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Robert Kroetsch Fonds for ADDITIONAL ARCHIVAL MATERIAL CLICK HERE Robert Kroetsch fonds FOR ADDITIONAL ARCHIVAL MATERIAL CLICK HERE http://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/index.php/robert-kroetsch-fonds ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 The Robert Kroetsch Fonds Accession No. 334/84.1 CORRESPONDENCE ....................................................................................................................................... 2 MANUSCRIPTS ............................................................................................................................................. 37 ADAPTATIONS OF R. KROETSCH’S WORKS.................................................................................................. 43 WORKS ABOUT R. KROETSCH ..................................................................................................................... 44 PUBLISHED WORKS ..................................................................................................................................... 45 WORKS BY OTHERS ..................................................................................................................................... 47 Page 2 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE CORRESPONDENCE (Some correspondence in Manuscript and other series) Not yet identified [19--], 1976 1.1 _____, Bill 1978 1.2 _____, Clint 1964 1.3 _____, Daniel 1975 1.4 _____, David and Jennifer 1975 1.5 _____, Gladys 1977 1.6 _____, Jackie [19--] 1.7 _____, Jane [19--] 1.8 Page 3 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE _____, Ma and Shorty 1964-] 1.9 _____, Pat and Harley [Youngberg?] 1964-1976 1.10 SEE ALSO 6.42 Acadia University 1976-1977 1.11 Agee, Jonis 1976-1977 1.12 Alberta Cumulus 1978 1.13 Alberta Teachers’ Association 1971 1.14 Alcorn A. and M. College 1973 1.15 Amprimoz, Alex 1969-1984 1.16 Anderson, John 1978 1.17 Applegarth Follies 1976-1977 1.18 Page 4 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Arctic Institute of North America 1953 1.19 Association of Canadian University Teachers 1979-1980 1.20 of English Atlas World Travel 1962 1.21 B____, Joey [19-- -] 1.22 Bacque, James 1968-1970 1.23 Ball, Bobbie 1966-1977 1.24 Bankers Magazine 1970-1976 1.25 Barbour, Doug 1976-1977 1.26 Barclay, Byrna 1979 1.27 Battin, Patricia 1978-1979 1.28 Page 5 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Baumstein, Martha [19--] 1.29 Beckmann, Susan [19--] 1.30 Berg, Eric Ivan [19--] 1.31 Birney, Earle [19--], 1969-1979 1.32 Blissett, Bill 1978 1.33 Body, Marjorie 1976-1979 1.34 Books in Canada 1979-1980 1.35 Boston University 1968 1.36 Bottorff, Jeanne Blackwell 1971-1977 1.37 Boundary 2 1975-1977 1.38 Bowen, Zack 1968-1976 1.39 Page 6 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Bowering, George [19--], 1976-1979 1.40 Brahms, Flemming 1979-1977 1.41 Brand, Miller 1979-1971 1.42 Brebner, John 1978 1.43 Brown, Russell 1970-1977 1.44 Bukoski, Anthony 1979 1.45 Burns, D.R. 1975-1978 1.46 Burroway, Janet 1965-1966 1.47 Bylynd, Christina 1979 1.48 Cahill, Tony [19--] 1.49 Page 7 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Cameron, Don 1972 1.50 Campbell, Anne [1978] 1.51 Camrose Lutheran College 1976-1977 1.52 Canada Council [19--], 1970-1978 1.53 Canada. Governor General 1970 1.54 Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1951-1954 1.55 Canadian Association of American Studies 1.56 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1967-1980 1.57 Canadian Council of Teachers of English 1970-1971 1.58 Canadian Fiction Magazine 1976-1980 2.1 Canadian Forum 1979 2.2 Page 8 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Canadian Literature 1977 2.3 Canadian Studies Foundation 1975 2.4 Canadian Writers’ Foundation 1976 2.5 Capilano 1977 2.6 Carpenter, David [19--], 1970-1979 2.7 Carpenter, Jock 1977 2.8 Central High School (Binghamton, N.Y.) 1973 2.9 Central Plains Historical Society 1977 2.10 Charney, Ann 1975-1976 2.11 Christensen, Peter 1978-1979 2.12 Page 9 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Ciardi, John 1962 2.13 Clendenning, John [19--], 1962-1965 2.14 Coach House Press 1976-1978 2.15 Cobley, John 1968-1971 2.16 Cohen, David 1975 2.17 College of New Caledonia 1974-1976 2.18 Cooley, Dennis [19--] 2.19 Corey, Steve 1972-1977 2.20 [Crawley?], Bob 1970 2.21 Crowe, Donald 1977 2.22 Currie, Bob 1976-1977 2.23 Page 10 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Dahlie, Hal 1971-1973 2.24 Davey, Frank 1978 2.25 Davidson, Arnold