Finding Aid
Anna Porter fonds. – 1972-2008. – 1.29 m of textual records and graphic material.
Series 1
Correspondence. – 1976-2009. – 17 cm of textual records and graphic material. – Title based on the contents of series. Unless otherwise stated, Porter is the recipient of one letter or has exchanged a letter with each correspondent. In the case of letters from people associated with companies, the letter is listed under the individual if the letter is of a personal nature and has nothing to do with the corporation. A few other types of documents, besides letters, are included in this series (e-mails, invitations, photographs, and typescripts).
Box 1
F.1 Unidentified (John etc.), 3 letters, 1997-2000.
Amos, Jeff. 1992.
Appeldorn, Beth and Sander, Susan. 1993.
Astral Broadcasting Group Inc. (André Bureau). 1995.
Atwood, Margaret. 1982 (exchange with Julian Porter re conversation reported by Peter Worthington).
Bank of Montreal (George Nothwell). 1995.
Bank of Nova Scotia (Peter Godsoe). 1994.
Band, Sarah. 1992.
Belt, W.H.E. (Bill). 2 letters. 2008.
Berton (?), Patsy. 199? or 200?
Berton, Pierre and Janet. 1995.
The Book Lover’s Ball (Kim McArthur and Heather Rumball). 2007.
Brandt, Andrew S. (LCBO). 2002.
Braunschweiger, Michael. 1992.
Cameron, Anna. 1976.
The Canadian Association of Journalists (Ian Bailey). 1993. With Porter’s notes for a speech.
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (Reva Gertsein). 2 letters. 1992-3.
Canadian School of Management (George Korey). 1996.
Chrétien, Jean and Aline. Dinner invitation with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1997.
CN Investment Division (Tullio Cedraschi). 1995.
Clarkson, Adrienne. 1992.
Cohon, George A. (McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited). 1993. Re Vadim Bakatin.
Cormorant Books Inc. (Marc Côté). E-mail exchange and letter. 2004-5.
Davies, Robertson. 1982.
Delaney, Catherine. A. 1997.
Demeter, Peter. 3 letters from Demeter (1 in Hungarian); 4 letters from Porter and her secretary (1 in Hungarian). 1978.
Donker, Gini. 1997.
Douglas & McIntyre (Scott McIntrye). 1995.
Doubleday Canada Limited (Gloria Goodham). 1996.
F.2 Edmonds, J. Duncan. Ts., “Some Thoughts on Canada’s Future”, 16 pp.
Eyton, J. Trevor (Brancan Limited). 1993.
Fawcett, Anne M. (The Caldwell Partners). 1993.
Fecan, Ivan (Bell Globemedia). Re nomination of George Jonas to the Order of Canada. 2006.
Fotheringham, Allan. Card, 2 photos, and letter. 1983-91.
Fraser, John. 1994.
Fulford, Robert. 1992.
Gelgoot, Arthur. 1993.
Gibson, Debbie (Toronto Life Venture Company). 1993.
Globe and Mail (Suzanne Buhasz). 2003.
Hungarian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Invitation. 1993.
Guerra, Angel. 2003. With ts. entitled “Israel June 2003”.
Gunton, William John. 1995.
Harris, Marjorie. 1994.
Harris, Mike. 2004.
Hunter, Martin. 1983.
Ing America Life (Robert St. Jacques). 1994.
Jewison, Norman (Yorktown Productions Ltd.). 1991.
Kurian, Joseph (Orange Bell Inc.). 2004.
Lawson, Helen Merkley. 2000.
Leader (Barbara Fletcher). 1997. With ts., “Leaders Magazine”, 8 pp.
Legislative Assembly, Ontario (?). n.d.
Lefolii, Ken. 1990-2001. Includes reports on a manuscript by Lefolii entitled “Red Stars”.
Leroux, Janice A. 1993.
List Verlagshaus (Susanne Riki). 1997.
Little Brown (Sara Maclachlan). 1997.
Loeb, Bertram. 1995.
Lougheed, Peter. 1993.
Lukas, John. 2000.
Lynn, Arden. 2001.
Maclean’s (Kevin Doyle). 1992.
Maclehose, Koukla. 1997.
The Mandala Group Inc. (Ron Velin). 1997.
Manulife Financial (Ken Beaugrand). 1993.
Martin, Paul. 2004
MGA (Linda McKnight). 1992. Includes enclosures from Barabar Levy, Stoddart, and Virgin Publishing.
Mowat, Claire. 2 letters. 2007-8.
