The collection consists of two medieval manuscript fragments, two incunabula, and a Herodian coin.
The fonds consists of a framed collage painting by Nicholson.
Nicholson, Ben, 1894-1982The collection consists of a one page letter to Gail [Dunsbery?] regarding the sale of periodical issues.
Koch, Kenneth, 1925-2002The fonds consists of a signed, typed letter to David Loovis, declining an invitation.
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984The fonds consists of 7 envelopes of architectural floor plans with photos of the building pasted on the outside. Used as architect's reference.
Campbell, Milton DonaldThe collection consists of a typed bread recipe. It is signed Gary Snyder [via Valery McCorkle].
Snyder, Gary, 1930-The fonds consists of a typewritten volume of poetry; 20 leaves of typescript in a blue cloth notebook.
S., RoyThe fonds consists of a VHS videocassette.
Blaser, RobinThe fonds consists of a wash drawing of “R Southey Poet Laureat”.
B***, R. A.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 fonds consists of a copy of "The Human Dimension of Compromised Command: Major-General George Kitching and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division in Normandy. [March to August 1944].
Caravaggio, Angelo N.The fonds consists of a typescript of "Cy Peck, V.C.: a biography of a Legendary Canadian" by his son Edward.
Peck, Edward, 1924-The fonds consists of three typescripts: 1) "An Annotated Elizabeth" - a partial annotation of Dick Diespecker's [1950] 'Elizabeth' (semi-biographical novel of his mother); 2) "Family, Fictions, Frictions"; 3) "Opsaal" (Diespeckers in South Africa 1901).
Diespecker, Don, 1929-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 fonds consists of page proofs (1st) for his book of reminiscences “The Black Shofar and other Vignettes”.
Efrat, Edgar S. (Edgar Shlomo), 1924-1996The 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 fonds consists of a photocopy of the article "John Wilson, Hume's First Printer" (British library journal, v.14, 1988, p.123-135).
Norton, David FateThe fonds consists of manuscripts and typescripts of: Reference West Chapbooks and Hawthorne Anthologies; Reference West publications such as B.C. Profiles, The Preview, Fortnightly Preview, The Poetry Newsletter, and Reference West; and Reference West Bibliographical Checklists, Catalogues and Symposia. It also includes some manuscript/typescript material not included in the Chapbooks, together with some correspondence from a few of the authors.
Reference West (Firm)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 fonds consists of typescripts of an unpublished novel "The Harmless Snake"; 3 unpublished books of poetry: "The Simon Poems", "Thy Harry's Company", "A Motley to the View"; typescript copies of five Egoyan screenplays (reworked by Bell) including: "Family Viewing" (1987) in 3 drafts; "Speaking Parts" (1989) in 5 drafts; The Adjuster (1991) 1 draft, "Exotica" (1995) 1 draft (not reworked by Bell) and "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997) in 3 drafts; some additional holograph notes and a notebook regarding the scripts and correspondence from Atom Egoyan to Bell 1985-1995 regarding the films. Additionally, there is correspondence from Irving Layton and others.
Bell, AllenThe fonds consists of a typescript (photocopy) about Group Captain J.R.D. "Bob" Braham, operations record book entries, photocopies copies of combat reports, together with a package of negatives of the photographs included in the typescript.
Aris, D. F.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, 1908-2003