Fonds consists of manuscripts and proofs of Budge Wilson's books and short stories; correspondence with publishers, students, and teachers; publicity material; photocopies and clippings of reviews, profiles, and notices regarding awards and appearances; diaries; recorded radio interviews; and an assortment of other documents created and collected by the author throughout her writing career. The fonds also contains materials relating to the adaptation of Wilson's novel "Before Green Gables" into a Japanese animated television series.
File includes drafts and related correspondence for Budge Wilson's chapter, "The Writing of Before Green Gables," for a book by Betsy Epperly and Jean Mitchell entitled "Anne Around the World: L.M. Montgomery and Her Classic."
File contains correspondence regarding Budge Wilson's book "The Leaving," which was awarded various honours by the American Library Association (ALA) and the New York Public Library: Horn Book Fanfare, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, an ALA Notable Book Award, a Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association, and short listed for the book list Best Book of the Year Award.
File consists of one letter and the typescripts of electronic email messages of Budge Wilson regarding the "One Hundred Years of Anne" Conference held at Leaskdale Manse, Uxbridge, Ontario, on April 17, 2008. Includes program information.
File consists of the typescripts of electronic email messages of Budge Wilson regarding a book tour for "Before Green Gables", with Penguin U.K., in London, England, Includes the travel itinerary for Budge Wilson.
File consists of the typescripts of electronic email messages of Budge Wilson regarding a talk at at the Fredericton Public Library on October 21, 2008. Includes a publicity poster for the talk.
File consists of the typescript of electronic emailed messages between Budge Wilson and Marion Hebb regarding a contract for film rights to the book Before Green Gables.
File consists of the typescript of electronic email messages between Budge Wilson and Julia Swan regarding a chapter entitled "One Kind of Vision" written by Budge Wilson, for inclusion in the book Nova Scotia Visions of the Future by Lesley Choyce.
File consists of the typescript of electronic emailed messages between Budge Wilson and Lisa Rundle, Penguin Group, regarding the book Before Green Gables.
File also contains journal entries about the writing tour, written by Budge on the back sides of travel itineraries. The tour was part of the 1987 Children's Book Festival. The file also contains a copy of a map of Saskatchewan and Manitoba with tour destinations marked.
File includes Budge Wilson's handwritten notes, a program, correspondence, and a copy of the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) newsletter (Vol. 18, no. 2).
File contains correspondence, promotional material, a draft of Budge Wilson's lecture, and three photographs. The lecture took place on October 21, 2004.