The Tent Peg: Novel: Excerpt from First Holograph Draft , f75-80 (MsC 53.5.12)
novels
Yukon Territory
Excerpt from 80-page holograph and typescript first draft and jottings.
Van Herk, Aritha, 1954 -
n.d.
The Tent Peg: Novel: Excerpt from Third Draft, f160-164 (MsC 53.6.3)
Excerpt from 164-page typescript with holograph revisions. Original final third draft. With unidentified holographs comments, possibly by Rudy Wiebe.
1980
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: First Draft [stage play]
plays (performed work)
Vancouver -- British Columbia
Excerpt from 76-page first draft of stage play.
Ryga, George
1967
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe Playhouse Theatre Co. production
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Second Draft [stage play]
Excerpt from 80-page second draft of stage play.
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Third Draft [stage play]
Excerpt from 105-page third draft of stage play.
Letter from George Ryga to Malcolm Black, Playhouse Theatre Company, Forwarding Outline of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: [stage play]
letters
Summerland -- British Columbia
Letter (repository copy) from George Ryga to Malcolm Black, Playhouse Theatre Company, forwarding outline and establishing date of outline.
1966
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Twilight to a long, long,day
Twilight to a Long, Long Day: An Outline of Intention for a Stage Play for the Playhouse Theatre Company
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: An Outline of Intention for a Stage Play for the Playhouse Theatre Company
Probably second draft of outline of intent of stage play. Typescript title Twilight to a long, long day replaced with holograph title The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. Annotations on MsC 20.38.12f2 indicate date commission was granted.
Sam, Soren, and Ed: [short story]: holograph fragments
short stories
Saskatoon -- Saskatchewan
Excerpts from 27 pages of holograph fragments pertaining to the short story collection Man Descending. Excerpts show 5 different fragment versions of the ending of Sam, Soren, and Ed.
Vanderhaeghe, Guy, 1951-
Where Is the Voice Coming From?: Preparatory Work (MsC 26.21.10.8)
Saskatchewan
fiction
Wiebe, Rudy, 1934-
Where Is the Voice Coming From?: Short Story (MsC 26.21.10.9)
Typescript miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions
Where Is the Voice Coming From?: Research Material (MsC 26.21.10.10)
Where Is the Voice Coming From?: Short Story (MsC 26.21.10.11)
Where Is the Voice Coming From?: Short Story (MsC 26.21.10.14-16)
poems
West Vancouver -- British Columbia
File consists of three drafts of poem. Item two is a duplicate copy of item one with holograph revisions pertaining to capitalization and spacing; item three has holograph annotation "final." Items one and two have variant title West Vancouver Ferry.
Birney, Earle, 1904-1995
1925
1945
Stanley Park -- Vancouver -- British Columbia
1965
The Tent Peg: Novel: Excerpt from Fifth Draft, f177-181 (MsC 53.6.7)
Excerpt from 181-page typescript (photocopy) with holograph revisions. Includes revised first twelve pages. Identified in author's separate holograph note as "Original final final draft (4th and 5th) and setting draft 1980."
The Tent Peg: Novel: Excerpt from Third Draft, f150-159 (MsC 53.6.3)
The Tent Peg: Novel: Excerpt from First Typescript Draft, f213-218 (MsC 53.5.13)
Excerpt from 218-page typescript with holograph revisions and holograph first complete draft.
The Tent Peg: Novel: Excerpt from Fifth Draft, f165-176 (MsC 53.6.7)
Arrivals (locals): Wolfville -- 30 mins L: [poem]
Wolfville -- Nova Scotia
Part of second draft and drafts six, seven, eight and nine of poem. Includes holograph insert by E. Birney: "various drafts of Arrivals".
concrete poems
File consists of drafts of poem. Item two has E. Birney's holograph annotation "not final form."
Chapala, Laguna de -- Mexico
File consists of second and final drafts of poem written in Mexico.
1956
Vancouver -- British Columbia; Alaska
1934
Nichol, B. P., 1944-1988
1979
Holograph fragments of "Going to Russia."
The Angel in the Athabasca Tar Sands: Excerpt from Rough Drafts of Stories for Alberta / A Celebration
Alberta
Holograph fragment of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"
1978
The Angel of the Tar Sands: Excerpt from Rough Drafts of Stories for Alberta / A Celebration
Typescript draft of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"
The Angel of the Tar Sands: Typescript drafts (photocopies) of Stories for Alberta / A Celebration
Typescript draft of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, pages 247-251
Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001
1959
Richler, Mordecai. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.
Typescript draft of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, pages 57-61
Typescript draft of the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, pages 169-175
Typescript draft of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, pages 169-175
Typescript draft of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, pages 43-45