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Budge Wilson fonds

MS-2-650
Fonds
1948-2018

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.

Cassandra's driftwood : cover

MS-2-650.1995-016, Box 14, Folder 12
File
[before 1994]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a photograph of the illustration for the front cover of "Cassandra's Driftwood" (illustrate by Terry Roscoe), a photocopy of the proposed front cover, and an envelope addressed to Lesley Choyce.

Cassandra's driftwood : final drafts

MS-2-650.1995-016, Box 14, Folder 10
File
[before 1994]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains two typed and annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's book "Cassandra's Driftwood," and black and white copies of illustrations for the book.

Children's fan mail from Sambro-Ketch Harbour School

MS-2-650, Box 13, Folder 6
File
October 5, 1992

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Children's fan mail from various schools

MS-2-650, Box 13, Folder 5
File
1991-1993

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Copies of drawings by Budge Wilson

MS-2-650.2015-036, Box 78, Folder 5
File
1948

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains copies of Budge Wilson's drawings for the 1948 Dalhousie University yearbook.

Correspondence regarding Harold and Harold

MS-2-650.1997-086, Box 19, Folder 24
File
1994-1995

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains correspondence regarding Budge Wilson's book "Harold and Harold," between Wilson and various people involved in its publication, including Lesley Choyce of Pottersfield Press, Terry Roscoe, the editor (including sketches of possible illustrations), and Sheila Dalton, Wilson's copy editor. The file includes incoming correspondence and copies of Wilson's outgoing correspondence.

Correspondence with editors and illustrator regarding The Christmas of the Big Blow

MS-2-650.2003-061, Box 37, Folder 3
File
2002

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Correspondence with illustrator Eugenie Fernandes regarding The fear of Angelina Domino

MS-2-650.1999-090, Box 24, Folder 16
File
May 29, 1999 - October 12, 1999

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a incoming correspondence from Eugenie Fernandes, the illustrator for Budge Wilson's book "The Fear of Angelina Domino," and copies and drafts of Wilson's outgoing correspondence. The file also contains some of Fernandes' drawings and sketches for the book.

Correspondence with Penguin regarding Fractures

MS-2-650.2003-061, Box 37, Folder 9
File
2001-2002

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Drawings from students at Ian Forsyth Elementary school

MS-2-650.2004-048, Box 39, Folder 15
File
2002

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains drawings in response to Budge Wilson's book "Madame Belzile and Ramsay Hitherton-Hobbs."

Drawings in response to Victors by students at Southdale-North Woodside school

MS-2-650.2004-048, Box 39, Folder 13
File
2003

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Duff's monkey business : drafts and related correspondence

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 32, Folder 34
File
1998-1999

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains two drafts of Budge Wilson's book "Duff's Monkey Business" and related correspondence with the publisher, Formac Publishing Company Limited, which include early proposed drawings by the illustrator Kim LaFave.

Letters and drawings from students at Cambridge and District elementary school

MS-2-650.2005-043, Box 43, Folder 15
File
February 2003

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains letters and drawings in response to Budge Wilson's book "The Cat that Barked."

Letters and drawings from students at Ian Forsyth School

MS-2-650.2005-043, Box 42, Folder 4
File
April 2003

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Letters from Le Marchant School

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 26, Folder 45
File
1998

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File includes letters, cards, and student artwork.

Letters from Ms. McDonald's grade 2 class at Ian Forsythe Elementary

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 34, Folder 8
File
2001

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains cards from the class based on Budge Wilson's book "The Long Wait."

Letters from Robert Caume's grade 3 class at Ian Forsythe Elementary

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 34, Folder 9
File
2001

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains letters and drawings from the class based on Budge Wilson's books.

Letters from Robert Caume's grade 3 class at Ian Forsythe Elementary

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 34, Folder 5
File
2000

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains drawings from the class based on Budge Wilson's books.

Letters from students at Ian Forsyth Elementary School

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 27, Folder 3
File
April 4, 1998 - April 16, 1999

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Personal material

Series
1948-2016

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Series contains materials created by Budge Wilson that not directly related to her career as an author. Files include Budge Wilson's diaries and calendars and materials relating to her job as a fitness instructor and photographer.

Photocopy of the illustrations from the 1948 Pharos Yearbook

MS-2-650.2014-047, Box 68, Folder 2
File
1948

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains copies of illustrations of the Dalhousie Tigers in Pharos in 1948, which were done by Budge Wilson.

Student drawings of Victor the boa constrictor from Lunenburg Academy, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

MS-2-650.2016-052, Box 86, Folder 24
File
[2003?]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File consists of students drawings, from Lunenburg Academy, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, of Victor the boa constrictor, as represented in the poem Victor by Budge Wilson.

Student drawings of Victor the boa constrictor from the Halifax Grammar School, Halifax, Nova Scotia

MS-2-650.2016-052, Box 86, Folder 25
File
[2003?]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File consists of students drawings, from the Halifax Grammar School, Halifax, Nova Scotia, of Victor the boa constrictor, as represented in the poem Victor by Budge Wilson.

Student reports and drawings from Budge Wilson's visit to Tatamagouche Elementary School

MS-2-650.2015-036, Box 77, Folder 44
File
2003

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File also contains two pictures of Budge Wilson with the students and a newspaper clipping about her visit.

Thank you cards from Lunenburg Academy and Donagh Regional School

MS-2-650.2004-048, Box 54, Folder 2
File
2003

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Thank you letters from Westmore Academy

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 26, Folder 44
File
May 5, 1998 - June 2, 1998

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File includes a copy of Budge Wilson's response to the grade three class at Westmore Academy in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and four drawings by the children of scenes from Wilson's books.