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LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88.8
The Leon Rooke Fonds Accession No. 427/88.8
VARIOUS ...... 2
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LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
VARIOUS
New Press Anthology 1984-1985 1.1-1.3 - correspondence, typescripts, notes, clippings
Readings, etc. 1985 1.4
- correspondence, notes
Miscellaneous 1983-1985 1.5
- announcements, notes, correspondence
Working blind, Party at Fellinis’, Hand [n.d.] 1.6 painted flowers, Hat pandowdy, 16 year-old Susan March confesses, Apology for not getting back to you sooner
- typescripts
University of Toronto 1982-1985 2.1
- correspondence, clippings, notes
The Ballard play - Of ice and men 1984-1985 2.2-2.3
- clippings, typescript, notes
2 essays about L. Rooke [n.d.] 2.4
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Clippings 1983 2.5
Items for review 1985 2.6-2.8
Anthology consideration 1984 2.9
Best Canadian 1984 3.1
- typescripts, correspondence, notes
A good baby 1987 3.2
- typescript, notes
Algonquin story 1987 3.3
- 1st draft
Why the heathens fled 1984 3.4
- typescript
Light bulbs 1985 3.5
- typescript
The bucket [n.d.] 3.6
- typescript
Lunatic/water flowing over the bridge [n.d.] 3.7 Page 4
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - manuscripts
This emporium closes its doors [n.d.] 3.8
- manuscripts
Ordinary people [n.d.] 3.9
- manuscript
Saving the province [n.d.] 3.10
- typescript
Swingers, swinging [n.d.] 3.11
- typescript
About the day the sky fell [n.d.] 3.12
- typescript
Now - issue 1984.10 3.13
Let me not to my true mind disdain euphoria [19--] 3.14
- typescript
Rough customer [19--] 3.15
- typescript
Page 5
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Houghton Mifflin Company annual report 1985 3.16
Those who can’t cut it with Mary 1985 3.17
- typescript
Saks Fifth Avenue 1984 3.18
- galleys
Bolt stuff taken from box [19--] 3.19
- notes
Dirty heels of the fine young children
- typescript
Saving the province [19--] 3.20
- typescript
The chained woman 1984 3.21
- typescript
The judge 1985 3.22
- typescript
The woman who talked to horses 1984 3.23
- galleys
Page 6
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Only daughter 1984 3.24
- revisions
Heathens [19--] 3.25
- manuscript
Woman’s guide [19--] 3.26
- manuscript
Only daughter 1984 3.27
- 1st draft
Saloam frigid with time’s irony... 1984 3.28
- final typescript
The heart must from its breaking 1983 3.29
- typescript, notes
Working blind 1983 3.30
- typescript
Women in the city (variant titles: Fairy story, [19--] 4.1 Little Billy Blue)
- typescript
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LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Hand painted flowers [19--] 4.2
- typescript
A bolt of white cloth [19--] 4.3
- typescript, superseded versions
Beloved in the bath 1983 4.4
- typescript
Walking finger [19--] 4.5
- typescripts, notes
A bolt of white cloth 1983 4.6
- typescript
Farmer’s tale [19--] 4.7
- typescript
Fairy tale (variant title: Little Billy Blue) [19--] 4.8
- typescript
Typical day in a desirable woman’s life [19--] 4.9
- 1st draft
Page 8
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Dirty heels of the fine young children [19--] 4.10
- typescripts
The woman who talked to horses [19--] 4.11
- 3rd draft
Building a fire under Peterson [19--] 4.12
- typescript
Party at Fellini’s 1983 4.13
- typescript
Agnes and the cobwebs 1982 4.14
- typescript
Rough customer [19--] 4.15
- working pages
Birth control [19--] 4.16
- story pages
8 stories for Ecco Press book: Break & enter, [19--] 4.17 Agnes and the cobwebs, The shut-in number, The man in the green bathrobe, The history of England, Part four, Some people will tell you the situation at Henny Penny nursery is getting Page 9
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE intolerable, The woman who talked to horses
- photocopies
Saks Fifth Avenue 1983 4.18-4.20
- typescript, notes
The dream lady 1984 4.21
- typescript
Tic-tac-toe (variant title: Apology for not [n.d.] 4.22 getting back to you sooner), Flagpole sessions of the Faculty of Education
- typescripts
Lizard beneath the stump 1984 4.23
- 1st and 2nd draft
Buoyancy laws 1984 4.24
- typescript
Let me not to my true mind disdain euphoria 1984 4.25
- typescript, notes
The woman’s guide to home companionship [19--] 5.1
- typescripts Page 10
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
The madwoman of terrace place [19--] 5.2
- typescripts, notes
Let me not to my true mind disdain euphoria [19--] 5.3
- typescript
Saloam frigid with time’s irony [19--] 5.4
- typescript
Walking finger [19--] 5.5
- end page
Bennett novella (variant title: Bringing home [19--] 5.6-5.7 the constitution)
- typescripts, notes
A bolt of white cloth - includes Saks Fifth [19--] 6.2 Avenue, The woman’s guide to home companionship, Dream lady, Saloam frigid with time’s irony..., Why the heathens are no more, The madwoman of Merryvale, Only daughter, A bolt of white cloth, Saloam frigid with time’s legacy, Dirty heels of the fine young children
- typescripts
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Reviews 1987 6.2
Swing [19--] 6.3
- 3rd draft
Wife talk [19--] 6.4
- 1st and 2nd drafts
Sweethearts [19--] 6.5
- rewritten typescripts
The composers [19--] 6.6
- rewrites
Grace troup 1987 6.7
- typescript
The Journal, CBC 1976-1985 6.8
- correspondence, clippings, invitations
Writers’ Guild of Alberta 1983 6.9
- correspondence
Stephen Scobie story 1985 6.10
- notes, typescript Page 12
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Rubicon 2 1983 7.1
- notes, interview with Peter O’Brien
Jill Swartz [19--] 7.2
- stories for criticism by Rooke
The Authors Guild/Writers’ Union 1981-1985 7.3-7.4
- correspondence, notes, newsletters
House renovation file 1983-1984 7.5
Getting rid of the baby 1985 8.1
- typescripts, notes
Items for criticism [n.d.] 8.2
Struthers, Tim 1983 8.3
- correspondence
Williams - Iquana 1985 8.4
- clippings
Best Canadian 83 1983 8.5
- correspondence, manuscripts Page 13
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Metcalf, John 1976-1983 8.6
- correspondence
Carolina alumni review 1986 9.1
The composers 1986 9.2
- galleys
The Albany Club (variant title: Fancy Country 1986 9.3 Bedside Club)
- typescript
Sugar derby [19--] 9.4
- typescript
Cornfields [19--] 9.5
- 1st draft
Hand painted flowers [19--] 9.6
- revised ending
Swing 1987 9.7
- typescript
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Cornfields [19--] 9.8
- manuscript, typescript
Good baby [19--] 9.9
- play, scene rewrites
Casey is in love - Canadian setting Trois [19--] 9.10 Rivières
- typescripts
Hand painted flowers [19--] 9.11
- revision to ending
Hooking into the sunset
- typescript
Ragmo - No crisis today [19--] 9.12
- notes
Stuff for Canadian story teller - This [19--] 9.13 emporium closes its doors...& Swingers
The arsonist 1900 9.14
- typescript
Bats, The best good girl ever 1986 9.15 Page 15
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - revisions
LR loves GR [19--] 9.16
- beginning
The bucket [19--] 9.17
- new ending; notes
I had with me this woman [19--] 9.18
- untitled story for Gordon
- photocopy
Blues roots [19--] 9.19
- typescript
How the prime ministers live [19--] 9.20
- typescript
Mr. Everything [19--] 9.21
- typescript
House of the sleeping drunkards (variant title: [19--] 9.22 Drinking and the old people)
- typescript
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Bennett 1985 9.23
- draft of novel
3 catalogues 9.24
I want to tell you that all that... [19--] 10.1
- notes
Three Rivers [19--] 10.2
- notes
The composers [19--] 10.3
- manuscripts
Orillia [19--] 10.4
- sheets
Typical day in a desirable woman’s life [19--] 10.5
- typescript
The matter of inches 1986 10.6
- typescript
The story for Gordon 1986 10.7
- 1st and 2nd draft Page 17
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Princess Di faints 1986 10.8
- manuscript, clippings
Swingers swinging [19--] 10.9
- original typescript
Bennett 1986 10.10
- more rewrites
Acta Victoriana interview 1984 10.11
When I put it in [19--] 10.12
- notes
Random thoughts interview [19--] 10.13
House renovation 1984 10.14
Cormac McCarthy radio piece revised for 1986 10.15 Brick
Cormac McCarthy piece for CBC radio [19--] 10.16
Philadelphia Inquirer - G. Vanderhaeghe 1900 10.17 review Page 18
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Struthers, Tim - New Year’s letter 1985 10.18
Items for review 10.19
Poems considered for NBW script [19--] 10.20
The arsonist - 1st draft 1985 10.21
Gnomes [19--] 10.22
- revisions to ending
Wolf and LRRW 1986 10.23
- spot draft
In jail with the Bennetts [19--] 10.24
- typescript
Bats 1986 10.25
- photocopy revisions
Shoe fly pie [19--] 10.26
- photocopy
Who was that at the door, sweetheart? [19--] 10.27 Page 19
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - photocopy
The composers 1985 10.28
- typescript
Sweetheart 1986 10.29
- 1st and 2nd draft
Woes that bind (variant title: Blues roots) 1986 10.30
- notes
Water is flowing over the bridge 1985 10.31
- photocopy
Typical day in a desirable woman’s life 1985 10.32
- photocopy
The primitives [19--] 10.33
-1st draft
The shut-up story (variant title: Son of shoe) 1986 10.34
- notes, 1st draft
Love child (variant title: Bats) [19--] 10.35
- revisions Page 20
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
The daughter’s dress (variant title: Housecall [19--] 10.36 or The Man who polished the floor)
- manuscript
The itch [19--] 10.37
- manuscript
Neighbour watch [19--] 10.38
- story draft
A woman’s world [19--] 10.39
- manuscript
How the prime ministers live [19--] 10.40
- notes
The historian (variant title: Taking to bed) [19--] 10.41
- 1st draft
Dreaded gnomes [19--] 10.42
- for radio
In jail with the Bennetts [19--] 10.43
- typescript Page 21
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Light bulbs [19--] 10.44
- earlier ending
The woman’s guide to home companionship [19--] 10.45
- photocopy
Don’t leave me, Heinz 1985 10.46
- 1st draft
Some women in my choir 1986 10.47
- 1st draft
The new Mrs. Bunting 1985 10.48
- typescript
Cooked pig 1984 10.49
- 1st draft
Dippings `9-- 10.50
- original draft
Let my children be (Henny Penny Nursery [19--] 10.51 story)
- 1st draft Page 22
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Matter of irony/Blue baby [19--] 10.52
- Grand Street edited copy
Newspapers 1984-1985 11.1
- book reviews
Acceptance notices 1983-1987 11.2
- correspondence
Readings 1983-1985 11.3
- correspondence
To be filed 1984-1985 11.4
Miscellaneous letters 1985 12.1
Funding recommendations 1986 12.2
Rejections 1986-1987 12.3
Anthology/magazine solicitations 1984 12.4
Awards 1984-1985 12.5
Governor General’s Award 1984 12.6 Page 23
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Bemidji State University 1985 12.7
Banks, Russell 1983 12.8
- correspondence
Canadian Authors Association 1985-1986 12.9
- correspondence
University of Winnipeg 1986 12.10
- correspondence
Saskatchewan School of the Arts 1985 12.11
- correspondence
Struthers, Tim 1987 12.12
- New Year’s letter
How we founded our great city (variant title: [19--] 12.13 How we conquered the dreaded gnomes)
- for CBC State of the Arts
Raleigh Times 1987 13.1
- correspondence, clippings
Page 24
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Saskatchewan School of the Arts 1986 13.2
- catalogue
New Book News 1984 13.3
- Spring issue
Pretty pictures [19--] 13.4
- 1st draft
Matter of inches [19--] 13.5
- 1st draft, revisions
Bites 1986 13.6
- typescript
A story for Constance [19--] 13.7
- typescript
The Albany Club [19--] 13.8
- manuscript
Wife talk [19--] 13.9
- draft
Good baby [19--] 13.10 Page 25
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - play n.c. rewrites
Saskatchewan School for the Arts 1986 13.11
- portfolio
Sweetbook 1986 13.12
- revised poem Sweethearts for reading at Ivy’s bookshop, National Literacy Week
Sugar derby 1986 13.13
- drafts
Catalogues and reviews 1986-1987 13.14
My mama was making a face [n.d.] 13.15
- photocopy
Blues roots 1986 13.16
- uncorrected galleys
bp Nichol 1986 13.17
- Christmas card
The life and times of 70 years in the life and [19--] 13.18 times of P.K. Page Page 26
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - script
Child’s play (Henny Penny nursery story) for 1986 13.19 CBC State of the Arts
Photos 13.20
A bolt of white cloth 1984 14.1
- edited manuscript
Correspondence and notes 1984-1985 14.2
Miscellaneous 1984-1985 14.3
A woman’s guide to home companionship 1987 14.4
- film script by R. Fife
CBC piece on Cormac McCarthy 1981-1982 14.5
- research
Lethbridge speech [19--] 15.1
ECW Press 1985 15.2
- correspondence and catalogues
McClelland & Stewart 1985-1987 15.3 Page 27
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
New Press Anthology #1 [19--] 15.4
- galleys
Miscellaneous 1986-1987 15.5
The Lish School 1985-1986 15.6
- correspondence
Bemidji 1985 15.7
- schedule
Malahat 1985 15.8
- correspondence
Notebooks [19--] 15.9
T. Ferguson’s novel for review 1985 15.10
Correspondence 1983 16.1
Australian file 1982-1983 16.2
- correspondence, notes
Page 28
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Miscellaneous 1983 16.3
University of Toronto 1983 16.4
- correspondence
Australian file 1982-1983 16.5
- correspondence, notes
Writers’ Union of Canada 1985-1986 16.6
- correspondence, newsletters
3 reel to reel tapes 17.1
Miscellaneous 1982-83 17.2
Stories on hold - Hawk River, BC, [19--] 17.3 Ar-Salar-Saloam’s prospects have never been brighter, Waking up with the dead in Hawk River, BC
- photocopies
Letters 1983-1986 17.4
Readings 1985-1987 18.1
- correspondence
Page 29
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Photos [19--] 18.2
Governor General 1985 18.3
- correspondence
Canada Council 1986 18.4
[Restricted]
External affairs 1985 18.5
Canada Council 1986 18.6
[Restricted]
Canadian Fiction magazine 1984 18.7
- correspondence
Vautier articles 1984 18.8
Canada Council 1986 18.9
- correspondence
Marrying the monkey [19--] 18.10
- photocopy
Thomas M. Jones has been drinking wine all [19--] 18.11 Page 30
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE day
- notes
Do nothing, be rich, live forever [19--] 18.12
- typescript
Ar-Salar-Saloam’s prospects have never been [19--] 18.13 brighter
- photocopy
Old fiction [19--] 18.15
- typescript
Drawings [19--] 18.15
The Man who had no luck [19--] 18.16
- typescript, notes
Old “give up” story 1960 18.17
- typescript
Story start [19--] 18.18
Interviews 1986 18.19
- correspondence Page 31
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Miscellaneous 1984-1985 19.1
Books in Canada prize 1985 19.2
- review
Winnipeg speech [19--] 19.3
Letters story - possibly called Bird in hand, [19--] 19.4 bird in bush
- notes
Fat woman [19--] 19.5
- notes
McClelland & Stewart 1986 19.6
- correspondence
Winnipeg residency 1986 19.7
- correspondence
Spencer, Elizabeth 1983-1987 19.8
- correspondence, notes
Penguin 1986 19.9 Page 32
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
Letters 1986-1987 19.10
Miscellaneous 1984-1985 19.11
Connelly, Trish 1984 19.12
- notes
PEN newsletters 1985 19.13
Miscellaneous 1984 19.14
Readings 1987 19.15
- correspondence, notes
Letters 1984 19.16
- mostly G.G.
