Finding Aid
Peter Such fonds. First accrual
Manuscripts series:
BOX 1
Manuscripts of Books
Fallout (1969; revised ed., 1977)
F.1 First notebook, with holograph draft of part of Fallout. 138 pp.
F.2 Second notebook, with holograph draft of the remainder of Fallout. 72 pp.
F.3 Miscellaneous draft pages. Ts. and ms. 10 leaves
F.4 Partial holograph draft. 26 leaves
F.5 First typescript, lightly revised. 158 leaves
F.6 Second typescript, entitled “The Ark of the Thunderbird”. 165 leaves
F.7 Final typescript, mostly photocopies. 168 leaves
F.8 Galley proofs
F.9 Page proofs
BOX 2
Soundprints (1972)
F.1 Typescript (first part), revised and edited for the printer. 171 leaves
F.2 Typescript (second part), revised and edited for the printer. 129 leaves
F.3 Notes and drafts for chapter on Walter Buczynski. 56 leaves
F.4 Notes and drafts for chapter on John Beckwith. 95 leaves
F.5 Notes and drafts for chapter on Norma Beecroft. 70 leaves
F.6 Notes and drafts for chapter on Harry Somers. 75 leaves
F.7 Notes and drafts for chapter on Murray Schafer. 72 leaves
F.8 Binder with various notes and information relating to Murray Schafer.
F.9 Notes and drafts for chapter on John Weinzweig. 110 leaves
F.10 Miscellaneous programmes, leaflets, etc.
BOX 3
Riverrun (1973)
F.1 Holograph notebook for part one, interleaved with various typed and holograph drafts. 145 pp. Dated September 18, 1972.
F.2 Holograph notebook for parts two and three. 81 pp. Dated December 13, 1972.
F.3 Original typescript, with extensive cuts and corrections. 119 leaves
F.4 Revised typescript, lightly corrected. 140 leaves
F.5 Photocopy of same, with a few additions. 141 leaves
F.6 Typescript as edited for the printer, Ts. and photocopy. 149 leaves
BOX 4
Research material for Riverrun
F.1 Various articles and miscellaneous notes. 41 leaves
F.2 Part of an article by Pierre Berton on the Beothucks, with draft of a cover letter from Such to Berton. 12 leaves
F.3 Notebook containing various bits of information on the Beothucks
F.4 Photocopy of “A Preliminary Report on The Indian Point Site, Newfoundland: A Stratified Beothuck Site” by H.E. Devereux
F.5 Photocopy of “The First Newfoundlanders: The Beothucks” by James R. Thomas, from The Book of Newfoundland
F.6 Copies of various field reports by Don MacLeod
F.7 Photocopy of The Beothucks or Red Indians, The Aboriginal Inhabitants of Newfoundland, by James P. Howley (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915)
F.8 Photocopy of The Beaches Site, Bona Vista Bay, author unidentified.
BOX 5
Vanished Peoples: The Archaic Dorset and Beothuck People of Newfoundland (1978)
F.1 Notebook containing first draft of part of the book
F.2 First corrected typescript, with Ms. insertions. 101 leaves
F.3 Ts. with preface in ms. 89 leaves
F.4 Ts. with corrections. 54 leaves
F.5 Outline called “The Beothuck.” Ts., 34 leaves
F.6 Ts. (photocopy), printer’s copy. 79 leaves
F.7 Illustrative material
F.8 Contribution to jackdaw on the Beothuck. Ts. and Ms., 48 leaves
F.9 Article for the Toronto Star on the discovery of St. Therèse. Ts. and Ms., 27 leaves + photocopy of the article.
F.10 The Dorset Culture: A Comparative Study in Newfoundland and the Arctic by Urve Linnamae (Technical Papers of the Newfoundland Museum #1, 1975)
F.11 “The Archaeological Identity of Beothuck: Burial Aspect. The Comfort Island Burials” by H.E. Devereux and D. Locke. Photocopy of ts.
BOX 6
F.1 Photocopy of a manuscript by G.C. Fulling on the language of the Beothucks.
F.2 Journals with articles on or relating to the Beothucks
F.3-4 Various photocopies of articles on the Beothuck, etc.
Dolphin’s Wake (1979)
F.5-8
Four bound notebooks containing the first holograph draft of the novel.
BOX 7
F.1 Photocopies of pages from one notebook. 37 leaves
F.2 Early ts., heavily corrected, incorporating various draft versions. 305 leaves
F.3 Partial early ts., with corrections
F.4 Rejected pages, ts. with corrections
F.5 Ts., 212 leaves
F.6 Second copy of the same, spiral-bound
BOX 8
F.1 Third copy, spiral-bound
F.2 Ts., second draft, unedited. 154 leaves
F.3 Ts., final version, corrected. 215 leaves
F.4 Ts., printer’s copy. 214 leaves + bundle of editorial queries
BOX 9
The McMichael Canadian Collection (1981)
F.1-4 Four bound notebooks containing holograph draft of the text
F.5 Holograph sheets, one set headed “Going Public,” the other “Jackson Gallery”. 9 + 4 leaves
F.6 Ts. (photocopy) with some corrections. 66 leaves
F.7 Ts. with corrections, 62 leaves
F.8 Photocopies of transcripts of letters relating to the Group of Seven. 4 leaves
BOX 10
Canada By Dolphin (unpublished novel)
F.1 Notebook containing various holograph drafts. Mostly ms., some ts. inserts
F.2 Draft, mostly ms., some ts. 154 leaves
F.3 Drafts, ms. and ts. 71 leaves
F.4 Original typed draft. 27 leaves
F.5 Partial ts. (photocopy). 29 leaves
F.6 Corrected ts. (1st part). 96 leaves
F.7 Corrected ts. (2nd part). 100 leaves
F.8 Ts., later version. 77 leaves
F.9 Ts., final version. 188 leaves
F.10 Ts., final edited version. 135 leaves
BOX 11
Please Feel Free (unpublished novel)
F.1 Holograph draft. 88 leaves
F.2 Draft, ms. and ts. 125 leaves
F.3-5 Notebooks containing drafts, mostly ts.
F.6 Rough ts. 76 leaves
Short Stories
BOX 12
F.1 “Christmas Eye”. Ts., 4 leaves. Ts. (car.), 11 leaves. Tss. (car.), 6 leaves
F.2 “Climbers in Sunset”. Ts., 7 leaves. Tss. (car.), 6 leaves
F.3 “The Find”. Tss. (photocopy), 4 leaves
F.4 “Floating Bears”. Ms., 14 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 10 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 11 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 11 leaves
F.5 “Glimpse of Eden”. Ms., 5 leaves
F.6 “Hoax Number One”. Ts. (photocopy), 5 leaves
F.7 “Karla and the Gypsies”. Tss., 14 leaves. Ts. (car.), 14 leaves
F.8 “Last Year Another Pyramid Fell Down”. Ts., 10 leaves. Ts. (car.), 19 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 25 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 24 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 23 leaves
F.9 “The Loss”. Ts., 6 leaves
F.10 “Mosaic in Monmartre”. Ts. (photocopy), l8 leaves. Tss., 17 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 16 leaves. Ts. (car.), 11 leaves. Ts. (car.), 17 leaves
F.11 “The Painting and the Prostitute”. Ms., 19 leaves in a notebook
F.12 “The Reef”. Ts. and ms., 21 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 20 leaves
F.13 “Rendezvous”. Ts., 5 leaves
F.14 “The Snowjob”. Ts. and ms., 33 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 16 leaves (see also under plays).
F.15 “The Third Time”. Ms., 10 leaves. Tss. and mss., 7 leaves
F.16 “Total Eclipse”. Ts., 8 leaves
F.17 “Two Blue Tickets”. Ts. (car.), 8 leaves
F.18 “Wings Like Icarus”. Ts. and ms., 61 leaves
F.19 “Untitled short stories”. Ms., 6 leaves (“The café...”). Ms., 4 leaves (“Even for the Lake...” ). Ts., 5 leaves (“Paul shivered...”). Ts., 10 leaves (“That was when...”). Ts., 5 leaves (“It was too cold...”)
