiple columns, 1992-96.
F. 10 Correspondence between MH and G&M editors re column, 1991-98 and undated.
F.11 Invoices MH to G&M, 1994-99.
F.12 Correspondence from G&M readers to MH, 1991-99, arranged by date.
F.13 Correspondence from MH to G&M readers, 1989-96 (predominant), 1998-2004.
F.14 Research materials for columns.
F.15 Toronto Life Gardens. Internal correspondence (MH with editors, staff), 1995-97. See also Series 6, Box 45, File 7 for a notebook relating to TLG.
F.16 Toronto Life Gardens. Reader correspondence to MH, 1995-96.
F.17 Toronto Life Gardens. Correspondence from photographers, 1996 and 1997.
F.18 Toronto Life Gardens. Correspondence to MH from freelance writers and readers re story ideas (typescript and holograph letters; photographs; news clippings), 1995-97.
Box 11
F.1 Toronto Life Gardens. Promotional materials, 1996-97 (press releases, mail-outs) internal memo re publicity and promotions; review article from Globe & Mail, 6 April 1996; gardening media list.
F.2 Toronto Life Gardens. Computer printouts of articles by MH: “Summer blues,” (1996?), “Gardening as theatre”
F.3 Toronto Life Gardens. Story and research materials: soil list; page proofs; partial story (faxed computer printout) from L[orraine] Johnson re natural gardens.
F.4 Toronto Life Gardens. Research materials, 1995.
F.5 Toronto Life Gardens and Gardening Life. Documentation relating to merger of these publications: memo and reader survey results, Gardening Life (Spring, 1997); media contacts list; media release announcing MH as editor-in-chief of GL; typescript of story meeting (1998); two gardening-themed cartoons [from The New Yorker].
F.6 Gardening Life. Internal correspondence, 1997-98.
F.7 Gardening Life. Contracts between MH and GL, 1998-2003.
F.8 Gardening Life. Proposals from freelance writers, 1997-2000.
F.9 Gardening Life. Documentation relating to fund-raising garden tours sponsored by GL: ‘Roof Garden Tour’[1998?]; “Gardens of Inspiration Town and Country Tour,”1999; “Gardens of Inspiration,” 2000, the latter two in support of Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.
F.10 Gardening Life. Documentation relating to “Good Health Gardening” conference sponsored by GL and the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association, Civic Garden Centre, Toronto, 1999: program; menu card; introductory notes for MH re speakers.
F.11 Gardening Life. Correspondence to MH as editor-in-chief of GL. Holograph and computer printouts, June 1977-March 1998. Includes 2-page holograph letter from artist Mary Pratt, 2 October 1997.
F.12 Gardening Life. News clipping re best new magazine award at National Magazine Awards, 1999.
F.13 Gardening Life. Computer printouts of “Editor’s [i.e. MH] notes” column, 1999 and June/July/August 2001.
F.14 Gardening Life. Computer printouts of “Ask Marjorie” column [2001, 2002].
F.15 Gardening Life. Computer printouts of misc. articles by MH, 1999-2004.
F.16 [“The garden flows like a river of plants over the rolling southern Ontario landscape.” [garden of Liz & George Knowles] Gardening Life, Summer 1998. Computer printouts of interview notes and cutlines; correspondence; page proofs.
F.17 [“High and dry: Sheila Paulson’s Calgary alpine garden thrives on bare rock and raised beds. “Gardening Life, Spring 1999, pp. 68-73.] Holograph and computer printout of interview notes; plant lists and diagrams. Title, issue and pagination sourced in ProQuest database.
F.18 [“Dance me outside: the high-spirited Charles Fremes has created an ideal place for parties and plants.” Gardening Life, Fall 1999, pp. 60-65+.] Computer printout “Notes for Marjorie Harris: Interview with Charles Fremes re his garden, 13 April 1999.” Title, issue and pagination sourced in ProQuest.
F.19 [“Planting a tree: A good start is key to a healthy tree.” Gardening Life, Fall 1999, pp. 36-8.] Computer typescript of article; photocopied holograph research notes; research articles. Title, issue, and pagination sourced in ProQuest.
F.20 Gardening Life. Story and research materials; nursery catalogues (1997, 1998); Grassroots Albany event announcement; misc. pamphlets and plant lists.
F.21 Gardening Life. Research materials, 1998, 2000.
The next articles were undated (some perhaps unpublished as well, since they are not cited in periodical indexes and hard copies were not available to confirm publication). Tentative dates have been assigned based on evidence in the files, which are sorted by the earliest possible date.
F.22 “A connoisseur’s guide to tobogganing.” [n.p., 1960s or 1970s?]. One page, published version.
F.23 Notebook containing holograph interview notes with Don Owen on film making, c. 1969. This notebook also contains notes re fashion shoots for Maclean’s done in 1969.
F.24 “Marriage contracts.” [Chatelaine?, ca.1972]. Annotated typescripts of article; typescript and holograph research notes; typescript memo to MH from ‘jyw’ (likely Jean Wright, then managing editor of Chatelaine).
F.25 “The dual family by Kathleen Bernard (Marjorie Harris).” Annotated typescript, c. 1970 re MH’s and Jack Batten’s blended family.
F.26 Promotional article and press release on hair care, for Breck products, [1970s?]. Annotated typescript ‘press release’ and piece on “Mother daughter hair and skin”; photocopied research article.
Box 12
F.1 “The New Downtown Toronto,” Quest Magazine [1976 or later]. Research articles, annotated typescripts of article; expense claim to magazine.
F.2 “Biorhythm,” Quest Magazine, 1976. Correspondence only.
F.3 “Peter Trueman.” [post 1977]. Annotated typescripts of article and research notes; one-page typescript bio of Trueman; news clipping dated 12 March 1977.
F.4 Annotated typescript of interview notes (4 pp.) with Frank Augustyn for article MH proposed to The Canadian, 5 July 1978 on Augustyn as athlete; draft typescript of letter re the article to ‘Anne’; holograph research notes and articles on fitness; Augustyn press kit from National Ballet of Canada.
F.5 “Travel tips for women on the go.” [1978 or later]. Annotated typescript of article; holograph notes on index cards; photocopies of research articles, one dated 1978.
F.6 “On decency.” Article on decency and public behaviour, including a list of decent Canadians. Annotated typescripts of article; research articles, most recent dated 1981; holograph research notes. Original folder was ‘FP’(Financial Post Magazine?) but Canadian Periodical Index did not list an article by MH on this topic.
F.7 “Diamonds out of the rough: Real men do wear perfume.” [Chatelaine, c1982?]. Annotated typescript of article on men’s colognes. Article found in folder with 1982 Chatelaine article.
F.8 “Sexual problems of the eighties.” [City Woman]. Interview notes with Carole Marks, sexologist; workbook on personal sexuality designed by Marks; issue of bodywork: Canada’s Healing Arts Quarterly and article from Globe & Mail, both 1982; contractual letter from City Woman editor to MH, 4 November 1982.
F.9 “Male friendships.” [Toronto Life, 1983?]. Typescript letters from editor to MH, 1983; annotated typescripts of article; typescript and holograph interview notes; news clippings and research article.
F.10 [article for Travel & Touring, Toronto, June/July 1983]. Invoice from MH.
F.11 “Entertaining made easier: In which we ring in the Christmas party season with a spirited selection of experts in gourmet-to-go.” Toronto Life, December [1984 or 1985?]. Annotated computer printout of article; research notes.
F.12 “Lisa Dalholt” [V.P. of Creed’s department store] [City Woman, 1984?]. Annotated typescripts of article; holograph and typescript interview notes with Dalholt and Eddie Creed; letter from editor of City Woman to MH, 1983; fact sheets re Creeds.
Box 13
F.1 “The sailing set” [Elegance Magazine, June 1986]. Computer printout of invoice and note to editor from MH, 1986.
F.2 Restaurant review: Kensington Kitchen. Toronto Life, 1986. Computer printout of article and invoice, 1986.
F.3 Restaurant review: Saigon Star. Toronto Life, 1987. Computer printout of article and expense claim, 1987.
F.4 “The city garden” [creating a garden from scratch]. Undated but 1988 (or later) when MH began writing about gardening. Computer printouts of article and notes titled “The perfect instant garden” (basic instructions and plan suggestions) which begin: “Instructions from Mark: Feb. issue, Homes supplement.”
F.5 “The Perennial Border.” Computer printout of article with note at end of article re ‘Books to Chatelaine September 7, 1988.’ No reference to such an article was found in the Canadian Periodical Index for 1988 or 1989.
F.6 “Riviera.” [for Saturday Night or City and Country Home, c. 1989 or 1990]. Computer printout of research notes (titled “Research for City and Country Homes piece on the Riviera”. File includes computer printout letter to French official, 1989, stating that the article is for Saturday Night Magazine. File also includes letter from Chatelaine, 21 November 1989, declining MH’s proposed ‘travel diary’ article. See also File 8 in this box. For other writings on MH’s regular trips to France, see Box 47, File 16 Box 47, File 16 is missing as of re-housing in 2025.
F.7 [Report on Third Great Gardening Conference, 13-15 October 1989, Toronto.] Computer printout of article (missing page 1); conference brochure; annotated program.
F.8 “Great Escapes.” Annotated typescripts and holograph notes on MH’s and Jack Batten’s first trip to France, late 1980s; letter from colleague re Paris hotels, 1985.
F.9 “Mermaid Inn.” Computer printout of article on financial aspects of being a writer, late 1980s-early 1990s.
F.10 “Stefan’s Bistro.” [restaurant review]. Toronto Life. Invoice MH to magazine, January 1990.
F.11 “Spring roundup of garden books.” Toronto Star, [April or May 1990]. Invoice MH to newspaper, 4 June 1990.
F.12 [Proposed article on small city gardens, Canadian Gardening]. Computer printout of letter from editor of Canadian Gardening to MH, 1990, re piece for August-September [1991] issue; research article on small gardens.
F.13 “The garden of Amy and Clair Stewart.”(in Caledon Hills) Horticulture: The magazine of American gardening. (Apparently unpublished. Proposal from MH; correspondence from editor, 1990 and 1991; computer printouts of article and interview notes.
F.14 “William Waterford garden, Mentone, France.” Toronto Life, 1994?. Memo (September 1994) re transparencies MH sent to magazine.
F.15 Computer printout of short anecdote re MH as student of Northrop Frye, n.d.
F.16 Magazine and other freelance writing: invoices (1976) and story idea (1979) for articles not documented in previous files.
F.17 Notes and research materials (1960s-1970s) for articles not documented in previous files.
Series 2:
Monographs. – 1965-2004 – 4.61 m of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 13-37.
Series contains book contracts, research articles and notes, typescripts, edited proofs, page proofs, and correspondence relating to the 27 books written, co-written, edited, or ghost-written by MH. Promotional materials (catalogues, mail-outs, advertisements), reviews, and, in a few instances, copies of the monographs, are also included. Series 6, Personal Records, includes notebooks containing early notes and drafts for some books, as noted in the file descriptions below.
Box 13 cont.
F.18 Canadian Printmaking Today. Marjorie Harris, Dorothy Cameron, and Robert Ayre. Toronto: Dorothy Cameron Gallery Ltd., 1965. Published version.
F.19 Farewell to the 70s. Edited by Marjorie Harris and Anna Porter. Toronto: T. Nelson & Sons (Canada) Ltd., 1979. Promotional button; news clipping; launch invitation; copies of invoices from MH for editing; annotated typescript list of writers and topics.
F.20 Farewell to the 70s. Promotional ad; photocopies of reviews (3).
F.21 Historic Canada. Kildare Dobbs and Marjorie Harris. Toronto: Methuen, 1984. Holograph and typescript notes relating to photographs; typescripts of photo captions and book specs.
F.22 Historic Canada. Annotated typescripts of text; photocopied research articles; typescript draft letter re permission fees.
F.23 Toronto: The city of neighbourhoods. Marjorie Harris, with introduction by Harold Town. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1984. A Key Porter Book. Correspondence with Key Porter and Harold Town; annotated typescripts of text; research materials and notes.
F.24 Toronto: The city of neighbourhoods. Annotated typescripts of text; photocopied research articles; holograph research notes.
Box 14
F.1 Toronto: The city of neighbourhoods. Photocopy of annotated typescript of Harold Town’s introduction; typescript invoice from Town to MH for writing the introduction.
F.2 Toronto: The city of neighbourhoods. Galley proofs with holograph corrections.
F.3 Toronto: The city of neighbourhoods. Promotional material; correspondence; review.
F.4 Sciencescape: The nature of Canada. David Suzuki, Hans Blohm, and Marjorie Harris. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1986. Annotated photocopies of typescript text.
F.5 Sciencescape. Holograph research and production notes in notebook, which also contains notes re Toronto media personalities for magazine article by MH published in November 1985 (see Series 1, Box 7, File 11, “Mixed media”).
F.6 Sciencescape. Correspondence from MH to David Suzuki re both Sciencescape and an unpublished joint project, ‘Origins’ (see Series 8 for files on this project). Computer printouts of 7 letters, some incomplete and undated, 1985-86.
F.7 Sciencescape. Computer printouts of jacket copy and ‘blurbs’ for book.
F.8 Times to Remember: A Canadian photo album. Knowlton Nash; photo editor Marjorie Harris. Toronto: Key Porter in association with CBC Enterprises, 1986. Typescript letter from Key Porter editor re images and royalties; holograph notes; photocopies of photographs; annotated typescript of acknowledgments; incomplete typescript; holograph and computer printout of photo captions and sources; expense claim.
F.9 The Bare Facts: My life as a stripper. Annie Ample (aka Karen Foxx; book ghost-written by Marjorie Harris). Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1988. Correspondence between MH and Key Porter, December 1987-February 1988 (4 computer printout letters); contract between MH and Key Porter, November 1987.
F.10 The Bare Facts. Computer printouts of transcripts of interviews with Karen Foxx, tapes 1-32 (some missing). Missing as of re-housing in 2025.
F.11 The Bare Facts. Computer printouts of book chapters.
F.12 The Bare Facts. Book review; published version of article on ghostwriters, “The Ghost of Nancy Reagan” by Robert Fulford, Vista, September 1989, pp. 46-54, in which MH discusses her experience ghostwriting this book.
F.13 Everyday Law: A survival guide for Canadians. Jack Batten and Marjorie Harris. Toronto: Key Porter, 1987. Annotated typescript of Chapters 3-11, labelled “original (incomplete).”
F.14 Everyday Law. Computer printout of portions of manuscript, numbered 290-317; computer printout transcript of interview with Michael Duder (lawyer) (4 pp.).
F.15 Everyday Law. Annotated (copy edited) typescript of Chapters 1-4.
F.16 Everyday Law. Annotated (copy edited) typescript of Chapters 5-11 (complete).
F.17 Everyday Law. Book contract between authors and Lorraine Greey Publications Ltd., September 1986; research articles; outline; promotional ad for book.
F.18 How to Make Love to a Lobster: An eclectic guide to the buying, cooking, eating and folklore of shellfish. Marjorie Harris and Peter Taylor. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1988. Annotated typescript and computer printouts of outlines (various drafts) and undated proposal to publisher.
F.19 How to Make Love to a Lobster. Contract between authors and Macmillan, 29 August 1986; correspondence: typescript letter to MH et al from Lesley Wyle (editor), 24 June 1987; computer printout of letter re restaurants, 1987; typescript letter Macmillan to MH declaring book out of print (n.d.).
F.20 How to Make Love to a Lobster. Computer printouts of portions of manuscript: prefatory materials; section on ‘ Scallops’; restaurant listings; correspondence re recipes (2 letters); photocopy of song and of titlepage and table of contents of final book; permission letters; correspondence between MH and publishers.
F.21 How to Make Love to a Lobster. Reviews, 1988.
Box 15
F.1 The Canadian gardener: A guide to gardening in Canada. (Toronto: Random House, 1990). Annotated computer printout of first outlines of book (titled ‘Northern Zones Garden Book’), including costs; ‘Proposal’ dated 2 November 1987; correspondence with several publishers and others re the proposal; undated computer printout “memo from Ed Carson.” See also the notebook in Series 6, Personal records, Box 44, File 15, for holograph research notes relating to this book.
F.2 Canadian Gardener. Computer printouts of research and interview notes re plants (by province); information on Nova Scotia; typescript and holograph correspondence re gardens to be photographed, 1989.
F.3 Canadian Gardener. Typescript and holograph correspondence to MH from government agencies, nurseries, and individuals, 1988-89; government brochures and circulars, etc.
F.4 Canadian Gardener. Research articles and government brochures, 1988-89.
F.5 Canadian Gardener. Newsletters and mailing lists from horticultural societies, garden clubs, 1987-90.
F.6 Canadian Gardener. Government brochures and circulars relating to agriculture and plants, late 1970s-1988.
F.7 Canadian Gardener. Annotated computer printout of draft section on perennials.
F.8 Canadian Gardener. Annotated computer printout of draft section on planting tips and introductory notes on various zones; correspondence from gardening colleagues, 1989; holograph research notes; research articles.
F.9 Canadian Gardener. Form letters and photocopies of photographs re identification of plants in gardens photographed for the book; diagrams of gardens; consent forms; annotated computer printout of cutline corrections. All items 1990. Some items were originally in a notebook MH kept while writing The Canadian Gardener (see Series 6, Personal Records, Box 45, File 2.)
F.10 Canadian Gardener. Colour transparencies (7).
F.11 Canadian Gardener. Correspondence to Random House, 1998-1991 and to photographer Tim Saunders.
F.12 Canadian Gardener. Holograph notes; note from editor; author information form; page proofs with MH’s corrections, all 1990.
F.13 Canadian Gardener. Promotional materials: cotton gardening glove with book title printed on it; press release from publisher announcing publication; samples of colour promotional brochure.
F.14 Canadian Gardener. Book tour: annotated typescript itinerary for Montreal; three faxes and two typescript letters to MH from marketing staff, all October 1990.
F.15 Canadian Gardener. Reviews (9), 1990-2, and correspondence from readers (2 letters).
Box 16
F.1 Ecological Gardening: Your path to a healthy garden. (Toronto: Random House, 1991). Research articles and government brochures, 1980s-1990; correspondence.
F.2 Ecological Gardening. Holograph notes.
F.3 Ecological Gardening. Original artwork for cover design; samples of cover.
F.4 Ecological Gardening. Book tour: Itinerary for Ottawa and Montreal; list of review copies; correspondence from publisher, April-May 1991; reviews.
F.5 Ecological Gardening. 2nd edition (Toronto: Random House, 1996). Copy of first edition, heavily annotated by MH; holograph notes re revisions; photocopy of cover of 2nd edition; list of plant diagnostic labs in Canada, 1995.
F.6 Better House and Planet. (Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1991). Contract between MH and publisher, 14 December 1989 for book, provisionally titled Household Hints.
F.7 Better House and Planet. Annotated computer printout outline of book (titled ‘How to get things done in and around the house’); annotated computer printout of sections of book; research articles.
F.8 Better House and Planet. Research articles, sorted by general topic (first aid; grooming/beauty, etc.)
F.9 Better House and Planet. Research articles, sorted by general topic (energy tips; repairs, etc.)
F.10 Better House and Planet. Research articles, sorted by general topic (home maintenance; renovations, etc.)
F.11 Better House and Planet. Research articles, sorted by general topic (cleaning; painting, etc.)
F.12 Better House and Planet. Correspondence MH and publisher, 1990-91; annotated computer printout of portion of ms.
F.13 Better House and Planet. Book promotion: Itineraries for Toronto-area media, May 1991.
F.14 Better House and Planet. Reviews and excerpts (many in American newspapers), 1991-92.
