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File consists of Suits' fiction writing. Includes prose, plays and notes including:

• Herschel Duncan's Duty typescript (original, 8 leaves);
• Inside the Illinois Mafia: A Confession typescript (original, 3 leaves);
• Looking for Woodcroft typescript (computer output, 39 leaves);
• Sealed Orders, two drafts, typescript (original, 10 leaves);
• The Last Mole typescript (original, 5 copies, 7 leaves);
• untitled loose papers typescript (original) and manuscript (12 leaves).

Series consists of fiction works created by Bernard Suits. Includes both published and unpublished materials, primarily poems as well as short stories.

Series consists of works created by Stan Johannesen including essays, short stories, poems, and books. Includes both published and unpublished manuscripts, typescripts, computer output, drafts, and correspondence. Also contains materials relating to the launch of his book “Sister Patsy.”

Series consists of non-fiction works created and accumulated by Bernard Suits. Includes both published and unpublished essays, commentaries, reviews and chapters of his book "The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia" as well as the unpublished sequel "Return of the Grasshopper: Further Reflections on Games, Life and Utopia." Also includes materials relating to the copyright of his book "The Grasshopper."

Series consists of non-fiction works and related research material created or accumulated by Stan Johannesen. Includes both published and unpublished essays, reviews, newspaper and journal articles, conference papers, and materials related to exhibitions and talks. Also contains Salem Gospel Tabernacle materials relating to his research on important individuals in the early days of the Norwegian Pentecostal movement in Brooklyn, New York and correspondence with the Brooklyn Historical Society.

The bpNichol Library of Science Fiction, acquired in 1990, consists of more than 500 science fiction titles from the private library of the late Canadian writer, Barrie Phillip Nichol (commonly referred to as bpNichol).

Many well-known science fiction authors' first works were issued only in paperback, and this collection includes many key titles in the science fiction genre which are extremely scarce today as a result of the vulnerability of the paperback format to deterioration. The books in this collection feature many striking examples of cover art.

Includes four copies of the same clipping (including 3 photocopies) entitled "Strong Short-leet[sic] for the People's Prize" (Herald, 2 May 1990). This article reports that the nominees for the 1990 People's Prize constitute "the strongest short-leet[sic] of six books ever announced for a Scottish literary award". Eric McCormack's The Paradise Motel is among the six works shortlisted for this prize. Information on all the nominated writers and background information on this Scottish literary award are provided in this clipping.

Series consists of issues of periodicals containing published short fiction by Eric McCormack.

Includes clippings from newspapers and serial publications focusing on the fiction finalists for the Govenor-General Award in 1997. Eric McCormack was among those nominated for his novel First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.

Additionally, an article which appeared in St. Jerome's College newsletter _Update!_15, no. 2 (fall/winter 1997): 3, reports that 1997 was a very good year for writers and editors at St. Jerome's. Among the success stories referred to in this article is Eric McCormack's nomination for the Governor General's award for his novel First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.

Also included among the items in this file is a copy of a news bulletin issued by the Canada Council for the Arts on Oct. 22, 1997 listing the names of the nominees for the Governor-General's Awards and the titles of their works in English and French, in the categories of fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, children's literature (text and illustraton), and translation.
Additionally, two of the clippings contained in this file report that Jane Urquhart was the winner of the Governor General's Award for fiction in 1997.

These articles report on Ms. Urquhart's reaction to her win and focus on her literary career and previous literary awards received by her. These articles were published in The Record, Wednesday, 19 November 1997 and in The University of Waterloo Magazine (winter 1998). Both these articles also make reference to the fact that Eric McCormack was short-listed for this award.

Finally, this file contains a news bulletin issued by The Canada Council for the Arts on Nov. 17, 1998. This includes the names of the winners of the 1998 Governor General's Literary Awards.

This series contains manuscripts of Eric McCormack's works of fiction including Inspecting the Vaults, The Paradise Motel, The Mysterium, and First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. They take the form of holograph notes, and handwritten and typed (both computer output and photocopies) drafts of Eric McCormack's works of fiction. Many of these are working drafts with holograph corrections and revisions, while some are described as "penultimate" or "final" drafts.

Series consists of manuscript drafts of Eric McCormack's The Dutch wife.