Munk, Peter. 3 letters and reply. 1992-3.
The National Citizens’ Coalition (David Sommerville). 1993.
New American Library (Elaine Koster). 1989.
North York Public Library (Kim Huntley and Helen Lanteigne). 1993.
O’Keeffe, John. 1996.
Ontario College and University Library Association (Pat Wilson, Lorna Rourke, Lawrence A. Moore). 3 letters and 2 replies. 1992-3.
F.3 Paeschke, Olaf. 1993.
Peterson David. 1995
Polk, James. E-mail. 1993.
Powers, Lyall H. 1992.
Profit. 2003. With issue of the magazine and news clipping.
Purdy, Al. 2 letters and a reply. 1986. Includes tss. of poems entitled “ In the Desert (For Milton Acorn)” and “A Handful of Earth to René Lévesque”
Random House, Inc. (Alberto Vitale, Scott Sellers). Letter and e-mail exchange . 1992.
Rekai, Kati. 1993.
Reisman, Heather. 1994.
Rideau Hall (Kay Higgins). Letter an invitation. 1996.
Rogers Communication Inc. (Edward S. Rogers). 1992.
Rotkin, Shirley. 1992.
Royal Botanical Gardens (David W. Chambers). 1993.
Salutin, Rick. 1995.
Sarlos, Andy. 1993.
Sharp, Isadore (Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts). 1993.
Sharp, Rosalie. 1993.
Smith, Dorothy. 1995.
Stanfield, Robert. Letter to Julian Porter. 1982.
Stoddart (Bill Hanna). 1994-5.
Stortini, Ray. 2006.
Swan, Susan. 2002.
Symons, Scott. 1989.
Toronto Historical Board (R. Scott James, Sandra Molyneaux). 2 letters and photograph. 1993.
Series 2
Jack McClelland. – 1972-1993. – 12.5 cm of textual records. – Title based on the contents of series. Most of this series consists of drafts of McClelland’s unpublished autobiography, “My Rose Garden: A Publishing Memoir”.
Box 2
F.1 Porter’s correspondence with authors about a festschrift in honour of McClelland, 1986: Margaret Atwood; June Callwood (and Bill Frayne); John Deyell; Robert Fulford; Margaret Laurence (“My Story of Jack McClelland”, ts., 1 p.); Dennis Lee; Jack Ludwig; Brian Moore; Farley Mowat; Al Purdy (2 letters from Purdy, 2 replies, and carbon ts. of poem “The Smell of Rotten Eggs”, 25 July 1986); Mordecai Richler; and Malcolm Ross.
F.2 McClelland, “My Rose Garden: A Publishing Memoir”: photocopied tss. of “A Working Outline”, [16] pp., December 1993; “Preliminary Outline”, 82 pp.
F.3 Two letters from McClelland about his memoir with ts., 82 pp., with a few brief comments by Porter.
F.4 McClelland, “Preliminary Outline, My Rose Garden: A Publishing Memoir”, photocopied tss., [89] pp.
F.5 McClelland, “Chapter Remarkable People”, ts., 10 pp.
F.6. McClelland, “Roloff Beny”, annotated ts., 27 pp.
F.7 McClelland, “Chapter Pierre Berton”, annotated ts., 13 pp.
F.8 McClelland, “Chapter re: Farley Mowat”, annotated ts., 6 pp.
F.9 McCellland, “Sheila Burnford”, annotated ts., 7 pp.
F.10 McClelland, “Earle Birney”, ts., 4 pp.
F.11 McClelland, “Mordecai Richler”, 2 tss. (one annotated), 6 pp. each.
F.12 McClelland, “Chapter ____re: Judy LaMarsh”, annotated ts., 14 pp.
F.13 McClelland, “Nearing the End”, ts., 11 pp.
F.14 McClelland, “Personal”, ts., 9 pp.
F.15 McClelland, “Story One”, ts., 5 pp.
F.16 McClelland, “My Firing”, ts., 10 pp.
F.17 McClelland, “So, You Want to Become a Book Publisher”, 3 copies of ts. (one annotated), 6 pp.
F.18 McClelland, “The Editors”, ts., 10 pp.
F.19 McClelland, “Book Design”, ts, 9 pp.
F.20 McClelland, “Chapter 6A: Marketing Books”, 2 tsss., each 10 pp, one annotated.
F.21 McClelland, “The New Canadian Library”, ts., 10 pp.
F.22 McClelland, “Walter Gordon”, ts., 4 pp.
F.23 McClelland, “Early Days”, annotated ts., 10 pp.
