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Joyce Barkhouse fonds
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Correspondence from Janet Lunn

File contains correspondence from Janet Lunn, including both handwritten and typed letters. File also includes a lecture for the Margaret Laurence Memorial Lecture.

Associations of Joyce Barkhouse

Series contains records regarding associations that Barkhouse was involved with. The types of records included here are correspondence, promotional material, reports, newsletters, and programs.

Correspondence with Janet Barkhouse

File contains a letter to Janet Barkhouse from her mother, Joyce Barkhouse, which mentions, among other things, her story "Connie Catches a Fish." The file also contains a story about Joyce's childhood, typed by Janet; a newspaper clipping about Joyce's brother Fred Killam's retirement from the family orchard at Woodville; a copy of an obituary for Gardy Killam (Fred's wife, d. 2008); and a copy of a poem written for Dr. H.E. Killam for his 53rd birthday.

Drafts and other documents for Anna's Pet

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.

Descriptions of Joyce Barkhouse's mother and other family

File contains descriptions of Joyce Barkhouse's family and mother, written by her. Materials contain several written works about her mother and her mother's ancestors (Webster), a tribue to her mother, a glimpse of her mother's diary from 1899, age 16 (typed), as well as a story of Barkhouse's childhood titled "The Girls."

Correspondence with Joyce's grandchildren

File contains correspondence with Joyce Barkhouse's grandchildren, including Kathleen and Alex. File also contains resumes and reference letters for various grandchildren.

Correspondence from Jane Buss

File contains personal correspondence from Jane Buss, including two cards and one letter discussing their lives. The cards include congratulations and Valentine's messages.

Assorted documents and photographs of Joyce Barkhouse

File contains articles by Joyce Barkhouse (and others) for the Wesley Knox United Church, including "For Mothers and Others"; the announcements of the Thomas H. Raddall endowment at Dalhousie University Libraries; family postcards; photographs of Joyce Barkhouse; correspondence; printouts of Google search results for Joyce Barkhouse; magazines featuring her writing (including 10 "Canadian Boy" magazines with installments of her story "Purple Cloak"); programs from the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature (1991); newspaper clippings; Janet Barkhouse's nomination of her mother for the Order of Nova Scotia; and a draft of "Doctor's Daughter."

Tell Me a Story exhibit article and other materials

File contains and article by Wendy Elliott of the King's County Register regarding the "Tell Me a Story" exhibit featuring Joyce Barkhouse's writing among other local authors. File also contains a list of people invited to a birthday.

Documents regarding appointment to the Order of Nova Scotia

File contains correspondence, invitations to the ceremony, programs, congratulations cards, newspaper clippings about the event, and the agenda for the ceremony. The file also contains three photographs of Joyce Barkhouse and others in attendance.

Correspondence from the Ells family

File contains correspondence from the Ells family, including cards and letters from people including Elizabeth and Louise. Materials also include a letter to Dr. C. E. Ells from the Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy regarding his recieving the W.J. Kroll Zirconium Medal.

Correspondence from the Cogswell family

File contains correspondence from the Cogswell family, including Mary and Kay. Materials also include three cards, including one wedding invitation from Heather and Brian, and some notes on medical regulations and fees.

Letters from Joyce Barkhouse to her sister and Margaret Atwood

  • MS-2-646.2017-044, Box 16, Folder 7
  • File
  • January 5, 2005 - December 23, 2005

    • Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains letters written by Joyce Barkhouse to her sister and Margaret Atwood, detailing her personal life in 2005. Materials also include newspaper clippings and one photograph of two small children, possibly great-grandchildren almost-three-year-old Karlee and almost-eight-month-old Jonas.

End of life documentation for Joyce Barkhouse

File contains Joyce Barkhouse's Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) letter, a copy of her handwritten living will, list of contacts, a letter to her children (Janet and Murray) and correspondence with her lawyer, Jeffrey R. Blucher of McInnes Cooper & Robertson.

Letters from Joyce Barkhouse to her sister and Margaret Atwood

  • MS-2-646.2017-044, Box 16, Folder 6
  • File
  • January 8, 2004 - December 22, 2004

    • Part of Joyce Barkhouse fonds

File contains letters written by Joyce Barkhouse to her sister and Margaret Atwood, detailing her personal life in 2004. Materials also include a newspaper clipping for the Clyde River bridge in Shelburne, and a biography of Barkhouse from the Sable Island Green Horse Society.
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