Finding Aid
Jane and Martin Lynch fonds. 1957-1999 96 cm textual material. Title based on contents of fonds.
Series 1
Manuscripts. 1984-1991. 80 cm textual material. Title based on contents of the fonds.
This series contains draft copies of Peter C. Newmans manuscripts for Volumes 1-3 of his Hudsons Bay series, which were sent to Martin and Jane Lynch for fact checking and editing. In addition to the manuscripts, they often contain correspondence and notes pertaining to the related chapter. Where a discrepancy in the original file name or on the manuscript differed from the final publication, the final publication has been used.
Company of Adventurers. [Hudsons Bay Company Volume I]. 1984-1986.
Box 1
F.1 Early Version. Chapter: TMS (photocopy), corrected, 157 pp.
Front Matter:
F.2 Table of Contents. TMS (photocopy), corrected, 2 pp.
F.3 Forward. TMS (photocopy), corrected, 33 pp. Two versions.
F.4 Forward. Galleys, corrected,
F.5 Introduction. TMS (photocopy), corrected, 40 pp.
Chapter 1: The Bay Men
F.6 Galleys, corrected, 14 pp.
Chapter 2: Beyond the Westering Sea
F.7 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 21 pp.
F.8 Galleys, corrected, 11 pp.
Chapter 3: A Bounty of Beaver
F.9 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 21 pp.
F.10 Galleys, corrected,
Chapter 4: Messrs. Radishes & Gooseberry
F.11 TMS (photocopy) final, 12 pp.
F.12 Galleys, corrected, 6 pp.
Chapter 5: A Princely Undertaking
F.13 TMS (photocopy) final, 40 pp.
F.14 Galleys, corrected, 20 pp.
Chapter 6: Battling for the Bay
F.15 TMS (photocopy) final, 22 pp.
F.16 Galleys, corrected, 11 pp.
Chapter 7: The Century of the Lakes
F.17 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 28 pp.
F.18 Galleys, corrected, 9 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 8: Asleep by the Frozen Sea
F.19 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 58 pp.
F.20 Galleys, corrected, 19 pp.
Chapter 9: The Salty Orcadians
F.21 TMS (photocopy) final, 13 pp.
F.22 Galleys, corrected, 6 pp.
Chapter 10: A Savage Commerce
F.23 TMS (photocopy) final, 29 pp.
F.24 Galleys, corrected, 14 pp.
Chapter 11: Pathfinders
F.25 Galleys, corrected, 114 pp.
Chapter 12: The Dobbs Intervention
F.26 Galleys, corrected, 10 pp.
Chapter 13: Hearnes Odyssey
F.27 Galleys, corrected, 58 pp.
Chapter 14: The Blood Feud Begins
F.28 Galleys, corrected, 13 pp.
Chapter 15: The Arctic Fox
F.29 TMS (photocopy) final, 36 pp.
F.30 Galleys, corrected, 17 pp.
End Matter:
F.31 Envoi. TMS (photocopy), 4 pp.
F.32 Appendices. Galleys
F.33 Miscellaneous. Notes, clippings, correspondence. 1984-1986.
Caesars of the Wilderness. [Hudsons Bay Company Volume II]. 1985-1987.
Box 1
Front Matter:
F.34 Table of Contents. TMS (photocopy), 5 pp.
F.35 Acknowledgements. TMS (photocopy), corrected, 7 pp. Galleys, corrected, 3 pp. Two versions.
F.36 Prologue. TMS (photocopy) corrected, 16 pp. Galleys, corrected, 9 pp. Two versions.
Box 2
F.1 Chapters 1-5 notes on galleys.
Chapter 1: The NorWesters
F.2 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 33 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 2: The Magnificent River Rats
F.3 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 131 pp. Three versions.
Chapter 3: Big Mack
F.4 TMS (photocopy), corrected, pp. 167. Three versions.
Chapter 4: Storming of the West
F.5 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 147 pp. Three versions.
Chapter 5: Howling with the Wolves
Note: Additional comments from Lynch may be found with Chapter 4 in File 5.
F.6 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 137 pp. Three versions.
Chapter 6: A Fearful Innocence
F.7 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 171 pp. Three versions.
F.8 Galley, corrected, 17 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 7: Showdown
F.9 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 72 pp. Two versions.
F.10 Galley, corrected, 15 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 8: A Marriage of Great Convenience
F.11 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 119 pp. Three versions.
F.12 Galley, corrected, 16 pp. Two versions.
Box 3
Chapter 9: The Birchbark Napoleon
F.1 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 88 pp. Two versions.
F.2 Galley, corrected, 23 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 10: The Viceroy
F.3 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 92 pp. Two versions.
F.4 Galley, corrected, 16 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 11: Galahads of the Pacific
F.5 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 80 pp. Two versions.
F.6 Galley, corrected, 8 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 12: British Columbias Mulatto King
F.7 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 42 pp. Two versions and research.
F.8 Galley, corrected, 8 pp. Two versions (note: second version is in F. 6)
Chapter 13: Unravelling the Fur Monopoly
F.9 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 69 pp. Two versions.
F.10 Galley, corrected, 13 pp. Two versions.
Chapter 14: Death of a Titan
F.11 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 64 pp.
F.12 Galley, corrected, 12 pp.