Caravan Stage Company 1985-1987 20.1
- correspondence, notes
General Publishing Company 1983-1984 20.2
- correspondence
Page 33
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE McKay, Ally 1985 20.3
- correspondence
Calendar 1984 20.4
Lawrence’s interview [19--] 20.5
Interviews 1984 20.6
Letters 1987 20.7
New World Writing anthology 1985 20.8
- correspondence, notes
Letters 1984 20.9
Play reviews 1987 21.1
- clippings
For the Macmillan Anthology #1 1987 21.2
- correspondence, manuscripts
Canadian Anthology 1985 21.3
- correspondence, manuscripts
Page 34
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Kreiner, Philip 1984 22.1
- correspondence, notes
Foreign 1984-1985 22.2
- correspondence
Interview [19--] 22.3
- notes
Writers’ Union of Canada 1986 22.4
- newsletters, notes
Miss playing around story [19--] 22.5
- notes
Letters 1985-1986 22.6
Story start [19--] 23.1
Dirty heels of the fine young children [19--] 23.2
- for a reading
Miscellaneous [19--] 23.3
Starts [19--] 23.4 Page 35
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - notes
Beginnings [19--] 23.5
- notes
Short story start [19--] 23.6
- notes
Louelle story [19--] 23.7
- notes
Story beginning [19--] 23.8
- notes
Story start [19--] 23.9
- notes
Betts, Doris 1967 23.10
- correspondence
Ecco Press 1983-1984 23.11
- correspondence
The woman who talked to horses, Some 1983-1984 23.11 people will tell you the situation at Henny Penny Nursery is getting intolerable, The (cont’d) Page 36
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE shut-in number, The history of England, Part four
- manuscripts
Garebian, Keith 1981-1982 23.12
- correspondence
Miscellaneous 1979-1983 23.13
PEN 1983 23.14
- correspondence
Letters 1987 23.15
GE nomination 1983 23.16
- correspondence
Pix and stories 1987 23.17
- clippings
Clipping 1985 23.18
Letters 1984 23.19
The last echo 1985 23.20 Page 37
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
Knopf, Liz, etc. 1984-1986 24.1
- correspondence
Gallant, Mavis 1984 24.2
- correspondence
Darhansoff, Liz 1981-1986 24.3
- correspondence
Newlove, John 1985 24.4
- Three poems
Good baby 1986-1987 24.5-24.6
- various versions and drafts
Stories for New Press consideration [19--] 25.1
Wife talk [19--] 25.2
- drafts
Fiction collective 1987 25.3
- correspondence
Page 38
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Miscellaneous 1984-1985 25.4
Random thought 1985 25.5
- issues
Miscellaneous 1984-1986 25.6
Leighton Colony 1986 25.7
- correspondence
National Book Week production [19--] 25.8
- manuscripts
Journal of the Short Story in English - no. 4 1985 25.9
Acceptances, etc. 1987 25.10
- correspondence
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1984-1987 25.11
- correspondence
Pushcard 1987 25.12
- correspondence
Reviews 1986 25.13 Page 39
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
Victoria appointment 1985 25.14
- correspondence
Winnipeg residency 86 1986 25.15
- correspondence
New Press 1985 25.16
- correspondence, clippings, notes
Hood, Hugh 1985-1986 25.17
- correspondence
Spencer, Elizabeth [19--] 25.18
- correspondence
Knopf file 1982-1985 25.19
- correspondence
Hempel, Amy 1985 26.1
- correspondence
1st novel award 1985 26.2
- clippings Page 40
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Victoria profiles 1985 26.3
- clipping
Light bulbs [19--] 26.4
- original typescript
Brick 27 issue 1987 26.5
Ehle, John [19--] 26.6
- correspondence
Miss Beige [19--] 26.7
- notes
Bill New anthology 1985 26.8
- correspondence
Grand Street anthology 1985 26.9
- correspondence
McClelland & Stewart [19--] 26.10
- note
The Quarterly 1987 26.11 Page 41
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
Best Canadian 1987 26.12
- correspondence
Ondaatje & Banks 1986 26.13
- calendar
Philadelphia Inquirer 1987 26.14
- review clipping
New Press & miscellaneous contracts 1984 26.15
[Restricted]
Story starts [19--] 26.16
- notes
Day shift letter 1985 26.17
September 26 openings 2985 26.18
- notes
LSU rights 1983 26.19
- correspondence
Page 42
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Story start [19--] 26.20
- notes
Miscellaneous 1984-1985 26.21
Mary on piano, Osko on horn [19--] 26.22
- play script
Seal Books press release 1985 26.23
Harris, Judith Gail [19--] 26.24
- poem
Young, Patricia [19--] 26.25
- poems
Good baby 1987 26.26
- 1st complete reading draft
D.F. Bailey’s page proofs [19--] 26.27
P.O.V. for class 1965 26.28
- notes
Good baby 1986 26.29 Page 43
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescript
Lester & Orpen Dennys 1985-1986 27.1
- correspondence
Ecco Fat woman [19--] 27.2
- review
Public lending 1987 27.3
Funny sex anthology 1986 27.4
- notes, correspondence
Good baby 1987 27.5
- reviews, correspondence
Shakespeare’s dog [19--] 27.6
- design award
Miscellaneous 1984 27.7
Interview [19--] 27.8
Oberon Press 1982 27.9
- correspondence Page 44
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
University of Lethbridge 1984 27.10
- correspondence
Shakespeare’s dog 1983-1984 27.11-27.12
- play, clippings, correspondence
Bats [19--] 27.13
- photocopy
The bucket [19--] 27.14
- photocopy
Blues roots [19--] 27.15
- photocopy
Looking into the sunset [19--] 27.16
- photocopy
Walking fingers [19--] 27.17
- photocopy
The Mexican novel [19--] 27.18
Cooked pig: 39 stories 1987 28 Page 45
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescripts
Swimmer’s book [19--] 29
- typescript for novel
Postcards; correspondence 1979-1987 30.1
A hard working man [19--] 30.2
- typescript for novel
Daughters of music [19--] 30.3
- typescript for novel
10 books I would recommend to a friend 1987 31.1
- clipping, correspondence
St. Petersburg Times [19--] 31.2
- correspondence
Oldie 1982-1983 31.3
- miscellaneous
Macmillan anthology [19--] 31.4
- correspondence
Page 46
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Miscellaneous 1982 31.5
Abraham Roarch [19--] 31.6
- typescript, notes
Shakespeare’s dog [19--] 31.7
- notes
Barbados [19--] 31.8
- beginning
Fat woman [19--] 31.9
- External Affairs clipping
P.O.V. for class [19--] 31.10
Canada Council 1982 31.11
[Restricted]
General Publishing 1983-1984 31.12
- correspondence
Shakespeare’s dog 1983 31.13
- review
Page 47
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 427/88
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Sing me no love songs, etc. 1984-1985 31.14
- reviews
Reviews [19--] 31.15
A bolt of white cloth [19--] 31.16
- reviews
Reviews 1985 32.1
- general
Miscellaneous 1987 32.2
Story starts [19--] 32.3
- notes
Drafts [19--] 32.4
Mr. Ponchatrane & The white bacon [19--] 32.5
- typescript
Rough customer [19--] 32.6
- typescript
Draft [19--] 32.7 Page 48
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A rustic place [19--] 32.8
- drafts
Story drafts [19--] 32.9
Clean out the refrigerator [19--] 32.10
- typescript
Program notes on the triumphant debut... [19--] 32.11
- typescript
Essay start for Tim Struthers [19--] 32.12
For Canadian Story Tellers [19--] 32.13
Since the death of his wife [19--] 32.14
- typescript
Agnes and the cobwebs [19--] 32.15
- draft
The new magician [19--] 32.16
- photocopy
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- typescript
Video cassette [19--] 33.1
Tape [19--] 33.2
Italian thing [19--] 33.3
- correspondence
Photos [19--] 33.4
Biographical entries 1987 33.5
The man who had everything [19--] 33.6
- typescript
Love child 1986 33.7
- typescript
I had with me this woman 1986 33.8
- photocopy
The blue baby (variant title: A matter of 1986 33.9 inches) Page 50
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - photocopy
Dippings [19--] 33.10
- typescript
University of Toronto 1984 33.11
- agreement
Saskatchewan School of the Arts 1985 33.12
- correspondence
New Press Anthology #2 1985 33.13
- contract
[Restricted]
Hand painted flowers 1984 33.14
- photocopy
Bats [19--] 33.15
- galleys
Sweethearts [19--] 33.16
- galleys
National Book Week play 1986 33.17 Page 51
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescript
D’s assessments 1987 33.18
Luric, Morris 1984 33.19
- correspondence
Riabovich’s Lady [19--] 33.20
- 1st draft
Swing [19--] 33.21
- typescript
Cornfields [19--] 33.22
- typescript
Submissions 1986 33.23
Pretty pictures 1986 33.24
- original typescript
Lovers [19--] 33.25
- typescript
Story [19--] 33.26 Page 52
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Tapes [19--] 34
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The Leon Rooke Fonds Accession No. 648/99.5
CORRESPONDENCE ...... 2 MANUSCRIPTS...... 33 WORKS FOR CHILDREN ...... 61 PUBLISHED WORK ...... 61 ADAPTATIONS OF L. ROOKE’S WORK BY OTHER WRITERS ...... 69 WORKS ON LEON ROOKE ...... 70 MISCELLANEOUS ...... 72 AUDIOTAPES (cassette) ...... 74 POSTERS ...... 75 WORKS BY OTHER AUTHORS ...... 75 EDEN MILLS WRITERS’ FESTIVAL ...... 86 BOOKS BY L. ROOKE ...... 86
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
CORRESPONDENCE
Announcements of and invitations to book 1988-1997 1.1 launches, gallery openings, theatre premières, award presentations and private parties
Greetings cards and postcards from various 1981-1982, 1.2 individuals 1989-1997
Letters from unidentified individuals [n.d.], 1.3
1992-1995
_____, Anna June 4, 1996 1.4
_____, Christine June 25, 1993 1.5
_____, Diane January 1, 1992- 1.6
July 15, 1996
_____, Isabel October 1993 1.7
_____, Jean March 19, 1991 1.8
_____, Kristen and Chris [199-] 1.9
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
_____, Mary [199-] 1.10
_____, Melissa and Ricardo 1993 1.11
_____, Peter January 3, 1992 1.12
_____, Robert August 6, 1992 1.13
_____, Toby January 25, 1995 1.14
Acton High School March 6, 1992- 1.15
November 26, 1992
Adderson, Caroline October 7, 1993- 1.16
August 2, 1994
Alberta. Department of Education February 26, 1996- 1.17
June 21, 1996
Alexander, John December 19, 1990 1.18
Alexis, André [199-] 1.19
Alfred A. Knopf Canada December 1, 1.20
1993-1997 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 1994 1.21
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill February 14, 1994- 1.22
May 13, 1997
Allan, Candace November 3, 1992 1.23
American Voice October 25, 1996 1.24
Amherst Writers & Artists [199-] 1.25
Ampersand Press October 20, 1992 1.26
Antioch Review December 16, 1996 1.27
Armstrong, June November 30, 1994 1.28
Arsenal Pulp Press April 1993- 1.29
October 18, 1995
Artenbrut October 18, 1995- 1.30
November 4, 1995
Ashford, Valerie May 4, 1995 1.31 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Atwood, Margaret [199-] 1.32
Australian and New Zealand Studies in August 6, 1992 1.33 Canada
Banks, Russell April 18, 1993- 2.1
May 27, 1996
Barringer, James L. November 18, 1991 2.2
Beach Holme Publishers 1991-1993 2.3
Berry, Michelle October 1, 1990- 2.4
January 10, 1997
Black Moss Press June 19, 1991- 2.5
Spring 1996
Blood & Aphorisms October 16, 1994- 2.6
Summer 1995
Bogoslaw, David May 19, 1994- 2.7
July 5, 1996
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Bohemian Embassy June 11, 1991 2.8
Book World (Washington Post) October 1993 2.9
Books in Canada February 31, 1992- 2.10
April 21, 1995
Border Crossings July 13, 1994- 2.11
November 1996
Brick Books December 29, 1994- 2.12
Spring 1996
Broadwell Films January 29, 1997 2.13
Bruni, Valerio January 28, 1993- 2.14
August 1993
Bukowski Agency July 17, 1992- 2.15
February 21, 1997
Burns Bog Conservation Society [199-] 2.16
Cahoots Theatre Projects 1994 2.17
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Calcaterra, Janet September 20, 1992 2.18
Calgary Creative Reading Series January 12, 1992- 2.19
March 21, 1992
Calmeadow September 20, 1995- 2.20
May 14, 1996
Calzetta, Tony May 1992-1997 2.21
Canada Council March 1990- 2.22
April 9, 1996
Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and December 29, 1996- 2.23 International Trade. Arts Promotion and Cultural Industries Division April 1997
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons April 7, 1997 2.24
Canadian Authors Association October 30, 1993 2.25
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation October 1992- 2.26
February 26, 1993
Canadian Fiction Magazine June 3, 1992- 2.27
February 25, 1997 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Canadian Film Centre October 7, 1993 2.28
Canadian Magazine Publishers Association April 15, 1993 2.29
Canadian National Institute for the Blind September 15, 1993- 2.30
October 26, 1993
Canadian Who’s Who September 12, 2.31
1992-1998
Caravan Stage Company February 11, 2.32
1992-1996
Chattahoochee Review January 4, 1989 2.33
Clark, Tom July 28, 1992 2.34
Coach House Press September 4, 1991- 3.1-3.2
October 16, 1996
Comstock, Rolland L. May 27, 1993- 3.3
November 5, 1993
Cormorant Books May 9, 1994- 3.4 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
November 20, 1996
Côté, Nicole February 22, [199-] 3.5
Coteau Books September 12, 1993- 3.6
Spring 1997
Cradle of Canadian Literature September 13, 1995 3.7
Creation in the Arts ‘95 January 1995 3.8
Creative Anarchy January 13, 1997- 3.9
January 20, 1997
Curt Richter Photography December 7, 1994- 3.10
October 4, 1995
Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agency December 18, 1991- 3.11
September 17, 1997
Descant June 17, 1992- 3.12
January 3, 1997
Diane Hargrave Public Relations September 14, 1994- 3.13
September 29, 1995 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Dieckmann, Katherine December 1994 3.14
Dooley, David B. July 19, 1996 3.15
Douglas & McIntrye January 23, 1992 3.16
Dugan, Melanie July 27, 1992 3.17
East Carolina University June 10, 1994 3.18
ECW Press 1993 3.19
Ehle, John May 27, 1992- 3.20
September 1, 1997
Elora Writers Festival January 16, 1994- 3.21
May 11, 1996
Epoch July 22, 1992- 3.22
March 17, 1993
Euphorbus March 12, 1996- 3.23
June 3, 1996
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Factory Theatre June 17, 1995- 3.24
July 8, 1996
Fanshawe College Letters and Arts Society March 20, 1997 3.25
Ferguson, Trevor September 23, 1997 3.26
Fiction Collective Two July 2, 1992- 3.27
July 6, 1997
Fiddlehead March 1995 3.28
Fisher, Joe December 4, 1991 3.29
Fonds Gloria Demers October 1996 3.30
G.K. Hall & Co. June 30, 1990 4.1
Gagnon, Daniel February 15, 1996 4.2
Geddes, Gary July 26, 1991- 4.3
January 25, 1992
General Publishing June 16, 1994 4.4
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Georgetown Review [199-] 4.5
Gibson, Shirley Mann February 27, 1995- 4.6
[after February 27, 1995]
Glover, Douglas June 25, 1992- 4.7
September 16, 1993
Gordon, Jaimy June 6, 1990- 4.8
September 28, 1995
Gould, Allan September 16, 1991 4.9
Greenpeace Canada February 22, 1995- 4.10
March 1996
Grove Weidenfeld October 16, 1991 4.11
Guelph Arts Council November 19, 1990- 4.12
September 21, 1994
Guelph Jazz Festival August 21, 1996 4.13
Guilford, Irene May 27, 1992 4.14
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Gunn, Stephanie October 2, 1992 4.15
Hammond, Brad April 25, 1995 4.16
Hancock, Geoffrey September 1, 1995 4.17
Harbourfront Reading Series February 18, 1992- 4.18
July 8, 1997
Harper Collins Publishers February 15, 1993- 4.19
November 27, 1995
Hartog, Diana August 1994- 4.20
September 2, 1996
Harris, Erina July 29, 1996- 4.21
[after November 20, 1996]
Heartsong Books October 31, 1994 4.22
Heighton, Steve May 24, 1992- 4.23
September 15, 1992