F.24 McClelland, “The Book Critics”, annotated ts., 9 pp.
F. 25 McClelland, untitled ts. , lacking p. 1 and beginning “the father of Aby [Avie] Bennett…” pp. 2-5.
F.26 “McClelland and Stewart, Brief to the Royal Commission on Book Publishing”, 82 pp., [1972].
F. 27 Porter, “I’m All Right, Jack”, photocopied ts., pp. 9-11, with issue of Toronto Life (March 1990) containing the article.
F. 28. Issue of Saturday Night (November 1983) containing Elspeth Cameron’s article about McClelland, “Adventures in the Book Trade”, with references to Porter. With a news clipping about McClelland’s hiring of Porter for M&S in 1969-70.
F.29 McClelland, “Draft of Comments for October 28th”, ts., 2 pp., with Night of One Hundred Authors, September 29, 1972, issued by the Writers’ Development Trust.
F. 30 Correspondence with McClelland, 1978-2004, with an enclosure from Ronald Dixon and a letter from McClelland to Beverly Slopen.
F.31 Seal Books, portfolio about Benny Cooperman Mystery Weekend in Niagara-on-the-Lake, 13-15 January 1984.
Series 3
News clippings and articles about Porter, including 2 files on Julian Porter. – 1982-2003. – 9 cm of textual records. – Title based on the contents of series.
Box 3
F.1-5 Material organized chronologically.1982-2003
F.6-7 Julian Porter. Newspaper articles, political flyers, 6 photographs. 1983-2003.
Series 4
Books written by Porter. – 1982-2003. – 91 cm of textual records. – Title based on the contents of series.
F.8 Mortal Sins. 2 notebooks with a chronology, information about the characters in the novel, etc. [198-].
F.9-10 The Bookfair Murders. Includes annotated ts. and photocopied ts. of chapter one, editorial correspondence, and news clippings about the book. 1996-2000.
F.11 The Storyteller: Memory, Secrets, Magic and Lies. New clippings, publishers’ catalogues, and marketing related to the book. 2000.
Boxes 4-8 Kasztner’s Train: The True Story of Rezso Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust (2007).
Box 4
F.1-2 ts., 260 pp. with comments
F.3-4 ts., 260 pp. with comments by Rosemary Shipton and John Pearce.
F.5 part one, Porter’s annotated ts., 91 pp.
F.6 part two, ts., 144 pp.
F.7 part three, Porter’s annotated ts., 118 pp.
F.8 part four, Porter’s annotated ts., 98 pp.
F.9 epilogue, introduction, and chapter 1, Porter’s annotated ts., 60 pp.
F.10 Porter’s annotated ts., pp. 11-67.
F.11 Porter’s annotated ts., pp. 5-90.
F.12 preface to chapter 4,
Porter’s annotated ts., 4 pp.
Box 5
F.1 Porter’s annotated ts., 192 pp. 2006.
F.2 “Chapter 1 The Wonderful Adventure of Peter Munk”, Porter’s annotated ts., [21] pp.
F.3-4 Annotated ts., Randolph Braham’s comments, 355 pp., to the end of chapter 23.
F.5 Part III, annotated ts., 112 pp.
F.6 Part IV, annotated ts., 107 pp.
F.7 Chapter 3 revised, Porter’s annotated ts., 19 pp; chapter 15, Porter’s annotated ts., pp. 134-200.
F.8-9 Research material with Porter’s notes and e-mails (Susan Rana, Ron Lustig, Scott McIntytre, 2007). Includes articles and Web print-outs by or about Raphael Vago, Memorial Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nizkor Project (Buchenwald), rescue of Jews, Kasztner Memorial.com, Train from Hell screenplay, Zeev Venia Hadari, Kurt Bechner, etc.