BOX 13
Plays
The Elephant’s Graveyard
F.1 Drafts, ts. and ms., various states. 47 leaves
F.2 Ts., 20 leaves; two copies, one corrected, not in Peter Such’s hand.
The Snowjob
F. 3 Ts. (photocopy), 37 leaves. Based on a short story of the same name (see Box 12, F.14)
Untitled play (ca.1967)
F. 4 Ms., 27 leaves
Man and His World
F.5 Ts., 37 leaves
The Swinging Stones (with Aviva Layton)
F. 6 Drafts, ts. and ms., 55 leaves
F. 7 Tss. (corrected), photocopy, 55 leaves
Union Station (1975)
F. 8 Drafts, ts. and ms., 148 leaves
F.9 Ts. (mostly photocopy), 101 leaves
F.10 Ts., 107 leaves
F.11 Ts. (photocopy), 89 leaves (“old version”)
F.12 Ts. (photocopy), 89 leaves (“latest version”)
F.13 Some notes re production at the Tarragon Theatre in June, 1975; programme
BOX 14
Articles and Miscellaneous Prose
F.1 “All Hell for a Basement”. Ms., 12 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 10 leaves
F.2 “Education’s Wooden Nickle”. Ts., 8 leaves
F.3 “The Electric Ballpoint”. Ts. (photocopy), 8 leaves, 2 copies. Miscellaneous notes
F. 4 “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. Ts. (photocopy), 14 leaves, published as “News from Nowhere: Davey’s Criticism,” Canadian Literature no. 78 (Autumn 1978): 103-109
F. 5 “English-Canadian Literature”. Ts., 6 leaves
F. 6 Book review of David McFadden and A.J.M. Smith. Ms., 6 leaves, published as “Cabbages, not kings inspire the new poetry,” Toronto Star, April 1, 1978.
F.7 Review of No Pain Like This Body by Harold Sonny Ladoo. Ts. (car.), 3 leaves
F.8 Article for the “Mermaid Inn” column of the Toronto Globe and Mail (August 12, 1979), ts., 5 leaves
F.9 “Teaching English in Community Colleges”. Ts., 3 leaves + untitled article on education. Ts., 10 leaves
F.10 Reply to a lecture by Eli Mandel. Ts., 3 leaves, together with the text of the lecture
F.11 Notebook from 1967 European trip, containing some diary entries, draft of a story, etc.
F.12 Miscellaneous drafts from ca. 1967. 43 leaves
Poetry
F.13
“After the Dream”. Ms., 1 leaf
“After the Flood”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
“Algonquin Melt”. Ts., 2 leaves + photocopy
“Alliterative Alliance”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Archetypal Elegy”. Ts., 1 leaf
F.14
“Back to the Land I Love”. Ts., 1 leaf; ts., 2 leaves + photocopy
“The Battle of London”. Ts., 2 leaves
“The Big Bang”. Ts., 2 leaves (first draft). Ts., 2 leaves (second draft) + photocopies
“Blessing”. Ts., 2 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf (printer’s copy)
“Born Here Died There”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“The Builders of Puerto Vallarta”. Ts., 1 leaf
“‘But when I became a man’”. Ms., 1 leaf.
F.15
“Chateau”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf (+ carbon and photocopy)
“Child in the House”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
“Christmas Tree”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Conversation Piece”. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“Curse of the Purse Seine Nets”. Ms., 1 leaf. Ms., 1 leaf. Ts., leaf + carbon
F.16
“Daffodils”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Diatribes”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Down to Bedrock”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Dream”. Tss., 2 leaves. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
F.17
“Easy Ways”. Ts., 2 leaves
“Era’s End”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
F.18
“Fact”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf
“The Fall of Icarus”. Ts., 1 leaf
“A Fate the Same as Death”. Ms., 2 leaves. Ts., 1 leaf
“The Fisherman”. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“For e.e.’s going”. Ts., 1 leaf
“For Luba When She Is One Hour Old”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf (printer’s copy)
“For Peggy”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf
“For Penelope”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf (2 copies)
“For Wendy on Georgian Bay”. Ms., 2 leaves. Ms., 2 leaves Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf
“Foreprofessor”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
“From Two Fortune Cookies”. Ts., 1 leaf (printer’s copy). Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf
F.19
“Game Over”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf
“Glad of Thunder”. Ts., 2 leaves + photocopy
“Graduation Day”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf
F. 20
“Habitat”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. 5 copies
“The Happening”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“Happy Birthday”. Ms ., 1 leaf. Ms., 1 leaf
“Harbinger”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon and photocopy. Ts., 1 leaf
“Harold Sonny Ladoo, Writer”. Ts., 4 leaves + carbon.
“Holdout”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. 3 copies
“Homo Canadensis”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + printer’s copy
“The Hunter”. Ts. , 3 leaves
F.21
“I, Dolphin, Turbulent”. Ms., 1 leaf
“I Like Her”. Ms., 1 leaf
“In the Harbour of Your Thighs”. Ms., 1 leaf. Ms., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf (printer’s copy) + photocopy
“I Incidentally”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“Infective Invective”. Ms., 3 leaves
“Irving Layton at Zihuatanejo”. Ms., 1 leaf. Ms., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + 2 photocopies
“Isabel’s Place”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“It’s the re-eal thi-ing”. Ms., 3 leaves
F. 22
“Jib and Rudder”. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“The Keeper”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“Kiching the Wind”. Ms., 1 leaf
F. 23
“A Lake of Dreams”. Ts , 4 leaves
“Lamb”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
“Last Year Another Pyramid Fell Down”. Ts., 2 leaves
F.24
“A Man Embossed”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf
“Marvellous to Think”. Ms., 2 leaves. Ts., 1 leaf. 2 copies + photocopy. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“May Frost”. Ms., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf
“Memorial Day Service”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Midnight Harpsichords”. Ms., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
“Miranda”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf
“Miscarriage”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Modern Artist”. Ms., 3 leaves. Ms., 1 leaf. Ms., 3 leaves. Ms., 2 leaves
“Muddy York North”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“My Documents Prove I Am Over 21”. Ms., 1 leaf. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“My Friend Has Gone”. Ms., 2 leaves
F. 25
“New Style”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Next Time Noah, Say No”. Ts., 2 leaves. Ts. (car.), 2 leaves. Ts. (car.), 3 leaves
Ts. (photocopy), 2 leaves, 2 copies
“Nina”. Ts. and ms., 1 leaf
“North of Superior”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf . Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
F.26
“Of a Glacial Origin”. Ms., 2 leaves
“Of Garbage and Such”. Ms., 1 leaf
“On Parados”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf (printer’s copy) + photocopy
“Once Heavy-booted”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“Our Love We Live In”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
F. 27
“Passing through”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Pasternak For Instance”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf
“Pictographs”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Pin-ball Art”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Playa del Sol”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
F.28
“Quest for a Tiny Lonely Place”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Ravines”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. 2 copies
“Remembrance Day”. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“River Veins Run”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. 2 copies. Ts., 1 leaf. 3 copies. Ts. and ms., 1 leaf
“Rocketting to Stardom”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Romeo and Juliet”. Ms., 3 leaves
“The Rose Has Opened”. Ts., 1 leaf
F.29
“The Saga of Marilyn Bell”. Ms., 3 leaves
“Scope”. Ts., 1 leaf. 2 copies
“Scene from the Back of a Hippopotamus”. Ms., 1 leaf. Ms., 4 leaves Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“Sent With Daffodils”. Ms., 1 leaf
“She”. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf
“Signals from Signal Hill”. Ts., 1 leaf (printer’s copy) + 2 photocopies
“Silhouettes”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon. Ts., 1 leaf
“Slash and Burn”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Slum Cupid”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Smash”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“Something Like Fellini”. Ts., 1 leaf
“Song”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. 2 copies
“The Sorcerer Cannot Bend Time”. Ts., 1 leaf (printer’s copy)
“Spring Poem”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. 2 copies
“Sterile Summer”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Street Corner Society”. Ms. 1 leaf. Ts. and ms., 1 leaf. Ts. (car.), 1 leaf. 2 copies
“Subdivision Phase Two”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. 5 copies
F.30
“There Are No Connections”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
“Thunderstorm”. Ms., 1 leaf
“To Archie”. Ms., 1 leaf
“To a Friend Despairing of Love”. Ms., 1 leaf
“To a Girl at a Party”. Ms., 2 leaves. Ms., 1 leaf
“To Jannette–a Young Artist”. Ms., 1 leaf.
