Archives Catalogue

Subseries
[200?]

Subseries contains documents related to short stories or other fiction written by Jenny Munday. The documents include drafts and notes for "Sisters : a Story for Younger Children"; "Somewhere Along the Road"; "Thursday's Child"; "The First Day of December"; "Sisters"; "History Lessons"; "The TTC, The Dragon Backed Beast"; "Riding The Double-Barreled Dragon Backed Beast"; and untitled poems.

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File contains an unpublished manuscript and an unsigned handwritten review suggesting edits and a rewrite, as well as a typed review with handwritten suggestions.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.

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."

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.

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 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."

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and the Canada Council

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 14
File
1985 - 1991

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with the Canada Council. Materials include two letters from the Canada Council to Kerslake regarding royalty payments and requesting an opinion on a manuscript, "Guyana Betrayal." It also includes a letter from Kerslake critiquing the manuscript. File also contains completed Canada Council forms, including a writer's report on short-term residency, a writer's report on public reading, letters of appraisal.

Acceptance letter from the Canadian Forum to Susan Kerslake for Keeping Up with the Times

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 16
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's correspondence and records regarding her nomination for the Governor General’s Award

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 25 and MS-2-662, Oversize Folder 1
File
1985

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Editorial correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Brenda Riches from Grain magazine

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 27
File
1981

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Halifax City Regional Library re. their Freedom to Read program

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 28
File
1991 - 1992

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Greg Gatenby

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 30
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with Greg Gatenby of Harbour Front Reading Series. Materials include two letters: one asking Kerslake to provide information about her experiences with Toronto, and a reply from Kerslake stating that she has no connection to Toronto as a writer.

Correspondence to Susan Kerslake from Mercury Press re. royalty statements for Penumbra

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 33
File
1992

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

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Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Ragweed Press

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 50
File
1983 - 1994

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with Ragweed Press. Materials include editorial and production correspondence for The Book of Fears and an article about Ragweed featuring the book.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Cape Breton University press

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 43
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake's records regarding organizations, conferences, and awards

Series
[after 1943] - 1992; (predominant 1985 - 1992)

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains materials related to Kerslake’s involvement with organizations or events related to her writing. The organizations represented in the series are the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia, the Writer’s Council of Nova Scotia, and CBC. The events represented in this series are the Dalhousie Medical School’s Medicine and the Humanities event, the Maritime Writer’s Workshop, and an Arts Festival.

Photograph of Susan Kerslake and CBC Radio’s George Jordan at an arts festival

MS-2-662, SF Box 87, Folder 19
File
1985

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

A short story script by Susan Kerslake for CBC's state of the arts radio program

MS-2-662, SF Box 31, Folder 30
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Crimes of Hector Tomás / Ian Colford : [manuscript]

MS-2-751, Box 1, Folders 1-3
File
2010

Part of Ian Colford fonds

The drive / Ian Colford : [manuscript]

MS-2-751, Box 3, Folder 11
File
[19--]

Part of Ian Colford fonds

Fishes in the flood / Ian Colford : [manuscript]

MS-2-751, Box 4, Folder 2
File
[19--]

Part of Ian Colford fonds

Ian Colford's correspondence with U.S. book publishers

MS-2-751, Box 5, Folder 10
File
1988-2002

Part of Ian Colford fonds

Ian Colford's essay written for English 254

MS-2-751, Box 4, Folder 15
File
1979

Part of Ian Colford fonds

Ian Colford's essays written for English 352

MS-2-751, Box 4, Folder 17
File
1980

Part of Ian Colford fonds

File includes a two examination questions.

Pottersfield Press fonds

MS-4-254
Fonds
1977 - 2019

Fonds contains records documenting the creation and management of Pottersfield Press from its inception in 1978. These include administrative documents such as grant and funding applications and author contracts; correspondence between the managing editor and authors, readers, contract editors and others; editorial records including manuscripts and page proofs; and publicity materials such as catalogues and book reviews.

Pottersfield Press

Florence Jessie Murray's postcards