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Susan Kerslake's unpublished manuscripts

Series
[after 1943] - 1981

Series contains manuscripts of unpublished novels, including edited drafts.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File contains an unpublished manuscript, a rejection letter from The Women's Press , a letter containing criticisms and suggestions from Oberon Press, and a small poem by David Rook.

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

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.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Dalhousie University regarding the Canadian Literary Collections Project

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 18
File
1992

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Greg Gibbons

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 26
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with Greg Gibbons including one photocopied handwritten letter from Kerslake regarding suggested edits.

Correspondence to Susan Kerslake from Mount Saint Vincent University re. Making Time for Art workshop

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 36
File
1986

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and George Peabody

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 46
File
[after 1943]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence with George Peabody. Materials include one handwritten letter to Kerslake requesting permission to reprint "Soft Body Parts" (as well as "Did You Ever ...") from "The Book of Fears," and one blank permission to reprint form.

Susan Kerslake's rejection letters

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 42
File
1981 - 1983

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains assorted personal and generic rejection letters from various publishers, including Canadian Fiction Magazine, Room of One's Own and The Long Story.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and TriQuarterly

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 44
File
1983 - 1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a letter of rejection and one accepting a story, as well as a completed form for publication of Kerslake's Foreigner.

Correspondence from George Whipple to Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, SF Box 77, Folder 5
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence from George Whipple, including one letter containing a positive review of "An Old Night" from Whipple to Kerslake.

Susan Kerslake's speech given at Dalhousie Medical School's Medicine and the Humanities conference

MS-2-662, SF Box 77, Folder 6
File
1991 - 1992

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File also contains conference schedules and information, requests to publish excerpts of Susan Kerslake's talk and poems, copies of the poems featured, a list of conference participants, correspondence, and an article about the conference describing Kerslake's involvement.

Published reviews and articles featuring Susan Kerslake's writing

Series
1976 - 1993

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains reviews and articles relating to Kerslake’s work and writing. Materials include newspaper clippings, photocopies of reviews from journals or papers, and papers written as class assignments (including an original interview). Material also includes one review and edits written by Kerslake.

Review of Susan Kerslake's Blind Date, written by Lorna Inness

MS-2-662, Oversize Folder 3
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File a review cut from the Chronicle Herald/Mail Star, Saturday, September 23, 1989, page E4.

Poster for a Susan Kerslake reading for the Canadian Literacy Collections Project in the Killam Library's Special Collections room

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 21
File
1993

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Poster for Dalhousie English department event featuring a Susan Kerslake reading

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 22
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Nadia Bakhit's English-class assignment review of Susan Kerslake's The Book of Fears

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 23
File
[after 1984]

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Susan Kerslake : an Atlantic author / Angela Reid : [interview]

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 25
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

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.

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+.

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.

Susan Kerslake's publishing contract and royalties correspondence

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 17
File
1970 - 1993

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains correspondence from various publishers regarding contracts and royalties. Publishers include Pottersfield Press, Ragweed Press, and Aya Press. Materials also include financial statements related to book sales, agreements and a handwritten letter.

Correspondence from Formac Publishing Company Limited to Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 22
File
1988 - 1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a letter from Formac seeking permission to reprint stories in Best Maritime Short Stories and another regarding payment.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Germination

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 24
File
1981 - 1982

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File includes two letters regarding the publication of Susan Kerslake's poetry in Poetry and includes portions of "Now that my mother is dead ...," "Sometimes, before I sleep," and "Magma."

Susan Kerslake's fan mail regarding her book Middlewatch

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 34
File
1976 - 1990

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains fan mail for Middlewatch, including five handwritten letters (one made up of several individuals' commentaries), and one critique by an eighth grade student.

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and the Public Lending Commission

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 49
File
1987 - 1994

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Correspondence between Susan Kerslake and Joanne Cutt, or Quarry

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

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Newspaper clippings about Susan Kerslake's writing career

MS-2-662, SF Box 87, Folder 20 and MS-2-662, Oversize Folder 2
File
1985 - 1990

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Nomination records for Susan Kerslake as a top-ten best fiction writer in the Canadian Book Information Centre's 45 Below competition

MS-2-662, SF Box 91, Folder 24
File
1986

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Middlewatch / Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 38
File
1976

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an autographed copy of Susan Kerslake's Middlewatch.

Penumbra / Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 39
File
1984

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains and autographed copy of Penumbra, by Susan Kerslake.

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

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

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

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 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.

Correspondence to Susan Kerslake from Kate Millett

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 35
File
1987

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Published reviews of Susan Kerslake's writing

MS-2-662, SF Box 87, Folder 21 and MS-2-662, Oversize Folder 4
File
1976 - 1991

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains a review of Blind Date by Bill Gaston; reviews of The Book of Fear by Janice Kulyk Keefer, Libby Scheier, Adrian Fowler, and David Sharpe; reviews of Middlewatch. Also included are Susan Kerslake's review of Illness and Healing: Images of Cancer, published in Atlantic Provinces Book Review, three drafts with edits, and a handwritten note with edits from Elizabeth; and a photocopied article Writing for the Yankee Dollar, by Keith Mallard, which features Kerslake.

Susan Kerslake's published books

Series
1976 - 1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

Series contains four books published by Susan Kerslake, including Middlewatch, Penumbra, The Book of Fears, and Blind Date. All four are in good condition and are autographed by her.

The book of fears / Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 40
File
1984

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an autographed copy of The Book of Fears, by Susan Kerslake.

Blind date / Susan Kerslake

MS-2-662, Box 2, Folder 41
File
1989

Part of Susan Kerslake fonds

File contains an autographed copy of Blind Date, by Susan Kerslake.

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.

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