File consists of Vol. 8 No. 2 of the Vagdevi: Journal of Religious Reflection. Includes the poem "The Opposite Men" by Rienzi Crusz.

Series is comprised of notes written by Rienzi Crusz on the life and works of other poets.

File consists of a blurb written by Rienzi Crusz for Shyamal Bagchee's "Gabardine & other poems."

File consists of four drafts (3 printouts, 1 handwritten, all one leaf) of a review of "On the edge of a mythological sea" by Sheryl Loeffer.

Series is comprised of works written by others. Includes primarily presentations copies.

Inscription reads: To Rienzi my kindred spirit with deep affection Tissa. 23.09.04 Colombo.

Attached note reads: Presented to me by the author Shyamal Bagchee. See back cover for my comments on the book, R.C.

Inscription reads: For my dear fellow traveler and his wife with deep affection Tissa.

Inscription reads: to my poet friend Rienzi with best wishes Anupam.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi affectionately Cyril Dabydeen CESA, Oct. 23, 1983.

Inscription reads: For Reinzi Crusz with best wishes Virgil. Stratford-20 May-2005.

A Sinhala translation of Rienzi Crusz' work "Lord of the Mountain: The Sardiel Poems" by Lakshmi de Silva.

Inscription reads: For my friend Rienzi with all good wishes, James E. Deahl.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi wishing you the very best of words. May the blessings outnumber the brimstones. Warmly, Barry April 1998. Also includes one postcard from Barry which reads: Dear Reinzi here is a copy of Fire and Brimstone, a gift. Hope you enjoy! Barry.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi and what you taught us about "love's passionate ascendency" Margaret.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi Crusz -- good luck with Sardiel -- best wishes Don. March 1993.

Inscription reads: For Reinzi with many good wishes Yvonne Gunawardena.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi Best Wishes! Ashely Harpe.

Inscription reads: To Rienzi, great poet. You brought tears to my eyes. Bob.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi with admiration and in friendship. John B. Lee Oct. 2001.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi- with love and thanks, Judith.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi a little bonus for buying. John B. Lee.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi - In memory of our youngers days - warmest wishes always, Claudia.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi with very warm regards Tanure Ojaide. April 9, 2002.

Inscription reads: With compliments and kindest regards from Harrison. Attached note reads: Presented to me by Harrison Peiris - Sri Lanka's best poet of the 1950's R.C.

Book is accompanied by one item of correspondence explaining the work.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi with affection & admiration Aloysius 25/01/11 Tulana. Attached note reads: Aloysius Pieris is the famous author of "Asian Theology of Liberation." He is now the Director of the Tulana Research Centre, Sri Lanka. He is the editor of the journal "Vagdevi, Journal of Religious Reflection." He has published some of my poems in this journal R.C.

Note from Rienzi on title page reads: Presented by Andy Stubbs R.C.

Inscription reads: For Rienzi for a pleasurable esthetic experience! Suwanda Toronto Dec. 29, 2010.

Inscription reads: To an admirer of Dylan's work, Rienzi Crusz, from an admirer of his, Aeronwy Thomas. An attached note reads: This book was sent to me by Aeronmy Thomas, the daughter of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, R.C.

File consists of one CD with selected readings by Rienzi Crusz from "Love where the nights are green."

Series is comprised of sound recordings created by Rienzi Crusz. Includes two audio compact discs of Rienzi Crusz reading his poetry.

File consists of one CD with selected readings by Rienzi Crusz from "Still close to the raven."

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Rienzi Crusz relating primarily to his professional life. Includes drafts of his works, information on readings and publication, correspondence, etc.

File consists of a photocopy of the back cover of a book with a biographical note about Aloysius Pieris, written by Robert Crusz.

File consists of biographical notes on Rienzi Crusz. Also includes a toast to Rienzi read on his 90th birthday.

File consists of one computer printout, 46 leaves, of "The canticle hour: 21 elegies" by Rienzi Crusz. A handwritten note on the cover reads "early working draft of Coming Through the Shadows"

File consists of one computer printout, 58 leaves, of "Coming through the shadows" by Rienzi Crusz. A handwritten note on the cover reads "early draft - poems not in sequence."

File consists of the conference program for competingrealities : fifty years of South Asian literature held in 1997 at the University of Toronto. Rienzi attended this conference.

File consists of one proof copy of "Coming through the shadows" by Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of one computer printout, 78 leaves, with handwritten annotations and corrections, of "Don't tell me that I am not an elephant" by Rienzi Crusz. A handwritten note on the cover reads "final manuscript."