“To a Tease”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“To Two Lears”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
“To a Virgin”. Ms., 3 leaves
“Trans Canada”. Ts., 3 leaves. Ts. (photocopy), 2 leaves (2 copies)
“Turn of the Year”. Ms., 2 leaves
“Two Dreams of a Dolphin”. Ts. (photocopy), 2 leaves
“2 Minute Poems”. Ts., 3 leaves
F.31
“Union Station”. Ms., 2 leaves
“The Unique Christian’s Final Minutes”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Venice”. Ts., 1 leaf. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon
F.32
“We Are Completely New”. Ts., 1 leaf + photocopy
“Work in Silver”. Ts., 1 leaf
“World of Drums”. Ts., 1 leaf + carbon and photocopy
“World’s Fair”. Ts., 1 leaf
F.33
“Yeat’s Tower, A Journey Into Poetry”. Ms., 1 leaf
“Your Body’s Wheel”. Ts. (photocopy), 1 leaf. Ts., 3 leaves (2 copies)
“Yours Sincerely, Emily Dickinson”. Ts., 1 leaf
F.34 Miscellaneous untitled poems
Film
F.35 Drafts of a film scenario entitled “Free Drive”. Ts. and ms., 22 leaves, August, 1980
Miscellaneous
F.36 Miscellaneous and unidentified Ms. and ms. pages
BOX 15
Television Scripts
Homefires
The Homefires series was written partly in collaboration with Jim Purdy, and was shown on CBC-TV during the 1980-81 season.
F.1 Outline draft, including a brief general outline and outlines of episodes 1-9. Ts. (car.), 36 leaves
F.2 Outline of the first 13 episodes, here tentatively entitled Keep the Homefires Burning. Ts. (photocopy), 73 leaves in binder
F.3 Brief outline of eight episodes, with comments
F.4 Draft outline of Episode 1. Ts., 9 leaves
F.5 Preliminary draft of Episode 1. Ts., 26 leaves + a photocopy
F.6 Episode l, partial preliminary draft. Ts. (photocopy), 15 leaves
F.7 Episode 1, first draft. Ts., 95 leaves
F.8 Episode l, second draft. Ts., 67 leaves
F.9-10 Episode 1, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 109 leaves. 2 copies
F.11 Episode 2, preliminary first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 13 leaves
F.12 Episode 2, early draft. Ts., 15 leaves
F.13 Episode 2, first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 63 leaves
F.14 Episode 2, first draft revised. Ts. (photocopy), 90 leaves
F.15 Episode 2, second draft. Ts. (photocopy), 66 leaves
F.16-7 Episode 2, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 115 leaves. 2 copies
BOX 16
F.1 Episode 3, early draft. Ts., 21 leaves
F.2 Episode 3, preliminary first draft. Ts., 19 leaves 2 copies
F.3 Episode 3, first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 62 leaves 3 copies
F.4 Episode 3, revised first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 61 leaves 2 copies
F.5 Episode 3, unidentified draft (incomplete). Ts. (photocopy), 17 leaves
F.6 Episode 3, second draft. Ts. (photocopy), 62 leaves
F.7 Episode 3, draft script. Ts. (photocopy), 76 leaves
F.8 Episode 3, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 136 leaves
F.9 Episode 4, notes and outline. Ts. (photocopy), 4 + 4 leaves
F.10 Episode 4, first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 81 leaves
F.11 Episode 4, second draft. Ts. (photocopy), 58 leaves
F.12-3 Episode 4, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 106 leaves 2 copies
BOX 17
F.1 Episode 5, partial early draft. Ts. (photocopy) and ms., 50 leaves
F.2 Episode 5, first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 76 leaves
F.3 Episode 5, second draft. Ts. (photocopy), 60 leaves
F.4 Episode 5, revised second draft. Ts. (photocopy), 73 leaves
F.5 Episode 5, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 105 + 41 leaves
F.6 Episode 6, revised first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 67 leaves
F.7-8 Episode 6, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 128 leaves, 2 copies
F.9 Episode 6, revisions to production script. Ts. (photocopy), 35 leaves
F.10 Episode 7, revised second draft. Ts. (photocopy), 132 leaves
F.11 Episode 7, list of revisions. Ms. (photocopy), 6 leaves
F.12-3 Episode 7, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 115 leaves
F.14 Episode 7, revisions to production script. Ts. (photocopy), 88 leaves
BOX 18
F.1 Episode 8, first draft. Ts. (photocopy), 82 leaves
F.2 Episode 8, revised second draft. Ts. (photocopy), 126 leaves
F.3 Episode 8, production script. Ts. (photocopy), 125 leaves
F.4 Episode 8, revisions to production script. Ts. (photocopy), 14 leaves
F.5 Rehearsal and shooting schedules for the series.
F.6 Memo from Peter Such et al. to Anna MacNaughton, November 24, 1979 re story outlines. Ts., 5 leaves + photocopy
F.7 Miscellaneous production script sheets
F.8 Miscellaneous draft pages. Ts. and Ms., 34 leaves
F.9 Episode 10 of The House on Euclid. Ts. (photocopy)
F.10 “Louis Riel” by Ray Moore. Ts. (photocopy)
Series 2: Correspondence
BOX 19
Outgoing correspondence
F.1 A-L
T.L. (car.) T.H. Adamowski, May 8, 1970
T.L. (car.) Mr. Allen, April 20, 1970
T.L. (car.) Pierre [Berton], April 8, 1976
T.L.s (xer.) Cambrian College, April 29, 1969
T.L. (car.) Canada Council, December 11, 1969
T.L.s (car.) Canada Council, September 22, 1972
T.L. Centennial College, n.d.
T.L. (car.) Clarke, Irwin, September 19, 1972
T.L.s (car.) Ronald Evans, March 25, 1973
T.L.s (car.) Robert [Fulford], November 27, 1973
T.L. (xer.) Joan Gibson, November 14, 1979
T.L. John H. House, n.d.
T.L.s (car.) Nancy Kyle, February 11, 1974
F.2 M-Z
T.L. (car.) Dorothy Martin, n.d.
T.L.s (car.) John Metcalf, n.d.
A.L.s Bruce Mickleburgh (w/typed version), April 6, 1970
T.L.s Michael John Nimchuck, January 3, 1964
T.L. (car.) Aubrey Oldham, March 29, 1969
T.L. (car.) Murray Schafer, n.d.
T.L. (car.) J.P. Smith, February 10, 1972
A.L. R.D. Walter, n.d.
A.L.s Steven Williams, September 10, 1976
T.L.s (xer.) Don Wilson, November 21, 1968
T.L. (car.) J.T. Wilson, February 11, 1972
T.L. (car.) George C. Wooton, January 28, 1970
F.3 Unidentified
A.L.s
Ruth [ ], January 18, 1973
A.L.s
[ ], n.d.
Incoming correspondence
F. 4 A-B
T.L.s Marion André, July 6, 1976
T.L.s Association of Canadian Publishers, September 30, 1976
T.L. Atlantic Monthly, n.d.
