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Pottersfield Press fonds

MS-4-254
Fonds
1977 - 2019

Fonds contains records documenting the creation and management of Pottersfield Press from its inception in 1978. These include administrative documents such as grant and funding applications and author contracts; correspondence between the managing editor and authors, readers, contract editors and others; editorial records including manuscripts and page proofs; and publicity materials such as catalogues and book reviews.

Pottersfield Press

Pottersfield Press administrative records

Series
1978-2014

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Series contains sales and distribution records, author and illustrator contracts, and grant and funding records relating to Pottersfield Press publications.

Pottersfield Press

Agreements between Pottersfield Press and Maxine Tynes, Peter Brock, and Janet Bell and Janet Lee

MS-4-254, Box 107, Folder 7
File
1990

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains correspondence from Janet Lee and Peter Brock.

Agreements between Pottersfield Press and Leslie Smith, Dean Jobb and H.R. Percy

MS-4-254, Box 107, Folder 8
File
1991

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains correspondence from authors and agents.

Agreements between Pottersfield Press and Jill Quinn, Jono Lineen, Bruce Graham, Sylvia Gunnery, Michael Samson and Budge Wilson

MS-4-254, Box 107, Folder 17
File
2000

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File includes correspondence from Budge Wilson's literary agent.

Agreements between Pottersfield Press and Terry Dwyer, Joan Baxter, Alf Silver, Terry Roscoe and Budge Wilson

MS-4-254, Box 107, Folder 21
File
2004

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains memo from Terry Dwyer.

Agreement between Pottersfield Press and Robert Parsons for Ocean of stones

MS-4-254, Box 107, Folder 22
File
2005

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Agreement between Pottersfield Press and David New for An ordinary hero

MS-4-254, Box 111, Folder 9
File
2010

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Sales and copy requests re. The dark side of life in Victorian Halifax

MS-4-254, Box 7, Folder 2
File
1989

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Literary Press Group correspondence and contract

MS-4-254, Box 48, Folder 12
File
2001

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Pottersfield Press distribution, consignment, and sales reports (Canada)

MS-4-254, Box 59, Folder 3
File
2005

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File includes sales and distribution figures from Pottersfield Press and Nimbus Publishing on Pottersfield titles from the second half of 2005.

Pottersfield Press funding applications and correspondence re. Black Nova Scotia Authors Reprint Project

MS-4-254, Box 33, Folder 8
File
1993 - 1995

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Canada Council 2001 Block Grant Program funding application

MS-4-254, Box 52, Folder 2
File
2000

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also contains letter announcing award for 2000.

Canada Council 2002 Block Grant Program funding application

MS-4-254, Box 56, Folder 3
File
2001 - 2002

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also contains letter announcing original award and supplement for 2001 Block Grant.

Department of Communications 1992-1993 interim year Book Publishing Industry Development Program application

MS-4-254, Box 40, Folder 5
File
1992

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Fie contains unaudited financial statements for 1991.

Department of Canadian Heritage 1994-1995 Publications Distribution Assistance Program and Book Publishing Industry Development Program application and agreement

MS-4-254, Box 40, Folder 4
File
1994 - 1995

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Department of Canadian Heritage 1997-1998 Book Publishing Industry Development Program application and agreement

MS-4-254, Box 45, Folder 9
File
1997 - 1998

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Department of Canadian Heritage 2003-2004 Book Publishing Industry Development Program agreement and correspondence

MS-4-254, Box 60, Folder 9; Box 74, Folder 8
File
2003

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Department of Canadian Heritage 2004-2005 Book Publishing Industry Development Program application, agreement and correspondence

MS-4-254, Box 74, Folder 4
File
2004 - 2005

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also contains a copy of Publishing Measures: A Comparative Analysis of Financial Indicators of Canadian Book Publishers: Pottersfield Press Limited, 2003-2004.

Department of Canadian Heritage 2005-2006 Book Publishing Industry Development Program application, agreement and correspondence

MS-4-254, Box 74, Folder 9
File
2005

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Publishing measures : A comparative analysis of financial indicators of Canadian book publishers—Pottersfield Press Limited, 2006-2007

MS-4-254, Box 57, Folder 1
File
2007

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Department of Canadian Heritage 2013-2014 Business Planning Project application and correspondence

MS-4-254, Box 105, Folder 10
File
2013 - 2014

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also includes correspondence and invoices regarding the project work.

Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture funding correspondence

MS-4-254, Box 36, Folder 1
File
1995 - 1997

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture & Heritage 2006 Assistance to Book Publishers application and correspondence

MS-4-254, Box 91, Folder 4
File
2006 - 2007

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File includes unaudited income and earning statements for the year ended 31 December 2005.

Association for the Export of Canadian Books 2004-2005 Foreign Rights Marketing Assistance Program application and correspondence

MS-4-254, Box 60, Folder 7
File
2004

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Association for the Export of Canadian Books Foreign Rights Marketing Assistance Program final reports for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005

MS-4-254, Box 74, Folder 13
File
2005

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Preparatory notes for the launching of Pottersfield Press

MS-4-254, Box 11, Folder 4
File
1978-1979

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains correspondence sent both to and from Lesley Choyce, as he attempted to secure advertisers for early Pottersfield Press publications. File also includes a letter sent by Choyce to potential customers promoting the first issue of Pottersfield Portfolio, as well as a promotional leaflet for the first Atlantic Provinces Literary Annual. File also includes handwritten notes regarding potential promotional methods, as well as typed notes from the September 28, 1979, Atlantic Publishers Association seminar Choyce attended, entitled "Marketing & Government Assistance to Publishers."

