Correspondence
7 photographs : col.
3 photographs : b&w
Series consists predominantly of incoming correspondence on a range of academic and professional matters, including career opportunities, book reviewing, teaching, publishing, Semiotics, and conferences. Correspondents include scholars from Japan, India, China and Indonesia. Also includes some personal subjects, including travel and social activities; and family correspondence, including letters from his mother.
Some correspondence is in French; some is in Spanish
No restrictions
Correspondence received after 2011 was added to this series by Archivist. Prior, correspondence was part of other 2 series.
BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
2011.10 | ||||
2011.10, Box 1 | ||||
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Correspondence/subject files | ||||
1 | 3 | Correspondence | 1977-1983 | |
1 | 4 | Correspondence | 1984-1985 | |
1 | 5 | Correspondence | 1986-1987 | |
1 | 6 | Correspondence | 1987 | |
1 | 7 | Correspondence | 1988 | |
2011.10, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 1 | Correspondence | 1989 | |
2 | 2 | Correspondence | 1990 | |
2 | 3 | Correspondence | 1990-1991 | |
2 | 4 | Correspondence | 1992 | |
2 | 5 | Correspondence | 1993 | |
2012.07 | ||||
2012.07, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 17 | Various (A-K) | 1964-1971 | |
1 | 18 | Various (includes Claude Levi-Strauss, Stephen Riggins;list of correspondents enclosed) | 1972-1978, 1999-2007 | |
1 | 19 | Family | 1971-1977 | |
1 | 20 | From mother | 1971-1981 | |
1 | 21 | Levi-Strauss, Claude | 1985, 1988 | |
1 | 22 | Sempini, Andrea | 1991-2005 | |
1 | 23 | Shanker, Stuart | 2006 | |
1 | 24 | Sonesson, Goran | 1999-2002 | |
1 | 25 | Sunado, Kim | 1999 | |
1 | 26 | Thibault, Paul | 2004-2007 | |
1 | 27 | Tong, Q.S. | 1999 | |
1 | 28 | Xie, Chaoqun | 2005 | |
2013.10 | ||||
2013.10, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 6 | Various correspondents C -T | 1987-2012 | |
1 | 7 | Caizergues, Pierre | 2000-2007 | |
1 | 8 | Canestrini, Duccio | 1984-1997 | |
1 | 9 | Carmeli, Yoram | 1999-2005 | |
1 | 10 | Fukao, Junichi | 2006 | |
1 | 11 | Jorna, Rene | 1998-2002 | |
1 | 12 | Kelnar, Ashok | 1999-2000 | |
1 | 13 | Kendon, Adam | 2005-2006 | |
1 | 14 | Various correspondents L - Z | 1966-1982 | |
1 | 15 | Lehman, Rolf | 1985 | |
1 | 16 | Levi-Strauss, Claude | 1987 | |
1 | 17 | MacArthur Foundation | 1981-1982 | |
1 | 18 | Mahatma Gandhi University | 1994-2000 | |
1 | 19 | Nakazawa, Shin-ichi | 1977-1979 | |
1 | 20 | Wilken, Rowan | 2000 | |
1 | 21 | Williams, George | 2000-2001 | |
2013.11 | ||||
2013.11, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 10 | Escudero, Lucrecia | 1986-1988 | |
1 | 11 | Greimas, A.J. | 1984 | |
1 | 12 | Thom, Rene | 1984 | |
2015.03 | ||||
2015.03, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 11 | Various | 1972-2009 |
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1 | 12 | Chinese scholars | 1997-2002 |
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1 | 13 | Encyclopedia of Semiotics and Cultural Studies | 1994-1997 |
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2015.03, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 1 | Guggenheim | 1973-1975 |
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2 | 2 | Indian scholars | 1997-1998 |
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2 | 3 | Japanese scholars | 1989-1998 |
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2017.11 | ||||
2017.11, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | [Correspondence re: Digital Semiotics Encyclopedia] | 2002 | Some notes included. |
1 | 2 | [Correspondence re: Encyclopedia of Semiotics] | 1992-2000 |
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1 | 3 | [Correspondence re: Swedish Research Institute Colloquium] | 2000 |
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1 | 4 | [Correspondence re: Third East Asian Semiotic Seminar] | 2002 |
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1 | 5 | Daylight, Russel | 2015 |
