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Rare Books and Special Collections Muses’ Company Fonds
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Muses’ Company Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 948
  • Fonds
  • 1980-1995

The fonds chiefly consists chiefly of records related to the editing and publishing work of the Muses' Company press. The fonds consists of seven series: manuscripts; financial records; publications; correspondence; records related to the Association des éditeurs anglophone de Québec; records relating to the Association of Canadian Publishers; and records relating to the Literary Press Group. Most of the records were either created or accumulated by Endre Farkas in relation to the Muses’ Co. publications between 1980 and 1995. Records relating to publishing include manuscripts of works, page proofs with corrections, editors’ and authors’ notes, published books, and publicity materials. Other production records within the fonds include correspondence, pamphlets, photographs, layouts, and drawings for covers. These manuscripts also often have accompanying materials including photos and correspondence, in particular for the Dance Agenda project. There is also correspondence including exchanges with authors such as Ken Norris, Kenneth Radu, Katharine Beeman, Elias Letelier-Ruz, Ian Stephans, and Sharon H. Nelson as well as notes to Leonard Cohen. The company's financial records in the fonds consist income tax receipts, statement of earnings, reports of sales of books, buyers, quotes, invoices, funding applications, contracts and correspondence. Notable financial records include book sales from the McGill University Bookstore, as well as the universities of Toronto, Waterloo, Calgary, and Maine. Other records include materials from the Association des éditeurs anglophone du Québec (1991-1994), the Canada Grant Council, the Association of Canadian Publishers, the Literary Press Group. Also represented is the Quanglo Tour itinerary including posters, postcards, and advertisements (1994-1995).

Muses' Company

Agenda 1984

Poetry Agenda Poésie 1984 (1984). A bilingual (French-English) agenda with poems, edited by Endre Farkas. [listed as: Agenda 1984].

Manuscripts

Series consists primarily of manuscripts in various stages of editing and publication, published by the Muses' Company. Also included are editors’ and authors’ notes, publicity materials, author correspondence, pamphlets, and photographs.

Agenda 92

Includes report on sales, book production quotes and correspondences on pricing and distribution; includes contact information of theatres, press, journalists, and choreographers; newspaper photocopies.

F.S. VII

Family scandals. (1994). Sharon H. Nelson. Poetry. [listed as: F.S.; FS.].

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