Correspondence

Title: Correspondence

Dates of Material:

1948-2011, predominant 1952-1970

Extent:

78.5 cm of textual records

Scope and content

Series consists of correspondence, mostly incoming, arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent, relating to a variety of subjects including exchanges with other poets regarding poetry and research.

NOTE(S)

Access restrictions

Restrictions on access: Files marked RR are restricted.

Files 9-16 in box 2 of accession 2012.11 are restricted until 2063.

All files in accession 2013.05 are restricted until 2063.

File 1 in accession 2024.09 is restricted until 2041.

Access points

Frye, Northrop, 1912–1991

2012.11, Box 1
BOX	FILE	TITLE	YEAR	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2012.11
1	1	A	1949-1960, n.d.
1	2	Anders, Gunther	1954-1955
1	3	Atwood, Margaret (Peggy)	1977, 1989, 1999
1	4	Avision, Margaret	1955-1958
1	5	B	1955-1959, 1967, 1988, 2009-2010, n.d.
1	6	C	1950-1959
1	7	Cogswell, Fred	1957-1960
1	8	Crawley, Alan (incoming and outgoing)	1949-1960, 1969-1970
1	9	D	1954-1960
1	10	E	1953, 1958, 1960, 1983
1	11	Eltlinger, John	1953-1954, 1983, n.d.
1	12	F-G	1952-1959, 1974, 1985-1986
1	13	H	1953-1958, 1968, 1987, 1989
1	14	Hardman, Marya	1955-1956
1	15	Hine, Daryl	1954-1959
1	16	J	1953-1960, 1980, n.d.
1	17	Johnston, George	1957-1958, 1979, 1981, 1999
1	18	Jonas, Hans	1952-1958
1	19	K-L	1952-1958, 2005
1	20	Layton, Irving	1955-1958
1	21	M	1953-1958, 1983, 1992
1	22	Macnair, Dorothy	1955-1958, 1965
1	23	Macpherson, Andrew (brother) and Betty	1953-1958
1	24	Macpherson, Dorothy (mother) (some outgoing)	1951-1960
1	25	Macpherson, J.E. (father)	1952-1960
1	26	N-P (includes Al Purdy)	1950-1960, 1970, 1974, 2007, n.d.
1	27	Pike, Stephen	1954-1955
1	28	Pratt, E.J.	1955, 1957
1	29	R	1948-1958, 1985, 1987
1	30	Reaney, James and Coleen	1953-1956
1	31	Resi, Deine (German)	1950-1954
1	32	S	1952-1958, 1987, n.d.
2012.11, Box 2
2	1	Savage, Derek	1952-1953
2	2	Schon, Grete and Robert	1948-1954
2	3	Scott, Frank	1954-1960
2	4	Shaw, Neufville	1948-1950
2	5	Smith, Donald	1953-1957
2	6	T-W	1953-1958, 1966, 1979, 1998, n.d.
2	7	Waddington, Miriam	1953-1957
2	8	Frye, Northrop	Dec. 1952-July 1954
Restricted letters
2	9 RR	Frye, Northrop (incoming and outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	Nov. 1954-Aug. 1987
2	10 RR	Graves, Robert and Beryl (incoming and outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1951-1975, n.d.
2	11 RR	John (therapist) (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1973
2	12 RR	Morton, Lionel (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1973-1974
2	13 RR	Robbins, Emmet (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1975
2	14 RR	Rusnock, Paul (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1982
2	15 RR	Williams, David Price (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1972
2	16 RR	Wilson, Milton (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1960, n.d.
2013.03
2013.03, Box 1
Material received from Heather Spears
1	1	Photocopies of sketches and other items relating to Spears' drawings based on the work of puppeteer Guido Ceronetti (mainly for exhibit marionettista! at Northrop Frye Hall)	1997-1998, n.d.
1	2	Correspondence	1986-2000
1	3	Ephemera re Spears' work	1986-1996
1	4	Spears' poetry	n.d.
1	5	Grant recommendations for Spears (completed by Jay Macpherson)	1988-1991, 1996
2013.05
2013.05, Box 1
Correspondence with Northrop Frye (outgoing)
1	1 RR	Poems written to or about Frye (RESTRICTED)	1952-1957, n.d.
1	2 RR	Poems written to or about Frye (RESTRICTED)	1970s
1	3 RR	Teaching and documents (RESTRICTED)	1969, 1974, n.d.
1	4 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1953-1954
1	5 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1955
1	6 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1956
1	7 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1957
1	8 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1958
1	9 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1959
1	10 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1960-1962
1	11 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1963
1	12 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1964
1	13 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1965
1	14 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1966
1	15 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1967-1969
1	16 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1970
1	17 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1971-1973
1	18 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1974
1	19 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1975-1980
1	20 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	1981-1987
2013.05, Box 2
2	1 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	[ca. 1960s]
2	2 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	[ca. 1970s]
2	3 RR	Corres. (outgoing) (RESTRICTED)	[ca. 1980s]
Correspondence with Northrop Frye (incoming)
2	4 RR	Corres. (incoming): Book inscriptions (RESTRICTED)	1962, 1963, 1974, 1978
2	5 RR	Corres. (incoming): Poems (RESTRICTED)	1960-1977
2	6 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	n.d.
2	7 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1955-1956
2	8 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1957
2	9 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1958-1959
2	10 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1961-1965
2	11 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1964
2	12 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1967-1969
2	13 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1970
2	14 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1971-1973
2	15 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1974
2	16 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1975
2	17 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1976-1980
2	18 RR	Corres. (incoming) (RESTRICTED)	1981-1984
2	19 RR	Corres. (incoming) from other correspondents (RESTRICTED)	n.d.
2019.11
2019.11, Box 1
1	1	McWhir, Anne	1970-2001
1	2	McWhir, Anne	1976-2011	Notes and postcards with some ephemera and copies of Macpherson's work.
2024.09
2024.09, Box 1
1	1 RR	Dilworth, Thomas	2001-2007	Correspondence between Jay Macpherson and Thomas Dilworth. Includes copies of poetry and offprints of Macpherson’s article “The Magic Flute and Freemasonry” with notes for Dilworth.
1	2	Cards and invitations	1968	Received by Thomas Dilworth. Includes a thank-you card, an invitation to Macpherson’s class party and an undated invitation to tea. The artwork on the front of the thank-you card was created by Jay Macpherson.

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