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MS Coll 00761 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 Gift of Lawrence Hill 2015 Includes drafts, research, correspondence and other material related to The Book of Negroes, including the screenplay for the televised series and the illustrated edition; interviews for Black Berry, Sweet Juice; notes, drafts, proofs, copy-editing and other material for The Illegal (early title ‘Underground’) forthcoming novel Fall 2015 (fourth novel and tenth book); personal and professional correspondence; appearances; extended family material; awards; photographs; notebooks; community activities; short pieces, including ‘Africville Forever’; Karen Hill’s Café Babanussa; research, various drafts, proofs and appearance material related to The Massey lectures: Blood: the Stuff of Life; The Deserter’s Tale; and other material related to the life, work and family of Lawrence Hill. Extent: 101 boxes and items (23 metres) The Illegal (early title ‘Underground’) Boxes 1-24 The Book of Negroes Boxes 36-45 Black Berry, Sweet Juice Box 35 Blood: the Stuff of Life Massey Lectures Boxes 27-34 The Deserter’s Tale Boxes 25-26 Correspondence, personal and professional Boxes 88-95 Speeches, Appearances, Honours and Awards Boxes 57-84 Personal/Hill family Boxes 55-56 Karen Hill, Café Babanussa Box 46 Short pieces/other writing/various Boxes 47-54 Holograph notebooks Boxes 85-87 Miscellaneous Boxes 96-101 1 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 Box 1 The Illegal 23 folders Early drafts and notes, 2008-2011, including songs Folder 1 Songs for use in The Illegal Folders 2-3 The Illegal Character plot notes, 2011 Folders 4-12 The Illegal Early drafts and notes – chapters/sections 2009-2010 Folders 13-17 The Illegal Early title ‘Underground’ Early plot notes and test chapters 2009 Folders 18-23 The Illegal Extensive character notes and chapters, 2008-2010 Box 2 The Illegal 21 folders Plot outlines, 2009-2011 Possible titles Draft 3 Miranda Hill’s comments on draft 3 Folders 1-4 The Illegal Plot outlines, 2009-2011 Folder 5 The Illegal Possible titles and plot notes 2010 Folders 6-9 The Illegal Draft 3 July 13, 2012 Folder 10 The Illegal Draft 3 with Miranda Hill’s comments July 13, 2012 Folders 11-13 The Illegal Miranda Hill’s comments on draft 3 July 13, 2012 2 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 Folders 14-15 The Illegal Orphaned segments 2011-2012 Folders 16-21 The Illegal August – September 2012 draft Page 34 to end Box 3 The Illegal 31 folders August to September 2012 draft, page 34 to end Various editorial comments, including by Iris Tupholme Folders 1-6 The Illegal August to September draft, page 34 to end Folder 7 The Illegal Comments, August to September 2012 Folder 8 The Illegal Plot notes 2012 Folders 9-10 The Illegal Draft 10, first 174 pages September 25, 2012 Folder 11 The Illegal Comments from Audrey Macklin, 2014-2015 Folder 12 The Illegal Comments by Reid Coolsaet, October 27, 2014 Folder 13 The Illegal Comments by Noa Mendelsohn Aviv Canadian Civil Liberties Association October 27, 2014 Folder 14 The Illegal Iris Tupholme comments, March 2015 Folder 15 The Illegal Marilyn Verghis comments March 26, 2015 Folder 16 The Illegal Ing Wong-Ward comments, April 1, 2015 3 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 Folder 17 The Illegal Miranda Hill/Ing Wong-Ward/Marilyn Verghis Comments on March 2015 draft Folder 18 The Illegal John Craig suggestions, April 8, 2015 Folder 19 The Illegal Chapter list April 20, 2015 Folder 20 The Illegal Final substantive notes from Iris and Lorissa April 27, 2015 Folder 21 The Illegal Notes for Iris from Lawrence Hill May 3, 2015 Folder 22 The Illegal Editorial notes from Iris Tupholme May 29, 2015 draft Folders 23-31 The Illegal Iris Tupholme edits March 2015 Box 4 The Illegal 22 folders Lauren Repei edit and September 7, 2012 draft 2012 notes and rewrites Folders 1-8 The Illegal Lauren Repei edit October 2012 Folders 9-16 The Illegal Draft 4 September 7, 2012 Folders 17-22 The Illegal 2012 notes and rewrites Box 5 The Illegal 24 folders Donna Hill Comments on draft 1, October 28, 2012 March 13, 2015 and June 2, 2015 drafts with edits 4 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 by Lawrence Hill and Miranda Hill Folders 1-6 The Illegal Donna Hill edits October 28, 2012 Folders 7-20 The Illegal Lawrence Hill and Miranda Hill edits June 2, 2015 draft Folders 21-24 The Illegal Lawrence Hill and Miranda Hill edits March 13, 2015 draft Box 6 The Illegal 20 folders Substantial notes between Lawrence Hill and Iris Tupholme The Book of Negroes notes Speaking notes Folder 1 The Illegal Draft 1 March 1, 2012 Folder 2 Substantial notes between Lawrence Hill and Iris Tupholme, March 6 and 7, 2012 re: draft of The Illegal