Hickerson, Jack and Mary December 1997 4.24 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Hill, Lawrence July 28, 1992- 4.25
January 2, 1996
Hillside Festival July 19, 1995- 4.26
August 11, 1997
Hodgins, Jack May 12, 1993 4.27
Hollins College [199-] 4.28
Homel, David December 19, 1991 4.29
House of Anansi December 7, 1993- 4.30
March 1997
Hudson, Noel June 21, 1996 4.31
Hunt, Nigel J. September 13, 1994- 4.32
November 24, 1994
Indian Association of Canadian Studies July 8, 1992 4.33
Information Oakville July 15, 1994 4.34
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Ingram, Maria October 15, 4.35
1991-1993
Inkster, Tim and Elka January 3, 1996- 4.36
February 10, 1997
Insomniac Press [before March 25, 1995]- 4.37 August 5, 1996
Instituto Italiano Di Cultura April 19, 1989- 5.1-5.2
October 23, 1995
International Biographical Centre April 16, 1993- 5.3
December 13, 1996
International P.E.N. Canadian Centre November 1985- 5.4
June 10, 1996
Intersection for the Arts 1991 5.5
Jiles-Johnson, Paulette February 17, [199-] 5.6
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial November 1991- 5.7 Foundation August 9, 1992
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Kackley, Dawn May 7, 1990- 5.8
February 1, 1996
Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions November 7, 1991- 5.9
August 5, 1992
Kilodney, Grad December 13, 1991- 5.10
January 13, 1992
Kirkpatrick, Deborah November 12, 1996 5.11
Kirkwood, Hilda February 22, 1993- 5.12
[before February 21, 1995]
Kitson, Jenny January 8, 1997- 5.13
January 10, 1997
Konzor December 27, 1994- 5.14
February 15, 1997
Krampf, Tom November 15, 1991- 5.15
June 13, 1994
Ksonzek, Natasha June 1992 5.16 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Kuris, Edward S. April 17, 1995 5.17
Lalicata, Patrizia February 21, 1996- 5.18
September 11, 1996
Lamb, Darlene [199-] 5.19
Lawson, Thomas T. May 22, 1996 5.20
Leclaire, Jacques November 6, 1995 5.21
Lee, David March 15, 1992- 5.22
June 3, 1992
Lester & Orpen Dennys [1990] 5.23
Levesque, John October 24, 1996- 5.24
November 13, 1996
Lisa Alward Publicity and Marketing for May 19, 1993 5.25 Publishers
Lish, Gordon May 2, 1994- 5.26
September 11, 1995 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
London Public Libraries and Museums April 30, 1991 5.27
Luxton, Sean December 9, 1991 5.28
MacKinnon, Kathleen [199-] 5.29
MacLaren Art Centre September 18, 1996- 5.30
November 11, 1996
Magagnoli, Sabina October 9, 1996- 5.31
June 23, 1997
Malahat Review [199-]-August 30, 1996 5.32
Malyon, Carol and Mike March 2, 1992- 5.33
September 15, 1996
Manitoba Writers Guild April 6, 1992- 6.1
May 5, 1992
Maraini, Dacia 1996 6.2
Marginal Distribution September 10, 1996 6.3
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
McClelland and Stewart September 21, 1992- 6.4
September 22, 1997
McFadden, David September 19, 1996- 6.5
September 28, 1996
McGraw-Hill Ryerson February 11, 1992- 6.6
March 30, 1992
McLean, Robert [before January 25, 6.7 1995]-October 2, 1995
Mercury Press [1995] 6.8
Mercury Theatre June 29, 1991- 6.9
August 1, 1991
Metcalf, John July 24, 1989- 6.10
Dec. 27, 1995
Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library July 21, 1992- 6.11
September 1, 1992
Molinari, Mara June 3, 1996- 6.12
August 12, 1997 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Montagnes, Anne May 1, 1992 6.13
Moosehead Anthology January 21, 1992- 6.14
[after January 21, 1992]
Musgrave, Susan November 27, 1991- 6.15
September 27, 1992
National Association for the Promotion of [199-] 6.16 Student Journalism
Negative Capability January 9, 1994 6.17
Nelson Canada October 27, 1995- 6.18
October 25, 1996
New Quarterly June 1995- 6.19
October 28, 1996
New York Times Book Review August 6, 1993- 6.20
September 25, 1996
Newgarden, Albert January 22, 1996 6.21
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
North Carolina Literary Review August 13, 1992- 6.22
August 6, 1996
North Carolina Writers Conference [1982]-[1997] 6.23
Northwestern University Press 1990-February 17, 1995 6.24
Oberon Press April 25, 1994- 6.25
January 31, 1997
Octopus Books May 22, 1996 6.26
Ocean Public Library Mar. 20, 1992 6.27
Ondaatje, Michael [199-]-March 24, 1997 6.28
Ontario Arts Council [199-]-July 11, 1995 6.29
Ontario Council of Teachers of English, January 24, 1996 6.30 Communications and Language Arts
Oolichan Books September 30, 1993 6.31
Outram, Richard [1991] 6.32
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Owens, Candace [199-] 6.33
Oxford American November 20, 1995- 6.34
February 7, 1996
Page, P.K. 1988-December 19, 1996 7.1
Paris Transcontinental January 11, 1994 7.2
Pedlar Press [199-] 7.3
Pelletier, Cathie [19--] 7.4
Peskett, Craig October 7, 1992 7.5
Pfeiffer University September 22, 1997- 7.6
October 8, 1997
Pilling, Marilyn Gear September 13, 1995- 7.7
April 20, 1996
Plevano, Carla December 16, 1995- 7.8
June 1996
Ploughshares August 20, 1992- 7.9 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
December 1, 1993
Porcupine’s Quill December 21, 1991- 7.10-7.11 December 31, 1997
Pottersfield Press September 4, 7.12
1991-[1993]
Prairie Fire October 31, 1995- 7.13
September 23, 1997
Priest, Robert April 10, 1992 7.14
Primedia June 17, 1995 7.15
Public Lending Right Commission [1991]-February 16, 1996 7.16
Pugsley, Alex January 15, 1994- 7.17
February 15, 1996
Quarry Magazine April 24, 1991- 7.18
Dec. 15, 1994
Quarry Press July 31, 1991-[1997] 7.19
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Quarterly (New York) June 9, 1994- 7.20
October 11, 1994
Quarterly (Toronto) April 21, 1994- 7.21
December 1, 1996
Random House of Canada February 11, 1992- 7.22
April 16, 1993
Reed College July 24, 1995- 7.23
September 27, 1995
Reference Press March 25, 1994- 7.24
May 4, 1995
Regan, Denyse [199-] 7.25
Resource Centre for the Arts [199-] 7.26
Richards, John September 13, 1996 7.27
Richards, Sue [199-] 7.28
Riem Natale, Antonella December 1, 1995 7.29
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Rogal, Stan September 13, 1996 7.30
Rogers, Shelagh [199-]-January 3, 1996 7.31
Rook, John October 23, 1994 7.32
Rooke, Constance October 20, 1985- 8.1-8.2
September 20, 1997
Rooke, Phillip Earl December 16, 1994 8.3
Roscoe, Patrick August 20, 1984- 8.4
January 5, 1992
Ross, Oakland June 13, 1994 8.5
Ross, Stuart June 12, 1992- 8.6
October 4, 1992
Russelo, Christine November 21, 1991- 8.7
January 28, 1992
S.A. Cooper Unlimited October 16, 1991 8.8
Sage Hill Writing Experience August 1994 8.9 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Saskatchewan Book Awards July 11, 1996- 8.10
October 15, 1996
Scheier, Libby April 29, 1991 8.11
Schoemperlen, Diane June 15, 1994- 8.12
December 1996
Scream in High Park April 20, 1994- 8.13
April 17, 1996
Sheard, Sarah September 26, 1992 8.14
Shepherd, Tracy February 7, 1995 8.15
Shields, Carol June 9, 1996 8.16
Simpson, Anne November 8, 1994 8.17
Sleeping Giant Productions November 4, 1996- 8.18
July 9, 1996
Somerville House [before October 24, 8.19 1992]-Fall 1996
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Sotok, Lauren February 4, 1995 8.20
Spalding Esta January 5, 1994 8.21
Sparling, Ken March 26, 1994- 8.22
April 23, 1994
Spirit Valley Experience [before May 30, 1996]- 8.23 September 2, 1996
Stoddart Publishing Co. October 15, 1991- 8.24
March 3, 1994
Struthers, J.R. (Tim) July 29, 1985- 8.25
January 11, 1993
Surridge, Christopher [199-] 8.26
Swan, Susan [199-]-December 12, 8.27 1992
Swiantek, Stacey L. December 26, 1991- 8.28
March 17, 1992
Swartz, Jill April 5, 1992 8.29
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Sympatico Netlife July 23, 1997- 8.30
August 19, 1997
Taragano, Martin September 1, 1992- 9.1
April 1996
Tate, James June 8, 1993 9.2
Tesseract Books October 10, 1996 9.3
This Magazine November 30, 1994- 9.4
August 22, 1996
Thistledown Press October 16, 1996 9.5
Tomlinson, Charlie January 23, 1996 9.6
Toronto Council of Teachers of English May 9, 1992- 9.7
May 21, 1992
Toronto Hospital December 19, 1995- 9.8
[before April 18, 1996]
Tower Poetry Society November 21, 1993 9.9
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Trillium Plus Music & Letters December 5, 1994- 9.10
November 1992
TriQuarterly Spring-Summer 1990- 9.11
[after March 15, 1996]
Turnstone Press July 22, 1992- 9.12
September 1, 1997
Università Ca’ Foscari Di Venezia September 1, 1995- 9.13 October 21, 1995
Università Degli Studi Della Tuscia February 18, 1997- 9.14
March 18, 1997
Università Degli Studi Di Bologna September 7, 1995 9.15
Università Degli Studi Di Padova December 14, 1995- 9.16
December 28, 1995
Università Degli Studi Di Trieste August 17, 1995 9.17
Università Degli Studi Di Udine September 19, 1995 9.18
University of Calgary June 15, 1993- 9.19 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
January 15, 1996
University of Guelph August 19, 1992- 9.20
January 31, 1996
University of North Carolina [before January 24, 9.21 1994]-June 6, 1997
University of Saskatchewan July 17, 1997 9.22
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for February 5, 1997 9.23 Writers & Mississippi Review
University of Toronto June 14, 1998- 9.24
March 24, 1994
University of Toronto Bookstore 1993-1996 9.25
University of Toronto Press October 24, 1995 9.26
University of Toronto. Erindale Campus August 12, 1992 9.27
University of Toronto. Scarborough Campus July 13, 1992- 9.28
April 20, 1994
University of Waterloo July 3, 1996 9.29 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
University of Western Ontario January 30, 1991- 9.30
May 13, 1991
Unterberg Poetry Center March 18, 1993- 9.31
May 31, 1994
van Herk, Aritha March 13, 1992- 9.32
October 13, 1993
Vancouver International Writers Festival August 8, 1996- 9.33
November 20, 1996
Vancouver Island Regional Library February 1992 9.34
Victoria School of Writing September 14, 1995- 9.35
July 16, 1996
Walsh, Meeka March 11, 1992- 9.36
August 27, 1992
Watt, Kelly January 17, 1994- 9.37
October 20, 1995
Wearing, Deborah September 26, 1995- 9.38 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
[after November 15, 1995]
Wenker-Konner, Ronnie [199-] 9.39
Western Michigan University February 14, 1992- 10.1
May 11, 1995
White Water Gallery [199-] 10.2
Who’s Who in Canadian Literature [before January 31, 10.3 1994]-March 27, 1997
Williamstown Theatre Festival January 21, 1988- 10.4
April 26, 1988
Willoughby, Joshua C. December 5, 1996-[after 10.5 December 5, 1996]
Willson, Bonnie November 15, 1992 10.6
Winnipeg Writers Festival June 23, 1997-[after June 10.7 23, 1997]
Witherspoon Associates November 11, 1991- 10.8
October 7, 1993 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Woolfe, Sue July 24, 1994 10.9
World Literacy of Canada October 12, 1994- 10.10
January 16, 1996
Writ (Periodical) [1995] 10.11
Write Away! August 2, 1993 10.12
Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland November 15, 1994 10.13
Writers’ Development Trust December 11, 1991- 10.14
November 1, 1996
Writers’ Union of Canada February 28, 1989- 10.15-10.16 November 22, 1996
Writual May 16, 1995 10.17
MANUSCRIPTS
African lion safari art: [short story] November 26, 1996 11.1
- typescript (computer printout) drafts
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Andy Rooney north: appropriation of voice 1: [1992] 11.2 danger! Watch out! : [article]
- typescript (computer printout) draft
Art: [short story] July 28, 1992 11.3
- page proofs for Coach House Press anthology Likely stories: a postmodern sampler
At Heidegger’s grave: [short story] [199-] 11.4
- page proofs for Carousel, no. 11
Body count: [short story] [1993] 11.5
- typescript (computer printout)
- page proofs for Epoch magazine (2 copies)
The boy from Moogradi and the woman with [1993] 11.6 the map to Kolooltopec: [short story]
- uncorrected page proofs for Ploughshares, Winter 1993 issue
Business and labor art: [short story] December 19, 1996 11.7
- typescript (computer printout) 2nd draft
The coming: [stage play] August 20, 1991 11.8
- typescript (photocopy) workshop draft by Leon Rooke, Paul Kirby, Robert Priest FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
and Deborah Poiter
The Coming: [stage play] June 4, 1992- 11.9
- publicity, reviews, programs June 19, 1992
Constance in Krakow: [short story] [199-] 11.10
- typescript (computer printout) fragment
Early obscenities in the life of the world’s [199-] 11.11 foremost authority on Heidegger: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) fragment and draft
Expect the best from Evans: [short story] November 12, 1994 11.12
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragment
- typescript (computer printout) drafts
Fezzini must have you ever at her side: [short March 27, 1997 11.13 story]
- uncorrected galley proofs for American Voice
A good baby: [novel] [199-] 11.14
- 6 audio cassettes made by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (8:46 hours)
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
A good baby: [stage play] May 1987 11.15
- typescript (photocopy) with holograph revisions draft for Caravan Stage Company
The greater world beyond my nose: [short [199-] 11.16 story]
- typescript (photocopy) draft
Guacamole game: [novella] [199-] 11.17
- typescript (photocopy) first draft with variant title If I ask you nicely will you tell me the score
The happiness of others: [short story December 28, 1991- 11.18 collection] September 1992 - reviews
The heart must from its breaking: [short story] 1992 11.19
- holograph and typescript fragments
- typescript (computer printout) drafts
- typescript (photocopy) script for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Cloud 9 program of ghost stories on which L. Rooke read the story, October 11, 1992
Heidegger’s cat: [short story] November 27, 1996 12.1
- typescript (computer printout) first draft FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
The Henrietta Armani story (in snippets): [199-] 12.2 [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) first draft
Home: [short story] [199-] 12.3
- typescript (computer printout) drafts of 3 versions of short story with variant titles Bury me at home, Hereby hangs a home and Not the lone prairie
In her shoes: [short story] [1992] 12.4
- page proofs for Snapshots: the new Canadian fiction, edited by Kristina Russelo
- includes stories Don’t cook a pig, Family quarrels and Opening night
Introduction of John Metcalf: [speech] [199-] 12.5
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph annotation “U of T”
Is you is or is you ain’t my baby: Canadian [199-] 12.7 fiction against the headwinds
- typescript (computer printout)
Kiss: [novel] [199-] 12.8-12.10
- holograph, typescript, typescript (computer printout) fragments FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Kiss: [novel] [199-] 12.11-12.12
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) first complete draft (missing p. 1-10)
Kiss: [novel] [1993] 13.1-13.2
- typescript (computer printout) complete draft
Klune: [short story] October 19, 1994 13.3
- typescript with holograph revisions drafts
Laundry detail November 20, 1991 13.4
- typescript (computer printout)
Legend of the flaming moths; a tribute to P.K. [1996] 13.5 Page: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) draft
- variant titles Legend of the moths and The day in Red Deer when moths invaded the village of flowers
