File contains two typewritten drafts of the short story "The Dress," which was published in Budge Wilson's anthology "The Courtship and Other Stories."
File contains an annotated proof of Budge Wilson's short story anthology "The Dandelion Garden and Other Stories," with a cover memorandum to "Patrick" from "Michael" (Michael L. Green) regarding corrections to be made.
File contains an annotated proof of Budge Wilson's short story anthology "The Dandelion Garden and Other Stories," with a letter from Michael L. Green to Wilson and a page of handwritten notes by Wilson.
File contains a typed draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Dandelion Garden : A Modern Fable for Elderly Children," which was published in the "Integrated Language Arts Anthology" (1995) for Grade 6 students.
File contains a typed draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Dandelion Garden : A Modern Fable for Elderly Children," which was published in the "Integrated Language Arts Anthology" (1995) for Grade 6 students.
File contains a copy of Budge Wilson's short story "The Dandelion Garden : A Modern Fable for Elderly Children," as it appeared in the "Integrated Language Arts Anthology" (1995) for Grade 6 students, and two copies of the Permissions Request form from ScottForesman to Budge Wilson for the non-exclusive reprint rights to this short story (originally published in her anthology "The Dandelion Garden and Other Stories").
File contains an annotated photocopy of Budge Wilson's short story "The Courtship," which appeared in The Pottersfield Portfolio: New Writing from Atlantic Canada.
Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of short stories included in Budge Wilson's anthology "Courtship and other Stories." Short stories included in the anthology are as follows: "The House on High Street," "The Courtship," "Elliot's Daughter," "Mrs. Garibaldi and Leonardo," "Mrs. MacIntosh," "The Canoe Trip," "The Losers," "The Dress," and "Janetta's Confinement."
File contains two notebooks and loose-leaf pages with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Courtship," which was published in "Pottersfield Portfolio" (1999).
File contains four annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The Christmas of the Big Blow," which eventually became "The Christmas that Almost Wasn't." The file also contains a rejection letter from Weekend Magazine.
File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Charmers" (later named "The Charmer"), which was published in the anthology "Cordelia Clark" (1994).
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Canoe Trip," which was published in "Islands in the Harbour" (1990).
File contains Budge Wilson's presenting speech for the Short Story Award at the 1999 Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Gala (WFNS). The file includes her handwritten draft and final typed copy of the speech and a copy of the program for the event. The Short Story Award was won by André Narbonne with Leigh Anne Williams (second), Eve Mills Nash (third), and Lindsay Preston and Karen Leah Whalen (honourable mentions). Wilson's speech briefly discusses each individual and their short story submission.
Series consists of independent short stories written by Budge Wilson (i.e., those not included in complete anthologies by Wilson). Series includes drafts and proofs with annotations by Budge Wilson and her editors.
File contains a copy of the report prepared by Mary Culham and Pierre Sved on the Sharla Project, including a description of the project, program, a financial report, and reports from the winners of the short story competition (Maria-Fernanda Manzano and Natalia Morris), including copies of their winning submissions.
File contains two drafts of a review written by Budge Wilson for the short story anthology "Words Unrealized" (Breakwater Press, 1991), which was written for The Daily News.
Item is an audio cassette with an interview of Budge Wilson by Jane Kansas of Radio Free Kansas and a reading of Wilson's short story "The Happy Pill."
File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Questions and Answers," which was first published in "The First Time: True Stories," volume 1 (Orca Books, 1995).
File contains three annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "Questions and Answers," which was published in "The First Time," edited by Charles Montpetit (Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers, 1995).
File contains an annotated, typed draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Questions and Answers," which was first published in "The First Time: True Stories," volume 1 (Orca Books, 1995). The draft was typed by Alan Wilson, her husband.
File contains records relating to a conference at Dalhousie University, "The Creation, Dissemination and Preservation of Literature: A Conference of Professionals from the Maritime Provinces and St. Petersburg, Russia. Budge Wilson read a short story at the conference.