Archives Catalogue

Susan Kerslake's editorial correspondence for Penumbra

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 1
File
[after 1943] - 1988

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's submission correspondence with The Antigonish Review

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1982 - 1988

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Breakwater Publishing

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 12
File
1990

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains four typed letters to and from Kerslake including requests and payment discussions for use of Kerslake's writing in various anthologies.

Susan Kerslake's editorial correspondence regarding Middlewatch

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 7
File
[after 1943] - 1977

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Aya Press

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 11
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains one handwritten letter detailing cheques received for Penumbra royalties and sales.

Susan Kerslake's correspondence regarding untitled early writing

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 9
File
[after 1943] - 1984

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 13
File
1991

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Materials include a typed letter from CBC to Kerslake and Pottersfield Press requesting permission to record an eight-minute reading of "Blind Date."

Susan Kerslake's early unpublished story manuscripts

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 7
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains seven untitled short story manuscripts.

Rules / Susan Kerslake : [edited manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 5
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a manuscript with a handwritten statement on the cover: "Whole story of Rules, 14 pages."

Susan Kerslake's handwritten English 201 essay titled Theme, including teacher's comments

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1961

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's correspondence

Series
[after 1943] - 1994; (predominant 1975 - 1994)

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains correspondence to and from Susan Kerslake and includes typed and handwritten letters, form rejection letters and requests for use of work.

Susan Kerslake's early writing

Series
[after 1943] - 1961

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains Kerslake's early writing, dating back to grade eight.

Raw / Susan Kerslake : [edited manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 4
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

English 201 essay written by Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 3
File
1961

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a handwritten essay written for English 201 containing a few edits, teacher's comments and a grade of B+.

Between the men that matter / Susan Kerslake : [edited manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 2
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Penumbra / Susan Kerslake : [first draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 8
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a lightly annotated first draft as well as a black-and-white photograph of a cliff overlooking the beach.

Penumbra / Susan Kerslake : [second draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 9
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a substantially annotated second draft as well as black-and-white photograph of a sea creature under a boat and a colour photograph of two houses. There are minor and major edits, predominantly towards the end.

Seasoning Fever / Susan Kerslake : [edited manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, File 4
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a manuscript published in 2002, after its acquisition by the Archives. The file includes a loose photograph captioned "pasqueflower."

Middlewatch / Susan Kerslake : [first draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 5
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a heavily annotated first draft with the earlier title, To Stir a Flower; the cover page includes the Yeats' quote: "That thou canst not stir a flower without troubling a star."

Middlewatch / Susan Kerslake : [second draft manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 6
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a lightly annotated second draft with the earlier title, "To Stir a Flower."

Susan Kerslake's unpublished manuscripts

Series
[after 1943] - 1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains manuscripts of unpublished novels, including edited drafts. Other materials include letters from third parties with suggested edits, and rejections or comments from publishing agencies.

Creance / Susan Kerslake : [manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 3
File
[ca. 1979] - 1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an unpublished manuscript, a rejection letter from The Women's Press , a letter containing criticisms and suggestions from Oberon Press, and a small poem by David Rook.

A flicker of moths / Susan Kerslake : [edited manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 1
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an unpublished manuscript; the cover page features a quote from Robinson Jeffers, "... Life; a flicker of men and moths ...," and a longer poem by Elinor Wylie.

To waste a wave / Susan Kerslake : [manuscript]

MS-2-662, Box 1, Folder 2
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an unpublished manuscript and an unsigned handwritten review suggesting edits and a rewrite, as well as a typed review with handwritten suggestions. The quote on the cover page reads "For here alone in all the world was found Moria-silver, or true silver as some have called it: Mithril is the Elvish name ..."

Susan Kerslake's published manuscripts

Series
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains manuscripts of published novels, including heavily annotated drafts of Middlewatch and Penumbra. There is also related correspondence, including royalty payments, requests for inclusion in anthologies, and letters of acceptance and rejection.

Ethiopia tour : [manuscript]