Box/File List

Francis Sparshott

Box 1
BOX(s)	FILE	TITLE	YEAR	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—uncollected
1	1a–1d	Poems, uncollected	1942-1945	holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated; Written: 1942–1945. Some poems later gathered under the following titles: “Alpha to Omega,” “Eclogue for One,” and “First Trumpet.” “Alpha to Omega” later published as A Divided Voice.
Series: 3: Academic records
Material about Sparshott
1	1e	Article
Box 2
Series: 1: Correspondence
2	3	O Broin, Padraig. 1 in, 1964	1964
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
2	2	“Alpha to Omega”		ts., cc., annotated, with holograph cover page; rejected pages, ts., annotated, with holograph cover page; Later published as A Divided Voice.
2	3	“Alpha to Omega:” holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated; Note on packing folder stated: “Copy #1.”		Includes related correspondence.
2	5	A Cardboard Garage		holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated
Poetry—uncollected
2	4	Poems, uncollected (in notebook titled “Worlds We Live In”):	1942-1947	holographs; Some poems later included in A Divided Voice and A Cardboard Garage. Written 1942–1947.
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
2	6–7	Looking for Philosophy		ts., annotated by publisher
Box 3
Series: 1: Correspondence
3	7b	[Woodbury, L.] 1 in, n.d.;	n.d.	(signed “L.W.”)
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
3	8a–8b	“Dried Ballads”		holographs; tss., annotated; ts., cc., annotated; printed page, photocopied, annotated. Includes reader’s notes. Note in file states that “Dried Ballads” was later published as The Naming of the Beast.
3	9	“Dried Ballads”	1977	ts., annotated, with additional copy of table of contents, ts., cc., annotated. 1977 version
3	10	“Dried Ballads”	1970	holographs; tss., annotated. 1970 version.
Plays
3	7a–7b	Bacchae / Euripedes ; tr. Francis Sparshott (two drafts): ts., annotated, with a copy of one draft, ts., cc., annotated.		Includes related correspondence, readers’ reports and related notes.
Box 4
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
4	11	“Dried Ballads”		ts., cc., annotated. Note in file states: “Carbon as submitted to Black Moss Press.”
4	12	The Rainy Hills		ts., annotated, with preface
4	13	The Rainy Hills		ts., cc., annotated, with drafts of preface; additional drafts of poems, holographs and tss., annotated
4	14	The Rainy Hills: verses after a Japanese fashion	1978	holographs; tss., annotated; 1978 version.
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
4	1–4	The Theory of the Arts		galley proofs, annotated, plus editor’s specifications
4	15– 17	An Enquiry into Goodness and Related Concepts; with some remarks on the nature and scope of such enquiries		ts., annotated
Box 5
Series: 3: Academic records
5	1–7	The Structure of Aesthetics		ts., annotated. Notes on packing folders stated: “Copy No. 1.”
Box 6
Series: 3: Academic records
6	1– 4	The Structure of Aesthetics: ts., annotated.		Note on packing box stated: The Structure of Aesthetics. “The version my typist worked from.”
Literary criticism
6	5	The Wasteland Surveyed	1951	ts., annotated. Note on packing folder stated: “Unpublished commentary on Eliot’s poems, 1951.”
Box 7
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
7	1–3	Philosophy of Art		ts., annotated. Later published as The Theory of the Arts.
Box 8
Series: 3: Academic records
8	1	Art Theory		ts., annotated; Box 7, Files 4–7; Second draft. Pp. 586–604 missing. Later published as The Theory of the Arts.
8	2	Art Theory		ts., mimeographed, annotated. Portion of Art Theory (second draft), prepared for graduate course.
8	3–7	Art Theory		ts., cc., annotated; third draft.
Box 9
Series: 3: Academic records
9	1-5	The Theory of the Arts		tss., annotated; tss., photocopied, annotated. Final draft.
Box 10
Series: 3: Academic records
10	1-5	The Theory of the Arts		tss., annotated; tss., photocopied, annotated. Final draft.
Box 11
Series: 3: Academic records
11	1-5	The Theory of the Arts		tss., photocopied, annotated. Final draft. Pp. 1–16 missing.
Box 12
Series: 3: Academic records
12	1-3	The Theory of the Arts		tss., photocopied, annotated. Final draft. Pp. 1–16 missing.
12	4	The Theory of the Arts		rejected pages, ts.; Final draft. Packing envelope stated: “Final version. Rejected pages.”
Box 13
Series: 3: Academic records
13	1-5	The Theory of the Arts		ts., annotated. Note in folder states: “Corrected ms. marked for printing.”
Box 14
Series: 3: Academic records
14	1	The Theory of the Arts		illustrative figure for Chapter IV
14	5–7	The Theory of the Arts		page proofs, annotated
Articles / essays
14	8	Avowals and Their Uses		reprint
14	8	Mr. Ziff and the ‘Artistic Illusion		off-print
14	8	Speculation and Reflection, or: It’s All Done By Mirrors		reprint
14	8	The Central Problem of Philosophy		reprint
14	8	The Concept of Purpose		reprint
Box 15
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
15	1-3	The Theory of the Arts		ts., annotated. Note in folder states: “Corrected ms. marked for printing.”
