Fonds consists of manuscripts and proofs of Budge Wilson's books and short stories; correspondence with publishers, students, and teachers; publicity material; photocopies and clippings of reviews, profiles, and notices regarding awards and appearances; diaries; recorded radio interviews; and an assortment of other documents created and collected by the author throughout her writing career. The fonds also contains materials relating to the adaptation of Wilson's novel "Before Green Gables" into a Japanese animated television series.
File contains a spiral-bound notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's book, which was published as "Oliver's Wars." The notebook bears several possible titles, including "Oliver's Wars," "Many Kinds of War," "Another Kind of War," "Several Kinds of War," "Different Kinds of War," and "Various Kinds of War." The file also includes loose-leaf notes on the book and printouts of historical weather data from Environment Canada for January and February 1991.
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Oliver's Wars" (formerly titled "Another Kind f War" or "Many Kinds of War"), with additional handwritten pages inserted throughout.
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Oliver's Wars" and an overview of each chapter and the characters, which Wilson submitted for an Aid to Established Writers Grant, which she received in 1991. The file also includes handwritten notes on the book by Wilson.
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's book "Oliver's Wars," with correspondence with Sheila Dalton, copy editor, and Elsha Leventis, editorial assistant at Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.
File contains a typed and annotated draft of chapters five and six and the front matter from Budge Wilson's book "Oliver's Wars." A note at the top of the first page from Budge Wilson reads "Stoddart - Rough copy of editorial changes by Budge. For interest and amusement only. Please return."
File contains a notebook and notepad with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Dancing in the Streets," formerly titled "The Closet Dancer," which was published in the anthology "Royal Family Fables" (1988).
File contains five notebooks and a notepad with handwritten drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The Queen who Wouldn't Listen," which was published in the anthology "Royal Family Fables" (1988).
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Queen who Wouldn't Listen," which was published in the anthology "Royal Family Fables" (1988).
File contains two notebooks and loose-leaf pages with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Courtship," which was published in "Pottersfield Portfolio" (1999).
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Canoe Trip," which was published in "Islands in the Harbour" (1990).
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Mrs. MacIntosh," which was published in "Islands in the Harbour" (1990). The file also contains a letter from Wilson's sister Joan Colborne.
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Was it Fun on the Beach Today?," which was published in the "Blue Jean Collection" (1992).
File contains incoming letters and copies of outgoing letters between Budge Wilson and Olive Dickason, women's editor at the Globe and Mail. The file also contains correspondence between Wilson and Elda Bolton at the Institute of Child Study at the University of Toronto.
File contains a typed and annotated draft of Budge Wilson's short story "The Sale," an illustrated version of which was published in Magook, no. 2 (1977).
File contains a notebook with a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's short story "Big Little Jerome," which was published in Crackers no. 17 (Spring 1985).
File contains a three typed and annotated drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "Big Little Jerome," which was published in Crackers no. 17 (Spring 1985).