Series consists of handwritten and typed drafts of works by Eric McCormack.

File consists of 1 manuscript printout regarding the 1994 edition of Porius by John Cowper Powys.

Discrete printed items not accompanied by any correspondence or working papers.

File consists of two photocopies of Rienzi Crusz's entry in "Living in America; poerry & fiction by South Asian American writers" including the beginning of the poem "Conversations with God about my present whereabouts."

Series consists of material relating to the research for and publication of Anne Innis Dagg's book The Feminine gaze: a Canadian compendium of non-fiction women authors and their books, 1836-1945, published in 2001, as well as an article, "Voices of Authority" (1992). Includes correspondence, clippings, articles, reviews, notes and drafts, offprints.

One videocassette (VHS).

One anthology of poetry and fiction titled Living in America: Poetry and Fiction by South Asian American Writers", edited by Roshni Rustomji-Kerns. The anthology includes the poems "Conversations with God about my Present Whereabouts", and "Remains of an Asian Poet Writing in Canada" by Rienzi Crusz.

File contains mention of Herbert's play "Fortune and men's eyes" in relation to realities of American prison system.

Series consists of manuscript and typescript notes for and drafts of works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction by Jenny Pincock and others.

Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's research on Canadian women non-fiction writers, from A to L. Includes newspaper and magazine clippings, notes, photocopied articles, and biographical information about Canadian women non-fiction writers.

Series consists of notebooks belonging to Jenny Pincock, Minnie and Fred Maines containing addresses, manuscript and typescript notes, including drafts of works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction by Jenny Pincock and others.

Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's book on women non-fiction writers. Includes notes, and drafts of the introduction to "Women non-fiction writers of Canada and their books 1836-1945" [1998], 31 leaves, ts. original.

Synopsis of a science fiction novel by Lydia Dotto titled "the whole truth about everything."

Contents: 4. p. ts., prose fiction by Jenny O'Hara Pincock ["Jane Lear"] with title "The right wrong trail."

Contains material relating to an article by Anne Dagg titled "Canadian voices of authority: non-fiction and early women writers". Includes an offprint of the article: Journal of Canadian Studies 27, no. 2 (Summer 1992): "Canadian voices of authority: non-fiction and early women writers", lists of research data, photocopied articles, bibliographies for the article, and research notes.

This series contains book reviews of Eric McCormack's works of fiction including Inspecting the Vaults, The Paradise Motel, The Mysterium, and First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. Some press announcements for these works of fiction are also contained in this series. This series also includes reviews of anthologies in which a short-story by Eric McCormack is contained.

Two other reviews relate to works of fiction written by other authors whose literary style is compared to that of Eric McCormack by the reviewer.

Contains material relating to an Anne Dagg's article "Canadian voices of authority: non-fiction and early women writers", published in the Journal of Canadian Studies. Includes comments on the article, correspondence to and from Anne Dagg, memoranda, reviews of the article "Humble ambition in Canada: women writers of literary non-fiction to 1946" by Anne Dagg, and 2 offprints of the article, Journal of Canadian Studies 27, no. 2 (Summer, 1992): "Canadian voices of authority: non-fiction and early women writers".

Letter to Hall Niedzviecki re an essay and a work of fiction which Eric McCormack has agreed to read and make comments on for this author.

Fonds consists of materials created and accumulated by Stan Johannesen over the course of his education, teaching career, and pursuit of personal interests. Includes correspondence, course materials created as a professor at the University of Waterloo and continuing education lecturer at Laurier University, juvenilia, and a variety of published and unpublished fiction and non-fiction works.

Material documenting Luella Creighton's student days at Victoria College, University of Toronto, 1924-1926. Her personal life is further documented through a series of diaries, 1963-1990. Most of the textual material in the fonds, however, relates to her career as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and consists of correspondence with her publishers and readers, reviews, manuscripts and typescripts of both published and unpublished works.

Materials created and accumulated by Bernard Suits over the course of his education and teaching career. Includes materials created as a student such as class notes and exams, materials created as a professor at the University of Waterloo including course outlines and exams, published and unpublished fiction and non-fiction works, correspondence, meeting minutes, and audio and visual recordings of Suits' lectures.