Box 17
F.1 The Canadian Gardener’s Year: A perpetual diary for northern gardeners. (Toronto: Random House, 1992). Correspondence from MH, 1991; annotated computer printout of manuscript, pp. 1-116.
F.2 The Canadian Gardener’s Year. Annotated computer printout of portions of manuscript, unnumbered, and acknowledgments.
F.3 The Canadian Gardener’s Year. Reviews and excerpt.
F.4 The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. (Toronto: Random House, 1993.) Research materials; holograph notes; correspondence with gardeners, 1991-2. File originally labelled ‘contacts.’ See Box 19, File 7 for the re-issue of this book.
F.5 The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. Research articles, brochures, nursery catalogues.
F.6 The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. Research materials: product information.
F.7 The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. Research materials: government brochures and circulars; articles; holograph notes on various plants.
F.8 The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. Shot sheet for locations in BC with incomplete computer printout of letter to Tim [Saunders] photographer; holograph notes; correspondence with gardeners; letter MH to publishers re process of photographing book.
F.9 The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. Page proofs (incomplete); Toronto launch invitation, 6 October [1993]; catalogues advertising the book.
F.10 The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. Review, 27 October 1993.
F.11 “The Garden in winter: With imaginative planting and propping, a snow-covered garden becomes a stage set, focussed and dramatic.” City and Country Home, December/January 1994, pp. 60-4. Excerpted from The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. Computer printout of article; published version.
F.12 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). This series consists of five books written by MH and published in 1994 by HarperCollins. Individual titles are cited below. This file includes letter from publishers re contract, 1993, and items originally in a general research file labelled “Sources”, as follows: brochures and information sheets on gardens and plants, some correspondence (late 1980s-early 1990s).
F.13 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Research articles and information sheets on seeds, vegetables, and shrubs (1988-91).
F.14 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Research articles, brochures, and holograph research notes on grasses, ferns, troughs, and sink gardens (1987-93).
Box 18
F.1 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Research articles on trees, 1987-92.
F.2 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). General correspondence with photographer, Paddy Wales (2 faxes. June 1993, January 1994).
F.3 “Canadian Garden Collection” (‘Favourites” series). Favourite Annuals (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1994). Correspondence from Paddy Wales, photographer (5 faxes, 1993-4); holograph research notes; articles.
F.4 “Canadian Garden Collection” (‘Favourites” series). Favourite Perennials. (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1994). Correspondence from Paddy Wales and others (3 faxes, 1993); holograph research notes; articles.
F.5 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Favourite Shrubs (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1994). Research articles (2); one page of proofs.
F.6 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Favourite Shade Plants (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1994). Annotated computer printout of manuscript; holograph research notes; government brochures and circulars, mid 1980s-1994.
F.7 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Favourite Shade Plants. Computer printout of manuscript; holograph research notes; research articles (n.d.).
F.8 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Promotional materials: publishers’ catalogues; news clipping of MH at book signing ( Cambridge Reporter, 31 August 1994). An oversize poster from this folder is in the Series 10 Oversize box.
F.9 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Reviews.
F.10 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Favourite Garden Tips. (Toronto: HarperPerennial, 1994). Holograph research notes; research articles, 1988-92; undated fax to publishers.
F.11 “Canadian Garden Collection” (“Favourites” series). Favourite Garden Tips. (Toronto: HarperPerennial, 1994). Draft of jacket copy with corrections; photocopied photograph of promotional display; reviews, 1994; book promo itinerary; two colour photographs of MH lecturing and signing copies of the book, [1994]. For a new edition of this book, see file on Canadian Garden Tips, 2004.
F.12 In the Garden: Thoughts on changing seasons. (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1995). Annotated computer printout of partial manuscript edited by [Jack Batten] with letter MH to ‘Geraldine and Bob [Fulford]’ requesting comments. See also notebooks in Series 6, Personal records, Box 45, Files 4 and 5.
F.13 In the Garden. Computer printout of entire ms.
Box 19
F.1 In the Garden. Annotated (copy edited) ms.
F.2 In the Garden. Samples of cover design; promotional items: bookmark, publisher’s catalogue; advertising flyer; reviews; letters from readers (2).
F.3 The Healing Garden. (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1996). Annotated computer printout outline of book; proposal for book design; research articles and citations.
F.4 The Healing Garden. Annotated computer printout of portions of manuscript; research notes; fax to MH from Jan Watkins “Thoughts on Derry Gardens,” 3 November 1995.
F.5 The Healing Garden. Annotated computer printouts of drafts of manuscripts; note from editor and computer printout of edited version.
F.6 The Healing Garden. Photo release forms; fax from photographer Paddy Wales, 7 November 1995; reviews; letter from reader.
F.7 The Canadian Gardener: Four season gardening (Toronto: Random House Canada, 1996). Re-issue of The Canadian Gardener’s Guide to Foliage and Garden Design. CIP information.
F.8 Pocket Gardening: A guide to gardening in impossible places. (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1998.) Proposal MH to publishers, 1994; research articles: general, containers, conversions, balconies; shot sheets for photos, September, October 1996.
F.9 Pocket Gardening. Research articles: general, roof gardens, pathways, crevices.
F.10 Pocket Gardening. Research articles: general, front yards, containers, small yards.
F.11 Pocket Gardening. Copy-edited computer printout of manuscript; holograph list of ornamental grasses.
F.12 Pocket Gardening. Letter from publishers, 1997; reviews, 1998.
F.13 Seasons of My Garden (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1999). Proposal (1996), correspondence MH to publishers and photographer; research notes, 1997-98.
F.14 Seasons of My Garden. Computer printout of manuscript, annotated by MH; notes ‘Morphology of Toronto’ with photocopy of concession map of MH’s area of Toronto, [1800s].
F.15 Seasons of My Garden. Edited computer printout of manuscript; shot sheet.
F.16 Seasons of My Garden. Production files: index, notes on illustrations and photographs; correspondence to and from publishers and photographer; drawings of MH’s garden; holograph notes.
Box 20
F.1 Seasons of My Garden. Copy-edited computer printout of manuscript with letter from publisher, 22 August 2000.
F.2 Seasons of My Garden. Promotional materials: invitation to book launch, Toronto, September 1999 and follow-up letter from publisher re the launch; publishers’ catalogue.
F.3 Seasons of My Garden. Reviews, 1999.
F.4 Seasons of My Garden. Excerpts: “A winter garden,” The [Ottawa] Citizen’s Weekly, 6 November 1999; Style section, p. B4; “The season of dreaming ...: In winter, everything is possible, writes Marjorie Harris in this except from Seasons of My Garden,” Weekend [National] Post, Homes section, 8 January 2000, p. 20.
The next group of files relates to MH’s book BotanicaNorth America: The illustrated guide to our native plants, their botany, history, and the way they have shaped our world. (New York: HarperResource, 2003). The research and writing of this major work is documented in detail in these files. They contain numerous research articles from print and online sources, divided primarily into the regions used in the final manuscript (Eastern forests, Swamps and wetlands, Florida, etc.). In some cases research materials are followed by drafts for that section; in other cases drafts of several sections of the book were filed together. The files are arranged as follows: research files and drafts of sections of the ms; complete drafts; final ms; copy edited manuscript, and page proofs. These are followed by administrative files which include correspondence (both internal and with experts and outside sources), permissions, etc. Correspondence is also found throughout files. Further information about Botanica, including those relating to the staffing and financing of the book, are found in notebooks in Series 6, Box 45 and 46.
F.5 Research materials: photocopies of title pages of regional and general books on natural history, native flora, etc. of North America.
F.6 Botanica. Research materials: general descriptions of regions (“floristic provinces”).
F.7 Botanica. Research materials and holograph notes by MH.
F.8 Botanica. Research materials: computer printout of chronology titled “Plant Hunters in the Northeast,” 1530s-1840.
F.9 Botanica. Research articles: Pacific northwest.
F.10 Botanica. Research articles: Pacific northwest.
Box 21
F.1 Botanica. Research articles: Pacific northwest.
F.2 Botanica. Research articles: Pacific northwest. Includes plant stories (i.e. personal anecdotes and historical accounts of plants); catalogue of products made from hemlock.
F.3 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Section III: The Pacific Coastal Forest” (complete chapter); research articles.
F.4 Botanica. Research articles labelled “coastal forest”; list of plants (generated by MH or assistants).
F.5 Botanica. From file labelled ‘Making of a continent.’ Research articles; computer printout ‘Notes for chapter one’ and holograph research notes.
F.6 Botanica. Research articles on Indigenous peoples; native plant; interview notes with Indigenous expert on coastal food plants.
F.7 Botanica. Research article on native orchids; two photographs of orchids.
F.8 Botanica. Research notes on seeds.
F.9 Botanica. Computer printout list of contacts.
F.10 Botanica. Research articles: backyard wildlife habitat program, organic farming, and ecological issues.
Box 22
F.1 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Boreal.”
F.2 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Boreal.”
F.3 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Boreal.”
F.4 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Boreal Forest Introduction.”
F.5 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Boreal”
F.6 Botanica. Research files: articles on forests.
F.7 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Pinaceae, Salicaceae”
F.8 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Rosaceae, Salicaceae.”
F.9 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Sphagnaceae, Typhaceae.”
F.10 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Oak, hickory”; combined with file labelled “Eastern forest” consisting of articles on oak, hickory, and other trees.
F.11 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Appalachian - Piedmont/Appalachian Oak/Pine.”
F.12 Botanica. Research files: article on pine trees, labelled “Cal[ifornia] and Boreal.”
F.13 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Southeastern coastal plain.”
F.14 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Pine barrens.”
F.15 Botanica. Research files: articles labelled “Northern floodplain.”
Box 23
F.1 Botanica. Research articles: Eastern forest section.
F.2 Botanica. Research articles: Eastern forest section - trees, general.
F.3 Botanica. Research articles: [Eastern forest?]; holograph research notes by MH.
F.4 Botanica. Research: photocopies of plant stories (i.e. historical writings, poetry, personal anecdotes, folklore) relating to Eastern forest section.
F.5 Botanica. Research: photocopies of plant stories relating to Eastern forest section.
F.6 Botanica. Research files “Eastern research general,” “Eastern forests general,” and “The Eastern forests miscellaneous,” all printed out from floppy disc labelled “EF Research 3". Disc also included in file.
F.7 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “The Eastern Forest Introduction.”
F.8 Botanica. Partial manuscript (computer printout): [Eastern forests].
F.9 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Northeastern Forest - version edited by KY; re-edited by MH and Tara; to ER”
F.10 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Southeastern Forests from KY’ s edited version, MH to LR.”
Box 24
F.1 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Southeastern forests.”
F.2 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Southeastern forests.”
F.3 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Understory” (flowers).
F.4 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Eastern Forests” (Northeastern Forests, Understory).
F.5 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Chapter 1: The Eastern Forests” (complete chapter, lightly edited).
F.6 Botanica. Comments on Eastern forests manuscript (annotated computer printout). Detailed comments, by page, dated 27 January 2001.
F.7 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Swamp forests and wetlands” - section on wetlands.
F.8 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Eastern forests.”
F.9 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Section IX - The Pacific Coastal Forest.”
F.10 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Northeastern forests.”
F.11 Botanica Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Swamp forests and wetlands.”
F.12 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Eastern deciduous forests.”
F.13 Botanica. Research articles: Desert - yuccas and ironwood
F.14 Botanica. Research articles: Desert - cacti.
Box 25
F.1 Botanica. Research articles: Desert - Organ Pipe National Monument (Sonoran Desert), Saguaro National Park).
F.2 Botanica. Brochures, articles, magazine, maps relating to research trip to Arizona, Spring, 2000.
F.3 Botanica. Research articles: Desert - Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
F.4 Botanica. Research articles: Desert - Native peoples, report on state of environment in Arizona; plant information.
F.5 Botanica. Research articles: Desert - misc. plants.
F.6 Botanica. Research articles, plant lists, some correspondence: Desert.
F.7 Botanica. Research articles: Desert.
F.8 Botanica. Partial manuscript (computer printouts): Desert. From 4 1/4" floppy disc, also included in file. Last revision to computer file was 8/10/2001.
F.9 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): Desert, edited by MH.
Box 26
F.1 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printouts): [Desert section, various versions], edited by MH.
F.2 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): [Desert], edited [by publisher?]. See also next file.
F.3 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): [Desert], edited [by publisher?].
F.4 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): [Desert], lightly copy edited.
F.5 Botanica. Research: Prairies - annotated computer printouts of plant lists; “plant stories” i.e. stories and anecdotes relating to prairie plants; partial ms. (“prairie crocus”) annotated by MH.
F.6 Botanica. Research articles: Prairies - native wildflowers.
F.7 Botanica. Research articles: Prairies - native wildflowers, grasses.
F.8 Botanica. Research articles: Prairies – grasses/forbs.
F.9 Botanica. Research articles: Prairies - shrubs, grasses, sedges, yucca.
F.10 Botanica. Research articles: Prairies - misc.
Box 27
F.1 Botanica. Research articles: Prairies - misc.
F.2 Botanica. Research articles: Prairies - misc.
F.3 Botanica. Computer printout of research notes for Chapter 2 ‘Out on the Prairie’; update from research assistant; research articles; notes re visit to Six Nations Reserve to interview person re flora.
F.4 Botanica. Partial manuscript (computer printout with imbedded annotations (questions from reader)): “Out on the Prairie - Erik’s [i.e. Erik de Vries, researcher] version: Please answer questions.” Copied from 4 1/4" floppy disc labelled “Prairies, Desert, Aug/01" Disc is filed in Series 9, Electronic materials, Box 52.
F.5 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): [Prairies], “introduction and sidebars.”
F.6 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Prairies final - final working draft.”
F.7 Botanica. Research articles: Florida
F.8 Botanica. Research articles: Florida.
F.9 Botanica. Research articles, correspondence (1998), contact list, all re Florida.
F.10 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): Florida.
F.11 Botanica. Research articles: montane.
F.12 Botanica. Research articles: montane.
F.13 Botanica. Research articles - montane - plant stories (historical sources).
F.14 Botanica. Research articles: swamps and wetlands.
Box 28
F.1 Botanica. Research articles: [swamps and wetlands], originally labelled “Edges, seashore, salt marshes, seaweeds, bogs.”
F.2 Botanica. Research articles: wetlands - general.
F.3 Botanica. Research articles: wetlands - “Alismataceae,” “Ericaceae,”
F.4 Botanica. Research articles: wetlands - “Iridaceae,” “Nymphaeaceae,”
F.5 Botanica. Research articles: wetlands - “Poaceae,” “Ranunculaceae,” “Rosaceae,” “Scrophulariaceae.”
F.6 Botanica. Research articles: wetlands - “Carnivores.”
F.7 Botanica. Research articles: agriculture - general.
F.8 Botanica. Research articles: agriculture - general.
F.9 Botanica. Research articles: agriculture - Native peoples.
F.10 Botanica. Research articles: agriculture - tobacco. (Note on original file: “see also file on Native peoples.”)
F.11 Botanica. Research articles: agriculture - beans.
F.12 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Agriculture intro,” portion of chapter, and notes for this section.
F.13 Botanica. Research articles: California.
Box 29
F.1 Botanica. Research articles: California.
F.2Botanica. Research articles: California.
F.3 Botanica. Research articles: California.
F.4 Botanica. Research articles: California.
F.5 Botanica. Partial manuscript (computer printout): California.
F.6 Botanica. Research articles: California.- general.
F.7 Botanica. Research articles: California - grasslands.
F.8 Botanica. Research articles: California - chaparral, flowers.
F.9 Botanica. Research articles: California - oaks (Quercus).
F.10 Botanica. Research: tundra: plant lists, correspondence with researchers.. (Note: files in this section refer to both tundra and arctic. The region in the final manuscript is designated “Tundra.”).
F.11 Botanica. Research articles: tundra and arctic.
Box 30
F.1 Botanica. Research articles: tundra and arctic - general.
F.2 Botanica. Research articles: tundra and arctic - Asteraceae, Betulaceae, Boraginaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Brassicaceae, Cyperaceae, Ericaceae.
F.3 Botanica. Research articles: tundra and arctic - Liliaceae, Papaveraceae, Polygonaceae, Rosaceae, Salicaceae, Saxifragaceae, Scrophulariaceae, club mosses, mosses, lichens.
F.4 Botanica. Research articles and partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): tundra and arctic - mosses.
F.5 Botanica. Research articles and partial manuscript (computer printout) describing various plants.
F.6 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): “Tundra.”
F.7 Botanica. Research: general - bibliographies from various sources, originally in binder labelled “Bibliographies” binder.
F.8 Botanica. Research articles: general - originally in binder labelled “Plant information.”
F.9 Botanica. Research materials: holograph notes by MH, originally in binder labelled “Flora general.”
F10 Botanica. “Booklist, 2 April 2001" sent by researcher Juliet Mannock to editor Phillipa Campsie.
F.11 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
F.12 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
Box 31
F.1 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
F.2 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
F.3 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
F.4 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
F.5 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
F.6 Botanica. Research articles (unsorted, on various topics, various regions).
F.7 Botanica. Photocopies of plant stories, i.e. historical writings, poetry, personal observations (solicited by MH), folklore, and anecdotes relating to trees, flowers, etc.; file also includes correspondence from researcher Juliet Mannock to MH.
Box 32
F.1 Botanica. Photocopies of plant stories, including fax from Juliet Mannock to MH containing personal anecdotes from many individuals, including two from writer Timothy Findley.
F.2 Botanica. Photocopies of plant stories.
F.3 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): early draft of introduction, with comments from [Jack Batten].
F.4 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): Introductions (main and chapter).
F.5 Botanica. Partial manuscript (computer printout), annotated by MS, some labelled ‘MH Text”: Eastern forests, Swamps and wetlands, Boreal, Prairie; Tall Trees (Pacific NW). [Section names derived from final table of contents.]
F.6 Botanica. Partial manuscript (annotated computer printout): Drafts of “Acknowledgements” sent by MH to researcher and editor Ilone [Eurchuck].
F.7 Botanica. Draft of complete manuscript (computer printout), at that time titled “Here Before Us: Native Plants of North America,” (missing introduction and Chapter 1): Chapters 2-4.
F.8 Botanica. Draft of manuscript, continued from previous file: Chapters 5-7 and unnumbered chapter on Agriculture.
F.9 Botanica. Draft of manuscript, continued from previous file: Chapters 8-10.
Box 33
F.1 Botanica. Draft of manuscript (annotated computer printout; 1 of 2). An incomplete photocopy of the version in the three preceding files, but with the addition of prefatory material, i.e., a draft design of the titlepage, copyright page, dedication, disclaimer, and contents (all annotated). It also includes two pages of a draft introduction. file runs from the prefatory material to the end of chapter 5, with the exception of pp. 1-248 which are missing.
F.2 Botanica. Draft of manuscript, continued from previous file, Chapters 6-8
F.3 Botanica. Draft of manuscript, continued from previous file, Chapters 9-10; bibliography.
F.4 Botanica. Correspondence and charts relating to footnotes.
F.5 Botanica. Draft of complete manuscript (annotated computer printout). This version appears to be identical, but has been heavily edited by Karen [York], Botanical editor and fact checker: Introduction to end of Chapter 1.
F.6 Botanica. Draft of manuscript, continued from previous file: Chapters 2-5.
F.7 Botanica. Draft of manuscript, continued from previous file: Agriculture (unnumbered); Chapters 6-9 (Chapter 10, Tundra, missing). [1 of 2].
F.8 [2 of 2].
Box 34
F.1 Botanica. Galley proofs, 6 August 2002. Annotated photocopy.
F.2 Botanica. Galley proofs, continued from previous file.