15	4–6	The Theory of the Arts		galley proofs, photocopied, annotated
Box 16
Series: 1: Correspondence
16	2	Huntsman, Dr. 1 in, 1958; 1 out, 1958	1958
16	2	Perry, Charner. 2 in, n.d.; 2 out, n.d.	n.d.
16	2	Sibley, W.M. 1 in, 1957; 1 out, [1957]	1957
16	2	University of Chicago Press. 2 in, 1959, 1960	1959, 1960
16	2	University of Toronto Press. 3 in, n.d., 1957, 1959	n.d., 1957, 1959
16	3	1 in, 1957	1957
16	3	University of Chicago Press. 3 in, n.d., [1958]	n.d., [1958]
16	3	University of Toronto Press. 7 in, 1957–1959; 8 out, [1957]; plus 2 out (drafts), [1957]	1957-1959, 1957, 1957
16	4	Duncan, Elmer H. 1 in, 1969; Halpenny, Frances (of University of Toronto Press).	1969
16	4	Pepper, Stephen C. 1 in, 1969	1969	Includes material relating to the philosophical work of Stephen Pepper.
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
16	5	The Cave of Trophonius: a poem in ten parts		tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated
16	7	The Hanging Gardens of Etobicoke: poems by Francis Sparshott	1983	ts., annotated; ts., photocopied, annotated. Note on packing envelope states: “Hanging Gardens, 1983. Ms. as submitted.”
16	8	The Rainy Hills (collection of one hundred and fifty haiku and other short poems)		ts., photocopy. Note on packing envelope stated: “The Rainy Hills, original, xerox.”
Poetry—uncollected
16	6	Poems, uncollected	1983, 1983-1986	holographs; tss., annotated; print-outs, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Poems later than The Cave of Trophonius, 1983. Roughs and seconds, c. 1983–1986.”
16	9	Poems, uncollected	1980	holographs; tss., annotated; tss., carbon copied, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Uncollected—rough and second copies, to c. 1980.” Material in Files 9 and 10 was held originally in one packing envelope.
16	10	Poems, uncollected		holographs; tss., annotated; tss., carbon copied, annotated;
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
16	1	An Enquiry into Goodness	1957	memorandum of agreement with publisher, 1957; reviews
16	2	An Enquiry into Goodness		related correspondence; notes; reviews
16	3	An Enquiry into Goodness		galley proofs of table of contents and index; related correspondence; notes; reviews
Articles / essays
16	4	Comments on Pepper’s “Autobiography of an Aesthetics”		ts., cc., annotated
Box 17
Series: 1: Correspondence
17	2	Princeton University Press. 1 out, 1981	1981
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
17	1	Storms and Screens: poems by Francis Sparshott	1981	holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc.,annotated; photocopy of printed poem. Note on packing envelope stated: “Roughs and copies, 1981”
17	2	Storms and Screens: poems by Francis Sparshott	1981	tss., cc., annotated; related correspondence. Note on packing folder stated: “1981 version, carbon.”
17	3	Storms and Screens: poems by Francis Sparshott		tss., annotated
17	4	Storms and Screens: poems by Francis Sparshott	1982	holographs; computer print-outs, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Drafts. Poems later than original long version of Storms and Screens, c. 1982.”
17	5	Storms and Screens: poems by Francis Sparshott		tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated; print-outs, annotated; page proofs, annotated; title pages and tables of contents, holographs, print-outs and page proofs
17	6	Storms and Screens: poems by Francis Sparshott:	1986	computer print-out, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Print-out submitted to publisher, 1986.”
17	7	Storms and Screens: poems by Francis Sparshott:	1986	page proofs. Note on packing envelope stated: “Proof, 1986.”
17	37	List of publications		(poetry)
Poetry—uncollected
17	8	Poems, uncollected:	1980-1983	holographs; tss., annotated; tss., carbon copied, annotatedNote on packing envelope stated: “Uncollected poems, July 1980–1983, roughs and second copies.”
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
17	8	Looking for Philosophy: review		Photocopies of a review, on the verso of drafts of poems for Storms and Screens. 29–1 to 29–5 Book.
Box 23
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—uncollected
23	1	Poems, uncollected	1987	print-outs and handwritten, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Rough draft and second copies, etc., between Storms and Screens and 1987.”
23	2	Poems, uncollected	1987	print-outs and handwritten, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Rough draft, second copies, etc., 1987 (mostly in Sculling to Byzantium).”
23	3	Poems, uncollected	1988	print-outs and handwritten, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Rough drafts, etc., since Jan. 1988 (mostly: Sculling to Byzantium).”
Series: 3: Academic records
Addresses
23	8	A Medieval Rhythm	c. 1956	handwritten in used examination booklets. Note on packing envelope stated: “Paper read to Toronto Classics Club, c. 1956.”
23	10	The Function of the Artist in Society	1964	ts., annotated; Includes letter of invitation to speak. Note on packing envelope stated: “1964—address to Humanities and Unitarian Society.”
23	11	Aesthetic Experiences and Aesthetic Experience	October 1964	ts., annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Contribution to ASA Symposium, Chicago, October 1964.”
23	13	Theme, Conflict and Resolution in Sophocles:	c. 1964	ts., annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Paper read to Toronto Classics Club, c. 1964.”
