File consists of one item of correspondence from Henry de Grey Warter.

File consists of two items of correspondence from Rowland Watson.

File consists of four items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and Norman B. Wilkinson or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

File consists of thirty two items of correspondence between Bertram R. Davis and others regarding portraits of Southey and contemporaries. Also includes a clipping on portraits of Sara Coleridge and Edith May Southey as well as photocopy of "Breun's Manuscript Catalogue of Engraved Portraits." A glass jar of shells collected by Southey's daughter Edith May (later Warter) and presented to Bertram R. Davis by Edith's granddaughter Mrs. F.F. Boult is also included. File and shells were donated separately by Dr. Warren U. Ober in 2012.
Correspondents include:

• Baldwyn, L (Folio Fine Art Ltd.)
• British Museum, The (Prints and Portraits)
• Curry, Kenneth
• Fox, Levi (The Shakespeare Birthplace and Trust)
• Gandy, Norman (Keswick Museum)
• Garlick, Kenneth
• Kuhn, A.J.
• New House Museum, Curator
• Ormond, R.L. (National Portrait Gallery)
• Simmons, Jack
• Warter, Henry de Grey

File consists of a an excerpt from the original 1789 edition of William Barrett's "History & Antiquities of the City of Bristol." This excerpt relates to Chatterton, and includes inserted plates, some of which may be extraneous. Barrett was known to have believed Chatterton's Rowley story and to have published the information as fact, before the scandal broke.

File consists of a bibliography of works about Southey by an unknown author.

File consists of the section "Brief Articles and Notes" from volume XXIX, no. 4 of Philological Quarterly. This section contains a short article by Raymond D. Havens titled "A Theft in the Annual Register" pages 416-417. A presentation copy, the inscription on the recto reads "Bertram Davis in his eager intellect in literature may find something of interest here, but hardly on pg. 416-417. R.D. Havens."

File consists of Geoffrey Carnall's article "Southey and Wordsworth's 'The Idiot Boy'."

File consists of a transcription of a lecture by Bertram R. Davis titled "Some Literary Associations of Bristol" given at the British Council Centre as part of a course on English Language and Literature arranged by the British Council on August 6th, 1953. Also includes two additional copies of the portion of the talk regarding Robert Southey.

File consists of a transcription of a lecture given by Bertram R Davis on Thomas Chatterton for the opening of Chatterton House on October 20, 1958. The transcript shows edits and changed by Davis. Also includes a portion of a revised transcript. Chatterton house has since been torn down and the commemorative plaque from the occasion has been moved to the office building now on the lot.

File consists of one offprint of Paul Kaufman's "Chatterton's Brother-Poet, William Roberts." A presentation copy, the recto is inscribed "For Bertram with warm and grateful regards. P.K."

File consists of one offprint of Lester Asheim's review of Paul Kaufman's "Borrowings from the Bristol Library, 1773-1784; A Unique Record of Reading Vogues."

File consists of "A Note on Captain John Williams of the Chilean Navy" by an unknown author. The information was written up for Bertram R. Davis on the bequest of H.W.F. Usher, around the time of the Chilean war ship named for John Williams coming to Bristol under command of Commander Boris Kopaitic.

File consists of a copy of the March 29, 1970 edition of Observer magazine from The Observer newspaper. This issue includes an article on Wordsworth.

File consists of R.S. Woof's review of "Wordsworth and Colerdge-Lyrical Ballads", edited by W.J.B. Owen.

File consists of Raymond D. Havens' reviews of Ernest de Silencourt's "The Early Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth", William L. Sperry's "Wordsworth's Anticlimax", and O.J. Campbell and P. Mueschke's "Wordsworth's Aesthetic Development, 1795-1802" in "Essay and Studies in English and Comparative Literature." A presentation copy, the recto inscription reads "B.R. Davis and Mrs. Davis and Paul with happy memories. R.D. Havens."

File consists of Raymond D. Havens' review of both Ernest de Selincourt's "The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Middles Years" and Ernest de Selincourt's "Coleridege's Dejection: an Ode" in "Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association" collected by Helen Darbshire. A presentation copy, the recto inscription reads "There's a new Southey item in Review of English Studies for April 1938 R.D.H."

File consists of a review of John Colmer's "Coleridge Critic of Society" by an unknown author and from an unknown journal.

File consists of one illustrated short-story titled "Mary, the Maid of the Inn; An Affecting Narrative: Detailing, her Unfortunate and Ill-Requited Attachment; Her Singular Courage, and the Miraculous Manner in Which She Becomes an Instrument in the Discovery of a Murder, and Brining One of the Perpetrators to Condign Punishment. Describing, Also, the Wandering of the Unfortunate Mary, who Becomes a Wretched Maniac. From the Celebrated Poem, by Robert Southey, Which is Also Added Hereto." The book formerly belonged to Doris Davis.

File consists of Sidney George West's "Robert Southy, The Rev. Herbert Hill and the Bishop of Beja."

File consists of a copy of The Wordsworth Circle Journal from Autumn 1974. This issue is a catalogue of the Wordsworth Collection in Victoria University Library, Toronto.