Folder 3 The Illegal Draft 11 September 29, 2012 Folder 4 The Illegal Draft 12 October 12, 2012 Miranda Hill comments Folder 5 The Illegal Draft 13, chapter 3 Comments by Elya Durisin Folder 6 The Illegal Holograph notes Folder 7 The Illegal Partial draft, chapter 4 on 5 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 Folder 8 The Illegal Partial draft, chapter 6 on Folder 9 The Illegal Partial draft, chapter 13 on Folder 10 The Illegal Partial draft Folders 11-16 The Illegal Draft 11 September 29, 2012 Folder 17 Hernia information research and notes for The Illegal Holograph notebook Folders 18-20 The Illegal Lauren Repei edits October 10, 2012 Box 7 The Illegal 22 folders Edited drafts Lorissa Sengara Allyson Latta Folders 1-13 The Illegal Lorissa Sengara edits Folders 14-22 The Illegal Allyson Latta edits Box 8 The Illegal 27 folders Edits, notes March 13, 2015 Folder 1 The Illegal Miranda Hill edits Spring 2015 Folders 2-18 The Illegal Iris Tupholme editorial notes May 29, 2015 Folders 19-27 The Illegal March 13, 2015 draft 6 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 Box 9 The Illegal 24 folders Lawrence Hill and Miranda Hill edits March 13, 2015 Folders 1-9 The Illegal Lawrence Hill and Miranda Hill edits March 13, 2015 Folder 10 The Illegal Lawrence Hill self edits to March 10, 2015 draft Folders 11-24 The Illegal Lawrence Hill self edits to March 13, 2015 draft Box 10 The Illegal 28 folders Drafts and notes Mid-June 2015 Proofs Copy editor notes Folders 1-18 The Illegal Lawrence Hill edits and comments to edits by copy editor Sarah Wight Mid-June 2015 Folders 19-24 The Illegal June 20, 2015 proofs Folders 25-28 The Illegal Copy editor’s notes re: March 13, 2015 draft Page 231 to end Box 11 The Illegal 47 folders Novel drafts Early 2012 draft September 19, 2014 draft Folder 1 The Illegal Draft 2 for Mimi Early draft 2012 with Miranda Hill comments Folders 2-31 The Illegal Draft 2 with Miranda Hill comments Folder 32 The Illegal Editing notes 7 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 September 21, 2014 Folders 33-47 The Illegal September 19, 2014 draft Box 12 The Illegal 52 folders September 19, 2014 draft continued Clean, unedited draft, September 19, 2014 Folders 1-18 The Illegal September 19, 2014 draft Folders 19-52 The Illegal September 19, 2014 clean, unedited draft Box 13 The Illegal 50 folders September 21, 2014 draft Detailed edit September 22, 2014 draft First part Folders 1-38 The Illegal September 21, 2014 detailed draft Folders 39-50 The Illegal September 22, 2014 draft Box 14 The Illegal 5 items in box Cerlox bound draft 15 January 20, 2014 4 holograph notebooks related to The Book of Negroes and other projects Box 15 The Illegal Item in box Cerlox bound draft October 28, 2014 Box 16 The Illegal Item in box Cerlox bound draft January 23, 2015 Box 17 The Illegal Item in box Hope Kamin edits to March 13, 2015 draft Box 18 The Illegal Item in box Cerlox bound draft 8 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 April 29, 2015 Box 19 The Illegal Item in box Cerlox bound draft Laura Repei edits May 24, 2015 Box 20 The Illegal 24 folders Drafts/notes, May/June 2015 Copy edits Folders 1-8 The Illegal March 13, 2015 draft Folder 9 The Illegal Eve Freedman comments May 24, 2015 Folder 10 The Illegal Proofreader Chelsea Catterall comments May 24, 2015 Folder 11 The Illegal Harper Collins editor Iris Tupholme notes April 30, 2015 Folder 12 The Illegal Lauren Repei (assistant to Lawrence Hill) June 21, 2015 Folder 13 The Illegal Chapter list draft March 13, 2015 Folder 14 The Illegal Miscellaneous handwritten notes Lawrence Hill re: May-June 2015 drafts Folders 15-22 The Illegal Lawrence Hill replies and edits to Iris Tupholme Mid-May 2015 draft Page 233 to end Folder 23 The Illegal Key brothel scene revised in green by Lawrence Hill and Miranda Hll March 13, 2015 draft 9 Ms. Lawrence Hill papers Coll. 761 Folder 24 The Illegal Lawrence Hill detailed replies to Allyson Latta copy edits, May 2015 Box 21 The Illegal 5 folders Allyson Latta edits continued Box 22 The Illegal 29 folders September 22, 2014 draft continued Folders 1-27 The Illegal September 22, 2014 draft Folder 28 The Illegal Chapter 2 ‘Roger Bannister Was Here’ Folder 29 The Illegal Chapter 6 ‘Get A Wagon’ Box 23 The Illegal Item in box Cerlox-bound draft May 22, 2015 Box 24 The Illegal Item in box Cerlox-bound draft Lawrence Hill comments on Sarah Wight’s copy edits, June 2015 Box 25 The Deserter’s Tale 15 folders Notes and drafts Folders 1-2 The Deserter’s Tale Contract correspondence 2006 Folder 3 The Deserter’s Tale First draft book proposal, April 2006 Folder 4 The Deserter’s Tale Book proposal Folder 5 War resisters - print Folder 6 The Deserter’s Tale 10 Ms.
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