Series consists of manuscripts and typescript drafts, proofs, and corrected proofs of Edel’s publications not directly related to Henry James. Publications for which drafts are found in this series include Edel’s memoirs, “Writing Lives”, “The Artist in Old Age”, “Stuff of Sleep and Dreams”, “The ‘Two Cultures’ and the Modern Imagination”, book reviews, “Shaping and Telling: The Biographer at Work”, “”Literary Biography”, a memoir of Louis Rapkine, and others. Drafts of various lectures are also included.
Series consists of files of material on Canadian literature and Canadian authors, including notes, typescripts, letters, and clippings. Includes correspondence with such figures as John Glassco, Leo Kennedy, A. J. M. Klein, Douglas Adam, and F. R. Scott. A number of folders contain material on the biologist Louis Rapkine, including correspondence. One file contains material related to the McGill Fortnightly. There are additionally notes and clippings on Stephen Leacock.
This series contains a variety of photographs, correspondence and scrapbook items related to Donald Mackey and the Renaissance Singers. Notes on several items suggest that the owner of this material was Helen Mackey. Please see the Donald Mackey Collection and accompanying finding aid at http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/music/special/donald-mackey-collection for related material.