Metcalf’s shoes: [article] [199-] 13.6
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
More bud: [short story] [199-] 13.7 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragment and drafts
Mother tongue and sister love: [novel] [199-] 13.8
- typescript (computer printout) fragment
Mother’s home: [short story] August 25, 1996 13.9
- typescript (computer printout) first draft
Muffins: [short story] May 25, 1995 13.10
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft
- typescript (computer printout) “taped version before cuts”
Muffins: [short story] September 1995 13.11
- printed material (photocopy) uncorrected galley proofs
Muffins: [short story] [1995]-August 1996 13.12
- printed material reviews and publicity including Porcupine’s Quill Fall and Winter 1995 and Spring and Summer 1996 catalogues and University of Toronto Bookstore Review, v. 9, no. 1, Autumn 1995
The music: [short story] [199-] 13.13
- typescript (computer printout) with FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
holograph revisions fragments
- typescript (computer printout) complete second draft
The name [short story] [199-] 13.14
- typescript (computer printout) draft
Narcis u Zrcalu: [short story collection] [1997] 13.15
- reviews of 14 stories by L. Rooke translated into Croation by Branks Gorjub
Oh!: [short story collection] [199-] 13.16
- holograph, typescript, typescript with holograph revisions miscellaneous preliminary pages including lists of stories, title pages, credits, dedication
Oh!: Adventures in fairyland: [short story] November 1996 13.17
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph annotations four drafts
- variant title Tar body on first draft
Oh!: Apology for not getting back to you [1996] 13.18 sooner: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) draft
Oh!: The bell: [short story] [1996] 13.19
- typescript (computer printout) draft FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- variant title Bury him at home
Oh!: Fezzini must have you ever at her side: [1996] 13.20 [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) five drafts
- variant title The life savers of Vicenza on first draft
Oh!: Gypsy art: [short story] November 25, 1996 14.1
- typescript (computer printout) three drafts with variant title Eustace among the gypsies (titled based on published title)
Oh!: Hot: [short story] [1996] 14.2
- typescript (computer printout) draft
Oh!: The house of the sleeping drunkards: [1996] 14.3 [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) draft
[July 11, 1996] 14.4
Oh!: If we may not save the living let us save the dead: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments and four drafts
Oh!: The judge: high plains art: [short story] [1996] 14.5 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- typescript (computer printout) draft
- variant title Cowboy art on first page
Oh!: The Lithuanian wife: [short story] October 9, 1995-[1996] 14.6
- typescript (computer printout) first draft
- typescript (photocopy) draft
- typescript (computer printout) proof of version published in TriQuarterly
Oh!: More you may not expect from Runté: [1996] 14.7 [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) two drafts
- includes duplicate copy of second draft
Oh!: The Yale chair: [short story] October 26, 1994 14.8
- typescript (computer printout), typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions four drafts
Oh!: Old mother: [short story] [1996] 14.9
- typescript (computer printout) draft
Oh!: Raleigh in the new world: [short story] [1996] 14.10
- typescript (computer printout) draft
Oh!: Raphael’s cantalupo melon: [short story] [1996] 14.11 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- typescript (computer printout) four drafts
- includes research material about melons
Oh!: Reprieve: [short story] [1996] 14.12
- typescript (computer printout)
Oh!: RSVP: [short story] [1996] 14.13
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions two drafts
- variant title Don’t cook a pig on p. 1 of first draft and An invitation on p. 1 of second draft
July 14, 1996 14.14
Sidebar to the judiciary proceedings, the Nurnberg war trials, November 1945: [short story
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft
- typescript (computer printout) draft
- includes duplicate copy of second draft
Oh!: The six blind boys of Santa Ocuro: October 20, 1994- 14.15 [short story] January 6, 1995 - typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions first draft
- typescript (computer printout) with attached holograph notes second draft
- typescript (computer printout) with FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
holograph revisions third(?) draft
- typescript (computer printout) “edited version not final”
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) draft with unidentified holograph editorial comments
Oh!: St. Pete and the chamber of horrors [1996] 14.16
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) draft
Oh!: The weepers of Vicenza: [short story] May 5, 1996- 14.17
- typescript (computer printout) first draft June 2, 1996
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions second draft
- typescript (computer printout) third draft
Oh!: The woman from Red Deer who went to July 1, 1996- 14.18 Johannesburg, set herself afire, and leapt four floors to her apparent death: [short story] July 2, 1996
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions first draft
- typescript (computer printout) second draft
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions third draft
- typescript (computer printout) fourth draft and edited fourth draft
- typescript (computer printout) fragment FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
from fourth draft
- typescript (computer printout) final(?) draft
Oh!: The woman with the electrified heart: [1996] 15.1 [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) fragments
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions, typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) three drafts
Oh!: Wy wn ty calld your name you did not October 3, 1996 15.2 answr: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions first draft (includes 3 duplicate copies)
- typescript (computer printout) second and third drafts
Oh, no, I have not seen Molly: [prose] [1994-1996] 15.3
- typescript with holograph revisions fragments
- typescript (computer printout) complete draft (includes duplicate copy)
- typescript galley proofs for Harbourfront Reading Series Chapbook (3 copies) with holograph editorial suggestions in first copy
Old mother: [short story] June 13, 1994 15.4 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft
Old Eden Mills old folks reunion party: [short [199-] 15.5 story]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions second draft with variant title Old folks Guelph line reunion party
- typescript final(?) draft
Ooo-Ooo-Ooo: [short story] [199-] 15.6
- holograph fragments
- typescript (computer printout) labelled “1st version, 1st person”
- typescript (computer printout) third person draft
Reading habits of the British aristocracy: June 30, 1992 15.7 [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) first draft and second(?) draft
Red is her color: [poem] [199-] 15.8
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions and typescript (computer printout)
Red shoes on Ebo Road: [short story] April 17, 1996 15.9 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- typescript (computer printout) first draft with variant title When red shoes walk Ebo Road
- typescript (computer printout) labelled “1st printout”
Review of Barry Hannah’s High lonesome: [1996] 15.10 [book review]
- typescript (computer printout) and typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) drafts
[1993] 15.11
Review of James Dickey’s To the white sea: [book review]
- Houghton Mifflin publicity material about James Dickey and To the white sea
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions labelled “not the final”
- typescript final(?) draft (2 copies)
- typescript (photocopy) with unidentified editorial comments from New York Times Book Review
Review of Lewis Nordan’s Wolf whistle: [1993] 15.12 [book review]
- typescript (computer printout) book review for Washington Post Book World
- includes duplicate copy of item FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Review of Susan Straight’s I been in sorrow’s [1992] 15.13 kitchen and licked out all the pots: [book review]
- Hyperion publicity material about Susan Straight
- review of movie Daughters of the Dust referred to in L. Rooke’s book review
- typescript (computer printout) fragments
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft of book review for New York Times Book Review
- duplicate copy of item
Shorty: [short story] October 19, 1995 15.14
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions first draft
Snake: [short story] [198- or [199-]] 15.15
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments and first draft
Shakespeare’s dog: [stage play] [after 1983] 15.16
- typescript (computer printout) draft
Should you go to Turkey: [short story] November 18, 1993 15.17
- typescript draft FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Sloppy joes: [short story] January 23, 1995 15.18
- typescript (computer printout) first draft
November 26, 1996 15.19
The sporting arts from Al’s sport desk: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) with variant title Al’s sports desk
- typescript (computer printout) final(?) draft
A submission that the author will next day [199-] 15.20 regret: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) eight drafts and final version
Successor to the United Nations - the annual [199-] 15.21 meeting: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) draft
The swim from Kos to Turkey and other April 7, 1996- 15.22 existentialist acts: [short story] April 17, 1996 - typescript (computer printout) fragment with variant title Vivian is my girl
- typescript (computer printout), typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions three drafts
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Time and being: [novel]
- the following 5 boxes contain fragments and drafts of a novel in progress with many variant titles
- items are listed under variant titles used
A different light: [novel] [1992] 16
- typescript (computer printout), typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments and drafts
- several items have variant title Mother tongue
Nancy Sullivan’s book of fate; a novel of [1992?] 17.1-17.2 romance: [novel]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments identified on original file folder as “Nancy Sullivan Beg. Dr.” [beginning draft?]
The book of fate: a short novel biography: October 22, 1994- 17.3-17.4 [novel] November 12, 1994 - typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments
The book of fate: the biography of Nancy 17.5 Sullivan: [novella?]
- typescript title page indicating the original plan was to publish the novella with seven stories - file includes letter from Diane _____, FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Bukowski Agency, reacting to the manuscript and making suggestions October 30, 1994 - includes typescript (computer printout) drafts of the following short stories:
Muffins, anyone!
Muffins
Early obscenities in the life of the world’s foremost authority on Heidegger
The six blind boys of Santa Ocuro
Church and state
Expect the best from Evans
The book of fate: networking Nancy Sullivan: October 22, 1994 18.1 [novel]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft
The Book of fate: cradle power: [novel] 18.2
- typescript (computer printout) with November 6, 1994 holograph revisions first draft
- typescript (computer printout) second(?) draft November 12, 1994
The book of fate: trading with Mexico by January 18, 1995 18.3 Nancy Sullivan: [novel]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions labelled “quick print copy for Jamaica - 1st run”
- typescript (computer printout) draft with FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
John Metcalf’s holograph editorial comments and duplicate clean copy of item
The book of fate: networking Nancy Sullivan: May 11, 1995 18.4 [novel]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments and drafts
Being and time: Krakow spring: [novel] [1995?] 18.5
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments and drafts
Time and being: [novel] [1995?] 18.6
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions fragments
Time and being: [novel] January 1996 19.1
- typescript (computer printout) fragments
Time and being: [novel] [1996?] 19.2-19.3
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft
Time and being: [novel] [1996?] 20.1-20.4
- typescript (computer printout) complete draft
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Tomato: [prose] [1992] 21.1
- holograph and typescript with holograph revisions drafts
Touring Europe with Bonwit Teller: [short [199-] 21.2 story]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions first draft, edited version
Twosomes, foursomes: [short story] [199-] 21.3
- typescript (computer printout) two drafts
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft
Waldorf, his accident, the news, the mother, November 25, 1996 21.4 the cake, and the two sisters: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions first draft
The wheel chair, apples, the party, the father, [199-] 21.5 a mother’s smile, kittens, the zoo, wired oceans: [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions draft
Who do you love?: [short story collection] [1992?] 21.6-22.1
- short stories considered for inclusion in collection FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- includes typescript (computer printout), some with holograph revisions, and printed material (photocopy) published versions from various U.S. and Canadian magazines and anthologies
- includes multiple copies of many stories
- stories arranged in alphabetical order as follows:
Addressing the assassins
Admiral of the fleet
Announcement of new policies
American voice
The arsonist
Art
Baby shoes
Beds
Bennett
The best good girl ever
The blue baby
Blues roots
Body count
Breasts
The bucket
Choirmaster’s report on dissension in the holy father’s ranks
Cornfields
Covici’s guilt FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Don’t cook a pig
Dippings
Don’t leave me, Heinz
Extracts from the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Huron Street Benevolent Society
The heart must from its breaking
Honor
The hots or I’ve got it bad
The house of the sleeping drunkards
I had with me this woman
I want to know the answer
In her shoes
Is you is or is you ain’t my baby
The judge
LR lovers GL
Light bulbs
Love child
Mama Tuddi
Neighbourhood watch
One who or that which is
The people in the trees
Play greensleeves
Picture window baby
Pretty pictures
The primatives FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Raleigh’s party
Red meat
Regeneration
A rough customer
Shut up
Smoke
Some people will tell you the situation at Henny Penny nursery is getting intolerable
Sorrows drowned
The sugar derby
Sweethearts
Swing
Those who can’t cut it with Mary
Typical day in a desirable woman’s life
Unreliable narrators
Want to play house?
