File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Thirteen Never Changes," previously titled "Gretchen's Diary" and "Another Kind of War".
File contains a duplicate final draft of the book "Gretchen's Diary" by Budge Wilson, which was renamed "Thirteen Never Changes." This book was published by Scholastic in 1989.
Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of short stories included in Budge Wilson's anthology "Courtship and other Stories." Short stories included in the anthology are as follows: "The House on High Street," "The Courtship," "Elliot's Daughter," "Mrs. Garibaldi and Leonardo," "Mrs. MacIntosh," "The Canoe Trip," "The Losers," "The Dress," and "Janetta's Confinement."
File contains twelve typewritten versions of the short story "Mrs. MacIntosh." This short story was published in "Islands in the Harbour, a collection of stories...", 1990 and "The Courtship," 1994.
File contains thank you cards hand drawn and written by students, given to Budge Wilson on her school tours, including those from the Lady Eaton School in Omemee, Ontario.
File contains an annotated photocopy of Budge Wilson's short story "The Courtship," which appeared in The Pottersfield Portfolio: New Writing from Atlantic Canada.
Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of short stories included in Budge Wilson's anthology "Fractures: Family Stories." The short stories included in this anthology are as follows: "Like a water lily," "Two diaries," "Fathers," "Dreams," "Confusion," "Crybaby," "Mr. Manuel Jenkins," "My War," "Brothers and Sisters," "Carlotta's Search," "Mothers," and "The Metaphor."