23	18	Philosophy and Criticism	1968	carbon copy of ts. Included is a reply by Peter Glassen. Note on packing envelope stated: “1968—no recollection of this,” and “Calgary paper.”
Autobiographical essay/sketch
23	15	Rochester Revisited	1965-1966	carbon copy of ts; Note on packing envelope stated: “unpublished nostalgia piece—1965–1966.”
23	4	Mahler on Pisgah: an anthropological meditation on the arts of self-pity	1950	ts. Note on packing envelope stated: ”Unpublished piece, c. 1950.”
23	9	The Concept of Purpose	1962	ts. and handwritten, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: ”Published in part in Ethics, 1962—remainder unpublished.”
23	14	Plato and the Necessity of Aesthetics	1960-1965	ts. and handwritten, annotated. Includes related notes. Note on packing envelope stated: “unpublished paper, 1960–65.”
23	17	The Mind/Body Scandal	mid 1960s	ts. and handwritten, annotated with notes. Note on packing envelope stated: “unpublished mid 1960s.”
Lectures
23	6	Plotinus and Egypt	c. 1953	ts., annotated. Includes two rejection letters. Note on packing envelope stated: “Public lecture, University College, U. of T., c. 1953—rejected by various (journals?].”
23	19	Peace:	1968-1969	ts., annotated. Includes invitation to give lecture; Note on packing envelope stated: “Lecture on ‘Peace’ 1968–9.”
Notes for address
23	5	Ethics and the Moral Concerns of Students	early 1950s	handwritten. Note on packing envelope stated: “address to some people (Humanities Association?) [sic]—Hamilton, Ont., early 1950s.”
Pamphlets
23	7	Aspects of Augustinian Ethics	c. 1954	carbon copies of ts. Note on packing envelope stated: “intended to be a pamphlet, c. 1954.”
Projected books
23	20	System of Ethics	1960-1969	ts. and handwritten, annotated and fragmented. Note on packing envelope stated: “Materials for System of Ethics—abandoned project, 1960s.”
23	21	Commentary on Plato’s Republic		unfinished: ts. and handwritten, annotated and fragmented. Note on packing envelope stated “Materials for an abandoned commentary on Plato’s Republic.”
Radio address/script
23	12	Freedom and the Self	1955-1964	ts., annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: 11 CBC Radio broadcast–between 1955 and 1964!”
Articles / essays
23	16	On Structuring Aesthetics	1966	ts. Includes rejection letters; Note on packing envelope stated: “rejected attempt at a rebuttal of a review, 1966.”
Box 24
Series: 1: Correspondence
24	9	Letter concerning recent visual aesthetics from Sparshott to Ms. Savan, 1978 Dec. 17: carbon copy of ts.	1978	Includes notes. Note on packing envelope stated recent visual aesthetics; for CBC Radio.”
Series: 3: Academic records
Addresses
24	3	On the Feasibility of Moral Codes in Modern Warfare	1974	carbon copy of ts. Includes correspondence about conference where paper is to be delivered.Note on packing envelope stated: “Rules of War—comment on Danto, 1974 (unpublished).”
24	6	Aesthetic Judgment	1976	ts., annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Address, Althouse College, U. of Western Ontario, 1976.”
24	17	Abrams on Eighteenth Century Origins of the Modern Theory of Art	October, 1981	ts., annotated. Includes copy of Abrams’ paper dated October 1981. Note on packing envelope stated: “comment on a conference paper by M.H. Abrams, date unknown.”
24	20	Bogen on ‘Reading poetry as if the poet said something”	1988	printout, annotated. Includes copy of Bogen’s paper dated in 1988. Note on packing-envelope stated: “Comment on a paper by James Bogen, ASA Pacific Division, April 1988.”
24	21	Eskimo Art in Canada	1988	printout, annotated. Includes related notes. Note on packing envelope stated: “apparently a talk to ASA, c. 1988, of which I have no recollection—ASA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, October 29, 1988.”
24	26	The Good Life	c. 1990	printout, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “address to University of Toronto Undergraduate Philosophy Club, c. 1990.” Aesthetics in Retrospect, 2002; Box 32, File 6
Autobiographical essay/sketch
24	28	Reminiscenses	1991	printouts, annotated. Includes two versions, notes and correspondence with editor dated in 1991. Note on packing envelope stated: “Drafts and Correspondence for article in Gail Research—Contemporary Authors—Autobiography Series.”
Encyclopedia entry
24	24	Philosophy and Poetry	1986-1989	printouts and handwritten, annotated. Includes notes, draft entries and correspondence with Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics dated 1986–1989.
24	2	The Problem of Violence as a Problem of Our Time	c. 1970	ts. Includes three letters, two with readers’ comments. Note on packing envelope stated: “Boring paper on ‘The Problem of Violence’, c. 1970, prepared for a competition, rejected by [STP?].”
24	4	Logos: the Commentary	1975	ts. Note on packing envelope: “unpublished sequel to dialogue, ‘Will the Future resemble the Past?’, Universty of Toronto Ouarterly, 1975.”
24	5	Critical Discourse in Art and Morals	Feb. 1976	ts. Includes earlier or related essays by same author and a commentary by another author. Note on packing envelope stated: “Paper for Dept. of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham, N.C., Feb 1976.”
