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Typescripts, radio scripts and drafts
Title: Typescripts, radio scripts and drafts
Dates of Material:
1946–2019
Extent:
51 cm of textual records
1 audio cassette
2 photographs
1 audio cassette
2 photographs
Series consists of typescripts, proofs, drafts and off-prints of fiction and non-fiction by various Canadian writers, typescripts of Gwendolyn Grant's poetry chapbooks, and radio scripts for CBC programs. Other textual records include broadsides of poetry, news clippings, programs and notes, as well as an audio cassette of an Al Purdy poetry book.
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
Title based on contents of the series.
Related groups of records
See also Gwendolyn Grant fonds (53)
Access points
Grant, Gwendolyn Margaret, 1920-2002
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 2009.03 | ||||
| 2009.03, Box 1 | ||||
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| 1 | 1 | Bissoondath, Neil–“On The Eve Of Uncertain Tomorrows” | 1990 | |
| 1 | 2 | Buckle, Dorothy–Poems for “New Writing” | 1967 | |
| 1 | 3 | Buckle, Dorothy–“Weakly Houses” | 1967 | |
| 1 | 4 | Engel, Howard–“Behold The High Executioner” | 1996 | |
| 1 | 5 | Gill, Lakshmi–“/Mind/Walls” | 1970 | |
| 1 | 6 | Gunn, Genni–“Thrice Upon A Time” | 1990 | |
| 1 | 7 | Livesay, Dorothy–“The Unquiet Bed” | 1967 | |
| Gwendolyn Grant poetry chapbooks | ||||
| 1 | 8 | “At The Gate Called Beautiful” | 1977 | |
| 1 | 9 | “Dance” | ||
| 1 | 10 | “Paradigm” | 1974 | |
| 1 | 11 | “Plus Signs” | ||
| 1 | 12 | “Quicksilver Collage” | ||
| 1 | 13 | “Sea Chant” | 1970 | (random pages from a 1970’s series of radio programs on CJRT-FM, Toronto)
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| 1 | 14 | “Shapes Of Silence” | 1972 | |
| 1 | 15 | “Video Views” | 1992 | |
| 1 | 16 | “Watermark” | ||
| 1 | 17 | Correspondence to and from Gwen Grant | 1958-1977 | |
| 1 | 18 | Notes on Gwen Grant’s poems by Toppings | 2008 | |
| 1 | 19 | Eulogy for Gwen Grant by Toppings | 2002 | |
| 2011.04 | ||||
| 2011.04, Box 1 | ||||
| Radio Scripts | ||||
| 1 | 1 | "Burlap Bags" by Len Peterson | n.d. | |
| 1 | 2 | "The Grass Harp" by Rita Greer Allen (adapted from Truman Capote) | n.d. | |
| 1 | 3 | "Rocking Horse Winner" by Cecil Lewis (adapted from D.H. Lawrence) | 1946 | |
| 1 | 4 | "Happy Holiday" by Stan Patton and Bernard Braden | 1947 | |
| 1 | 5 | "The Son In Law Cometh" by Jack Iams | 1947 | |
| 1 | 6 | "Once Upon A Time" by Ray Darby | 1948 | |
| 1 | 7 | "The Persecuted Housekeeper" by Len Peterson | 1951 | |
| 1 | 8 | "Man With A Bucket of Ashes" by Len Peterson | 1952 | |
| 1 | 9 | "The Ghost Of Grandma Fraser" by Essie Park Gowan | 1952 | |
| 1 | 10 | "Are You Bothered By Charity" by Stephen Brott | 1953 | |
| 1 | 11 | "Psychiatrist In The Market-Place" by Len Peterson | 1953 | |
| 1 | 12 | "Little Miss Big Feet" by Len Peterson | 1953 | |
| 1 | 13 | "In Search Of Ourselves" | 1953 | |
| 1 | 14 | "The Tyler Touch" | 1953 | |
| 1 | 15 | "The Heat Wave" by Joseph Schull | 1953 | |
| 1 | 16 | "Quartet For A Storm" by Eugene Hallman | 1954 | |
| 1 | 17 | "Always A Librarian, Never A Bride" by Len Peterson | 1954 | |
| 1 | 18 | "A Criminal In The Family" by Len Peterson | 1954 | |
| 1 | 19 | "The Machinist Who Mourned Too Much" by Len Peterson | 1954 | |
| 1 | 20 | "The Retarded Child" by Len Peterson | 1954 | |
| 1 | 21 | "The Salesman Who Isn't Selling" by Len Peterson | 1954 | |
| 1 | 22 | "Crazy Weather" by Lister Sinclair | 1955 | |
| 1 | 23 | "Strangers On Streetcars" by Len Peterson | 1955 | |
| 1 | 24 | "The Rich Man" by Mac Shoub (adapted from Henry Kreisel) | 1955 | |
| 1 | 25 | "The Hanged Man's Enemy" by Mordecai Richler | 1956 | |