T.L. Atlantic Monthly, n.d.
T.L. Atlantic Monthly, n.d.
T.L. Atlantic Monthly, n.d.
T.L.s Margaret A[twood], April 28, 1973
T.L.s Margaret A[twood], n.d.
A.L.s Margaret A[twood], n.d.
T.L.s John Beckwith, December 13. 1972
T.L.s John Beckwith, February 7, 1973
A.L.s Marjorie Bender, n.d.
T.L.s Pierre Berton, March 11, 1976
F.5 C
T.L.s Cambrian College, April 30, 1969
T.L.s CBC, January 23, 1964
T.L.s Canadian Literature Club of Toronto, October 12, 1970
A.L.s Ruth Cathcart, November 26, 1973
T.L.s (xer.) CJUM-FM, September 2, 1976
T.L.s Stephen Clarkson, November 11, 1973
A.L.s Stephen [Clarkson?], November 9, 1979
T.L.s Matt Cohen, November 27, 1971
A.L.s Anne [Compton], September 23, 1976
Pc Conference of Canadian Writers, n.d.
T.L.s Michael [Cook], July 26, n.d.
A.L.s Heather Copeland, April 28, 1975
A.L.s Heather Copeland, May 17, 1975
A.L.s Lee Coutu, March 27, 1978
A.L.s Sheila Creighton, n.d.
F.6 Canada Council
T.L.s October 16, 1968
T.L.s April 17, 1972
T.L.s June 16, 1972
T.L.s September 26, 1972
T.L.s October 23, 1972
T.L.s October 26, 1972
T.L.s November 14, 1972
T.L.s November 20, 1972
Pcs November 27, 1972
Pcs December 27, 1972
T.L.s March 30, 1973
T.L.s April 3, 1973
T.L.s May 23, 1973
T.L.s January 10, 1980
F.7 Clarke, Irwin & Company Ltd.
T.L.s July 12, 1972
T.L. August 28, 1972
T.L.s September 18, 1972
T.L.s November 8, 1972
T.L.s November 17, 1972
T.L.s April 23, 1973
T.L. May 17, 1973 (w/letter attached)
T.L.s December 9, 1974
T.L.s May 15, 1975
F.8 D-E
T.L.s William G. Davis, n.d.
T.L.s Jim Deveneux, March 27, 1974
T.L.s Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, November 2, 1972
T .L. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, January 25, 1976
T.L.s Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, December 25, 1976
T.L.s Douglas Regional College, February 26, 1970
T.L.s Douglas Regional College, March 11, 1970
T.L.s Wayland Drew, April 15, 1978
T.L.s Helen D[ ], n.d.
A.L.s Pat Elliot, June 22, 1973
Pc Encounter, n.d.
F.9 F
T.L.s Douglas Fisher, September 10, 1974
T.L.s Wynne Francls (w/attachment), October 10, 1973
T.L.s Myrna Friend, February 11, 1971
T.L.s Northrop Frye, September 30, 1971
T.L.s Northrop Frye, February 7, 1972
T.L.s Northrop Frye, October 29, 1975
T.L.s Northrop Frye, September 10, 1979
F.10 G-J
Pc Eldon Garnet, n.d.
T.L.s Shirley [Gibson], n.d.
T.L.s Shirley Gibson, n.d.
T.L.s Shirley [Gibson], n.d.
T.L.s General Publishing, January 16, 1975
T.L.s Ellen Godfrey, February 27, 1978
T.L. Gold and Taylor, April 30, 1979
A.L.s Reshard Gool (w/attachment), December 12, 1977
T.L.s David Higham Associates, March 8, 1968
T.L.s David Higham Associates, November 20, 1968
T.L.s George Hopton, April 10, 1973
A.L.s George Hopton, November 14, 1973
T.L.s Tim Inkster, n.d.
A.L.s Tim [Inkster], October 14, 1973
T.L.s George Jonas, March 26, 1974
F.11 Marian D. Hebb
T.L.s January 29, 1979
T.L.s February 8, 1980 (w/attachments)
T.L.s August 13, 1980 (w/attachments)
F.12 K-L
T.L.s Urjo Kareda, June 23, 1975
A.L.s Sylvia Kersch, April 6, 1978
A.L.s Ken Knight, n.d.
A.L.s Nancy Kyle, February 1, 1974
T.L.s Margaret Laurence, September 20, 1978
A.L.s Aviva Layton, May 29
A.L.s Aviva Layton, n.d.
A.L.s Aviva Layton, n.d., [1979]
A.L.s Bernice Lever (torn), n.d.
T.L.s Dorothy Livesay, August 24, 1973
A.L.s Dorothy L[ivesay], n.d.
T.L.s L.S. Loomer, July 23, 1974
F.13 Dennis Lee
T.L.s February 10, 1969
T.L.s September 28, 1970
A.L.s November 4, 1971
T.L.s October 15, 1972
T.L.s July 17, 1978
T.L.s n.d.
F.14 M
T.L.s Hugh MacLennan, October 24, 1976
T.L.s Macmillan of Canada (w/attachments), March 14, 1979
T.L.s Macmillan of Canada, May 9, 1980
T.L. J[oy] M[acpherson], n.d.
T.L.s D.J. Manley, February 15, 1974
T.L.s Joyce Marshall, October 16, 1980
T.L.s McClelland and Stewart, December 2, 1971
T.L.s McClelland and Stewart, February 11, 1972
T.L.s J. McDonald, March 19
Pc [Pauline] McGibbon, n.d.
A.L.s Elizabeth [McMurtry?], n.d.
T.L.s J[ohn] Metcalf, April 3, 1973
T.L.s John Metcalf (w/attachments), December 30, 1977
T.L.s Miss Chatelaine, October 4, 1971
A.L.s John [Moss], n.d.
A.L.s John [Moss], (w/attachment), January 16, 1978
A.L.s Pat Mowat, n.d.
A.L.s Alice [Munroe], September 5, 1978
A.L.s Susan Musgrave, February 1, 1975
F.15 Don MacLeod
A.L.s May 17, 1960
A.L.s June 28, 1960
A.L.s March 6, 1961
A.L.s May 24, 1961
A.L.s June 4, 1961
A.L.s May 26, 1962
A.L.s June 26, 1962
A.L.s August 22, 1962
A.L.s July 5, 1963
A.L.s August 11, 1963
A.L.s May 25, 1964
A.L.s May 4, 1966
F.16 N-O
T.L.s NC Press, May 1, 1979
T.L. The New Yorker, n.d.
T.L.s Michael John Nimchuck, November 27, 1963
T.L. North American Life Assurance Company, 1966
T.L.s Oberon Press, May 8, 1972
F.17 Ontario Arts Council
T.L.s June 16, 1972
T.L.s October 31, 1972 (w/attachment)
T.L.s (xer.) June 5, 1973
T.L.s April 9, 1974 (w/attachment)
T.L.s May 10, 1974
T.L.s June 24, 1974 (w/attachments)
T.L.s February 25, 1977
T.L.s August 1, 1979
T.L.s July 23, 1980
F.18 P
T.L.s Desmond Pacey, April 14, 1966
T.L.s Jeanne L. Pattison, November 5, 1976
T.L. Playboy, n.d.
T.L.s T.E.E. Powell-Brown, May 9, 1974
A.L.s [Ceula?] Prashad, February 4, 1975
T.L.s Prism, June 15, 1965
T.L.s Prism, June 17, 1965
T.L.s Prism International, July 6, 1965
T.L.s Prism International, February 24, 1966
T.L.s Al Purdy, November 6, 1973
T.L.s Linda Pyke, n.d.
F.9 R
T.L.s M.W. Ransom, April 17, 1975
A.L.s Kevin Roberts, September 13, 1977
A.L.s Kevin Roberts, October 17, 1977
A.L.s Kevin Roberts, January 2, 1978
A.L.s Kevin Roberts, April 14, 1980
A.L.s Kevin Roberts, n.d.
