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Rare Books and Special Collections Judith Fitzgerald Fonds Series
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Correspondence

This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between Judith Fitzgerald and others. Some photographs are also contained in the files. The files include correspondence between Fitzgerald and friends; correspondence regarding work-related matters between Fitzgerald and various record labels, radio stations, magazines, newspapers, and music festivals and events; and correspondence with musicians and bands that Fitzgerald did research on and wrote about. This series covers letters, postcards, and greeting cards. This series is mostly located in Container 9, with files also in Container 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. Some files in Series 2, 4, and 5 also contain correspondence (please see the file descriptions).

Creative Work

This series mainly contains poetry written by Judith Fitzgerald, but also includes other work by her such as books she has edited, play scripts, and short stories. The files include drafts, annotated manuscripts, and copies of her published work. Notably, this series contains manuscripts and published copies of Rapturous Chronicles, Habit of Blues, and Given Names. This series is mostly located in Container 3, 6, and 7, with some files in Container 4 and 5. Some files in Series 1 and 5 also contain creative work (please see the file descriptions).

Financial Records

This series contains financial records related to business and personal activities. The files include payslips, grant payments, credit card and income tax statements, invoices, bankbooks. This series is mostly located in Container 4, 5, and 10. Some files in Series 5 also contain financial records (please see the file descriptions).

Personal Records

This series contains documents which are broadly related to Fitzgerald’s personal life. The files include records from her time writer-in-residence at the University of Windsor, grant notifications, academic transcripts, notes on her life, her marriage certificate, rent-related documents, photographs, parking permits, 3 scrapbooks containing publications about Fitzgerald, and 6 cardboard posters of her and her friend’s books. This series is located in Container 4, 5, 10, and 11.

Project and Subject Files

This series contains documents which related to research Fitzgerald conducted on various projects she worked on, including individuals, musical acts, and newspaper and magazine articles. The files include press releases, promotional material, correspondence, newspaper articles, and photographs about individuals and bands that Fitzgerald wrote about, such as Billy Ray Cyrus and Anne Murray. The files also include drafts of newspaper and magazine articles that Fitzgerald wrote. This series also includes 15 audio recordings on standard cassette tapes of musicals acts that Fitzgerald worked with. This series is spread across the fonds in Container 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10.