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A Definite Liability

File contains a draft of the story, submission correspondence, and a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions and rejections.

A Portrait of my Brother

File contains a manuscript draft plus rewritten sections, submission correspondence to multiple publishers, a grant application, and a chronology of events regarding the novella's creation, submissions and rejections.

A Visitation with Rose Alder

File contains two manuscript copies, correspondence and a copy of Mistral, the literary review in which the short story was published in spring 1975. File also contains a chronology of events regarding the submission, various rejections and publication of the story.

At Twenty

File contains a manuscript, submission correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the submission and acceptance of the story in Chezzetcook, an anthology published by Lesley Choyce's Wooden Anchor Press.

Correspondence regarding The Secret of Silk

File contains correspondence related to Barkhouse's short story "The Secret of Silk," which was originally "Unimportant Princess" and renamed for OWL magazine. Materials also contain the first page of the story.

Driving Home in the Rain

File contains two manuscript drafts of the story, submission correspondence, a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions, rejections and eventual publication in The Alchemist (Vol.1, No. 3), and a copy of the journal.

In a Shopkeeper's Window

File contains a draft of the story, submission correspondence, a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions, rejections and eventual publication in Karaki (December 75, No. 5), and a copy of the journal.

Jill the Red

File contains six manuscript drafts, submission correspondence, and a chronology of events regarding the story's creation, submissions and rejections.

Letter from Matt Arthur's Fishpond

File contains correspondence, an offprint, and a manuscript copy of the first story published by Christopher Heide, which appeared in the summer 1975 edition of Canadian Fiction Magazine. File also contains a chronology of events regarding the submission and publication of the story.

Letter from Vaughan Avenue Carpool

File contains a manuscript, rejection letter from Grain magazine, and a chronology of events regarding the story's submission and publication in Mud Creek Magazine by "Either/Or."

My Father, My Sister

File contains three manuscript drafts of the story, which was was originally titled "The Last Day before my Father's Holiday." There is also correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions, rejections and eventual publication in the Chelsea Journal, and a copy of the journal (Volume 3, Number 6, November-December 1977).

Printed email correspondence between Jessica Kerrin and Sheila Barry regarding The Spotted Dog Last Seen

File contains primarily editorial feedback and personal correspondence with Sheila Barry, who left Kids Can Press in 2012 to join Groundwood Books as co-publisher. There is also production correspondence with various staff at Groundwood Books regarding promotional ideas, design, and copyedits, including Nan Froman, Kate McQuaid, Fred Horler, and Laura Meyer.

Research materials on cemeteries and gravestones

File contains magazine articles, correspondence, and handwritten notes related to cemetery and gravestone studies compiled and created by Jessica Kerrin for writing mystery series for children. There is also a copy of the Cemetery Studies: A Guide for Teachers by Sean Rodman (November 1996), a printed copy of the Stories in Stone Patch Program at Mount Hope Cemetery (June 2004), and a photocopy of a few chapters of the book, Your Guide to Cemetery Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack (2002).

Ted Slaumwhite's Garden

File contains two manuscript copies, submission correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the submission, various rejections and eventual publication of the story in the October 1977 issue of Alpha, an Acadia University literary magazine.

The Very Famous Man

File contains six manuscript drafts, submission correspondence, and a chronology of events regarding the story's creation, submission and rejection.

Two letters regarding the completed draft of Downhill Chance

File contains a letter from Beverly Slopen to Susan Canavan at Houghton Mifflin regrading the submission of Donna Morrissey's completed draft of Downhill Chance, and a letter from Cynthia Good, president and publisher of Penguin Canada, to Donna Morrissey about her pleasure at receiving her manuscript.

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File contains a manuscript, submission correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the submission, various rejections and eventual publication of the story in an anthology of writers from Atlantic Canada called Voices from Down East.