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Published short stories

File contains published short stories written by Joyce Barkhouse. The stories are mostly found in magazines such as The Canadian Boy and Discovery, and include title such as "Pioneer Preacher" and "The Purple Cloak" instalments.

Promotional material of Joyce Barkhouse

Series contains records related to publicity and promotion of Barkhouse's works. The types of records included here are newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, book reviews, posters, interviews, and other promotional materials.

Professional correspondence

Subseries contains correspondence with publishers, editors, associations, colleagues, and others regarding Joyce Barkhouse's professional writing career.

Press releases regarding Pit Pony

File contains newspaper clippings about the cancellation of the Pit Pony TV series and efforts to safe the the wharf in Harbourville, Nova Scotia, attached to a letter sent from Joyce Barkhouse to her sister. The file also contains a poster for the Pit Pony audio book, narrated by Richard Donat.

Press releases for writing by Joyce Barkhouse and family

File contains clippings of articles about the announcement of the Pit Pony television series; plays by Joyce Barkhouse and Margaret Atwood performed by the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia; an article by Kathleen Hickey (granddaughter); a press release on a course on Global History by Murray Barkhouse; and a copy of a letter from Amy (Helene Bennet's granddaughter) to the CBC Radio program Crosswords. The file also contains a letter from Maureen E. Lipkewich of the Mining Association of British Columbia to Joyce Barkhouse about the use of her novel Pit Pony in the British Columbia curriculum, and a letter from Joyce to her cousins with copies of newspaper articles about a house in Concord, a symposium in children's literature at Acadia University that she was involved in, and Anne Perry.

Poems by Joyce Barkhouse

File contains typescript and handwritten poems by Joyce Barkhouse: "Hostess" (unpublished); "The Happy Clam" (unpublished); "The Chickadee"; "Nostalgia" (rewrite); "Annapolis" (published posthumously in "Whispers of Mermaids and Wonderful Things," 2017); "The Shades of Night" (written at age 15); "Vengeance" (unpublished); "Little Hunter" (unpublished); "Snow" (published); "A Winter Prayer"; "The Frightened Witch" (published); "Little Hunter"; "First Pet"; and "After School." The file also includes a copy of "Obedience" by Isaac Watts (1674-1748).

Pit Pony movie ticket

File consists of ticket No. 001 for the movie of the Pit Pony at Oxford Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia on Sunday, November 30, 1997. The ticket was framed and presented to Joyce Barkhouse.

Pioneer Preacher

File contains a short story written by Joyce Barkhouse and published in the Bluenose Magazine and Onward.

Pioneer Cat

File contains a short story written by Joyce Barkhouse and published in the Bluenose Magazine.

Photographs with family and friends, including vacations

File contains various photographs belonging to Joyce Barkhouse depicting her family (including Margaret Atwood), friends, and travels. These include a trip to Oberammergau in 1980 with Mary Wade, Mildred Smith, and Frances Brown, as well as trips to London and Newfoundland. Some of the photographs are scanned onto black and white sheet of paper in batches, while others are originals.

Photographs of Margaret Atwood

File contains seven photographs of Margaret "Peggy" Atwood, taken by Oliver Cogswell, the son of Kay, Joyce Barkhouse's sister.

Photographs of Joyce Barkhouse's family

File contains two photographs of Joyce Barkhouse's family. One is in the form of a Christmas card from 1946, and depicts Joyce's children Janet and Murray standing outside with the caption "Love & best wishes from Joyce & Milton." The other depicts Joyce and her husband and children along with her father, pictured standing outside of a house.

Photographs of Joyce Barkhouse with others

File contains four photographs of Joyce Barkhouse with other people. One photograph is taken when she was younger, and is posing with four other people around her age. The others feature Barkhouse as an older woman, posing with other people of similar ages outside, on a deck, or in the woods with pails.

Photograph of schoolchildren taught by Harold Edwin Killam

File contains one mounted photograph of schoolchildren taught by H.E. (Harold Edwin) Killam (1878-1957) when he was 16 years old. Killam is seated in the centre of the photograph. The children of varying ages are posed for a group shot, and the photograph is taken outside.

Photograph of Margaret Atwood

File contains a matted photograph of Margaret "Peggy" Atwood, Joyce Barkhouse's niece, likely taken for her graduation from the University of Toronto i n 1961.

Photograph of Margaret and Kathleen Killam

File contains one photograph of Margaret and Kathleen Killam around the time of their weddings. It is a portrait style photograph, with both people looking off to the side.

Photograph of Dr. Harold Leslie Atwood

File contains a matted photograph of Dr. Harold Leslie Atwood, the brother of writer Margaret Atwood and nephew of Joyce Barkhouse. The photograph was likely taken for his graduation from the University of Toronto (B.A.).

Photograph of Dr. Harold Edwin Killam

File contains one photograph of Dr. Harold Edwin Killam, Joyce Barkhouse's father, in his home office. Killam was involved with Dalhousie's Faculty of Medicine.
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