Box 6
F.1-5 Porter’s correspondence and e-mails related to her the research of Kasztner’s Train, 2001-8. Correspondents include: Yehuda Bauer, Peter Munk, Judy Stoffman, Bart Istvan, Michael A. Levine, Bruce Westwood, Anna Sand, Florence Rosberg, Leo Zahan, Dani Brand, Anna Morgan, Thomas Devecseri, Paul Michaels, Egon Mayer, Motti Lerner, Daniel Brand, Victor Harnik, Barbara Pratt, Mary Siklos, John Pearce, Robert Lantos, Martin Smok, Lutz AlapítváWendy Wright, Laszlo Csosz, Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Alan Samson), Pali Eszter, Darren Sukonick, Istvan Deak, Ferenc Katona, Ron Lustig, Franck Azoulay, Nadia Kahan, Shira Herzog, Joseph Berg, Gil Levi, Ágnes Pap, George Gibson, Mary Siklos, Rosemary Shipton, Sheila Fennessy, Gyuri Wamker, Randolph Braham, Zsuzsi Kasztner, Margaret Schwartz, Kat Molnar, The Holocaust Centre of Toronto, Agnes Vazsonyi, Ofi Yazak Katsir, Daniel Lowy, Canada Council (Marcel Hull), Helikon Publishing House (Zsófia Bánhegyi), Canada-Hungary Educational Foundation (Judy Young Drache), Daniel Blatman, Mark Musselman, George Jonas, George Bishop, Tom Margittai, Janos Damon, Adam Heller, Wendy Fitzgibbons, and Szente Krisztián
F.6 Porter’s notes.
Box 7
F.1-17 Research material. Includes: Reszö Kasztner’s “The Report of the Jewish Rescue Committee from Budapest 1942-1945 (Vaadat Ezra Vö-Hazalah Bö-Budpest)”; Bov Dinur’s “Kasztner: New Light on the Man and His Deeds”; testimonies of Kurt Becher and Hansi Brand at the Adolf Eichmann trial; Voros Varoly’s “A budapesti zsidóság két forradalom között 1849-1918”; Theodoer Herzl’s “The Jewish State”; Tuvia Frilling’s “Nazi-Jewish Negotiations in Istanbul in mid-1944”; Salamon Mihály’s “Pesti riportregény a Nyilas Időből 1944-1945”; Peter Sz. Nagy’s Kasztner’s Quest 1944; “Kivételezettek Kimenekítése”; articles by Shoshana Barri (Ishoni); Mária Schmidt’s “Mentés Vagy Árulás”, etc.
Box 8
F.1-37 Research material. Includes: testimony of Dieter Wisliceny at the Nuremberg trial; Séan Mac Mathuna’s “The Messages the Zionists Ignored” Rabbi Weissmandel’s Plea for Help”; Zwi Heilper’s “From Bergen Belsen to Caux via Lustenau”; Walter Laquer’s “The Kasztner Case: Aftermath of the Catastrophe”; Mária Schmidt’s “Destructiob of Slovakian Jews as Reflected in Hungarian Police Reports”; Novák Attila’s “Egy, ismeretlen a Magyar vészkorszak nyitányáról”; “Memoár a Kasztner—SS tárgyalásokról”; John S. Conway’s “The Holocaust in Hungary: Recent Controversies and Reconsiderations”; J Endrényi’s “Bad Times, part 1, The Nazi Years”; “Kasztner Bechert menti”; affidavit of Dieter Wisliceny; testimony of Hermann Krumey; “In Memory of Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandle: Torah Sage and Hidden Hero of the Holocaust”; “Kasztner Memory-Foundation of Peter Munk”; speech of Himmler; “Kasztner Rezso—hos vagy árulo?”; Várnal Pál’s Találkozásaim zsidóságommal”; Leora Bilsky’s “Judging and Understanding”; documents from Yad Vashem; “The Iraq Coup of 1941, the Mufti and the Farhud”; Karla Muller-Tupath’s “The German Reichsfuhrer’s Most Obedient/Dutiful Becher—A German Career”; Kasztner Memorial.com (list of people rescued by Kasztner); “Letter from Fulöp Freudiger to Rezső Kasztner”; Richard Breitman and Schlomo’s “The End of the ‘Final Solution’: Nazi Plans to Ransom Jews in 1944”; etc.
Anna Porter. Second Accrual. - 1972-2012 - 1.32 m textual material. - Title based on contents of the fonds.
Series 1
Manuscripts and Writing. - 1986-2007. - 1 m textual material. - Title based on contents of the fonds.
Bookfair Murders. 1996-1997.
Box 9
F.1 Notes and research.
F.2 Outlines.
F.3 First draft, TMS, annotated, 79 pp.
F.4 Second draft, TMS, annotated, 103 pp.
F.5 Third draft, TMS, annotated, 353 pp.
F.6 Correspondence related to the book.
F.7 Publicity and reviews [English].
F.8 Publicity and reviews [German].
Dance of the Marionettes
Box 10
F.1 TMS draft, annotated, approximately 540 pp.
Kasztner's Train. 2005-2007.
Box 10
F.2 First draft, TMS, annotated, 235 pp.
F.3 Second draft, TMS, annotated, 311 pp.
F.4 Third draft, TMS, annotated, 585 pp. Continues in Box 11.