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1 | 6 | Descendre, Annie | [195-?] | A friend of Paul Bouissac's from the Bouglione Circus. |
1 | 7 | Finkelstein, Robert | 2007-2008 |
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1 | 8 | Guillard, Renaud | 1963 |
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1 | 9 | Iwanami Shoten, Publishers | 1997 |
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1 | 10 | Kasamatsu, Koichi | 2000-2006 |
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1 | 11 | Maman | 1971 |
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1 | 12 | Matsuura, Hisaki | 1997 |
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1 | 13 | Merrilees, Brian | 2001 |
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1 | 14 | Nöth, Winifred | 2007 |
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1 | 15 | Victoria College | 2013 |
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1 | 16 | Yelle, Robert | 2015 |
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1 | 17 | [Various correspondence] | 1984-2014 |
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2018.16 | ||||
2018.16, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 17 | American Folklore Society | 1976 |
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2 | 18 | Buhr, Robert D. | 1974 |
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2 | 19 | Circus and Culture - Indiana U. Press | 1973-1976 |
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2 | 20 | Kato, Masako | 2014 |
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2 | 21 | Landsberg, Marge E. | 1990-1993 |
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2 | 22 | Miyasaka, Keizo | 2004-2005 |
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2 | 23 | Nakazawa, Shinichi | 1997-2000 |
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2 | 24 | Oxford University Press | 1998 |
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2 | 25 | Pachet, Pierre | 2000 |
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2 | 26 | Posner, Roland | 1991-1992 |
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2 | 27 | Raymonde | 1980 |
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2 | 28 | Sandison Fenner, Mildred | 1976 |
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2 | 29 | Swaskey, Robert | 1993-1995 |
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2 | 30 | Tang Huisheng | 1992-1996 |
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2 | 31 | Various correspondence | 1966-1967 |
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2 | 32 | Various correspondence | 1974-1977 |
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2 | 33 | Various correspondence | 1980-1986 |
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2 | 34 | Various correspondence | 1990-1996 |
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2 | 35 | Various correspondence | 2000-2006 |
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2 | 36 | Various correspondence, undated |
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2018.16, Box 4 | ||||
4 | 13 | Daddesio, Thomas | 1988 | Letter to Daddesio regarding a contribution to his book. |
4 | 14 | Merits, Helga | 1996 |
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4 | 15 | Perron, Paul | 1996 | Letter from Paul Perron of the University of Toronto Department of French regarding the Paris School. |
4 | 16 | Pinxten, Rik | 1988 | Letter from Bouissac to Rik Pinxten, Editor-in-Chief of Cultural Dynamics in Belgium. Includes some notes and copies of articles written by Pinxten. |
2019.14 | ||||
2019.14, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 19 | Ballantine, Bill | 1973 | Correspondence with Bill Ballantine, Dean of Ringling Bros. Clown College. |
2 | 20 | Castor, Toly | 1969-1972 | 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. |
2 | 21 | Cuisenier, Jean | 1968-1972 | 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. |
2 | 22 | Keyser, Marya | 1972 |
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2 | 23 | Seipel, Rudolph | 1969 | 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". |
