Series consists of Peter Trower’s incoming and outgoing correspondence. Includes correspondence with family, friends, other writers, publishers, fans, media personnel, and granting agencies.

File consists of a 1943 diary/daily planner containing entries from the years 1943, 1944, 1970, and 1971.

File consists of correspondence sent and received by Trower, relating to both personal and professional matters. Correspondents include Rebecca Meagher of Harbour Publishing, Yvonne Demalpas, Don Crowson, Alex Widen, Mona Fertig, Greg Potter, among others.

Series consists of Trower’s journals and calendars, as well as some loose journal and notebook pages.

File consists of Trower’s correspondence relating to both personal and professional activities. Correspondence is primarily incoming, with one outgoing letter to his nephew Bob, who helped with Trower’s website. Correspondents include Cath Morris, Alan Twigg, Louis Contant, Daniel Francis, Mona Fertig, and George Payerle.

File consists of 3 wall calendars from the years 2003, 2005, and 2006, containing information about events Trower attended and other personal and professional activities.

File consists of correspondence between Trower and Wells, as well as reviews of Trowers’ work written by Wells.

File consists of loose notes and journal pages. They contain drafts or fragments of poems, lists of writings or songs, and notes about Trower’s personal affairs.

File consists of photocopied pages from various notebooks and calendars, containing notes, addresses, and phone numbers.

File consists of an untitled and undated notebook containing prose writing about logging in Vancouver.

File consists of pages from a “makeshift journal” as well as a page with several photocopied photographs.

Series consists of notebooks containing drafts and outlines of and notes for poems, articles, and short stories by Trower.

Contains a notebook containing drafts and fragments of prose writings.

File consists of commentary by an unknown author, providing feedback to a draft of Trower’s novel "Grogan's Cafe."

File consists of 2 notebooks. One notebook reads on the front cover “Poems and notes 2006, 9, 10 – lazy wasted years.” The notebooks contain personal notes, as well as fragments and drafts of poetry and prose writing.

Series consists of material relating to the development of Peter Trower’s published novels and other prose collections, "Grogan's Cafe" (1993), "Dead Man’s Ticket" (1996), "The Judas Hills" (1996), and "Hellhound on his Trail & Other Stories" (2008). Record types include outlines, draft manuscripts, editorial comments, and promotional material.

The series has been arranged into the following four sub-series according to novel: Grogans’ Cafe records (1989), Dead man’s ticket records (1995), The Judas hills records ([197-?]-2000), and Hellhound on his trail & other stories records (2008).

Sub-series consists of records relating to Peter Trower's 1993 novel "Grogan’s Cafe." Records include an initial outline for the book, editorial feedback, an edited manuscript, and promotional material.

Sub-series consists of records relating to Peter Trower's 2000 novel "The Judas Hills." Records include notes, outline and manuscripts from various stages of the novel's development (including first and final drafts), editorial comments by John Moore, Trower's storyboard sketches, and Trower's comments on the novel's cover design.

Sub-series consists of page proofs for the book "Hellhound on his Trail & Other Stories," a collection of Trower's magazine features and newspaper columns published by Ekstasis Editions in 2008.

Sub-series consists records relating to Peter Trower's 1996 novel "Dead Man's Ticket." Records include manuscripts, editorial comments by John Moore, and publicity records.

Sub-series consists of a manuscript for "The Counting House," an unpublished book based on Trower’s experiences at Oakalla Prison in the 1960s.

Sub-series consists of records relating to Peter Trower and Yvonne Klan’s unpublished book project "Gangsterquest: The Search for the King of Safecrackers." An account of the life of Herbert Emerson Wilson (aka Herb Wilson), the project was originally titled "Holy Herb." Records include notes, research records, chapter and screenplay outlines, and edited and unedited draft manuscripts.

File consists of 2 articles about Herb Wilson: one from the magazine “New Liberty,” and the other from “True: The Man’s Magazine.”

Series consists of records relating to unpublished books of prose either authored or proposed by Peter Trower, including "Bastions and Beaver Pelts," "The Counting House," "Gangsterquest," “Busted for Pot,” “Kisses in the Whiskey,” “Vancouver Centennial Anthology” and “Wild West Coast Woods.” Records include manuscripts, proposals, chapter outlines, and screenplay outlines.

Series has been arranged into the following four sub-series, according to project: Bastions and beaver pelts records ([198-]-1992), The counting house records (1991), Gangsterquest records (1982-2005), and General records (1969-[ca. 1983]).

Sub-series consists of a project proposal and a manuscript for "Bastions and Beaver Pelts," an aborted book project Trower worked on with Yvonne Klan.

File consists of research records relating to Brother XII, aka Edward Arthur Wilson, an English mystic who founded a spiritual community on Vancouver Island, B.C., in the late 1920s.