File contains a typed version of Budge Wilson's short story "The Dress," which was published in the anthology "The Courtship" (1994) and in the University of Windsor Review.
File contains a typed draft with annotations of Budge Wilson's short story "The Happy Pill," which was published in the anthology "Cordelia Clark" (1994).
File contains two annotated, typed drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The House on High Street," which was published in her anthology "The Courtship" (1994).
File contains two typed drafts with annotations of Budge Wilson's short story "The House on High Street," which was published in "The Courtship" (1994).
File contains two typed drafts with annotations of Budge Wilson's short story "The House on High Street," which was published in "The Courtship" (1994).
File contains three typed drafts with annotations of Budge Wilson's short story "The House on High Street," which was published in "The Courtship" (1994).
File contains an annotated draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Queen Who Wouldn't Listen," which was published in "Royal Family Fables" (Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1989).
File contains two annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The Reunion," and a copy of the story as it appeared in The Sunday Star, as the Judges' Choice for the Star short story contest. One of the drafts bears the pseudonym "Anna MacGregor."
File contains three annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The Unmanageable Monster" (or "Manfred, the Unmanageable Monster"), which was published in the Canadian Children's Annual (1983).
File contains five drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The Very White Christmas," which was published in the Grade 3 textbook "Winter Welcomes" (Scarborough: Nelson Canada, 1987).
File contains three annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "Three Voices," which was published in Chatelaine (February 1983), and correspondence about the story.
The fonds primarily consist of scripts, broadcasts, short stories and commentaries from Allen's writing and broadcast career; correspondence; documents relating to Allen's Navy service and personal reference material; CBC election broadcast coverage; and photographs.
Item consists of Molly Beresford's handwritten manuscript of her short story "Wot ye what love is? (being a legend of Port Royal)", written sometime in the 1920s and collected by Andrew Merkel.
File contains Budge Wilson's introductory speech for the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Short Story Award and a program from the event. The award was won by Jane Elizabeth Ledwell with Beverley Morash (second), Beth Ryan (third), and Kathleen Knowles, Joyce Simpson and Abby Whidden (honourable mentions). Wilson's speech discusses each of the recipients and their submissions in turn.