Series comprises correspondence created or collected by Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle, primarily related to their research and writing. Correspondence is also interfiled with records in both the manuscript and publicity series. There is one file containing publishing agreements.
Series contains manuscripts written by Marq de Villiers and Marq de Villiers with Sheila Hirtle, as well as copies of Marq de Villiers' magazine and newspaper articles, columns and reviews. There are also notebooks, correspondence and research notes regarding their writing projects.
Series comprises photographs created or collected by Marq de Villiers related to his research and writing, his family, and his achievements, including his honorary degree ceremony at Dalhousie University.
Series contains publicity materials and media reviews of Marq de Villiers' published books, as well as newspaper and magazine clippings featuring his work as a writer and editor.
Series contains newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, transcriptions and notes about Russia and Russian life created and collected by Marq de Villiers between 1969-1971, when he worked for the Toronto Telegram's Moscow Bureau. Many files contain issues of the Daily Review: Translations from the Soviet Press, published by Novosti Press Agency, as well as press articles translated by de Villers. Other sources include issues of Analysis of Current Developments in the Soviet Union, published by the Institute for the Study of the USSR, an international research and study centre. File-level titles were largely adopted from the donor's original filing system and some files contain a single article translation.