2 | 24 | Visuvalingam, Sunthar | 1984-1985 | Correspondence to, from and about Dr. Sunthar Visuvalingam. |
2019.14, Box 3 | ||||
3 | 1 | Correspondence with universities | 1964-1968 | 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. |
3 | 2 | Correspondence re: IASS proposals, Dresden | 1997 |
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3 | 3 | Correspondence | 1996-1999 | Includes some notes and ephemera. |
3 | 4 | Various correspondence | 1973-1976 | Includes 4 colour photographs of a circus ring performance in Monaco. |
3 | 5 | Various correspondence | [1985, 1989] |
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3 | 6 | Various correspondence | 1992-1999 |
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3 | 7 | Various correspondence | 2000-2018 |
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3 | 8 | Various correspondence, undated |
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2020.11 | ||||
2020.11, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 13 | Ashley, Wayne | [1984, 1986] |
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1 | 14 | Ballantine, Bill | [1974 and 1977] | Letters from Bill Ballantine, Dean of Ringling Bros. Clown College. |
1 | 15 | Barkow, J.H. | 1994 | Letter from J.H. Barkow, professor at Dalhousie University. |
1 | 16 | Bongard, Al | 1962-1963 | Letters from Al Bongard, a Swiss biologist. |
1 | 17 | Cools, Francis | 1971-1972 |
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1 | 18 | de Villers, Jean-Pierre | 1981 | Letter from Jean-Pierre de Villers, professor at the University of Windsor in Ontario. Includes a circus periodical. |
1 | 19 | Les Geraldos | [1968-1973, 2011] | 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. |
1 | 20 | Jun | 1994 |
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1 | 21 | Kato, Masako | 2000 |
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1 | 22 | Lalay, M. | [n.d.] |
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1 | 23 | Little, Kenneth | 1981 | Letter from Kenneth Little, a PhD student at the University of Virginia. Includes Little's essays submitted to Bouissac for feedback. |
1 | 24 | Maman | 1975-1976 | Letters from Bouissac's mother. |
1 | 25 | Mangalat, Mahesh | [1985 and 1990] | Letters from Mahesh Mangalat, lecturer in the Department of Modern Indian Languages at Aligarh University. |
1 | 26 | Payyanad, Raghavan | 1984 | Letters from Raghavan Payyanad, a professor in the Department of Malayalam at Government Brennen College. |
1 | 27 | Raymonde | 1973 |
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1 | 28 | Visuvalingam, Elizabeth-Chalier | 1985 | Essays sent to Bouissac with notes from Elizabeth-Chalier Visuvalingam of Banaras Hindu University. Also includes an essay and note from Sunthar Visuvalingam. |
1 | 29 | Correspondence re: animal training research project | 1971 | 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. |
1 | 30 | Correspondence re: Journal of Evolutionary Semiotics submission | 2007 |
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1 | 31 | [Cards to Bouissac] | 1964-1984 | Cards and notes from friends and colleagues. |
2022.14 | ||||
2022.14, Box 1 | ||||
1 | 24 | Apter, Michael | 1976 | 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). |
1 | 25 | Bucher, Gérard | 1978-1979 | Letters from Professor Gérard Bucher, Paris and Buffalo University. |
1 | 26 | De Marinis, Marco | 1985-1986 | 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. |
1 | 27 | Gurukkal, Rajan | [198-?] | Letters from Rajan Gurukkal, Director of the School of Social Sciences at Mahatma Ghandi University. Includes an abstract of a paper. |
1 | 28 | K., Astrid | 1979 |
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2022.14, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 1 | Silverman, Barry | 1990-1991 | 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. |
2 | 2 | Swaskey, Robert | 1997 | Includes a copy of an excerpt from Swaskey’s paper “The Scientific Words of Jesus Christ”. |
2 | 3 | Swaskey, Robert | 2008 | Includes a copy of an excerpt from Swaskey’s paper “The Scientific Words of Jesus Christ”. |