File consists of copies of Joseph Cottle's letters, along with notes on the letters and an introduction to them.

File consists of miscellaneous personal research material created or accumulated by Bertram R. Davis. Includes correspondence from Rev. R.F. Cartwright and Margaret Hine, copies, articles, forty one clippings, one unidentified photograph, and other ephemera.

Continuation of file 233a.

File consists of thirty clipping on the life and works of William Wordsworth.

File consists of one print of a pastel drawing of Robert Southey, by Edward Everard. The original pastel was done by James Sharples. The print was framed and the mat reads "Robert Southey by Edward Everard after pastel by James Sharples Bristol Art Union Extra Prize, 1907." Also includes the original frame and portion of a clipping that was found with it.

The collection centres on Robert Southey and Bristol and gives an overview of the social, political, and literary upheaval which gave birth to the Romantic movement and shaped the rest of the nineteenth century. The collection also contains material on Spain, Portugal and Brazil, Russia and Napoleon, France and the Revolution, as well as numerous works on travel in the British Isles and elsewhere. Also present is a selection of twentieth-century works which elucidate Bertram Davis' interests, friendships, and scholarly connections.

Almost all of Robert Southey's published works are represented, and almost all of these are in the first edition. Several works were formerly owned by Robert Southey.

The University of Waterloo has published a catalogue of the collection: Catalogue of the Bertram R. Davis "Robert Southey" Collection compiled by Jane Britton (PR4467 .U55x 1990).

Collection consists of a recipe binder of recipes collected from newspapers, accumulated by an unknown person. Recipes were collected from the Toronto Star, the Guelph Daily Mercury, The Guelph Shopper, and others. Many of the recipes from the Toronto Star are from Jean Brodie. Also includes a candy recipe card from the Guelph city gas department. The binder that the recipes were stored in is a directory of Guelph businesses, ca. 1960s.

File consists of two handwritten and four typed drafts (original). The drafts have handwritten annotations and corrections.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy), newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy), newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (computer output) with extensive annotations, marked "First Draft."The one marked as "Final Copy" is a photocopy from a published work. The title was originally "Elegy for the ice-cube man."

File consists of one typed document (original?). Newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (computer output). Newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy). Newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (computer output). Newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy). Newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (computer output), signed by the author.

File consists of two separate poems with the same title. One version has two variant copies (one orginal, one photocopy). The original has an handwritten annotation and is marked "Draft;" the photocopy is signed and has an handwritten note :"Early Draft version." The second version is one typed document (original), signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy). Newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy), signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy), newly signed by the author.

File consists of seven versions: draft 1 is a handwritten document (original); drafts 2-6 are typed documents (computer output), draft [7] is a typed document (computer output) with one correction, dated 14.2.2010 and signed by the author. Title varies.

File consists of one typed document (computer output). handwritten note: "Early draft, later published under the title 'Conversations with God about my present literary whereabouts' with some modifications," initialled by the author.

File consists of one typed document (computer output), newly signed by the author, dated 26.1.94.

File consists of one typed document (1 leaf, original). Signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy) with one handwritten correction, dated 28 July, 1986, signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (photocopy) with handwritten corrections, newly signed by the author.

File consists of three typed versions (computer output) with this title. One has one handwritten correction and is is dated 24.7.96 (2 copies). The other two are newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (computer output), newly signed by the author.

File consists of one typed document (computer output) dated 24.12.95, with pencil correction, and signed by the author. Other drafts of this poem have title "For Cleta Marcellina Nora Serpanchy #3."

File consists of one typed document (photocopy), newly signed by the author.

File consists of a typed document (74 numbered leaves, computer output). Includes author's note on first page: "Final copy ms. (2008) 2nd copy. RC." The 2008 reprint was published by Elvin Hill.

File consists of a typed document (74 numbered leaves, computer output). Includes author's note on folder: "Beatitudes, Copy 2, Reprint ed., 2008, Sept.)as well as an initialled handwritten note on the title-page. The 2008 reprint was published by Elvin Hill.

File consists of a typed document (110 unnumbered leaves, computer output, dated 2007) handwritten note signed by the author inserted: "This is the manuscript as done in 2007. It's a draft & is incomplete. The poems are not in sequence. " handwritten note by the author also on folder, dated 24 June 2007.

File consists of a typed draft (147 unnumbered leaves, computer output, dated 7.6.2009), spiral bound. Also includes handwritten note by author : "This is the penultimate draft ... ."

File consists of a typed draft (140 unnumbered leaves, computer output). Also includes handwritten note by author: "This was the draft ms. of poems that I would have included ..." detailing his difficulties with the publisher.

File consists of one typed document (226 numbered and unnumbered leaves, computer output, photocopies, in no order.)Many leaves carry the header "Enough to be mortal now;" some may be duplicates, and an handwritten table of contents is inserted in the manuscript Includes author's handwritten note inserted: "This is the nuclear ms. that finally evolved into the Selected Works as Insugent Rain.