Pottersfield Press Limited unaudited financial statements, December 31, 1998

MS-4-254, Box 128, Folder 1
File
1998

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains unaudited Pottersfield Press financial statements for 1998, prepared by the firm Nauss, Simpson, Cole & Galbraith, Chartered Accountants.

Access Copyright licensing royalties documentation 2010-2011

MS-4-254, Box 128, Folder 14
File
2010-2011

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Correspondence between Lesley Choyce and multiple authors re. reprint permissions for Visions from the edge, an anthology of Atlantic Canadian science fiction and fantasy

MS-4-254, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1980 - 1981

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File includes two Halcon programs from 1980 and 1981.

Correspondence between Lesley Choyce, Fraser Sutherland, Katharine Benzekri, Frank Manley, and J.E. Bulloz re. In the village of Alias

MS-4-254, Box 3, Folder 2
File
1985-1986

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also includes the Canada Council Grant notification, correspondence over libel problems stemming from "Eos," and a photograph of Fraser Sutherland.

Correspondence between Lesley Choyce, Daniel Petrie, Dorothea Petrie, and Katharine Benzekri re. The Bay boy

MS-4-254, Box 3, Folder 3
File
[1982?], 1985-1986

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also includes the final 40 pages of a draft script, a Canada Council Grant application and notification, and a computer disk labelled Aarovark.

Correspondence between Lesley Choyce, Thomas Raddall, John Bell, and others re. The dreamers

MS-4-254, Box 3, Folder 9
File
1985-1986

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also includes correspondence from C.D. Hemeon, regarding potential book sales, and from Billy Joe MacLean, regarding a grant application.

Correspondence re. publishing grant for Judith Fingard's The dark side of life in Victorian Halifax

MS-4-254, Box 6, Folder 1
File
1989

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File includes correspondence from Judith Fingard re. layout issues.

Correspondence to Lesley Choyce from John Carson and Dinamarca Lorenzen-King re. potential publication of photography book

MS-4-254, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1987

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains correspondence about Pottersfield Press potentially publishing a book of John Carson's photographs. File also includes three black and white photographs taken by Carson, depicting rural architectural scenes.

Pottersfield Press

Editorial and publicity correspondence re. Native song, by David Woods

MS-4-254, Box 21, Folder 4
File
1990 - 1991

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Pottersfield Press

Permissions correspondence re. Ark of ice : Canadian futurefiction

MS-4-254, Box 21, Folder 7
File
1991 - 1992

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Pottersfield Press

Lesley Choyce's outgoing correspondence for Pottersfield Press

MS-4-254, Box 24, Folder 4
File
1989 - 1997

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains unsigned outgoing correspondence from Lesley Choyce printed for the purposes of archiving. Correspondence is not always dated and relates to editorial matters, production and sales issues, and duplicate records may be found elsewhere within this fonds.

Pottersfield Press

Correspondence between Peter Pigott, Lesley Choyce and Peggy Amirault re. images for Gateways : Airports of Canada

MS-4-254, Box 17, Folder 6
File
1995-1996

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File also includes notes about images to be used in the book.

Pottersfield Press

Correspondence from John Bell to Lesley Choyce re. Atlantic sea stories

MS-4-254, Box 25, Folder 10
File
1994 - 1995

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File includes signed copyright/permissions forms.

Pottersfield Press correspondence to and from authors, readers and editors

MS-4-254, Box 35, Folder 3
File
1994 - 1997

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains primarily incoming correspondence.

Pottersfield Press

Correspondence re. taxation on reading materials

MS-4-254, Box 36, Folder 3
File
1996

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains primarily incoming correspondence from readers, writers and reviewers.

Pottersfield Press

Pottersfield Press correspondence to and from authors, readers and editors

MS-4-254, Box 48, Folder 7
File
1996 - 2003

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains primarily incoming correspondence.

Correspondence from P. John Burden to Lesley Choyce re. illustrations

MS-4-254, Box 51, Folder 7
File
1990

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File includes published and unpublished illustration samples by P. John Burden.

Correspondence between Lesley Choyce and Neil Peart re. Masked rider

MS-4-254, Box 65, Folder 9
File
1996 - 1997

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Correspondence and manuscript notes re. Halifax Regional Municipality book proposal by Lesley Choyce and Dale Wilson

MS-4-254, Box 67, Folder 8
File
1997

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Nomination forms and correspondence re. book and author awards

MS-4-254, Box 60, Folder 2
File
1993 - 2000

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains records re. nominations and receipt of literary awards and distinctions such as the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Award, and the Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice list. These are frequently indicated simply by a handwritten note on the requesting form indicating titles nominated by Pottersfield Press.

Pottersfield Press correspondence to and from authors, readers and editors

MS-4-254, Box 89, Folder 10
File
2003 - 2012

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

File contains primarily incoming correspondence.

Correspondence accompanying rejected submissions to Pottersfield Press

MS-4-254, Box 55, Folder 1
File
2003 - 2005

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

Correspondence accompanying rejected submissions to Pottersfield Press

MS-4-254, Box 83, Folder 7
File
2010 - 2011

Part of Pottersfield Press fonds

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