F.3 Botanica. Galley proofs, continued from previous file. For corrected page proofs, see Box 36.
F.4 Botanica. Proposal for book (computer printout), August 1999.
F.5 Botanica. Permissions (for quotations and excerpts): working files (list of items needing clearance, bibliography, etc.), 2001-2.
F.6 Botanica. Permissions (for quotations and excerpts): correspondence, licences, 2002.
F.7 Botanica. Permissions (for quotations and excerpts): correspondence, licences, 2002.
F.8 Botanica. Permission files (for quotations and excerpts): “cut”, i.e. items cut from final manuscript - correspondence, 2002.
F.9 Botanica. Questionnaires on native plants sent by MH to botanists, taxonomists, and garden experts across North America, completed and returned.
Box 35
F.1 Botanica. Questionnaires, as above.
F.2 Botanica. Research file of MH’s, containing articles, holograph notes, some correspondence with colleagues, 2000.
F.3 Botanica. Plant lists (computer printouts of Excel files tracking plants mentioned in Botanica), 2000 and [n.d.], some with holograph annotations.
F.4 Botanica. “Photographer’s list” (computer printout of Excel files tracking photos in the book), [n.d.].
F.5 Botanica. Correspondence with photographers and with HarperCollins re photographs, 1991-2001.
F.6 Botanica. Correspondence with photographer Bruce Littlejohn (see also Series 5, Correspondence), 2000.
F.7 Botanica. Correspondence with research and editing team, 2000-1.
F.8 Botanica. Correspondence from editing team member Lorraine [Johnson], 2000.
F.9 Botanica. Correspondence from and articles by gardening colleague Neil Diboll, 1998.
F.10 Botanica. Correspondence with various gardening colleagues, 1998-2001.
F.11 Botanica. Correspondence with HarperCollins, 1998-2004.
F.12 Botanica. Correspondence, 2000-4. This large file which as been split in two (93 pp.) contains MH’s e-mail correspondence with her research and editing team, with HarperCollins, and with gardening colleagues. It duplicates some of the materials found in the preceding correspondence files. Please see following file. [1 of 2].
F.13 [2 of 2].
F.14 Botanica. Promotional: HarperCollins catalogue, fall 2003.
F.15 Botanica. Promotional: reviews, 2003.
Box 36
Corrected page proofs of Botanica.
Box 37
F.1 Canadian Garden Tips. Promotional: publisher’s catalogue, 2004.
F.2 Canadian Garden Tips. (Toronto: HarperCollins, 2003.) Collins/Gem series edition. Page proofs and letter from publisher to MH, 26 January 2004. A new edition of Favourite Garden Tips, 1994.
F.3 Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the invention of a Canadian home. In conversation with Adrienne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul. Margaret Macmillan, Marjorie Harris, Anne L. Desjardins. (Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2004). Annotated computer printouts of draft outlines and topic lists, one dated 3 October 2003.
F.4 Canada’s House. Photographs (15 colour) of MH at Rideau Hall with Governor General Adrienne Clarkson; John Raulston Saul; Barbara Utek, Secretary to Rideau Hall; arborist Bruce Bostock and Joan Bostock; originally in envelope sent by Adrienne Clarkson to MH.
F.5 Canada’s House. Transparencies (59 colour) of Rideau Hall gardens and grounds, some dated 28 April 2003, others taken during the summer. In three separate sleeves.
F.6 Items relating to Rideau Hall: Lunch and dinner menus, 17-19 June and 19 September 2003; floor plans; promotional brochures; postcards.
F.7 Canada’s House. Computer printout of email MH to [editors] re her concerns to revision of ms. For page proofs of MH’s section of Canada’s House, see Series 53 Oversize, Box 41.
F.8 Canada’s House. Excerpts: “National treasure: An excerpt from Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the invention of a Canadian home, a beautiful new book examining the Governor General’s residence, and its gardens and cuisine,” Canadian House & Home (November 2004), pp. 208-13; “Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the invention of a Canadian home,” [magazine title not confirmed but running footer is ‘Read’, n.d.], pp. 19-23; “Canada’s House: To Canadianize with meaning,” [Ottawa] Citizen’s Weekly Reading, 21 November 2004, p. C6-7. Promotional advertisement.
F.9 Canada’s House. Reviews, 2004; photograph of MH at launch with book’s photographer, Tony Beck.
Series 3:
Radio and Television Work. – 1971-1990. – 48 cm of textual records and sound recordings. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 37-39.
This series consists of items relating to MH’s work as a writer, producer and, more recently, as a guest commentator on radio and television. Included are materials from CBC Radio dating from the 1970s and 1980s, such as scripts and program outlines, as well as 1/4" audio tapes and audio cassettes of interviews and shows in which she was involved. (The tapes have been removed from their original boxes due to mould damage. Two 2400' tapes have been placed in an oversize box (See Box 54).) Correspondence from listeners is also included. The radio files also include scripts from MH’s days as gardening columnist for CBC Radio’s ‘Metro Morning’ (Toronto) show in the late 1980s. Researchers should also consult Series 6, Personal records, Box 44, File 14 for a notebook containing references to MH’s CBC work during 1971.
The television files provide information on MH’s appearances on Toronto-based and national programs, and proposals for her own shows.
The files are arranged chronologically, with radio materials first, followed by television. The last file relates to sound recordings on which MH worked with David Suzuki, entitled “Great Moments in Science,” released in 1987.
Box 37 (continued)
F.10 CBC Radio, 1975-1977. Contracts between MH and CBC. These contracts have been used to date several items in this series.
F.11 CBC Radio, 1971: two envelopes addressed to MH c/o “Warren Davis Talk Program” 24 September 1971.
F.12 CBC Radio, 1971. “People’s Liberation Series” produced by MH for “This Country in the Morning” show: holograph and annotated typescript lists of topics, holograph research notes, extensive correspondence from listeners.
F.13 [CBC Radio, 1973?]. Items originally filed with materials in preceding file: research materials relating to women’s rights, early 1970s.
F.14 CBC Radio, December 1974. Christmas special. Copies of poetry, short stories, fiction excerpts relating to Christmas.
F.15 CBC Radio, December 1974. Christmas special. Proposal for the show; holograph shot sheets of tapes of the show; memo to technician.
F.16 CBC Radio, [July 1976]. Note to Joyce Susskind and contact list re documentary on gossip, 30 July 1976.
F.17 Radio proposal. Audiocassette titled “Broadside,” 4 February 1987, listing 3 separate items; annotated radio scripts. In a letter to CTV, 16 August 1988 (see CTV below), MH refers to herself as “one half of Broadside, (with Karen O’Reilly) - the radio show you tried to sell for us last year.”
F.18 Proposal from MH to edit the CBC publication Radio Guide, 1987.
F.19 CBC Radio, “Metro Morning,” [1988]. Annotated computer printout titled “The Urban Gardener’s List of Nursery Catalogues.” “The Urban Gardener” was the name of MH’s segment on Metro Morning; card to MH from crew.
F.20 CBC Radio, “Metro Morning,” [1988-9]. Annotated computer printouts of MH’s radio scripts.
F.21 CBC Radio, “Morningside,” 1988. Computer printout of letters to CBC producer, 9 October 1987 and 27 July 1988, for MH to do gardening segment. MH did guest appearances on the show in 1989 and 1990.
F.22 CBC Radio, “Gabereau,” 1990, 1992. Computer printouts of letters relating to MH’s appearances on the show.
F.23 CBC Radio, “Radio Noon,” [early 1990s]. Radio script on the Royal Winter Fair; letter to listener, 18 June 1991; correspondence from listeners, 1991-92.
F.24 Thank-you note from MH to “Christopher, Mark and Bob” re radio show on which she was interviewed, 15 September 1990.
F.25 CBC Radio, “Fresh Air,” 19 September 1996. Contract for guest appearance.
Box 38
F.1 Audio reel, ¼”, 600'. CBC Radio-Canada box. Box label: “Eastern; Part I; Prof. Northrop Frye from Marjorie Harris” [gives MH’s address on Albany]. Tape reel label: “Master.” Also in original box were two small holograph notes (retained in the file) and a very small section of audio tape (likely spliced from original), labelled “I think the ch ... Frye” which was discarded.
F.2 Audio reel, ¼”, 600'. CBC Radio-Canada box. Box label: “#2 Prof. Frye; Poem Wallace Steven; - prose essay. Reel label: “Master.”
F.3 Audio reel, ¼”, 600'. CBC Radio-Canada box. Box label: #3 Prof. Frye. Reel label: Master.
F.4 Audio reel, ¼”, 600'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. Box label: “III F R Gibson; Northern-Southern.” Reel label: ‘3’
F.5 Audio reel, ¼”, 600'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. Box label: “W. Ortoby I”. Reel label: none.
F.6 Audio reel, ¼”, 600'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. No box or reel label.
F.7 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. Box label: “CBC Tape No. I of II, Speed 3.75, Program title: Concern, Myths of Creation, Forward to Marjorie Harris.” Tape label: none. Spine label: “Creation - Marjorie.” MH engaged as producer for ‘The Myths of Creation” which ran as part of the “Concern” series, 1975.
F.8 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. Box label: CBC Tape No. II of II, Speed 3.75, Program title: Concern, Myths of Creation. Reel label: none.
F.9 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. Box label: “St. Paul - Hero & [Heel].” Reel label: “Concern for Curr Affrs.” MH hired as writer for this documentary, referred to in contract as “St. Paul-Heel” for the series “Concern” in 1975.
F.10 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. Box label: “[St] Paul: Heel - 29:56.” Reel label: “Marj’s Master.”
F.11 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. Manufacturer’s (Scotch Brand) box. Box label: none. Reel label: “Concern for Curr Affairs.”
F.12 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. CBC Radio-Canada box. Box label: “Easter show for Marjorie Harris.” Reel label: “Easter Concern, Tp 1 for Curr Aff @ 3.75.” [MH engaged as producer for the program, which ran as part of the ‘Concern’ series, 1975.]
F.13 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. CBC Radio-Canada box. Box label: “Easter show for Marjorie Harris”. Reel label: “Easter Concern, Tp 2 for Curr Aff @ 3.75.”
F.14 Audio reel, ¼”, 1200'. CBC Radio-Canada box. Box label: none. Reel label: “Program: Ideas, Nov 29/75, Date: dbd [dubbed?] Dec 22/76, tech: WB.
F.15 Audio cassettes (2). [CBC Radio]. Case label: “Radio Noon.”
F.16 Audio cassette. CBC Radio. Case label: “To: Marjorie Harris, CBC Radio One: Predator Bugs Feature.”
F.17 Audio cassette. [CBC Radio.] Case label: “Roots & Things: Gardening” and on case spine: “Tapestry, May 21 95.”
F.18 Audio cassette. Case label: “Garden Show Sat Sep 28, 96.”
Box 39
F.1 CTV (television proposal), 1988. Letter to CTV with proposal for television series on gardening, 11 August 1988; response from CTV, 16 August 1988.
F.2 Television proposal, 1994. Proposal, draft contracts with Fleeting Glimpse Productions Inc and Calico Pix Inc.(Toronto), holograph notes, and correspondence re “Marjorie Harris Gardening Show” for cable television.
F.3 Television proposal, [1996-7]. Proposal for “Marjorie Harris Gardens” which refers to Toronto Life Gardens. Two versions of proposal and shot sheets.
F.4 Television proposal, 1997. Proposal for “Four Seasons Gardening with Marjorie Harris”. Proposal for 13-segment series, 1998; deal memo to MH from Videolink Productions, 1 November 1997.
F.5 TVOntario, “More to Life,” 1998: Contract for appearance.
F.6 CBC television, “Canadian Gardener,” 1998: Letter of resignation from MH to CBC British Columbia.
F.7 House & Home TV/CTV, 1998-1999. Correspondence, contract for 17 episodes, invoice, contact list, shoot details.
F.8 [Television script, undated computer printout.]
F.9 Computer printout letter MH to Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists re radio and tv work, pre-1983.
F.10 Sound recordings with David Suzuki, 1984-85. Annotated draft scripts titled “Great Moments in Science,” 1985; research articles; scripts for “Record 1 - Physics” and “Record 2 - Human Biology;” memo MH to DS, 1984. Recordings were issued by the CBC as “David Suzuki’s voices of science: Breakthroughs in twentieth century physics and biology,” 2 audio cassettes, 1987.
Series 4:
Speaking Engagements and Public Appearances. – [1987]-2004. – 15 cm of textual materials. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 39-40.
MH has been an invited speaker at numerous gardening conferences, meetings of gardening societies and related events across Canada. She has made many public appearances at gardening shows and was a featured lecturer on several gardening-themed cruises. The files include correspondence, invitations, programs, printouts of speeches and notes, and tour itineraries, arranged chronologically.
Box 39 continued
F.11 Speaking engagements and public appearances, 1980s.
F.12 Speaking engagements and public appearances, 1990-92.
F.13 Speaking engagements and public appearances, 1993-97.
F.14 Speaking engagements and public appearances, 1998-2001.
F.15 Speaking engagements and public appearances, Queen Elizabeth II, Gardening Cruise, 12-18 May 2002.
Box 40
F.1 Speaking engagements and public appearances, Victoria Flower & Garden Show, July 2002.
F.2 Speaking engagements and public appearances, 2003-2004; undated speeches; correspondence.
Series 5
Correspondence. – [197-]-2006. – 29 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 40-41.
The series is arranged into three groups: business, general, and personal correspondence, and includes both outgoing (primarily computer printout copies of letters and emails) and incoming letters, faxes, and e-mails. Some incoming letters and cards include news clippings, photographs, and other ephemeral items. Items are arranged alphabetically by surname or company name unless otherwise indicated.
Correspondence relating to MH’s work on specific publications and for radio and television programs is filed with the relevant publication or program in Series 1, 2, and 3. Financial correspondence is found with other financial files in Series 6, Personal records.
Box 40 continued
F. 3 Correspondence, General: Incoming, 1989-1994. Includes “fan” mail and general mail regarding gardening. (70 letters)
F.4 Correspondence, Business: Incoming, 1988-1994. Consists of mail from corporations or individuals with whom MH conducted business but which is not related to the specific publications or projects in previous files. (41 letters)
F.5 Correspondence, Business: Outgoing, 197?-2006. (70 letters)
F.6 Correspondence, Charities and Fund-raising activities: Incoming, 1988-2005. Includes a fax from Peter Gzowski and related materials relating to his Frontier College fundraiser, 1996. (18 letters)
F.7 Correspondence, Personal: Family - Incoming, 1969-2002. (24 letters)
F.8 Correspondence, Personal: Family - Incoming, 1969-2002. Correspondence from MH’s paternal aunt, Marjorie (Marge) Stibbards. (15 letters)
F.9 Correspondence, Personal: Family - Incoming, 1991-95. Correspondence from MH’s paternal uncle, Ed Stibbards.(5 letters).
F.10 Correspondence, Personal: Family - Outgoing, 1984-2004.(49 letters)
F.11 Correspondence, Personal: Family - Outgoing, 1986-2004. Correspondence to MH’s paternal aunt, Marjorie (Marge) Stibbards. (36 letters)
F.12 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Incoming, A-H, 1984-2001. Includes correspondence from: Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson (8 notes and invitations, 1996-2003); Adrienne Clarkson (2 notes, n.d. and 1999); Kildare Dobbs (1 letter, 1988); Robert Fulford (1 note, 1998); Richard Gwyn (1 letter, 2000, with MH’s draft letter to him re the death of his wife, Sandra Gwyn). (88 letters)
Box 41
F.1 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Incoming, I-O, 1979-2000. (70 letters)
F.2 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Incoming, P-Z, 1976-2004. (66 letters)
F.3 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Incoming. Correspondence from author Edward (Ted). O. Phillips, 1983, 1990. (7 letters)
F.4 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Incoming. Correspondence from unidentified writers, 1989-1997. (12 letters)
F.5 Correspondence, Personal: Friends and Family - Incoming. Cards and letters to MH on the occasion of her 60th birthday, 1997. (11 items)
F.6 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Outgoing, A-F, 1986-2005. Includes correspondence to: Adrienne Clarkson (5 letters, 2000-2005); Linda and Kildare Dobbs (1 letters); Geraldine and Robert Fulford (17 letters, 1986-2001). (81 letters)
F.7 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Outgoing, G-P, 1986-2005. Includes correspondence to Peter Gzowski (2 letters, 1990, 1991); Edward O. (Ted) Phillips (9 letters, 1986-1990) Julian and Anna Porter (6 letters, 1986-1997). (77 letters)
F.8 Correspondence, Personal: Friends - Outgoing, R-Z, 1987-1999). Includes correspondence to Jack Rabinovitch (2 letters, 1989-1999). (48 letters)
F.9 Correspondence, Personal: Friends – Outgoing – group emails and no surnames, 1988-2001. (30 letters)
Series 6
Personal Records. – 1972-2006. – 1.12 m of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 42-47.
This series is comprised of five subsections. The first consists of appointment calendars with notes concerning MH’s work, personal life, and finances, as well as ephemera. The second relates to personal finances and includes such items as royalty and CanCopy statements, and income tax returns. Invoices for specific projects or articles have been filed with the relevant project or article in earlier series. The next group of files consists of notebooks in which MH recorded interview notes and drafts of articles, notes from business meetings, names and addresses of garden contacts, and in some cases personal writing. The fourth section features promotional materials about MH (articles written about her; proposed media kit; development of her Web site, and photographs). The final group of files consists of personal ephemera including awards presented to MH, invitations and music programs, address books, and passports.
Box 42 Appointment calendars (27), 1972-74; 1976-92.
Box 43 Appointment calendars (7), 1993-99. Wall calendar for 2000 moved to Series 10, Oversize, Box 53, File 16.
Box 44
F.1 Annotated computer printouts of calendar for June and November 2000.
F.2 Appointment calendar, 2003.
F.3 Appointment calendar, 2004.
F.4 Account books (3: 1952-69 (incomplete); 1970s (incomplete); 1985-91.
F.5 Royalty statements, 1979, 1990, 1991, 2003.
F.6 Public Lending Right statements, 1988, 1990-1993.
F.7 Canadian Reprography Collective/CanCopy authorization declarations, 1989, 1996.
F.8 Income tax returns, 1973-1986.
F.9 Income tax returns, related documents, 1977-1992.
F.10 GST Register, April 1991-January 1994.
F.11 Invoices from MH, 1973-1985.
F.12 Book orders from MH to her publishers, 1990-94.
F.13 Financial correspondence, 1982-2001 (primarily to MH’s accountant).
F.14 Notebook, [1971]: notes on her work for CBC Radio’s “Gerussi” (i.e. Bruno Gerussi’s show) and magazine assignments for Toronto Calendar, Weekend, Toronto Life, Maclean’s.
F.15 Notebook, 1988-1989: The Canadian Gardener, 1990: research notes, general and divided geographically, details of gardens photographed for the book, and contacts; computer printout, “General Party List for The Canadian Gardener,” with accompanying memo dated 11 August 1991 (although list created in 1990 when book was published). All loose sheets originally in binder. Two colour transparencies and three garden plant lists originally in this binder were moved to Series 2, Box 15, File 9 and were filed with similar items.
Box 45
F.1 Notebook, 1993. Notes on garden design; notes from driving lessons.
F.2 Notebook, 1993-1994: short writings on her garden and philosophy of gardening; notes on others’ gardens and on history of gardens in Côte d’Azur.
F.3 Notebook, 1993-1994: monthly goals and finances; some interview notes.
F.4 Notebook, [1994?]: writing plan and topic lists for In the Garden, published 1995; “August column”; misc. notes. For further files on In the Garden, see Series 2, Box 18, File 13 and Box 19, Files 1-2, as well as following file.
