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Literary papers and related records
Title: Literary papers and related records
Dates of Material:
1962 – 2023
Extent:
168 cm of textual records
1 photo album: 30 x 25 cm
1 photo album: 30 x 25 cm
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Box 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ashbourn (Part 1 of 2) | 1971-1981 | |
| 1 | 1 | Ashbourn (Part 2 of 2) | 1971-1981 | |
| 1 | 2 | Notes, photocopies for poems | ||
| 1 | 3 | Finished poems and drafts, non-Ashbourn | 1962-1988 | |
| 1 | 4 | “Gibraltar Point” research material, notes and drafts | 1988-1989 | |
| 1 | 5 | Album of photographs taken in East Suffolk area (Ashbourn locale) | ||
| 1 | 6 | Finished poems and drafts | 1988-1990 | |
| 1 | 7 | Finished poems and drafts (Midland Swimmer) | 1990-1993 | |
| 1 | 8 | Finished poems | 1993-1994 | |
| 1 | 9 | Finished poems and drafts | 1994-1997 | |
| 1 | 10 | Original poems for Midland Swimmer | [ca. 1995] | |
| 1 | 11 | Final copy of Midland Swimmer | 1995 | |
| 1 | 12 | “Motherland” | [199–] | |
| 1 | 13 | Poems and drafts (includes poems used in Mining for the Sun and New Relations) | 1996-2001 | |
| 1 | 14 | Poems and drafts (includes poems used in New Relations) | 2000-2002 | |
| 1 | 15 | First draft and revisions of New Relations | 2003 | |
| Box 4 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | “Near Finisterre” final copy | [1995?] | |
| 4 | 2 | “Near Finisterre” original final copy | [1995?] | |
| 4 | 3 | “Invisible Sun” | [199–] | |
| 4 | 4 | “Invisible Sun” original final copy | [199–] | |
| 4 | 5 | “Near Relations” final draft of poems and plan of volume | [2004?] | |
| 4 | 6 | “Near Relations” | January 2004 | |
| 4 | 7 | “Near Relations” | October 2004 | |
| 4 | 8 | “Near Relations” descriptive copy notes | October 2004 | |
| 4 | 9 | “Near Relations” edited by Stan Dragland | November 2004 | |
| 4 | 10 | “Near Relations” page proofs | 2005 | |
| 2008.03 | ||||
| 2008.03, Box 1 | ||||
| “Transformations” (originally titled “What we owe the stars”) | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Manuscript/typescript | 2002-2003 | |
| 1 | 2 | Manuscript/typescript | 2002-2005 | |
| 1 | 3 | Typescript revisions | August, 2005 | |
| 1 | 4 | Typescript edited by Don Mckay and revised by J.R. | February–March 2006 | |
| 1 | 5 | Typescript with pen marks from Ross Leckie | March 2006 | |
| 2010.06 | ||||
| 2010.06, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Notes and drafts of poems for “Lament of the Gorges” | 2003-2010 | |
| 1 | 2 | Notes and drafts of various poems | 2005-2009 | |
| 1 | 3 | Notes and drafts of non-“Gorges” poems | 2009-2010 | |
| 2012.12 | ||||
| 2012.12, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Notes and drafts for chapbook Laments of the Gorges (pub. 2011) | 2011 | |
| 1 | 2 | Notes, correspondence and drafts for Peter Cserhati: Hidden Treasures in Woodcarving, Sculpture and Sketches (pub. 2012) | 2012 | |
| 1 | 3 | Notes and drafts for The House of Breath (pub. 2012) | 2012 | |
| 1 | 4 | Revisions and editorial suggestions for Afloat | 2011-2012 | |
| 2014.07 | ||||
| 2014.07, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | "Afloat" as copy edited by Alayna Munce | December 2012 |
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| 1 | 2 | New poems including draft copy of "Floater" which was changed to "Afloat" with possible structure and some alternative typography in Summer 2010 | October 2005 - December 2010 |
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| 1 | 8 | Poetry Book Manuscript "Where We Live" | September 2014 |
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| 1 | 9 | Poetry drafts July 2010 to June 2012 [1 of 2] | 2010-2012 |
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| "A Book of Riddlu" | ||||
| 1 | 3 | Riddlu(s) original (post-it notes) drafts | 2001-2010 |
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| 1 | 4 | "Riddlu" photocopies of originals, sample typefaces and correspondence | 2002-2012 |
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| 1 | 5 | "A Book of Riddlu" (August 2012) [manuscript/typescript] | 2012 |
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| 1 | 6 | "A Book of Riddlu" (late August 2012) [manuscript/typescript] | 2012 |
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| 1 | 7 | Riddlu (February 2013) | 2013 |
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| 2014.07, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Poetry drafts July 2010 to June 2012 [2 of 2] | 2010-2012 |
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| 2 | 2 | Poetry drafts July 2012 to February 2014 [1 of 2] | 2012-2014 |
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| 2 | 3 | Poetry drafts July 2012 to February 2014 [2 of 2] | 2012-2014 |
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| 2016.01 | ||||
