Box/File List

Marjorie Pickthall

BOX(s) FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Literary manuscripts -- Poems, collected
14[Complete poems of Marjorie Pickthall]

page proofs. Incomplete.

15Complete poems of Marjorie L.C. Pickthall

holograph. Notes by Arthur C. Pickthall for contents of posthumous edition

Correspondence
16Gale, Nina: 1 in, 19191919

Christmas greeting.

Literary manuscripts -- Verse drama
17The wood-carver’s wife1919

ts. Inscribed: “With every good wish to H.C.” [Helena Coleman?], 1919

Literary manuscripts -- Short stories
18The pumpkin seeds

holograph; tss.; tes., cc.

19The tears of the king: a legend of Hindostan

holograph, tss., tss., cc.

110The men who climbed

tss., cc. Several drafts, intermingled.

111Jimmy Golding’s grave

holograph; ts.; ts., cc. [one page].

112The man they pitied

ts., illustrated

Literary manuscripts -- Poems, individual
11Various poems

holograph; In notebook, illustrated by the author; dedicated: "Dearest Nina [Nina Gale?], with best love from Marjorie, March, 1901."

12At Portincula

holograph

12Christ in the museum

holograph

12Dulce et decorum

holograph

12English flowers

holograph

12From a lost anthology

holograph

12How looked she when she breath'd goodbye...

holograph

12The chosen

holograph

12The cliff-brethren

holograph

12The ears of Pan

holograph

12The Indian dancer

holograph

12aLook, Daddy, here's the little book...

holograph

12aMarching men

holograph

12aMary Shepherdess

holograph

12aO, the gray cliffs of the islands...

holograph

12aSwallow song

holograph

12aThe lamp of poor souls

holograph

12aThe nut wood

holograph

12aThere was a young salesman of Leeds

holograph

12aVia Dolorosa

holograph

12aWhen the gulls fly homeward...

holograph

13After the day

ts.

13August 1914

ts., cc., annotated

13Chapter-headings and songs from "Fox cover:"

ts.

13Christ in the workshop

ts., cc.

13Deus misereatur

ts., cc., annotated

13Ebb tide

ts., annotated; With photographs.

13Evening

ts., cc.

13The ballad of the king's following

ts. and ts., cc.

13The bridegroom of Cana

ts., cc., annotated;

13aA garden prayer

ts.

13aFor one who went in spring

ts.

13aGerbevillier

ts.

13aGray weather

ts.

13aHow looked she

ts.

13aHyacinth wood

ts.

13aIn a monastery garden

tss.

13aJeremy Frost

ts.

13aThe little dew

ts.

13bAn old prayer

ts., annotated

13bLoyal

ts., annotated

13bMalachi's song from "Little hearts:"

ts.

13bMourn not the brave

ts.

13bNika

ts., cc.

13bNot here, not here the rose

ts.

13bOberon's wooing

tss., annotated

13bOn a dead martin

ts., cc.

13bPere Lalement

ts., annotated;

13bThe mine-sweeper

ts.

13cA song

ts., cc.

13cShon M'Conna

ts.

13cSinging children

ts., annotated

13cSleepy-hoods

ts.

13cSong

ts.

13cThe shepherd boy

ts., cc.

13cThe silent shepherds

ts.

13cThe sweet night

ts.;

13cTinker's song from "Foxcover:"

ts.

13cWill you fare on, my songs...

ts., cc., annotated

13cWinter

ts., cc., annotated

16Mary tired: Christmas card, printed; Two copies, one signed. [Original illustration for card made by Nina Gale?]

   

Box 2
Correspondence
213Coleman family letters1908

11 outgoing letters. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman.

214Coleman family letters1909

7 outgoing letters. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman.

215Coleman family letters1910-1911

20 outgoing letters. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman.

216Coleman family letters1912

18 outgoing letters. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman.

217Coleman family letters1913-1914

19 outgoing letters and 1 postcard. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman.

218Coleman family letters1915

9 outgoing letters. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman.

219Coleman family letters1916

7 outgoing letters. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman. Includes 5 photographs with writing on the reverse.

220Coleman family letters1917-1919

14 outgoing letters. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman.

221Coleman family letters1920-1922

14 outgoing letters and 1 postcard. Correspondence is chiefly with Helena and Helen Coleman. Includes a pressed flower.

NOTE: Some letters have photographs attached to them.

222Edgar, Pelham: 2 out, 1903, 19041903, 1904

Originals.

222aMcLaughlin, J.F.: 5 out, 1912, 19131912, 1913

Originals.

223Gale, Nina: 6 out, n.d., 1913–211913

Originals. Subject: Mrs. Mackay.

223“Aunt Emily:” 1 out, 19211921

Original.

224Wilson, Miss: 2 out, 19221922

Originals. [Notsent?]

224aS., M.H. : 1 out, n.d.n.d.

Original.

Personal material
217Photographs: 19131913
220Photographs: 19191919
Material about Pickthall
225Correspondence of Arthur C. Pickthall, chiefly to Helena Coleman,1922–321922-1932

Original.

