Ms. Lampert, Arlene papers Coll. 730

Gift of Arlene Lampert 2016

Extent: 14 boxes (3 metres)

Includes extensive correspondence from writers, 1960s-2000s, to Arlene Lampert. The correspondence is primarily personal in nature. Photographs from the University of Toronto Writers’ Workshops held in Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978, form part of this accession. The photographs include many well- known authors, such as Austin Clarke, Al Purdy, Dennis Lee, Graeme Gibson, P.K. Page, Joe Rosenblatt, Marian Engel, George Bowering.

Frequent correspondents include Bill Bissett, Susan Musgrave, Stephen Reid, Joe Rosenblatt, Jeni Couzyn, Rosemary Sullivan, Anne Michaels, Patrick Lane, Lorna Crozier, Alice Denham, P.K. Page, Earle Birney and Wailan Low, Phyllis Webb and others.

Arrangement note: original correspondence order has been maintained.

Biographical note from League of Canadian Poets directory: Arlene Lampert was the first Executive Secretary and later Executive Director of the League of Canadian Poets in the 1970s. She was married to Gerald Lampert and granted Honourary Membership in the League of Canadian Poets in 1981. She lives in Toronto.

Box 1 Photographs from the University of Toronto 15 folders Writers’ Workshops held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978

Folder 1 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 Austin Clarke, Graeme Gibson, Dennis Lee and others 8 black and white photographs

Folder 2 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 8 black and white photographs

Folder 3 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 8 black and white photographs

Folder 4 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 8 black and white photographs

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Folder 5 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 7 black and white photographs

Folder 6 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 Joe Rosenblatt, Austin Clarke and others 6 black and white photographs 5 colour photographs

Folder 7 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 7 black and white photographs 2 colour photographs

Folder 8 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 Earle Birney, Austin Clarke and others 3 colour photographs 5 black and white photographs

Folder 9 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 7 black and white photographs

Folder 10 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 6 black and white photographs

Folder 11 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 3 black and white photographs

Folder 12 1 colour photograph of Austin Clarke and P.K. Page, with holograph note by Page on verso

Folder 13 University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop, held at Toronto and The Bahamas, 1972-1978 Austin Clarke, Graeme Gibson, Earle Birney 5 black and white photographs

Folder 14 Clipping re: University of Toronto Writers’ Workshop held in The Bahamas, 1970

Folder 15 TLS Greg Gatenby, July 26, 1991

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Box 2 Correspondence from writers, 1970s – 2000s 21 folders Including P.K. Page, Susan Musgrave, Stephen Reid and Bill Bissett

Folders 1-3 J.N. Hardman, 1970s

Folders 4-5 Correspondence 1970s

Folder 6 Correspondence 1970s Including Farley Mowat and Austin Clarke

Folders 7-15 Correspondence 1970s

Folder 16 Clipping

Folders 17-18 Correspondence 1970s

Folder 19 Correspondence 1970s and 1990s

Folder 20 Correspondence 1970s – 2000s Stephen Reid and others

Folder 21 Correspondence 1970s – 2000s Susan Musgrave and others

Box 3 Correspondence 1970s – 1990s 16 folders And some 1960s

Folder 1 TLS and typescript draft Bill Bissett January 22, 1990

Folder 2 Correspondence, 1980s Bill Bissett

Folder 3 Correspondence, 1989-1990

Folder 4 Correspondence, 1970s John Herbert Brundage

Folders 5-10 Correspondence 1970s

Folder 11 Correspondence, 1970s – 1980s Including Susan Musgrave and Stephen Reid

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Folders 12-14 Correspondence 1980s

Folders 15-16 Correspondence, 1960s-1970s Shichan Takashima

Box 4 Correspondence 1970s-2000s 15 folders

Folder 1 Correspondence 1970s – 1980s Susan Musgrave, Marilyn Bowering

Folder 2 Correspondence 1970s – 1980s Susan Musgrave

Folder 3 Correspondence 1970s – 1980s P.K. Page

Folder 4 Correspondence 1980s P.K. Page

Folder 5 Correspondence 1980s Marilyn Bowering

Folder 6 Correspondence 1980s

Folder 7 Correspondence, 1970s – 1980s

Folder 8 Correspondence 1980s

Folder 9 Correspondence 1970s Artie Gold

Folder 10 Correspondence 1970s George Bowering

Folder 11 Correspondence, 1970s and 1980s

Folder 12 Correspondence, California and Spain 1970s and 1980s Al Purdy and others

Folder 13 Correspondence 1980s Joe Rosenblatt

Folder 14 Correspondence 1980s

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Rosemary Sullivan

Folder 15 Correspondence 1980s Shichan Takashima

Box 5 Correspondence, 1960s – 1990s 20 folders Including Alice Denham, Adele Wiseman, Phyllis Webb, Stephen Reid, Susan Musgrave, Linda Rogers, Joe Rosenblatt, Rosemary Sullivan, Marilyn Bowering, Al Purdy, Bill Bissett and others