T.L.s Joe [Rosenblatt], April 2
A.L.s John and Jeanette Russell, n.d.
F.20 S
T.L.s Allan Safarik, July 17, 1973
T.L.s Saturday Night, November 18, 1963
T.L.s Ed Scal1en, May 9, 1978
T.L.s R. Murray Schafer (w/attachment), July 24, 1972
T.L. Bernard Silverman, May 5, 1966
T.L.s Sono Nis Press, October 20, 1972
T.L. Ned Strongin Associates (w/attachments), March 28, 1966
A.L.s Frank Styles, December 8, 1974
A.L.s P[ ] S[ ], August 26, 1975
F.21 Such family
4 pieces of correspondence.
F.22 T-U
A.L.s Sham Tara, July 10, 1973
A.L.s Sham Tara, February 22, 1974
T.L.s W.E. Taylor, Jr., November 26, 1974
T.L.s W.E. Taylor, Jr., December 16, 1974
T.L.s W.E. Taylor, Jr., March 30, 1978
T.L.s W.E. Taylor, Jr., May 5, 1978
A.L.s Bill [Trumble?], n.d.
T.L. University of Toronto, June 3, 1971
A.L.s University of Windsor Review (w/attachments), n.d.
F.23 W
A.L.s Miriam Waddington, March 24, 1972
T.L.s Marshall D. Walker, April 24, 1980
T.L.s Susan E. Walker (w/attachment), April 11, 1974
T.L.s Randall Ware, June 17, 1980
A.L.s Elizabeth Waterston, September 16, 1971
T.L.s Robert Weaver, January 12, 1973
T.L.s Robert Weaver, March 5, 1973
T.L.s Robert Weaver, March 7, 1979
T.L. Robert Weaver, n.d.
T.L.s Weir & Foulds (w/attachment), August 7, 1973
T.L.s Carolyn Wightman, November 26, 1963
T.L.s J. Tuzo Wilson, November 27, 1970
T.L.s J. Tuzo Wilson, June 7, 1971
T.L.s J. Tuzo Wilson, January 21, 1974
A.L.s Milton Wilson, January 23, 1965
A.L.s Milton Wilson, September 6, 1965
A.L.s Milton Wilson, October 16, 1965
A.L.s Milton Wilson, February 12, 1967
A.L.s Milton Wilson, December 1, 1968
T.L.s George [Woodcock], June 6, 1976
T.L.s George Woodcock, June 25, 1980
T.L.s Writers’ Union of Canada, October 18, 1976
F.24 Y-Z
A.L.s York University, August 30, 1972
T.L.s York University, May 21, 1974
Card York University, n.d.
T.L.s J.S. Zarn, June 1, 1972
T.L.s Dale Zieroth, February 10, 1972
F.25 Unidentified incoming correspondence; 8 pieces of correspondence
Other Correspondence
F.26 Letters neither to nor from Peter Such. 20 pieces.
Series 3: Impulse
Outgoing Correspondence
F.27
T.L.s (car.) Canada Council, n.d.
T.L.s (car.) Mr. Racioppa, February 19, 1973
A.L.s Arden [Ford?], n.d.
Incoming Correspondence
F.28 A-G
T.L.s George Amabile, February 21, 1972
A L.s George Amabile, n.d.
A.L.s George Amabile, n.d.
T.L.s Tom Arnett, n.d.
A.Pcs
Margaret Atwood, n.d.
T.L.s Don Bailey, November 7, 1971
T.L.s Don Bailey, November 21, 1971
T.L.s C.S. Balzer, February 24, 1972
T.L.s W.J. Barnes, September 10, 1971
T.L.s Frederick C. Booker, February 24, 1972
T.L.s Frederick C. Booker, November 11, 1972
A.L.s Luella [Booth?], September 27, 1972
T.L.s Mary Bretherton, April 3, 1972
T.L.s Canada Council, October 12, 1971
T.L.s Canada Post Office, March 12, 1973
A.L.s Chuck Carlson, February 20, 1972
T.L.s Ron Charach, n.d.
T.L.s Ron Charach, n.d.
BOX 19
T.L.s Jim Christy, November 8, 1972
T.L.s Matt Cohen, n.d.
T.L.s John Robert Colombo, September 13, 1971
T.L.s David Conn, November 17, 1972
A.L.s T.H. Crerar, n.d.
T.L.s Ralph Cunningham, October 27, 1972
A.L.s John Ditsky, January 3, 1972
A.L.s John Ditsky, December 16, [1971]
A.L.s John Ditsky, n.d.
T.L.s Mary Lou Dickinson, January 3, 1972
T.L.s Charles Douglas, February 16, 1972
T.L.s Felix Douma, February 20, 1972
T.L.s Felix Douma, February 27, 1973
T.L.s Felix Douma, May 21, 1973
T.L.s Marian Engel, July 28
T.L.s Eldon Garnet, July 22, 1971
T.L.s Len Gasparini, March 13, 1972
T.L.s Len Gasparini, November 3, 1972
T.L.s Len Gasparini, January 17, 1973
T.Pc Marty Gervais, May, 1972
T.L.s Robert Gibbs, March 3, 1972
T.L.s Lakshmi Gill, March 21, 1972
A.L.s Jack Granatstein, n.d.
F.29 H-O
T.L.s Malca Halpern, March 10, 1972
T.L.s Mark Harada, November 8, 1972
T.L. Lynne Harris, n.d.
A.L.s Gordon K. Harrison, March 5, 1972
T.L.s Heritage Press, June 29, 1971
T.L.s Steve Hume, March 3, 1972
T.L.s Linda Inkster, March 25, 1972
A.L.s Tim [Inkster], November 21, 1971
A.L.s Tim [Inkster], 1972
A.L.s Tim [Inkster], July 6, 1973
A.L.s Tim Inkster, n.d.
T.L.s Hans [Jewinski], February 25, 1972
A.L.s Paulette Jiles, n.d.
T.L.s George Jonas, December 23, 1971
T.L.s George Jonas, February 29, 1972
T.L.s Jordana Neira Jukich, March 1, 1972
T.L.s Robin Kelsey, November 24
A.L.s Valerie Kent, October 30, 1971
T.L.s Valerie Kent, January 31, 1972
A.L.s Max Layton, March 20, 1972
T.L.s Irving Layton, March 22, 1972
A.L.s Irving Layton, March 28, 1972
A.L.s Terry Leeder, January 8, 1972
T.L.s Terry Leeder, March 1, 1972
A.L.s Donna Lennick, February 15, 1972
A.L.s Donald Lorimer, March 6, 1972
T.L.s Steve Luxton, March 20
T.L.s Gail MacMillan, November 20, 1972
A.L.s Maurus E. Mallon, n.d.
T.L.s Maria M. Martinelli, n.d.
A.L.s Eugene McNamara (torn), n.d.
T.L. Jessie Sterling Miles, March 8, 1972
T.L.s Miss Chatelaine, November 24, 1971
T.L.s Michael [Ondaatje], July 12, 1971
T.L.s Ontario Arts Council, September 17, 1971
T.L.s Ontario Arts Council, October 18, 1971
T.L.s Ontario Arts Council, December 29, 1971
T.L.s Ontario Arts Council, April 7, 1972
Folder 30: P-Z
T.L.s Alan Pearson, March 20, 1972
T.L.s Thor Pelech, October 22, 1971
T.L.s D. Reid Powell, November 18, 1971
T.L.s [D.] Reid [Powell], January 25, 1972
T.L.s [D.] Reid Powell, February 3, 1972
T.L.s [D.] Reid [Powell], September 27, 1972
T.L.s [D.] Reid [Powell], February 30[sic], n.d.
A.L.s Don Polson, March 31, 1972
T.L.s Terence Roberts, n.d.
