Includes Morrissey’s earliest poems; juvenilia; the manuscript for Morrissey’s first publication, a chapbook entitled Poems of a Period (Montreal, 1971); other early unpublished manuscripts. A copy of Poems of a Period is enclosed.

Aerial photographs of Northern Quebec and parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, dated between 1972 and 1974.

Geographic range:

Furthest north: 61 degrees North

Furthest south: 49 degrees North

Furthest west: 81 degrees West

Furthest east: 58 degrees West

Aerial photographs of Northern Quebec and southwestern parts of Newfoundland and Labrador

Aerial photographs of a narrow swath of mid-Northern Quebec and southwesternmost part of Newfoundland and Labrador, dating between 1972 and 1974.

Geographic range:

Furthest north: 62 degrees North

Furthest south: 49 degrees North

Furthest west: 80 degrees West

Furthest east: 55 degrees West

Aerial photographs of northern Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, dated between 1972 and 1974.

Geographic range:

Furthest north: 54 degrees North

Furthest south: 49 degrees North

Furthest west: 78 degrees West

Furthest east: 57 degrees West

Drafts and completed poems written between 1970 to 1978; manuscripts show Morrissey’s interest in concrete and sound poetry and emphasis on experimental writing.

Aerial photographs chiefly of northern Quebec and Hudson Bay region, dated between 1972 and 1976.
Geographic range:

Furthest north: 62 degrees North

Furthest south: 49 degrees North

Furthest west: 96 degrees West

Furthest east: 64 degrees West

Contains:

• 1 folder with a computer printout with five columns of numbers (LATITUDE LONGITUDE NUMBER MSSBAND DYMTHYR [day/month year], and two printed maps.
• 1 folder containing six aerial images of the Montreal region on various scales, and one low-altitude image of an unidentified and apparently rural area.
• Set of 10 aerial images, from 133 to 136 degrees west, at latitudes from 67N to 69N.
• 116 folders of transparencies and prints, dated between 1972 and 1975. Geographic range of transparencies and prints): Furthest north: 62 degrees North; Furthest south: 45 degrees North; Furthest west: 81 degrees West; Furthest east: 59 degrees West.

Includes rough drafts of poems, including the manuscript for The Trees of Unknowing (Montreal, Vehicule Press, 1978). Photocopies of reviews of The Trees of Unknowing; invitations to the book launch at Powerhouse Gallery in Montreal; and photocopies of letters from Robert Creeley, Northrop Frye, F.R. Scott, John Newlove, and other writers regarding The Trees of Unknowing are also included. Also included are other original manuscripts by the author. A copy of The Trees of Unknowing is included.

Aerial photographs of northern Quebec and southwestern Newfoundland, dated between 1972 and 1974.
Geographic range:

Furthest north: 62 degrees North

Furthest south: 50 degrees North

Furthest west: 81 degrees West

Furthest east: 60 degrees West

Aerial photographs chiefly of northern Quebec as as well as a western portion of Newfoundland and Labrador, dated between 1972 and 1974.

Geographic range:

Furthest north: 62 degrees North
Furthest south: 49 degrees North
Furthest west: 81 degrees West
Furthest east: 55 degrees West