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This week in Nova Scotia history

  • MS-2-650.2018-042, Box 91, Folder 35
  • File
  • April 28, 2018 - April 30, 2018
  • Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains the printed version (published April 30, 2018) and online version (published April 28, 2018) of a newspaper article in The Nova Scotian, which includes an entry and photograph of Budge Wilson.

After Swissair draft six

File contains the sixth draft of Budge Wilson's book "After Swissair," an extended poem. The draft was sent to Eileen Richmond at the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with annotations by Budge Wilson.

Brothers and sisters : draft

File contains a draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Brothers and Sisters." This story was included in an anthology of short stories by Budge Wilson entitled "Fractures: Family Stories" (2002).

Carlotta's search : draft

File contains a draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Carlotta's Search." This story was included in an anthology of short stories by Budge Wilson entitled "Fractures: Family Stories" (2002).

Confusion : draft

File contains a draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Confusion." This story was included in an anthology of short stories by Budge Wilson entitled "Fractures: Family Stories" (2002).

Budge Wilson : book information on the web

  • MS-2-650.2018-042, Box 92, Folder 1
  • File
  • November 2005 - October 22, 2006
  • Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains information about Budge Wilson's books found online, including print outs from publishers and book sellers websites and reviews. The information, originally compiled in a binder, is organized alphabetically by book title, including: "The Best/ Worst Christmas Ever," "Cassandra's Driftwood," "The Cat that Barked," "Dandelion Garden," "Duff the Giant Killer," "Duff's Monkey Business," "Fear of Angelina Domino," "Fiddle for Angus," "Fractures," "Friendships," "Harold & Harold," "Imperfect Perfect Christmas," Izzie books, "Leaving," "The Long Wait," "Lorinda's Diary," "Madame Belzile and Ramsay Hitherton-Hobbs," "Manfred the Unmanageable." "Mothers and other Strangers," "Oliver's Wars," "Sharla," and "Thirteen Never Changes."

Budge Wilson : web information

  • MS-2-650.2018-042, Box 92, Folder 2
  • File
  • November 2005 - October 22, 2006
  • Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains information about Budge Wilson's books, awards, readings, and presentations found online, printed, and organized in a binder. The contents of the binder are organized into the following sections: book awards and nominations, booksellers and publishers, international sites, journals, miscellaneous (other websites mentioning Budge Wilson's work, e.g., schools, curricula, fans), readings and presentations, and writing organizations.

Budge Wilson : five short stories on CBC Between the Covers

  • MS-2-650.2018-042, Box 92, Tape 11
  • Item
  • April 1996 - May 1997
  • Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Item is a cassette with five readings of short stories by Budge Wilson, which were broadcast on the CBC radio program "Between the Covers," between April 1996 and May 1997. The stories included are "Dreams," "Be-ers and Do-ers," "The Long Wait," "Just Give me a Little More Time," and "The Canoe Trip."

Budge Wilson : The Leaving and The Reunion

  • MS-2-650.2018-042, Box 92, Tape 2
  • Item
  • 1990 - December 30, 1994
  • Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Item is an audio cassette that contains two readings by Budge Wilson from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) broadcasts of her books "The Leaving" (recorded in the early 1990s, exact date unknown) and "The Reunion" (broadcast on CBC Info Morning, December 30, 1994).

Remembrance Day address at Chester United Baptist Church

  • MS-2-650.2018-042, Box 93, Folder 1
  • File
  • October 24, 2000 - November 11, 2000
  • Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains three drafts of Budge Wilson's speech (two handwritten, one typescript). The file also contains correspondence from the Royal Canadian Legion, F.E. Butler Branch 44 of Chester, Nova Scotia regarding the ceremony and two tentative programs for morning.

Reading projects for Budge Wilson by students

File contains three sample student reading projects, which were completed for Budge Wilson. The projects are about "Mystery Lights at Blue Harbour," "A House far from Home," "The Best/Worst Christmas Present Ever," "Going Bananas," and "Thirteen Never Changes."