24	11	Introduction to Writings of John Stuart Mill		carbon copy of ts., annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Section omitted from Intro. to JS Mill Collected Works Vol XI (content of volume has changed).”
24	16	Philosophy and film	1981, 1983	ts. Includes two letters from publisher dated in 1983. Note on packing envelope stated: “unpublished paper c. 1981.”
24	25	Experimental Psychology and the Philosophy of Art	1989	printout, annotated. Includes correspondence dated in 1989. Note on packing envelope stated: “Unpublished paper for ‘scientific aesthetics’ collection.”
24	31	The Future of Dance Aesthetics	1991-1992	printout, annotated. Includes revised version, notes and correspondence with Editor of Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism dated 1991–1992.
Historical sketch
24	27	League of Canadian Poets: the first ten years, 1966–1976	1990, 1991	printout. Includes correspondence with editor of Arc and various early League members who commented upon a draft of the article, dated 1990. Note on packing envelope stated: “11 ... Arc, spring 1991...”
Lectures
24	8	The idea of the fine arts	1978	ts. Note on packing envelope stated: “The Taft Lectures, University of Cincinnati, 1978 (unpublished).”
Notes for address
24	7	Talk on the Nature of Poetry	Nov. 1977	handwritten. Note on packing envelope stated: “Notes for talk on the nature of poetry. Overlea High School, Nov. 1977.”
24	14	Talk on Typing Errors	1980-1981	handwritten and ts. Note on packing envelope stated: “Paper on ‘typing errors’ presented to Prof. K[?]’s lunchtime discussion group, 1980–81.”
24	15	Talk on His Poem ‘The Naming of the Beasts’	March, 1981	handwritten. Note on packing envelope stated: “Notes on my poem ‘The Naming of the Beast’—for a seminar presentation, English Dept., University of UMEA (Sweden?], March 1981.”
24	19	Talk on Philosophy of Music	Sept. 1987	handwritten. Note on packing envelope stated: “‘A philosopher wonders about music’, School of Music, University of Canterbury, NZ, Sept. 1987.”
24	22	Self-deception and Bad Faith	March 1989	handwritten. Note on packing envelope stated: “Self-deception and Bad Faith, Erindale College, March 1989 (illegible MS).”
Notes for essays
24	1	Essay on Plato’s Meno	c. 1970?	ts. Note on packing envelope stated: “Notes for paper on Plato’s Meno (transcript of tape)—uncompleted, c. 1970?”
24	12	The Veils of Illusion		handwritten. Note on packing envelope stated: “unfinished paper on irony in Plato’s Republic.”
Reference book entry
24	30	Entry on Plato for Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Criticism and Theory	1987-1992	printouts, annotated. Includes three drafts and correspondence with editors of guide dated 1987–1992
Radio address/script
24	10	Review of Raymond Reid’s The Canadian Style	1970s	ts., annotated., Note with item stated: “Booklines on CBC Radio 1970s.”
Review
24	29	Critical Notice of Vlastos’s Socrates. Ironist and Moral Philosopher and Brickhouse and Smith’s Socrates on Trial	1991-1992	printout, annotated. Includes correspondence with book review editor of Canadian Journal of Philosophy dated 1991–1992
Review of exhibition
24	13	New Carvings from Spence Bay	Sept. 1980	carbon copy of ts., annotated. Note on packing-envelope stated: “Sept. 1980—published as part of brochure for Inuit Gallery Show.”
24	18	Recent carvings by Judas Ooloolah	1982, 1983	ts. and printout, annotated. Includes edited version and letter for the Gallery dated 1983 Feb. 10. Note on packing envelope stated: “Prepared for Inuit Gallery, 1982.”
Box 25
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
25	5	Shocks and Springs: Views From the Zucchini Gazebo	1994	printout. Note on packing envelope stated: “Childe Thursday, April 1994—minus ‘[?]’ and notes.”
Poetry—uncollected
25	3	Poems, uncollected	1991-1994	printouts and handwritten, annotated. Note on packing envelope stated: “Poems, 1991–1994—rough copies and drafts.”
Series: 3: Academic records
Autobiographical essay/sketch
25	2	Recollections of CCC [Corpus Christi College, Oxford], 1943–4 and 1947–50: printout, annotated	1994	Note on packing envelope stated: “edited extract to be published by Corpus, 1994”
Books
25	7	Miscellaneous notes		handwritten
25	8	Early draft of book, p. 1–22: ts.		annotated
25	9	Early draft of book, pp. 23–38: ts.		annotated
25	10	Early draft of book, pp. 39–61		ts., annotated
25	11	Early draft of book, pp. 62–92		ts., annotated
25	12	Early draft of book, pp. 93–125		ts., annotated
25	13	Early draft of book, pp. 126–148		ts., annotated
25	14	Early draft of book, pp. 149–177		ts., annotated
25	15	Early draft of book, pp. 178–206		ts., annotated
25	1	Portraits in Music—a Case-study: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’	1990-1992	variations: printouts, annotated. Includes three drafts and final printed version, notes, and correspondence with editor of The interpretation of music: Philosophical essays (Oxford University Press) dated 1990–1992.