T.L.s G. Robinson, March 28, 1972
T.L.s Leon Rooke, October 7, 1971
T.L.s Gary Ross, October 18, [1971]
T.L.s Gary R[oss], February 23, 1972
T.L.s Alfred Rushton, January 18, 1972
T.L.s Lawrence Russell, n.d.
T.L.s Luigi Sabatini, October 11, 1971
T.L. Allan Safarik, March 13, 1972
T.L.s Allan Safarik, October 30, 1972
T.L.s Leon Slonim, n.d.
T.L.s Douglas Smith, n.d.
A.L.s Ray Smith, March 22, 1972
T.L.s Leighton Steele, October 26, 1972
A.L.s Leighton Steele, November 29, 1972
A.L.s Grace M. Strauss, February 21, 1972
T.L.s Edward Strickland, October 23, 1972
T.L.s Fraser Sutherland, October 29, 1971
T.L.s Randy Thomas, n.d.
T.L.s Gordon P. Turner, November 1, 1972
T.L.s Susan Vaulkhard, October 17, 1971
T.L.s James Ward, March 2, 1972
A.L.s Judy Wells, November 6, 1971
A.L. Judy Wells, November 23, 1971
A.L.s Bill [Whelton?], n.d.
A.L.s Ian Young, n.d.
A.L.s M.J. Youle-White, October 12, 1971
F.31 Unidentified Correspondence (5 pieces)
F.32-56: Submissions
These files contain manuscripts that were submitted to Impulse. By and large these were accepted and published; rejected submissions were mostly returned to their authors.
Amabile, George “The Beggar.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 109
Arnold, Les “Vineland, Ont.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 6
Atwood, Margaret “Book of Ancestors.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 19-21
“Encounters With the Element Man.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 24-31
Avison, Margaret “Because Somebody Said”, ‘They Dress So Well’.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 15
“Immobility/Rest/...” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 16
Bacque, James “From The Shining Sea.”
Barbour, Douglas “evening flight, 20.2.73.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 23
“flying, 39,000 feet up.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 24
Benrose, John “‘lying in Surrey’.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 127
Bissett, Bill “canada.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 61-5
Bowering, George “David McFadden.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp.37-8
Carlson, Chuck “Blakean V8*.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 131-2
“Chartreuse Crazies.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp.129-30
Carrier, Jean-Guy “Diamonds and Hemorrhoids.” Vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 9-13
Clarke, Katherine “Cedars.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 7
Cleft, David “Chicago.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 99-100
“Empty Bottles.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 43
Colby, Jim “Nostos.”
“Nostos II.”
“Water.”
Davery, Frank “The Hanged Man, To Himself.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 148-9
“The King of Wands.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 145
“Manuscript...” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 146-7
“Manuscript...” Vol. 2, 3/4, p. 148
DiCicco, Pier Giorgio “Closest to thoughts of her’.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 28
“Dianne i could...” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 123
Ditsky, John “Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 38
“Three Spasms After First Brautigan.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 39
Dofos, Anne “Little indeed.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 31
Everson, Larry “‘I've got a big old watch’.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 45
Fielden, Charlotte “Bubeh Meisse.” Vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 33-39
Garebian, Keith “The Second Language.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 3
Garnet, Eldon “Angel Two.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 23
“‘below ground trembling’.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 27
“from Henry K.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 42-5
“I Hate This Man.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 24
Gasparini, Len “Trophies.” Vol. 1, nos. 3/4, p. 105
Gibson, Shirley “‘please don't tell me...’” Vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 35-6
“‘relieved of my body’.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 37
Godfrey, Dave “Excerpts from I Ching.” Vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 50-6
“A New Year’s Morning on Bloor Street.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 71-89
BOX 20
F.1-34
Henderson, Brian “off King William Island.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 2
Hillman, Richard “A Conversation With Jane.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 32
“Return Journey By Rail.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 125
“Voice From Close-by.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 15
Hutchman, Lawrence “By the Pool.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 29
Inkster, Tim “Bats are hangmen.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 33
“the children’s game of jury.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 25
“The glass bottomed mrs. grundy.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 32
“In the fields of her forebears.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 34
“your knight, your.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 26
Jewinski, Hans “!:-;; Crowded Skys (Airlift).” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 25
“! :-; ; The Great Shell Game.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 107
“! :-; ; Procedures.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 26
Jiles, Paulette “Scherezade.” Vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 46-47
Jonas, George “Bomber Pilot, Descending.” Vol. 1, no 2, p. 15
“Bridges on the Danube.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 49
“Crossing the Straits of Georgia With Beverley.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 17
“Garment District, New York.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 16
“Literary Wife.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 22-3
“A Love Poem.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 30
Kelsey, Robin “Norman’s Chinese Junk.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 35-7
Kent, Valerie “Lunch Under Cover.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18-21
Kochanowsky, A. “Kensington birth.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 42
“a kind of flower.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 41
Ladoo, Harold Sonny “The Quiet Peasant.” Vol. 2, no. 3/4, pp. 11-17
“from Yesterdays.” Vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 40-7
Layton, Irving “No Exit.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 5-6
“Tide.” Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 7
Layton, Max “Logger’s Elegy.”
“Only in the Stillness.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 121
Lee Dennis “Night.”
“Second Elegy.” Vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 7-10
“When It Is Over.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 6
Livesay, Dorothy “Getting It Straight.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 29-35
MacPhee, Rosalind “Eclipse.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 44
Mandel, Eli “At Wabamun.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 42-3
“Estevan, 1934.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 41
“Lake Wabumun: Summer 68.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 44-5
McNamara, Eugene “Forty.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 40-1
Nimchuck, Michael John “Quinte Summer.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 91-2
Noble, Allison “Between You and Me.”
“Poem for Don.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 38
“We Talk Business.”
Purdy, Al “Excess of Having.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 5
Rosenblatt, Joe “The Cool Dream.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 25
“Haute Cuisine.”
“He is the Mozart of Animal Sounds.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 24
“The Whole Academy Explodes.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 23
Rytell, Geoffrey “April 1946.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 8
“Dad.”
Smith, Douglas “Morning for Van Gogh.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 48
Spigel, I.M. “Metawagons and Orthostars.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 8-14
Stein, André “‘Mr. Smith stands on technology’.” Vol. 1, no. 1, p. 39
Stein, David Lewis “Back Where I Can Be Me.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 135-43
Stevens, Peter “Grandfather.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 95-7
Such, Peter “Floating Bears.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 47-59
Swan, Sue “Alternatives.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 68
“Pit-stop.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, p. 67
Tata, Saam “Mother Goosed.” Vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 16-21
Waddington, Miriam “Absence.”
“The Dark Lake.” Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 5
“Dead Lakes.” Vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 6-7
“Downtown Streets.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 118-19
“The Honeymoon House.” Vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 17-22
“The Last Rehearsal.” Vol. 2, nos. 3/4, pp. 111-17
“Outside.”
“Tapestry.”
“The Water Cooler.”
Zieroth, Dale “The Magic Men.” Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 46-7
Unidentified mss. (1 short story and 1 poem).
F.35 Introductory notes for Vol. 1., no. 1 and Vol. 2, nos. 3/4
F.36 Ms. and ts. for index, Vol. 2, nos. 3/4
F.37 Miscellaneous notes (ms. and ts.) on contributors, 15 pieces
F.38 Various proof pages
F.39 Bank statements and cancelled cheques
F.40 Receipts and invoices
F.41 Application for post-office registration and related material
F.42 Miscellaneous
Series 4: Other Material
Book Reviews
F.43 Clippings of book reviews by Peter Such from the Toronto Star
F.44 Reviews of Fallout
F.45 Reviews of Soundprints
F.46 Reviews of Riverrun
F.47 Other reviews
BOX 21
University material
F.1 University essays for English courses
F.2 Other university essays
F.3 University notes and examinations
F.4 M.A. thesis, “An Interpretation of Troilus and Cressida with Reference to Johnson’s Dramatic Techniques.” Ts. (car.), 103 leaves
Writers’ Union of Canada
F.5 Correspondence
F.6 Material relating to Such’s committee work
F.7 Miscellaneous (reports, lists, etc.)