Water is flowing over the bridge
Wife talk
The willies
The willies in Watusi land
Who do you love?
Who do you love? [short story collection] [1992?] 22.2
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy), typescript (computer printout), holograph, typescript (computer FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
printout) with holograph revisions, miscellaneous preliminary pages including dedication, acknowledgements, credits and several lists of possible contents
Who do you love?: [short story collection] [1992?] 22.3
- short stories considered for inclusion in collection with holograph insert “Leon’s choice of in”
- includes typescript (computer printout) stories and printed material (photocopy) published versions from various U.S. and Canadian magazines and anthologies
- stories included are:
Admiral of the fleet
Raleigh’s party in the new world
Bennett
LR loves GL
A rough customer
Choirmaster’s report on dissension here- abouts in the holy father’s ranks
Apology for not getting back to you sooner
The house of the sleeping drunkards
Want to play house?
Drivers
Turnpike
Picture window baby FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Play greensleeves
Water is flowing over the bridge
Bats
Smoke
Baby shoes
Don’t cook a pig
Honor
The Arsonist
The second child
The cat killer
The Willies in Watusi land
Annual report of the Brunswick Avenue Improvement Society Southside branch
Bank job
Tale of the slaughter innocents
Luncheon report
Play greensleeves
Jettatura
The Willies
Cornfields
In her shoes
Blues roots
Typical day in a desirable woman’s life
Who do you love?: [short story collection] [1992] 22.4
- typescript (computer printout), printed FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
material (photocopy) “prelims” with printer’s(?) holograph annotations
Who do you love?: [short story collection] 1992 23.1-23.2
- typescript (printed material) page proofs
- includes duplicate copy
Who do you love?: [short story collection] 1992 23.3-23.4
- typescript (printed material) 2nd revised page proofs
Who do you love?: [short story collection] 1992 23.5
- typescript (printed material) master page proofs with holograph typesetter’s errors in red and editorial changes and author’s alterations in blue
Who goes there?: [novel] [199-] 24.1
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) incomplete draft labelled on original file folder as “revised pages”
A Willie man: [short story] January 30, 1989 24.2
- typescript (computer printout) draft
The woman’s guide to home companionship: May 31, 1994- 24.3 [stage play] mid-October 1994 - holograph, typescript (computer printout), typescript (computer printout) with FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
holograph revisions drafts of one act play
The writers’ path, an introduction to short [1996-1997] 24.4 fiction: [anthology]
- edited by Leon and Constance Rooke
- typescript (photocopy), typescript (computer printout), typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions, holograph, book plan, correspondence regarding the anthology, lists of possible stories for inclusion, C. Rooke’s introduction, interview questions for Richard Ford and Diane Schoemperlen, complete interview with Thomas King, and Casebook on Alice Munro
The Yale chair: [short story] [1994]-June 6, 1995 24.5
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) unproofed first version
- typescript (computer printout) second(?) draft
- typescript (computer printout) draft edited by Karen Mulhallen
- typescript (printed material) galleys for Paper guitar; 27 writers celebrate 25 years of Descant magazine
Zippo: [short story] 24.6
- typescript (computer printout) fragment and first draft
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
WORKS FOR CHILDREN
King Billie Blue and the dreaded gnomes: [19--] 24.7 [short story]
- typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) with holograph revisions draft
Oog: [novel?] [19--] 24.8
- holograph notes and fragments
Oog: [novel?] [19--] 24.9
- holograph, typescript with holograph revisions fragments labelled “used portions” on original file folder
Ooopsie Doopsie: [short story] [1992] 24.10
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions and holograph annotation on first page: “Kaleidoscope Theatre perf. March 8 ‘92 shows 2 & 4 w/ improv team”
PUBLISHED WORK
Andy Rooney north: appropriation of voice 1: 1992 25.1 danger! Sharks ahead!
- in Coach House Press Newsletter, FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Summer 1992, p. 1-2
Art
- in Likely stories, a postmodern sampler 1992 25.2 edited by George Bowering and Linda Hutcheon. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1992
- in Godine nove, kulturni magazin, v. 1, no. 1, Summer 1997 (Yugoslavian title Umjetnost); issue also contains article 1997 25.3 about L. Rooke - Blues from the Canadian north by Ivan Salecic (Blues s kanadskog sjevera)
At Heidegger’s grave 1996 25.4
- in Carousel, no. 11, 1996, p. 55-71
Author’s commentary on ‘If lost return to the 1993 25.5 Swiss Arms’
- in How stories mean ed. by John Metcalf and J.R. (Tim) Struthers. Erin: The Porcupine’s Quill, 1993
- also includes Is you is or is you ain’t my baby: Canadian fiction against the headwinds
Biographical notes 1992 25.6
- in The art of short fiction ed. by Gary Geddes. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 1992
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
A bolt of white cloth 1993 25.7
- in Reading our world: the Guelph anthology ed. by Constance Rooke, Renée Hulan and Linda Warley. Needham Heights: Simon & Schuster, 1993
The boy from Moogradi and the woman with 26.1-26.2 the map to Kolooltopec
- Food For Thought Readings publication, Food For Thought Book Store October 24, 1993
- in Ploughshares, v. 19, no. 4, p. 60-75 Winter 1993-94 - in Stag line; stories by men selected by Bonnie Burnard. Regina: Coteau Books, 1995 1995
The deacon’s tale 1993 26.3
- in Canadian classics; an anthology of short stories ed. by John Metcalf and J.R. (Tim) Struthers. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1993
- also includes the birth control king of the Upper Volta, Commentary and Selected works by Leon Rooke
Fezzini must have you ever at her side 1997 26.4
- in The American voice, no. 43, 1997, p.3-6
The first day of the world 1992 26.5
- in Ounce of cure; alcohol in the Canadian short story ed. by Mark Anthony Jarman. FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Victoria: Beach Holme Publishers, 1992
A good baby (excerpt) April 19, 1995 26.6
- in The Eramosa Eagle, v. 2, no. 8, April 19, 1995, p. 15
The heart must from its breaking 1992 26.7
- in Exile, v. 16, no. 4, 1992, p. 5-16
The heart must from its breaking 27.1
- also in 15 years in exile, volume 2, ed. by 1992 Barry Callaghan. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1992
The heart must from its breaking 1994 27.2-27.3
- also in New stories from the south; the year’s best, 1994 edited by Shannon Ravenel. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1994 (advance uncorrected proof and published book)
If we may not save the living let us save the September/ 27.4 dead October 1996 - in This Magazine v. 30, no. 2, Sept.Oct. 1996, p. 36-37
In her shoes 1992 27.5
- In Snapshots: the new Canadian fiction ed. by Kristina Russelo. Windsor: Black FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Moss Press, 1992
- also includes Don’t cook a pig, Family quarrels and Opening night
In jail with the Bennetts 1986 27.6
- in Random Thought, April 1986, p. 8-9
- variant title The other side of the family
Legend of the flaming moths: a tribute to P.K. December 1996 27.7 Page
- in The Malahat Review, no. 117, December 1996, p. 29-32
The Lithuanian wife Spring/Summer 28.1
- in TriQuarterly, Spring/Summer 1996, p. 1996 62-68
Metcalf’s shoes Fall 1996 28.2
- in The New Quarterly; new directions in Canadian writing, vol. XVI, no. 3, Fall 1996, p. 88-90
More you may not expect from Runté Winter 1997 28.3
- in Prairie Fire, v. 17, no. 4, Winter 1997, p. 76-83
Muffins 1996 28.4
- in The Porcupine’s Quill, Inc. Reader ed. FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
by Tim Inkster and John Metcalf. Erin: The Porcupine’s Quill, 1996
Old Eden Mills old folks reunion party 1996 28.5
- in The Eramosa anthology ed. by Katherine L. Gordon and Joshua Willoughby. Rockwood: The Eramosa Writers Group, 1996
Old mother Winter 1994 28.6
- in The Malahat Review, no. 109, Winter 1994, p. 93-95
The only daughter 1995 28.7
- in From Ink Lake; Canadian stories selected by Michael Ondaatje. Toronto: Random House of Canada Limited, 1995
Raphael’s cantalupo melon 29.1-29.2
- in Exile, v. 20, no. 1, 1996, no. 5-13 1996
- excerpt in Incontro; where Italy and Canada meet. Toronto: Instituto Italiano di Cultura and Exile Editions, 1996
Review of Barry Hannah’s High lonesome October 27, 1996 29.3
- in New York Times Book Review, October 27, 1996, p. 14 (2 copies)
Sidebar to the judiciary proceedings, the 29.4-29.5 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Nurnberg War Trials, November 1945
- in Exile, v. 21, no. 1, 1996, p. 11-23 1996
- also in The Malahat Review, no 119, June June 1997 1997, p. 57-66
The six blind boys of Santa Ocuro Spring 1995 29.6
- in Blood and Aphorisms, no. 18, Spring 1995, p. 33-34
St. Pete and the chamber of horrors Spring 1995 29.7
- in Third Coast, Spring 1995, p. 117-128
Sweethearts 1996 29.8
- in Carnival; a Scream in High Park Reader, ed. by Peter McPhee. Toronto, Insomniac Press, 1996
Talking Carolina talk Spring 1993 29.9
- in North Carolina Literary Review, v. 1, no. 2, Spring 1993, p. 212-214
Tomato 30.1-30.2
- in Exile, v. 16, nos. 2 & 3, 1992, p. 10 1992
- in Exile’s exiles; the happy few, volume three, ed. by Barry Callaghan. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1992
Tribute to John Ehle 1994 30.3 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- in Pembroke Magazine, no. 26, 1994, p. 166-169
The unhappiness of others 1991 30.4
- in Exile, v. 15, no. 4, 1991, p. 5-16
What I’d be if I were not a writer Fall 1994 30.5
- in Brick, no. 50, Fall 1994, p. 15
Wintering in Victoria 30.6-30.7
- in Antologija kanadske pripovijetke 1991 translated and ed. by Branko Gorjub and Ljiljanka Lovrincevic. Zagreb: Nakladni Zavod Matice Hrvatske, 1991(Croation title Zimovanje U Viktoriji)
- also in The best of Canadian fiction magazine; silver anniversary anthology ed. by Geoff Hancock. Kingston: Quarry 1997 Press, 1997
The woman from Red Deer who went to September 1992 31.1 Johannesburg, set herself afire, and leapt four floors to her apparent death
- in The Malahat Review, no. 100, September 1992, p. 152-164
The women who talked to horses 31.2-31.3
- in The new Oxford book of Canadian 1995 short stories in English selected by Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver. FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1995
- also in Altre terre; racconti contemporanei del Canada anglofono. Edited by Branko Gorjup. Translated by Carla Pezzini. 1996 Plevano and Francesca valente Gorjup. Venice: Supernova, 1996 (Italian title La donna che parlava ai cavalli)
The woman with the electrified heart 1993 31.4
- in Quarry, v. 42, no. 3, 1993, p. 35-49
Words that move you 1997 31.5
- in Sympatico Netlife, September/October 1997, p. 48
The Yale chair 1995 31.6
- in Paper guitar; 27 writers celebrate 25 years of Descant Magazine ed. by Karen Mulhallen. Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 1995
ADAPTATIONS OF L. ROOKE’S WORK BY OTHER WRITERS
Dieckmann, Katherine. A good baby August 20, 1993 32.1
- typescript (photocopy) first draft screenplay based on the novel A good baby by L. Rooke
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Fennell, Christian. Truman’s garden [199-] 32.2
- typescript (computer printout) screenplay based on the novel A good baby by L. Rooke
WORKS ON LEON ROOKE
_____, Leon Rooke [199-] 32.3
- typescript (computer printout)
Cummings, Peter. “And dog will have his 1996 32.4 day”: Leon Rooke’s comic biographical novel, Shakespeare’s dog
- typescript (computer printout) paper written for an international Shakespeare conference seminar group on Fictions of Shakespeare’s lives
Dayton, Alan. Figures of speech 1990 32.5
- exhibition catalogue of portraits of writers including L. Rooke
Desquieu, Philippe. Interview with Leon March 1983 32.6 Rooke
- in Books in Canada, v. 12, no. 3, March 1983, p. 24-25
Gorjup, Branko. Leon Rooke’s imaginary [199-] 32.7 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE worlds
- typescript (photocopy) with holograph revisions
Kirkwood, Hilda. A conversation with Leon 1994 32.8 Rooke
- typescript with holograph revisions questions from H. Kirkwood
- typescript (computer printout) complete interview
- published interview in Brick, no. 49, Summer 1994, p. 28-33
Kohm. Jennifer. Leon Rooke kicks into 1996 32.9 overdrive
- interview in Ontarion, January 23-30, 1996, p. 22
Lalicata, Patrizia. Interview with Leon Rooke [1996] 32.10
- typescript (photocopy)
Mason, Roger Burford. The garden and the 1992 32.11 stinkpot
- article in Aloud, v. 2, no. 5, May 1992, p. 9
Meyer, Bruce and Brian O’Riordan. Getting 1992 32.12 there by degrees: Leon Rooke
- in Lives & works; interviews by Bruce FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Meyer and Brian O’Riordan. Windsor: Black Moss Press, 1992
Paci, Francesca Romana. Review of Leon 1995 32.13 Rooke’s Narciso allo specchio (trans. into Italian by Francesca Valente Gorjup and Carla Pezzini Plevano)
- in Il Tolomeo, 1995
- also includes Narcissus’s kaleidoscope: an interview with Leon Rooke by Marco Fazzini
Skubincan, Gabriella. Interview with Leon Winter 1995 32.14 Rooke
- typescript (photocopy) with holograph revisions
- published interview in Blood & Aphorisms, no. 17, Winter 1995, p. 33-37
Thompson, Kent. The performing artist Spring 1995 32.15
- in Essays on Canadian writing, no. 55, Spring 1995, p. 147-153
Wingston, Nancy. Hit single; an interview October 1995 32.16 with Leon Rooke
- in Books in Canada, vol. XXIV, no. 7, October 1995, p. 6-10 (2 copies)
MISCELLANEOUS FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Aeroplan statements 1986-1997 33.1
Ardeleana (chamber music group) publicity [1995] 33.2 folder
Book publication notices and publicity 1990s 33.3
Calendars 1987, 1991-1992, 33.4
1994-1996
Computer directories 1991-1997 33.5
Express Literary Forum - newsclippings, 1992 33.6 invitation, publicity material
Italy - miscellaneous material relating to L. 1992-1997 33.7 and Constance Rooke’s trip to Italy to promote publication of Narciso also specchio, a collection of L. Rooke’s stories translated into Italian by Francesca Valente Gorjup and Carla Pezzini Plavano and published by Ibis Publishing House
Lists of literary journals 33.8
Miscellaneous items collected by L. Rooke 1980s-1990s 33.9 including business cards, pamphlets and brochures on various arts and writing groups, FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE newsclippings, newsletters, an account of Allen Ginsberg’s death
Miscellaneous items relating to Eromosa 1992-1996 33.10 Township
Miscellaneous notes, mainly holograph [1980s-1990s] 34.1
Miscellaneous photographs including photos [1980s-1990s] 34.2 taken at the North Carolina Literary Awards, and in Italy as well as photos of family and friends
Miscellaneous playbills 1990-1996 34.3
Miscellaneous unidentified manuscript [1980s-1990s] 34.4 fragments
Mortgage and insurance documents 1978-1984 34.5
[Restricted file]
Passport 1987-1992 34.6
Publicity material and announcements for [199-]-1996 34.7 readings by L. Rooke
AUDIOTAPES (cassette) FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Vicki Gabereau interviews Leon Rooke March 3, 1986 34.6 (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio), circa 60 minutes
Cloud 9: Ghost Stories (Canadian October 25, 1992 34.7 Broadcasting Corporation Radio), circa 45 minutes (Leon Rooke, Helen Porter and Jackie Howard discuss and read ghost stories; L. Rooke reads The heart must from its breaking)
POSTERS
Posters advertising readings by L. Rooke in 1991-1997 35 various locations. Includes Eden Mills Writers’ Festival posters
WORKS BY OTHER AUTHORS
_____. Cross Country, Muskegon, Russell [199-] 36.1 Road and over the white, Watching some of them live
- typescript (photocopy) poems
_____. Little dirties for Rikki 1981(?) 36.2
_____, Sharon. Mark my words, Superman [199-] 36.3 and the mermaid, Susurrus, Superglue, How FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE to read an advertisement for sheets
- typescript (photocopy) short stories with holograph forwarding letter from Sharon
Adderson, Caroline. Bad imaginings August 19, 1993 36.4
- bound uncorrected proofs from Porcupine’s Quill
Alexis, André. Despair and other stories of August 24, 1993- 36.5-36.6 Ottawa [1994] - typescript (photocopy) 4 stories with forwarding letter to L. Rooke from Michael Redhill, Coach House Press
- bound uncorrected proofs from Coach House Press
- includes L. Rooke’s holograph ‘blurb’ about the book
Allan, Candace. The piano player and [1992] 36.7 Footprints on my road
- typescript (computer printout) chapter 5 and typescript (photocopy) chapter 7 of novel The Calvary track
Amberhill, Bevin. The bloody man 1993 36.8
- bound uncorrected galley proofs from Mercury Press
Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The Miss Hereford 1994 36.9 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE stories
- uncorrected galley proofs from Douglas & McIntyre
Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. Turtle Valley [1995] 36.10
- typescript (photocopy) manuscript published by Douglas & McIntyre as The cure for death by lightning
Ashford, Valerie. Biking past the asylum 1995 37.1
- typescript (photocopy) M.A. thesis, University of Guelph
- includes L. Rooke’s holograph comments
Berry, Michelle. Did you ever hear such a November 14, 1996 37.2 tale?