File consists of 102 items of correspondence between Rienzi Crusz and others, documenting his professional and personal life.

File consists of one computer printout, 95 leaves, of "Don't tell me that I am not an elephant" by Rienzi Crusz. A handwritten note on the cover reads "Draft ms. 22.7.2011."

File consists of handwritten poem selections for "House on elvin hill" and "How to dance in this rarefied air."

File consists of one computer printout, 116 leaves, of "Enough to be mortal now" by Rienzi Crusz. Ms. note on cover reads "penultimate draft."

File consists of one computer disk containing "Gamboling with the divine" by Rienzi Crusz. File format is unknown.

File consists of one computer printout, 146 leaves, of "Enough to be mortal now" by Rienzi Crusz. Draft includes editorial handwritten comments by John Lee.

File consists of one computer printout, 86 leaves with handwritten notes, of "How to dance in this rarefied air" by Rienzi Crusz. Attached note indicates that this is the first rough draft and poems are in random order.

File consists of grant applications and proposed projects ideas.

File consists of materials relating to the French translation of Rienzi Crusz's "Love where the nights are green." Includes correspondence, translations and notes.

File consists of 4 handwritten and 56 typed poems written by Rienzi Crusz. Titles include: Where Adam first touched God, The disenchanted child, Running the block, Baby-photo Inc. vs. Michael Egerton Crusz, Elegy for the unfinished poem, The unkindest cut of all, God is in the apple turnover, Song of myself, Hurrah for day 21, The other side of the story, For Cleta Nora Marcellina Serpanchy, The poem is in the leaping, Dialogues with the contrary man, I am balancing on ice with more poems in my hand, How does one reach the Sweet Kernel, Elegy for the Sun-Man's father, Flight of the white butterfly, Elegy for an orange, Conversations with God about my present whereabouts, The mall walkers, Reincarnation, Elegy, Bumpis the magic elephant [short story], The unexpected hour, Death of a poet, Seasons of memory, Song for the burning bush, Poetics, Distant rain, Again a dream of another summer, Poems: Animal and nature, No fixed address, Trinidad style, Song of the immigrant, For Michael dancing with his hands on his head, Interpreting the clothes line, The Sun-Man takes to wokking, Tramp, No greater love, Man with a mermaid dream, Willie and the disenchanted child, When a poem is not a poem, Angels.

File consists of media relating to the works of Rienzi Crusz. Includes published views of his works, interviews, notes on his poems, and an article written by Rienzi about what is reading.

File consists of posters advertising book launches and readings by Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of one notebook with five pp. of handwritten poems by Michael Estok. An accompanying note explains that Estok was a professor at the University of Waterloo and a mentor to Rienzi. The notebook was gifted to Rienzi shortly before Estok's passing.

File consists of handwritten and typed notes on readings given by Rienzi Crusz.

File consists of one computer printout, 92 leaves, with handwritten annotations and corrections, of "Singing against the wind" by Rienzi Crusz. A handwritten note on the cover reads "Early draft ms."

File consists of one offprint of an article by Michael Thorpe from ARIEL April 1992. Inscribed to Rienzi.

File consists of one computer printout, 32 leaves, of "A sky of our own" by Rienzi Crusz. Also includes correspondence related to publishing the work and a handwritten note.

• "The accepted one." Liontayles 1, no 2 (March 1968): 54.
• "Return of the fisherman." Liontayles 1, no 2 (March 1968): 55.
• "Yesterday and today." Liontayles 1, no 2 (March 1968): 6.
• "Blind Jack." The American Poet, (April, May, June 1968): 95.
• "Francis of Assisi." Cardinal Poetry Quarterly 4, no. 1(Summer 1968): 31.
• "The accepted one." United Poets (July, August, September 1968): 25.
• "Integration of a kind." Liontayles 2, no 1 (December 1968): 23.
• "Sun-worshipper." Voices International 3, no. 4 (Fall-Winter 1968): 41.