| 2016.01, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Notes for "Gibraltar Point" section of Morning Watch | 1995 |
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| 1 | 2 | Poem notes and drafts | 2012-2014 |
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| 2017.10 | ||||
| 2017.10, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | "By Hand" early drafts | 2015-2016 |
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| 1 | 2 | "By Hand" later and final drafts | 2016-2017 |
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| 1 | 3 | "Where We Live" early draft and final copy | 2015-2016 |
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| 1 | 4 | Notes and poetry manuscripts, January to October 2015 | 2015 |
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| 1 | 5 | Notes and poetry manuscripts, November 2015 to October 2016 | 2015-2016 |
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| 2018.18 | ||||
| 2018.18, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Notes and drafts for poems in "Conversing with Wang An-shih", first half | August 2016 - February 2017 |
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| 1 | 2 | Notes and drafts for poems in "Conversing with Wang An-shih", second half | February - August 2017 |
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| 1 | 3 | Background notes and first collected draft, "Conversing with Wang An-shih" | July 2016 - September 2017 | Includes a letter from editor and publisher, Carleton Wilson, of Junction Books, and two copies of the chapbook (8/200, 18/200). |
| 1 | 4 | "By Hand" text with suggestions by Alayna Munce | November 2018 | Includes authorial responses to text suggestions and editorial correspondence. |
| 1 | 5 | Notes and drafts for poems, "Conversing with Emily Carr" | March - August 2018 |
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| 1 | 6 | Notes and drafts for poems, "Conversing with Henry David Thoreau", first half | September - November 2017 |
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| 1 | 7 | Notes and drafts for poems, "Conversing with Henry David Thoreau", second half | November 2017 - February 2018 |
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| 2020.12 | ||||
| 2020.12, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence with Sue Chenette | 2018 | Correspondence with Sue Chenette, editor of By Hand. |
| 1 | 3 | Page proofs of "By Hand" | 2019 |
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| 1 | 4 | Notes and intermediate drafts for Thoreau glosas | 2017-2019 |
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| 1 | 5 | Notes and intermediate drafts for Carr glosas | 2018-2020 |
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| 1 | 6 | Manuscript of "Earth Words" | 2020 |
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| 2021.03 | ||||
| 2021.03, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Notes for poems in Ovid project | March 2018 - October 2020 |
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| 1 | 2 | Drafts | September 2018 - May 2019 | Poetry drafts and notes. |
| 1 | 3 | Drafts | May 2019 - March 2020 | Poetry drafts and notes. |
| 1 | 4 | Drafts | March - April 2020 | Poetry drafts and notes. |
| 1 | 5 | Drafts | May - June 2020 | Poetry drafts and notes. |
| 1 | 6 | Drafts | July - October 2020 | Poetry drafts and notes. |
| 1 | 7 | "New Songs for Orpheus" manuscript | November 2020 | Manuscript for a book of poetry. |
| 2022.15 | ||||
| 2022.15, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | New poems (Dec '10 – Dec '16) | 2010-2016 | Drafts and notes. |
| 1 | 2 | Penultimate draft: Earth Words | [2020?] |
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| 1 | 3 | Penultimate draft: New Songs for Orpheus | [2022?] |
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| 1 | 4 | Chronology and final draft: New Songs for Orpheus - revised Nov. 2020 | 2019-2022 |
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| 1 | 5 | Notes and drafts | February 2021 - January 2022 |
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| 1 | 6 | Notes and drafts | January - December 2022 |
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| 2023.17 | ||||
| 2023.17, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Current poems (Dec '22 – Oct '23) | 2022-2023 | Handwritten and typed poetry drafts. Includes annotations. |
| 1 | 2 | New Poems, January 2021 --> | 2021 |
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| 1 | 3 | Metromorphoses | ca. 2022 | Research notes for Reibetanz’s forthcoming anthology Metromorphoses (2024). Contains typed notes and reproductions of articles with annotations. |
| 1 | 4 | T.O. finished poems (Metromorphoses) | 2023 | Includes the publishing contract and correspondence with McGill-Queens University Press for Metromorphoses. |
