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Letters to Miss Drummond describing a holiday in Rome, 1911 April 15, a letter to an unidentified person re philosophy of life and a brief biography of Machar.

Fonds consists of correspondence; subject files; addresses and speeches; records relating to her time on Queen's University Council, her involvement with convocations both at Queen's and other universities, and her numerous and varied volunteer activities; photographs; moving image and sound recordings; clippings; artefacts.

Describes his family and his connections with the Manitoba Grain Growers Association and the United Farmers of Manitoba. Three copies.

Wholsale price lists for fruits and vegetables.

The fonds consists of manuscripts, correpospondence, photographs and audio recordings documenting the life's work and literary activities of Canadian poet Al Purdy and, to a lesser extent, the life of his wife Eurithe Mary Jane Purdy (b. Parkhurst). Includes correspondence with many of the major figures of Canadian literature including Margaret Atwood, Earle Birney, Michael Ondaatje, Dennis Lee, Timothy Findley, Diane Dawber, Susan Musgrave, George Woodcock, H.R. "Bill" Percy, Margaret Dyment, Rosemary Sullivan, Sid Marty, Fraser Sutherland, Ralph Gustafson, John Metcalf, James C. Deahl, Irving Layton, George Woodcock, Robert Fulford and many others. Carbon copies of many of Purdy's letters, both "incoming" and "outgoing," are also represented. The manuscripts cover all aspects of Purdy's literary activities, foremost as a poet, but also include rough notes drafts and final versions of his prose, plays, articles and reviews. Nearly every publication by Purdy throughout his career is represented, although his work from 1970 to 2000 is available in its entirety within this fonds, with drafts of some earlier works residing with other archival institutions. Also includes notes for speeches, lectures and presentations. Among the photographs are images of Purdy taken by professional photographers for book covers or other promotional purposes, family photographs and documents of trips to Peru, Mexico, Greece, among other destinations. Also includes photos from poetry readings. The fonds also contains published items, such as copies of Purdy's poems, prose and reviews; clippings and reviews of his work; and general articles about the author. Other material represented in this fonds document Purdy's activities judging writing contests, book tours, conferences and his own personal life.

Fonds consists of illustrated letters and envelopes from Charles Bukowski to Alan Bevan.

Letter from the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Ottawa General Hospital, relating to the work of Caroline Cairnie Jenkins, following her death in July, 1984 and a photograph.

Fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, diaries, travel diaries, calendars, sketch books, sketches and drawings, programmes and invitations pertaining to shows and exhibitions, inventories, speeches, awards, miscellaneous and printed material, photographs, slides and sound recordings covering all aspects of his life as a student, teacher, traveller, world-renowned artist and chronicler of the country he loved. There is also a small amount of material created and maintained by Ruth Collier (nee Brown) and some family genealogy files.

The fonds consists of correspondence including letters from authors such as Earle Birney, Louis Dudek, A.M. Klein, Irving Layton, Dorothy Livesay, Malcolm Lowry, E.J. Pratt, Frank Scott, Anne Wilkinson and others, press clippings and reviews of Contemporary Verse, and radio broadcasts and articles by Crawley.

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to the research and writing of his biography of William Bateson that led to a later collaboration with Donald Forsdyke in writing "Treasure Your Exceptions. The Science and Life of William Bateson."