2 | 4 | Trevarthen, Colwyn | 1992 | Letter from Professor Colwyn Trevarthen of the University of Edinburgh. |
2 | 5 | Correspondence re: ISISSS | 1983-1984 | 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. |
2 | 6 | Correspondence re: Toronto Semiotic Circle | 1990-1992 | Includes copies of membership lists. |
2 | 7 | Correspondence re: Semiotics in Indonesia | 1992-1993 | Letters to professors in universities in Jakarta, cards and thank you notes, and travel guides and brochures. |
2 | 8 | Correspondence re: publications | 1996, 1998, 2013-2014, 2016-2018 | Letters with publishers relating to book publications, most notably The Social Dynamic of Pronominal Systems and The Meaning of the Circus. |
2 | 9 | Correspondence re: EAA | 2009-2011 | 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). |
2 | 10 | Correspondence (as author) with publishers | 2016-2018 | 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). |
2 | 11 | Correspondence (as series editor) with Bloomsbury Publishing | 2017-2019 |
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2 | 12 | Correspondence, the 1990s | 1994, 1996, [199-] |
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2 | 13 | Professional correspondence | 1990, 2008, 2016-2017, 2020-2021 | Correspondence with colleagues and other professional contacts on publishing, seminars and other topics. |
2 | 14 | Professional correspondence | 1992, 1994, 1997-1999, 2001-2008 | Correspondence with colleagues, friends and other professional contacts conferences, workshops and Bouissac’s poetry and music sessions. |
2 | 15 | Miscellaneous correspondence | 1992, 2005, 2007, 2020-2021 | Notes and emails from friends and colleagues on various academic topics. |
2023.16 | ||||
2023.16, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 1 | Assael, Brenda | 1995 | Includes drafts of Assael’s works: “The Circus and Respectable Society in Victoria Britain”, and “Harnessing Change: The American Circus in Britain, 1889-1899”. |
2 | 2 | Douglas, Mary | 1983, 1987, 1993 | Includes a biographical sketch and a copy of Douglas’s paper on the animals in Leviticus. |
2 | 3 | Kamei, Takehiko | 1991-1996 | Includes artwork. |
2 | 4 | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. | 1991 |
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2 | 5 | Marin, Christian | 2001, 2003, 2009 |
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2 | 6 | Nakazawa, Shin-ichi | 1977-1978 |
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2 | 7 | Sharif, Mohamed Azar | 1993-1994 |
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2 | 8 | Siegfried, Walter | 1991-1995 |
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2 | 9 | Sonesson, Göran | 1981-1982 |
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2 | 10 | Unoura, Hiroshi | 1998 |
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2 | 11 | Correspondence re: Japan lecture | 1998 |
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2 | 12 | Correspondence | 1977-1978 | Correspondents include Lita Osmundsen, Helmut Schweizer, J.J.C. van der Wilk, Prof. Desanti Armando and Dr. Hans Daniels. |
2 | 13 | Correspondence | 1983, 1986-1989 | Correspondents include Jean-Paul Curtay, Gervais Jessaud and Jean-Marc Lemelin. |
2 | 14 | Correspondence | 1991-1999 | 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. |
2 | 15 | Correspondence | 2004, 2007 | Correspondents include John Astington and Marcel Kinsbourne. |
2 | 16 | Correspondence | [n.d.] | Correspondents include Dr. Hans Daniels and École des hautes études. |
2 | 17 | Cards | 1993, 1997-1998 |
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2 | 18 | Air Penawar Sekacang Kelat | 1993 | 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. |
2024.13 | ||||
2024.13, Box 2 | ||||
2 | 3 | Bussotti, Sylvano | November 24, 2004 | Postcard from Italian composer Sylvano Bussotti. Strip-tease de Madame Bovary is dedicated to him. |
2 | 4 | Connaught Senior Fellowship | 1987-1989 | Correspondence relating to Bouissac’s application for the Connaught Senior Fellowship. Includes project proposals, evaluations, and account and expense statements. |