Box 11
F.1 Third draft, TMS,annotated, 585 pp. Continued from Box 10.
F.2 Fourth draft, TMS, annotations by Rosemary Shipton.
F.3 Incomplete fifth draft, TMS, annotated, 137 pp.
F.4 Proofs, annotated, 444 pp.
Mortal Sins. 1986-1987.
Box 12
F.1 First draft, TMS, annotated, 67 pp.
F.2 Draft, annotated [by Alyssa Diamond], 366 pp.
F.3 Draft, annotated [by John Pearce], 366 pp.
F.4 Second draft, TMS, annotated, 366 pp.
Box 13
F.1 Final draft, TMS, annotated, 435 pp.
Box 18
F.1 Proofs, annotated, 435 pp.
Storyteller. 1996-2007.
Box 13
F.2 Loose notes. [c. 1996].
F.3 Notebooks. [c.1996-2000].
F.4 Early version, TMS, 63 pp.
F.5 Early version, TMS, 44 pp.
F.6 Early version, TMS, 60 pp.
F.7 Early version, TMS, 63 pp.
F.8 Early version, TMS, 106 pp.
F.9 Early version, TMS, 160 pp.
F.10 Early version, TMS, 132 pp.
Box 14
F.1 First draft, TMS, 273 pp.
F.2 First draft, annotation 1.
F.3 First draft, annotation 2.
F.4 Second draft, TMS, 256 pp.
F.5 Second draft, second version. TMS, 256 pp.
Box 15
F.1 Third draft, TMS, 273 pp.
F.2 Third draft, annotated, TMS, pp. 11-405.
F.3 Fourth draft, TMS, 275 pp.
F.4 Draft 4.5, TMS, 276 pp.
Box 16
F.1 Final draft, TMS, 457 pp.
F.2 Final, TMS, annotated, 457 pp.
F.3 Final, TMS, annotated, 457 pp.
F.4 Final, TMS, annotated, 457 pp.
F.5 Final Changes, epilogue, etc. 2000-2001.
Box 17
F.1 Proofs, annotated, 325 pp.
F.2 Publicity. 2000-2006.
F.3 Reviews. 2000-2007.
Various Articles by Anna Porter
Box 9
F. 10
Review. In Praise of Older Women by Stephen Vizinczey. Literary Review of Canada. p. 21. July/August 2010.
"Has the Age of Ideas Passed?", Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 117, No. 3, pp. 329-335. Fall 2010.
"Imre Kertész: Writing the Impossible Novel", Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp. 361-371. Fall 2011.
"Midnight in Paris: a Moveable Feast", Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 119, No. 1, pp. 27-33. Spring 2012.
Series 2
Correspondence and other material. - 1972-2012. - 32 cm textual material. - Title based on contents of the fonds.
Box 17
F.4 Correspondence - General. 1980-2012.
F.5 Correspondence - The Hidden Agenda. Includes notes. 1984-1985.
F.6 Correspondence - Farley Mowat. Includes notes. 2004-2006.
F.7 Correspondence - Order of Canada. 1991-2012.
F.8 Clippings about Anna Porter. 1972-2011.
F.9 Personal items - "Memory of Jack and Anna - The Pathfinders". 2012.
F.10 Personal items - "Anna's Book of Poems". [n.d.].
Anna Porter fonds. Third accrual. 1978-2010. 1.18 m of textual records; printed and graphic material.
Note: This boxes in this accrual were received with the second accrual (2013-10).
Series 1
Correspondence, photographs and other material. -- 1978-2009. -- 13 cm of textual records graphic and printed material. Title based on content of series.
Note: Some correspondence is addressed to Julian Porter.
Box 18
F.1 Batten, Jack, n.d.
F.2 Davis, William G., 1978-1982
F.3 de Visser, John, n.d.
F.4 Fotheringham, Alan, [to Géza Benkö], 2001
F.5 Fraser, Sylvia, 1977-1985
F.6 Frayne, June, 1982
F.7 Fulford, Robert, 1985
F.8 Jewison, Norman, 1993-1994
F.9 Laurence, Margaret, 1 Jan. 1987 (Note: Laurence passed away on Jan. 5, 1987)
F.10 Lautens, Gary, 1985
F.11 McClelland, Jack, 1982-1992
F.12 Mowat, Claire, 1991
F.13 General correspondence, A Z 1978-2008
F.14 Correspondence regarding books, re Kasztners Train. File also includes The Storyteller and Bookfair Murders, (For additional material on Kasztners Train, see boxes 19-21), 2000-2009
Photographs:
Box 18
F.15 1 b&w photograph of Brian Mulroney with inscription in gold ink Anna with admiration and warm good wishes, Brian. [2007].