York University
F.1 Notes and drafts for a brochure on the Canadian Studies Programme
F.2 Committee reports, minutes, etc.
F.3 Miscellaneous material on the Canadian Studies Programme
F.4 Tenure and promotion file for Peter Such
F.5 Public tenure file for Peter Such
F.6 Lecture notes
F.7 Essays and papers by York University students.
Personal
F.8 Personal information (résumés, documents, etc.)
F.9 Divorce file
F.10 Financial documents
F.11 Royalty statements
F.12 Contracts
F.13 News clippings about Peter Such
BOX 23
Miscellaneous
F.1 Magazines containing work by Peter Such (duplicates of issues already present in the library’s serial holdings)
F.2 Photocopies of miscellaneous articles
F.3 News clippings not about Peter Such
F.4 Small file of material on Harold Sonny Ladoo.
F.5 Material on Timmins, Ontario, collected for proposed article (see Box 14,
F.1)
F.6 Programmes, announcements, etc.
F.7 Miscellaneous mss. not by Peter Such
F.8 Tour programme
F.9 Drawings
F.10 Music
F.11 Canada Council forms and information
F.12 Empty envelopes, addresses, etc.
BOX 24
F.1-2 Memos, notes, etc. from high-school teaching
F.3 Photographs; videotape of Peter Such teaching; 5 boxes of slides
Peter Such fonds. Second accrual
Manuscripts
BOX 25
F.1 Loom, Sword, River (libretto). Scenario, notes etc. 37 pp.
F.2 Loom, Sword, River. Holograph draft material. 30 pp.
F.3 Loom, Sword, River. Typed draft material (roughs). 125 pp.
F.4 Loom, Sword, River. Early typed draft. 45 pp.
F.5 Loom, Sword, River. Median typed draft. 105 pp.
F.6 Loom, Sword, River. Final ts. 123 pp.
F.7 Loom, Sword, River. Same, bound photocopy. 123 pp.
F.8 Of All the People (libretto). Outline, notes etc. 17 pp. (for stage play version, see Box 3)
F.9 Of All the People. Scenario. 3 pp.
F.10-3 Of All the People. Various ms. notes and drafts. 7 + 17 + 4 + 9 pp.
F.14 Of All the People. Roughs of songs. 71 pp.
F.15 Of All the People. Miscellaneous roughs. 63 pp.
F.16 Of All the People. Roughs for Act 2. 30 pp.
F.17 Of All the People. Partial early ts. 25 pp.
F.18 Of All the People. Various early typed pages. 31 pp.
BOX 26
F.1 Of All the People. Photocopies of various typed pages. 75 pp.
F.2 Of All the People. Final ts. 73 pp. (includes some miscellaneous pp.)
F.3 Of All the People. Final ts., photocopy (incomplete). 54 pp.
F.4 Of All the People. Final ts., photocopy (incomplete). 61 pp.
F.5 The Dragon’s Mouth (novel). Roughs. 57 pp.
F.6 The Dragon’s Mouth. Typed draft (photocopy), pp. 1-36.
F.7 Rituals (novel). Ms. draft pages. 19 pp.
F.8 Rituals. Early ts. draft pages (photocopy). 13 pp.
F.9 Rituals. “1st final” ts. (incomplete) , Nov. 1981. 51 pp.
F.10 Rituals. Later ts.(and photocopy), incomplete. 94 pp.
F.11 Rituals. Partial ts. 44 pp.
F.12 Rituals. Various ts. pages. 37 pp.
F.13 “The Bridge” (short story used as basis for Rituals). Ts., 20 pp.
F.14 Union Station, (play). Early version. 57 pp.
F.15 Union Station. Later version 107 pp.
BOX 27
F.1 Union Station. Late version. 113 pp.
F.2 Of All the People (stage play version). Ts. & ms. 70 pp.
F.3 The Rainbow Boat (screenplay). Draft ts. 17 pp.
F.4 The Rainbow Boat. Ts. (photocopy). 179 pp.
F.5 The Snowjob (TV play). Ts.(photocopy). 37 pp.
F.6 Love Is a Crime (TV play). T5 & ms. 35 pp.
F.7 Homefires (TV series). Bound notebook containing holograph draft of 1st episode.
F.8 Homefires. Miscellaneous material. 18 pp.
F.9 The Island Report (short story). Roughs. 41 pp.
F.10 The Island Report. Ts., 16 pp.
F.11 Island Follies (play). Notes etc. 116 pp.
F.12 Island Follies. Roughs etc, mostly ts. 64 pp.
F.13 Island Follies. Various typed drafts, some in photocopy form. 45 + 35 + 35 pp.
BOX 28
F.1 Island Follies. Various ts. (mostly photocopy). 82 pp.
F.2 Island Follies. Typed draft (incomplete). 44 pp.
F.3 Island Follies. Miscellaneous material. 10 pp.
F.4 “Fowl Play” (play). Ts., 7 pp.
F.5 Poems (a collection submitted to the CBC Literary Competition). Ts.(photocopy), 10 pp.
F.6 Article on David Pelletier. Ts., 17 pp.
F.7 Article on Angela Haupt. Ms., 12 pp.
F.8 Article on contemporary sculpture. Ts. & ms., 39 pp.
F.9 Material re a French translation of Riverrun, including a French version of the first part of the novel. 45 pp.
F.10 Miscellaneous ms. pieces. 48 pp.
Correspondence
F.11 Correspondence A- G. 113 pieces.
F.12 Correspondence H- S. 130 pieces.
BOX 29
F.1 Correspondence T- Z. 75 pieces.
F.2 Unidentified correspondence. 27 pieces.
Other material
F.3 Miscellaneous notes etc. 36 pieces.
F.4 Contracts and royalty statements. 74 pieces.
F.5 Writers’ Development Trust material.
F.6 Material re arbitration over Toronto Island homes.
F.7 Material re litigation over boat.
F.8 Material re litigation over house purchase.
F.9 Documents re daughter Luba.
F.10 Income tax returns, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978.
BOX 30
F.1 Income tax return, 1980.
F.2 Income tax return, 1981, 1982.
F.3 Receipts, 1974-6.
F.4 Receipts, 1977.
F.5 Receipts, 1980.
BOX 31
F.1 Receipts from research trip to England (1978).
F.2-6 Miscellaneous receipts.
BOX 32
F.1-2 Bank statements.
F.3 Canada Council material.
F.4 Essays by Nina Such.
F.5 Clippings and tear-sheets.
F.6 Photographs (slides of the 1984 production of Island Follies are also in Box 8)
F.7 Ts. of Robert Priest’s The Ruby Hat of Omark lyam. 20 pp. (including illustrations).
F.8 Miscellanea.
Peter Such fonds. -- Third accrual -- 1970-97. -- 60 cm of textual records. -- 3 photographs : b&w ; negative.. – 1 computer disk.
Manuscripts and other material
BOX 33
F.1 “Floating Bears”, published in Magazin Porcépic, ts., 10 pp., 1972.
F.2 “The Reef”, commissioned for CBC Anthology, photocopy of ts., broadcast August 12, 1972.
F.3-5 Dolphin’s Wake, three sets of corrected proofs and 5 other pp.(new beginning), 166 pp.each, 1979.F.4 entitled “Bouboulina”.See also boxes 6-8 and box 35.
F.6 Contracts between Such and James Purdy with the CBC for three episodes of “Euclid Street” (later called “Homes Fires”), November 6-19, 1979.See also boxes 15-18.
F.7 Contracts for episodes four to seven between Such and James Purdy with the CBC for “Homes Fires” series, January 29 to April 30, 1980, with letter from Such to Alice Sinclair.
F.8 Final revisions of episode five of CBC Homefires series, written with James Purdy, ts. with some pp. photocopied, [12] pp., July 14 1980.
