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.

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.

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.

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

Programmes 1975–79 directly in the container. See Folder 1 for other years and undated material.
Includes leaflets and programmes for recitals by Henryk Szeryng and Charles Reiner at the Teator de la Ciudad (Donceles 36), Mexico City, and Carnegie Hall; programmes for solo performances; and programmes for collaborative performances with: Gisela Depkat, Michael Edwards, Mikael Eliasen, Susanne Lautenbacher, Joan Patenaude, Tom Plaunt, Ruggiero Ricci, Claire Segal, Katherine Skorzewska [also mispelled as ―Katerine Shorzeska‖], Henryk Szeryng, Gyorgy Terebesi, Robert Verebes, and Eric Wilner.

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.

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.

Includes invitations and programme for a recital by Henryk Szeryng and Charles Reiner at the Hall of the Americas (Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.); programme for a recital by Henryk Szeryng and Charles Reiner at Tanglewood; programme for performance as soloist with the Montreal Chamber Orchestra; programmes for solo performances; listings of radio broadcasts; and programmes for collaborative performances with: Helen Boatwright, Colette Boky, Hyman Bress, Jules Bruyere, Mario Duschene, Maureen Forrester, Arthur Garami, Ann Golden, Sara Hayden, Antonio Janigro, Walter Joachim, Eugene Kash, Philip Maero, Kerstin Meyer, Jean Morin, Joan Patenaude, Guy Plamondon, Svetlana Rajewsky, Heinz Rehfuss, Elinor Ross, Joseph Rouleau, Mary Simmons, Teresa Stratas, Henryk Szeryng, Robert Verebes, Richard Verreau, and the Canadian Piano Quartet.

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.

Programmes 1965–69 directly in the container. See Folder 1 for other years and undated material.
Includes leaflets for recitals by Talmon Herz and Charles Reiner, Arthur Garami and Charles Reiner, and Henryk Szeryng and Charles Reiner at Carnegie Hall; programmes for recitals by Hyman Bress and Charles Reiner at Philharmonic Hall (Lincoln Center); programmes for performances as soloist with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Symphony Orchestra and the CBC Ottawa Area Radio Studio Orchestra; programme for performance as part of the Amati Trio (with Arthur Garami and Denis Brott) as soloists with the Lakehead Symphony; programmes for solo performances; listings of radio broadcasts; and programmes for collaborative performances with: David Astor, Helen Boatwright, Colette Boky, Réjane Cardinal, Christian Ferras, Arthur Garami,
Karine Georgian, Talmon Herz, Louis Quilico, Joseph Rouleau, Henryk Szeryng, Richard Verreau, and the Canadian Piano Quartet.