| 1 | 26 | "Ground Swell" by Ted Russell | 1956 | |
| 1 | 27 | "The Lost Sea" by A.W. Purdy (adapted from Jan de Hartog) | 1957 | |
| 1 | 28 | "Portrait Of Jennie" by Kae McRae (adapted from Robert Nathan) | 1957 | |
| 2011.04, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Various poem broadsides, clippings and off-prints | 1962-1983 | (includes Joe Rosenblatt, Patrick Lane, Gwendolyn Grant, Al Purdy, Gwendolyn MacEwen)
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| 2 | 2–3 | Drafts of novel "Going Down Slow", by John Metcalf | (published 1971)
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| 2 | 4 | Audio cassette of "Selections From The Collected Poems of Al Purdy" | 1986 | |
| 2 | 5 | Draft of article "Arthur Steven and The Ryerson Press: Designing The Post War Years, 1949-1969" by Randall Speller | 2002 | |
| 2016.09 | ||||
| 2016.09, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Munro, Alice - Two stories from "Dance of the Happy Shades" (1968) | 1967 | Two typescripts signed by Alice Munro. Note from Earle Toppings says: "Taken from the original manuscript that came to the Ryerson Press in Toronto. I send these two stories back to Alice, asking her to sign them, which she did." |
| 1 | 3 | Munro, Alice - 3 stories, Hugh Garner's introduction to "Dance of the Happy Shades" (1968), 2 scripts from CJRT-FM, Graeme Gibson interview with Munro (transcript) | 1968-1991 | Stories are "Images", "A Real Life" and "The Jack Randa Hotel" |
| 1 | 4 | Munro, Alice - Alice Munro booklet, The Canadian Forum, newspaper clippings, Sheila Munro's statement | 1982-2001 |
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| 1 | 5 | Munro, Alice - Photographs | 1969-1977 | Newspaper clippings of Alice Munro's image, photographs on paper. (Photos P1-2) |
| 1 | 6 | Munro, Alice - "Real Life: Alice Munro's People" Earle Toppings' address to the Women's University Club of Oshawa | 1977 | Two typescripts of address. |
| 1 | 7 | Munro, Alice - Possible questions for Munro, Toppings notes | [199-] | Notes are from an interview that never happened between Earle Toppings and Alice Munro. |
| 1 | 8 | Munro, Alice - Notes to Munro File | 2016 | A note about the Munro files. |
| 1 | 10 | Paterson, Robert - writings | 2008-2010 | Includes "Chronicles of Cape Dorset," "Norway," "Goodbye Cheops" and articles from Inuit Art Quarterly |
| 1 | 11 | Paterson, Robert - "Faces and Voices of Wawa and Hawk Junction" and calendar "Wawa 2000 - drawings by Bob Paterson" | 2000 |
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| 1 | 12 | Paterson, Robert - biography and obituary | 2013 |
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| 2023.06 | ||||
| 2023.06, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | "Going Down Slow/Downtown" | 2019 | Draft production scripts for a song and story performance by Barry Callaghan, Taborah Johnson and Joe Sealy. Toppings hosted the event. Also includes email correspondence and a letter of thanks to Toppings. |
| 1 | 2 | CJRT-FM Inc. annual report and program highlights | 1991-1993 | Toppings was the Program Director of CJRT-FM Inc. |
| 1 | 3 | Canadian Fiction Magazine: John Reeves’ Literary Portraits | ca. 1980 | A booklet of photographs of Canadian literary figures with short summaries written by John Reeves. Includes Margaret Atwood and Northrop Frye. |
| 1 | 4 | “The Making of a Composer” | 1996 | Offprint of an article written by Canadian composer John Weinzweig, originally presented during the Celebration of Canada’s Arts (1988). Toppings was a fan of Weinzweig’s music. |
| 1 | 5 | Notes on the Methodist Church | 2019 | Handwritten note by Toppings with information about the Methodist Church and its role as the United Church of Canada’s broadcasting and film centre. |