F.9 “Arbitrary Measures”, episode ten of CBC Homefires series, ts., 13 pp., with photocopy from Such to the producer of the series, Robert Sherrin, November 18, 1980.
F.10-1 “Of All the People”, cabaret with Kristi Allik, ts. and ms., irregular pagination, January 1981- May 30, 1982. See also Boxes 25-26.
F.12 “Rainbow Boat”, first complete draft, ts., 112 + [12] pp., April 20, 1981. See also Box 27.
F.13 “Rainbow Boat”, second draft, ts., 101 pp., April 28, 1981.
F.14 “Rainbow Boat”, photocopy of ts., 101 pp., 1981. Such has written: “This became the novel Dragon Mouth renamed Ravines (finished 1992).”
F.15 “The Bridge”, two ts. with ms. pp., 14 + 2 pp.and 13 pp., with two letters from the CBC (Robert Weaver) and contract for broadcasting of the story on CBC’s Anthology, May 11, 1981.
F.16 “Force Field One”, two ts., 3 pp. and 16 pp., the latter dated April 24, 1981, with a contract from the CBC, May 25, 1981.
F.17 “Loom, Sword, River”, photocopy of ts., 116 pp., 1981. Opera performed at Roy Thompson Hall in 1981 and in Estonia in 1996. See also box 25.
F.18 “Loom, Sword, River”, correspondence with Such’s musical collaborator, Kristi Allik, her résumé, correspondence with the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council, and related historical documents, 1980-81.
F.19 Kristi Allik, “The Electronic Music Effects and Compositional Devices to Be Used in the Realization of the Electronic Music Composition ‘Kalevipeog’”, photocopy of ts., [1980-1].
BOX 34
F.1 “The Island Report”, photocopy of ts., 16 pp., May 24, 1982. See also Box 27.
F.2 “Significant Departures: Angela Houpt, ‘Tel’”, ts., 6 pp., June 1982, with page from Canadian Art (fall 1985): 93 containing a review by Such of an exhibition, “David Pelletier: Points of Reference”.
F.3 “Love Is a Crime”, one-act TV drama for Trilogy, City TV, ts., 22 + [3] pp., April 15, 1983. See also Box 27.
Not in F. 3 posters of “Island Follies”, outdoor vaudeville extravaganza celebrating Toronto Island Sesquicentennial, staged by the Shadowland Repertory Company, 1984.
F.4-10 “Rituals”, several drafts of the novel (e.g. first revised ts., second draft, “1st restructuring of revised typescript”, etc.), combination of ts., photocopy and ms. with inserted pp. Often with irregular pagination, includes “Falling Out” which was absorbed into the novel, 1985-86. See also Box 25.
F.11 “Genesis II”, first draft, 98 pp. according to Such, 1985.
F.12 “Earthbaby” (formerly “Genesis II”), photocopy of ts., 72 pp., with copy of letter to John ?, March 2, 1991.
F.13 “Sunderland” (a multidisplinary theatre piece for Factory Theatre), photocopy of ts. (45 pp. In cerlox binder), ts.(49 pp.), computer disk, 1992.
F.14 “Sunderland Project”, grant applications, budget, résumés, and letters of financial support (Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Laidlaw Foundation, Canadian Actors’ Equity association, etc.), 1992-95.
BOX 35
Notebooks not in files
Notebook 1. Yellow cloth with abstract design in black, red, blue and white. Contains notes for “Rituals” Dolphin’s Wake, and short stories read on CBC Anthology (“The Bridge”), 1970-76.
Notebook 2. White cloth with abstract design in green, red, and yellow. Fragments of reviews, 1983-87.
Notebook 3. Brown-black cloth in an abstract design. Contains notes for “Island Follies”, notes done in Cuba and Dominican Republic, and article on Canadian sculpture at the Guild Inn for Arts Canada, 1980-86.
Notebook 4. Blue cloth with abstract design in blue and black. Contains notes for Dolphin’s Wake, “Dragon’s Mouth” (later entitled “Ravines”), and “The Banyan Tree” (published in This Magazine, 1988), 1979-90.
Notebook 5. Black cloth. Contains notes for “Island Follies”, “Rituals, and “Loom, Sword, River”. 1981-96.
F.1 Printed articles.“Shakespeare Never Went to Verona, Toronto Globe and Mail, [198?]; “L’image autochtone dans la littérature canadienne anglaise”, Cahiers de L’I.P.E.C, publications de l’Université de Rouen No. 194, 1993: 183-94; “The Dalai Lama’s Pyjamas”, A View on the Garden, 5 (1995): 76-86.
F.2 Advertisement leaflets for readings, 1979-81.
F.3 News clippings, 1975-94.
F.4 Résumé, biographical articles, 2 photographs and negatives (one with Such shaking Bob Rae’s hand), 1980-95.
Correspondence. Incoming mail; 1 letter unless otherwise indicated.
F.5
Norman Beach, 1980.
To Peter Buitenhuis, [1981].
The Canada Council (Robert M.Kennedy), 1983. 1 letter to Josiane Polidori, 1991,
Canadian Art (Betty Ann Jordan), 1995.
Ellen Case, Christmas card, 1994.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Ivan Fecan, Gayle O’Brien), 2 letters, 1991-95.Also undated statement by Such for the CBC from the ACTRA Writers Guild.
Wendall Clarkson (?), 1993.
External Affairs and Internal Trade Canada, 1991.
The Fiddlehead, 1994.
Finnish-Canadian-Society (Nina Lindroos), 1986.
Réshard Gool, 2 letters, 1981.
Joan Haggerty, 3 letters and 1 post card, 1981-94.
Hamilton and Region Arts Council (Dianne Palubski), 1986.
Michael Harris, 2 letters, 1985-6.
Keith Harrison, with résumé, 1992.
Marian Dingman Hebb, 1981.
Maxine Heppner, card and letter, 1992.
House of Anansi Press (Ann Wall), with booklet celebrating Anansi’s twenty-fifth anniversary, 1987.
Jancy James, card and letter, 1994.
Patricia Keeney, 1990.
Mary Laren, 1981.
Kelly Lamore, with photograph, 1994.
To William Lane, 1990.
Bernice Lever, 2 letters, 1 addressed to Giorgio Di Cicco and editors of Waves, 1982.
McKeown, Yoerger, Spearing & Champlin, 1977.
Jack MacLeod, n.d.
Les Monkman, 3 letters, with biographical entry for The Canadian Dictionary of Literary Biography, 1981.
Anne Montagnes, [199?].
Libby Oughton, [198?].
Jeanne Pattison, Christmas card, 1981.
Poetry Canada Review, form letter, issue of vol. 5, no. 1 (fall 1983) with profile on Such, and ms., 5 pp., by him, “Carrying on Regardless”.
Kevin Roberts, 1991.
Cheryl Saurette, letter to Congdon & Weed Publishers (Leslie Garisto) and letter to Such, 1983-6.
Ron Shirtliff, 3 letters, 1981-82.
Silverstein & Selznick (Stephen I. Selznick), 2 letters, 1980-2.
Chritina Maria Sklepkowycz, 1989.
Toronto Star, 1991.
Simone Vauthier, card and letter, 1993-4.
Seppo Tamminen, 1993.
Vancouver International Writers Festival (Alma Lee), letter and photo of Geoff Goodfellow, 1992.
Tom Wayman, 1984.
Writers Copyright Agency, agenda, 1982.
The Writers’ Development Trust (Carol Loveridge), with agenda of meetings, financial report, etc., 1981-3.
York University (Ian Macdonald, M.W. Ransom, Diane Stadnicki, Susan Mann), 4 letters to Such, letter to Susan Mann, invitation to reception for Margaret Laurence, notice of reading for Timothy Findley, minutes of meetings of the Canadian Studies Programme, letter from Such about his travel plans), 1977-97.
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