One folder of mixed ts. and manuscript material, ca. 39 pages of prose fiction, by Jenny O'Hara Pincock. Titles include "Windego Trail" and "Algonquin ranger tells a tale."

File consists of materials relating to Anne Innis Dagg's book The feminine gaze a Canadian compendium of non-fiction women authors and their books, 1836-1945.

Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's proposed book on "Canadian voices of authority: early women writers in English of non-fiction". Includes correspondence to and from Anne Dagg, reviewers' comments on her manuscript, an application for the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, and an excerpt from the manuscript "Canadian voices of authority: early women writers in English of non-fiction", 3 leaves, ts., computer printout.

Mixed typescript and manuscript material, ca. 17 pages of prose fiction, by Jenny O'Hara Pincock with title "When the latch hangs low." [Fictional account of James O'Hara, great-gandfather?]

McCormack Eric. "Stranger than Fiction". Review of Savage Messiah, by Paul Kaihla and Ross Laver, and of Descent into Madness, by Vernon Frolick. Books in Canada 23, no. 2 (March 1994): 28-29.

One folder marked "Up North Mss's" containing mixed ts. and manuscript material, ca. 56 pages of poetry prose fiction, by Jenny O'Hara Pincock, from her "Little Lone Cabin" series.

Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's research on Canadian women writers. Includes photocopied articles, notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, email printouts, and biographical information about Canadian women non-fiction writers.

Second place award for prose non-fiction illustrated in the Alcuin citation for excellence in book design in Canada. Awarded to Tony Urquhart and Michael S. Phillips for Off the Wall.

Contains a photocopy of the published version of Anne Dagg's article "Canadian voices of authority: non-fiction and early women writers" published in Journal of Canadian Studies 27, no. 2 (1992).

Material relating to the Governor General's Literary Awards, 1997. Eric McCormack was one of the nominees in the fiction category for his novel First blast of the trumpet against the monstrous regiment of women. Includes correspondence, ephemera.

File consists of correspondence between G. Elmore Reaman and Frank Stiling, chair of the Governor-General's Awards Board, concerning the former's role as one of the judges for the award for creative non-fiction in 1953 and 1954.

Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's book The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945. Includes reviews of the book, correspondence to and from Anne Dagg, brochures, and a copy of A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources.

The collection consists of 169 paperback books featuring Lesbian themes.

During the post-war period, from the late 1940's to the 1960's, a significant amount of Lesbian material became available amidst the proliferation of popular fiction published as paperback originals (sometimes referred to as "pulp" fiction). Some authors represented in this collection are: Ann Bannon, Paula Christian, Valerie Taylor, Artemis Smith, Randy Salem, March Hastings, Gale Wilhelm, Marion Zimmer Bradley (writing under the names Lee Chapman and Miriam Gardner), and Marijane Meaker (writing under the names Ann Aldrich and Vin Packer).

File consists of materials relating to Kay Rex's freelance journalism and fiction work. Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and research for articles. Also includes the Spring 1961 edition of Echoes the magazine of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire which features the short story Cinderella.

Personal material relating to the life of Aileen M. Ratz including school records, commemorative certificates, correspondence, a booklet regarding the history of Elmira, Ont. with handwritten annotations, photographs and a copy of an article she authored titled, "Truth is Lovelier than Fiction" that was printed in a publication called Onward in 1956.

Includes correspondence with Paul Stuewe re Eric McCormack's participation in the Books in Canada Student Writing Awards in 1992. One letter contains Eric McCormack's list of selections for the awards in the categories of poetry and short fiction. Other letters relate to reviews which Eric McCormack wrote for Books in Canada.

Includes five clippings (originals and photocopies) from newspapers and serial publications which are characterized by a biographical and/or critical focus. Many of the articles contained in this file are based on interviews held with Eric McCormack subsequent to the publication of Inspecting the Vaults. These articles include commentary on Eric McCormack's works of fiction with particular emphasis on his latest work Inspecting the Vaults.

These articles also contain information on Eric McCormack's life history with emphasis on his career as an academic in English literature, and on key developments and achievements in his literary career. Additionally, these articles cite Eric McCormack's comments regarding the theme and content of the fiction he writes, regarding the inspiration for his works, and his reactions to the success he has had with Inspecting the Vaults.

