Archives Catalogue

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) administrative records

Series
1986 - 1989

Series contains documentation pertaining to the administration of the Bourbon Street Poetry Society, including business cards/letterheads, biographical information, certificates of incorporation, memorandum of association, letters of resignation, resumes, general meetings minutes and motions, and financial final reports.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) membership and association correspondence

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1987 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains BSPS correspondence regarding society memberships and affiliated associations, including the Atlantic Publishers Association, Purple Wednesday Society, League of Canadian Poets, Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, Kalamalka New Writers Society, and the Novel and Short Story Writer's Market.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) publications

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1987 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains three BS Poetry Society newsletters (October 1988; March 1989; December 1989); one BS Poetry Society publication (1989 Nova Scotia Poetry Awards Anthology); two publications in affiliation with Joe Blades (Reflections, 1987; New Muse of Contempt, 1988); and a New Muse of Contempt publication (Great Expectations, vol.3, no.2, 1990).

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) general meeting minutes and motions

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1987 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains minutes for the BS Poetry Society Spring general meeting (May 1987) and two motion proposals (January 1988; March 1989).

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) press releases

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 4
File
1986 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) workshop posters

MS-2-643, Box 3, Folder 3
File
1986 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Canadian Poetry Association (CPA) records

Series
1985 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Series includes by-laws, goals, and membership information for the Canadian Poetry Association, as well as Canadian Poetry Association newsletters.

Germination correspondence, 1981-1989

MS-2-692, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1981 - 1989

Part of Allan Cooper fonds

Poetry Halifax Dartmouth volumes 28-35 (1989)

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) submission correspondence

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1986 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) events/readings correspondence

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 16
File
1986 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Germination 12.2 : [page proofs]

MS-2-692, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1989

Part of Allan Cooper fonds

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) biographical information

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1988 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains annotated drafts of biographical information for Poetry Halifax Dartmouth.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) financial statements

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1987 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File includes the BSPS financial final report for 1987 and the Poetry Halifax Dartmouth financial statement for 1988.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) publicity records, event posters, and press releases

Series
1986 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Series includes posters/leaflets for BSPS events, including meetings, readings and workshops, submission requests, membership forms and press releases.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) application forms

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 1
File
[ca. 1989]

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains BSPS membership application leaflet/application forms, subscription leaflet/form for Poetry Halifax Dartmouth, and 1989 Nova Scotia Poetry Awards Anthology order form, as well as a change of address notice.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) submission posters

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 2
File
1987 - 1989

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File includes submission notices for BSPS anthology, journal, and Nova Scotia Poetry Awards.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) correspondence with Canadian Poetry Association

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1986 - 1988

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) posters for public readings

MS-2-643, Box 3, Folder 2
File
1986 - 1988

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File includes BSPS posters for reading and coffee house events.

Press releases, promotional posters, and pamphlets/leaflets re. Centre for Arts Tapes

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 8
File
[ca. 1988]

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Correspondence with the Vancouver chapter of the Canadian Poetry Association (CPA)

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 18
File
1987 - 1988

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains correspondence about Nova Scotia poets submitting work to the Vancouver chapter of CPA, as well as a Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) journal featuring Vancouver CPA poets.

BSPS volumes 16-17 (1988) ; Poetry Halifax Dartmouth volumes 18-27 (1988)

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1988

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) final report of events from January to September 1987

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1987

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Scrapbook of poems from the final copy of the BSPS 1987 Ecphore Poetry Anthology

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 7
File
1987

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

After the image / Jonathan Wright

MS-2-692, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1987

Part of Allan Cooper fonds

BSPS volumes 4-15 (1987)

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1987

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Posters for events associated with Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS)

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 5
File
[ca. 1987]

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains exhibits created and curated by Joe Blades and Kathleen McConnell.