F.5 Notebook, [1994?]: notes and stories from In the Garden (although notebook is labelled ‘The Healing Garden’).
F.6 Notebook, 1994-1995: notes on individual’s gardens; MH’s childhood recollections; finances.
F.7 Notebook, [1996-1997]: production notes and story ideas for Toronto Life Gardens, notes re rights to TV show, misc. lists and notes to self. For further files on TLG, see Series 1, Box 10 and Box 11.
F.8 Notebook, January 1998-January 2000: meeting notes and financial re Botanica North America, published 2003; interview notes on gardening, “to do” lists, notes on finances. For further files on Botanica, see files below and Series 2, Boxes 20-36.
F.9 Notebooks, 1999: notes on plants, history, writing plans and contact list all re Botanica and notepad, dated 7 September 1999 with further notes and contact list.
F.10 Notebook,1999-2000. Notes re Botanica, finances (personal and relating to Botanica), RBG conference, and fundraising garden tour (Gardening Life).
Box 46
F.1 Notebook, 2000. Notes re Botanica; finances (personal and relating to Botanica); list of speeches 2001; personal notes.
F.2 Notebooks: “Plant research, 9 July 2001-“: research notes for Botanica; notepad [2000?] with garden and personal notes.
F.3 Notebook, 2001-2002: plant notes for Botanica; some book and personal finances.
F.4 Notebook, 2002-2003. Personal (to-do lists, finances); Gardening Life (interview notes, schedules and story ideas (2002-4); research notes for Botanica. For further files on Gardening Life, see Series 1, Box 11.
F.5 Notebook, 1 September 2003-15 August 2004. Interview and research notes (Gardening Life, Globe & Mail).
F.6 Personal diary, 1999.
F.7 Personal diary, 2000.
F.8 Notebook, “garden planner and datebook,” in which MH has made detailed weather and garden observations (on her Toronto garden) for the years 1988 to 1992.
Box 47
F.1 Photographs, promotional of MH (two): 1988 or 1989 (colour); 1996 (black & white).
F.2 Photographs, personal: Rural scenes and man on fishing boat, in envelope with 1973 stamp sent from Newfoundland (3, black & white); exterior of house, circa 1970s (1, colour); interior shot of bus, in envelope sent to MH 1977 (1, colour); MH and unidentified person wearing Phantom of the Opera costumes, taken at launch of Susan Kay’s book, Phantom, The Novel of his Life published 1990 (1, colour); MH and others at party, with undated note from “Helen” (1, colour); MH with group of people in Eze-Village, France, [200?], with unsigned greeting card (4, colour).
F.3 Articles and news clippings about MH, 1979-2005. Reviews of MH’s books are filed in Series 1 with the book in question.
F.4 Résumés and short bios, MH, late 1970s-2003.
F.5 Proposed media kit for MH, 1991.
F.6 Correspondence re development of MH’s Web site (www.marjorieharris.com), 1998.
F.7 Samples of MH’s letterhead; business card from Maclean’s, [late 1960s]
F.8 Award: Toronto Eaton Centre Salute to the City Award, March 1997. List of honorees, letter to MH 31 March 1997; news clipping 20 February 1997.
F.9 Award: McMaster University Distinguished Alumni Award. Information package, correspondence, and program from presentation on 5 November 1999; copy of McMaster Times, Winter 2000; fax re videotaped interviews of inductees. All items missing, excluding correspondence, as of re-housing in 2025. Originally numbered box 37, file 2.
F.10 Personal ephemera: miscellaneous invitations; memorial service and music programs; Stibbards (MH’s maiden name) family crest; obituaries and news clippings re Northrop Frye and Harold Town; holograph list of books by MH and by Jack Batten, with figures (c. 1996).
F.11 Personal ephemera: invitations to opening receptions of art exhibitions, 1977-2005.
F.12 Personal ephemera: name tag from Canadian Booksellers’ Association (n.d.)
F.13 Personal ephemera: “wedding guest list” and “40th birthday list” (2 annotated typescript lists, n.d.)
F.14 Vancouver/West coast trip: 3-page typescript, informal description of trip taken by MH and Jack Batten.
F.15 Correspondence, documents relating to MH and Jack Batten’s annual stays in France, 1983-2000.
F.16 Computer printout diaries kept by MH during visits to France, 1987-1990. Missing as of re-housing in 2025. Originally box 37, file 9.
F.17 Annotated typescript outline of book, originally labelled by MH: “outline for Anna Porter’s 1st novel, Bookfair Murders.”
F.18 Typescript article, “Death and the feminine soul,” unsigned, with photograph of Byzantine painting of Christ figure and baby.
F.19 Product idea by MH: one-page computer printout, “Memo to Marilyn Brookes re The Compleat Traveller,” multi-purpose travel bag.
F.20 “Diary of trip on Trent Canal Day 1.” Holograph one-page account of trip (by one of MH’s children?).
F.21 Address books (3, undated).
F.22 Passports, issued 1967 and 1994. The passport from 1967 is missing as of re-housing in 2025.
F.23 Magazines listing MH or Jack Batten as staff members: MH: April 1970 (Staff writer); JB: Saturday Night, January 1973 (Associate editor). Two oversized items moved to Series 10, Oversize, Box 53, File 17.
F.24 Miscellaneous publications kept by MH: Nimbus (Toronto: Ontario College of Art, 25 January 1973; Gambit (Toronto: Wayout Press, 1962); The Canadian Alternative Celebrations Catalogue (Perth, ON: Lanark Hills Foundation, 1975).
Series 7:
Gardening Records. – 1988-2004. – 32 cm of textual records and other material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 48-49.
Garden Consulting Work, Nursery orders, Gardening Events and Publications.
Series is comprised of files relating to numerous aspects’ of MH’s involvement with the gardening world. It includes records from her garden design and consulting business, “The Canadian Gardener Consults”; nursery catalogues and orders for MH’s garden in Toronto, as well as group orders she arranged for friends, neighbours, and CBC colleagues; gardening-related newsletters and garden tour information. There is also a file concerning MH’s long-time involvement as a board member for the Civic Garden Centre (now Toronto Botanical Garden).
Box 48
F.1 The Canadian Gardener Consults (MH’s design and consulting business). Training plan; correspondence with clients; garden designs drawings, 1991-1994.
F.2 The Canadian Gardener Consults. Correspondence, drawings, 1995-1996.
F.3 Civic Garden Centre: correspondence re speakers’ series, misc., 1991-1995.
F.4 Grassroots Albany (neighbourhood ecological/gardening group). Report, 1989.
F.5 Plan of MH’s garden (n.d.); photographs of the garden.
F.6 Computer printout list of ‘garden gurus and gardens’, n.d.
F.7 Nursery catalogues and orders, 1988-1990.
F.8 Nursery catalogues and orders, 1991-1993.
F.9 Nursery catalogues and orders, 1994.
F.10 Nursery catalogues and orders, 1995.
F.11 Nursery catalogues and orders, 1997, 1998.
F.12 Nursery catalogues and orders, 2000-2001.
F.13 Correspondence and product information re The Ornamented Garden, Victoria, 1993-1994.
Box 49
F.1 “Marjorie diary [i.e. plant list] with additions from bills and plant ids”; misc. nursery orders, 1987-1998.
F.2 Garden tours, Ontario, 1991-2004; England, 2005: flyers, promotional brochures, etc.
F.3 Gardening magazines, 1988-1993. Assorted single copies.
F.4 Gardening newsletters, 1988-1995, arranged alphabetically by organization.
F.5 Gardening projects, public gardens, nature trails: informational brochures.
F.6 “Indicator Plants (phenology)”: file of research materials, 1991-1992.
F.7 Research articles and product information, 1988-1996.
F.8 Research articles and product information, 1988-1996.
F.9 Correspondence re rose quarantine, 1992.
F.10 “Contact” (original file label): notes and news clippings, 1994-1996.
F.11 Photographs, gardening-related: MH speaking at trade show [mid 1990s?] (2, colour); daylily and hosta garden with “Gardens Plus” flyer (4, colour); woodland shade garden (1, colour); man planting tree (1, colour); clematis in “Barrons Flowers” greenhouse (1, colour).
F.12 Research notes and articles, 1980s-1999; six colour transparencies of artwork.
Series 8
Proposals and unpublished works. – 1971-2005. – 48 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 50-52.
Series consists of outlines and formal proposals by MH for magazine articles, magazines, and books. The series also includes extensive files on ‘Origins,’ an unpublished science project undertaken by David Suzuki and MH. Items are undated unless otherwise noted. For radio and television proposals, see Series 3, Radio and Television Work.
Box 50
F.1 Magazine story ideas, 1971-1994. Correspondence to editors; research materials.
F.2 [Magazine story?], 1979-80. Research articles and holograph notes on attractiveness.
F.3 Magazine proposal, 1980-81. “Good Age: The Magazine for Mature Canadians”. MH was hired as a consultant to help launch this Toronto-based magazine and was to be one of its editors: promotional items, story ideas, correspondence with potential writers, research notes and articles.
F.4 Magazine proposal, 1985. Science magazine, MH working with David Suzuki. One-page outline letter to “Anna” [Porter?], 24 April 1985.
F.5 Magazine proposal, 1989. Gardening magazine. Letter to K. Larone.
F.6 Book outline. Children and food: annotated typescript of intro, recipe list.
F.7 Book outline, [1980s?]. “Re-sculpting yourself: A commonsense guide to getting through your forties”: annotated typescript outline of book and chapters, research notes and materials.
F.8 Book outline, [early 1980s?]. “Joys of the empty nest”: intro, chapter outline, and original proposal as magazine article.
F.9 Book proposal, 1983. “A treasury of Canadian art”: Letter to Key Porter Books.
F.10 Book proposals, 1984. “Canadian restaurant and accommodation guide” and “Poulet, please” (cookbook), as well as ideas sent to MH by Anna Porter, including a book on the Canadian “rag trade” and a cookbook.
F.11 Book proposal, 1986. “Canadian art collecting”: proposal to Anna [Porter?].
F.12 Book proposal. “Your place or mine” (marriage alternatives): one-page incomplete typescript letter.
F.13 Book proposals, 1984 and 1985. Outline for book by David Suzuki (personal essays on science) proposed to DS by MH, 1984; letter re proposed children’s books by DS, 1985.
F.14 Book proposal, 1986. “Great Lakes” by David Suzuki and MH. Computer typescript outline; invoice to Lorraine Greey.
F.15 Book outline, 1986. “Banishing pain/Living with pain/Don’t hurt no more”: book outline by MH and Coleen Quinn (sports trainer).
F.16 Book proposal. “Canadian Women’s Diary” for Chatelaine. Proposal to Key Porter Books, 1987.
F.17 Book manuscript (partial), [late 1980s]. [Post-divorce, short, humorous passages in ‘dictionary’ format.] This book was to be a joint venture with Peter Taylor, as mentioned by MH in correspondence with him relating to their earlier book, How to Make Love to a Lobster. See Series 2, Box 14].
F.18 Book proposal. “How to get things done in Canada.”: list of proposed topics.
F.19 Book proposal, [1989]: “Farewell to the 80s,”: outline by MH and Harold Levy.
F.20 Book proposal, 1991: “The Canadian Gardener’s Garden Diary”: outline submitted to Random House Canada.
F.21 Book proposals, 1993, 1994 (cookbooks). “The Lighthearted Gardener” with Anne Lindsay and “The Gardening cookbook” with Monda Rosenberg: Computer printouts of book outlines and specs; lists of vegetables and growing seasons.
F.22 Book proposal, 1995. “Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens”: Drafts and formal proposal for official souvenir book by MH, photographs by Tim Saunders.
F.23 Book outline, 2004. “Revisioning the garden”. Draft outlines.
F.24 Book proposal, 2005: “How to make a garden”: Outline and proposed writing and production schedule.
F.25 Book manuscript (fiction) [early1980s]: Chapter 1 (partial) re “Charlotte,” a 40-year-old freelance writer.
F.26 Book manuscript (fiction) [mid-1980s]: Outlines and chapter 1, re “Kate Frazer,” a 45-year-old newspaper editor.
F.27 Book manuscript (fiction) [mid-late 1980s]: “Mickie and the Mouse”: children’s story.
The following forty files all relate to Origins, an unpublished series of flip books on the origins of the universe, conceived by David Suzuki and illustrator Eugene Federenko for audiences aged 11 and up. MH researched and wrote drafts of the text and finalized it with Suzuki. Files date from 1984-86 and include correspondence, research and interview notes, numerous annotated typescript drafts of chapters, and copies of some illustrations.
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F.28 Unpublished Origins correspondence, 1984-1986. Computer printout correspondence with Suzuki, Coach House, etc.
F.29 Origins artwork, October 15, 1984. Photocopies graphic narrative drawings, “The Beginning of Life”, 12 pages.
F. 30 Origins “Big Bang” chapter, Suzuki notes and draft. Computer printouts.
F.31 Origins “Big Bang” chapter research notes.
F.32 Origins chapter draft with handwritten annotations. “The Cell”, second draft and page proofs.
F.33 Origins chapter draft. Typescript working draft of “Proterzoic to Devonian” with handwritten annotations and newspaper article.
F.34 Origins “The Planet”, partial manuscript. Typescript manuscript with handwritten annotations, pp. 32-156.
Box 51
F.1 Origins typescript, 1986, pp. 1-160.
F.2 Origins chapter typescript. Chapter “The Cell” draft manuscript with handwritten annotation by David Suzuki and MH., pp. 1-13.
F.3 Origins chapter typescript. “The Cell” draft manuscript with handwritten annotations by David Suzuki(?), pp. 1-12.
F.4 Origins: Birth typescript with handwritten annotations. Various drafts.
F.5 Origins chapter typescript. “The Big Bang” typescript chapter draft with handwritten annotations by David Suzuki (?).
F.6 Origins chapter typescript. Chapter “The Big Bang” numbered 4 or 12 to 12 of 12 and earlier draft with handwritten annotations.
F.7 Origins manuscript drafts. Various drafts of chapters with handwritten annotations by David Suzuki and MH.
F.8 Origins “Plate Tectonics typescript with handwritten annotations.
F.9 “From Pebbles to Computers” typescript article by David Suzuki, November 1983.
F.10 Origins research notes. Typescript and manuscript notes and chapter drafts.
F.11 Origins research notes, typescript.
F.12 Origins “Introduction” and “Preface to Origins” typescript drafts, 1986, pp. 1-12; 1-5.
F.13 Origins “The Embryo” chapter drafts. Typescript and manuscript draft with correspondence from illustrator, pp. 1-19.
F.14 Origins typescript chapter drafts with handwritten annotations. Chapters include “Devonian to Present”, “Proterzoic Devonian”, “Preface to Origins”, “Introduction”, “Embryo”, and a partial untitled chapter.
F.15 Origins textual document on photo cutlines and captions.
F.16 Origins chapter draft. Typescript of chapter “Devonian to Present” with handwritten annotations.
F.17 Origins research notes and materials. Typescript of “Miracle of Life”.
F.18 Origins “Life” research notes. Typescript of notes on evolution of nervous systems and photocopy of research material.
F. 19 Folder and material was noted as missing when accrual was rehoused in 2025.
F.20 Origins miscellaneous partial draft and research materials. Typescript with handwritten annotations. Partial drafts of chapters including “Cosmology”, “Introduction”, “Plate Tectonics”, and “Big Bang”.
F.21 Origins chapter draft. Typescript draft of “Plate Tectonics” with handwritten annotations titled “Draft 1”, 17 pp.
F.22 Origins chapter draft. Typescript draft of “The Cell” with handwritten annotations titled “Draft 2”, 11 pp.
F.23 Origins typescript rough draft of introduction and outline of further elements.
Box 52
F.1 Origins typescript and computer printout chapter drafts. Various chapters in draft and revision forms with handwritten annotations.
F.2 Origins typescript and manuscript drafts and research notes. Chapter drafts in early stages with handwritten annotations and manuscript writing. Material focuses on dinosaurs.
F.3 Origin typescript chapter draft and notes. Chapter draft of “Proterzoic to Devonian” with handwritten annotations, 9 pp.
F.4 Origins typescript notes from interview with Rufus Churcher, 4 pp.
F.5 Origins typescript research notes and early chapter drafts with handwritten annotations.
F.6 Origins manuscript research notes, typescript early chapter drafts, and photocopied research articles. Material focuses on plate tectonics.
F.7 Origins typescript chapter drafts and photocopied research materials. Material focuses on plate tectonics.
F.8 Origins typescript chapter drafts and research notes. Material is for the chapter titled “Life”, 20 pp.
F.9 Origins typescript of first section with handwritten annotations and handwritten correspondence from Suzuki to MH, 14 pp.
F.10 Origins photocopied and original research materials including an issue of The Atlantic and National Geographic.
Series 9: (originally Series 10)
Electronic materials. – [198-]. – 16 cm of electronic material. – Title based on content of series. – Box 52.
Box 52 continued
This box contains 40 large-format computer floppy discs dating from the 1980s. Files from 35 of these discs were transferred by archival staff to two CD-ROMs and four 4 ¼” discs (also in the box). Records not already in the fonds were printed out and interfiled in the appropriate series.
Series 10 (originally Series 9):
Oversize. – 1967-2004 – 82 cm of textual records and other material. – Title based on content of series. – Boxes 53-54.
Box 53
Contains the following items (wrapped individually in acid-free paper or envelopes): Survey plan of 199 Albany Avenue, Toronto (MH and Jack Batten’s home), with renovation plans (2) dated 1981; renovation plans (4), 1981; promotional poster for Canadian Garden Collection series, 1994; Photograph of MH in her garden, c. 1996; Photograph of water container garden, 1998; Proof of advertisement “Absolute Marjorie” for Royal Winter Fair, 1999; National Magazine Association award for “How To” category, Toronto Life Gardens, 1996; Blueprint of garden and home, “Enns Residence, Springbank, Alberta, April 1986"; Issues of Elegance magazine, April 6, June 1, August 12, all 1986.
F.1 “Our pugilist preview of some punchy fashions,” [fashion], Maclean’s, May 1967. Published version. Missing as of re-housing in 2025.
F.2 “It looks as if bathing suits are here to stay,” [fashion], Maclean’s, May 1967. Published version.
F.3 Vancouver issue, Maclean’s, August 1967, with response letters from readers. Published version.
F.4 “Vancouver’s homey fashions and fashionable homes,” Maclean’s, August 1967. Published version.
F.5 “Food and leisure living: Newfoundland,” Maclean’s, September 1967. Published version.
F.6 “New freedom for furs,” [fashion] Maclean’s, October 1967. Published version.
F.7 “Year for crazy legs,” [fashion] Maclean’s, November 1967. Published version.
F.8 “For mornings with a special glow,” [fashion] Maclean’s, July 1968. Published version. Missing as of re-housing in 2025.
F.9 “Eight Canadian designs for a takeover” [fashion] and “Gordon Lightfoot,” Maclean’s, September 1968. Published version.
F.10 “Fashion takes the to the trolleys,” [fashion] Maclean’s, November 1968.
F.11 “Forecasts: Get with it, men,” Maclean’s, December 1968.
F.12 “Radical retirement chic,” Chatelaine, June 1973.
F.13 “The return of modesty,” [fashion] Maclean’s, January 1970. Missing as of re-housing in 2025.
F.14 “Marjorie’s Way.” The Canadian, c. 1977-9. MH wrote this column for the Cityspan section of The Canadian, a weekly magazine published as an insert to numerous Canadian newspapers. The columns focus on Toronto and cover cultural topics ranging from the new Metropolitan Toronto Library, the Chamber Players, and graphic artists, to more humorous subjects such as visiting the set of a soap opera, and taking disco dancing lessons. File contains published versions of 14 columns, some with annotated typescripts and holograph and typescript research notes.
