Literary files

Title: Literary files

Dates of Material:

[188–]–1954

Extent:

53.20 cm of textual records
2 photographs: b&w

Scope and content

The series includes literary notes, articles, essays, (untitled and titled) stories, poetry, and photographs.

NOTE(S)

Source of supplied title

Title based on contents of series.

Extent

The series is stored in 8 boxes.
The material in files 1 and 5 in box 10 is fragile. See file list.

Finding aids

File list available (see below).

Box 1
BOX	FILE	TITLE	YEAR	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Notes, literary
1	23	About Fenian Raid: n.d.	n.d.
1	55	About articles/stories: n.d.	n.d.
1	59	[For story?], with illustrations: 1931	1931	See also: Box 1, File 9
1	62	About A.P. Coleman, for book: n.d.	n.d.
Articles, essays and stories -- Untitled
1	1	Fragment of essay [arguing against the confinement of women to the domestic sphere]		ts., annotated Fragment is part of the essay "Home and the Home Maker". See Box 1, File 29 for the full essay.
1	1	Fragment of story		ts., annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	35	Fragments of articles or stories		holograph; tss., cc.
1	38	Fragment of essay or story		ts., cc.
Articles, essays and stories -- Titled
1	1	The Art of Living with Others		ts., cc., annotated
1	2	The Baby’s Revenge		ts., annotated. Signed: “M.D. Merrivale,” signature crossed out.
1	3	Beginnings [reminiscence]		ts., annotated
1	4	Beginnings		ts., annotated
1	5	Blue Amber		ts., annotated. Fragment.
1	6	A Blue Heron Wing		holograph
1	7	Brass Bed		holograph
1	8	Brief Outline [notes, autobiographical]		holograph
1	9	Cataraqui Grange (“Baxter house on the Cataraqui near Kingston, July, 1929)”	1929	holograph, with illustrations and photographs attached. See also: Box 1, File 59
1	10	Cave Canem		ts., annotated
1	11	Chipmunk Hollow (reminiscence about Agnes Maule Machar)		ts., annotated
1	13	Cobwebs		ts., cc., annotated; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	14	Commencement Day and After		ts., annotated; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	15	Cousin Connie’s Accent		ts., annotated; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	16	Cross-currents		ts., annotated. See also: Miss Doane’s dilemma, Files 45–47.
1	17	Cross-roads		ts., cc., annotated
1	18	Cross-roads		ts., cc., annotated
1	19	Does Jitneying Pay?		ts., cc., annotated;
1	20	Education, Criticism and the Creative Spirit		ts., cc., annotated
1	21	Endings		holograph; ts., annotated
1	22	The Excitement of Village Life		ts., cc., annotated
1	24	Fisherman’s Luck		ts., annotated
1	25	Fisherman’s Luck		ts., annotated
1	26	Footprints		holograph
1	27	Grimalkin		ts., cc., annotated
1	28	Heroes and Villains		ts., cc.; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	29	Home and the Home Maker [essay on women in the home]		ts., cc., annotated
1	30	In the Fall of the Year		holograph
1	31	The Ingratitude of Maria		ts., annotated
1	32	Iris		holograph
1	33	Iris		ts., annotated
1	34	Assumption of Superiority		holograph
1	34	Joey		holograph; ts., annotated; Signed: “Winnifred Cotter.”
1	35	Keddo and his Compatriots		ts., cc. Fragment.
1	35	Kitchen Psychology		ts., cc.
1	35	Tilly: a tribute		ts., cc., annotated
1	36	Keeping up the Standard		ts., annotated; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.” Fragment.
1	37	The Lecture Lady		ts., cc., annotated. Fragment.
1	38	That Lecture on Balzac [about a lecture given by Henry James]		tss., cc., annotated. Complete draft, plus fragments of another draft. Complete draft is signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	39	A Little Child Shall Lead Them		holograph. Fragment.
1	40	A Loiterer in London		holographs
1	41	Loiterings in London		holograph
1	42	Margaret of the Hill-house		tss., cc., annotated
1	43	Margaret of the Hill-house		tss., cc. Signed: “Winifred Cotter.”
1	44	M.L.C.P.		holograph; ts., annotated; ts., cc.; tss., cc., annotated. Complete draft plus fragments.