25	4	Music and Feeling	1991-1992, 1994	printouts, annotated. Includes two drafts, notes and correspondence with editor of Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism dated 1991–1992. Note on packing envelope stated: “Music and Feeling—JAAQ 1994...”
Box 26
Series: 3: Academic records
26	1	Early draft of book, pp. 207–230		ts., annotated
26	2	Early draft of book, pp. 231–255		ts., annotated
26	3	Early draft of book, pp. 258–272		ts., annotated
26	4	Early draft of book, pp. 273–297		ts., annotated
26	5	Notes		mostly handwritten
26	6	Early draft of book, pp. 298–321		ts., annotated
26	7	Early draft of book, pp. 322–341		ts., annotated
26	8	Early draft of book, pp. 342–366		ts., annotated
26	9	Early draft of book, pp. 367–374		ts., annotated
26	10	Bibliographical notes: handwritten
26	11	FS, Aristotle’s Ethics and Plato’s Republic: A Structural Comparison		ts., annotated
26	12	FS, The Nicomachean Ethics—A New Approach		ts., annotated
26	13	Offprints and copies of articles and papers by other scholars; some correspondence with other academics
26	14	Preliminary drafts and revisions		ts. and handwritten
26	15	Early version titled “Finality”		carbon copy
26	16	Notes about structure of the work		handwritten
Box 27
Series: 3: Academic records
27	1	Old NE cursus		handwritten
27	2	Last NE cursus		handwritten
27	3	Old contents tables		ts. and printouts, annotated
27	4	Correspondence about editing and publication of book
27	5	Quotations, notes of lectures, review of book authored by W.F.R. Hardie on Aristotle’s ethics		handwritten and ts
27	6	Taking Life Seriously		printout, annotated; (Draft is titled: “Finality: An Account of Aristotle’s Ethics.”]
27	7	Index, contents table, foreword, introduction
27	7-8	Taking Life Seriously		printout, annotated. Includes letter to copy editor at publisher.
27	8	Chapter 1
Box 28
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
28	11	A Cardboard Garage	1969	galley proofs, 1969. Includes card insert from publisher indicating that this item was distributed as a review copy.
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
28	1	Chapter 2
28	1-6	Taking Life Seriously		printout, annotated. Includes letter to copy editor at publisher.
28	2	Chapter 3
28	3	Chapter 4
28	4	Chapter 5
28	5	Chapter 6
28	6	Postscript, afterword, glossary, reference list
28	7	Introductory sections, chapter 1
28	7–10	Taking Life Seriously	1993	printer’s proofs, 1993, annotated. Includes letter from copy editor, 1993
28	8	Chapter 2
28	9	Chapters 3–6
28	10	Chapter 7 and concluding sections
Box 29
Series: 3: Academic records
29	1	Section 2: pp. 6–93
29	1-5	A Measured Pace	[198-]	printout, [198–], annotated; [Draft is untitled and incomplete.] Note by author stated: “MS version of ‘Second Steps’.”
29	2	Section 2: pp. 94–183
29	3	Section 3
29	4	Sections 4–6
29	5	Sections 7–10
29	6	Contents pages, Sections 1–6
29	6 to 9	A Measured Pace:	June 1989	printout, June 1989, annotated; [Draft is titled:“Second Steps.”] Note attached by author stated: “ ... version for circulation, before final corrections.”
29	7	Sections 7–14
29	8	Sections 15–18
29	9	Sections 19–23, References
29	10	Title page, Contents pages, Sections 1–6		Includes hand written circulation list.
29	10 to 12	A Measured Pace: printout (photocopy), Oct. 1989, annotated; [Draft is titled: “Second Steps: To a Philosophical Consideration of the Dance.”]	Oct. 1989	Note attached by author stated: ... circulated version, with some notes for revision.”
Box 31
Series: 1: Correspondence
31	9	Correspondence re “A Measured Pace.”	1992-1994	Printouts, ts. and photocopies, 1992–1994. Includes letters from/to publisher/editors and copies of Reader’s Reports.
Series: 3: Academic records
31	2	Preliminaries and Part 1, ch. 1–4
31	2 to 6	A Measured Pace		printer’s proofs, annotated
31	3	Part 1, ch. 5–11
31	4	Part 2
31	5	Part 3, ch. 15–19
31	6	Part 3, ch. 20–22 and concluding sections
31	7	Contents pages for A Measured Pace: Printouts,	[198–]–[199–]	[198–]–[199–], annotated. Includes proposed, revised and rejected versions.
31	8	Notes and items collected for A Measured Pace; Handwritten notes, printouts and photocopies of published items	[198–]–(199–?].
Box 32
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
32	1	City Dwellers	2000	(pub. 2000)
32	2	City Dwellers	2000	(pub. 2000): drafts, notes and correspondence
Poetry—uncollected
32	3	Poems	1997-1998
32	4	Poems	[between 2000 and 2002]
32	5	Poems	[between 2000 and 2002]
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
32	7	The Future of Aesthetics	1996-1998	1996–1998: notes, correspondence
32	8	The Future of Aesthetics	1998	(pub. 1998)
32	9	The Future of Aesthetics	1998	(pub. 1998)
Projected books
32	10	It Occurs to Me	[ca. 1985]–1997
32	11	It Occurs to Me	1994-1996
32	12	In the Need	[ca. 1999]–2001
Box 33
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry—collected
33	1	Views from the Zucchini Gazebo	1994	(pub. 1994)
33	2	Views from the Zucchini Gazebo, Home from the Air	1997	(pub. 1997): mss. of poems primarily from two collections
33	3	Home from the Air	1995-1997
33	4	Home from the Air	1997	(pub. 1997)
Poetry—uncollected
33	5	Poems	[198–?]
