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Will R. Bird fonds File
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Correspondence regarding manuscript

File contains letters from archivists and researchers regarding William R. Bird's manuscript on Colonel J.E.W. DesBarres. File also contains correspondence with the University of Alberta and the Banff School of Fine Arts regarding Dr. Bird's acceptance of the University of Alberta's National Award in Letters. File also contains letters from admirers of Dr. Bird's previous monographs.

Correspondence regarding press

File contains a notice from Melrose Press Ltd. regarding Dr. Bird's entry into the Men of Achievement publication. File also contains a letter from the CBC Gazette requesting an interview with Dr. Bird, a memorandum regarding historical places in Nova Scotia, and a gift receipt from the Nova Scotia Provincial Archives.

Correspondence with publishers

File contains correspondence with the following publishers: Clarke, Irwin, & Co., McGraw-Hill Ryerson, the MacMillan Company, The University of Toronto Press, and Petheric Press. The correspondence deals with Dr. Bird's work, including An Early Must Have A Wife, Ma's Enlargement, Sunrise for Peter, and Accentuating Angel Cove. File also contains letters from students in University and Junior High requesting information about Dr. Bird's life and work.

Correspondence with publishers

File contains correspondence with the following publishers: the University of Toronto Press, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, MacMillan of Canada, and Cumberland Publishing Ltd. Correspondence concerns Dr. Bird's publications, including Sunrise for Peter, Ghosts Have Warm Hands, This is Nova Scotia, A Century of Chignecto, The Top of the Hill (autobiography), Angels Cove, Ma's Enlargement, and These Are the Maritimes. File also contains letters from individuals interested in Dr. Bird's works, including High School students.