F.15 “Marjorie’s Way.” The Canadian, 1978. Published versions; holograph list: “Columns projected”; letter MH to [editor] re story ideas; research information on artists; notes on speed reading.
F.16 Wall Calendar from 2000. Moved from Series 6, Personal Records, Box 43.
F.17 Magazines listing MH or Jack Batten as staff members: MH: Maclean’s, January 1967 (Production editor); JB: Maclean’s, June 1964 (Copy editor). Moved from Series 6, Personal Records, Box 47, File 23.
And the following items: Maclean’s fashion spreads (removed from magazine and mounted on coloured paper) for August, September, and October 1968, and one [n.d.]; Writers’ Development Trust poster, 1996; Page proofs of MH’s section of Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the invention of a Canadian home (Toronto, 2004); survey plans of MH’s home in Toronto.
Box 54
F.1 Audio reels, ¼”, 1400'. CBC Radio-Canada box. Box label: Mary Ellen Johnson. Reel label: none.
F.2 Audio reels, ¼”, 1400'. No box or reel label.
Marjorie Harris fonds. Second accrual. – 1966-2023. – 1.07 m textual records; 120 pp. technical drawings; 20 illustrations; 13 photographs: col.; 84 35 mm slides: col.; 667 digital files (MP4; MP3; JPG; WPD; DOC; XLS; TXT; AVI; AIFF) (24.6 GB).
Series 1: Monographs. – 1990-2012. – 20 illustrations; 46.5 cm textual records.
Series 2: Journalism. – 1976-2022. – 38 cm textual records.
Series 3: Speeches, Tours, and Events. – 1990-2023. – 1 photograph: col.; 84 35 mm slides: col.; 14 cm textual records.
Series 4: Garden Design Business. – 1991-2023. – 25.5 cm textual records; 120 pp. technical drawings; 12 photographs: col.
Series 5: Awards, Award and Party Invitations, and Personal. – 1966-2019. – 9 cm textual records.
Series 6: Digital Files. – 1990-2009. – 667 files (MP4; MP3; JPG; WPD; DOC; XLS; TXT; AVI; AIFF): 24.6 GB, total running time 19 hours, 6 minutes 40 seconds; 1 p. textual records.
Series arrangement was supplied by the processing archivist.
Series 1
Monographs. – 1990-2012. – 20 illustrations; 46.5 cm textual records.
The series contains material related to Marjorie Harris’s books or monographs. Title of series is from the contents of the material. Titles, dates of publication, and publishers of books have been provided to help researchers understand the subsequent file listings. Names of publishers are consistent with names in company letterhead and business documents. See first accrual, Series 2 Monographs for additional monograph material including a substantial section for Botanica North America.
Order is chronological based on publication date of the monograph. Some files contain Social Insurance Numbers. The processing archivist has created redacted photocopies of records containing SIN numbers and maintained these in their original files; original records containing SIN numbers have been removed from their originating files and grouped in Box 57, File 38, which is embargoed until 2050.
Box 55
Note: Oversize items from box 55, file 2 have been placed in box 53, file 18.
F.1 [Typescript book contracts with Random House of Canada Limited and HarperCollinsPublishersLtd. for Canadian Urban Gardener, The Canadian Gardener, Gardening Tips, The Canadian Gardener Diary, etc.; typescript tour schedules and correspondence regarding publicity for The Canadian Gardener]. – 1990-1998. – 1.1 cm textual records.
F.2 Foliage Garden Ecological Gardening Illust. [drawings of insects, leaf types, and tree trunk for book by illustrator David Chapman (?). Envelope addressed to Andrew Smith Graphics]. – ca. 1991. – 20 illustrations. – See Oversize Folder (Box 53, Folder 18) for oversized drawings.
F.3 [Book contracts with HarperCollins for Garden Meditations, Garden to Table, Ecological Gardening, Garden Tips, Seasons of My Garden, etc.; service contract with Rideau Hall for photography direction (2003); Westwood agent contract (1998)]. – 1993-2003. – 1.2 cm textual records. – File contains redacted photocopies of contract; original contract has been moved to Box 57, File 38.
F.4 [Three book catalogues which include books by MH]. – 1993-2003. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.5 [Review copy mailing list for In the Garden]. – November 1995. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.6 Contracts [contracts and correspondence with Oxford University Press, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, CBC Radio-Canada; royalty statements from Random House of Canada Limited; Garden Gurus proposal; speaking engagement contracts]. – 2000-2010. – 0.8 cm textual records.
Favorite Garden Tips, Revised (HarperCollins, 2003)
F.7 [Computer printouts of editorial feedback for Favorite Garden Tips, Revised]. – 2002. – 0.7 cm textual records.
Pocket Gardening series (HarperCollins, 19998-2003)
F.8 Seasons of my Garden, Pocket Gardening [plant list for books, Seasons and Pocket Gardening, also used in various talks; plant lists used as research materials; photographer shot sheet for Seasons; photography scouting sheet for unknown purpose]. – ca. 1998; May 2003. – 18 pp. textual records.
F.9 [Pocket Gardening: Revised Edition photography shot sheet]. – ca. 2003. – 4 pp. textual records.
Botanica North America (HarperCollins, 2003)
F.10 Botanica Flora: Flora North America [book proposal; correspondence with agent Bruce Westwood and Linda McKnight regarding initial planning and outlines for book; correspondence with Larry Ashmead, editor at HarperCollins]. – September 1997-August 1999. – 0.8 cm textual records.
F.11 Botanica Flora [contract with Westwood Creative Artists (literary agent); correspondence with Bruce Westwood; contract with HarperCollins for Botanica Flora (originally titled Flora North America)]. – January-April 1998. – 14 pp. textual records. – File contains redacted photocopies of contract; original contract has been moved to Box 57, File 38.
F.12 Botanica Flora Ashmead, Larry and Bruce Westwood [correspondence regarding ongoing research, writing, and editing of Botanica Flora]. –March 1998-May 2003. – 1.1 cm textual records.
F.13 Botanica Flora [research materials]. – ca. 2002 – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.14 Botanica Flora [permissions correspondence for quoted material]. – April-May 2002. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.15 Botanica Flora [receipts from work associated with book; payments from Westwood Creative Artists; computer printout and handwritten financial matters for MH and MH’s business entity, Flora N.A. Inc]. – November 2000- April 2005; April 2008; December 2022. – 17 pp. textual records. – File contains redacted photocopies of contract; original contract has been moved to Box 57, File 38.
F.16 Botanica Flora [outline of book marketing blurb; correspondence; sample marketing design of front cover]. – 2002. – 11 pp. textual records.
The next grouping of files consists of material related to the images used in MH’s book Botanica North America. MH organized this material into a large binder she titled Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets. It predominantly contains material associated with the photographs for the book. It includes correspondence with photographers who submitted photographs, plant lists for image requests, mailing records, etc. MH primarily organized this material alphabetically by photographer. This material retains its original order.
F.17 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 1 of 9. Listing of members of American Association of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta]. – ca. 2001. – 25 pp. textual records.
F.18 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 2 of 9. Correspondence from MH to Derek Fell, Harper Horticultural Slide Library, and Dudley Whitney (sic) requesting or updating photographic usage; spreadsheets of image statuses for book sections]. – August 2001-June 2003. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.19 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 3 of 9. Correspondence with Norman Barichello, Tony Beck, Paul Martin Brown, Barbara Collins, Peter D’Aquino, Janet Davis, Mark and Leslie Degner, Ken Druse, Derek Fell’s Horticultural Picture Library, and John Glover.]. – 2001-2002. – 1.5 cm textual records.
F.20 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 4 of 9. Correspondence with Harper Horticultural Slide Library, Jane Huber, Rosemary Ann Kautzky, Glen Lee, Andrew Leyerle, Bruce Litteljohn, J.V. Littell, Janet Loughrey, Allan Mandell, Marilynn McAra, Scott Millard, Hugh and Carol Nourse, and Cheryl Richter]. – 2001-2002. – 1.5 cm textual records.
F.21 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 5 of 9. Correspondence with Royal Botanical Gardens (Ann Milovsoroff), Patricia Taylor, Mark Turner, John Valleau, Paddy Wales, Andy Wasowski, Dudley Witney]. – 2001-2002. –0.7 cm textual records.
F.22 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 6 of 9. Computer printout of plant images from online resources, primarily resources on California plants]. – December 2000. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.23 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 7 of 9. Notes; spreadsheets on intended image use]. – 2001-2002. – 16 pp. textual records.
F.24 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [File 8 of 9. International and Intra-Canada Air Waybill from FedEx for photograph returns; international waybill for manuscript to HarperCollins]. – January 2002; July 2002. – 22 pp. textual records.
F.25 Flora Contacts Photography Contracts Budgets [Files 9 of 9. Contact listing for copies of books including photographers]. – ca. 2003. – 5 pp.
Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the Invention of a Canadian Home (A.A. Knopf Canada, 2004)
F.26 Gov. Gen. [correspondence and research on Frank Cabot’s Order of Canada (2003); interview transcript with Roeland Jansen, horticulturist at Rideau Hall; drafts of MH’s chapter on Rideau Hall’s gardens; correspondence with Rick Archbold on revision: invitations to parties (2004)] – 2003-2004. – 1.4 cm textual records.
How to Make a Garden: Seven Essential Steps for Canadian Gardeners (Random House Canada, 2006)
The following files pertain to MH’s publication from 2006 titled How to Make a Garden: Seven Essential Steps for Canadian Gardeners.
F.27 7 Steps [contract with Angel Editions; book proposal; correspondence between Angel Editions editor, Sara, and MH regarding MH’s disappointment in contract’s financial matters]. – August 2005; November 2007. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.28 [How to Make a Garden: Seven Steps printout of email correspondence; handwritten and computer printout outlines; table of contents]. – June-July 2005. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.29 How to Make a Garden [photo list for MH’s book How to Make a Garden: Seven Steps]. – ca. 2006. – 3 pp. textual records.
Box 56
The next files contain multiple drafts of How to Make a Garden: Seven Steps. Many of the chapter drafts have edits likely from Sara Angel, Karen (unknown surname), and other readers. Some are only partial chapters. Material has been grouped based on original order.
F.1 Final draft of Introduction sent to KY Mar 13/06 [computer printout of revised and original draft of introduction with handwritten annotations for How to Make a Garden: Seven Steps]. – March 13, 2006. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.2 7 Steps [computer printout partial draft with handwritten annotations of Step 4: Make a Garden Map]. – 2006. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.3 7 Steps book draft [computer printout draft of steps 5-7 with editorial comments from unknown reader]. – 2006. – 0.9 cm textual records.
F.4 [How to Make a Garden: Seven Steps chapter drafts with edits, Step 1 and 2. File 1 of 10]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.5 [Step 1 and 5. File 2 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.6 [Steps 1-4, 6, and 7. File 3 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 0.8 cm textual records.
F.7 [Step 6. File 4 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.8 [Step 7. File 5 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.9 [Steps 3 and 5. File 6 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 20 pp. textual records.
F.10 [Steps 1, 3, and 4. File 7 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.11 [Step 5. File 8 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 6 pp. textual records.
F.12 [Step 4. File 9 of 11]. – ca. 2005-2006. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.13 [Step 1 and 2. File 10 of 11]. – Oct 11, 2005. – 18 pp. textual records.
F.14 [Step 3. File 11 of 11]. – Oct 13, 2005. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.15 [How to Make a Garden: Seven Steps research including printout of website page from Wildflower Farm; writing on soil]. – ca. 2005. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.16 7 Steps [Newspaper articles; promotional booklet]. – March-April 2007. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.17 [How to Make a Garden: Seven Steps national book tour schedule; correspondence; promotional material]. – March-May 2007. – 0.6 cm textual records.
Ecological Gardening Revised Edition (Random House Canada, 2009)
F.18 Ecological Gardening Madge’s manuscript [computer printout manuscript for revised edition of Ecological Gardening; correspondence from Fiona Harvey at Random House of Canada Limited to Caren Watkins at Gardening Life Magazine regarding serial rights and possible excerpt]. – October 2008. – 1.1 cm textual records.
Thrifty: Living the Frugal Life with Style (House of Anansi, 2010)
F.19 [Thrifty House of Anansi Press, Inc correspondence; contract; draft of book launch speech; promotional events notes]. – 2009-2010. – 21 pp. of textual records
F.20 [Computer printout of online research conducted for book]. – 2009. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.21 [Computer printout of online research conducted on fashion and home]. – 2009. – 15 pp. textual records.
F.22 [News clippings, research materials for book; handwritten notes]. – 2009. – 26 pp. textual records.
F.23 [Computer printout and handwritten responses to survey MH wrote on thriftiness; letter to Ted Phillips requesting material on yard sales; interview with Margaret Atwood]. – 2009. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.24 [MH’s notes for various chapters]. – 2009. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.25 [Computer printout of correspondence containing editorial notes (from Janie Yoon?) on Introduction; two computer printout drafts with handwritten annotations of Introduction]. – 2009. – 16 pp. textual records.
F.26 [Chapter 1: The Thrifty Citizen computer printout of draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2009. – 13 pp. textual records.
F.27 [Handwritten annotated computer printout drafts of Chapter 2: The Frugal Fashionista; Chapter 3: The Frugal Foodie and Entertainer; Chapter 4: The Frugal Home]. – 2009. – 2.0 cm textual records.
F.28 [Chapter 4 sidebar draft; notes]. – 2009. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.29 [Computer printout of draft of Chapter 5: The Thrifty Gardener; research material including solicited tips and tricks]. – 2009. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.30 Thrifty Travel and Entertainment [Computer printout of online research; chapter draft]. – 2009. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.31 Chapter 6: The Thrifty Traveller [computer printout of two drafts with handwritten annotations]. – 2009. – 0.9 cm textual records.
F.32 Chapter 6: 50 Ways to Live a Richly Frugal Life [computer printout of tips in bullet point format]. – 2009. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.33 [Computer printout of email correspondence from Ted Phillips and Janie Yoon with notes on chapter drafts]. – 2009. – 15 pp. textual records.
F.34 [List of 147 tips on various topics, unknown author]. – n.d. – 16 pp. textual records.
Box 57
Note: File 38 is embargoed until 2050.
F.1 Thrifty: Living the Frugal with Style [sic] Introduction [draft with unknown reader’s handwritten edits.]. – 2009. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.2 Thrifty: Living the Frugal with Style (sic) Introduction [chapter drafts with Janie Yoon handwritten edits. File 1 of 6]. – 2009. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.3 Chapter 1: The Thrifty Citizen [2 of 6]. – 2009. – 21 pp. textual records.
F.4 Chapter 2: The Frugal Fashionista [3 of 6]. – 2009. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.5 Chapter 3: The Frugal Foodie [4 of 6]. – 2009. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.6 Chapter 4: The Frugal Home [5 of 6]. – 2009. – 0.7 cm textual records.
F.7 Chapter 5: The Thrifty Gardener [6 of 6]. – 2009. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.8 [Computer printout of email correspondence from Janie Yoon with editorial suggestions for chapters 2, 4, and 5]. – April-June 2009. – 21 pp. textual records.
F.9 [Computer printout of email correspondence from Janie Yoon with editorial suggestions for Introduction, Chapters 1, 3, and 4; chapter outlines; chapter notes]. – June-July 2009. – 19 pp. textual records.
F.10 [Clippings from newspapers and magazines on various topics including recipes, gardening, “A New Hampshire Haven,” and financial matters, “A Smarter Stimulus.” File 1 of 3]. – 2009. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.11 [Clippings including “Strategies intended for your waistline, but perfect for your pocket,” “Digging in the pile for haute bargains,” and “Outside Agitator.” File 2 of 3]. – 2008-2009. – 0.8 cm textual records.
F.12 [Clippings including “Using credit? Use self-control?” and “How I learned to haggle.” File 3 of 3]. – 2009. – 19 pp. textual records.
Thrifty Gardening: From the Ground Up (House of Anansi, 2011)
F.13 Chapter 2: The Frugal Propagator [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations. This later becomes chapter 6 in the published book]. – March 2011. – 24 pp. textual records.
F.14 Chapter 3: Gardening on Apartment and Condo Balconies and Terraces in the Thrifty Style [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – March 2011. – 24 pages.
F.15 Chapter 4: Upgrading the Thrifty Home [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – March 2011. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.16 Chapter 5: Revised The Frugal Propagator [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 23 pp. textual records.
F.17 Chapter 6 [decorating the garden computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations. No title is provided on the draft.]. – 2011. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.18 Chapter 7: Revised Maintaining the Garden [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 18 pp. textual records.
F.19 Chapter 8: Selling the Garden [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.20 Chapter 9: The Thriftiest Garden of All [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.21 Final Final Chapter [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.22 [The Thrifty Gardener collection of correspondence from friends and readers with thrifty gardening tips; research materials on trees]. – 2011. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.23 The Thrifty Gardener Revised Chapter One: Designing the garden [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.24 Chapter 2 revised 1: Equipment Essentials [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 11 pp. textual records.
F.25 Chapter Three Revised: Great Preparation [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.26 Chapter Four: The Planting and the Plants [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.27 Chapter Five Revised: The Frugal Propagator [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 18 pp. textual records.
F.28 Chapter Six Revised 2: Maintaining the Garden [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.29 Chapter Seven (formerly ch. 6): Decorating the Garden [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – 2011. – 16 pp. textual records.
F.30 Chapter Four 2: The Planting and the Plants [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – August 2011. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.31 [Book and chapter outlines with handwritten annotations noting dates]. – 2011. – 8 pp. textual records.
F.32 The Thrifty Gardener: Introduction Final Sunday March 27, 2011 [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – March 27, 2011. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.33 Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Thrifty Basics [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – March 29, 2011. – 0.8 cm textual records.
F.34 Chapter Five: Downsizing the Garden [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – March 30, 2011. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.35 Chapter Six: The Wisdom of Thrifty Gardening [computer printout of chapter draft with handwritten annotations]. – March 2011. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.36 [Miscellaneous documents for Thrifty Gardener including outlines; correspondence with gardening tips; royalties statements]. – 2011-2012. – 0.5 cm textual records.
Unknown Publication
F.37 Chapter One: On Becoming a Gardener [typed chapter from unknown publication]. – n.d. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.38 [Original contracts with publishing houses]. – 1993-2002. – 10 pp. textual records. – EMBARGOED.
Series 2
Journalism. – 1976-2022. – 38 cm textual records.
The series comprises material related to MH’s career as a journalist. Title of series is from the contents of the material. This includes published and draft versions of newspaper and magazine articles, podcast scripts, newsletter and blog entries, video scripts, and related administrative material. MH’s print journalism has been listed first in chronological order. Items that have no date (n.d.) are grouped next along with material that has an unknown publication history (publication, date, author). Next are files containing non-traditional print and web journalism including newsletters and video and podcast scripts. Contracts for writing and other administrative purposes, including material related to MH’s role as Editor-at-Large at Gardening Life are grouped next. Finally, articles written about MH are at the end. Some information such as dates and published titles were taken from ProQuest’s Globe and Mail database.
Note: Oversize items from box 59, file 46 have been placed in box 53.
Box 58
F.1 [“Biorhythms: The new way to predict your behavior.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, September/October 1976, pp. 93-94, 96-98. Published version.]
F.2 [“Blotchface.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine, February 1977, pp. 3-4, 6-9; “Sidney and George’s billion-dollar baby.” Quest: Canada’s Urban Magazine (Toronto edition), February 1977, pp. 10-13. Published version.]
F.3 [“Plane & fancy: a selection of the best baggage and travel gadgetry to go.” Successful Executive, July/August 1986, pp. 35-38. Published version.]
