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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his published books and work in periodicals; correspondence with writers and publishers; records relating to Salt, an unpublished anthology co-edited with Glen Sorestad, 2000% Cracked Wheat, and his editorial work on other's writings.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

Allison Mitcham fonds

  • MG 106
  • Fonds
  • 1913, 1932-2015

This fonds includes extensive correspondence with family and colleagues, as well as materials relating to Dr. Mitcham's career as an academic and an author. It also contains manuscript drafts, research notes, and related materials regarding her books "The Last Utopia," "Taku," "Island Keepers," "Grey Owl's Favorite Wilderness," and "Ivan Hicks," among others. The fonds also includes biographical material.

Mitcham, Elizabeth Allison (nee Brown)

Elizabeth Philips fonds

  • MG 646
  • Fonds
  • 1978-2017 (inclusive) ; 1978-2000 (predominant)

This fonds contains mainly textual material relating to the writing of Elizabeth Philips. Much of it is notes, rough drafts, and copies of poems and some prose work. There is also correspondence which relates to the business side of writing and getting published as well as some personal correspondence that relates to every day life and also on writing, as she corresponded with other writers.

Philips, Elizabeth

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

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

Gertrude Story fonds

  • MG 179
  • Fonds
  • [193-]-1997 (inclusive) ; 1977-1994 (predominant)

The fonds contains personal and professional correspondence, worksheets and drafts of poetic, dramatic and prose works, speeches and addresses to student and service groups and audiovisual materials relating to interviews, readings, etc., as they pertain to Story's career as a journalist, teacher and writer.

Story, Gertrude

Peter Stevens fonds

  • MG 477
  • Fonds
  • 1963-1969

This fonds contains various publications and some correspondence from Peter Stevens regarding his career as a poet and editor.

Stevens, Peter

C.A. King fonds

  • MG 52
  • Fonds
  • 1938-1985 (inclusive) ; 1954-1979 (predominant)

This fonds consists of correspondence, research notes, drafts, and manuscripts relating to King's books: "A Book of Canadian Poems;" "A Book of Essays;" "Extending the Boundaries;" "The First Fifty;" "Saskatchewan: The Making of a University;" "Saskatchewan Harvest;" and "Three Stories by Joseph Conrad." Additionally, it includes King's articles, lectures, and addresses dealing primarily with Canadian literature. There is also material related to King's other interests: the career and works of G.B. Shaw and R.A. Wilson, provincial and national library associations, and pacifism.

King, Carlyle A.

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

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

Don Kerr fonds

  • MG 169
  • Fonds
  • 1898-2017 (inclusive), 1965-2017 (predominant)

This fonds reflects Kerr's vocational and avocational interests. His academic activities include not only his own writing in a variety of genres but also his editing, assessment and review of the contributions of others to prose, poetry, drama and film. His service to the community external to the University is primarily evident in the political, arts and heritage fields.

Kerr, Donald Cameron

Flora Roy fonds

  • MG 149
  • Fonds
  • 1931-1945, predominant 1937-1938

This collection contains lecture notes taken by Dr. Roy while she was a student at the University of Saskatchewan. Predominately from English classes, these include notes on lectures given by Professors R.A. Wilson, J.M. Lothian, J.A. Bentley, Edith Brown, Jean Bayer, Murdoch Matheson, and Carlyle King. Included also are notes from a summer school art history class, taught at Emma Lake; and an English course from the University of Toronto.

Roy, Flora, (Alumnus; Professor of English (WLU)).

Terry Fenton fonds

  • MG 445
  • Fonds
  • 1940-2013 (inclusive); 1970-2013 (predominant)

This collection contains correspondence relating to Fenton’s professional and private life—including a great deal of correspondence with notable artists, art dealers, and galleries. The fonds also contains working and completed drafts of his writing, and research notes, clippings, and photocopies related thereto. Working files from his periods of directorship, and from his time running Terry Fenton Art Services are also present. News clippings and articles about Fenton are dispersed throughout.
Art / travel journals are also included, as is an extensive collection of photographs and slides both documenting Fenton’s inventory of his own work, and also showing a range of art by others encountered over his career. A number of more personal photographs, slides and videos show artists at work and at play at a variety of workshops, and in a variety of settings. Digital and physical landscape photographs used for inspiration in Fenton’s painting are also present.
A large portion of the collection is comprised of Fenton’s library, which includes publications from the Edmonton Art Gallery, the Mendel Art Gallery, and the Leighton Foundation, as well as more general collected texts, works by Fenton, and an extensive collection of exhibition catalogues.

Fenton, Terry

G.W. Simpson fonds

  • MG 7
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1960, predominant 1938-1957

This fonds contains material relating to the Ukrainian community in Canada (1930-1957); the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee committee (1953-1955); the Provincial Archives [Saskatchewan Archives Board] (1942-1947); the department of Slavic Studies (1943-1957); and the Citizenship Division, Department of National War Services (1941-1946).

Simpson, George Wilfred

Don McNamee fonds

  • MG 141
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1993 (inclusive) ; 1968-1993 (predominant)

This fonds contains personal correspondence relating both to McNamee's art, and his work in human rights. In addition, there is considerable reference material documenting both his work, and the work of others, within the art community and for the Coalition for Human Equality. The material on CHE not only provides extensive documentation of that organizations work in Saskatoon and particularly, in the first fight to have the province's human rights legislation amended; but also contains documentation from similar organizations across Canada.

McNamee, Donald Keith

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