Chapter 15: Surrender
F.13 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 46 pp. Two versions.
F.14 Galley, corrected, 19 pp.
End Matter:
F.15 Epilogue. TMS (photocopy), 1 pp.
F.16 Appendix: Chronology.
F.17 Appendix: Resource People. TMS (photocopy), corrected, 26 pp. Galley, corrected, 3 pp.
F.18 Appendix: Amalgamation of 1821. TMS (photocopy), corrected, 45 pp.
F.19 Chapter notes. TMS (photocopy), corrected, two versions. Galley, corrected, 17 pp.
F.20 Bibliography. TMS (photocopy), corrected, two versions. Galley, 15 pp.
F.21 Maps.
F.22 Miscellaneous.
F.23 Miscellaneous Bluebook.
Merchant Princes. [Hudsons Bay Company Volume III]. 1990-1991.
Box 4
Front Matter:
F.1 Introductory pages, acknowledgements, prologue. TMS, corrected, 48 pp.
F.2 Introductory pages, acknowledgements, prologue. Galleys, corrected, 40 pp.
F.3 Table of Contents. TMS, corrected.
F.4 Prologue. TMS, corrected, 73 pp.
Chapter 1: The Man Who Became A Country
F.5 TMS rough draft, corrected, 28 pp.
F.6 TMS draft, corrected, 26 pp.
F.7 Galleys, corrected, 8 pp.
Chapter 2: Growing Up Cold
F.8 Two TMS rough drafts, corrected, 65 pp.
F.9 Galleys, corrected, 17 pp.
Chapter 3: Bringing Louis Riel to Heel
F.10 TMS draft, corrected, 39 pp.
F.11 Galleys, corrected, 20 pp.
Chapter 4: The Great Fire Canoes
F.12 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 23 pp.
F.13 Galleys, corrected, 10 pp.
Chapter 5: Progression & Betrayal
F.14 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 41 pp.
F.15 Galleys, corrected, 20 pp.
Chapter 6: Steal of Empire
F.16 TMS (photocopy), corrected, 146 pp.
F.17 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 69 pp.
F.18 Galleys, corrected, 30 pp.
Chapter 7: Canada in a Swallow-Tail Coat
F.19 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 34 pp.
F.20 Galleys, corrected, 13 pp.
Chapter 8: The Reckoning
F.21 TMS draft, corrected, 33 pp. MS reference notes, 28 pp.
F.22 Galleys, corrected, 15 pp.
Chapter 9 On the Trail of the Arctic Fox
F.23 TMS rough draft, corrected, 76 pp.
F.23 Two TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 37 and 59 pp.
Chapter 10 Killing the Competition
F.24 TMS rough draft, corrected, 18 pp.
F.25 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 17 pp.
Chapter 11 Nascopie Chronicles
F.26 TMS rough draft, corrected, 21 pp.
F.27 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 23 pp.
Box 5
Chapter 12 Northern Gridlock
F.1 TMS rough draft, corrected, 46 pp.
F.2 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 46 pp.
Chapter 13 The Lords and the Good Old Boys
F.3 TMS rough draft, corrected, 47 pp.
F.4 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 42 pp.
Chapter 14 Trans-Atlantic Blood Feud
F.5 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 64 pp.
F.6 TMS draft, corrected, 66 pp.
Chapter 15 Canadian At Last
F.7 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 59 pp.
F.8 TMS draft, corrected, 71 pp.
Chapter 16 McGiverins Run
F.9 TMS draft, corrected, 25 pp.
F.10 TMS draft, corrected, 35 pp.
F.11 TMS draft, corrected, 35 pp.
Chapter 17 Young Ken
F.12 TMS draft, corrected, 59 pp.
F.13 TMS draft, corrected, 61 pp.
F.14 TMS draft, corrected, 61 pp.
Chapter 18 Disaster and Deliverance
F.15 TMS draft, corrected, 33 pp.
F.16 TMS draft, corrected, 33 pp.
F.17 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 38 pp.
Chapter 19 Last Lord of the Bay
F.18 TMS draft, corrected, 34 pp.
F.19 TMS draft (photocopy), corrected, 30 pp.
F.20 TMS draft, corrected, 33 pp.
End Matter:
F.21 Bibliography. MS and TMS, corrected, 29 pp.
F.22 Epilogue. TMS, drafts and corrected, 49 pp. Galleys, corrected, 8 pp.
F.23 Reference notes. TMS, corrected, 16 pp.
Merchant Princes Backup material
Box 3
F.24 Canadian Committee of the HBC.
Series 2
Correspondence. 1957-1999. 16 cm. Title based on contents of series.
Primarily correspondence between Peter C. Newman and the Lynches. Occasionally there are letters to both parties from others in matters related to a book. The series follows the Lynches organization. It is arranged by book, except for a general correspondence file, and one dedicated to finances.
Box 6
F.1 Pearson book. 1967-1973.
F.2 Canadian Establishment Vol. II. 1975-1981.
F.3 Bronfman Dynasty. 1978-1981.
F.4 Black book. 1982.
F.5 Trudeau book. 1984.
F.6 HBC Vol. I. 1984-1987.
F.7 HBC Vol. III. 1990-1991.
F.8 Financial/Legal. 1973-1982.
F.9 Financial/Legal. 1982-1999.
F.10 General. 1957-1991.
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