2 | 5 | IPrA | 2022 | Correspondence relating to the International Pragmatics Conference. |
2 | 6 | Kelkar, A | 1994 | Contains a copy of Kelkar’s paper, “What has Bhartrhari Got to Say on Language?”. |
2 | 7 | Killam Research Fellowship | 1984-1985 | Correspondence relating to Bouissac’s application for the Killam Research Fellowship. Includes Bouissac’s application and letters of reference from colleagues. |
2 | 8 | Killam Research Fellowship | 1988-1992 | Correspondence relating to Bouissac’s applications for the Killam Research Fellowship. Includes research proposals, copies of applications and brochures. |
2 | 9 | Lévi-Strauss, Claude | October 12, 2004 |
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2 | 10 | Mattu, Gurdeep | 1998, 2009-2014, 2017 | Correspondence with Gurdeep Mattu, Bloomsbury Publishing, regarding book proposals and publications. |
2 | 11 | “Semiotics of Smiling” | 2012-2014 | Correspondence relating to Marc Méhu’s book, Semiotics of Smiling. |
2 | 12 | Stencell, Al | 2018 | Includes a Globe and Mail article (2013). |
2 | 13 | Thomas, Basil | 2018-2022 |
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2 | 14 | Valcamonica Symposium correspondence | 1997 | Correspondence relating to the Valcamonica Symposium. Includes a copy of Bouissac’s abstract, “Data and Theory: The Construction of the Prehistoric Discourse”. |
2 | 15 | Wardell, Andrew | 2017-2021 | Correspondence with Andrew Wardell, Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury Academic Press. |
2 | 16 | Wenner-Gren Foundation | 1970-1973 | Correspondence relating to Bouissac’s applications for the Wenner-Gren Foundation’s grants. Includes general information on the Wenner-Gren Foundation, blank copies of application forms and copies of project abstracts. |
2 | 17 | General correspondence | 1971, 1974, 1978 | Correspondents include Paul Lucky, James F. Mathias and Bruce Erlich. Includes a copy of Erlich’s essay for Bouissac to review. |
2024.13, Box 3 | ||||
3 | 1 | General correspondence | 1980-1982, 1989 | Correspondents include Bruce Erlich, R.E. Dewar, Alain Rey and Sunthar Visuvalingam. |
3 | 2 | General correspondence | 1992-1998 | Correspondents include Maggie Redekop, Winfried Noth, Dr. Majeed Khan, Rajan Gurukkal, Akira Mizuta Lippit, Charles Lock, Markus Peschl, Barbara J. King, Adam Kendon, Charles Forceville, Solomon Marcus, Y Zhang, David Lidov, Therese Budniakiewi, Rafael del Villar Muñoz, Robert E. Innis, Fabio Rambelli, Manav Ratti, Duccio Canestrini, Din Ersu and Kapila Vatsyayan. |
3 | 3 | General correspondence | 2000-2009 | Correspondents include KK Chakravarty, Jascha Wilde, Chris Relleke, Eszter Banffy, Andrea Vianello, Drid Williams, Prof. Ashley, Brendan Frey and Marion Blute. |
3 | 4 | General correspondence | 2010-2019 | Correspondents include Stephen Cowley, Eric Weitz, Marc Méhu, Nigel Power, Christian Hamel, José David Garcia Contto, Jon Davison, André Broger, Elina Anna Sylvia Pyy, Jordan Zlatev, Andrew Wardell, Jamin Pelkey, Sandy Sun, Gunter Senft, Kiri Lee, Jef Verschueren, Michel Fuchs, Arie Sover, Sascha Grodotzki, Markus Peschl, Gabriele Marino, Gwen Bouvier, Vanessa Toulmin, Antonis Iliopoulos, Alexander Kravchenko, Geshe Tashi and Angela Esterhammer. |
3 | 5 | General correspondence | 2020-2024 | Correspondents include Martin Uildriks, Andrea Vianello, Angela Esterhammer, Vincent Colapietro, Steven Skaggs, Xingzhi Zhao, Ken Foote, Anett Arvay, Federico Bellentani, Sebastian Moreno, Matthias Egeler, Piotr Sadowski, Emanuel Istrate, Yiyang Gu, Eric Weitz, Theo Jacob van Leeuwen, Kalyan Chakravarty, Gabriele Aroni, Ellen Fricke, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Adolfo Garcia, Elsa Soro, Bogdanka Pavelin Lešić, Marin Siefkes, Christian Hamel, Dragos Gheorghiu, Giriraj Kumar, Richard Schechner, George van Driem, Sarah MacDonald, Panchanan Mohanty, Laura Gallon and Gérard Sirveaux. |
3 | 6 | General correspondence | [n.d.] | Includes a note from Sebastian D.G. Knowles and a letter from David Howes addressed to Stephen Riggins. |