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Rare Books and Special Collections Series
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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.

Correspondence

Series contains mostly business correspondence with Muses' Company authors, contributors, editors, and funding agencies. Correspondents include Endre Farkas, Ken Norris, and Janine Beaulieu.

General Correspondence

The series contains Leon Edel's correspondence, with the majority before 1989. The correspondence ranges from personal to professional and literary, with letters from friends, acquaintances, scholars, authors, and publishers, such as Harvard University Press. Files that are significant either because of the correspondent or due to the extent of the correspondence include W. W. Norton, Anais Nin, Hannah Arendt, E. M. Forster, H. Montgomery Hyde, Geoffrey Keynes, and Allen Ginsberg. Many of the letters represent Edel's ongoing work to acquire copies of Henry James's correspondence and seek out information about the author from his contemporaries. Also includes a number of letters related to various lectures given during the 1960s and 1970s.

Food price records

The series contains 12 account books and notebooks in which Julian Armstrong tracked information about food pricing and origins for 7-10 different supermarkets and around 40 different food products, from meat to vegetables, between 1979 to 1995. Supermarkets include Axep, Bonichoix, IGA, Metro, Provigo, Richelieu, A & P, Dominion, Hypermarché, and Steinberg.
Volumes are dated:
July 1969-November 1970
November 1970-December 1972
January 1973-April 1975
April 1975-December 1976
December 1976-June 1978
February 1979-April 1981
April 1981-June 1983
July 1983-September 1985
September 1985-January 1988
January 1988-June 1990
June 1990-October 1992
November 1992-April 1995

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.

CBC Calgary radio program Voices of the First Nations: the prairies

Series consists of a recording of the CBC Radio Calgary 1010 musical variety program "Voices of the First Nations," likely broadcast in 1995. Cassettes contain part 1, 2, and 3. The program highlights instrumental music, drumming, song, and story from a range of performers. Topics include: heritage, religion, childhood, education, legacy. Insert for all cassettes containers has cover design with CBC logo at top left, over black and white illustration by Dale Auger. Credits for each episode are listed on inside of cassette inserts.

Writings

This series contains personal writings by John Mappin himself. Primarily notes on Canadian authors. Includes notes related to a brief submitted to the Parliamentary Committee on the Constitution. Also includes several drafts, and a final copy, of his Master's thesis, "The Political Thoughts of Francis Masers".

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).

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