F.4 [“Coat and.” Successful Executive, October 1986. Published version of style article on trench coats featuring writers including Jack Batten.]
F.5 [“F.Y.I. A regular roundup of best bets.” Successful Executive, November/December 1986, pp. 50-51. Published version.]
F.6 [Marjorie Harris and Mark Challen, “Canada blooms this spring.” Toronto Life Gardens, Spring Preview 1997, pp. 78-79. Published version.]
F.7 [“choices.” Toronto Life Gardens, Spring Preview 1997, pp. 18-19. Published version of article on bulbs.]
F.8 [“Gardening goodies.” Globe and Mail, May 17, 2003. Published version of article on gardening tools.]
F.9 [“Thinking beyond the putting green.” Globe and Mail, May 31, 2003, p. L11. Published version.]
F.10 [“A most romantic Father’s Day in the garden.” Globe and Mail, June 14, 2003, p. L10. Published version; computer printout of article submission with handwritten annotations, June 12, 2003.]
F.11 [“Gorgeous grasses.” Globe and Mail, June 21, 2003, p. L6. Published version.]
F.12 [“Going native in the garden.” Globe and Mail, June 28, 2003. Published version.]
F.13 [“The thinking person’s garden.” Globe and Mail, July 12, 2003, p. L6. Published version of article on International Festival of Gardens at Jardins de Métis (Reford Gardens).]
F.14 [“The cutting edge in gardening.” Globe and Mail, July 19, 2003, p. L6. Published version of article on deadheading.]
F.15 [“Perfect pool plants.” Globe and Mail, July 26, 2003. Published version.]
F.16 [“Three outdoor rooms for summer.” Globe and Mail, August 2, 2003, p. L7. Published version.]
F.17 [“Rhododendrons are worth the effort.” Globe and Mail, August 16, 2003, p. L8. Published version.]
F.18 [“10 plants I can’t live without.” Globe and Mail, August 23, 2003, p. L6. Published version.]
F.19 [“She’s so vine.” Globe and Mail, August 30, 2003. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.20 [“Plan now to make scents of spring.” Globe and Mail, September 6, 2003. Published version.]
F.21 [“How to stretch out the season.” Globe and Mail, September 20, 2003, p. L10. Published version.]
F.22 [“Take your time tucking in the garden.” Globe and Mail, October 4, 2003. Published version.]
F.23 [“Before planting garden, add several bags of peat.” Toronto Star, May 1, 2004, p. K20. Published version, missing first page, K1.]
F.24 [“Must-have perennial for hot spots.” Globe and Mail, June 5, 2004. Published version.]
F.25 [“Never fear the dark.” Globe and Mail, June 12, 2004. Published version of article on foliage and shade gardening.]
F.26 [“Gardening for windswept high-rises.” Globe and Mail, June 19, 2004, p. L9. Published version.]
F.27 [“Elegant euphorbias are plants for grownups.” Globe and Mail, July 2, 2004. Published version.]
F.28 [“It’s time to get your roses out of the pink ghetto.” Globe and Mail, July 10, 2004, p. L6. Published version.]
F.29 [“Green roofs are gaining ground.” Globe and Mail, July 24, 2004, p. L6. Published version.]
F.30 [“Don’t fence me in.” Globe and Mail, July 31, 2004, p. L8. Published version of article on landscaping shared backyards.]
F.31 [“Conifers score points for gardens.” Globe and Mail, August 7, 2004. Published version.]
F.32 [“Downtown meets Muskoka.” Globe and Mail, August 14, 2004. Published version of article on landscape designer, Charles Kinsley.]
F.33 [“Rock on.” Globe and Mail, August 21, 2004. Computer printout of notes; published version of article on hardscaping with rocks.]
F.34 [“How to make a healing garden.” Globe and Mail, August 28, 2004. Published version.]
F.35 [“Who’s Who: An Interview with Frank Cabot.” Gardens Illustrated, September 2004. Computer printout of draft only; correspondence].
F.36 [“A quick fix for the fall garden.” Globe and Mail, September 4, 2004. Published version.]
F.37 [“Confessions of a garden columnist.” Globe and Mail, October 23, 2004, p. L8. Published version.]
F.38 [“Paint your garden.” Globe and Mail, May 21, 2005. Computer printout of drafts and research materials. Draft versions are titled “Trends: Colour up the garden.”]
F.39 [“A room that renews.” Globe and Mail, July 2, 2005. Computer printout of draft version only.]
F.40 [“Earthly delights.” Globe and Mail, April 22, 2006, p. D6. Computer printout of draft (partial); published version of book reviews.]
F.41 [“Red hot: Hot hues to rock your garden.” Globe and Mail, May 20, 2006, pp. L6-L7. Computer printout of correspondence of plant list; published version.]
F.42 [“Turning over a new leaf.” Globe and Mail, May 27, 2006, p. L7. Published version.]
F.43 [“A wedding garden.” Globe and Mail, June 3, 2006. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F. 44 [“Potted geraniums, herbs pitch one into a Mediterranean mood.” Globe and Mail, June 10, 2006, p. L8. Computer printout of early draft; published version.]
F.45 [“The China syndrome.” Globe and Mail, June 17, 2006, p. L2. Published version of article on garden plants originating from Asia.]
F.46 [“The garden goes pastel.” Globe and Mail, June 24, 2006. Published version.]
F.47 [“Fern, baby, fern.” Globe and Mail, July 8, 2006. Published version.]
F.48 [“Tropicalismo: Go big or go home.” Globe and Mail, July 15, 2006, p. L6. Computer printout of draft titled “Globe and Mail 0611 Garden column #9.”]
F.49 [“Canada’s new bloom town.” Globe and Mail, July 19, 2006, pp. R8-R7. Published version in travel section on Montreal International Flora 2006.]
F.50 [“How to get Ye Olde English Garden (now).” Globe and Mail, July 22, 2006. Published version.]
F.51 [“Getting potted: The gardener’s trick to keeping it fresh.” Globe and Mail, August 5, 2006. Published version on container gardening with Susan Dyer.]
F.52 [“Earthly inspiration: Flora International 2006.” Globe and Mail, August 12, 2006, p. L6. Published version.]
F.53 [“I scream for nice screes.” Globe and Mail, August 19, 2006, p. L5. Published version.]
F.54 [“The autumn garden.” Globe and Mail, September 2, 2006, p. L6. Published version.]
F.55 [“Hits and misses.” Globe and Mail, September 16, 2006, p. L8. Published version.]
F.56 [“Clutter-busting the garden.” Globe and Mail, September 23, 2006, p. L5. Published version.]
F.57 [“baby, it’s cold outside.” Globe and Mail, October 14, 2006, p. L8. Computer printout of email to Sheree-Lee Olson with draft version; published version of article.]
F.58 [“They’re making a list.” Globe and Mail, November 25, 2006, p. L10. Published version.]
F.59 [“Avoid the plant parking lot by planning ahead.” Globe and Mail, April 26, 2007, p. L7. Published version.]
F.60 [“For supreme perennials, plan ahead.” Globe and Mail, May 11, 2007. Published version.]
F.61 [“A coloured view of the summer garden.” Globe and Mail, May 18, 2007. Published version.]
F.62 [“Rock your back yard: From trophy furniture to eco-chic lighting to the Moroccan vibe, high design is styling up the garden.” Globe and Mail, May 19, 2007, pp. L1, L6. Published version.]
F.63 [“Branch out with shade plantings.” Globe and Mail, May 25, 2007. Published version.]
F.64 [“Backstage pass to a private oasis.” Garden Life, June 2007. Computer printout of draft with handwritten annotations.]
F.65 [“Dressing the naked garden.” Globe and Mail, June 1, 2007, p. L2. Published version.]
F.66 [“Simple secrets to wise watering.” Globe and Mail, June 8, 2007. Published version.]
F.67 [“Nature’s remedies for alien garden invaders.” Globe and Mail, June 15, 2007. Published version.]
F.68 [“Ground your garden with rocks of art.” Globe and Mail, June 22, 2007, p. L3. Published version.]
F.69 [“It’s the cottage—scrap the lawn mower.” Globe and Mail, June 29, 2007. Published version.]
F.70 [“Remembering June Callwood, 1924-2007.” Chatelaine, July 2007. Computer printout draft; published version.]
F.71 [“Let there be light.” Globe and Mail, July 6, 2007. Published version of article on pruning.]
F.72 [“The illuminated garden.” Globe and Mail, July 7, 2007, p. L6. Published version.]
F.73 [“Meditations on deadheading.” Globe and Mail, July 20, 2007. Published version.]
F.74 [“Summer heat means time to spice up containers.” Globe and Mail, July 27, 2007. Published version.]
F.75 [“Tough love for toxic beauties.” Globe and Mail, August 10, 2007. Published version.]
F.76 [“Modernism moves outdoors.” Globe and Mail, August 11, 2007, p. L6. Published version.]
F.77 [“Even irony can’t save plastic flamingos.” Globe and Mail, August 17, 2007, p. L3. Published version of article on garden tchotchkes.]
F.78 [“Paving the path of least resistance.” Globe and Mail, August 24, 2007. Published version.]
F.79 [“Tiptoe through the tulip aisle.” Globe and Mail, August 31, 2007, p. L3. Published version.]
F.80 [“Fill those holes before fall makes its presence known.” Globe and Mail, September 21, 2007. Published version.]
F.81 [“Blazing bushes.” Globe and Mail, September 22, 2007, p. L8. Published version of article on fall colours.]
F.82 [“Barry Parker’s obsession.” Computer printout of article; computer printout of photographs by Laura Arsie. Article is available on MH’s website titled “Small Worlds.”] – 2007. – 18 pp. textual records.
F.83 [“Going for green on the 37th floor.” Globe and Mail, June 14, 2008, p. L11. Published version of article on high-rise gardening.]
F.84 [“Order in the courtyard.” Globe and Mail, August 9, 2008, p. L8. Published version.]
F.85 [“Return of the natives.” Globe and Mail, August 21, 2008, p. L2. Published version.]
F.86 [“How to have a brilliant fall garden.” Eco Options (Home Depot publication), Fall 2008, pp. 14-22. Computer printout of photographs; correspondence; published version.]
F.87 [“Evergreens offer curb appeal, not clichés.” Globe and Mail, September 27, 2008, p. L9. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.88 [“Home sweet tomes: Worth leafing through.” National Post, November 29, 2008, p. WP17. Computer printout of draft; published version of garden book recommendations.]
F.89 [“In the garden with Janet Rosenberg: ‘This is a garden about change itself’.” Globe and Mail, June 6, 2009, p. L6. Published version.]
F.90 [“From factories to foliage: As Europe reclaims its urban wastelands, Paris carves a path with innovative, user-friendly landscapes.” Globe and Mail, June 13, 2009, p. T7. Computer printout of drafts; research material; published version of article in Travel section.]
F.91 [“A bold new space for a new lifestyle.” Globe and Mail, August 15, 2009, p. L6. Published version of article on plantsman, Tom Hobbs.]
F.92 [“An elegant aerie worth the wait.” Globe and Mail, September 12, 2009, p. L6. Published version of article on landscape architect, Ron Holbrook.]
F.93 [“From shabby to showcase.” Globe and Mail, October 10, 2009, p. L9. Published version of article on landscape architect, Martin Wade.]
F.94 [“Go Bold.” Chatelaine, May 2010. Computer printout of draft only. Published article titled “Grow bold.”]
F.95 [“Plant of the week: Viburnum plicatum ‘Summer Snowflake’.” Globe and Mail, June 5, 2010. Published version.]
F.96 [“Plant of the week: Rosa rubrifolia ‘Redleaf Rose’.” Globe and Mail, June 12, 2010, p. L11. Published version.]
F.97 [“Plant of the week: Fleeceflower (Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’).” Globe and Mail, June 19, 2010, p. L12. Published version.]
F.98 [“Plant of the week: Stewartia pseudocamellia.” Globe and Mail, June 26, 2010, p. L11. Published version.]
F.99 [“Plant of the week: Hosta ‘Sun Power’.” Globe and Mail, July 3, 2010, p. L7. Published version.]
F.100 [“Plant of the week: Phlox paniculata ‘David’.” Globe and Mail, July 17, 2010. Published version.]
F.101 [“Plant of the week: Solidago canadensis ‘Baby Gold’.” Globe and Mail, July 24, 2010. Published version.]
F.102 [“Plant of the week: Echinacea purpurea ‘Pico Bella’ Coneflowers.” Globe and Mail, July 31, 2010, p. L6. Published version.]
F.103 [“Plant of the week: Berberis thunbergii ‘Concorde’.” Globe and Mail, August 7, 2010. Published version.]
F.104 [“Plant of the week: Rhus typhine ‘Tiger Eyes’ (staghorn sumac).” Globe and Mail, August 14, 2010, p. L7. Published version.]
F.105 [“Plant of the week: Colichum or autumn crocus.” Globe and Mail, August 21, 2010, p. L5. Published version.]
F.106 [“Plant of the week: Acer shirasawanum ‘Autumn Moon’.” Globe and Mail, September 4, 2010, p. L7. Published version.]
F.107 [“Plant of the week: Tricyrtis hirta ‘Togan’.” Globe and Mail, 2010. Published version.]
F.108 [“Plant of the week: Tradescantia × Andersonia ‘Sweet Kate’.” Globe and Mail, 2010. Published version.]
F.109 [“Plant of the week: Pelargonium (a.k.a. Geranium) ‘Rocky Mountain Red’.” Globe and Mail, May 28, 2011, p. 16. Published version.]
F.110 [“Plant of the week: Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’.” Globe and Mail, June 4, 2011, p. 20. Published version.]
F.111 [“Plant of the week: Salvia nemorosa ‘May Night’.” Globe and Mail, June 11, 2011, p. 16. Published version.]
F.112 [“Plant of the week: Bergenia ‘Pink Dragonfly’.” Globe and Mail, June 22, 2013. Published version.]
F.113 [“Plant of the week: Corydalis ‘Wildside Blue’.” Globe and Mail, July 20, 2013, p.10. Published version.]
F.114 [“Plant of the week: Pieris japonica ‘Little Heath’.” Globe and Mail, July 27, 2013 (?), p. 11. Published version.]
F.115 [“Plant of the week: Dienanthe caerula.” Globe and Mail, August 10, 2013, p. 10. Published version.]
F.116 [“Plant of the week: Geranium ‘Azure Rush’.” Globe and Mail, August 17, 2013. Published version.]
F.117 [“Plant of the week: Clematis ‘Sweet Summer Love’.” Globe and Mail, August 24, 2013, p. 10. Published version.]
F.118 [“Plant of the week: Daphne × Transatlantica ‘Eternal Fragrance’.” Globe and Mail, August 31, 2013, p. 11. Published version.]
F.119 [“Plant of the week: Allium spp.” Globe and Mail, September 7, 2013. Published version.]
F.120 [“Plant of the week: Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (Chilean blue crocus).” Globe and Mail, September 14, 2013, p.14. Published version.]
F.121 [“Plant of the week: Lespedeza thunbergii ‘Gibraltar’ Bush Clover.” Globe and Mail, October 5, 2013, p. 20. Published version.]
F.122 [“Plant of the week: Tricyritis macrantha (Toad lily).” Globe and Mail, October 12, 2013, p. 15. Published version.]
F.123 [“Plant of the week: Uvularia grandiflora (Bellwort, merrybells).” Globe and Mail, May 10, 2014, p. 11. Published version.]
F.124 [“Plant of the week: Phlox ‘Paparazzi Miley’.” Globe and Mail, May 24, 2014, p. 10. Published version.]
F.125 [“Kitchen-garden confidential.” Globe and Mail, May 24, 2014, pp. 7-8. Published version.]
F.126 [“Plant of the week: Primula ‘Blue Zebra’.” Globe and Mail, May 31, 2014. Published version.]
F.127 [“Plant of the week: Cornus kousa ‘Summer Fun’.” Globe and Mail, June 7, 2014. Published version.]
F.128 [“Plant of the week: Penstemon ‘Delft Blue Riding Hood’.” Globe and Mail, June 14, 2014. Published version.]
F.129 [“Plant of the week: Veronica prostrata ‘Goldwell’ (creeping speedwell).” Globe and Mail, June 21, 2014. Published version.]
F.130 [“Plant of the week: Clethra alnifolia ‘Crystalina’ (Summersweet).” Globe and Mail, June 28, 2014. Published version.]
F.131 [“Plant of the week: Kolkwitzia amabilis ‘Pink Cloud’ (Beautybush).” Globe and Mail, July 12, 2014, p. 10. Published version.]
F.132 [“Plant of the week: Allium ‘Millenium’ (Ornamental onion).” Globe and Mail, July 19, 2014. Published version.]
F.133 [“Plant of the week: Spirea thunbergii ‘Ogon’.” Globe and Mail, August 2, 2014, p. 9. Published version.]
Box 59
Note: Oversize items from box 59, file 46 have been placed in box 53, file 19.
F.1 [“Plant of the week: Hydrangea serrata ‘Tuff Stuff’.” Globe and Mail, August 16, 2014. Published version.]
F.2 [“Plant of the week: Anemone ‘Wild Swan’.” Globe and Mail, August 23, 2014. Published version.
F.3 [“Plant of the week: Spring ahead.” Globe and Mail, September 13, 2014, p. 10. Published version.]
F.4 [“Plant of the week: Unbridled ‘joy’ in the garden.” Globe and Mail, September 20, 2014. Published version.]
F.5 [“Plant of the week: Acer palmatum ‘Shaina’ (Japanese maple).” Globe and Mail, September 30, 2014. Published version.]
F.6 [“Ground work.” Globe and Mail, April 16, 2015, p. 9. Published version.]
F.7 [“Plant this: Digiplexis ‘Illumination Flame’.” Globe and Mail, May 23, 2015. Two computer printout of drafts; published version.]
F.8 [“Plant this: Veratrum nigra ‘False hellebore, corn lily’.” Globe and Mail, May 30, 2015. Computer printout of email from MH to Jack Batten of draft version; published version.]
F.9 [“Plant this: Deutzia ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’.” Globe and Mail, June 6, 2015. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.10 [“Plant this: Acer platanoides ‘Golden Globe’.” Globe and Mail, June 13, 2015, p. 11. Published version.]
F.11 [“Plant this: Mukgenia NOVA® ‘Flame’.” Globe and Mail, June 27, 2015. Published version.]
F.12 [“Plant this: Phlox ‘Minnie Pearl’.” Globe and Mail, July 4, 2015, p. 9. Published version.]
F.13 [“Plant this: Agastache ‘Kudos Coral’.” Globe and Mail, July 11, 2015, p. 10. Published version.]
F.14 [Plant this: Astilbe ‘Chocolate Shogun’.” Globe and Mail, July 18, 2015. Published version.]
F.15 [“Plant this: Solidago odora ‘Sweet Goldenrod’.” Globe and Mail, July 25, 2015. Published version.]
F.16 [“Plant this: Athyrium ‘Godzilla’.” Globe and Mail, August 1, 2015. Published version.]
F.17 [“Plant this: Tulipa humilis ‘Alba Coerulea Oculata’.” Globe and Mail, August 8, 2015. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.18 [“Plant this: “Gentiana asclepiadea ‘Willow Gentian’.” Globe and Mail, August 15, 2015, p. 8. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.19 [“Plant this: Vernonia glauca ‘Upland ironweed’.” Globe and Mail, August 29, 2015. Published version.]
F.20 [“Plant this: Echinacea pallida ‘Pale purple coneflower’.” Globe and Mail, September 19, 2015. Published version.]
F.21 [“Plant this: Ginko biloba ‘Mariken’.” Globe and Mail, October 3, 2015. Published version.]