Box 3
Personal material
329Photographs and postcards1910-1912, 1914, 1916, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1969

27 photographs; 8 postcards; 2 copy prints; some negatives; File includes photographs of Pickthall (n.d.,ca. 1910–11, ca. 1912, 1914, 1916, ca. 1920) and other persons; scenes photographed by Pickthall in Canada and England; postcards sent to Helen Coleman, 1916 and “Auntie” [Helena Coleman], 1917.  File also includes letter from Mary M. Glen to Lorna Fraser, 1969, forwarding a book and some photographs Subjects of file: Isabel Coleman; “H.A.C.” [Helen Coleman?]; Nina Gale; A.E. Lang; Edith Lyttleton; Agnes Maule Machar; M.H. Skinner; Miss Smith; Ethelwyn Wetherald; other subjects.

329aBible owned by Pickthall1892

Inscribed; gift of her father in 1892.
Photographs: see also: Material created by Pickthall, in nontextual media.

Artistic material created by Pickthall, in non-textual media
326Ink drawings

7 drawings. Some drawings annotated e.g. “Hints for Helen.” [Helen Coleman?]

327.iInk and watercolour drawings on cards

36 cards. Some cards annotated e.g. one titled “Dr. Coleman;” some inscribed as greeting cards. Correspondents include: “Auntie;” “Helen;” Dr. (Pelham?] and Mrs. Edgar.

327.ii Watercolour paintings

2 scenic paintings;

327.iiOil painting of the artist’s cottage near Salisbury

Framed.

328Paper cut-out made by Pickthall as a child

Photographs: see Poems, Ebb tide.

 

329Photographs

Scenes photographed by Pickthall in Canada and England.
Photograph, printed: see Poems, The little minister.

329aPhotographs: 3 framed photographs

[Taken by Pickthall?] Donated by Lorne Pierce.

Box 4
Literary manuscripts -- Poems, collected
432Two poems1923

Book (limited edition; Ryerson Press, 1923); Signed by Lorne Pierce. Includes two poems: Ebb tide and Vision. File includes photostatic copy of author’s drafts of the two poems, holograph.

Literary manuscripts -- Short stories
430The flower of silence

tear-sheet

430The girl on the other side

tear-sheet

430The lost orchard

tear-sheet

Material about Pickthall
431Essay: Long, Dorothy Elizabeth Toye / The prose and poetry of Marjorie L.C. Pickthall: ts., annotated; Winner of the Lincoln Hutton essay prize, 19231923

File includes letter forwarding the essay to Margaret V. Ray.

433Lists of stories by Pickthall, compiled by Arthur C. Pickthall

holograph

434Biographical notes to accompany Pickthall Exhibition

ts., cc. [Compiled by Margaret V. Ray?]

434Periodicals containing articles about Pickthall

Includes:

- Acta Victoriana vol. 47, no. 4 (1923);

- Acta Victoriana vol. 67, no. 6 (1943);

- Canadian Bookman vol. 4, no. 6 (1922).

435Program for production of The wood carver’s wife, Hart House Theatre, 19211921
436Clippings relating to Pickthall, including reviews and articles
437Card file for proposed bibliographyCompiled by Margaret V. Ray
437Material relating to Pickthall Exhibition

including background notes, correspondence (with Helena Coleman, Pelham Edgar, Nina Gale, A.E. Lang, Lorne Pierce, other persons) invitation, address by Lorne Pierce, drafts of exhibition notes by Margaret V. Ray, clipping, other material  

437[List of archival material created by Marjorie Pickthall?]

compiled by Arthur C. Pickthall: holograph;

Literary manuscripts -- Poems, individual
430Even-song

clipping

430Evening

clipping

430Pere Lalement

page proof

430Pieter Marinus

clipping

430Snow

tear-sheet

430The green month

ts.

430The immortal

clippings

430The little minister

copies of newsletter; tear-sheet. Printed with photograph taken by Marjorie Pickthall.

430The nut wood

clipping

430Wiltshire

page proof

430.220A prayer

tear-sheet

Literary manuscripts -- Articles
430Isles of Eden

printed article, photocopied. Two copies.

430The last day

printed article, photocopied

430Thistle-drift’s sister

tear-sheet; tear-sheet, photocopied

Literary manuscripts -- Novel
433aThe bridge: report by a publisher’s reader1934

ts., cc., with annotations by Pickthall; publicity leaflet; letter from Fanny Hansford, 1934, donating an autographed copy of the novel to Victoria College Library

Other material
434Other items

Includes a copy of The Globe Magazine, September 28, 1968

434Photograph of house at Lake Simcoe

[Where Marjorie Pickthall vacationed?]

435Clippings, including advertisement and reviews of Grand parade by G.B. Lancaster
435Correspondence between Donald A. Fraser and Lorne Pierce relating to an article about Marjorie Pickthall

Subject: formation of a branch of the Canadian Authors Association, Victoria, B.C.

435Correspondence between Francis Arthur Jones and Lorne Pierce, 1927, about the publication of collected poems of Marjorie Pickthall.1927