F.16 3 b & w photographs: one signed by David Wood on the occasion of the publication of his book The Lougheed Legacy, with Anna Porter and another man, [1985]; second photograph showing Anna Porter shaking hand with an unidentified man. She is accompanied by an unidentified woman. [1985]; third photograph is in a presentation folder marked Happy Birthday with photograph of Anna Porter and staff, with annotation inside folder reading 1986 June Publisher of the year
F.17 3 colour photographs of Anna Porter (1983) and one with Anna and Julian [n.d.]; one photograph of Bill Davis and two other men, one with copy of book. [1987].
F.18 Invitations, press releases, clippings etc. [1978-2005?].
Series 2
Writing. 1995-2010. -- 64 cm of textual records and printed material. Title based on content of series.
Box 19
Kasztners Train.
F.1 8 Holograph notebooks, containing research notes, 2001-2009.
F.2 Ts. (photocopy) of interview with Hanzi Brand in Hungarian for chapter in book. Marked-up version. [1995].
F.3 Ts. edited draft. 583 p. with added pages at end. Original folder labeled Georges edits and my notes back. August 2007.
F.4 Another ts, edited draft, p. 24-420. 2007. Original received in sections, with marked-up notes.
F.5 Ts. draft, marked up, of Chapter 1 with End notes of Chapter 1 and End notes, p. 433-474.
Box 20
F.1 Page proofs, p. 1-187, with accompanying correspondence with Greg Villepique. Nov. 1, 2007.
F.2 Page proofs, p. 188-406. Nov. 1, 2007.
F.3 Page edits marked pages with queried changes of various pages of proofs. July 10, 2007.
F.4 Manuscript by Szabocs Szita, used for research.
F.5 Manuscript by Peter Sz. Nagy on Kasztner, 1995, used for research.
F.6-7 Research for Kasztners Train on Holocaust and post publication conferences, correspondence pertaining to research in Hungary, notes, papers by other authors on Holocaust , 2003-2007.
Box 21
Note: File titles taken from original titles.
F.1 New editions. Editorial notes and correspondence, 2007-2008
F.2 Hungary. Correspondence, articles, reviews and brochures in Hungarian and English about Porters visit to Hungary, 2007-2008
F.3 UK edition. Correspondence, book reviews, book catalogues, 2008.
F.4 US edition. Book reviews, clips and catalogues, 2008.
F.5 US reviews. Correspondence, reviews, clips, 2008-2009.
F.6 New York, promotional. Correspondence and brochures re launch of book in NY. 2008.
F.7 Australian reviews. Correspondence and reviews, 2009.
F.8 Canadian reviews. Clippings and printouts, 2007.
F.9 Canadian publicity. Correspondence, readings, publications, invitations, itineraries, 2007-2010
F.10 Canadian readings. Correspondence re launches, itineraries, reviews, 2007-2008.
Box 22
Ghosts of Europe
F.1 7 holograph research notebooks, containing notes on Poland, Budapest, Bratislava, 2007-2009
F.2 Early ms, working copy, titled Return of History: Central Europe After Communism with editorial comments , initialed K. [2008].
F.3 Early ms , spiral bound with original title Return of History crossed out and new title penciled in: Adventures in Democracy. Revised, [2008-2009], 92 p.
F.4 Early ms. in chronological format, single space. Title is Return of History. Marked up and highlighted. 19 p.
F.5 Early ms, titled Return of History with some revisions, 81 p.
F.6 Research for book, 2000-2009. Correspondence, notes on manuscripts, brochures, conference proceedings, events, publications
F.7 Research trip to Poland, 2008-2009. Correspondence, brochures, conference proceedings, events, publications
Box 23
Graphic. -- [1985-1986]. -- 41 cm of graphic records. Title based on contents of series.
1 scrapbook containing mainly photocopied articles about Anna Porter, compiled by her daughters, Catherine and Julia Porter. [1985-1986].
Anna Porter fonds. – Fourth accrual. – 1965-2022. – predominant 2012-2018.
Series 1 Correspondence. – 1965-2019. – 1 m of textual records and printed and graphic material. -- Title based on contents of series.
Box 24
F. 1 Significant correspondence
[Atwood], Margaret, Poem on Porter’s birthday, signed “Peggy & Graeme” n.d.
