Correspondence

Some notes included.

A friend of Paul Bouissac's from the Bouglione Circus.

Letter to Daddesio regarding a contribution to his book.

Letter from Paul Perron of the University of Toronto Department of French regarding the Paris School.

Letter from Bouissac to Rik Pinxten, Editor-in-Chief of Cultural Dynamics in Belgium. Includes some notes and copies of articles written by Pinxten.

Correspondence with Bill Ballantine, Dean of Ringling Bros. Clown College.

Correspondence with Toly Castor, a member of a family of acrobats known as Les Castors who performed in France. Also includes a draft of an essay.

Correspondence with Jean Cuisenier, Chief Curator of the Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires, and other curators at the museum, where Bouissac carried out research.

Letter from Rudolph Seipel, a visiting graduate student from Germany who temporarily taught in the German Department at Victoria College around 1964-1966. Also includes his translation of the German article "Motographie".

Correspondence to, from and about Dr. Sunthar Visuvalingam.

Correspondence with faculty and staff at Victoria College, the University of Toronto, Trent University and École de L'Alliance Francaise regarding teaching appointments and promotions. Also includes some correspondence related to the Debord Circus.

Includes some notes and ephemera.

Includes 4 colour photographs of a circus ring performance in Monaco.

Letters from Bill Ballantine, Dean of Ringling Bros. Clown College.

Letter from J.H. Barkow, professor at Dalhousie University.

Letters from Al Bongard, a Swiss biologist.

Letter from Jean-Pierre de Villers, professor at the University of Windsor in Ontario. Includes a circus periodical.

Letters from Rene and Madeleine Geraldo, husband and wife trapeze artists. Includes printed material about the Geraldos and circus performance in general, as well as two black and white photographs of the Geraldos.

Letter from Kenneth Little, a PhD student at the University of Virginia. Includes Little's essays submitted to Bouissac for feedback.

Letters from Bouissac's mother.

Letters from Mahesh Mangalat, lecturer in the Department of Modern Indian Languages at Aligarh University.

Letters from Raghavan Payyanad, a professor in the Department of Malayalam at Government Brennen College.

Essays sent to Bouissac with notes from Elizabeth-Chalier Visuvalingam of Banaras Hindu University. Also includes an essay and note from Sunthar Visuvalingam.

Letters from Thomas A. Sebeok of the Research Center for the Language Sciences. Includes a letter to Sebeok from John B. Cornell of the National Science Foundation discussing Bouissac's project proposal.

Cards and notes from friends and colleagues. 

Includes a copy of Apter’s paper “Humour and the Theory of Psychological Reversals”, handwritten notes, and letters between Michael Mair (University of London Institute of Education) and Don Handelman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Letters from Professor Gérard Bucher, Paris and Buffalo University.

Letters from Professor Marco de Marinis of the University of Bologna. Includes photographs of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the computer room in the Istituto delle Discipline della Comunicazione.

Letters from Rajan Gurukkal, Director of the School of Social Sciences at Mahatma Ghandi University. Includes an abstract of a paper.

Letters from Barry Silverman, a professor at The George Washington University, relating to a workshop and conference in Vienna. Also includes copies of Silverman’s papers and essays.

Includes a copy of an excerpt from Swaskey’s paper “The Scientific Words of Jesus Christ”.

Includes a copy of an excerpt from Swaskey’s paper “The Scientific Words of Jesus Christ”.

Letter from Professor Colwyn Trevarthen of the University of Edinburgh.

Correspondence regarding the International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies sessions. Includes a program and draft versions of the agreement between the Toronto Semiotic Circle and the Graduate Schools of the University of Toronto and Northwestern University.

Includes copies of membership lists.

Letters to professors in universities in Jakarta, cards and thank you notes, and travel guides and brochures.

Letters with publishers relating to book publications, most notably The Social Dynamic of Pronominal Systems and The Meaning of the Circus.

Correspondence relating to European Association of Archaeologists sessions and membership. Also includes an email from Li Olsson about a paper on Mediterranean symbols in Scandinavian rock carving traditions (2000).

Correspondence primarily relating to the publication of The Meaning of the Circus (originally titled Circus Live: The art, trade, and life experience of circus artists). Also includes an email with Robert Innis (2000).

Correspondence with colleagues and other professional contacts on publishing, seminars and other topics.

Correspondence with colleagues, friends and other professional contacts conferences, workshops and Bouissac’s poetry and music sessions.

Notes and emails from friends and colleagues on various academic topics.

Includes drafts of Assael’s works: “The Circus and Respectable Society in Victoria Britain”, and “Harnessing Change: The American Circus in Britain, 1889-1899”.

Includes a biographical sketch and a copy of Douglas’s paper on the animals in Leviticus.

Includes artwork.

Correspondents include Lita Osmundsen, Helmut Schweizer, J.J.C. van der Wilk, Prof. Desanti Armando and Dr. Hans Daniels.

Correspondents include Jean-Paul Curtay, Gervais Jessaud and Jean-Marc Lemelin.

Correspondents include Barend van Heusden, Charles Segal, Gordon D. Brown, Eva Kushner, Paul J. Thibault, Seymour Stark, Rolf Lehmann, Judy Kerman, Walter Koch and Peter van Lindonk.

Correspondents include John Astington and Marcel Kinsbourne.

Correspondents include Dr. Hans Daniels and École des hautes études.

A copy of the book Air Penawar Sekacang Kelat, gifted to Bouissac by the author Hashim Yaacob. A message to Boiussac from Yaacob is written on the first page.