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Christopher Heide fonds Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.)
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Christopher Heide fonds

  • MS-2-838
  • Fonds
  • 1975 - 2010
Fonds contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his career as a writer, including his work with arts and cultural associations such as ACTRA and the Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia. Record types include scripts for stage, radio and screen; notes; correspondence; reports; meeting minutes; and photographs.

Heide, Christopher

The Truth about Mrs Van Haiden — CBC produced

File contains five manuscript drafts of The Truth About Mrs Van Haiden, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1979. File also contains an outline, contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

ACTRA Maritime Writers' Branch records

File contains correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes created and collected by Chris Heide during his tenure as president of ACTRA Maritime Writers' Branch and, later, as chair of ACTRA Halifax Work Opportunities Committee and as chair of ACTRA Maritime Film Committee.

The Waiting's Over — CBC produced

File contains three manuscript drafts of The Waiting's Over, which was originally written as a stage play titled Ed & Molly, based on an idea conceived by Barry Stuart. The radio version was broadcast by CBC Radio in 1982. File also contains a manuscript copy of Ed & Molly, an outline for its adaptation to radio, a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

The Flood — CBC produced

File contains three drafts copies of The Flood, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1977. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia records

File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his association with the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, in particular as interim coordinator and as a writer-in-community in 1983. Record types include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes.

For Independence — CBC produced

File contains six manuscript copies of For Independence, broadcast by CBC Radio in 1982. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

Once Around — CBC Morningside

File contains manuscript drafts of episodes 1-5 of Once Around, a radio drama series broadcast by CBC Radio in 1983. File also contains outlines, correspondence, notes and a chronology of events outlining the evolution of the project.

Only the Old and Dying — CBC produced

File contains five annotated manuscript copies of Only the Old and Dying, a radio drama commissioned and broadcast by CBC Radio in 1988. File also contains a story outline, contract, and notes.

Manuscripts, correspondence, and contract for film adaptation of Letter from Matt Arthur's Fishpond

File contains multiple drafts of a teleplay adapted by Chris Heide from the short story published in Canadian Fiction Magazine, as well as correspondence, a contract, and a chronology of events beginning with the submission to CBC Television Drama and ending with a cancelled contract with National Film Board.

With Sirens Wailing — CBC produced

File contains four drafts copies of The Sound of Sirens, broadcast three times by CBC Radio, the first time as "With Sirens Wailing." File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script and its production.

The 100 Year Old Man — CBC produced

File contains an original manuscript draft of The One Hundred Year Old man, first produced for radio by CBC Halifax. File also contains a contract, correspondence and a chronology outlining the evolution of the script including various submissions, rejections, acceptances and prizes.

Guild of Canadian Playwrights

File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his work as a Founding Committee member of the Guild of Canadian Playwrights and as chair of the Collective Creation Contract Committee. Record types include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and notes.

Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia records

File contains records created and collected by Christopher Heide in the course of his association with the Dramatists' Co-op of Nova Scotia. Record types include correspondence, listings, funding applications, reports, meeting minutes, and an incomplete run of the Dramatists' Co-op Newsletter between 1984 (vol. 4, no. 4) and 1988 (vol. 6, no. 11).

Gethsemane's Comfort — a pastoral project serving the victims of family violence

File contains the final report for a project of the Services to Parishes and Regions Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia funded through a grant from the Victims' Services Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice. Christopher Heide served as a project facilitator and the folder includes his correspondence and workshop materials.