One folder of mixed typescript and manuscript material, ca. 75 pages, by Jenny O'Hara Pincock, some fiction, some poetry, written under various names. This material seems to be largely concerned with an account of James O'Hara and other pioneers, as well as stories about pioneers. Titles include "Dunkie spoke to the owl," and "Hidden Spring."

Contains material relating to Anne Dagg's book The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945. Includes correspondence to and from Anne Dagg, email printouts, memoranda, notes, reviewers' comments on Anne Dagg's manuscript, newspaper clippings, contract between Wilfrid Laurier University Press and Anne Innis Dagg, royalty reports, invoices, advertisements, and a Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2001 catalogue.

Includes a letter from John Linklater of the Glasgow Herald re Eric McCormack's trip to the U.K. and the interview of Eric McCormack conducted by John Linklater. Also includes a photocopy of a clipping from the Glasgow Herald re the nominations for the 1990 People's Prize for Fiction run by the Glasgow Herald in collaboration with the Scottish Library Association. Eric McCormack was among the authors nominated for this award.

Also contains a copy of the press release issued by the Scottish Arts Council re the Spring Book Awards Press Reception.

Published copies of University of Toronto Magazine with Lydia Dotto's articles. Titles of articles are:

• "Nobel laureate John Polanyi" (Winter 1986),
• "Life in the fast track" (Autumn 1989),
• "The Mammography debate" by Lydia Dotto and Eva Klein (Winter 1993),
• "Never too thin" by Lydia Dotto and Eva Klein (Spring 1993),
• "Genome quest" (Summer 1995),
• "By your eyes only" (Spring 1990),
• "Space university not science fiction" (Spring 1988).

Includes correspondence re the 18th Annual Literary Awards competition of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild in which Eric McCormack was invited to judge the Short Fiction category. The majority of the correspondence relates to arrangements, judges fees, and rules for the competition. Also includes Eric McCormack's comments on each of the prize-winning entries.

Additionally contains flyer produced for these awards featuring information on the categories for which awards are given, on the awards themselves, on the rules of the competition, on the awards judges, and contact address for submissions.

Contains 20 p. original typescript with holograph corrections of article entitled " 'Death by Landscape': A Comparision of British and Canadian Ghost Stories", in addition to [2] p. photocopied illustrations.

Also includes correspondence exchanged between Nancy-Lou Patterson and Ed Meskys and Joe R. Christopher, staff with the science fiction and fantasy journal Niekas . Much of this correspondence relates to Nancy-Lou's submission of the article entitled " 'Death by Landscape': A Comparison of British and Canadian Ghost Stories" together with illustrations to Niekas. A copy of issue no. 44 of Niekas is also contained in this file.

This series contains primarily news clippings and serial publications containing articles with a biographical and/or critical focus. They relate to Eric McCormack's life history with special emphasis on the development of his career as an author and on the works of fiction which he has had published to date. A large number of these materials also relate specifically to Eric McCormack's receipt of and/or nomination for receipt of various literary awards.

Finally, a number of materials, including news clippings, correspondence, and ephemera relating primarily to Eric McCormack's personal interests, are grouped together in a miscellaneous file within this series.

Includes clippings from newspapers, newsletters, and other serial publications all of which report that Eric McCormack has been awarded the Spring Book Award of the Scottish Arts Council. This award is given "in recognition of high standards in writing". These articles report on Eric McCormack's literary career to date and also refer to the fact that he has also been nominated for the 1990 People's Prize for Fiction.

This file also contains a poster issued by the Scottish Arts Council listing the winners of the Spring Book Awards in 1990.

Includes two letters sent to Eric McCormack inviting him to submit a piece of his fiction to an upcoming issue of Descant to be entitled "Anatomy Theatre".

One letter is from Ken Nutt, the visual artist who has been invited to be a guest editor of this issue of Descant. The other letter is from Karen Mulhallen, Editor of Descant, who refers to Ken Nutt's suggestion that "a contribution on the Edinburgh murderers Burke and Hare who took it upon themselves to create corpses for Doctor Knox's public anatomy demonstrations" might be an appropriate subject for the contribution.