- typescript (photocopy)
Bow, Jane. Dead and living 1993 37.3
- bound uncorrected galley proofs from Mercury Press
Caplan, Thea. What passes for love 1992 37.4
- typescript (photocopy) 4 short stories from collection with forwarding letter to L. Rooke
Carrington, Ildiko de Papp. Controlling the [1989] 37.5 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE uncontrollable: the fiction of Alice Munro
- typescript (photocopy) manuscript
Castel-Bloom, Orly. Dolly city [1993] 37.6
- typescript (photocopy) manuscript with forwarding letter to L. Rooke from Margaret McClintock, Coach House Press
Clark, Austin. The ghost that was a crab [19--] 37.7
- typescript (photocopy) story for children forwarded to L. Rooke by the Bukowski Agency
Dickinson, Don. The crew [1993] 38.1
- bound, uncorrected proofs from Coteau Books
Ehle, John. [Untitled short story] [199-] 38.2
- typescript (computer printout) with holograph revisions
Feeley, Gregory. Aweary of the sun [1996] 38.3
- printed material (photocopy) from an unidentified source
Fitzgerald, Judith. Habit of blues 1993 38.4
- bound, uncorrected galley proofs from Mercury Press FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Gibson, Margaret. Sweet poison June 8, 1993 38.5
- bound uncorrected galley proofs from Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
Glover, Douglas. The life and times of 1992 38.6 Captain N
- typescript (photocopy) manuscript forwarded to L. Rooke by Gordon Lish, Editor, Alfred A. Knopf, for comment
Grace, Mary Elizabeth. Bootlegging on the [1995] 38.7 road to redemption
- typescript (photocopy) manuscript
- includes forwarding letter and resume from M.E. Grace
- includes L. Rooke’s comment dated March 20, 1995
Hartog, Diana. The desire body [1995] 39.1
- typescript (computer printout)
- includes letter from D. Hartog to L. Rooke (July 29, 1994) and letter from L. Rooke to D. Hartog making suggestions for improvements
Harvor, Elizabeth. [Poems] [199-] 39.2
- typescript (photocopy)
- includes E. Harvor’s curriculum vitae FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Helm, Michael. The projectionist [1992] 39.3
- typescript (photocopy)
- includes forwarding letter from M. Helm to L. Rooke (January 19, 1992)
Hill, Lawrence. Some great thing [1992] 39.4
- galley proofs forwarded to L. Rooke by Manuela Dias, Turnstone Press, for comment
- includes L. Rooke’s comment
Huston, Nancy. Plainsong 1991 39.5
- bound galley proofs from Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
Itwaru, Arnold. The sacred presence. Toronto: 1986 40.1 Underwhich Editions, 1986
Jarman, Mark Anthony. Surfer Joe among the 1991 40.2 fishes. Victoria: Iris Press, 1991
Jiles, Paulette. Flying lesson; selected poems 1995 40.3
- typescript (photocopy)
Kackley, Dawn. Alpha: revelation, First 1994 40.4 garden, Graphology, She asked
- typescript (photocopy) with forwarding FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
letter (January 8, 1994) to Barry Callaghan, Editor, Exile
Keefer, Janice Kulyk. Rest harrow June 7, 1992 40.5
- uncorrected galley proofs from Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
Keon, Wayne. Storm Dancer 1993 40.6
- bound uncorrected galley proofs from Mercury Press
King, Thomas. Green grass, running water [1993] 40.7-40.8
- typescript (photocopy) forwarded to L. Rooke by the Bukowski Agency
MacDonald, Laura and Alex Pugsley. Kay 1993-1994 41.1-41.2 Darling
- typescript (computer printout), typescript (computer printout) (photocopy) draft
- novel published by Coach House Press
Malyon, Carol. If I knew I’d tell you 1993 41.3
- uncorrected galley proofs from Mercury Press
Martel, Jann. The facts behind the Helsinki [199-] 41.4 Roccamatios and 13 other short stories
- typescript (photocopy) with forwarding FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
letter to L. and Constance Rooke
McFadden, David. Strange language 1992 41.5
- pamphlet published to “jumpstart The Spring 92 smallpress fair”
Metcalf, John. Shooting the stars August 17, 1993 41.6
- uncorrected galley proofs from The Porcupine’s Quill
Mistry, Rohinton. Searching for Stevenson 1994 41.7 Harbourfront Reading Series 1996, Chapbook 6
Mootoo, Shani. Out on Main Street December 8, 1993 42.1
- bound uncorrected galley proofs from Press Gang Publishers
Nichol, bp. You too, Nicky 1989 42.2
- printed as a gift for Christmas 1989 by Eleanor and Sarah Nichol
Pajalich, Armando. Was it with glove? and [19--] 42.3 Was it with love?
- typescript (computer printout)
Porter, Deborah. The coming 3rd movement 1992 42.4
- typescript (photocopy) FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Ricci, Nino. In a glass house 1993 42.5
- bound galleys from McClelland and Stewart
Ross, Oakland. Guerrilla Beach 1994 42.6
- bound uncorrected galley proofs from Cormorant Books
Riley, Wilma. Cut-out 1993 42.7
- bound galley proofs from Coteau Books(?)
Rubinsky, Yuri and Marc Giacomelli. [1992 or 1993] 42.8 Christopher Columbus answers all charges
- bound draft from The Porcupine’s Quill(?)
Scheier, Libby. Saints and runners 1993 43.1
- bound uncorrected galley proofs from Mercury Press
Shields, Carol. The stone diaries 1993 43.2
- bound uncorrected proof from Random House of Canada
Simonds, Merilyn. The convict lover 1996 43.3
- bound uncorrected proofs from Macfarlane Walter & Ross FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Sterns, Kate. Thinking about Magritte [1991] 43.4
- typescript ‘prelims’ from Bill Swainson, Senior Editor, Harvill Publishers
Stoett, Victoria. Wisteria 1993 43.5
- uncorrected galley proofs from Mercury Press
Swan, Susan. The age of ambivalent men (for [199-] 43.6 Marco Polo, Casanova and Rimbaud)
- typescript
Sward, Robert. Hannah’s cartoon. Drawing 1970 43.7 and calligraphy by Judith Sward. Victoria: Soft Press, 1970
Vaughn, Elizabeth Dewberry. Many things [1991] 43.8 have happened since he died
- sampler in publicity pamphlet from Vintage Books
Walsh, Meeka. The garden of earthly 1992-1996 43.9-44.1 intimacies
- typescript short story from collection of same name
- publicity pamphlet from The Porcupine’s Quill with short story Turtles scupping toward the sea with grace FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- typescript (computer printout) complete manuscript
Wearing, Deborah. The privy February 28, 1996 44.2
- typescript (computer printout)
Wenker, Marilyn. Boxes of blood 44.3
- typescript (computer printout)
Wenker-Konner, Ronnie. The big room 44.4-44.5
- typescript (computer printout) screenplay May 31, 1993 and forwarding letter to L. Rooke
- typescript (computer printout) revised screenplay and forwarding letters to L. February 12, 1994 Rooke
Westcott, Frank. The fisherman, Lucky, Sotu, 1993-1995 44.6 Winter, The writer and the whore
- printed material
What (Periodical), no. 16, May/June 1988 1988 44.7
- bound uncorrected galley proofs
Wiseman, Adele. Goon of the moon and the October 31, 1987 44.8 expendables
- typescript (computer printout)
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Young Canadian Voices (Periodical), no. 3, 1997 44.9 January 1997
- partial unedited galleys with forwarding letter (December 15, 1996) from Toby Tsuchida
- includes L. Rooke’s introduction to the issue
EDEN MILLS WRITERS’ FESTIVAL
Material relating to Eden Mills Writers’ [198-]-1997 45-46 Festivals including correspondence, publicity including some original art work, financial reports and statements, grant applications, press kits of potential readers, promotional videotape for 1996 festival, and photographs of various festivals and some of the writers who participated
Material relating to Eden Mills Writers’ [198-]-1995 47-48 Festival Literary Contests including letters of inquiry and submission, lists of entrants and submitted manuscripts
BOOKS BY L. ROOKE
Arte; tre fantasie in prosa. Translated by 1997 Francesca Valent. Lugo: Edizioni del Bradipo, 1997 FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Fat woman. Toronto: Harper Collins 1980 Publishers, Ltd. 1980 (paperback)
Muffins. Erin: The Porcupine’s Quill, 1995 1995
Narcis u zrcalu. Translated by Branko Gorjup. 1997 Zagreb: Konzor, 1997
Narciso allo specchio. Translated by 1995 Francesca Valente Gorjup e Carla Pezzini Plevano. Como: Ibis, 1995
Oh, no, I have not seen Molly. Harbourfront 1996 Reading Series, 1996 Chapbook 7
Oh! Twenty-seven stories. Toronto: Exile 1997 Editions, 1997
Shakespeare’s dog. Toronto: Reference Press, 1995 1995 (large print edition)
Who do you love? Toronto: McClelland and 1992 Stewart, 1992 (paperback)
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 328/83.25
The Leon Rooke Fonds Accession No. 328/83.25
CORRESPONDENCE: ...... 2 MANUSCRIPTS: ...... 11
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CORRESPONDENCE:
- Canadian Fiction Magazine 1971-1983 1.1
- University of Victoria re research on 1981-1982 1.2 Napoleon
- Copy of Hebdo Canada (in French) 1982 1.3 Volume 10, no. 20
- Miscellaneous letters (some fan mail) 1980-1982 1.4
- [?] Reynolds 1971 1.5
- Tom York 1980-1982 1.6
- Clark Blaise 1977 1.7
- The Iowa review 1975-1977 1.8
- Prism International 1971-1981 1.9
- Event 1973-1980 1.10
- The Southern Review 1971-1982 1.11 Page 3
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- The Fiddlehead 1975-1982 1.12
- Caroline Heath re Grain 1973-1980 1.13
- Acceptance and rejection letters from 1961-1983 1.14 various magazines
- National Endowment for the Arts - U.S.A. 1966-1978 1.15
- Jessie Rehder and Max Steele 1966-1982 1.16
- Certificates of copyright 1972-1977 1.17
- Notes from an interview with Leon Rooke 1.18
- Various universities re job opportunities 1968-1982 1.19
- Preliminary bibliography of Works by 1.20 Leon Rooke
- Alice Munro 1982 1.21
- Elizabeth Spencer 1977-1983 1.22
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1972-1983 1.23 Page 4
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- Keath Fraser 1982 1.24
- Ontario Arts Council 1982 1.25
- Author’s Award 1982 1.26
- Lester & Orpen Dennys 1982 1.27
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1976-1983 1.28
- Correspondence re biographical entries 1967-1981 1.29
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1955-1982 1.30
- Bill Stafford 1976-1981 1.31
- Fiction Collective 1978-1981 1.32
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1975-1981 2.1
- Draft pages from 2 plays 2.2
- Russell Banks 1968-1978 2.3
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - Ann & Eli Mandel 1980-1982 2.4
- Charles East, University of Georgia Press 1982 2.5
- Tim Struthers 1980-1983 2.6
- Stephen Scobie 1981-1982 2.7
- Miscellaneous drawings 2.8
- Gary Geddes 1980-1982 2.9
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1970-1983 2.10-2.11
- Correspondence, pages of pencilled notes 1979-1982 2.12 and advertisements re readings given by L. Rooke
- Miscellaneous reviews, notices, etc. 1981-1982 2.13
- Early reviews for Shakespeare’s dog 1983 2.14
- John Ehle 1967-1983 2.15
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1979-1983 2.16
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - Hugh Hood 1981-1982 2.17
- Miscellaneous correspondence, pages of 1982-1983 2.18 notes
- Draft of Introduction for Best Canadian 2.19 Short Story ‘82
- Reading aloud version of “16-year-old 3.1 Susan March...”
