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Simon Fraser University Special Collections and Rare Books Series
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Awards and grants records

Series contains records relating to honours Daphne Marlatt has received, grants she has applied for, recommendations she has written for others, and literary competitions she has judged. Records include correspondence, brochures, advertisements, programs, and photographs.

Series has been arranged into the following three sub-series: Awards and honours ([ca. 2002-2012]), Letters of recommendation and competition records ([ca. 1984]-2012), Grant applications ([ca. 1965-2006]).

Personal records and other biographical material

Series includes personal and biographical material, including Blaser’s birth certificate, records related to his honorary Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University, Blaser’s high school diploma, records related to his health towards the end of his life, records from his employment at San Francisco State University, handwritten personal notes and book lists, a handwritten will, Blaser’s curriculum vitae, and yearbooks from his high school and college years.

Correspondence of Robin Blaser

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues. Material includes handwritten and typed correspondence as well as facsimile and email correspondence of both a personal and professional nature. Additional material includes enclosed contracts, poetry, and other textual records. The series is divided into five sub-series: Incoming correspondence; Outgoing correspondence; Alphabetical correspondence; Chronological correspondence; and General correspondence.

Written works by Blaser

Series consists of written works by Blaser. Material includes drafts, unpublished and published poetry, essays, opera librettos, music lyrics, book manuscripts, journals and notes, speeches, grant applications, and promotional comments. The series is divided into the following six sub-series: Poems; Essays; Book manuscripts; The Last Supper opera libretto draft, revisions and final text; Published works; and General works.

Research articles

Series consists of photocopied scholarly articles used by Blaser for personal and academic research.

Conference material

Series consists of material related to poetry conferences attended by Blaser. Records include essays, poems, correspondence, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. Series is divided into the following two sub-series: Recovery of the Public World, 70th birthday conference; and General conferences.

Artistic material

Series consists of material relating to artistic works completed by those other than Blaser. Records include reproductions and prints, gallery posters, sheet music, brochures, book launch invitation, and a piece of a collage presumably created by Jack Spicer.

Herspectives records

Series consists of records relating to Herspectives, the journal Billy edited. Records include correspondence, an index, letter of intent, calendars and the master copy for each issue.

Women's activism records

Series consists of records relating to Billy’s involvement in women’s activism. Records include Happy International Women’s Day cards, Defiant Women’s Support Fund records, awards, news clippings and photographs.

Paste papers

The series documents Lissel as a handmade papermaker and includes drafts of TOPOS and paste paper samples for TOPOS. The series is arranged in chronological order.

Correspondence

Series contains letters and printouts of emails from various editors, publishers, grants, universities, colleges, friends, fans, and colleagues. Included are broadsides, cards, postcards, notes, invoices, as well as other personal and professional correspondence.

Scholarly work

Series consists of records related to Karasick’s research and scholarly work. Records include research notes, drafts, completed essays and some correspondence. The series is divided into subseries: PhD thesis, essays and pechakuchas, and conference presentations.

Writing

Series contains material relating to Culley's poetry, books, and essays. Includes handwritten, typed, and word-processed notes and drafts of works; some annotated; page proofs and other materials relating to the creation and publication process of Culley's works; published work; recordings of talks given; and includes correspondence. The series has been divided into several sub-series, which were created based on form. The subseries are: Notebooks; Notes and drafts; Typescripts and page proofs; Talks; and Publications.

Personal

Series consists of souveniers of travel, memorabilia, library check-out lists, receipts, report cards, and school work.

Reference material

Series consists of photocopies, clippings, images, publications and ephemera used for research in writing various essays, reviews, and poems.

Research and writing

This series consists of textual records related to research into Pat Lowther's life and writing career, the circumstances of her death and the subsequent trial of her husband for the crime, and also interviews with Lowther's friends and family. Most of the research was originated by either Toby Brooks or Dona Sturmanis, but some consists of photocopies obtained from other archival institutions. The information collected in this series culminated in the book "Pat Lowther's Continent".

The record types included in this series are: notes, correspondence, newspaper articles and reviews.

Grant family papers and other material

Series consists of family materials, such as documents related to the purchase of land, certificates of shares in various co-operative associations, a notebook of shared family expenses, correspondence from Ethel to Allan, and a souvenir pennant.

Event photographs

Series consists of photographs of Canadian Farmworkers Union staff and numerous social and cultural events held by the union, including bhangra performances as well as visits by United Farmworkers of America President Cesar Chavez and the Manitoba Farm Workers Association.

Charan Gill photographs

Series consists of photographs relating to Charan Gill’s run for political office with the BC New Democratic Party (NDP), independent of his work with the Canadian Farmworkers Union. These photographs were received with the CFU material and included in the collection due to Charan Gill’s involvement with the CFU from founding through the transfer of administration of the union to the Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS).

Buttons

This series contains campaign and commemorative ca. 84 buttons and 2 small metal plaques used in various campaigns of the BC Social Credit Party between years 1974-1996. The buttons cover the subject areas of candidates, elections, government initiatives and programmes, leaderships, party events and protests.

Government publications

This series contains booklets published by the BC government: The Statement of Votes (various election dates) and Election Act (1982) The Statement of Votes booklets were issued after each provincial election and contain detailed poll by poll results and poll map for each constituency. These booklets were analyzed during the course of campaign development to examine where the previous election candidate had lost and won. Based on this statistical data, maps and plans were made for tactical ground operation of the next campaign. These maps were used principally in management of canvass and election day operations. The Election Act booklet were also kept for reference purposes during the election campaigns.

Tamarind Mem

Series consists of notebooks containing drafts and notes, unbound drafts, and one copy edited by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill for the novel Tamarind Mem. It also includes articles, interviews and reviews from Canadian and international newspapers.

Artistic works

Series consists of records relating specifically to Mootoo’s visual artworks and video productions, as well as some audio recordings that were broadcast on radio.

Photographs

Series consists mainly of photographs taken by the author or relating to her work.

Publications

Series consists of publications of Mootoo's poetic and prose works.

Correspondence

File consists of correspondence between Stonebanks and others relating to his research for the Goodwin book, as well as correspondence relating to Stonebanks’ contribution of the entry “Albert Goodwin” to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Correspondents include archives and museums, corporate bodies, and private individuals with a connection to Goodwin.

Photographs

Series consists of photographs and other graphic material consulted for or used in Stonebanks’ book. Also includes some correspondence relating to some of the photographs.

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