Berton, Pierre, 1987 (photocopy of letter sent to Jack McClelland),
Birney, Earle, 1971
Beissel, Henry, 2011
Ignatieff, Michael, 2014
[Layton], Irving, 1977 (two postcards, one with poem, signed “Irving)”.
McClelland, Elizabeth, 2004
Mowat, Claire, 2014-2018
Mowat, Farley, 1996
F.2 Correspondence B
Bojta, Margit, 2001
F.3 Correspondence C
Canada Council for the Arts, 2016
Current Events Club, Toronto, 2011
F.4 Correspondence D
de Pencier, Michael, 2001-2006
Different Drummer Books, 2015
Doubleday Canada Limited, 1992-2002
Douglas & McIntyre, 2007
F.5 Correspondence E
Eberle, Corina, 2008
Empire Company Limited, 2007
Evans, John, 2015-2018
F.6 Correspondence F
Fraser, John, 2010
Forde, Carloyn, 2015
F.7 Correspondence G
Gallant, Anne, 2019
Green, John Eldon, 2003
File 8 Correspondence J
Jack, Don H (addressed to Julian Porter), 2015
Kelly Juhasz Fine Art Appraisal and Services, 2017
F.9 Correspondence K
Khosrowshahi, Hasssan and Nezhat, 2015
F. 10 Correspondence L
Lefolii, Ken, 2001
Lennox, John, 2018
F.11 Correspondence M
Maclean’s, 2012
MacMillan, Colleen, 2011
McGill University., 2017
McLaughlin, Neil, 2018
F.12 Correspondence P
Panofsky, Ruth, 2014
Paterson, Shelagh, 2010
Port Hope Public Library, 2016
Porter, Julian and Anna, 1985- 2004
F.13 Correspondence R
Raincoast Storylines Ltd., 2016
Renouf, Susan, 2017
Ross, Robbie, n.d.
Rotman, Joseph L., 2010
F.14 Correspondence S
Slack, Harvey, 2011
F.15 Correspondence T
Tomaševiƈ, Bato, 2008
F.16 Correspondence U
University of Toronto, College of Education, 1965-1969
F. 17 Correspondence W
The Walrus Foundation, 2015
Werbowy, Oksana, 2009
Wood, Carloyn, 2015
Wolgar VanWiechen Ketcheson DuCoffe, 2004
Word on the Street, 2017
F. 18 Correspondence First Names and incomplete letters, 2009-2018
Series 2
Research notebooks. – 2000-2014. – 16 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of the series.
Note: this series contains holograph notebooks with research notes for various projects, interview notes and contacts.
Box 25
F.1 Loose pages November 2000; 2005; 2011 (4)
F. 2 2012; 2014 (4)
F.3 Undated (4)
Series 3
Writing. -- 1988-2018? - 16 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of the series.
Note: This series contains published and unpublished writing for books, articles, interview, and partial manuscript notes incorporated into manuscripts.
TMS, designates a typed manuscript. Holograph designates a handwritten manuscript (in author’s hand). Ts., designates a typescript.
Box 26
F.1 “Memoir”. [Preliminary title]. TMS., annotated first draft of entire ms., with editorial comments. Published as In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time (2018)
pp. 1-165.
F.2 “Memoir”. TMS., annotated 1st draft, with editorial comments. pp. 166-351.
F.3 “Memoir I”. TMS., annotated 1st draft with editorial comments, Part One. pp. 1-231
F.4 “Memoir Part II”. TMS., annotated 3rd draft with editorial comments. Part II. Pp. 1-145.
F.5 “Memoir – Sort of”. Ts. of preliminary notes about topics to be included in “Memoir”
F.6 “No Rose Garden”. Photocopy of Ts. with editorial corrections and annotations, 4th draft of chapter in Anna Porter’s “Memoir” as sent to Phyllis Bruce from Roy MacSkimming, January 24, 2018.
F. 7 “Russia in November”. Ts., annotated. n.d.
F. 8 “Burying the dead”. Ts. Notes about Hungary, with editing. n.d.
F.9 “Grand Canyon”. Ts, edited, article. n.d.
F.10 “Juno Beach” Ts., for Globe & Mail. n.d.
F.11 “Fugitive Pieces”. Annotated notes mainly on Hungarian writers. n.d.
F.12 “Irving Layton”. Ts. of eulogy. [2006].
F.13 Secret of My Success. TV script of Berton’s interview with Anna Porter. 1988.
F.14 Partial pages and miscellaneous notes.
Series 4
Research and subject files. – 2003-2021. – 14 cm of textual records and printed material. – Title based on contents of the series.