Folders 1-4 Correspondence 1970s

Folder 5 Al Purdy Correspondence, 1980s

Folders 6-9 Alice Denham Correspondence 1960s-1970s

Folder 10 Adele Wiseman, Phyllis Webb Correspondence 1980s

Folder 11 Stephen Reid, Susan Musgrave, Linda Rogers Correspondence 1980s

Folder 12 Joe Rosenblatt, Rosemary Sullivan Correspondence 1990s

Folder 13 Correspondence, 1980s – 1990s

Folder 14 Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 15 Correspondence, 1980s, Stephen Reid 5 colour photographs of Stephen Reid, Susan Mugrave, daughter Sophie

Folder 16 Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 17 Anne Michaels poems (photocopies)

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Folder 18 Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 19 Correspondence, 1980s, including Marilyn Bowering, Bill Bissett

Folder 20 Correspondence, 1990s, Alice Denham

Box 6 Correspondence 1980s 19 folders

Folder 1 Phyllis Webb, Robert Fulford Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 2 Robert Fulford Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 3 Adele Wiseman Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 4 ‘How to go to China …’

Folder 5 Adele Wiseman Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 6 Robert Zend Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 7 R. Gool Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 8 Al Purdy Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 9 Ford Richler Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 10 Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 11 Phyllis Webb and others Correspondence, 1980s

Folders 12-15 Correspondence, 1970s

Folder 16 Michael Ondaatje, M.T. Kelly and others

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Correspondence, 1970s

Folder 17 Wailan Low, Douglas Lochhead and others Correspondence, 1970s

Folders 18-19 Correspondence, 1980s

Box 7 Correspondence, California and Spain 14 folders 1980s

Folder 1 Correspondence, California and Spain, 1980s Patrick Lane, Lorna Crozier

Folder 2 Correspondence, California and Spain, 1980s Patrick Lane, David McFadden

Folders 3-4 Correspondence, California and Spain, 1980s

Folder 5 Correspondence, California and Spain, 1980s Timothy Findley

Folders 6-8 Correspondence, California and Spain, 1980s

Folder 9 Correspondence, California and Spain, 1980s Anne Michaels

Folders 10-11 Correspondence, 1970s, P.K. Page

Folder 12 Correspondence, 1980s, P.K. Page 1 black and white photograph

Folder 13 Correspondence, 1990s, Sandra Djwa, P.K. Page

Folder 14 Correspondence, 1990s – 2000s, P.K. Page

Box 8 Correspondence, 1990s 13 folders

Folder 1 Correspondence, 1990s, including Joe Rosenblatt, Alice Denham, Stephen Reid, P.K. Page, Eurithe Purdy

Folder 2 Correspondence, 1990s, including Stephen Reid, Mendelson Joe, Phyllis Webb, Susan Musgrave

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Folder 3 Correspondence, 1990s, including Phyllis Webb, Susan Musgrave, Marya Fiamengo

Folders 4-7 Correspondence, 1990s

Folder 8 Correspondence, 1990s, including long letter from Ellen Seligman, Alice Denham, Jeni Couzyn

Folder 9 Correspondence, 1990s

Folder 10 Correspondence, 1990s, including Wendy Campbell, Bill Bissett

Folders 11-13 Correspondence, 1990s

Box 9 Correspondence, 1990s 17 folders

Folders 1-6 Correspondence, 1990s

Folder 7 Correspondence, 1990s 3 colour photographs, including Austin Clarke, Arlene Lampert, Joe Rosenblatt

Folders 8-10 Correspondence, 1990s

Folder 1 Correspondence, 1990s, including P.K. Page

Folder 2 Correspondence, 1990s, including P.K. Page, Jean Chretien

Folder 3 Correspondence, 1990s

Folder 4 Clippings

Folder 5 Correspondence, 1990s, including Mendelson Joe

Folder 6 Correspondence, 1990s, including Jeni Couzyn

Folder 7 Correspondence, 1990s, including Lorna Crozier, Stephen Reid

Box 10 Correspondence 1990s 14 folders

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Folders 1-5 Correspondence, 1990s

Folder 6 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain Including Marilyn Bowering

Folder 7 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain including Marilyn Bowering and Robert Bringhurst

Folder 8 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain Including Jeni Couzyn, Alice Denham

Folder 9 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain Including Marya Fiamengo

Folder 10 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain

Folders 11-12 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain Including George Johnston

Folders 13-14 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain Susan Musgrave

Box 11 Correspondence and short story, P.K. Page 3 folders

Folder 1 Correspondence, 1980s, P.K. Page

Folder 2 ‘The Goat That Flew’ typescript short story by P.K. Page

Folder 3 TLS P.K. Page, June 12, 1989 with text of speech

Box 12 Correspondence 12 folders Bill Bissett

Folder 1 Correspondence, 1980s

Folder 2 Correspondence, 1980s, including Rosemary Sullivan

Folder 3 Correspondence, 1980s, including Marya Fiamengo

Folder 4 Correspondence, 1980s, including Phyllis Webb

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Folder 5 Correspondence, 1980s, including Joe Rosenblatt, Phyllis Webb

Folders 6-8 Correspondence, 1980s, California and Spain, Bill Bissett

Folders 9-12 Bill Bissett Correspondence, 1970s

Box 13 Correspondence, 1970s – 1980s 11 folders Bill Bissett

Box 14 Correspondence, 1970s – 1980s 14 folders Bill Bissett

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