Series: 3: Academic records
33	6	On Metaethics: a reverie	1996
Box 34
Series: 3: Academic records
Books
34	1–3	The Future of Aesthetics	1998	(pub. 1998)
2015.07
2015.07, Box 1
Series: 3: Academic records
Autobiographical essay/sketch
1	15	"Francis Sparshott" in Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Volume 15	1992	Reprint.
Research Notes
1	2	[Notes and articles related to Plato]	1977-1988
1	4	[Notes on articles related to Plato]	[199-]
1	5	[Various handwritten rough notes]	1973-[200?]
1	6	Bibliography	1954-1983	Typed and handwritten notes on articles and books related to aesthetics, etc.
1	7	Aesthetics "meaning"	1964-1965	Typed and handwritten notes.
1	8	[Research on dance]	1975-1980	Copies of articles, newspaper articles and essays written by others on the topic of dance and choreography.
1	1	[Notes on Plato and Aristotle]	1968-1990
1	3	[Rough notes on Plato]	1966-1975
1	9	[Draft references and footnotes]	1970-1979	References are for works including "Five virtues in Plato and Aristotle" and "Mr. Ziff and the 'Artistic Illusion'"
Articles / essays
1	10	"Plato's Alleged Theory of Ideas"	[199?]	Draft annotated typescript
1	11	"Plato's Alleged Theory of Ideas"	[199-]	Two annotated draft typescripts.
1	12	"Plato's Alleged Theory of Ideas" Version A 2000 Final	2000	Annotated draft typescript.
1	13	[Notes and correspondence related to article on Plato]	1998-2000
1	14	"Num Platon Ideas statuerit--On Plato's supposed theory of ideas"	2005	Annotated draft typescript.
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Research Notes
2	2	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	3	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	4	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	5	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	6	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	7	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	9	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	10	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc
2	11	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc
2	12	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	13	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	14	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	15	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	17	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	19	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	20	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	1	[Notes on various articles and books mostly related to dance and choreography]	[198?]-[199?]
2	8	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	12	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	16	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	18	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
2	21	[Notes on various articles and books]	[198-] - [199-]	Annotated notes with page references on articles and books relating to dance, choreography, art, aesthetics, philosophy etc.
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Articles / essays
3	1	Reprints from The Monist	1960-1974	F. E. Sparshott articles : "Goodman on Expression" ; "Five Virtues in Plato and Aristotle" ; "Socrates and Thrasymachus"
3	2	Reprints from Philosophy and Literature	1982 - [199?]	Sparshott articles : "Every Horse has a Mouth: A Personal Poetics" ; "The Case of the Unreliable Author" ; "From Locke to Saussure.." ; "The Great Code..." ; "Text and Process in Poetry and Philosophy"
3	3	Reprints from Ethics	1962-1967
3	4	Reprints from Canadian Journal of Philosophy	1972-1992
3	5	Reprints from U of T Quarterly	1965-1975	Sparshott articles : "Will the Future Resemble the Past?" ; "Speculation and Reflection, or: It's All Done by Mirrors" ;
3	6	Reprints from Pheonix	1968-1991
3	7	Reprints from Dialogue	1964-1993
3	8	Reprints from Aesthetics and Art Criticism	1967-1998
3	9	Reprints from the Journal of Aesthetic Education	1968-1997
3	10	Reprints of reviews written by Francis Sparshott	1954-1987
3	11-15	Various reprints of articles by F. Sparshott	1954-2006
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Review
4	3	Reviews of Sparshott works	1964-1999	Reviews of works by Sparshott from journals and newspapers.
Articles / essays
4	1	[Copies of journals with articles by Francis Sparshott]	1965-2001
4	2	[Photocopies of articles by Francis Sparshott]	1975-1985
4	7	"Plotinus and Egypt'	1956	Draft typescript.
Reviews and anaylsis of works written by others
4	4-6	[Copies of drafts of essays and thesis by others for review by F. Sparshott]	1970-2001	Includes correspondence with authors and annotations by Sparshott.
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Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry
5	1	"Scoring in Injury Time"	2005?	Draft typescript. Includes 2 poems not included in final published version.
5	2	"Days Going By"	1989-2008	Includes poems and list for "Days Gone By" as well as correspondence with editors about submissions, lists of uncollected poems
5	3	"Scoring in Injury Time : Verses by Francis Sparshott"	[200-]	Draft typescript.
5	4	"The Cave of Trophonius" Notes	[198-]	Two copies of the poem and notes.
5	5	[Various poems]	1992-2004	Handwritten and typed poems.
5	6	[Uncollected poems and lists]	1970-2006	Contains copies of lists of uncollected poems and copies of poems, typed and handwritten.