• "Nihilist." Liontayles 2, no. 2 (April 1969): 22.
• "Dream for a Singhala man." A: University of Waterloo Staff Association Newsletter 2, no. 2 (September 1969): 8.
• "Karma." The Canadian Forum 49, no. 586 (November 1969): 197.
• "Before the great flood." The Chevron, 7 November 1969, p. 24.(OVERSIZE)
• "When Johnny came marching home." The Chevron, 11 November 1969, p. 12.(OVERSIZE)

• "Resurrection." Liontayles 3 (April 1970): 21.
• "From a fisherman's log-book." Liontayles 3 (April 1970): 20.
• "Summertime at Waterloo Park." Malahat Review, no. 14 (April 1970): 108.
• "Resurrection." Quarterly Poetry Magazine, no. 31 (Spring 1970): 21.
• "From a fisherman's log-book." Fiddlehead, no. 85 (May, June, July 1970): 19.
• "Immigrant." Fiddlehead, no. 85 (May, June, July 1970): 20-21.
• "Tramp." Fiddlehead, no. 85 (May, June, July 1970): 22-23.
• "Sermon in the forest." New York Quarterly, no. 3 (Summer 1970): 48.
• "The companions." Prairie Schooner 44, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 163.
• "The havocking of silence." Prairie Schooner 44, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 164-165.
• "September." Prairie Schooner 44, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 165.
• "Like the lotus." Fiddlehead, no. 86 (August, September, October 1970): 138.
• "Prophecy." Trace (Autumn 1970): 489.
• "Prophecy." Gazette, 4 November 1970. (OVERSIZE)
• "Moods." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "For Daphne." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Immigrant." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Resurrection." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Summertime at Waterloo Park." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Remains of an Oriental poet writing in Canada." Gazette, 4 November 1970.(OVERSIZE)
• "Sun-man." Gazette 4 November 1970.
• "For Daphne." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 385.
• "God's hiding place." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 386.
• "Sun-man." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 387.
• "Summertime at Waterloo Park." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 388.
• "Dream for a Singhala Man." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 389.
• "Protest." Poetlore 65, no. 4 (Winter 1970): 391.

• "Pardon my muted ways." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "A touch of fever." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "Resurrection." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "At the wedding of the lake." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?], p. 3.(OVERSIZE)
• "Little brown boy." The Inkpot Monkey, [1971?].(OVERSIZE)
• "Truth." The Chevron, 22 January 1971, p. 24. (OVERSIZE)
• "For Daphne." The Chevron, 12 March 1971, p. 24. (OVERSIZE)
• "A bull shows its true colors." Voices (April 1971): 30.
• "The defiant one." Voices (April 1971): 30.
• "Before the great flood." Voices (April 1971): 30.
• "The maker." Voices (April 1971): 31.
• "Only because we are coming to the bend." Voices (April 1971): 31.
• "Only after the coffee-break." Canadian Forum 51, no. 606-7 (July, August 1971): 40.
• "Remains of an Oriental poet writing in Canada." New Ceylon Writing (1971): 76.
• "For Daphne." NEWSTATEments 1, no. 2 (1971): 38.
• "Sun-man." NEWSTATEments 1, no. 2 (1971): 52.
• "Immigrant." NEWSTATEments 1, no. 2 (1971): 56.
• "The Dana Porter Arts Library lounge." The Chevron, 10 September 1971, p. 16.(OVERSIZE)
• "Biography of an elusive cat." The Chevron, 17 September 1971, p. 28.(OVERSIZE)
• "Black on green." Poetlore 66, no. 3 (Autumn 1971): 286.
• "Song of David." Poetlore 66, no. 3 (Autumn 1971): 286.
• "Sacred cow." Poetlore 66, no. 3 (Autumn 1971): 287.
• "Ma." The Chevron, 22 October 1971, p. 22.(OVERSIZE)
• "Petition for a university probe." The Chevron, 26 October 1971, p. 12.(OVERSIZE)
• "For Daphne." The Inkpot Monkey, 10 December 1971, p. 22.(OVERSIZE)
• "Christmas poem." Gazette, 15 December 1971.(OVERSIZE )

• "Apologia of a dark poet." Fiddlehead, no. 92 (Winter 1972): 16.
• "Boy and bird." Fiddlehead, no. 92 (Winter 1972): 18.
• "Remains of an Oriental poet." Quarry 21, no. 1 (Winter 1972): 29"How does one reach the sweet kernel?" West Coast Review 6, no. 3 (January 1972): 37.
• "The scrawlers." Confrontation, no. 5 (Winter/Spring 1972): 84.
• "Immigrant." IPLO Quarterly 14, no. 1 (July 1972): 41.
• "Sun-man." IPLO Quarterly 14, no. 1 (July 1972): 42.
• "Prophecy." IPLO Quarterly 14, no. 1 (July 1972): 44.
• "Faces of the sun-man." Prism International 12, no. 1 (Summer 1972): 92.
• "Kamala." Poetlore 67, no. 3 (Autumn 1972): 230.
• "Taste of old wine." Quarry 21, no. 2 (Autumn 1972): 24.
• "The night before my birthday." The University of Windsor Review 8, no. 1 (Fall 1972): 32.
• "September." [Gazette?], [1972?].(OVERSIZE)
• "The scrawlers." Gazette, 15 November 1972.(OVERSIZE)

