This fonds includes correspondence from other Canadian writers, 1969-1995 ; manuscripts of published poetry and books, 1969-95; manuscripts of unpublished poetry, 1960-83; and research notes.
Fonds comprises records regarding Jessica Scott Kerrin's work as a children's author, including printed and electronic manuscripts; editorial correspondence; book reviews; style and writing guides; learning resource materials; digital photographs; and correspondence from readers, primarily school children.
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.
Item is a manuscript with the first 68 pages deleted (line crossing out the text), and the remaining pages, starting with chapter 9, all containing the page number 191.
Item is a typed manuscript with a handwritten title (Loneliness Theme) at the top that refers to the paginated excerpts from the novel as they appear below.
File contains research notes, correspondence, printed secondary materials and a manuscript titled A Grand Burst of Glory, with "alias Livvy Higgs" handwritten on the first page.
Item is a typed manuscript with a handwritten title (Sequence of memories re. earlier years in school) at the top that refers to the paginated excerpts from the novel as they appear below.
Item is a single page with a handwritten title at the top (Aloneness & Home) that refers to the paginated excerpts from the novel as they appear below.
File contains two manuscript drafts of the story, submission correspondence, a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions, rejections and eventual publication in The Alchemist (Vol.1, No. 3), and a copy of the journal.
File contains a manuscript, rejection letter from Grain magazine, and a chronology of events regarding the story's submission and publication in Mud Creek Magazine by "Either/Or."
File contains three manuscript drafts of the story, which was was originally titled "The Last Day before my Father's Holiday." There is also correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions, rejections and eventual publication in the Chelsea Journal, and a copy of the journal (Volume 3, Number 6, November-December 1977).
File contains a manuscript draft plus rewritten sections, submission correspondence to multiple publishers, a grant application, and a chronology of events regarding the novella's creation, submissions and rejections.
File contains a draft of the story, submission correspondence, a chronology of events regarding the story's various submissions, rejections and eventual publication in Karaki (December 75, No. 5), and a copy of the journal.
File contains a manuscript, submission correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the submission and acceptance of the story in Chezzetcook, an anthology published by Lesley Choyce's Wooden Anchor Press.
File contains two manuscript copies, correspondence and a copy of Mistral, the literary review in which the short story was published in spring 1975. File also contains a chronology of events regarding the submission, various rejections and publication of the story.
File contains a manuscript, submission correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the submission, various rejections and eventual publication of the story in an anthology of writers from Atlantic Canada called Voices from Down East.
File contains correspondence, an offprint, and a manuscript copy of the first story published by Christopher Heide, which appeared in the summer 1975 edition of Canadian Fiction Magazine. File also contains a chronology of events regarding the submission and publication of the story.
File contains two manuscript copies, submission correspondence and a chronology of events regarding the submission, various rejections and eventual publication of the story in the October 1977 issue of Alpha, an Acadia University literary magazine.
File contains a typed copy of Chapter 19, "Beginning," a letter to Jane Murphy from a typing and editing service, typed excerpts from John Muir's "Travels in Alaska," a poem called "Eskimo Funeral," and two copies of published articles by Robert N.Wilson.
File contains handwritten manuscript pages with inconsistent pagination, sometimes clipped together in sections; file contents were divided between individual folders by the processing archivists in the same order and groupings as originally arranged and received.
File contains an undated annotated manuscript of The Spotted Dog Last Seen, written by Jessica Scott Kerrin. The documents are marked with handwritten annotations and edits.
File contains a typed draft of Jessica Kerrin's book with the working title "All Seats Have an Equal View of the Universe" dated March 16, 2012, which was later published as "The Spotted Dog Last Seen." The document is marked with handwritten annotations and edits.
File consists of an undated manuscript (presumably a final copyedit) with hand-written minor revisions for the book The Spotted Dog Last Seen, written by Jessica Scott Kerrin.
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