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Recordings and photographs

Box 15 contains two video tapes of readings Morrissey gave at Vehicule Art on 27 March 1977 and an unopened LP album, "Sounds Like" of sound poetry by Montreal poets. It also contains thirty-eight audio cassettes of poetry readings. These are recordings of readings, mostly from the 1970s and 1980s in Montreal; however, there are several tapes from the 1990s in Montreal and Vancouver. Also included are photographs—black and white, colour, and colour slides—taken by Stephen Morrissey. These photographs are mostly of poets, taken at poetry readings, or less formal settings, in Quebec and in the 1990s in British Columbia.

Poetry readings and art exhibitions

Box 14 contains posters for poetry readings and art exhibitions held at Vehicule Art Gallery and Powerhouse Gallery, the two important alternative or "parallel" art galleries in Montreal in the 1970s and 1980s. Duplicates of posters are included. Included with the posters are flyers for readings held at Sir George Williams University in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including an Aislin (Terry Mosher) poster for Allen Ginsberg's reading at Sir George Williams University in the early 1970s. Other items of a similar nature also included.

Montreal poetry periodicals

Box 13 contains copies of several important Montreal periodicals from the 1960s to 1980s. Most of these literary magazines were produced on a limited budget, but there is a democratic spirit and openness to new writers in the magazines.

Magazines

Box 12 contains the files for two magazines that Stephen Morrissey edited and published, what is and The Montreal Journal of Poetics, between 1973-1985. There is one file of preliminary notes for what is, followed by fifteen files of back issues of what is arranged chronologically (1973-1976). There is a complete run of the magazine. Ten files are included for The Montreal Journal of Poetics (later called MJP), which constitutes a complete run of this magazine (1978 - 1985). These files contain original photo-ready copies of the magazine, also included are duplicate back issues of the magazine. Both what is and The Montreal Journal of Poetics were mailed without cost to those people receiving the magazine. Several issues of what is consisted of only one legal size page. The Montreal Journal of Poetics was photocopied on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper.

Original compositions, rough drafts, manuscripts, etc., 1996-1998

Contains rough drafts and manuscript work for The Mystic Beast (Montreal, Empyreal Press, 1997). All selection and editing work related to Mapping the Soul, New and Selected Poems 1978-1998 (Winnipeg, The Muses' Company, 1998). The long poem "The Great Year", published in a limited edition chapbook form in 1996.
A copy of Mapping the Soul, New and Selected Poems 1978-1998 is included.

Morrissey, Stephen

Original compositions, rough drafts, manuscripts, etc., 1993-1996

Contains various working drafts of poems and manuscripts for The Yoni Rocks (Montreal, Empyreal Press, 1993); the long poem "The Great Year", and three chapbooks: The Divining Rod (Edmonton, Greensleeve Editions, 1993), The Carolyn Poems (Vancouver, The Poem Factory, 1994), and 1950 (Vancouver, The Poem Factory, 1996).
Copies of published books by the author are included.

Morrissey, Stephen

Original compositions, rough drafts, manuscripts, etc., 1991-1997

Contains two packages of manuscripts, twenty-one notebooks and two file folders of manuscripts. Included are first drafts of poems and manuscripts for "The Shadow Trilogy": this is made up of The Compass (Montreal, Empyreal Press, 1993), The Yoni Rocks (Montreal, Empyreal Press, 1995), and The Mystic Beast (Montreal, Empyreal Press, 1997).
Copies of published books by the author are included.

Morrissey, Stephen

Original compositions, rough drafts, manuscripts, etc., 1990-1993

Contains five packages of manuscripts as well as loose unbound pages of manuscripts. First and subsequent drafts of poems and manuscript work for The Compass (Montreal, Empyreal Press, 1993). Also, drafts of book reviews and articles on poetics are included.
A copy of The Compass is included.

Morrissey, Stephen

Original compositions, rough drafts, manuscripts, etc., 1987-1989

Contains three packages of manuscripts, loose manuscript pages, as well as thirteen notebooks. There are first drafts of poems including manuscript work on poems for Family Album (Vancouver, Caitlin Press, 1989) and drafts of book reviews and articles on poetry.
A copy of Family Album is enclosed.

Morrissey, Stephen

Original compositions, rough drafts, manuscripts, etc., 1984-1988

Contains nine “packages” of manuscripts; each “package” is approximately two inches thick. Included are unpublished manuscripts, rough drafts of poems dating from 1984 to 1988, and the manuscript for Family Album (Vancouver, Caitlin Press, 1989).
An unpublished manuscript entitled Meetings With RR, a biography of R.R. Skinner, an English healer and spiritual teacher and friend of Morrissey’s for twenty-five year, is included. Also, included are numerous drafts of book reviews published in Poetry Canada Review, Canadian Literature, The Antigonish Review, and other periodicals.

Morrissey, Stephen

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