• "Conversations with God about my present whereabouts." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973): n.p.
• "For Daphne." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Moods." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Elegy." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Immigrant." Times of Ceylon Annual (1973). n.p.
• "Faces of the sun-man." Ceylon Observer Pictorial (1973): n.p.
• "Pardon my muted ways." Fiddlehead, no. 96 (Winter 1973): 74.
• "Separate stones." Fiddlehead, no. 96 (Winter 1973): 73.
• "How an old poet beat loneliness to death." Confrontation, no. 6 (Spring 1973): 16.
• "A touch of fever." Happenstance 3, no. 2 (March, April 1973): 6.
• "Conversations with God concerning my present whereabouts." The Maker 1, no. 3 (April 1973): 15.
• "The bone-thrower." Happenstance 3, no. 3 (May, June 1973): 7.
• "Elegy." Gazette, 13 June 1973.(OVERSIZE)
• "Elegy." Cooperation Canada (July, August 1973): 30.
• "Boy and bird." Cooperation Canada (July, August 1973): 30.
• "Resurrection." Cooperation Canada (July, August 1973): 31.
• "Remains of an Oriental poet writing in Canada." Cooperation Canada (July August 1973): 31.
• "Conversations with God about my present whereabouts." Applegarth's Folly, no. 1 (Summer 1973): 43.
• "Birth of a misogynist." The English Quarterly 6, no. 2 (Summer 1973): 217.
• "Sun-man in suburbia." Fiddlehead, no. 98(Summer 1973): 66.
• "In the idiom of the brave." Fiddlehead, no. 98 (Summer 1973): 67.
• "Christmas poem." Fiddlehead, no. 98 (Summer 1973): 68.
• "Vilma." Fiddlehead, no. 98 (Summer 1973): 69.
• "Some metaphors for Wendy." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 3.
• "The maker." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 4.
• "The sun-man looks at pain." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 5.
• "With the tempestuous myths of birds." Quarry 22, no. 3 (Summer 1973): 6.
• "I am balancing on ice with more poems in my hand." Dalhousie Review 53, no. 3 (Autumn 1973): 558.
• "Again Vilma." Fiddlehead, no. 99 (Fall 1973): 76.
• "Sun-man." Gazette, 10 October 1973.(OVERSIZE)
• "Immigrant." Gazette, 10 October 1973.(OVERSIZE)
• "Prophecy." Gazette, 10 October 1973.(OVERSIZE)

• "Elegy." Applegarth's Folly 2 (1975): 56.
• "On talking to oneself." Applegarth's Folly 2 (1975): 119.
• "Come take the shy man by his third ear." Fiddlehead, no. 105 (Spring 1975): 106.
• "Will the real sun-man please stand up?" Canadian Forum 55, no. 653 (August 1975): 42.
• "... But seek the road..." Prism International (Summer 1975): 31.
• "The interview." Waves 4, no. 1 (Autumn 1975): 62.

• "Elegy for the sun-man's children going." Quarry 25, no. 3 (Summer 1976): 36.
• "Elegy for an orange." Quarry 25, no. 3 (Summer 1976): 37.
• "The accepted one." Quarry 25, no. 3 (Summer 1976): 37.
• "Elegy for the children going." Fiddlehead, no. 111 (Fall 1976): 78.
• “Elegy for the poems that got away." Gazette, 15 December 1976, p. 6.(OVERSIZE)

• "Hotel room." Fiddlehead, no. 117 (Spring 1978): 19.
• "Truth." Canadian Forum (May 1978): 38.

• "Baby-photo Inc. vs Michael Egerton Crusz." The New Quarterly 1, no. 1 (Spring 1981): 51.
• "The sun-man takes to wokking." The New Quarterly 1, no. 1 (Spring 1981): 51.
• "Anatomy of fear." Imprint, 5 June 1981, p. 9.(OVERSIZE)
• "Fresh-cut flowers." Imprint, 31 July 1981.(OVERSIZE)
• "Waiting for knapper." Grain 9, no. 3 (August 1981): 60.
• "The disenchanted child." The New Quarterly 1, no. 2 (Summer 1981): 36.
• "Of liars and kings." The New Quarterly 1, no. 2 (Summer 1981): 37.
• "Poem in peacock blue." Imprint, 8 September 1981.(OVERSIZE)
• "Civilization." The New Quarterly 1, no. 3 (Winter 1981): 16.

