Fonds consists of manuscripts and proofs of Budge Wilson's books and short stories; correspondence with publishers, students, and teachers; publicity material; photocopies and clippings of reviews, profiles, and notices regarding awards and appearances; diaries; recorded radio interviews; and an assortment of other documents created and collected by the author throughout her writing career. The fonds also contains materials relating to the adaptation of Wilson's novel "Before Green Gables" into a Japanese animated television series.
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 an annotated, typed draft of Budge Wilson's book "Harold and Harold," and two photocopied pages of the first page of another draft of the same book.
File contains an annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Madame Belzile and Ramsay Hitherton-Hobbs" and eight pages of handwritten notes by Budge Wilson that describe illustrations for the book.
File contains an annotated, typed draft of Budge Wilson's book "The Cat that Barked" and copies of correspondence between Budge Wilson and Sheila Dalton regarding the manuscript. This version (with the changes made) was sent to Lesley Choyce and Terry Roscoe.
File consists of the hand-written speech of Budge Wilson given at the Hubbards Writer's Festival held in honour of Budge Wilson's writing accomplishments.
File contains a copy of the Pottersfield Press catalogue for Spring 1994, which includes an advertisement for Budge Wilson's book "Cassandra's Driftwood."
File contains three typed drafts with annotations of Budge Wilson's short story "The House on High Street," which was published in "The Courtship" (1994).
File contains a typed draft with annotations of Budge Wilson's short story "Mrs. Garibaldi and Leonardo," which was published in the anthology "The Courtship" (1994).
File contains a typed draft of Budge Wilson's book "The Fear of Angelina Domino," dedicated to Lydia Miller. A note at the top of the draft indicates that it is the "Final as of Jan. '98"
File contains materials relating to Budge Wilson's Christmas poem "Victor," which was written for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and broadcast on CBC radio and over the cbc4kids.ca website, with illustrations by Kevin Sylvester.
File contains an invitation for a fundraising event for the Nova Scotia Writers in the Schools Program, hosted by the Nova Scotia Children's Literature Roundtable and held at the University Club, Dalhousie University.