File consists of one typed document (60 unnumbered leaves, computer output). handwritten note by R. Crusz inserted. French title: L'Amour La ou les nuits sont vertes.

File consists of one typed document (136 unnumbered leaves, computer output ), spiral-bound. Note by R. Crusz : "Draft manuscript with some editorial comments."

File consists of a an illustration (photocopy) and the "Author's Note" (computer output.) Includes an handwritten note by the author.

File consists of handwritten lists of poems (5 leaves, original; 4 leaves, original). Includes author's attached handwritten note.

Contents: series consists of one folder containing 90 pieces correspondence to and from Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of 10 leaves of poems (computer output) with handwritten pencil annotations. Includes a sticky-note from Fiddlehead, and one from another reader. Includes attached explanatory handwritten note by the author, Rienzi Crusz.

1 computer printout, signed by the author.

File consists of two typed documents (computer output), newly signed by the author, one handwritten correction.

1 handwritten draft initialed by the author.

One handwritten draft (original), signed by the author.

One typed document (photocopy), signed by the author.

One handwritten, four typed drafts.

Two handwritten, seven typed drafts with handwritten corrections.

1 typed documentinitialled by the author.

One handwritten, one typed draft.

Series consists of manuscripts of books of poetry by Rienzi Crusz. Manuscripts consist of typed and handwritten drafts of poems (some are photocopies), with annotations and corrections by Rienzi Crusz and editorial comments by others. Some drafts may include working notes for covers, title pages, contents pages, etc.

File consists of handwritten and typed draft pages of Another Way to Dance. Includes draft of contents, as well as typed copies of poems.

File consists of one typed draft copy of the 2008 reprint edition of "Beatitudes of Ice", initialled by the author. Includes handwritten note from the author.

File consists of one typed draft copy of "Coming Throught the Shadows". The copy includes a note from Bryan Smith and has been annotated and edited by him throughout.

File consists of one typed draft of new poems for a future book titled Cracking the Code. Also includes handwritten note from the author.

File consists of one typed draft of Sun-Man : An Immigrant's Song. Includes an attached handwritten note from the author.

Series consists of drafts and working notes for title pages, tables of contents and illustrations for manuscripts of books of poetry by Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of one contents listing for Flesh and Thorn.

File consists of one handwritten draft contents list for Love Where the Nights are Green.

Series consists of correspondence recieved by Rienzi Crusz. Some letters have been annotated by Crusz. Note that a detailed listing of correspondents is given at the file level.

Series consists of correspondence among various parties regarding Rienzi Crusz. Note that a listing of correspondents is given at the file level.

Series consists of material relating to speeches and presentations given by Rienzi Crusz. Includes handwritten and typed speech drafts and notes.

File consists of one typed copy of Rienzi Crusz's speech from his time judging the 2004 Shoemaker Awards.

File consists of materials relating to readings given by Rienzi Crusz. Includes a portfolio of selected poems, including a list and typed copies of poems.

File consists of lists of poems given at various readings. Also includes a program from a storytelling festival and a poster advertising a reading.

Series consists of reviews of works by Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of one typed review of Enough to be Mortal Now written by Aparma Halpe, titled Balancing the Silence.

File consists of two typed reviews, unpublished, by Indran Amirthanayagam with title "Poets fronm the island." Also includes the review published in an offprint copy of the Autumn 2007 edition of Canadian Literature.

File consists of the Summer 1973 (vo. 22 no. 3) issue of Quarry, with the poems "Some Metaphors for Wendy", "The Maker", "The Sun-Man Looks at Pain" and "With the Tempestuous Myth of Birds."

File consists of the July 2009 (vo. 3 no. 2) issue of Vagdevi : Journal of Religious Reflection, with the poem "For Michael Estok" by Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of one copy of "In Memoriam : Michael Charles Crusz" written by Rienzi Crusz and Hilary Crusz to honour their father. Includes poems by both.

File consists of one videocassette of the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Awards, held by the Kitchener Public Library, featuring Joan Barfoot and Rienzi Crusz. Rienzi was the poetry judge for the year.

File consists of three audio cassettes (originally bound together) with readings of poetry by Rienzi Crusz. Tapes are labled Part 4: Rienzi Crusz Family Poems Continued, Rienzi Crusz : Poems and Micheal Crusz, Part III "Rain..." Cont._. Also includes a note from the author regarding the quality.

File consists of seven photocopies of posters advertising Rienzi's poems. All posters were designed by L'Affice Barrio Poetry Posters.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman during his tenure as the first Canadian president of the International Platform Association, a non-profit organization for promoting to the public "high grade platform presentations." (Flyer, ca. 1950). The correspondence is mostly to and from other members and is concerned with internal affairs of the organization. Includes two letters from John Diefenbaker dated Nov. 3, 1949 and Jan. 28, 1950. Also includes a small amount of ephemera from individual artists.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman to books written by Reaman and published by McLelland and Stewart. Correspondents include Jack McClelland and Hugh Kane.

File consists of correspondence to and from G. Elmore Reaman relating to his suggestion than an agricultural museum be established near Guelph.