Note:
This series also contains correspondence, holograph notes, and typescripts of outlines pertaining to Anna Porter’s two books and printed material. Holograph designates a handwritten document.
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F.1 Eastern Europe
F.2 OSI (Open Society Institute) - Eastern Europe. 2003-2015.
F.3 OSI – Balkans. 1991-2012.
F.4 Deceptions (2021) – contains marked up Ts. of outline #4. 2018-2021.
F.5 Buying a Better World: George Soros and Billionaire Philanthropy (2015) – contains Ts. of outline of book. 2003-2014.
F.6 N.M. Davis Corporation, 2004-2012.
Series 5
Key Porter Books —1999-2010. – 2 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of the series. --
Note: For comprehensive information on Key Porter Books, please refer to the https://archives.mcmaster.ca/index.php/key-porter-books-fonds
F. 7 Corporate profile of Key Porter Books; Directors’ meetings; financial statements; acquisition of Key Porter; documents and agreements re Anna Porter Enterprises and correspondence. 1999-2019.
Series 6
Speeches, conferences, events, awards, promotional, photographs and news clippings – 1988-2022. –16 cm of textual, printed, and graphic records. – 5 photographs: col. – 1 floppy diskette. --Title based on contents of the series.
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F.1“Busting Blocks: The Incredible World of Publishing In the 80s”. Holograph of speech, annotated, given at Saidye B Centre, Dec 5, 1988.
F.2 “Book Publishing”. Holograph notes for speech at The Board of Trade’s downtown Club to be given on December 7, 1989. Notes are dated Nov. 16 [1989], with attached letter of invitation.
F.3 Budapest Book Festival, 2007.
F.4 “Ghosts of Europe at the Vancouver Institute”. TMS., an annotated draft of speech with notes for the book The Ghosts of Europe: Journeys Through Central Europe's Troubled Past and Uncertain Future (2010).
F 5“Hungary Conference 2016”.Notes for paper for conference at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, titled Hungary 1956-2016 – Reverberations of a Revolution. Preliminary notes in Ts. by Porter.
F.6 SPUR Festival, Toronto, April 9-12, 2015.
F.7 Writers’ Trust Gala, 2015.
F.8 “Jack and Jules in London with Judy and Anna”, April 1-13, 2016.
F.9 Galliano Literary Festival, Galliano Island, B.C., February 22-24, [2018].
F.10 The Word on the Street Toronto Book & Magazine Festival, September 24, 2017.
F.11 MOTIVE: Crime & Mystery, a festival from the Toronto International Festival of Authors, June 3-5, 2022. (2008).
F.12 Memorabilia:
#1Wood plaque announcing the appointment of Anna Porter to The Financial Post Advisory Board, September 14, 1993.
#2The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction Awards ceremony March 3, 2008 brochure and folder containing Anna Porter’s nomination for Kasztner’s Train (2008).
#3 Publication in folder titled There was a young lady called Szigethy: A poetical homage to the president and publisher of Key Porter Books, Christmas 1991. Printed at the Black Stone Press, Guelph, Ontario. Publication contains poems on Anna Porter.
#4 Floppy diskette: 3 ½” marked “Grandpa’s story – version 5 final”. n.d.
F.13 Photographs:
E.1 Colour photo: a Book launch with Anna Porter, Jack McClelland, and staff with author in centre, holding a bottle of champagne. c. 1979.
E.2 Colour photo: Anna Porter and two unidentified people at reception. c.[2000].
E.3 Colour photo: Anna and Julian Porter with unidentified person. c. [20--].
E.4 Colour photo of book launch with Farley Mowat and staff. c. [199-].
E.5 Colour photo of Juian Porter with barrister’s bands and judicial wig with two unidentified people. c. [197-].
Photocopies of photos of various events at McClelland & Stewart Ltd; 1 laminated copy of a photo of June Callwood, n.d.
F.14 Publishers’ catalogues and brochures for Anna Porter publications, 2010-2017.
F.15 News clippings about Anna Porter.
Series 7
Books and journals. – 1983-2022. – 32 cm of printed materials. – Title based on contents of series.
Journals with contributions by Anna Porter or about Anna Porter.
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Books
Canadian Achievers & Their Mentors, Vol. 1. By Conchita Tan-Willman. Published by PRIME Mentors of Canada. (1994).
Journals with contributions by Anna Porter or featured articles about her:
Air Canada enRoute. Vol. 8, No. 3. Published by the AIRMEDIA Division of Southam Printing Ltd. March 1980.