- The Birth Control King of the Upper 3.2 Volta revised copy for readings
- Newspaper article on Rooke by Rebecca 1982 3.3 Wigod from Time-Colonist June 18, 1982
- Material for Best Canadian 1982 3.4
- Dramatika 1975-1976 3.5
- Copy of A nicer story by the “B” Road 3.6 and Shoe fly pie
- Correspondence from various New York 1966-1972 3.7 publishers
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - Correspondence with Derk Wynand, draft 1976-1979 3.8 copy of Madame Bourge and Parlour games
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1983 3.9
- Copy of letter to Books in Canada and 1983 3.10 March, 1983 copy of same
- Information on Canada Council Award 1977-1978 3.11
- Russell Brown 1979-1982 3.12
- University of Victoria 1981-1983 3.13
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1966-1974 3.14
- Correspondence re Swordplay and Ms. 1973-1974 3.15 America
- Carbon copy of a one-act play Love is not 3.16 a game children play in the night
- Correspondence, reviews, copy of 1973-1974 3.17 program for Ms. America
- W.P. Kinsella 1982-1983 3.18 Page 8
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- Certificates issued re trip to Barbados 1980 3.19
- Galleys of In the garden and The Birth 1982 3.20 Control King of the Upper Volta and letter re upcoming issue of Antaeus
- Correspondence and royalty statements 1967-1976 3.213.22 from LSU (Louisiana State University) Press [Royalty statements restricted]
- Correspondence re Canadian anthology 1971-1982 3.23 text
- Correspondence, reviews on Krokodile, 1973-1982 3.24 newspaper reviews for various Heyoka Circle Theatre, Orillia, Ont.
- Factory Theatre Lab, and photocopies of 1972-1975 3.25 reviews
- Photocopy of newspaper review, 4.1 newspaper clipping (photo of Rooke) re Chapel Hill
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 1973 4.2
- Oberon Press 1976-1982 4.3 Page 9
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- Canada Council 1973-1983 4.4
[Restricted]
- Correspondence with Methuen 1982-1983 4.5 Publications and U.S. writers re Making It New
- Letter from The Canada Council 1981 4.6 enclosing copy of news release re Governor General’s Award
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1972-1983 4.7
- Uncorrected proof of book, Sammy 1968 4.8 Younge, Jr./by James Forman
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1973-1982 4.9
- Canada Council 1982-1983 4.10
- Letter from Daphne Athas, 8 pages of 1971 4.11 typewritten notes on Daphne Athas
- ECW Press catalogue 1981 4.12
- Authors Guild 1981 4.13 Page 10
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 328/83.25
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
- Doris Betts 1966-1982 4.14
- Aya Press 1979-1982 4.15
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1956-1982 4.16
- ECW Press 19800-1983 4.17
- Miscellaneous correspondence arranged 1958-1974 5.1 alphabetically
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1960-1969 6.1
- Max Steele 1958-1969 6.2
- Playwrights Co-op 1972-1981 7.1
- Reynolds Price 1981 7.2
- Incomplete drafts of short stories 7.3
- Miscellaneous correspondence 1971-1974 7.4
- New Play Centre 1972-1974 7.5
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - Incomplete stories by Connie Rooke 7.6
- Playwrights Canada 1981 7.7
- Miscellaneous correspondence, receipts, 1980-1981 7.8 pages of notes
- Maria Ingram 1979-1982 7.9
- Arthur H. Ballet, Director, University of 1973-1976 7.10 Minnesota
- Correspondence from Yaddo and The 1973-1975 7.11 MacDowell Colony Inc.
- Letter from C.A.C. re Cakewalk, 1973-1974 7.12 photocopy of Cakewalk, reader reports on other Rooke plays
- Correspondence with Alfred A. Knopf 1979-1981 7.13 Inc. re Fat woman
- Submissions record 1974-1983 8.1
MANUSCRIPTS:
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Work diaries/notebooks: 1970-1980 9.1
- 1970 - story drafts
- 1972 original draft Love of Madeline
- notes on The McHatch book
- notes
- 1980 notes
Ship, The woman’s guide to home 10.1 companionship, Sword/Play
Ship (Radio) 10.2
- typescript
The woman’s guide to home companionship 10.3
- typescript
- plus one photocopy
Sword/Play 10.4
- typescript
Swimsuit 10.5
Mary on piano, Osko on horn 10.6
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE D-Day at the Gung-Ho 10.7
- production script
L. Rooke arrangement for stage of Dylan 10.8 Thomas’ The Tree
Evening meeting of the Suicide Club 11.1
- includes 1st play draft
- original copy
Talk show 12.1
Four above 12.2
Love is not a game children play in the night 12.3
Vault 12.4
- television script
Radio play with variant titles Five oral reports 12.5 on the death of a friend and The death of a friend
Krokodile 12.6
- original typescript Page 14
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typed copy
- first version
- 2 photocopies
- original typescript of Playwrights Co-op printing
Foul shot
- photocopy
Metamorphosis one
- photocopy
Lop the scop 12.7
- draft version
Lady Psyche’s Cafe 12.8
- holograph and typescript
Captain Canada 12.9
- typescript
Leave running 12.10
- opening sequence (typescript)
- pages of holograph notes Page 15
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Ms. America 13.1
- author’s copy (two acts)
- 1 copy (a play in one act)
- 8 copies (a play in three acts)
Ms. America 14.1
- incomplete copy
- 1 copy (play in three acts)
- master copy (play in two acts)
- original 3 act version
- copy of act one
- 2 copies (play in 3 acts)
- copy of Queen Canada and the master of disguise a play in three acts; variant title
- incomplete copy
Digging out 14.2
- copy of 1st version
- 1 typescript copy
Cakewalk 14.3
- photocopy of play Page 16
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 328/83.25
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - true complete play (typescript)
Book of iron 14.4
- folder only
Daddy, take me home 14.5
- production script
The Bennett Place 14.6
- copy of script
- author’s notes in red
Unidentified draft pages 14.7
Published copies of short stories and 15.1 manuscript of published stories
Published copies of short stories and 15.2 manuscript of published stories
No story 16.1
- short story
Kulanunyi short story 16.2
- untitled Page 17
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Short story on the army 16.3
- untitled
Margarite
- incomplete
The strange affair of Reno Brown and Mama 16.5 Tuddi
March over the mountains 16.6
The selling of heaven: a folktale 16.7
File of beginnings for short stories 16.8
What has happened to our love, dear Charise, 16.9 since last you held me tight
The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta 16.10
- drafts
Woman’s guide to home companionship 16.11
Fromm investigations 16.12 Page 18
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescript
Adolpho’s disappeared and we haven’t a clue 16.12 where to find him
- photocopy
16 year-old Susan March... 16.12
- reading version
For love of Eleanor 16.13
Harry the Tiger 16.14
- variant title
Harry the Tiger enters his fiftieth year
- first draft and carbon copy
Sixteen year-old Susan March... 16.15
- early draft
Original drawing of “New Orleans” story 16.16
The fields 16.17
- early draft Page 19
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For love of Eleanor for Southern Review 17.1
- galleys
Numbers one through thirty of one thousand 17.2 numbered notes while passing between the silent borders of your country and mine...
- first draft, and photocopy
Unidentified - note in file reads “my copy of 17.3 G. novel” from Leave running
Slocum in Slocum 17.4
- draft pages
16 year-old Susan March... 17.5
- drafts of versions
16 year-old Susan March... 17.6
- worksheets
Roseda 17.7
- 2 unidentified manuscript (carbon copies)
Indications are that theatre is something other 17.8 Page 20
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 328/83.25
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE than syrup on Cloud Nine
Copy of interview with Leon Rooke 17.8
Unidentified pages from short story 17.9
If you love me meet me there 17.10
- photocopy
No story 17.11
The first day of the world 17.12
File of short story beginnings 17.13
E. Beverly Sims justifies her existence 1980 17.14
- first draft
Gin & tonic or In the garden 17.14
Copies of old short stories 17.15
How the woman’s generation movement freed 18.1 Miss Heleda Bang...
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE First one to see him holler I do 18.2
Sponge Kid 18.3
- early draft
Hanging out with the Magi 18.4
- photocopy
Yellow bed 18.5
- early draft (typescript)
Shoe fly pie 1982 18.6
- first draft
Problem shop 18.7
- rewrites
Doing the boogie 18.8
- drafts
Going into the future with Ar-Salar-Saloam 18.8
- early version
Conversations with Ruth: The Farmer’s Tale 18.8 Page 22
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 328/83.25
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - draft
85 Reasons Why I’m in the fix I’m in 18.9
A & B Road 18.10
- first draft and revisions
Building a fire under Peterson 18.11
- carbon copy
Adolpho’s disappeared...
- photocopy
Memoirs of a cross-country man
- photocopy
The broad back of the angel
- photocopy
Wintering in Victoria 18.12
- typescript
Friendship & property 18.13
- typescript
Friendship & rejuvenation
- first draft Page 23
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Harry the Tiger 18.14
- draft pages
When swimmers on the beach... 18.15
- galleys
What has happened to our love, dear Charise, 18.16 since last you held me tight?
- draft
What has happened to our love, dear Charise, 18.17
since last you held me tight?
- incomplete
Handman’s guide to infidelity 18.18
- photocopy
Talk show 18.19
Last one home sleeps in a yellow bed or The 18.20 case of the missing rib
Adolpho’s disappeared and we haven’t a clue 18.21 where to find him Page 24
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - London draft
Death suite 19.1
- drafts, rewriters, copies
Leave running 19.2
- photocopy
The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta 19.3
- 2nd and 3rd draft
For love of Eleanor 19.4
- carbon copy
A girl and a dummy and the dummy’s best friend
- photocopy
Not far from the borders of the Indian Ocean
- photocopy
Further adventures of a cross-country man 19.5
- title page reads “If you went to the river why were you not baptized #2"
Carolina Quarterly Fall, 1968 - Load every rift 1968 19.6 Page 25
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- page proofs
Arrived yesterday, leaving tomorrow, love 19.7 you a lot, see you later; draft pages from other short stories
Quiet enough my life of late 19.8
- photocopy
Five oral reports on the death of a friend 19.9
- photocopy
Why I am here where I am talking to you like 19.10 this
- photocopy
The third floor 19.11
- photocopy
For love of Madeline 19.12
- first finished draft and carbon copy
Numbers one through thirty of one thousand 19.13 notes Page 26
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - first draft and photocopy
Manuscript of old short stories: 19.14
- To have that kind in every town
- Little Mamie Studebaker in the snow
- The best kind of mullet
- Castor oil
- The early birds
- material for Berriman’s second chapter
- Walk through the briars, smell the honeysuckle
- Norma
- unidentified pages of manuscript
Standings in for Nita 1979 20.1
- first draft
Deer trails 1980 20.2
- first draft
Bingo and Judy 20.3
- rewrite
Sing me no love songs, I’ll say you no prayers Page 27
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE (published title of Bingo and Judy)
- photocopy
Foot, shoe and field story 20.4
- draft
Hanging out with the Magi 20.5
- three versions
Flux 20.6
- second draft
Oldest living people and Lovers 20.7
- drafts
Triumphant concert of Rudy Masters 20.8
- first draft
Olden times 20.9
- first and second draft
The woman who talked to horses
- first draft
Page 28
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE The man in the green bathrobe 20.10
- draft
Bolt of white cloth 20.11
- draft
The Henny Penny Nursery 20.12
- first draft
The shut-in number 20.13
- draft
Hand-painted flowers, all you can carry, 25¢ 20.14
- draft
Swinging
- first draft
Lover taking the bath
- draft
The cat killer 1983 20.15
- partial draft
Back behind the line of fire 20.16 Page 29
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescript
A holiday on Grand Bahama Cay 20.17
- photocopy
Lady Govia’s horse 20.18
- draft pages
Hanging out with the Magi 20.19
- first draft
Partial unidentified draft; Do something 20.20
- drafts
The third floor 20.21
- drafts
The girl who made time 20.22
Hanging out with the Magi 20.23
- draft
Where Narcissus looks 20.24
- draft Page 30
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Addressing the assassin 20.25
- draft
Here’s a story 20.26
- three versions
85 reasons why I’m in the fix I’m in 20.27
- drafts
Why a Judaeo-Christian philosophy... 20.28
- incomplete copy
Broad back of the angel 21.1
- cover design and page proofs
Fromm investigations 22.1
- first draft
Murder mystery 22.2
- draft
Hold before destroying 22.3
- revisions Page 31
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The prison story 22.4
- notes and pieces
Hat story 22.5
- drafts
Sisyphus in winter; Addressing the assassins 22.6 (photocopy); Free for the asking; Conversations with Ruth; The farmer’s tale; Going for broke; Ibena (2 copies)
Why Agnes left; Hitting the charts; The 22.7 doorstep syndrome or Nineteen year-old Susan March...; Narcissus consulted
- drafts (photocopy)
Ar-Salar-Saloam - The problem shop 22.8
- drafts
Why Agnes left 22.9
- draft pages
Foot-in-field story 22.10
- photocopy
Page 32
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Box of manuscripts of published stories 22.11
Going home with melody; Hand painted 22.12 flowers...
- drafts
Death suite collection 23.1
- draft
Last one home 23.2
- galleys
Last one home 23.3
The Lillabulero Vault 24.1
The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta 24.2
- proofs
L. Rooke’s copy of The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta Collection
The broad back of the angel collection 25.1
The broad back of the angel 25.2
- page proofs Page 33
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The broad back of the angel collection 25.3
- corrected galleys
Fiction collective; The broad back of the angel 25.4
Leave running (The Gonzalez novel) 26.1
- draft and rewritten parts
101 roundabout, and Fine water for a sloop 26.2
- drafts
The daughters of music 27.1
- third draft
The daughters of music 27.2
- early draft
The endurables 28.1
2 notebooks re Shakespeare’s dog 29.1
Shakespeare’s dog 29.2
- typescript Page 34
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Shakespeare’s dog 29.3
- holograph pages of notes
Shakespeare’s dog 29.4
- novella draft
Shakespeare’s dog 29.5
- file of graphics
Shakespeare’s dog 30.1
- photocopy
Shakespeare’s dog 30.2
- manuscript with holograph changes
Shakespeare’s dog 30.3
- photocopies of graphics
Shakespeare’s dog 30.4
- draft
Page 35
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE McHatch novel 31.1
Leave running 32.1
The rocker operation 32.2
Fat woman 33.1
Fat woman 33.2
- final proofs
Fat woman 34.1
Sections from Fat woman 34.2
- various endings, etc.
Cuts from Fat woman 34.3
- envelope reads “Gordon’s Cuts - FW”
Fat woman 34.4
Pages from The magician in love 35.1
The magician in love 35.2 Page 36
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - draft
The magician in love 35.3
Best Canadian ‘81 36.1
The broad back of the angel 37.1
- reviews
Fat woman 37.2
- reviews
The Love Parlour 37.3
- reviews
Last one home sleeps in the yellow bed 37.4
- reviews
Cry evil 37.5
- reviews
Tapes for CBC productions: 38.1
- Mama Tuddi
- Leon Rooke CBC Stalled - Hornby Page 37
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Collection
- The Strange Universe of Leon Rooke CBC Sunday Morning 13 Dec ‘81
- CBC Morningside - Rooke & Peter Gzowski November, 1982 (15 min.)