Book reviews containing references to Eric McCormack's works. Indeed, three of the works reviewed contain a short story written by Eric McCormack. They include:
(1) Nigel Hunt, review of The Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction, edited by Alberto Manguel, The Toronto Star, Saturday, 20 March 1993. This review makes reference to "Birthday Present", a short story by Eric McCormack, which is contained in the collection of erotic short fiction reviewed in this article.;
(2) Pauline Durichen, review of Canadian Mystery Stories, edited by Alberto Manguel, The Record, [199-?]. This review includes a critique of "Eckhardt at the Window", one of the short mystery stories contained in the work reviewed in the article;
(3) Three reviews of I Shudder at Your Touch, an anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror including Eric McCormack's "Festival".

Also includes a review by H. J. Kirchhoff of The Globe and Mail (n.d.), which focuses on the works of the author of two novels, a book of stories and six volumes of poetry, Rikki Ducornet. This review states that Ms. Ducornet's work has been compared to that of "Eric McCormack, perhaps the Canadian master of the literary baroque". The final review of Izaak Mansk's Forbidden to Grow Old (The Globe and Mail, Saturday, 2 September 1989) includes a statement that Mansk's work "fits nicely into the fabulist school" along with authors such as Eric McCormack and Ernest Hekkanen.

Includes correspondence re the Governor General's Literary Awards in 1998. Eric McCormack sat on the fiction jury in this year. Also includes typed notes on the responsibilities of the jury members and the Program Officer, the list of nominations of Eric McCormack and of another juror, as well as the press release issued by the Canada Council for the Arts re the nominations for the Governor General's Literary Awards in 1998.

Additionally, contains promotional poster produced for these awards. This file also includes a faxed copy of a letter to the editor written by Susan Swan (literary juror for the awards in 1998) re David Staines' attack on the nominees for the Governor General's literary awards which appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on Oct. 21, 1998.

Includes correspondence with Cliff Burns re reviews of Eric McCormack's novels which Cliff Burns has written and re other reviews of Cliff Burns which Eric McCormack has read. Correspondence also makes reference to Cliff Burns' works of fiction and to a play he has written.

Eric McCormack also includes news of developments of his own writing career in this correspondence and refers to a book launch of The Mysterium he will attend in Florence, to the possibility of a screenplay of The Paradise Motel, to a book-tour he was on, to a literary festival in Ottawa which he attended where he met the author Frank McCourt, and to his nomination for a Governor General's Literary Award for First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.

Includes correspondence relating to miscellaneous themes including:

*readings, lectures, and other literary events in which Eric McCormack took part; short stories by Eric McCormack (both new stories and reprints of previously published stories) included in collections of short stories and in the New Quarterly; a paper about the supernatural in Eric McCormack's fiction being written by Professor Nicholas Mason-Browne; a request from the Nuclear Fishin' Theatre Company to perform "Sad Stories in Patagonia"; reviews of Inspecting the Vaults; quote written by Eric McCormack for book; expression of congratulations on The Paradise Motel and The Mysterium and praise for the content and style of these works; application for a Canadian literature teacher's position with St. Jerome's. Contents also include a fan letter, thank-you letters, and correspondence with other authors and with the artist Virgil Burnett.

The British Women's Periodicals Collection is made up of some 35,000 issues of British women's magazines published from 1893 to 1977. The majority of titles were published by the Amalgamated Press and publishers which it absorbed, and many copies are, in fact, copies from the publishers' own archives. Most titles in the collection are very rare.

Because these magazines were aimed at a mass market audience, the British Women's Periodicals Collection offers a unique opportunity to examine the interests and concerns of British women during the time period covered. The collection's content is primarily "popular" fiction written for a female audience, but magazines for children and youth are also well represented. Cooking, crafts, advice columns, fashion, health, and inspirational topics are also featured. Of particular interest are the advertisements, which illustrate contemporary attitudes in a vivid manner.

Includes flyers produced for various diferent readings and lectures given by Eric McCormack. They include a reading which took place at the University of Ottawa in Feb. 1987 sponsored by the Department of English and Continuing Education with the support of the Canada Council. Also includes a reading given by Eric McCormack for the English department at the University of Windsor in Mar. 1989.