1	45	Miss Doane’s Dilemma		ts., annotated; Fragment. See also: “Cross-currents,” Box 1, File 16
1	46	Miss Doane’s Dilemma		ts., annotated; ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	47	Miss Doane’s Dilemma		ts., annotated. Signed: Helen A. Coleman.
1	48	Miss Webb’s Little Window (two drafts)		ts., annotated; ts., cc., annotated
1	50	My First Caller in Los Angeles		clipping, Toronto Star Weekly
1	51	My Neighbour’s Son		ts., annotated; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	52	Nature’s Balance		ts., annotated. Fragment.
1	53	Not Stock Size (two copies)		tss., cc. (one with typescript revisions)
1	54	Notes in a New York Crowd		some facts and features of the recent Columbus celebrations: holograph. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	56	Notes on a Trip to Jamaica		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “Gwendolen Woodworth.”
1	57	An Old-fashioned Way		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
1	58	Once Every Spring		ts., annotated
1	60	One of Life’s Little Incongruities (two drafts)		ts., annotated; ts., cc., annotated
1	61	Our Audacious Rodent		ts., annotated
1	63	A Parable (two copies)		holograph; ts., cc., annotated
Poetry -- Poems, by title
1	12	The Cliffs of Dover		ts., cc., annotated
Box 2
Notes, literary
2	64	About Canadian history: n.d.	n.d.
Articles, essays and stories -- Untitled
2	65	Fragment of story		ts., annotated. See also: Ships that pass, Box 2, File 74.
2	92–95, 100	Fragments of articles or stories		holograph
2	96	Fragment of story		ts., annotated
Articles, essays and stories -- Titled
2	65	Ports and Happy Havens		holograph. Fragment.
2	66	The Possession of Jane (two drafts)		tss., cc., annotated. One draft signed: “Winifred Cotter.”
2	67	The Procession of the Days		holograph
2	68	A Question of Values		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “Winnifred Cotter.”
2	69	A Rash Experiment		ts., annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
2	70	A Rash Inference		ts., cc., annotated
2	71	Satan and Co.		ts., annotated
2	72	A Sense of Leisure		ts., cc.
2	72	Pursuing a Sense of Leisure		ts., annotated. Signed: “Winifred Cotter.”
2	73	Settlement Work Among the Well-to-do		ts., cc.
2	74	Ships that Pass		ts., annotated and ts., cc. See also: Box 2, File 65
2	75	A Sidelong Glance at Washington		ts., annotated and ts., cc., annotated
2	76	Some Masculine Emotions and a Moral		ts., cc. Fragment.
2	77	Some notes on the Fauna of the West Indies		ts., cc., annotated
2	78	A Soul’s Journey		ts., annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
2	79	The Story of Frenchy (as told to me)		ts., cc., annotated. Fragment.
2	80	Ten Years Old		holograph and ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “L.D. Clark.”
2	81	Ten Years Old		ts., annotated. Page 1 missing.
2	82	The Three Gates		ts., annotated and ts., cc., annotated. One draft signed: “Helen A. Saxon.” [autobiographical?]
2	83	To Be Concluded		ts., cc., annotated
2	84	Undercurrents		ts., cc., annotated
2	85	Undercurrents		ts., annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
2	86	Under the Chinook’s Arch		holograph
2	87	Under the Shadow of Mt. Etna		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “Winnifred Cotter.”
2	88	An Unrespected Tree		holograph. Fragment.
2	89	Ungarnered Sheaves		holograph
2	90	Up the River with Saddle and Pack		ts., annotated
2	91	Wings		ts. Signed: “Helena Coleman.”
2	92	Hasty Steps on the Stair		holographs. Two drafts.
2	92	The Story of Frenchy		ts., cc. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.” Fragments.
2	93	Endings Are More Apt to Be Approached		holograph. Fragment.
2	94	When Mr. Silas Pepper was Discharged		holograph
2	97	It Was One of Those Perfect Summer Evenings		holograph
2	97	Some Years Ago, Quite Late in Life		holograph
2	98	Gentleman to See You, Sir...		holograph
2	99	During the Earlier Part of the 1880s...		ts., annotated and ts., cc., annotated
