File contains a copy of Budge Wilson's memorial talk for Margaret Laurence, delivered at Trent University on February 2, 1987 and later published in the Canadian Woman Studies journal. The file also contains a copy of the program from Wilson's memorial tribute and a copy of an article on Budge Wilson's address at the Halifax Main Library on Margaret Laurence.
Item is an interview with Eleanor Ellison, a Halifax explosion survivor, and Mike Murphy regarding the Swiss Air Disaster, which Budge Wilson used as research material.
File contains a copy of a written interview with Peter Carver, Lisa Doucet, Lynn Popham, Budge Wilson, and Martha Brooks, which was published in "Children's Book News."
File contains materials from the presentation of the Anne Doll (i.e., Anne of Green Gables) to Budge Wilson by the Canadian Doll Clubs United and a newsletter about the event. The file also includes a photograph of Budge Wilson receiving the doll.
File contains Budge Wilson's notes, correspondence, and programs for the Sharla Project, which included appearances in Churchill, Winnipeg, and Mexico City. The Canadian portion of the trip went from October 26 to November 4, 1998.
File contains a copy of Budge Wilson's acceptance speech printed in School Libraries in Canada (Summer 1991) for her Canadian Library Association (CLA) Young Adult Canadian Book Award for "The Leaving," and a copy of her letter to the magazine regarding the omission of the title of her book from the published speech. The speech was originally delivered at the CLA/CACL Book Awards Banquet in Montreal, Quebec. The file also includes an annotated, typescript copy of the speech, possibly used at the awards presentation.
File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's news announcement for the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) newsletter, News Roundup. The announcement includes her recently published book "After Swissair"; readings at public libraries, the Hubbards Literary Society, and Word on the Street; interviews on CTV and CBC radio; features in the Chronicle Herald; and the upcoming publication of the fourth new Polish edition of "Before Green Gables."
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).
File contains a draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Carlotta's Search," which was published in her anthology "Fractures," as well as twelve pages of correspondence with her editor.
File contains annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "Carlotta's Search," which was published in the anthology "When I went to the Library," edited by Deborah Pearson and published by Douglas and McIntyre (2001).
Subseries consists of handwritten and typescript drafts for Budge Wilson's book "Cassandra's Driftwood," previously titled "Belinda's Driftwood." Subseries also contains drafts of drawings for the book's illustrations, by Terry Roscoe.
File contains a photograph of the illustration for the front cover of "Cassandra's Driftwood" (illustrate by Terry Roscoe), a photocopy of the proposed front cover, and an envelope addressed to Lesley Choyce.
File contains copies of Terry Roscoe's rough sketches for "Cassandra's Driftwood" by Budge Wilson and two pages of Wilson's handwritten notes on the illustrations.
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Cassandra's Driftwood," containing Wilson's edits and those by Sheila Dalton from Scholastic-TAB Publications.
File contains eight catalogues from the following publishers: Harcourt Brace & Company, Formac Publishing Company Limited and James Lorimer & Company Limited, Stoddart, the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the Putnam & Grosset Group, and Pottersfield Press.
