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The islanders / by Frank Parker Day : [manuscript]

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

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

Ironbound, July 30, 1926 : [manuscript]

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

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

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.

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..

Chanties by various authors

MS-2-288, Box 22, Folder 18
Item
[19--]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

File contains handwritten copies of various sea chanties collected by Frank Parker Day. Includes "Yankee Ship," "A la Claire Fontaine" (accompanied by musical notation), "Storm Along," "Shenandoah," and other untitled chanties.

Songs of the 85th Overseas Battalion : Canadian Expitionary Forces, Nova Scotia Highlanders

MS-2-288, Box 21, Folder 3
Item
[ca. 1914-1918]

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Rosalie" - Typescript (unpublished)

MS-2-288, Box 10, Folder 7; Box 10, Folder 8; Box 10, Folder 9; Box 10, Folder 10
Item
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Victory Garden" - Typescript with preface (unpublished)

MS-2-288, Box 11, Folder 13
Item
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Frank Parker Day fonds

MS-2-288
Fonds
1899-1957

The fonds includes poetry, plays, short stories, and novel manuscripts which span Day's writing career; correspondence; speeches and essays; personal documents including various legal, financial, academic, and family-related materials; photographs; and various materials and manuals pertaining to his time in the military.

Day, Frank Parker

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

MS-2-288, Box 9, Folder 10
Item
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

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.

Writings by Donald F. Day

MS-2-288, Box 20, Folder 13
File
ca. 1950

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Fairy Stories for all Ages by Donald F. Day

MS-2-288, Box 20, Folder 12
File
ca. 1950

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"A Hill, A Town & A Mine" or "The Tramp" by Donald F. Day

MS-2-288, Box 17, Folder 17
File
ca. 1950s

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Freedom Concherto

MS-2-288, Box 17, Folder 16
File
ca. 1939

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

Untitled Story beginning "The May sun was hot but the north wind chilly" - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 11, Folder 12
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

The remaining items in the folder are miscellaneous notes, possibly including notes by a child.

"The Trench Cat" - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 11, Folder 12
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"The Town Cow" - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 11, Folder 1
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Three [Four] Friends Go a Fishing" - Manuscript

MS-2-288,
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Something for Nothing" - Manuscript fragment

MS-2-288, Box 11, Folder 1
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Salvage" - Typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 11, Folder 1
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"River of the Strangers" - Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 8, Folder 1
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Rehabilitation" - Typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 13
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Prison Camp" - Manuscript in notebook

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 13
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"The Poet and the Nightingale" - Manuscript

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 13
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"P'tit Pierre" Typescript

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 12
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"One of Many" - Typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 11
File
n.d.

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
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

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

"Matthew's Visit" - Manuscript

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

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"Mary Prout" - Manuscript in notebook

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

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

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

"McIntosh" - Manuscript and typescripts

MS-2-288, Box 7, Folder 7; Box 11, Folder 8
File
n.d.

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 Letter" - Manuscript and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 6, Folder 2
File
n.d.

Part of Frank Parker Day fonds

"A Laughing God" - Manuscript in notebook and typescript

MS-2-288, Box 6, Folder 1
File
n.d.

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."

"Lady of Shallot" - Manuscript in notebook