E. 1977-1978 2.26 Davis, Mélanie 1977 2.30 Demsey, Jack [19--] 2.31 Descant 1978 2.32 DiBernard, Barbara 1975-1978 2.33 Dickson, Jennifer 1968 2.34 Dickson, Lovat 1975 2.35 Dorr, Robert 1974 2.36 Page 11 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Doubleday 1973 2.37 Doubleday Canada 1976 2.38 Douglas College 1977 2.39 Dragland, Stan 1978 2.40 Duke University. Canadian Studies Center [19--] 2.41 Dyck, Ed 1979 2.42 East Kootenay Community College 1976-1977 2.43 ECW Press 1980 2.44 Eikenberry, Gary 1976 2.45 Elliott, George P. 1964 2.46 Ellison, Ralph 1963 2.47 Page 12 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Emery Collegiate Institute 1977 2.48 Empire State College [1978-] 2.49 English Studies in Canada [1978-] 2.50 Ephraim, E. 1977 2.51 Erlichman, Howard 1964-1976 2.52 Essays on Canadian Writing 1977-1978 2.53 Evan Hardy Collegiate Institute [1977-] 2.54 Exile 1977 2.55 Eysselinck, _____ [19--](?) 2.56 Ferris, Ina 1979 2.57 Page 13 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Findley, Timothy 1978(?) 2.58 Fischer, Gerald W. [1979-] 2.59 Fox, David [1976-] 2.60 Freeman, Norman 1965-1971 2.61 Friedman, R. Zev [1964-] 2.63 Geddes, Gary 1975-1977 2.64 - includes drafts of R. Kroetsch’s Canada is a poem General Publishing Co. 1978 2.65 Gill, Lakshmi 1979 2.66 Glendon College [19--], 1975-1977 2.67 Grace, Sherrill 1977 2.68 Page 14 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Graham, Bill 1976 2.69 Graham, Ron 1975 2.70 Grant MacEwan Community College 1973-1976 3.1 Great Canadian Poetry Weekend 1979 3.2 Green, Marjorie [19--] 3.3 Grescoe, Paul [19--] 3.4 Guppy, Steve 1972 3.5 Haggerty, Joan 1977 3.6 Hamerl, Arthur J. 1977 3.7 [Harbourfront Reading Series] 1979 3.8 Page 15 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Hardesty, Margaret 1976-[19--] 3.9 Harker, Randal 1977 3.10 Harlow, Robert 1975-1976 3.11 Harper & Row 1979 3.12 Harris, Claire 1972 3.13 Harrison, Richard 1972-1978 3.14 Harron, Donald 1976 3.15 Harvest 1977 3.15a Harvey, Connie 1977-1979 3.16 Hauck, Stan 1968-1970 3.17 Heath, Terry 1976 3.18 Page 16 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Helland, Janice 1976-1977 3.19 Hill, Isabel Kuntz 1976-1977 3.20 Howell, George 1978 3.21 Idol (Periodical) [1976] 3.22 Island 1972 3.23 Jandine, Paul 1979 3.24 Johnston, Joanne 1970 3.25 Jones, D.G. 1970 3.26 Jones, Sandra 1974 3.27 Jonkola, Beth 1978 3.28 Page 17 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Kadish, Kathie 1966-1975 3.29 Kazin, Alfred 1966 3.30 Kearney, Larry 1969 3.31 Kent, Marilyn [Restricted] 1975-1978 3.32 Kent, Nona 1975-1976 3.33 Kesik Gallery 1979 3.34 Kessler, Milton 1971-1979 3.35 Kinsella, Warren [19--] 3.36 Klepetar, Steven F. 1972-1973 3.37 Koenig, Linda 1967 3.38 Kr___, Glen 1973 3.39 Page 18 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Kroetsch, Jane 1963-1965 3.40 Kroetsch, Jerry 1968-1972 3.41 Kroetsch, Lorne 1968-1972 3.42 Kroetsch, Mary [19--] 3.43 Lakehead University 1970-1979 3.44 Lambert, _____ 1977 3.45 Laguardia, Eric [19--] 3.46 Latta, William 1977-1979 3.47 Laurence, Margaret 1976 3.48 Lecker, Robert 1977 3.49 Page 19 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Lee, Dennis 1975 3.50 Leider, Mel 1963 3.51 Lenoski, Danny [19--] 3.52 Lepage, Gerry 1955-1971 3.53 Leranbaum, Miriam 1976-[1979] 3.54 Lewis, _____ [19--] 3.55 Liddy, James 1969 3.56 Limon, Claude 1977-1978 3.57 Linder, Dwight 1978 3.58 Lisowski, Joe [19--], 1974-1977 3.59 Livesay, Dorothy 1968-1969 3.60 Page 20 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Low, Wailan 1979 3.61 Lucas, Alec 1970-1976 3.62 Lurie, Joseph 1969-1970 3.63 MacEwan, Gwendolyn 1979 3.64 MacLennan, Hugh 1969-1972 3.65 Macmillan Company of Canada 1970-1971 3.66 Madden, Marian 1976-1979 3.67 Madland, Melvin C. 1975 3.68 Mahanti, J.C. 1979 3.69 Malaspina College 1976 3.70 Page 21 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Mandel, Ann 1973-1978 3.71 Mandel, Eli 1970-1979 3.72 Mandel, Miriam 1966 3.73 Manitoba Arts Council 1978 3.74 Manitoba Association of Teachers of English 1976-1978 3.75 Manitoba. Department of Education. School 1977 3.76 Library Services Mark Hot Inc. 1971 3.77 Marlatt, Daphne 1978 3.78 Martin, Raphael [19--] 3.79 Martin, Richard 1963-1979 3.80 Page 22 ROBERT KROETSCH fonds ACCESSION NO.: 334/84.1 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Martin, Tim 1964 3.81 Maud, Ralph 1976-1979 3.82 McCall International Removers 1968 3.83 McCaughy, Gerald 1971 4.1 McClelland and Stewart 1969 4.2 McFarlane, Danny 1978 4.3 McGalliard, John C.
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