Readings given by Eric McCormack for the Tuesday Night Café Theatre in Montreal? as part of a drama entitled "Dark Light Stories" also feature in another flyer contained in this file. A ticket to the launching event for Gothic, a journal of literary fiction, is also included in this file. Eric McCormack was a special guest at this event. Finally, flyers which were produced for the Fall Reading Series of the Forest City Gallery, in which Eric McCormack was one of the participating writers, are also among the items in this file.

Includes two clippings (both originals and photocopies) about Eric McCormack with a biographical and critical focus. The articles contained in this file appear to be based in part on interviews held with Eric McCormack.

The first article (Metropolis, 1 February 1990) critiques Eric McCormack's The Paradise Motel and Inspecting the Vaults . Additionally, it reports on dicussions with the author regarding the influences on and inspiration for his works and his literary style. This article also refers to Eric McCormack's upcoming reading at Winter's Tales, Harbourfront's Festival of Contemporary Fiction.

The second article (Globe and Mail,Thursday, 8 February 1990, sec. C, page9) focuses on Eric McCormack's literary achievements with special consideration of his works to date in terms of their literary style and content, and the critical reception they have received. This article also reports on Eric McCormack's own comments regarding the inspiration for his works and his feelings about his success.

Advertising ephemera, correspondence, research, and articles relating to the publication and review of books written by Michael Bird. These books include “Canadian Country Furniture,” “Hallowed Timbers,” “Art and Interreligious Dialogue,” “Fraktur and Spirituality in Pennsylvania Folk Art,” “Canadian Folk Art: Old Ways in a New Land,” “A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists,” “Ontario Fraktur: A Pennsylvania-German Folk Tradition in Early Ontario,” “A Splendid Harvest: Germanic Folk and Decorative Art in Canada,” “Folk Treasures of Historic Ontario,” and “Out of the Mainstream: Folk Art in Canada.” There are also reviews by Michael Bird of “The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis,” “Film and Fiction: The Dynamics of Exchange,” “The Heritage of Upper Canadian Furniture,” “Waterloo Portfolio: Woldemar Neufeld’s Painting and Block-Prints of Waterloo, Ontario,” “Early Ontario Potters: Their Craft and Trade,” “The Stations of the Cross: A Calculated Trap?” and “A Reflection on Fleming’s Painted Furniture of French Canada.”

Contains a serial publication entitled Harbourfront Reading Series listing the names and containing portrait photographs of all the authors who have read at Harbourfront as of March 1989. Included on this list is Eric McCormack.

This file also contains an advance information package sent to Eric McCormack, in addition to clippings, and a flyer. All of these items feature information on the Harbourfront's Winter's Tales Festival of Contemporary Fiction of Feb. 1990? Eric McCormack was among the authors who gave readings at this festival.

Also includes flyers and pamphlets relating to the Harbourfront Reading Series which took place on June 4, 1997 in Toronto at which Eric McCormack gave a reading from his novel First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. Also includes a copy of St. Jerome's College newsletter Update! 15, no. 1 (spring/summer 1997), which includes an announcement on page 4 that Eric McCormack will be reading at the Harbourfront Reading Series on June 4, 1997.

Additionally, the "Calendar of Events" in the University of Waterloo Magazine (spring 1997), included among the items in this file, makes reference to Eric McCormack's reading during this 1997 Harbourfront Reading Series.

Includes three clippings (both originals and photocopies) about Eric McCormack with a biographical and/or critical focus. Most of the clippings contained in this file cite interviews held with Eric McCormack.

The first clipping in the UW Courier (January 1989): 18, refers to the literary acclaim with which Inspecting the Vaults was received and to the upcoming publication of The Paradise Motel by Penguin, and then contains a few paragraphs from the novel Eric McCormack is currently working on, which is tentatively titled Aiken.

The second clipping (The Saturday Star, 1 April 1989) includes information on key developments in Eric McCormack's literary career with special emphasis on Inspecting the Vaults and The Paradise Motel. Coverage is also given to Eric McCormack's life history, the inspiration for his work, and his reaction to his success.