Student letters to Budge Wilson

  • MS-2-650.2018-042, Box 93, Folder 12
  • File
  • May 19, 1992 - May 21, 1992
  • Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains letters from students and their teachers from two Grade 2 classes at Harold F. Loughin Public School in Brampton, Ontario. The letters are about Wilson's books "Going Bananas," "Mr. John Bertrand Nijinsky and Charlie," and "Madame Belzile and Ramsay Hitherton-Hobbs," which the classes read.

Student artwork given to Budge Wilson

File contains student artwork given to Budge Wilson from various presentations that she gave at elementary schools. The artwork relates to her books, including "Manfred the Unmanageable Monster," the Lorinda Dauphinee book series, "The Long Wait," "Mystery Lights at Blue Harbour," "A House far from Home," and "The Worst Christmas Present Ever."

Student artwork given to Budge Wilson

File contains student artwork given to Budge Wilson from various presentations that she gave at elementary schools. The artwork includes thank you cards and drawings related to her books, including Mr. John Bertrand Nijinsky and Charlie," and "The Best/Worst Christmas Present Ever." The file also includes thank you letters from elementary school classes, including from the Lady Eaton School in Omemee, Ontario, and a class list for an unidentified class and school.

Student artwork given to Budge Wilson

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.

Student letters to Budge Wilson

File contains thank you cards and letters from students and teachers to Budge Wilson relating to various school tours. The letters and cards include those from Lakefield Elementary School in Quispamsis, New Brunswick; Lady Eaton School in Omemee, Ontario; St. Mary' School in Campbellford, Ontario; and Mariposa Elementary School in Mariposa, Ontario. The letters often discuss Wilson's children's books.

Before green gables

Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of Budge Wilson's prequel to L.M. Montgomery's series featuring Anne of Green Gables. Subseries also contains various research notes pertaining to the book.

Fractures

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."

Friendships

Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts of Budge Wilson's short stories that were included in her anthology "Friendships: Stories." The twelve short stories included in this book are as follows: "Snake"; "Bruno"; "Justice"; "Music Festival"; "My Heroine, Murphy Brown"; "Escape Route"; "Fear"; "Poem"; "Father by Mail"; "Lillian"; "Big Little Jerome"; and "Maid of Honor."

Going bananas

Subseries contains handwritten and typescript drafts of Budge Wilson's children's book "Going Bananas."

Izzie : the Christmas that almost wasn't

Subseries contains handwritten and typescript drafts of the first book in Budge Wilson's Izzie series, "The Christmas that Almost Wasn't." The book was originally titled "The Christmas of the Big Blow."

Mothers and other strangers

Subseries contains a copy-edited draft of Budge Wilson's short story anthology "Mothers and other Strangers" and a copy-edited draft of one of the short stories that it contained, "The Listener." Most of the short stories in this anthology also appeared in other anthologies: "The Listener," "Loretta and Alexander," "Elliot's Daughter," "Just Give Me a Little more Time," "Mrs. Macintosh," "The House on High Street," "Birds, Horses, and Muffins," "The Diary," "Mrs. Garibaldi and Leonardo," and "The Reunion."

Audio and video recordings of interviews and readings

File contains recordings of Budge Wilson's appearances, readings, and interviews. Many of the recordings were taped from her appearances on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio. The series also includes a typescript of Budge Wilson's interview on CBC radio regarding the Swissair disaster on its one year anniversary.

Books and short story anthologies by Budge Wilson

Series consists of research, manuscripts, and drafts of books and short story anthologies written by Budge Wilson. Series also contains some draft illustrations by Budge Wilson and artists with whom she collaborated, including Terry Roscoe, and signed, published copies of her books.

A fiddle for Angus

Subseries consists of drafts and proofs for Budge Wilson's children's book "A Fiddle for Angus," previously titled "A Fiddle for Luther" and "Luther's Fiddle." The subseries also contains four colour slides with illustrations by Susan Tooke.

After Swissair

Subseries contains research and handwritten and typescript drafts of Budge Wilson's book "After Swissair," a collection of poems written in response to and commemoration of the Swissair Flight 111 crash near St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia (September 2, 1998).
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