Series consists of records regarding proposals for research submitted to companies, research centres and government departments by Hardy Associates 1978 Ltd.
File contains a recording of Witch of Port LaJoye by Joyce Barkhouse, which was sent to Joyce by the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA).
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Mrs. MacIntosh," which was published in "Islands in the Harbour" (1990). The file also contains a letter from Wilson's sister Joan Colborne.
File contains typed and annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's book "Manfred the Unmanageable Monster," as well as correspondence with the illustrator, Jill Quinn, and Lesley Choyce of Pottersfield Press.
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "My Cousin Clarette," which was published in her anthology "The Leaving" (1990).
File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Charmers" (later named "The Charmer"), which was published in the anthology "Cordelia Clark" (1994).
File includes correspondence, licensing and royalty information, a draft of the book with illustrations, a published copy of the book, and the publishing agreement with Lorimer for the children's book Anna's Pet by Joyce Barkhouse and Margaret Atwood. The file also has two photographs from a puppet adaptation of Anna's Pets by Mermaid Theatre, directed by Fred Thury and designed by Tom Miller. Two other stories by Margaret Atwood, "Flying Rabbits and their Ancestors" and "Silent Sam and the Singing Sausage from Saturn" are also included.
File contains five notebooks and a notepad with handwritten drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The Queen who Wouldn't Listen," which was published in the anthology "Royal Family Fables" (1988).
File contains a spiral bound document submitted by Hardy Associates 1978 Ltd. to PACE, Petroleum Association for the Conservation of the Canadian Environment.
File includes correspondence between Holly Melanson and publishers/peers regarding Literary Presses in Canada, 1975-1985: A Checklist and Bibliography.
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Was it Fun on the Beach Today?," which was published in the "Blue Jean Collection" (1992).
File contains handwritten notes and typescript on assignments, Dalhousie instructor's textbook requisition forms, a reading list about writing in science, an article relating trends in science education, an issue of the journal of the International Council for Computers in Education, and other textual records.
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Lysandra's Poem," which was published in her anthology "The Leaving" (1990).
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Mystery Lights at Blue Harbour" and a letter from her editor at Scholastic-TAB Publications Ltd., Sheila Dalton. The draft is missing some pages and included pages are out of order. A note from Budge Wilson on one of the pages reads "pages missing may not have needed edit."
File contains three annotated, typed drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "Dancing in the Streets," which was included in the anthology "Royal Family Fables" (Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1988).
Series includes Owl's Head Press correspondence with the Bank of Montreal regarding their trade name and manuscripts and print publications: After the Image, by Jonathan Wright; Ten Poems of Francis Ponge, translated by Robert Bly; Ten Poems of Robert Bly Inspired by the Poems of Francis Ponge, by Robert Bly; Where the Fields End, by Leigh Faulkner; and The Guest Touches Only Those Who Prepare, by Edward Gates.
Subseries contains partial and full annotated drafts, photographs, and published works by Owl's Head Press, including Jonathan Wright's "After the Image," Robert Bly's "Ten Poems of Francis Ponge Translated by Robert Bly & Ten Poems by Robert Bly Inspired by the Poems of Francis Ponge," Leigh Faulkner's "Where the Fields End," and Edward Gates' "The Guest Touches Only Those Who Prepare."
File contains an annotated draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Queen Who Wouldn't Listen," which was published in "Royal Family Fables" (Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1989).