Box 3
Notes, literary
3	101–105	Unidentified
Poetry -- General
3	105	Unidentified poetry
Box 4
Notes, literary
4	115	About Sheila and others:	1920	copies sent to newspapers and periodicals, 1920
Articles, essays and stories -- Titled
4	116	In the Shadow of the White Eagle	1893	photocopy of printed story, 1893
Poetry -- General
4	106	Poems, filed under “A–D”		holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated; clipping, annotated. Pseudonym sometimes used: “Helen A. Saxon.”
4	107	Poems, filed under “E–I”		holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated. Pseudonyms sometimes used: “H.C.;” “C.H.”
4	108	Poems, filed under “J–R”		holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated. Pseudonyms sometimes used: “C.H.;” “Helen A. Saxon”
4	109	Poems, filed under “S–Y”		holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated; clipping, annotated. Pseudonyms sometimes used: “H.C.;” “H.S.C.;” “Helen A. Saxon”
4	109a	Poems, “copied from Miss Elsie Pomeroy’s typewritten copy; July, 1954,” annotated by “M.V.R.” [Margaret V. Ray]		Poems include: The bell-buoy, Blue ran the river, Dusk on the Campagna, In Westminster Abbey, Martyrdom, Trouble on the shelf, Wild-foot.
Poetry -- Poems, by title
4	110	Seven City Sonnets		tss., cc., annotated
4	110	Sonnets After Easter		tss., cc., annotated
4	110	Three Quarrels		tss., cc.
4	111	Being the sad tale of the marriage of Julia, Lady Adelaide Belljangle to Maxamilian Hogginstein of Chicago, and the triumph of her fate		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “Caleb Black.”
4	111	The Squeal		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “Caleb Black.”
4	112	Ballade of the Sea-serpent		ts. Signed: “Shadwell Jones.”
4	113	Origins		holograph. Signed: “Annie Lloyd.”
4	114	Our Buried Selves		ts., cc.
4	114	Sacrifice		holograph
4	114	The Vale of Lomond		holograph. Signed: “Emily A. Sykes.”
4	115	A Child’s Song of Christmas		galley proof
4	115	Kerry		galley proof
4	115	Lament	spring, 1917	spring, 1917: tss., cc., annotated and photocopy. Photocopy of printed poem is signed: “Winifred Cotter.”
4	115	The Fields of France		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: Winnifred Cotter.
4	115	When I Was a Small Lad		galley proof
Box 6
Articles, essays and stories -- Titled
6	148	Christmas Employment		ts., annotated; Signed: “Winifred Cotter.”
6	148	Tethered Wing		ts., annotated
Poetry -- General
6	154	Unidentified poetry
Box 7
Articles, essays and stories -- Titled
7	157	From a Dormer Window		holograph
7	157	Growing Old		holograph
7	157	Notes on a Jamaican Trip		holograph
7	157	The Story of the rose		holograph
7	157	[The Baby’s Revenge?]		ts.; Fragment.
Poetry -- Poems, by title
7	157	Sacrament		holograph
Box 8
Articles, essays and stories -- Titled
8	(notebook)	Fashions and the War		holograph
8	(notebook)	Letty on K’s Marriage		holograph
Poetry -- Poems, by title
8	(notebook)	Not to the Apathetic Sod...		ts., cc., annotated
Box 10
Articles, essays and stories -- Untitled
10	1	Fragments of stories		tss., cc., annotated
10	1	Table of contents page		(untitled; for a collection of prose)
10	5	Fragments and drafts of articles or stories		holographs; tss.; tss., cc.
10	7	Fragments of articles and stories		holographs; ts., cc.
10	8	Fragments of stories		holographs; tss.
10	9	Fragments of articles		holographs
Articles, essays and stories -- Titled
10	1	A Camp in the Rockies		tear-sheet. Signed: “H.C.”
10	1	Adelina out west		ts. and ts., cc.
10	1	All Achievement, National and Otherwise...		holograph. Fragment. Fragile.
10	1	At Madeira		ts., cc., annotated
10	1	Before the War in Italy		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “A.T. Cottingham.”
10	1	Being Alone in the House		tear-sheet, annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
10	1	Kitchen Psychology		tss., cc., annotated Page 3 is missing.
10	1	Mrs. Lougheed’s Call		tear-sheet, annotated; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