• "The sun-man's poetic five ways." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 1(Winter 1982): 54.
• "Baby-photo inc. vs Michael Egerton Crusz." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 1 (Winter 1982): 57.
• "Riencarnation." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 1 (Winter 1982): 59.
• "Ritual at dawn." Poetry Canada Review, Summer 1982, p. 5.(OVERSIZE)
• "Galle Road (Sri Lanka), or the tango of flesh and fender." Fiddlehead, no. 134 (October 1982): 23.
• "In a weathervane idiom." Imprint, 8 October 1982.(OVERSIZE)
• "Anatomy of fear." Fiddlehead, no. 134 (October 1982): 25.

• "Love poem." Imprint, 25 March 1983.(OVERSIZE)
• "Love poem." Prism International 21, no. 4 (July 1983): 47.
• "Arrythmia." The New Quarterly 3, no. 3 (Fall 1983): 38.
• "You gaze at the sun, then you are lost in the dark." The New Quarterly 3, no. 3 (Fall 1983): 39.
• "The way to go." The New Quarterly 3, no. 3 (Fall 1983): 40.
• "Poem in peacock blue." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 97.
• "These roses are the color of blood." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 99.
• "As told to a new Asian immigrant on the brink of winter." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 99.
• "Elegy for the unfinished poem." The Toronto South Asian Review 1, no. 3 (Fall 1982, Winter 1983): 100.
• "In a weathervane idiom." Descant 43 14, no. 5(Winter 1983/84): 51.
• "... 'a door ajar to Eden or Cathay'." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 52.
• "Mayaro sea sculpture." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 53.
• "Elegy for the unfinished poem." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 54.
• "The art of self-deception." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 55.
• "On the beach." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 56.
• "Poem in peacock blue." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 57.
• "All I ask is my life." Descant 43 14, no. 5 (Winter 1983/84): 59.

• "Mayaro sea sculpture." The Antigonish Review, no. 58 (Summer 1984): 85.
• "On the beach." The Antigonish Review, no. 58 (Summer 1984): 86.
• "The poet meets God at the Mennonite market." Getting Your Money's Worth (September 1984).
• "Michael's tree in late autumn." Imprint, 21 September 1984, p. 14.(OVERSIZE)
• "Immigrant." Getting Your Money's Worth (September 1984): n.p.
• "Elegy." Getting Your Money's Worth (September 1984): n.p.
• "A touch of vinegar." Happenstance 13, no. 1 (September 1984): n.p.
• "Dark antonyms in paradise." The Toronto South Asian Review 2, no. 3 (Winter 1984): 2.

• "Going home." The New Quarterly 4, no. 4(Winter 1985): 58.
• "'Willie' and the disenchanted child." The New Quarterly 4, no. 4 (Winter 1985): 60.
• "The opposite men." The New Quarterly 5, no. 3(Fall 1985): 69.
• "Prayer." Happenstance (December 1985): 4.

• "Song of the immigrant." Grail 2 (September 1986): 33.
• "Heart of the matter." Grail 2 (September 1986): 34.
• "Hanging on to your leg-roots like the good earth." Grail 2 (September 1986): 35.
• "Dusk." Grail 2 (September 1986): 57.
• "A touch of vinegar." Kunapipi 8, no. 1 (1986): 102.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Rienzi Crusz documenting his personal and professional life. Includes manuscript materials, correspondence, materials relating to his published works, etc.

Series consists of typed and handwritten poems by Rienzi Crusz. Some include comments by the author or editor.

2 typed drafts.

1 typed document (photocopy).

3 typed drafts.

1 handwritten draft.

1 typed draft.

1 handwritten draft.

1 typed document (photocopy).

1 handwritten draft.

3 typed drafts.

7 handwritten and typed drafts.

3 typed drafts.

1 typed draft.

1 typed document (photocopy).

1 handwritten, 1 typed draft.

1 typed draft.

1 handwritten draft, 1 typed document (photocopy).

3 handwritten and typed drafts.

1 handwritten, 1 typed draft.

1 typed draft.

3 handwritten and typed drafts.

7 handwritten and typed drafts.

1 handwritten draft.

1 handwritten draft.

3 handwritten and typed drafts.