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Robert Ian Scott fonds

  • MG 255
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1955

The fonds consists of synopses of lectures about Australian literature prepared by critic and poet Tom Inglis Moore. The notes were obtained by Scott in 1954-55 when he took Tom Inglis Moore's course in literature at the Canberra University College, Australia (now part of the Australian National University). Tom Inglis Moore pioneered the study of Australian literature as a subject, and 1954-55 was the first year any Australian university or college offered such a course.

Scott, Robert Ian

William Deverell fonds

  • MG 262
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1940]-2003, predominant 1979-2001

The fonds includes material documenting William Deverell’s career primarily as a writer and a lawyer. Among other material, included are research and drafts relating to most of his books and screenplays; other writing; documents re court cases, particularly those used as background for books and screenplays (including the CBC series Scales of Justice); records relating to The Writers Union of Canada; material relating to early activities including newspaper articles written by Deverell and clippings etc. relating to his election campaigns and trials he was involved in; videocassettes of his films Shellgame and Mindfield; correspondence with agents, publishers, producers, fans, etc., and other records relating to the publication and promotion of his books and films; and professional and personal correspondence with Carol Shields, Marian Engel, Margaret Atwood, Susan Musgrave, Stephen Reid and others.

Deverell, William

NeWest Review fonds

  • MG 268
  • Fonds
  • 1981-2000, predominant 1985-1995

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.

NeWest Review

E.A. McCourt fonds

  • MG 27
  • Fonds
  • 1940-1972 (inclusive) ; 1946-1962 (predominant)

This fonds consists of material concerning University of Saskatchewan committees, Department of English examinations, faculty minutes, and graduate work, as well as lecture notes for creative writing, American and Celtic literature, Chaucer, Thomas Hardy, the romantics, and "Modern Literature and Christianity." Most of the fonds consists of manuscripts of articles, stories, reviews, and books, as well as radio plays, research notes, and manuscripts for McCourt's unpublished and in-progress works.

McCourt, Edward Alexander

John Livingstone Clark fonds

  • MG 274
  • Fonds
  • 1981-2002., predominant 1981-2002.

The bulk of this fonds deals with the literary creations of John Livingstone Clark and contains correspondence, clippings, cartoons, drafts, notes and publications.

Clark, John Livingstone 1950-

Robert Currie fonds

  • MG 295
  • Fonds
  • 1950-2002

This fonds consists of materials relating to Robert Currie's literary works and interests. It includes: drafts and manuscripts of his poetry, short fiction, novels and radio plays; his published books and work in periodicals; correspondence with writers and publishers; records relating to Salt, an unpublished anthology co-edited with Glen Sorestad, 2000% Cracked Wheat, and his editorial work on other's writings. Also included in this fonds are records of Coteau Books and Currie's involvement with the Festival of Words and Saskatchewan Writer's Guild, as well as some memorabilia.

Currie, Robert, 1937-. ; writer

A.J. Harding fonds

  • MG 332
  • Fonds
  • 1966-2004 (inclusive) ; 1980-2002 (predominant)

This fonds contains materials relating to Dr. Harding's scholarly work, including his thorough preparation and background work for his teaching; his correspondence with colleagues; his articles and conference papers; and drafts and notes for the Coleridge "Notebooks."

Harding, Anthony John

J. Jill Robinson fonds

  • MG 341
  • Fonds
  • 1984-2006

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.

Robinson, J. Jill

Mansel Robinson fonds

  • MG 358
  • Fonds
  • 1915-2006

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.

Robinson, Mansel, 1955- . (playwright)

Douglas and Novia Cole collection

  • MG 369
  • Fonds
  • 1932-1995

This collection contains materials created by, or about, Canadian author Robertson Davies (1913-1995). Davies was editor of Saturday Night and the Peterborough Examiner prior to joining Trinity College, University of Toronto as professor of literature. The author of numerous plays and books, Davies is perhaps best known for The Salterton trilogy and the Deptford trilogy. He received both the Stephen Leacock medal for humour and the Governor General's Award for fiction. Some of the material in this collection has been annotated by Davies, including copies of two draft manuscripts which are inscribed "to Maisie." "Maisie" is believed to be Davies' sister-in-law, Maisie Newbold (1915-2001), who was married first (in 1946) to the Australian painter Peter Purves Smith (1912-1949) and later (in 1964), to their friend and fellow artist, Russell Drysdale (1912-1981). The collection also includes souvenir coins and tokens from across Western Canada.

Cole, Douglas

Maria Green fonds

  • MG 375
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1920]-2008

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

Green, Maria

Herbert Berry fonds

  • MG 378
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1990 (inclusive); 1965-1980 (predominant)

The material in this fonds documents Berry’s research, writing and teaching career at the University of Western Ontario and University of Saskatchewan, as well as work undertaken on behalf of their Faculty Associations.

Berry, Herbert√

A.L. Karras fonds

  • MG 381
  • Fonds
  • 1937-1997

This fonds contains materials relating to Art Karras' three books, including correspondence with publishers; with fans; with trappers; drafts and typescripts.

Karras, Art, 1914-1999 (author)

David Glaze fonds

  • MG 390
  • Fonds
  • 1953-2014

The material in this fonds deal with Glaze’s life including school and extracurricular interests as a youth and later as a journalist, fiction writer, editor and educator.

Glaze, David

Robert Calder and Holly Borgerson Calder fonds

  • MG 418
  • Fonds
  • 1910-2015 (inclusive); 1970-2010 (predominant).

The first accession (2011-053) contains a scrapbook, art catalogues and theatre playbill programs.
The second accession (2016-147) is a record of Calder’s activities in three areas: personal life and career as student and faculty member, career as an internationally published author, and contributions to the Saskatchewan writing community.

Calder, Robert Lorin

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