The third clipping (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Thursday, 5 October 1989, sec. C, page 4) focuses on Eric McCormack's life history with emphasis on his Scots origins, his impressions of Canada, his life as an English professor at St. Jerome's College. Key developments in his literary career are given much attention, in particular, consideration is given to the literary style and content of Eric McCormack's works. This article also reports on Eric McCormack's own comments regarding the content and themes of the fiction he writes, the inspiration for his work, and his reaction to the success he has had.

This series includes correspondence from Eric McCormack in the form of letters, faxes, and a few e-mail print-outs. Also includes some supporting documents including news clippings, application forms, grant agreements, press releases, typed literary biographies, handwritten notes, typed copies of book reviews written by Eric McCormack, and ephemera. This includes correspondence conducted by Eric McCormack with his publishers as well as with the editors of literary journals and anthologies to which this author has contributed his work.

Some of this correspondence was conducted with other authors, poets, and artists regarding Eric McCormack's works or their own work. Also contains correspondence with the organizers of conferences, workshops, readings/lecture series, literary festivals and other literary events in which Eric McCormack took part. Some correspondence relates to reviews of Eric McCormack's works, while other correspondence relates to reviews of other peoples' works written by him primarily for The Globe and Mail.

Additional correspondence relates to literary competitions in which Eric McCormack was invited to be an adjudicator. Applications for grants from the Canadian government, literary awards won by this author, requests for permission to reproduce Eric McCormack's works of fiction, as well as praise for this author's works from fans, form the subjects of other correspondence.

There is much overlap in terms of themes and correspondents between series 2.1 and series 2.2 and in some cases where the topic or matter being addressed in correspondence in one file is unclear, this is often clarified by reference to other files where the same topic forms the subject of the correspondence.

Images of a [student?] seen standing in profile while looking down at a book selected from a wire frame book display.

This series includes correspondence to Eric McCormack in the form of letters, faxes, and a few e-mail print-outs. Also includes some supporting documents including news clippings, application forms, grant agreements, press releases, typed literary biographies, handwritten notes, typed copies of book reviews written by Eric McCormack, and ephemera. This includes correspondence conducted by Eric McCormack with his publishers as well as with the editors of literary journals and anthologies to which this author has contributed his work.

Some of this correspondence was conducted with other authors, poets, and artists regarding Eric McCormack's works or their own work. Also contains correspondence with the organizers of conferences, workshops, readings/lecture series, literary festivals and other literary events in which Eric McCormack took part. Some correspondence relates to reviews of Eric McCormack's works, while other correspondence relates to reviews of other peoples' works written by him primarily for The Globe and Mail.

Additional correspondence relates to literary competitions in which Eric McCormack was invited to be an adjudicator. Applications for grants from the Canadian government, literary awards won by this author, requests for permission to reproduce Eric McCormack's works of fiction, as well as praise for this author's works from fans, form the subjects of other correspondence.

Note that the large majority of correspondence in this series consists of correspondence received by Eric McCormack, which was subsequently divided into titled folders by him. A small amount of the correspondence in this series was sent by Eric McCormack.

There is much overlap in terms of themes and correspondents between series 2.1 and series 2.2 and in some cases where the topic or matter being addressed in correspondence in one file is unclear, this is often clarified by reference to other files where the same topic forms the subject of the correspondence.

Contents: series consists of materials relating to the childhood and education of Anne Innis Dagg. Includes materials from her time in the Toronto Public School system, at Bishop Strachan School and at the University of Toronto.

Contents: file consists of two snake related theatre items written by Anne Innis Dagg and Mary Williamson.

File consists of a typed newsletters written Anne Innis Dagg and Mary Williamson. The money collected from sales of the newsletters went to the Red Cross war effort.

File consists of a newsletter written by Anne Innis Dagg and her brother Hugh.

File consists of materials relating to the novella Puppy love by Anne Innis Dagg and Alan C. Cairns.

Contents: file consists of answers for a crossword puzzle about the Bishop Strachan School created by Anne Innis Dagg and Mary Williamson.

Contents: file consists of short pamphlets on the wapiti, Alaska brown bear, and Eastern chipmunk written by Mary Williamson.

Contents: file consists of one plea for a pet kitten or dog from Anne Innis Dagg and Mary Williamson. Note that Mary Williamson is a life long friend of Anne's who lived next door to her family in Toronto.