Letter between Marjorie Stone and David Staines regarding English qualifying exams at Dalhousie University

MS-2-739, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1986

Part of Marjorie Stone fonds

Bourbon Street, 1 January 1986 ; BSPS volumes 1-3 (1986)

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1986

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Certificate of incorporation and memorandum of association/by-laws for Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS)

MS-2-643, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1986

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Germination 10.1 (table of contents) : [page proofs]

MS-2-692, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1986

Part of Allan Cooper fonds

Marjorie Stone's correspondence with the International Language Institute regarding English as a second language classes at Dalhousie University

MS-2-739, Box 1, Folder 12
File
1984 - 1986

Part of Marjorie Stone fonds

File also contains correspondence between P. DeMeo and D. Stoltz.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) meeting posters

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 3
File
[ca. 1986]

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

File contains posters for BSPS meetings, including the first general meeting on October 11, 1986.

Bourbon Street Poetry workshop Ecphore installation piece

MS-2-643, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1986

Part of BS Poetry Society fonds

Richard L. Raymond fonds

MS-2-556
Fonds
1967 - 1985

Fonds comprises records related to Raymond's investment in the Henry House restaurant, including correspondence, financial statements, menu designs, architectural drawings and construction records. Other records include Dalhousie Review poetry correpondence.

Raymond, Richard L.

Clifton Joseph with Full Force performance : part 2 of 2

MS-3-46.2018-014, Box 122, Item 26
Item
September 28, 1984

Part of Centre for Art Tapes tape collection

Joseph, Clifton

Clifton Joseph with Full Force performance : part 1 of 2

MS-3-46.2018-014, Box 122, Item 25
Item
September 28, 1984

Part of Centre for Art Tapes tape collection

Joseph, Clifton

Germination 7.1: [page proofs]

MS-2-692, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1983

Part of Allan Cooper fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Germination

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 24
File
1981 - 1982

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File includes two letters regarding the publication of Susan Kerslake's poetry in Poetry and includes portions of "Now that my mother is dead ...," "Sometimes, before I sleep," and "Magma."

Personal archives of Harry Thurston

MS-2-691
Accession
1976-1981

Accessions consist of materials related to the publication of the poetry periodical Germination. Materials include manuscripts and proofs, editorial drafts, correspondence, sales and business records, and promotional materials.

Thurston, Harry, 1950-

Dorothy and Samuel Shields fonds

MS-2-453
Fonds
1942 - 1980

Fonds consists of correspondence with friends and politicians, newspaper clippings regarding the Nova Scotia Centre of the Poetry Society, Canadian Authors Association, Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Art, Prince Edward Island Art Society and the writer Kay Hill. The fonds also contains records related to The Nova Scotia Centre of the Poetry Society, including correspondence, poems, and copies of the society’s constitution and by-laws.

Shields, Dorothy and Samuel

Verses by Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 14
File
[ca. 1980s]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains manuscript copies of verses: "Road"; "Traction"; "Blood Bondage"; "O Egypt"; "Somewhere Would be Better"; "Anyway"; and "Dry Eyes," which features musical keys under each word.

Velma Brown fonds

MS-2-379
Fonds
1971-1979

Fonds consists of newsletters and poetry publications from 1971-1979. Most of the publications feature poetry written by Velma Brown, but a number of other authors are also featured, including Sidney M. Parker, known as the blind poet of Truro, Nova Scotia.

Brown, Velma, Purdy

James K. Bell fonds

MS-9-18
Fonds
1939-1979

Bell, James K.

Marjorie Stone's records regarding the Dalhousie University English Qualifying Examination Sub-Committee

MS-2-739, Box 1, Folder 11
File
[ca. 1979]

Part of Marjorie Stone fonds

File contains a letter sent by an unidentified person to Marjorie Stone, a letter sent by H.W. King to Patricia Monk, a letter sent by H.W. King to H. Runte, a typescript written by A. Wainwright, two typescripts with handwritten annotation written by an unidentified person and A. Wainwright.

Photograph of a poem by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts

PC1, Box 9, Folder 12, Item 18
Item
1978

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a poem written by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts on the fly-leaf of a book in the Vickery collection.

Campbell

Photograph of items from the Vickery collection

PC1, Box 9, Folder 12, Item 19
Item
1978

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of letters, books, and chapbooks from the Vickery collection.

Campbell

For my daughter, reaching the age of 21

MS-2-650.1994-020, Box 7, Folder 5
File
March 1, 1978

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a draft of a poem by Budge Wilson, written for her daughter Glynnis, and a copy of it as published in the journal Canadian Woman Studies.

Correspondence and poetry re. The Dalhousie Review, 1976