5	7	Roughs and Seconds	1998-2005	Handwritten and typed drafts of poems, many which were published in the book "Days Going By"
5	8	[Notes, reading lists, correspondence, advertising related to poetry readings]	1982-2000
5	9	"Last Gasps"	[199?]
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6	3	[Notebook with poems, diary entries and other writings]	1951-1952
6	6	"Last Gasps" - versified and photographed by Francis Sparshott	1995-1996	Draft typescript with photographs. Includes 81 colour photographs of balloons and ribbons.
6	7	[Photographs and notations for 'Last Gasps']	1995-1999	Includes 120 photographs: col. Photographs are of balloons and ribbons.
6	8	[Photographs of balloons]	1985-1994	58 photographs : col. slides. Photographs are of balloons and ribbons used in "Last Gasps"
6	9	"Scoring in Injury Time"	2002-2003	Draft typecript and correspondence with publisher.
6	10-11	"Days Going By"	[200-]	Annotated draft typescripts.
Prose
6	1	Stories	[197-]	Typed stories including "The Montcalm who Cried 'Wolfe', "The King who knew all about harness", "The Surviving Grandmother"
6	2	"Manx Minx"	n.d.
6	4	[Various stories including "One of his sickness headaches", "In my father's house" , "Evaluating the humanities", "Genesis", etc.]	1997-2004	Typecripts.
Musical scores
6	5	[Musical score] For Male Voice and Piano	1951
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Reference book entry
7	15	Article on W.F.R. Hardie for the Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophy	2002-2004	Includes correspondence, contributor agreement with publisher, typescripts.
Addresses and Lectures
7	1	"Some things I have never known about Classical Studies"	n.d.	Annotated draft typescripts.
7	2	"The Lover and the Loved"	1980-1984	Draft typescripts and correspondence with Paul Gooch.
7	3	"The Necessity of Poetry"	2006	Annotated drafts, handwritten notes, typescript.
7	4	"What Makes Dance Dance"	1998
7	5	Keynote address : The Missing Art of Dance by Francis Sparshott, Victoria College, Toronto	1983
7	6	Francis Sparshott : On the Question "Why do Philosophers Neglect the Aesthetics of the Dance?"	[198?]
7	7	"Reflecting Culture: Aesthetic Perspectives" Francis Sparshott CORD conference July 1988	1988
7	8	"Dance and Meaning" and "Contexts of Dance"	[198?]
7	9	"How to Define a Work of Art"	[197-] - [198-]
7	10	Convocation address	n.d.
7	11	Reading Texts and Reading Authors: Aristotle and The Ethics.	1997
7	12	"What's really wrong with Aristotle's Ethics"	1993	Paper presented at the University of Sydney departmental colloquium. Includes correspondence with seminar organiser.
7	13	"Living in Ruins"	1997	Symposium: Philosophy of Architecture and the City, California State University at Long Beach, 15-16 April 1997
7	14	[Seminar notes - PHL2153S]	1985-1989
7	16	"A Canadian Conference on Indian Dance"	1991	From Indian dance conference, Centre for South Asian Studies
7	17	[Notes for course lectures - PHL285F, PHL385S]	1985-1991
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Articles / essays
8	1	"On Plato's Supposed Theory of Ideas"	2006	Includes typecripts, notes and research.
8	2	"Figuring the Ground - Theoretical Problems of the Aesthetic Environment"	1980	Includes notes, typescripts and correspondence.
8	3	"Philosophy of Dance"	2000-2003	For Chapter in a volume entitled The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics edited by Peter Kivy. Includes notes, correspondence, typecripts and Memorandum of Agreement.
8	4	"Aristotle's Construction of Gender"	1985-2001	Includes correspondence with editor of Apeiron and referree comments, typescript and handwritten notes. Also includes typecripts of "Aristotle on Women"
8	5	Voice - "Singing and Speaking"	1997	Includes photocopy of article printed in the British Journal of Aesthetics, correspondence with the editor, typescripts and handwritten notes.
8	8	F. Sparshott - Eliot paper - early draft on....	[195-]	Title on file is partially illegible. Typescript is titled "The Waste Land"
Reviews and anaylsis of works written by others
8	6	[Manuscript Review Committee notes and report on "Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture" Jonathan Edmondson and Alison Keith, eds.	2006
8	7	[Manuscript Review Committee reports]	2004-2007	Reports by Francis Sparshott on various books and articles.
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Series: 1: Correspondence
9	1	[Correspondence with book publishers]	1982-1988
9	2	[Correspondence with McGill-Queen's University Press regarding "Looking for Philosophy"	1971-1975	Includes Memorandum of Agreeement with publisher.
9	3	[Correspondence regarding "Concept of Criticism' with Claredon Press, Oxford and Oxford University Press]	1965-1967	Also includes Memorandum of Agreement
9	4-6	[Correspondence with book publishers]	1969-1988	Also includes Memoranda of Agreements with publishers.
9	7	Literary and business correspondence	1982-2012	Title of file was provided by the daughter of F. Sparshott.
9	8	Poems, articles and correspondence with Robert Murray	1990-2009	Title provided by F. Sparshott's daughter. Note on packing envelope explains that Robert Murray was a scholar, poet and childhood friend of F. Sparshott.