10	1	Pigeon-holed		ts., annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
10	1	The Call of the Wild		ts., annotated
10	1	The Story of Frenchy		ts., cc. Fragment.
10	1	To Be Concluded		tear-sheet, annotated. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
10	1	Way Down South in Winter-time		holograph
10	1	[Cousin Connie’s Accent?]		ts., annotated; Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
10	3	The Entrance to our Little Bay		holograph and tss., annotated
10	5	A Reformed Character		ts., annotated. Fragment. Signed: “Helen A. Saxon.”
10	5	Along Life’s Little Side-paths		ts., annotated; ts., cc., annotated Draft and fragment. Signed: “Cotter.”
10	5	April Frosts and April Fears		ts., annotated; Fragment. Signed: “Winifred Cotter.”
10	5	Bat		holograph; In notebook, fragile.
10	5	Behind the Lines		ts., cc., annotated
10	5	Cousin Connie’s Accent		ts., annotated
10	5	Doctor		holograph. In notebook, fragile.
10	5	Does Marriage Conduce to Intellectuality		ts., cc. Signed: “Winnifred Cotter.”
10	5	Endings		ts., annotated
10	5	Fate Decreed that I Should Spend the Summer of 1935...		holograph
10	5	Footprints		twelve essays: holograph
10	5	I Had Hoped to Reach Cranby Before Dark		ts., cc., annotated
10	5	In a Wild Strawberry Patch		ts. Fragment.
10	5	It Was Ten O’clock on a Sunny March Evening in Florida		holograph; ts., annotated
10	5	Last Train out of Germany, August 1, 1914		holograph
10	5	M.L.C.P.		ts., annotated
10	5	Our Audacious Rodent		ts., annotated. Fragment.
10	5	Ten-year-old and the Fishin’ Hole		ts., cc. Fragment.
10	5	The Elusive Times		ts., cc.
10	5	The Red-eyed Vireo Made a Bad Mistake Last Summer		holograph
10	7	Afternoon Teas		holograph
10	7	Button Hook		holograph
10	7	Some notes on the Fauna of the West Indies		ts., cc.
10	7	The Habit of Pouring		holograph
10	8	At About Sixteen I Went to a Small Farm...		holograph. Subject: L.O.C.
10	8	M.L.C.P.		holograph
10	9	Epilogue	ts. [Epilogue to a lecture on geology?]	ts. [Epilogue to a lecture on geology?]
10	9	Iris		holograph
Poetry -- General
10	4	Poems, untitled		holographs; tss., annotated; tss., cc., annotated. Fragments and drafts.
Poetry -- Poems, by title
10	4	A Chant of Love		reprint (from Atlantic Monthly). Written by American poet Helen Gray Cone.
10	4	A Little Knowledge		ts. Signed: “Maxwell Wallace.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	At Lilac Time		ts., cc.
10	4	Bluebirds		ts. Signed: “Maxwell Wallace.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	Disarmament		ts.
10	4	Dyson (list of corrections)		ts.
10	4	Ere Night Was Ended		holograph
10	4	Feeding the Birds		ts. Signed: “Maxwell Wallace.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	For One in Adversity		ts.
10	4	History		ts.
10	4	Irish Melody		ts.
10	4	May 1940		ts.
10	4	Money		ts.
10	4	My Little One		ts.
10	4	Night Life		ts. Signed: “F.G. Pearson.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	Old Women		holograph. Signed: Frances Alexander [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	On Sailing		ts.
10	4	Outline		ts., cc. annotated;
10	4	Prayer of an advice-giver		ts.
10	4	Prelude		ts.
10	4	Rainy Weather		holograph
10	4	Secrets		ts., cc. Signed: “C.D.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	Snow Prints		ts. Signed: “Maxwell Wallace.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	The Ant		ts. Signed: “Maxwell Wallace.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	The Day that Uncle Corbin Died		ts., cc., annotated
10	4	The Mystery		holograph. Signed: “Ralph Hodgson.” [Helena Coleman?]
10	4	The New Magazine		ts., cc.
10	4	The wish		ts.
10	4	Trying to Understand		ts.
10	4	Unknown to Fame		ts., cc., annotated
10	5	By a Mountain Lake		ts., cc., annotated
10	5	In Action		ts., cc., annotated. Signed: “H.C.”
10	5	Waiting		ts.
10	7	August 1914		ts., cc.
10	7	My Little One		ts., cc.

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