The collection consists of two medieval manuscript fragments, two incunabula, and a Herodian coin.
The collection consists of a one page letter to Gail [Dunsbery?] regarding the sale of periodical issues.
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002The collection consists of a typed bread recipe. It is signed Gary Snyder [via Valery McCorkle].
Snyder, Gary, 1930-The collection consists of an undated, handwritten letter to Mr. Thornton.
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894The collection consists of interviews and releases from 12 Jewish veterans and refugees.
Fitch, Edward, 1949-The collection consists of interviews recorded with naval personnel, together with transcripts. The interviews refer to the experimentational squadron VX10, and the testing and use of the Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King helicopter.
Cafferky, Michael Shawn, 1958-2008The collection consists of a 1996 development plan, plus an article on the history of Union Bay (a small community approximately 15 kilometres south of Courtenay, British Columbia).
The collection consists of pages of holograph poetry removed from a copy of Lander's Like Stepping Stones above the Traffic (1987), plus other leaves of holograph poetry.
Lander, TimThe collection consists mainly of Shepherd's unpublished typescripts concerning her family history in France and Italy, England, and Ireland: "The Illustrious De Verduns" (paperbound, corrected); "A Journey Into Time Past" (Beaumont family, paperbound); "The Diaries of my Grandmother, Margaret Emily Cooke [nee Verdin] (paperbound, corrected). Also included is a pamphlet "Joseph Verdin and Sons, Salt Proprietors" by Mary Rochester; correspondence (1989-1990) between the author, Gray Campbell (Gray's Publishing), Judge Monty Tyrwhitt-Drake, and Special Collections; a National Gallery photograph of "The Beaumont Family by George Romney" (painted ca. 1778-82); and some typed "De Verdun and Verdin pedigrees".
Shepherd, Margaret R. G. (Margaret Rohesia Gundred)The collection consists of a photograph of B.C. Premier W.A.C Bennett with author Ronald B. Worley at the launch of Worley's book "The Wonderful World of W.A.C. Bennett". It is signed by the Premier, and inscribed to Bill Thomas by the author.
The collection consists mainly of material generated in the process of publishing the book Yeats the Initiate (1986), consisting of typescripts, drafts, paste-ups, illustrations, and proofs; plus correspondence, mainly to Liam Miller at the Dolmen Press.
Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003The collection consists of a photocopy of G.S. Andrew's typescript entitled "Air Photo Beach Soundings for the Normandy Invasion".
Andrews, G. S. (Gerald Smedley)The collection consists of a typed carbon shooting script of "Utlaginn" (Outlaw), in a black binder, and a typed and bound shooting script of "Land Og Synir". Both scripts are in Icelandic.
Agúst GuðmundssonThe collection consists of typescripts, photocopies of typescripts, dummies, page proofs, and paste-ups of "Premonitions and Gifts" and "Inside Passage".
Beardsley, Doug, 1941-The collection consists of slides and negatives (6 slides, 18 negatives) of Voyages of James Cook.
Cook, James, 1728-1779The collection consists of a photocopy of a typescript with holo. corrections of Maizy's Scarf, a short novel by Eliza Hawkins.
Hawkins, Eliza, 1936-The collection consists of a clipping re Hoffer, correspondence.
Hoffer, William, 1944-1997The collection consists of a revised typescript with autograph annotations of Daniell's book "The Interpreter's House; a critical assessment of the work of John Buchan".
Daniell, DavidThe collection consists of a corrected manuscript draft and a corrected typescript first draft of the prose essay from “Little Prayers and Finite Experience”. Also included is a dealer's cover sheet.
Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972The collection consists of a signed photograph of Bukowski.
Bukowski, CharlesThe collection consists of a copy of the press release from Anansi, a photocopy of a corrected typescript of the preface (13 l.), and galley proofs (155 l.) of The Bush Garden: Essays on the Canadian Imagination by Northrop Frye.
Frye, NorthropThe collection consists of a typed, signed letter to Colin Huggett (concerning Golding's “Free Fall”) together with its envelope. Also included is a handwritten letter to Colin Huggett (about Golding's three novellas, “Envoy Extraordinary”, “The Scorpion God”, and “Clank Clank”) together with its envelope.
Golding, William, 1911-1993The collection consists mainly of a photocopied typescript of Aram Saroyan's "Cloth: an electric novel". Also included are a handwritten letter to Tom Clark re "Cloth" and mentioning Ted Berrigan, Paul Carroll, Steve Katz, and Philip Whalen; a corrected typescript signed by Tom Clark which seems to be intended as a preface to "Cloth"; clippings from "Poetry (Chicago)" of Aram Saroyan selection of material from Louis Zukovsky; and a clipping from Rolling Stone? of a picture of Randy Newman.
Saroyan, AramThe collection consists of 2 holograph signed aerograms to Audrey Watson in response to a request for an autograph; one letter alludes to the author's current activities.
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986The collection consists of ancient documents, including a cuneiform tablet and an Egyptian hieroglyph; Medieval and Renaissance documents from England, France, Spain and Italy, 1243-1599, including deeds, charters, illuminated manuscript leaves, letter, letters patent, papal bulls, fragments from religious manuscripts, manuscripts on medicine and magic, a catalogue of English armorial shields, statutes of the Garter, and a manuscript of a Spanish Armelite prioress; modern literary and political manuscripts, records, and autographs, including policies of assurance, letters, and World War I and World War II surrender documents; autographs of various world figures; maps of Europe, Asia and North America; medals, decorations, and flags, mostly from Europe.