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Series: 1: Correspondence
10	7	[Correspondence with publishers regarding contracts, etc.]	1994-2010
10	21	[Photographs of F. Sparshott and his wife]	1999	4 photographs : col.
Series: 2: Literary records
Poetry
10	19	"The Naming of the Beasts"	n.d.
10	22	"Easter"	1951-1957	2 typescripts. **It is unclear if this poem was written by John Mann or Francis Sparshott. There is a note that says: "'Easter' - Formal poem written age 18-19 (in army). Francis says he planned it out and worked on it pretty much daily on it." One of the typescripts has John Mann's name on the cover page and the preface is written by John Mann - he refers to the 'author of the poem' and does not indicate who it is (himself of Francis Sparshott). Francis Sparshott's handwritten notes appear on the back of many of the pages.
Journal
10	20	[Journal entries]	1966-1980
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Literary criticism
10	6	"Joyce Cary as a Philosophical Novelist"	n.d.	Typescript.
Review
10	9	"Review - Philosophy of Dance" by Julie Van Camp	1995-1997	Includes correspondence, copies of article written by Van Camp with allegations of plaigerism.
Material about Sparshott
10	8	Article about Francis Sparshott's life and articles about honorary degree awarding.	2000
Research Notes
10	10	[Various handwritten rough notes]	1983-2002	Rough notes for works including "Concept of Text", "Dance as Fine Art"
Articles / essays
10	1	"The best teacher I ever had was..."	1997	Contains typescript and correspondence regarding F.Sparshott's contribution (short essay on J.J.C. Smart) to a collection honouring extraordinary teachers.
10	2	"This is called Understanding Bothwell"	n.d.	Essay originally called "Tecumseh". Annotated typescripts.
10	3	"On not getting started"	2000	Handwritten draft.
10	12	SPRAGUE ["Aristotle on Women"]	1999	Printed copy of original wordperfect file entitled SPRAGUE
10	13	SONG ["Aristotle's Lost Legacy"]	1996	Printed from an original wordperfect file entitled SONG
10	14	"Art and Anthropology"	1996	Printed from original wordperfect file entitled ANTHRO
10	15	["The Future of Aesthetics"]	1996-1997	Files printed from original wordperfect files. Includes title page, preface, forward, prologue, section 2, section 3 Original files: TITLE.WPD 1.41KB, PREFACE.WPD 36KB, THTFWD.WPD 3KB, TRENT1.WPD 54KB, TRENT2.WPD 62KB, TRENT3.WPD 83KB
10	16	SPRAGUE ["Aristotle's Construction of Gender"]	1980	Printed from original wordperfect file entitled SPRAGUE.WPD 85KB
10	17	AFFEKT ["Reflections on Affektenlehre and Dance Theory in the Eighteenth Century"]	1995	Printed from an original wordperfect file entitled AFFEKT.WPD 50KB
10	18	EMOTION ["Emotion and Emotions in Theatre Dance"]	1995	Printed from an original wordperfect file entitled EMOTION.WPD 69KB
Reviews and anaylsis of works written by others
10	5	Review of "Creative Dance: Enriching Understanding" by Sheryle Bergmann Drewe.	1996
Addresses and Lectures
10	4	Baccalaureate Sermon, Victoria University, 1991	1991
Curriculum Vitae
10	11	CV and list of books and articles written by Francis Sparshott.	1989-1999
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Research Notes -- Index Cards
11		Index cards with references - books, articles, etc.	[195-]-[197-]	Note from F. Sparshott's daugher : - "Index Cards - Many with quotes / notes related to Aristotle and sometimes dance. So he valued these as part of his production"
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12		Index cards with references - books, articles, etc.	[195-]-[197-]	Note from F. Sparshott's daugher : - "Index Cards - Many with quotes / notes related to Aristotle and sometimes dance. So he valued these as part of his production"
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Records about Victoria University
13		Victoria University Board Game	[196-]	Includes board games and rules as well as a board with humourous clippings and articles. http://digitalcollections.vicu.utoronto.ca/RS/?r=6058 http://digitalcollections.vicu.utoronto.ca/RS/?r=6059 http://digitalcollections.vicu.utoronto.ca/RS/?r=6057
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Review
14	1	Reviews and essays on Francis Sparshott's "The Theory of Arts."	1982-1984
14	2	Reviews of Francis Sparshott's "A Measured Pace: Towards a Philosophical Understanding of the Arts of Dance"	1994-1996	Includes a certificate - "Dance Perspectives Foundation presents this 1995 de la Torre Bueno Prize Special Citation to Francis Sparshott for A Measured Pace."
14	3	Reviews of Francis Sparshott's "Taking Life Seriously: A Study of the Argument of the Nicomachean Ethics"	1994-1995
14	5	Reviews of Francis Sparshott's "Looking for Philosophy"	1972-1973
14	6	Reviews of Francis Sparshott's "Off the Ground: First Steps to a Philosophical Consideration of the Dance"	1989
Material about Sparshott
14	4	Essays about Francis Sparshott	1994-[200?]	Essays by Calvin G. Normore, Philip Alperson, etc.
Research Notes
14	7	Bibliography checklists	1963
14	8	[Various handwritten rough notes.]	1946-1951
14	9	[Reports and rough notes]	1959-1962

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