F.22 [“Plant this: Anemonopsis macrophylla ‘False anemone’.” Globe and Mail, October 17, 2015. Published version.]
F.23 [“The constant gardener.” Globe and Mail, November 21, 2015, pp. 8-9. Computer printout of draft; research materials; interview transcript with Paul Zammit; published version.]
F.24 [“The well seasoned arrangement.” Globe and Mail, December 5, 2015. Published version.]
F.25 [“No pampering allowed.” Globe and Mail, February 4, 2016. Two computer printouts drafts; published version of article on winter houseplants with Tom Hobbs.]
F.26 [“Love blooms.” Globe and Mail, February 13, 2016. Computer printout of drafts and notes titled Garden Column for February 2016.”]
F.27 [“Plant this: Humps, bumps, and butterflies.” Globe and Mail, March 26, 2016, p. 13. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.28 [“Plant this: Hosta ‘Lakeside Dragonfly’.” Globe and Mail, May 7, 2016, p. 13. Published version.]
F.29 [“Daphne × ‘Lawrence Crocker’.” Globe and Mail, May 21, 2016. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.30 [“Geum × ‘Mai Tai’.” Globe and Mail, June 25, 2016. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.31 [“Spirea japonica ‘Double Play Red’.” Globe and Mail, July 2, 2016. Computer printout of drafts; published version; invoice for column.]
F.32 [“Abies koreana ‘Blauer Eskimo’.” Globe and Mail, July 9, 2016. Computer printout of drafts; published version; invoice for column.]
F.33 [“Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bobo’.” Globe and Mail, July 23, 2016. Computer printout of draft; published version; invoice for column.]
F.34 [“Sanguisorba officinalis ‘Tanna’.” Globe and Mail, August 6, 2016. Computer printout with handwritten annotations draft; published version.]
F.35 [“Ligularia ‘Osiris Café Noir’.” Globe and Mail, August 20, 2016. Published version.]
F.36 [“Dig deep.” Globe and Mail, August 27, 2016. Published version of article on bulbs.]
F.37 [“Baptista alba ‘White Indigo’.” Globe and Mail, September 17, 2016, p. 9. Published version.]
F.38 [“Under a sweltering sky.” Globe and Mail, October 1, 2016. Computer printout of draft; published version.]
F.39 [“Life Changes.” CBC The Sunday Edition, January 2017. Computer printout of 18 pages of draft article with handwritten annotations.]
F.40 [“Beautiful, but quite contrary: Forcing early spring blooms.” Globe and Mail, March 17, 2017. Computer printout of draft with handwritten annotations; published version.]
F.41 [“Your guide to gardening, indoor and out.” Globe and Mail, May 1, 2017. Computer printout of draft only. Published version appeared May 18, 2017.]
F.42 [“Make native plants feel at home in your garden.” Globe and Mail, June 15, 2017, p. L4. Computer printout of drafts; published version.]
F.43 [“A stellar bulb worth a spot in your garden.” Globe and Mail, June 29, 2017, p. L3. Computer printout of draft version with handwritten annotations; published version.]
F.44 [“Prep prune plant.” Globe and Mail, October 12, 2017, p. L1, L3. Computer printout of draft versions with handwritten annotations; published version.]
F.45 [“Ring Head.” CBC The Sunday Edition, October 2019. Computer printout of 13 pages of draft article.]
The following files have an unknown publication history. This could include an unknown publication date, unknown author (The Canadian), and/or unknown publication name. These are arranged chronologically with material with no date listed (n.d.) at the end.
Box 59 [cont.]
F.46 [“Marjorie’s Way” and other articles from The Canadian with no author credit. See first accrual, Series 1 and Series 10 for additional “Marjorie’s Way” material]. –ca. 1973-1979 – 6 pp. textual records. This material is located in Oversize box 53, folder 19.
F.47 Philip’s Hosta List and Notes [“Hostas all over the vista” computer printout draft; notes and plant list from Dr. Philip Little. Unknown publication history]. – ca. 2000-2001. – 30 pp. textual records.
F.48 Gardening Life [computer printout of content notes; draft article “The Back Page;” draft and notes for series on Tom Deacon’s garden; computer printout of photographs for article on Barry Parker’s garden; photograph of ornamental grass. Unknown publication history]. – 2006-2009. – 1 photograph: col.; 0.8 cm textual records.
F.49 [Best of Canadian Gardens computer printout of drafts; correspondence. Unknown publication history]. – ca. July/August 2010. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.50 [“The Gift of Gardening” computer printout of drafts of article on John and Pattie Cleghorn’s garden and landscape architect Audrey Day(?). Unknown publication history]. – ca. 2011. – 15 pp. textual records.
F.51 Gardening Life [computer printout of drafts for two articles “The Rose Page” and “Light up your life”. Unknown publication history]. – n.d. – 7 pp. of textual records.
F.52 [“Garden boot camp.” Computer printout of draft written for Globe and Mail; correspondence with Susan Grimsby. Unknown publication history]. – n.d. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.53 [“Adrienne Clarkson’s Excellent Garden” notes; computer printout of draft. Unknown publication history]. – n.d. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.54 [“The Shape-Changing Garden: Renew Your Garden” computer printout of draft. Unknown publication history]. – n.d. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.55 [“The Angel’s Garden Makeover” computer printout of draft; Perennial Plant Association plant of the year award (2006). Unknown publication history]. – n.d.; 2006. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.56 [The Creed’s Spring Garden” computer printout of draft]. – n.d. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.57 [“A Garden for all seasons” computer printout of two drafts of article for Zoomer Magazine]. – n.d. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.58 [Miscellaneous material related to articles]. – n.d. – 0.7 cm textual records.
Newsletters, video, radio and podcast scripts
F.59 [Rittenhouse newsletters; correspondence. MH wrote a newsletter for M.K. Rittenhouse company]. – 2010-2012. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.60 A Newsletter from Marjorie Harris [blog posts for website newsletter]. – 2011-2019. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.61 [Miscellaneous video material including scripts, outlines associated with TVO and Garden Gurus show]. – n.d.; 2014. – 6 pp. textual records.
F.62 [Fresh Air with Mary Ito script]. – n.d. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.63 [Video scripts for videos at Toronto Botanical Gardens with Maddie White]. – 2012-2014. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.64 [Scripts for “Life in the Garden”, a monthly podcast on FocalPoint e-news; correspondence with Jeffrey Stolberg]. – 2020-2021 – 0.8 cm textual records.
F.65 [Video scripts and shot lists for Globe and Mail video series]. – n.d. – 0.5 cm textual records.
Administrative documents
F.66 Freelance [computer printout of four photographs of MH’s garden; list of board of directors, including MH, for Civic Garden Centre (Toronto Botanical Garden); computer printout of Canadian nursery listings; outline for Flora North America]. – 1992-1999. – 19 pp. textual records.
F.67 Horseshoe Valley Resort [typescripts of gardening columns with unknown publication history; CBC contracts; correspondence regarding CBC Fresh Air; plant list for Canada Blooms 2012; Gardening Life Editor-in-Chief contract for 1998-1999]. – 1993-2014. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.68 Freelance invoices copy [CBC notes; invoices from House & Home TV, CTV; correspondence from CBC producer of Canadian Gardener and Harrowsmith Magazine; column drafts]. – 1996-2015. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.69 [Gardening Life correspondence; contract]. – 1997-2006. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.70 [Miscellaneous professional correspondence]. – 1998-2005. – 11 pp. textual records.
F.71 Globe and Mail Freelance [“Dig this: Marjorie Harris shares her hottest seasonal picks” Globe and Mail, 2000. Computer printout of published version of seven short columns with accompanying correspondence with Sheree-Lee Olson; correspondence with Tom Intven]. – 2000. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.72 Gardening Life 2008 [2006 production schedule; computer printout of draft articles including “A Garden by the Sea,” a four-part series on Tom Deacon’s garden; content notes for articles; correspondence regarding St. Joseph media and Gardening Life. Unknown publication history. This material has been treated for mold]. – 2000-2008. – 1.5 cm textual records.
F.73 [Springwood Roses and Margaret Stanley. Correspondence regarding possible article on Margaret Stanley]. – 2001. – 6 pp. textual records.
Box 60
F.1 [Globe and Mail proposed schedule for the garden column; correspondence]. – 2003. – 6 pp. textual records.
F.2 Recreating Eden [promotional and synopsis material on Canadian television show. Series 2, episode 2 featured Marjorie Harris]. – April 2004. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.3 Gardening Life’s: The Garden Gurus [proposal for television how]. – December 2005. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.4 International Flora 2006 [drafts of articles; agenda; correspondence]. – June 2006. –
F.5 [Spiral bound notebook with notes for Garden Life, The Globe and Mail, gardening clients, and personal matters]. – ca. 2007. – 2.0 cm textual records.
F.6 [MH’s website design notes; notes for website content]. – ca. 2007. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.7 Marjorie’s Spring Garden [computer printout of photographs]. – 2007. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.8 [CBC contracts for Fresh Air and CBC Life; correspondence]. – 2010-2019. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.9 [Business documents for freelance writing for Globe and Mail. Invoices; content agreements]. – 2011; 2016. – 8 pp. textual records.
F.10 [Zoomer magazine assignment confirmation and drafts for articles titled “The top five plants” and “Three great destination gardens”. Single draft of each with handwritten annotations.]. – January -May 2014. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.11 Globe columns 2015 [correspondence]. – 2015. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.12 [Short articles about Marjorie Harris from various publications including Financial Post Review, Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press and Zoomers]. – ca. 1980-2022. –13 pp. textual records.
F.13 [Ron Graham. “Force of nature: Marjorie Harris never set out to become the country’s best-known gardener. It happened almost by accident while she was looking for something she lost as a child.” Toronto Life, July 1999, p. 64-70. Published version.]
F.14 [“Gardening gurus grapple for gold gloves.” Post, March 2007. Published version of short article comparing Mark Cullen and Marjorie Harris. Unknown author.]
Series 3
Speeches, Tours, and Events. – 1990-2023. – 1 photograph: col.; 84 35 mm slides: col.; 14 cm textual records.
The series contains material related to speaking engagements, garden tours, and other activities MH undertook as a leading garden writer in Canada. Title of series is from the contents of the material. This series contains correspondence, contracts, scripts and notes for speeches. MH also acted as the horticultural expert on multiple sight-seeing tours in Europe. Material related to those tours include notes on gardens, agendas, and correspondence.
This series is arranged chronologically. See additional material related to speeches such as PowerPoint slide decks in Series 7: Digital Files.
Box 60 [cont.]
F.15 [Correspondence with various event organizers regarding MH’s availability, schedules, etc.]. – 1990-2003. – 1.7 cm textual records.
F.16 [Victoria Flower and Garden Festival, July 1995 speech; information on Watergardens in Holland Tour, February 17, 1998; plant order from Connon Nurseries, August 2023]. – July 1995; February 1998; August 2023. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.17 [Proposal for MH gardening weekend event at Langdon Hall. Correspondence on thermal fax paper; computer printout of correspondence with handwritten annotations]. – 1996. – 6 pp. textual records.
F.18 [Notes and scripts, some partial, for speeches and events]. – 1996; 2001; n.d. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.19 [51st Annual Educational Conference for Alumni Association of The Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture program with MH speech title and bio; correspondence]. – July 1997; February 1998. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.20 [Gardener’s Cruise to Alaska correspondence]. – June 18, 1998. – 1 p. textual record.
F.21 [Welland Horticultural Society 80th Anniversary program; correspondence; photograph. MH was guest speaker]. – 1998. – 1 photograph: col.; 18 pp. textual records.
F.22 Gardens of Inspiration [program; silent auction listings. This was a garden tour presented by Gardening Life as a fundraiser for The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation. MH was a host]. – August 27th, 2000. – 0.6 cm textual records.
F.23 Native Plant Slides [slides of native and non-native plants and landscapes; computer printout of speech notes titled “Plant list for talk at Toronto Botanical Gardens”]. – ca. 2001-2003. – 84 35 mm slides: col.; 9 pp. textual records.
F.24 [ICanGarden.com tour of Cote d’Azur and Tuscany materials. MH was an organizer. Folder contains correspondence; tour information; travel ephemera such as brochures, maps, business cards]. – April-May 2002. – 0.8 cm textual records.
F.25 [Material related to Speeches and Events in 2003: correspondence; contracts; programs; receipts and records related to the University of Saskatchewan Master Gardener Program course MH taught]. – 2003. – 24 pp. textual records.
F.26 [Gardening for Your Health: Renewal and Recovery keynote speech at Thunder Bay symposium sponsored by the Canadian Mental Health Association; newspaper articles]. – May 2003. – 20 pp. textual records.
F.27 [Correspondence and contract regarding MH’s role as the San Diego County Fair Paul Ecke, Jr. Flower & Garden Show celebrity judge and opening speaker]. – April-May 2004. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.28 [Speeches and events invitations, computer printout of correspondence, and programs]. – 2004-2009. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.29 General Speech 2005 [computer printout of speaking notes; computer printout of correspondence; plant list regarding Garden Plus nursery outside of Peterborough. MH’s major speech in 2005 included for Peterborough Business Women’s Association.]. – May 2005. – 11 pp. textual notes.
F.30 [Garden Tour of Tuscany. Draft and final itinerary; mailing list; correspondence; travel ephemera]. – May 2008. – 1.0 cm textual records.
F.31 Tours France and Italy [tickets; brochures; mailing list; research materials. Material is predominantly for France trip in August]. – August 2008. – 1.0 cm textual records.
F.32 [Linda Thorne’s ‘Gardens of France 2008’ with Marjorie Harris. Trip itinerary; computer printout of research material on plant lists and garden design with handwritten annotations; maps, brochures and other travel ephemera]. – August-September 2008. – 1.1 cm textual records.
Box 61
F.1 [Italian Garden Tour 2011 with Garden Expert Marjorie Harris. Trip itinerary; promotional material; list of tour members; correspondence; and travel ephemera for a garden tour led by MH through TravelSpecifics.com]. – December 2010-October 2011. – 1.0 cm textual records.
F.2 [Italian Garden Tour, various years. Draft itinerary for 2012 with handwritten annotations, partial; partial draft itinerary notes for 2010; draft itinerary for 2011 with handwritten annotations; travel brochures]. – 2010-2012. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.3 [Italian Garden Tour. Travel brochures, maps, and other travel ephemera; speaking notes on gardens with handwritten annotations]. – 2011(?). – 1.1 cm textual records.
F.4 [Canadian Cancer Society 77th Annual Spring Garden Tour program of day’s events. MH was special guest]. – May 27th, 2012. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.5 [Italian Garden Tour 2012. Trip promotion draft; itinerary; drafts of speaking notes on gardens with handwritten annotations]. – 2012. – 0.7 cm textual records.
F.6 Italy 2013 Amalfi Coast Sept 25-Oct 6 [material related to Arts & Leisure Tours’ garden tour led by Marjorie Harris and Linda Clay, including trip itinerary and travel notes; outline for speaking notes with handwritten annotation; drafts of speaking notes on gardens with handwritten annotations; travel ephemera]. – 2013. – 1.1 cm textual records.
F.7 Freelance [Toronto Botanical Garden Aster Awards speech; introduction for Jack Batten’s book launch; computer printout of drafts of articles “How to get into the garden on a budget,” “Love and longevity in the garden,” “Cannabis: From garden to table”, “The Theatrical Garden”; guide for 2023 Garden Tour by the Ontario Rock Garden and Hardy Plant Society of MH’s garden]. – ca. 2018-2023. – 0.6 cm textual records,
Series 4
Garden Design Business. – 1991-2023. – 25.5 cm textual records; 120 pp. technical drawings; 12 photographs: col.
Title of series is derived from the contents of the material. Marjorie Harris started a garden design business by 1991. It went through a series of names, including The Canadian Gardener Consults, The Canadian Gardener Designs, Marjorie Harris Gardens, and Marjorie Harris Garden Designs. She provided clients with garden design plans comprised predominantly of a text-based document rather than more traditional landscape drawings. Occasionally, she provided both.
MH provided landscape drawings which varied from rudimentary sketches of plant placements to computer created plans with garden design annotations. All have been characterized as technical drawings in this finding aid. She also would provide design ideas to her clients by drawing or annotating on the computer printout of photographs provided by the client. These have been noted as computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations.
Folders in this series contain garden design plans in both text and technical drawings, plant orders, invoices, correspondence, computer printout photographs of landscapes prior to design changes, architectural design drawings provided to MH, and scheduling documents. All garden designs are textual records unless a technical drawing is noted in the extent description. The invoices for plants are predominantly from Lost Horizons [owned by Larry Davidson], John’s Garden in Uxbridge, the NVK Nurseries branch of Connon Nurseries, Sheridan Gardens, and Fiesta Gardens in Toronto. Series is arranged chronologically. Material with no date (n.d.) listed at the end.
Box 61 [cont.]
Note: Oversize items from box 61, file 17 have been placed in box 53, file 20.
F.8 A Romantic Garden for Jack Rabinovitch [garden design; plant list. MH’s note indicates Doris Giller was one of her first clients]. – 1991; n.d. – 6 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.9 Andrew Clement and Lucy Suchman [garden design; computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations]. – 2004. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.10 A Plant Design for Julia Woods Garden [garden design; computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations]. – March 2006. – 12 pp. textual records; 7 pp. technical drawings.
F.11 A Balcony Garden for Pauline Couture and Ian Morrison [garden design; invoices. Technical drawings were provided by the client by MH did not annotate them]. – 2006-2009. – 8 pp. textual records; 5 pp. technical drawings
F.12 An Entertaining Garden for Shirley Blumberg [plant list; correspondence with Larry Davidson; invoice]. – 2006-2011. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.13 The Coach House [garden design; correspondence; computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations]. – ca. 2007. – 18 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.14 Laura Bradbury 270 Major St Toronto [site plan technical drawings with handwritten annotations]. – 2007. – 11 pp. technical drawings; 3 pp. textual records.
F.15 Janny Vincent [invoice; list of MH’s favorite plants]. – 2007. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.16 Gardens 2013-15 [garden design; site plan drawings; computer printout of photographs for 43? Ashley Pk with handwritten annotations]. – 2007; 2016. – 10 pp. textual records; 3 pp. technical drawings.
F.17 A Garden Design for Adrienne (Clarkson) and John (Saul) [correspondence regarding design; landscape design drawing titled “Garden Plan”]. – 2007. – 9 pp. textual records. See Box 53, File 18 for oversize garden design technical drawing originally located in this folder.
F.18 A Garden for Joan Kritz [garden design; computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations; technical drawing with handwritten annotation]. – 2007-2008. – 8 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.19 A Garden for Anna Pemberton [garden design; computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations; plant lists]. – 2007-2008; 2012. – 16 pp. textual materials.
F.20 An Entertaining Garden for Laura and Don: Interim report. – April 15, 2008. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.21 Rebecca Horewood [plant list; design]. – 2007-August 6, 2008. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.22 A Garden for Brad Campbell and Joseph Colimbas [garden design; computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations]. – 2008. – 10 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.23 Planting Plan for the Loretto Roof Top Garden [garden design; computer printout of photographs]. – 2008. – 8 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.24 Carol Kitai [plant lists; invoices]. – 2008. – 12 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.25 A Garden for Anna Bayley and Larry Milosovic [garden design; correspondence]. – November 2008-April 2009. – 9 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.26 Freelance [garden designs including Lee Caswell correspondence]. – 2008-2011. – 0.5 cm textual records; 12 pp. technical drawings.
F.27 [Correspondence with Larry Davidson]. – 2008; n.d. – 11 pp. textual records.
