The material in this fonds relates to Denham's career as a Professor of English, as well as a significant amount relating to his association with "NeWest Review" from 1983 to 1999. Denham served primarily as literary review editor for NeWest (the book review section was one of the more popular features of the magazine) and more generally as a member of the editorial board. The fonds contains materials collected and/or created by other NeWest editors, including Margaret Gail Osachoff (theatre reviews), Lewis Horne (fiction reviews), Jim Miller, Bill Waiser, and David Carpenter.
This fonds contains administrative and financial records relating to the management of NeWest Review. Additionally there are some files relating to submissions, contributors and content.
The fonds primarily consists of material about Max Jacob compiled and organized by Maria Green, based on research in libraries and archives in North America and Europe. This includes correspondence, writings by and about Jacob, drawings by Jacob, works with references to Jacob, and Green’s index cards including an extensive set of subject-based cards. There is also some material relating to Green’s work (edited collections, articles, awards, etc.). Where possible, the order established by Green has been maintained, based on available file lists and numbering on file folders. The fonds is organized as follows: FIRST DRAWER - Material relating to first manuscript SECOND DRAWER THIRD DRAWER FOURTH DRAWER OTHER MATERIAL
This fonds contains material related to the literary career of Mansel Robinson. There is correspondence regarding publishing, staging productions, residencies and grant applications. The fonds also contains drafts and edited scripts, research material, reviews and published material related stage productions. In addition the fonds contains five war diaries and an address book of Geo. J. Collinson who was stationed in France during the Great War.
Group photograph of the University Literary Society Executive. Members, back row (l to r)): T.S. Watson, President; John Strain, Richard Gordon Warman, Frank Percival Lloyd (financial secretary); Albert Edward Johnson (2nd vice-president); George Wishart Murray (3rd vice-president); E.E. Barr (3rd vice-president); A.F. Haynes. Front row: Marion Henley Dewdney (correspondence secretary); Marie Esler (historian); Prof. R.H. MacDonald (honourary president); Ethel Adelaide Giffard, Dorothy Barnes.
Bio/Historical Note: Musical performance began at the University of Saskatchewan in October 1909 with the formation of the Literary Society of the College of Arts and Science, a student group which, together with debates and lectures, organized musical numbers and variety shows for student enjoyment. It has published a collection of College songs, trained its members to sing them in concert; concocted a College Yell, and has inaugurated what will be a most important event in the future, an Oratorical and Essay contest.
This fonds contains correspondence, diaries, minutes, research material, published and unpublished articles and presentations that document the interests and career of Lenard Findlay. There is also material pertaining to a number of university and external organizations, societies, committees and organizations.
This fonds primarily deals with Gunvaldsen's unpublished manuscript, "The Undiscovered Franz Kafka". There are drafts, notes, clippings, books, and correspondence. There are also several files of a more general nature dealing primarily with German intellectual history. Material is in English and German.
This fonds documents the literary and musical activities of John Hicks. It includes extensive incoming and outgoing correspondence with writers, publishers, editors, friends and colleagues, as well as a large quantity of unpublished poetry and prose.
Holograph letter, signed. Una Jeffers to Mr. Forster. Dated December 18, 1929. Telling him of their decision to return to California, and their time in Cornwall. Written on board S.S. Duchess of Bedford in mid-Atlantic. 2 p.
The bulk of this fonds deals with the literary creations of John Livingstone Clark and contains correspondence, clippings, cartoons, drafts, notes and publications.
J. Galsworthy to Madam (?) March 20, 1924. This letter pertains to Galsworthy's forward to Far Away and Long Ago and to Green Mansions, and to his postscript in A Little Boy Lost.
Letter to Charles Fitzgerald July 15, 1912 ( ? ) Autograph letter signed and including caricature sketches of two heads. Extracted from library copy of his "J. B. Yeats letters to his son, W.B. Yeats and others. N. Y., 1946”
The material in this fond documents the research for Professor Parks’ doctoral thesis, published collections and collected writings from the Writers’ Group of the Saskatoon Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, and related information.
This fonds contains material related to the writings of J. Jill Robinson including works complete and incomplete, published and unpublished. This fonds also contains material related to professional activities such as editing, readings, and interaction with publishers and other writers.