- CBC Stereo Morning Dog Show (Shakespeare’s dog)
Financial Records 39.1
[Restricted]
Miscellaneous files 40-42
- unorganized
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PEN play “Mute Court” by T. Findley 1.1
Fat woman 1.2
- French translation
Canada Council related material 1.3
[Restricted]
Oolichan Books 1.4
Sorrows drowned 1.5
- manuscript, published story
Extracts from the proceedings of the annual 1.6 meeting of the Huron Street Benevolent Society
- manuscript
Announcement of new policies 1.7
- manuscript
Lecture (University of Toronto?) 1.8 Page 3
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 520/92.18
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - manuscript
M & S collection 1.9
- notes, index
Anthologies 1.10
- correspondence, notes
Correspondence 1.11
Mac 2 addresses (Macmillan anthology) 1.12
Monday Magazine 1.13
Books in Canada 1.14
- notes, correspondence
Writer in residence 1.15
- notes
Conferences 2.1
- correspondence, notes
Notes/jottings 2.2 Page 4
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE
Ford review 2.3
- clipping
B.C. writing contest 2.4
Correspondence with A. Dayton re: L.R. 2.5 portrait
Gallant, Mavis 2.6
- correspondence
Darhansoff, Liz 2.7
- correspondence
Shakespeare’s dog 2.8
- Workshop West Production
Readings 2.9
Manhattan Theatre Club 2.10
- correspondence
Canada Council 2.11-2.12 Page 5
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[Restricted]
Clipping re: C. Rooke 2.13
Acceptances 3.1
Darhansoff, Liz 3.2
- correspondence, contracts
Cancopy 3.3
- correspondence
Correspondence 3.4
Banff Centre 3.5
- correspondence, notes
Correspondence 3.6
Italy paper 3.7
- notes, text of speeches
Naked inventions 3.8 Page 6
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N.Y. Times Book Review 3.9
- notes, correspondence
Writers’ Union 4.1
Ondaatje film 4.2
- notes, correspondence
Kingston School of Writing workshop 4.3
Canada Council 4.4
[Restricted]
Good baby 4.5
- contracts
Correspondence 4.6
The Journey Prize Anthology 4.7
- text, notes
McClelland & Stewart 4.8 Page 7
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
About 5.1
- (ie. about L.R.) reviews, clippings
House 5.2
- notes, correspondence
Ontario Arts Council 5.3
- literary officer selection
Oberon Press 5.4
- royalty statements
[Restricted]
Public Lending Right Commission 5.5
- correspondence
A bolt of white cloth 5.6
- criticism
Light bulbs 5.7
- short story galleys for Grand Street
Page 8
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Boston University 5.8
- correspondence
A good baby 5.9
- correspondence, notes, re: tour
Ontario Arts Council 5.10
- correspondence, notes
A good baby 6.1
- galleys
A good baby 6.2
- layouts
A good baby 6.3
- “blues”
A good baby 6.4
- author’s galleys
Doctors 7.1
- manuscript (variant title: Urgent sex)
Page 9
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Bank job 7.2
- short story, clipping
Shut up 7.3
- proofs
Unidentified manuscript fragment 7.4
- “Toker” (character’s name)
Dust; Saving the province; Up a tree (variant 7.5 title: The Contras are coming); Bennett
- manuscripts, notes, proofs
A good baby 7.6
- author’s 2nd pass pages
A good baby 7.7
- galley corrections
A good baby 8.1
- 1st galleys
The Judge; Wife talk; Admiral of the fleet; 8.2 Tale of the slaughter of innocents; Saks Fifth Avenue; Donegal’s wives; The News Mrs. Page 10
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Bunting; The historian; Pretty pictures; Saving the province; The house of the sleeping drunkards; Choirmaster’s report on dissention hereabouts in the Holy Father’s ranks; Amalgamated Workers United; Mama Tuddi; Neighborhood watch; The happyman; The Willies; Bites; Cornfields; The composers
- short story manuscripts
A good baby 8.3
- page proofs
A good baby 9.1
- 1985.11.12 copy of manuscript
Eyemouth/by Keith Harrison 9.2
- proofs of manuscript
On the eve of uncertain tomorrows/by Neil 9.3 Bissoondath
- proofs of manuscript
A diet of hope and grapefruits, by Eliza Clark 10.1
- proofs of manuscript (possible variant title: Versions)
Page 11
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Rat palms/by David Homel 10.2
- proofs of manuscript
Canadian brash (anthology) 10.3
- proofs, with quote from L.R.
Sunflowers never sleep/by Don Bailey 10.4
- page proofs
The miracle game/by Josef Skvorecky 11.1
- galleys
Solomon Gursky was here/by Mordecai 11.2 Richler
- photocopy of final typescript
Banks, Russell 12.1
University of Western Ontario 12.2
- report to Canada Council
Ontario Arts Council 12.3
Readings, etc. 12.4 Page 12
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Hollingshead, G.A.F. 12.5
Yukon 12.6
- young authors conference
Correspondence 12.7
Shakespeare’s dog 12.8
- stage version/by Blair Haynes
Eden Mills Writers Festival 1990 12.9
Play (in progress, untitled) 12.10
- notes, manuscript
Writers’ Union 12.11
- newsletters
ECW royalty 13.1
[Restricted]
Coach House 13.3
- notes, correspondence Page 13
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Writers’ Union 13.3-13.4
BC Writers Federation contest 13.5
Porcepic anthology 13.6
- correspondence
The people, yes 13.7
- review by L.R.
North Carolina awards 13.8
House 13.9
- correspondence with architect
White, Jennie 13.10
- catalogues of exhibitions
The projectionist/by Michael Helm 14.1
- typescript
The marriageable daughter/by Daniel Gagnon 14.2
- typescript Page 14
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Saving graves/by Eliza Clark 14.3
- typescript
Change of heart/by Eliza Clark 14.4
- typescript, correspondence
Change of heart/by Eliza Clark 14.5
- photocopy, 1st draft
Macmillan #2 14.6
- correspondence, notes
PEN 54th World Congress, Toronto 14.7
- handbook
Picture window baby 14.8
- typescript
A marriageable daughter/by Daniel Gagnon 14.9 (edited by L.R.?)
- galley proofs
Swim suit 14.10 Page 15
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescript of play
Toronto 90 workshop 15.1
- correspondence, notes
Irwin 15.2
- notes (possibly concerned with Maclean’s Magazine)
White, Jennie 15.3
- clipping
Macmillan anthology 15.4
- notes
ECW Press catalogue, 1987-1988 15.5
Turnpike 15.6
- manuscript, typescript
Admiral of the fleet 15.7
- typescript
Confounding the dark, symposium - position 15.8 papers Page 16
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
Horses, In a dry season, On the flood plain, 15.9 Barn burning, An arrogance, Lok, poems by Al Purdy
- carbon copy
Macmillan Anthology symposium 15.10
- correspondence, notes
Macmillan Anthology panel 15.11
- correspondence, notes
Macmillan publication file 15.12
Whereon do you lead me, bright rider? 15.13
- galley proofs
Young, Patricia 15.14
- correspondence, typescript
Panel revisions 15.15
- notes
Banff/Macmillan file 15.16 Page 17
LEON ROOKE fonds ACCESSION NO.: 520/92.18
FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence, typescripts
Macmillan 15.17
- correspondence, notes
Macmillan Anthology 2 panel 16.1
Follow-up letters 16.2
- correspondence
Catalogs 16.3
Rock Springs: stories/by Richard Ford 16.4
- review by L.R. for St. Pete Times
University of Western Ontario 16.5
- clippings, notes, correspondence
The Definitive notes, sponsored by Montblanc 16.6
- press release, correspondence
Modern Language Association (MLA) 16.7
- correspondence, notes
Page 18
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Miscellaneous correspondence, notes 16.8
Hoffer, Bill 16.9
- correspondence
Caravan Stage Company, production of A 16.10 good baby
- notes
Governor General’s Award 16.11
- correspondence, notes
Ruzesky, Jay 17.1
- correspondence
Clippings, reviews 17.2
Hamilton, Lena 17.3
- correspondence, manuscripts
A good baby 17.4
- draft version 7
University of Western Ontario 17.5 Page 19
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - writer-in-residence
Miscellaneous correspondence 17.6
Photos 18.1
Tata, Sam 18.2
- photographs
Italy/Yugoslavia 18.3
- correspondence
Roscoe, Patrick 18.4
- correspondence
A good baby 18.5
- final typescript
Bennett 18.6
- typescript
Truman 18.7
- typescript (starts “Joe Truman knelt by a shallow stream...) Page 20
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Diaries, appointment books 19.1
Notebook/diary with clippings and 19.2 announcements
House; correspondence 19.3
Correspondence 20.1-20.7
Miscellaneous correspondence, notes 21.1
Rewrites for Francheska 21.2
Stratford dog 21.3
- correspondence
A good baby 21.4
- U.S. reviews
Reviews 21.5
Royalties 21.6
- general
[Restricted] Page 21
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Press Porcepic royalties 21.7
[Restricted]
ECW royalties 21.8
[Restricted]
Canada Council grant 21.9
[Restricted]
Porcupine’s Quill - correspondence 21.10
Editors’ submissions for 2nd Journey prize 21.11 and anthology
A good baby 22.1
- revisions
A good baby 22.2
- original version
A good baby 22.3
- 3rd typescript, 1985.11.12
Page 22
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE A good baby 22.4
- versions and drafts, October 1988
A good baby 23.1
- pages pulled from typescript 4
Hollingshead, Greg 23.2
- notes, manuscripts
Farrant, M.A.C. 23.3
- correspondence, manuscript
Caplan, Thea 23.4
- correspondence, manuscripts
King, Thomas 23.5
- manuscript
Young, Louise 23.6
- correspondence, manuscript
Prism International contest 23.7
- correspondence, manuscripts
Page 23
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE The missing child/by Sandra Birdsell 23.8
- uncorrected proofs
Under the light/by Sam Michel 24.1
- uncorrected proofs
Getting Jesus in the mood/by Anne Brashler 24.2
- typescript
Medicine River/by Thomas King 24.3
- proofs
Route 57, A & W, Stardust, And so forth/by 24.4 Patricia Lear
- manuscripts
CV & bio 25.1
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival 25.2
Lish, Gordon/Knopf 25.3
- correspondence
Southern Festival of Books 25.4 Page 24
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University of Toronto workshop 1991 25.5
Annapolis Royal Community Arts Council 25.6
The Brick Reader 25.7
Harper’s 25.8
Oolichan royalties 25.9
[Restricted]
Main Street festival 25.10
Kingston School of Writing 26.1
- draft of paper
Hooked/by Michael Kudrac 26.2
- typescript
Smoke 26.3
- manuscript
The people, yes 26.4
- review of Steinbeck’s journal for Grapes Page 25
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE of Wrath
Bank job 26.5
- Christmas version for Western
A good baby 26.6
- working copy of playscript
Unreliable reports 26.7
- typescript
The heart must from its breaking 26.8
- galleys
The Willies in Watusi Land 26.9
- drafts
The Contra are coming 26.10
- typescript
Death/Kid 26.11
- typescript
Raleigh’s party 26.12 Page 26
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescript
Brick, number 33, spring 1988 26.13
Donegal (variant title: Donegal’s Wives) 26.14
- typescript
Mayhem 26.15
- typescript
Veterans of the uprising 26.16
- typescript
Mama Tuddi updated 26.17
- typescript
Langston; This emporium closes its doors at 26.18 midnight and never will open again
- typescripts
The historian 26.19
- typescript
A story for Constance 26.20 Page 27
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - typescript
The heart must from its breaking 26.21
- typescript
Neighborhood watch 26.22
- typescript
The Contras 26.23
- typescripts
Bites 26.24
- typescripts
Shakespeare’s dog 26.25
- film contract
Darhansoff, Liz 26.26
- correspondence
A good baby 26.27
- correspondence
Vintage Books 26.28 Page 28
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - correspondence
The coming 27.1
- playscript
A mercenary’s daughter 27.2
- typescript
Straight talk; Sushi; No pears; Dippings; 27.3 Loose living; Seeiotics; Consenting adults; A willie man; Poolside citations
- typescripts
New novel, start (untitled) 27.4
- typescript
Oh, Swami, reveal to us your death-eyed 27.5 tidings and call a truce (variant title(?): Bed)
- typescripts
Play Greensleeves 27.6
- typescript
Slave owners 27.7
- in process, typescript Page 29
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Tale of the slaughter of innocents 27.8
- typescript
Raleigh’s party 27.9
- typescript
I want to know the answer 27.10
- page proofs
Hanggliding after dark 27.11
- typescript
Pretty pictures 27.12
- typescript
Baby shoes 27.13
- typescript
Red meat 27.14
- typescript
Laundry detail 27.15
- typescript Page 30
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Covici’s guilt 27.16
- typescript
Don’t cook a pig 27.17
- typescript
Bats; The best good girl ever 27.18
- typescript
The Willies in Watusi Land - 3rd draft; 27.19
The historian
- typescript
Saving the province, Dust 27.20
- typescripts
Want to play house? 27.21
- typescript
The divine diva 28.1
- manuscript (Daniel G., translator?)
The unreturning/by Arnold Itwaru 28.2 Page 31
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE - manuscript
Mac submissions (inactive) 28.3
A good baby 28.4
- playscript, written/by Christian Fennell
A good baby 28.5
- film contracts
Lies of silence/by Brian Moore 28.6
- uncorrected proofs
The happiness of others 28.7
- introduction
What aflictions, The runners 28.8
- drafts
Algonquin 28.9
- “Beothuck” story
Helpless 28.10
- typescript Page 32
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The English in Paris 28.11
- typescript
The Hots (variant titles: Heat; Got it bad) 28.12
- typescript
The Brick Reader 29.1
- notes, correspondence, manuscripts
Body rain/by J.A. Hamilton 29.2
- typescript
The sun boat/by Roger Maybank 29.3
- manuscript
Harvey, Kenneth J. 29.4
- manuscripts, correspondence
Canada/Australia prize 29.5
The blue-eyed girls 29.6
- typescript
Page 33
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE A mercenary’s daughter 29.7
- typescript
Selections - The Canada Council 30.1
- numbers 158, 159
Shakespeare’s dog 30.2
- the play, notes, scripts
August king novel/by John Ehle 30.3
- typescript
Unreliable narrators 30.4
- typescript
Announcement of new policies 30.5
- typescript
Some women in my choir 30.6
- typescript
Sweethearts 30.7
- typescript
Page 34
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Typical day in a desirable woman’s life 30.8
- typescript
Family quarrels 30.9
- typescript
Opening night 30.10
- typescript
In her shoes 30.11
- typescript
Body count 30.12
- typescript
Legal files 30.13
[Restricted]
Harbourfront 30.14
University of Toronto/Scarborough residency 30.15
PEN 30.16
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FILE TITLE DATE BOX/FILE Governor-General’s award 30.17