F.28 [Correspondence with Larry Davidson regarding plant delivery for three gardens]. – April 25, 2009. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.29 Erika Bontovics [correspondence; computer printout of photographs; garden design]. – September 2009. – 4 pp. textual records; 1 technical drawing.
F.30 A Garden for Riva Grinshpan [garden design; computer printout of photographs]. – October 2009. – 17 pp. textual records.
F.31 A Garden for Victoria Jackman and Bruce Kuwabara [garden design; property drawings; plant list; correspondence]. – October-November 2009. – 0.5 cm textual records; 13 pp. technical drawings.
F.32 [2010 invoices and receipts]. – 2010. – 8 pp. textual records.
F.33 An Informal Garden for Lee Caswell and Blaise XXXX [garden design; correspondence; computer printout of photographs]. – 2010. – 13 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.34 A Garden for Debbie and Murray Chant [garden design; plant list; correspondence]. – 2010. – 0.5 cm textual records.
F.35 [National Association of Professional Women in Landscape certificate of membership]. – 2011. – 1 p. textual records.
F.36 Pike [garden design for A Garden for David and Paula Pike; plant list; photographs. A seed packet for Renee’s Garden “Wine Country Mesclun lettuce” has been removed because of preservation concerns]. – April-May 2011. – 14 pp. textual records; 10 photographs: col.; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.37 Craig Sangster and Sabina Mexis [garden design; plant list; invoices]. – 2011. – 0.7 cm textual records; 4 pp. technical drawings.
F.38 Caroline Carlo [multiple garden designs at two properties; plant lists; correspondence; invoices]. – 2011; 2018-2021. – 1.0 cm textual records.
F.39 [2012 gardens correspondence; plans; schedules; invoices]. – 2012. – 16 pp. textual records.
F.40 [Correspondence with Lee Rose, Monique, and MH on plant supplies]. – 2012. – 0.5 cm textual records; 1 technical drawing.
F.41 [2012 Client list with expenses paid]. – 2012. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.42 A Colourful Garden for Martha Watson [garden design; plant lists for Canada Blooms 2012]. – 2012. – 15 pp. textual records; 1 technical drawing.
F.43 Dara Singer [correspondence]. – 2012. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.44 Garden Renovation for Heather and Mary MacDonald [garden design]. – June 2012. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.45 This is Not a Rosedale Garden, Garden for Roxborough [garden design for Peter Best; invoice]. – June 2012. – 3 pp. textual records.
Box 62
F.1 A Garden Renovation [garden design]. – September 3, 2012. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.2 A Serene Garden for Marilyn and Kaji Kado [garden design; plant list]. – September 2012. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.3 The Condominium [garden design]. – October 29, 2012. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.4 Driveway Border for Audrey Spring and Bev Jackson [garden designs; invoice; computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations]. – August 2012. – 10 pp. textual records.
F.5 [Miscellaneous materials related to garden design business, including garden designs; plant orders; invoices]. – 2012-2023. – 22 pp. textual records; 2 technical drawings.
F.6 Garden Renovations Judy Hunter and Martin Hallett [estimates; invoices]. – August-September 2013. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.7 Hillcrest Ave [garden design and estimate]. – 2013. – 11 pp. textual records.
F.8 Garden Projects: Gwen and Ryan Freidman [estimate]. – March 16, 2014. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.9 A Garden Renovation for Helen and Michael [garden design with client correspondence; estimate]. – April 2014. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.10 A Serene Oasis for Gwen and Ryan [garden design]. – May 2014. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.11 A Front Garden Renovation for Julie Rosenthal [garden design]. – June 2014. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.12 A Garden Renovation for Lisa Davis [garden design]. – June 2014. – 6 pp. textual records.
F.13 Barbara Stephenson [estimates for Barbara Stephenson; garden design; photographs; estimates for Shelagh and Richard Cohen]. – April 2015. – 7 pp. textual records; 5 technical drawings; 2 photographs: col.
F.14 A Garden Renovation for Dr. Anne Arrell [garden design; estimates; plant list]. – May 2015. – 13 pp. textual records.
F.15 Amy Scowan/Chris Walsh second planting [garden design; plant list]. – ca. 2015. – 5 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.16 Yonge Boulevard [garden design; estimates; plant list; list of clients]. – 2015-2016. – 11 pp. textual records.
F.17 A Garden Renovation for Monica Holboke [garden plan]. – April 2016. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.18 [Invoice for Terra Kusher]. – July 15, 2017. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.19 Completed Gardens 2018 [garden designs; invoices from nurseries; plant lists; correspondence. This file contains material related to multiple clients]. – 2016-2020. – 2.0 cm textual records; 8 pp. technical drawings.
F.20 A Garden Renovation for Trinity Street [garden design]. – August-September 2017. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.21 Hilltop Garden Plan for Paula and David [garden design; correspondence; plant lists; computer printout of maps with handwritten annotations]. – 2017-2018. – 0.5 cm textual records; 12 pp. technical drawings.
F.22 Part 1 of a Renovation of the Garden [garden design]. – April 2018. – 2 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawings.
F.23 Stage Two Julie and George Sheen [garden design; plant list]. – May 2018. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.24 A Back Garden Renovation for Maribeth Solomon [garden design; correspondence]. – June 2018. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.25 Woodland Border for David and Marilyn Friesen [garden design]. – June 2018. – 2 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawings.
F.26 A Stage Two Renovation for Garden of Lisa Doute [garden design; estimates]. – June 2018. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.27 Second Planting for Kathy Blend Revised [garden design; nursery invoice]. – September 2018. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.28 [Cheryl Hawkes/Hawkes Residence email correspondence; plant list; planting plan with handwritten annotations]. – September 2018-July 2019. – 3 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.29 A Garden Renovation for Brenda Menzies and David Fogle [garden design]. – August 2018 – May 2019. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.30 A Garden Renovation for Trish McMaster [garden design; computer printout of photographs of drawn garden design]. – October 2018. – 6 pp. textual records; 2 pp. technical drawings.
F.31 Planting Plans for Sasha Jarh [garden design; correspondence]. – ca. 2018. – 5 pp. technical drawings; 4 pp. textual records.
F.32 A Front Garden Renovation for Maryon and Stan Walter [garden design; planting plan]. – May 2019. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.33 The Front Garden 203 Albany Avenue [plant list; invoices]. – June 2019. – 4 pp. textual records.
F.34 An Entertaining Paradise for Amanda and Jeff [garden design; correspondence; invoice]. – June-August 2020. – 0.6 cm textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.35 Sharon Levinas Weiner [plant lists and invoices]. – 2020. – 6 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawing.
F.36 An Entertaining Garden for Erin and James [garden design; estimates; plant lists]. – 2020. – 0.5 cm textual records; 5 pp. technical drawings.
F.37 A Wychwood Park Fantasy [garden design; correspondence; estimates]. – October 2020-April 2021. – 0.7 cm textual records; 3 pp. technical drawings.
F.38 A Romantic Garden for Michel and David [garden design; correspondence]. – March-July 2021. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.39 A courtyard garden for Molly Falconer [correspondences with client with garden design plan; correspondence with nurseries with plant lists]. – April-May 2021. – 18 pp. textual records.
F.40 An Entertaining Garden for Christine and Greg [garden design]. – June 2021. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.41 A Garden of Delights for Janet and Wendy [garden design; plant list]. – June 2021. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.42 A Magical Garden for Annie [garden design; correspondence; invoice]. – April 2023. – 7 pp. textual records.
F.43 Gavriel State [correspondence; garden design; invoice]. – 2023. – 11 pp. textual records; 3 pp. technical drawings.
F.44 [39 Lynngrove Ave designs, computer printout of photographs with handwritten annotations]. – n.d. – 5 pp. textual records; 1 p. technical drawings.
F.45 A Welcoming Garden for Chloe and Julian [garden design]. – n.d. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.46 Planting Plan for Suzanne Dimma – n.d. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.47 100 Bidewell [correspondence]. – n.d. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.48 A Garden Renovation for Pamela and John [plant list] –n.d. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.49 A Garden Renewal for Nancy and Blake [garden design]. – n.d. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.50 Wendy and Mark McVey [notes for garden design]. – n.d. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.51 Marilyn L. Pilkington and Wayne E. Shaw Improvements to Garden Plantings [notes for garden design]. – n.d. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.52 Stage Two Planting for Max and Jasmine [Notes to Lee Rose, MH’s colleague, for planting]. – n.d. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.53 A Garden Proposal for Ara and Tamara Sahabian [garden design]. – n.d. – 3 pp. textual records.
F.54 A Garden Renovation for Virginia and Gerry [garden design]. – n.d. – 1 p. textual record.
F.55 An Entertaining Garden for Tracey Henry [garden design]. – n.d. – 5 pp. textual records.
Series 5
Awards, Award and Party Invitations, and Personal. – 1966-2019. – 9 cm textual records.
This series consists of material related to awards received by MH, Giller Book Prize award event invitations and programs, and personal materials including correspondence. Title of series is from the contents of the material. Award material is listed first followed by personal materials. Files have been arranged chronologically.
Box 62 [cont.]
F.56 [Salute to the City award certificate by The Toronto Eaton Centre]. – March 2, 1997. – 1 plaque.
F.57 [Cuisine Canada and The University of Guelph Canadian Culinary Book Awards certification and press announcement]. – November 3-4, 2005. – 5 pp. textual records.
F.58 [Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal certificate. Certificate, letter of notification, and Information and Wearing Guide for national award]. – 2012. – 10 pp.
The following files contain invitations to and programs for the Giller Prize dinner and award ceremonies. All invitations are addressed to Ms. Marjorie Harris and Mr. Jack Batten. Programs include information such as biographical information on nominees, jury members, and the dinner menu. Date noted is the date of the ceremony.
F.59 [Invitation to and evening program for the Giller Prize second annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 7, 1995. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.60 [Invitation to and evening program for the Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony. Program is possibly signed by Ann-Marie MacDonald]. – November 6, 1996. – 10 pp. textual records.
Box 63
F.1 [Invitation to and evening program for the Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 4, 1997. – 9 pp. textual records.
F.2 [Invitation to the Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 3, 1998. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.3 [Invitation to and evening program for the Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 3, 1999. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.4 [Invitation to and evening program for the Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 2, 2000. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.5 [Invitation to and evening program for the Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 6, 2001. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.6 [Invitation to and evening program for the 10th Anniversary Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 4, 2003. – 12 pp. textual records.
F.7 [Two evening programs for the Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 11, 2004. – 18 pp. textual records.
F.8 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony; Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus performance flyer (2005)]. – November 8, 2005; 2005. – 13 pp. textual records.
F.9 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 7, 2006. – 13 pp. textual records.
F.10 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 11, 2008. – 13 pp. textual records.
F.11 [Invitation to the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 10, 2009. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.12 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 3, 2011. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.13 [Invitation to the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 9, 2010. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.14 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 3, 2011. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.15 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – October 30, 2012. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.16 [Invitation to the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 5, 2013. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.17 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 10, 2014. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.18 [Invitation to the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 10, 2015. – 2 pp textual records.
F.19 [Invitation to the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 7, 2015. – 2 pp. textual records.
F. 20 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 20, 2017. – 14 pp. textual records.
F.21 [Invitation to and evening program for the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 19, 2018. – 13 pp. textual records.
F.22 [Invitation to the Scotiabank Giller Prize annual dinner and award ceremony]. – November 18, 2019. – 2 pp. textual records.
F.23 [Miscellaneous programs; newsletters; invitation to Margaret Atwood’s winter party]. – 1991-1996. – 0.7 cm textual records.
F.24 [Personal correspondence including letters from Adrienne Clarkson, Charlotte Erichsen-Brown]. – 1966-2009. – 10 pp. textual records.
Series 6
Digital Files. – 1990-2009. – 667 files (MP4; MP3; JPG; WPD; DOC; XLS; TXT; AVI; AIFF): 24.6 GB, total running time 19 hours, 6 minutes 40 seconds; 1 p. textual records.
This series contains two types of digital files: (1) digitized video and audio recordings originally on VHS or audiocassette and (2) material originally created as a digital file (born-digital). Digitized recordings are listed first, followed by born-digital files.
Records in the first category (digitized video and audio recordings) include MH’s television appearances including on the programs Anatomy of Love and Canadian Gardener. This grouping also contains a single textual page.
Records in the second category (born-digital files) include MH’s photographs, writing, and material for speeches. Material is predominantly arranged in received order. Titles are taken from the title on the original media carrier.
Box 63 [cont.]
Textual records
F.25 Anatomy of Love [computer printout of correspondence regarding tv shows in which MH and Jack Batten discuss their marriage. See following four digital files, Series 6 Digital Files, Files 1-4]. – February 9, 1995. – 1 p. textual records.
Digitized video and audio recordings
Access to digital files is available upon request.
F.1 Anatomy of Love Show 1: Courtship [Television show originally aired on TBS on February 14, 1995. Show consisted of four segments with MH and Jack Batten discussing their marriage in show 4]. – January 3, 1995. – 1 file (MP4): 1.19 GB, total running time: 48 minutes 59 seconds.
F.2 Anatomy of Love Show 2: Marriage. – January 3, 1995. – 1 file (MP4): 1.19 GB, total running time 50 minutes 14 seconds.
F.3 Anatomy of Love Show 3: Adultery. – January 3, 1995. – 1 file (MP4): 1.18 GB, total running time 48 minutes 59 seconds.
F.4 Anatomy of Love Show 4: Breaking Up Staying Together. [Marjorie Harris and Jack Batten discuss their marriage]. – January 3, 1995. – 1 file (MP4): 1.21 GB, total running time 50 minutes 14 seconds.
F.5 Canadian Gardener 1993 Season Grapevine segment [Marjorie Harris reports from her Toronto garden on national television show]. – 1993. – 1 file (MP4): 857 MB, total running time 37 minutes 29 seconds.
F.6 Marjorie Harris – Canadian Gardener “Grapevine” segments.– 1996 season. – 1 file (MP4): 592 MB, total running time 25 minutes 13 seconds.
F.7 Canadian Gardener 1997 Grapevine Marjorie Harris. – 1997. – 1 file (MP4): 578 MB, total running time 25 minutes.
F.8 The Garden Tour Cable TV Interview with Marjorie Harris [interviewed by Jennifer Moore]. – October 22, 1998. – 1 file (MP4): 740 MB, total running time 31 minutes 44 seconds.
F.9 [CBC News World Morning segment with Marjorie Harris followed by episodes of popular television series such as West Wing, ER, etc. MH’s segment is approximately 6 minutes long and starts at the 14 minutes 15 seconds mark]. –May 27, 2002. – 1 file (MP4): 8.7 GB, total running time 6 hours 30 seconds.
F.10 Grandchildren’s Picnic [home video of family gathering]. – 1994. –1 file (MP4): 528 MB, total running time 22 minutes 38 seconds.
F.11 Urban Gardener Dubs. – June 6, 13, 27, and July 11, 1988. – 1 file (MP3): 41 MB, total running time 29 minutes 51 seconds.
F.12 Morningside [radio interview on new publication, The Canadian Gardener (until 16 minutes 7 seconds); recording of MH and three other unknown participants discussing gardens, possibly Morningside]. – September 12, 1990; n.d. – 1 file (MP3): 64.4 MB, total running time 46 minute 56 seconds.
F.13 Radio Noon [call-in radio show with MH. She discusses her garden, her new book, The Canadian Gardener and responses to listeners who called in]. – September 14, 1990. – 1 file (MP3): 64.4 MB, total running time 46 minutes, 54 seconds.
F.14 ex ‘Gabereau’ [radio interview. MH discusses her new book Ecological Gardening; France; composting]. – June 3, 1991. – 1 file (MP3): 40.4 MB, total running time 29 minutes 27 seconds.
F.15 Marg Harris CBC Dec ’91, Radio Noon Dec ’91 [call-in radio show with MH]. – December 1991. – 1 file (MP3): 64.8 MB, total running time 47 minutes 13 seconds.
F.16 Morningside May ’93 [unknown participants in interview and tour]. – May 1993. – 1 file (MP3): 39 MB, total running time 28 minutes 26 seconds.
F.17 Garden Show [radio interview on CFRB 1010 AM’s show Mark Cullen’s The Garden Show. File 1 of 2]. – November 18, 1995 – 1 file (MP3): 41.3 MB, total running time 30 minutes 8 seconds.
F.18 Garden Show [File 2 of 2]. – November 18, 1995. – 1 file (MP3): 41.3 MB, total running time 30 minutes 7 seconds.
F.19 Tom Deacon? [audio recording of interview and garden tour with unknown person (until 14:25); unknown speaker presenting on various United States gardens including Denver Botanic Garden, Chanticleer, etc.]. – n.d. – 1 file (MP3): 51 MB, total running time 36 minutes 25 seconds.
F.20 [unknown speaker presenting] – n.d. – 1 file (MP3): 65.2 MB, total running time 47 minutes 31 seconds.
Born-digital material
Access to digital files is available upon request.
F.21 Canada’s House [digital images for Canada’s House: Rideau Hall and the Invention of a Canadian Home. MH authored the chapter on gardens. Images include historical images of Rideau Hall as well as landscape and plant images. See Gov. Gen. folder in Series 1 for more material related to Canada’s House]. – April 21, 2005. – 23 files (JPG): 6 MB, 23 images.
F.22 Deacon’s garden [digital photographs of Tom Deacon’s garden]. –August 9, 2004. – 4 files (JPG): 22 MB.
F.23 Flora NA [multiple drafts of Botanica: Flora North America; spreadsheets used to track information for images for publication; questionnaires; research materials; correspondence. Much of this has been printed and is physically arranged in first accrual, Series Two and this accrual, Series 1]. – 2001-2003. – 185 files (PDF, WPD, TXT, XLS, DOC): 19.9 MB.
F.24 France 2006 [digital photographs]. – 2007. – 44 files (JPG): 134 MB.
F.25 Italy 2008 [digital photographs and videos of gardens likely associated with the Garden Tours of Tuscany. Associated material in Series 3]. – 2008. – 347 files (JPG; AVI): 1.05 GB, total running time 1 minute 22 seconds.
F.26 peopleuncut [television interview of MH by Shannon Nelson]. – ca. 2007. – 1 file (MP4): 784 MB, total running time 22 minutes.
F.27 Rideau Hall 2005 [images for presentation on Rideau Hall’s garden]. – 2005. – 1 file (PPT): 4.77 MB, 23 images.
F.28 [Slide shows for general presentations including “2005 slide show”; multiple slide shows in 2006; and “2007 speech draft 3.” All contain images of gardens or plants for presentations with no notes or accompanying text. Some have over 100 images]. – 2005-2008. – 13 files (PPT): 4.77 GB.
F.29 FreshAir [CBC Fresh Air recordings of four of MH’s segments]. – March 18, 2007; April 5, 2009; May 17, 2009; October 11, 2009. – 4 files (AIFF): 720 MB, total running time 1 hour 11 minutes 20 seconds.
Oversize Folder
F.18 Foliage Garden Ecological Gardening Illust. [drawings of insects, leaf types, and tree trunk for book by illustrator David Chapman (?). Envelope addressed to Andrew Smith Graphics]. – ca. 1991. – 5 illustrations. – Note: Originally located in box 55, file 2.
F.19 [“Marjorie’s Way” and other articles from The Canadian with no author credit. See first accrual, Series 1 and Series 10 for additional “Marjorie’s Way” material]. –ca. 1973-1979 – 6 pp. textual records. Note: Originally located in box 59, folder 46.
F.20 A garden design for Adrienne (Clarkson) and John (Saul) [landscape design drawing titled “Garden Plan”]. – 2007. – 1 technical drawing. Note: Originally located in box 61, file 17.
