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Ironbound, July 30, 1926 : [manuscript]

MS-2-888, Box 9, Folder 8
Item
July 30, 1926

Item is a manuscript of diary entries, genealogical notes, lists of idioms, and anecdotes written by Frank Parker Day in preparation for writing his novel Rockbound, which was based on families on East Ironbound Island.

Photograph of the 185th Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade.

MS-2-288, Oversize Folder 1
Item
1916

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File contains 2 copies of the photograph of the 185 Overseas Battalion, Nova Scotia Highland Brigade. The photograph shows the battalion standing in a field with white tents in the background. The Officer in charge was Lieutenant Colonel Frank Parker Day. Photographed by H.O. Dodge in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1916.

Dodge, H. O.

Two charcoal sketches by Mabel Killam Day

MS-2-288, OS Box 10, Folder 6
File
[19--]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File consists of two charcoal sketches, one of the head and upper torso of Frank Parker Day, and a self-portrait of Mabel Killam Day.dressed in a full-length formal gown. Both sketches are untitled and undated..

"Rockbound" (as "The Devil's in the Sea") - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folders 3-5
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Rockbound" - Manuscript and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 9
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Manuscript pages 85 to 91 and a typescript fragment. The folder also contains an article by Alan Bevan published by The Dalhousie Review in 1958 entitled "Rockbound Revisited: A Reappraisal of Frank Parker Day's Novel."

"Rockbound" Chapters 9, 12 (fragment), and 14 - Manuscript

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 7
Item
1932

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Rockbound" Chapters 6 and 7 - Manuscript

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 6
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1932

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The islanders / by Frank Parker Day : [manuscript]

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 1; Box 9, Folder 2
Item
[ca. 1927]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Item is a typed manuscript with handwritten amendments called "The Islanders," which later became the novel Rockbound, published in 1928.

"Rockbound" (as "His World - The Islanders") - 192 pp. - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 10
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Rockbound" (as "The Islanders") - Manuscript

MS-2-288, Box 8, Folders 11-13
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"River of Strangers" - Manuscript, notes, and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 8, Folder 2; Box 8, Folder 3; Box 8, Folder 4; Box 8, Folder 5; Box 8, Folder 6; Box 8, Folder 7; Box 8, Folder 8; Box 8, Folder 9; Box 8, Folder 10
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The manuscript spans folders 8-2 to 8-5, the typescript 8-6 to 8-10.

"River of the Strangers" - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 8, Folder 1
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Africa" and other poems - Manuscripts in notebook

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 9
File
n.d., 1903, 1926

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The notebook also contains the story "Mary Prout," and various other notes and jottings, including "Notes for a lecture on 'Les Miserables.'"

"Mary Prout" - Manuscript in notebook

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 9
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The notebook also contains poetry and notes for lectures. Poetry includes "Africa"

"Matthew's Visit" - Manuscript

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 9
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"McIntosh" - Manuscript and typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 7; Box 11, Folder 8
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The first folder contains a manuscript and typescript of the first rough draft; the other folder contains subsequent drafts.

"The Poet and the Nightingale" - Manuscript

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 13
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Rehabilitation" - Typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 13
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Prison Camp" - Manuscript in notebook

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 13
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"P'tit Pierre" Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 12
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"One of Many" - Typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 11
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

One copy states it was submitted to a short story contest.

"Midnight in the Jungle" (also called "The Nomads") - Manuscript in notebook and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 10; Box 7, Folder 11
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The notebooks also contains notes for a speech on Don Quixote.

Don Quixote : [manuscript notes in notebook]

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 10
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File contains a notebook with notes on Don Quixote. The notebook also contains the manuscript of the story "Midnight in the Jungle" or "The Nomads."

"Love's Not Time's Fool" - Manuscript and typescripts (unpublished)

MS-2-288, Box 6, Folder 3; Box 6, Folder 4; Box 6, Folder 5; Box 6, Folder 6; Box 6, Folder 7; Box 6, Folder 8; Box 6, Folder 9; Box 6, Folder 10; Box 6, Folder 11; Box 7, Folder 1; Box 7, Folder 2; Box 7, Folder 3; Box 7, Folder 4; Box 7, Folder 5; Box 7, Folder 6
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"The Letter" - Manuscript and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 6, Folder 2
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"A Laughing God" - Manuscript in notebook and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 6, Folder 1
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The notebook also contains some poems and mathematical calculations. Poems include "Business," "Then There Was Silence," and "Rosalie's Conversations with Herself in the Lumber Camp."

"An Island Lover: The Ball Breaks" - Manuscript

MS-2-288, Box 5, Folder 9
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Horsey" - Typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 5, Folder 5
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Hot Water" - Manuscript fragment in notebook and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 5, Folder 5
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Honest John" - Manuscript fragment

MS-2-288, Box 5, Folder 5
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"I'll Stay in mY Room" - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 5, Folder 5
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The numbering on the bottom right of these pages suggests incorporation into a longer work.

"John Paul's Rock" - Manuscripts and typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 5, Folder 2; Box 5, Folder 3; Box 5, Folder 4; Box 5, Folder 5; Box 5, Folder 6; Box 5, Folder 7; Box 5, Folder 8; Box 5, Folder 9
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Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Folder 6-2 contains notes, the others contain manuscript and typscript drafts of the work.

"Janet Cameron" - Manuscript in notebook and typescripts