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Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and George Peabody

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 46
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with George Peabody. Materials include one handwritten letter to Kerslake requesting permission to reprint "Soft Body Parts" (as well as "Did You Ever ...") from "The Book of Fears," and one blank permission to reprint form.

A flicker of moths / Susan Kerslake : [edited manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 1
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an unpublished manuscript; the cover page features a quote from Robinson Jeffers, "... Life; a flicker of men and moths ...," and a longer poem by Elinor Wylie.

Susan Kerslake's early unpublished story manuscripts

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 7
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains seven untitled short story manuscripts.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Joanne Cutt, or Quarry

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 8
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Certificate honouring Susan Kerslake as a charter honorary life member of the Writers' Council of Nova Scotia

MS-2-662, SF Box 87, Folder 18
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

To waste a wave / Susan Kerslake : [manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 2
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an unpublished manuscript and an unsigned handwritten review suggesting edits and a rewrite, as well as a typed review with handwritten suggestions. The quote on the cover page reads "For here alone in all the world was found Moria-silver, or true silver as some have called it: Mithril is the Elvish name ..."

Susan Kerslake's published manuscripts

Series
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains manuscripts of published novels, including heavily annotated drafts of Middlewatch and Penumbra. There is also related correspondence, including royalty payments, requests for inclusion in anthologies, and letters of acceptance and rejection.

Seasoning Fever / Susan Kerslake : [edited manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, File 4
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a manuscript published in 2002, after its acquisition by the Archives. The file includes a loose photograph captioned "pasqueflower."

Middlewatch / Susan Kerslake : [first draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 5
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a heavily annotated first draft with the earlier title, To Stir a Flower; the cover page includes the Yeats' quote: "That thou canst not stir a flower without troubling a star."

Middlewatch / Susan Kerslake : [second draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 6
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a lightly annotated second draft with the earlier title, "To Stir a Flower."

Penumbra / Susan Kerslake : [first draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 8
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a lightly annotated first draft as well as a black-and-white photograph of a cliff overlooking the beach.

Penumbra / Susan Kerslake : [second draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a substantially annotated second draft as well as black-and-white photograph of a sea creature under a boat and a colour photograph of two houses. There are minor and major edits, predominantly towards the end.

Susan Kerslake's early writing

Series
[after 1943] - 1961

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains Kerslake's early writing, dating back to grade eight.

English 201 essay written by Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1961

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a handwritten essay written for English 201 containing a few edits, teacher's comments and a grade of B+.

Susan Kerslake's handwritten English 201 essay titled Theme, including teacher's comments

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Ontario Arts Council

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 45
File
1975

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence from the Ontario Arts Council including a letter regarding a grant of seven hundred dollars.

Middlewatch / Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 38
File
1976

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an autographed copy of Susan Kerslake's Middlewatch.

Letter from Keith Maillard to Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 32
File
1977

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's editorial correspondence regarding Middlewatch

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 7
File
[after 1943] - 1977

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's unpublished manuscripts

Series
[after 1943] - 1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains manuscripts of unpublished novels, including edited drafts. Other materials include letters from third parties with suggested edits, and rejections or comments from publishing agencies.

Creance / Susan Kerslake : [manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 3
File
[ca. 1979] - 1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an unpublished manuscript, a rejection letter from The Women's Press , a letter containing criticisms and suggestions from Oberon Press, and a small poem by David Rook.

Letters of acceptance from Fiddlehead for Susan Kerslake's poems "He flies, the crane" and "Scotoma"

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 20
File
1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Rejection letter and resubmission request to Susan Kerslake from the Malahat Review

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 31
File
1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Editorial correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Brenda Riches from Grain magazine

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 27
File
1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Letter to Susan Kerslake from the Canadian Fiction Magazine wanting to publish an untitled short story about Skye

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 15
File
1982

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Germination

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 24
File
1981 - 1982

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File includes two letters regarding the publication of Susan Kerslake's poetry in Poetry and includes portions of "Now that my mother is dead ...," "Sometimes, before I sleep," and "Magma."

Susan Kerslake's rejection letters

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 42
File
1981 - 1983

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains assorted personal and generic rejection letters from various publishers, including Canadian Fiction Magazine, Room of One's Own and The Long Story.

Nadia Bakhit's English-class assignment review of Susan Kerslake's The Book of Fears

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 23
File
[after 1984]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Penumbra / Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 39
File
1984

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains and autographed copy of Penumbra, by Susan Kerslake.

The book of fears / Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 40
File
1984

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an autographed copy of The Book of Fears, by Susan Kerslake.

Susan Kerslake's correspondence regarding untitled early writing

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 9
File
[after 1943] - 1984

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's correspondence and records regarding her nomination for the Governor General’s Award

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 25 and MS-2-662, Oversize Folder 1
File
1985

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Photograph of Susan Kerslake and CBC Radio’s George Jordan at an arts festival

MS-2-662, SF Box 87, Folder 19
File
1985

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence to Susan Kerslake from Mount Saint Vincent University re. Making Time for Art workshop

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 36
File
1986

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Nomination records for Susan Kerslake as a top-ten best fiction writer in the Canadian Book Information Centre's 45 Below competition

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 24
File
1986

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Emery Collegiate Institute

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 19
File
1986

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with the Emery Collegiate Institute regarding a request for a contribution to their wall dedicated to authors, as well as a piece of writing selected for the purpose.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Greg Gibbons

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 26
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with Greg Gibbons including one photocopied handwritten letter from Kerslake regarding suggested edits.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and TriQuarterly

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 44
File
1983 - 1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a letter of rejection and one accepting a story, as well as a completed form for publication of Kerslake's Foreigner.

Poster for Dalhousie English department event featuring a Susan Kerslake reading

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 22
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence to Susan Kerslake from Kate Millett

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 35
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Acceptance letter from the Canadian Forum to Susan Kerslake for Keeping Up with the Times

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

A short story script by Susan Kerslake for CBC's state of the arts radio program

MS-2-662, SF Box 31, Folder 30
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's editorial correspondence for Penumbra

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 1
File
[after 1943] - 1988

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's submission correspondence with The Antigonish Review

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1982 - 1988

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Rejection and acceptance letters to Susan Kerslake from New Quarterly

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 37
File
1982 - 1988

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Leslie Fielder

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 21
File
1988

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with Leslie Fielder, Kerslake's teacher in 1960-61 and a professor in the English department at Samuel Clemens, New York. Materials include a brief letter from Kerslake updating Fielder about her writing and professional work, and a thank you letter in response.

Rights correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Gage Educational Publishing Company

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 23
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a letter from Susan Kerslake requesting rights clarification and one from Gage informing that her material could not be included in the 1989/90 edition of Collections.

Correspondence from George Whipple to Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, SF Box 77, Folder 5
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence from George Whipple, including one letter containing a positive review of "An Old Night" from Whipple to Kerslake.

Review of Susan Kerslake's Blind Date, written by Lorna Inness

MS-2-662, Oversize Folder 3
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File a review cut from the Chronicle Herald/Mail Star, Saturday, September 23, 1989, page E4.

Susan Kerslake : an Atlantic author / Angela Reid : [interview]

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 25
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

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