Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Quarry Press fonds
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Fonds
Repository
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1981-2004 (Creation)
- Creator
- Quarry Press
Physical description area
Physical description
15.47 m of textual records, ca. 250 photographs, 4 audio cassettes
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Quarry Press was founded in 1965 on the campus of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Quarry Press has established several key lines and series of books - Quarry Music, Quarry Health, Quarry Heritage, New Views on Canadian Artists, Civic Images, and Canadian Children's Classic Series. Other lines include the New Canadian Poets and New Canadian Novelists Series, International Author Series, Out of This World Science Fiction Series, and Canadian Literary Classics Series. Besides publishing 15 regional, national and international titles, Quarry Press also produces three literary magazines -Quarry Magazine, Poetry Canada and Canadian Fiction.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of manuscripts for books published by Quarry Press, correspondence with authors, administrative and financial records. Included are submissions and related files for Quarry Magazine, Canadian Fiction Magazine and Poetry Canada, as well as manuscripts, notes, photographs and edited copies for other publications by Quarry. The fonds also contains some research notes and photographs for each of the books published by Quarry. The manuscripts include original typescripts, edits, galley proofs and finished publications. The fonds contains the following series: Correspondence, Administrative records, Financial records, Marketing, Promotion, Manuscripts, and Magazines.
Notes area
Physical condition
Good, except for 4 files of Quarry Magazine that were water-damaged and mouldy.
Immediate source of acquisition
Earlier material transfered from McGill University Special Collections. Later accessions donated by Quarry Press in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Arrangement
Arrangement is based on the creator's filing system
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
5010.1
5010.2
5016.1
5022.8
5022.9
5022.10
5118.1
5163
F5 E6
F3 C3.3
SR1207.1-SR1207.38
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Open
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/Q/Quarry_Press/Quarry_Press-5016_1.xlsx
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/Q/Quarry_Press/Quarry_Press-5010_1.xlsx
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/Q/Quarry_Press/Quarry_Press_fonds-5010_2.xlsx
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/Q/Quarry_Press/Quarry_Press_fonds-5022_8.xlsx
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/Q/Quarry_Press/Quarry_Press_fonds-5022_9.xlsx
- https://db-archives.library.queensu.ca/FindingAids/Q/Quarry_Press/Quarry_Press_fonds-5022_10.xlsx
Associated materials
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Further accruals are expected
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Partial
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Status
Revised
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Description created on 1999/08/27. Last updated 18/06/2015.
Archivist(s): Jeremy Heil, Paul Banfield, Gillian Barlow
Language of description
- English