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The Spotted Dog Last Seen

Series comprises records regarding the development, writing, and publishing of Jessica Scott Kerrin's mystery novel, The Spotted Dog Last Seen, published by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. Records types include manuscripts, research material, correspondence, feedback responses, and published reviews.

The South American Years (1920-1927)

This series contains photographs and postcards from when the Creelman family worked and lived in South America. It also contains slides from a trip taken by Mack Creelman in the 1980s.

The Sickle and the Stranger

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, and legal activities of this project. This series contains agreements, correspondence, scripts, and a synopsis.

The River King

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This feature film, based on best-selling novelist Alice Hoffman's book The River King, is a mystery thriller about small town cops called in to investigate the death of an elite prep school student. The 110-minute drama was filmed in and around Halifax, co-produced by imX, written by Alice Hoffman (novel) and David Kane (screenplay), and directed by Nick Willing. The cast starred Edward Burns, Jennifer Ehle, Rachelle Lefevre, and John Kapelos. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, budgets, call sheets, cast lists, cast photographs, clearances, contact lists, correspondence, crew lists, daily production reports, director's notes, film posters, financial statements, a Genie award application, location and production stills and transparencies, marketing plans, music rights, press releases, press kits, set design sketches, shooting scripts, and video recordings.

The Red Glove

Series consists of records documenting the legal activities of this project. The project was a potential short film written by Joel Kristopher Bennett about a teenage girl who bears the outward signs of abuse but is actually a boxer. This series contains a writer's agreement and a script.

The Protestant Digest

Series contains copies of the The Protestant Digest, materials related to the Textbook Commission, as well as office ledgers, advertisements, and Protestant stationery.

The Poetry Show

Series contains audio reels from the CKDU radio program, Poetry Show. This half-hour program aired Wednesday nights at 8:30 pm and featured poets from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Pilot's Wife

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. One of imX’s service productions, this made-for-television movie was directed by Robert Markowitz, written by Anita Shreve (based on her novel) and Christine Berardo, and starred Christine Lahti and Campbell Scott. This series contains agreements, budgets, call sheets, camera tests, clearances, correspondence, crew lists, day lists, daily production reports, incorporation documents, insurance documents, payroll documentation, releases, and video recordings.

The Peggy

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. This short thirty-minute drama for television tells the story of two Acadian brothers deciding the fate of their inherited island, playing their childhood game “peggy.” It was set and shot in Sambro, Nova Scotia and represents contemporary Acadian life effectively. It was based on a radio play written by Silver Donald Cameron, with the script also written by Cameron. The Peggy was produced by Chris Zimmer, co-produced and directed by Cordell Wynne, and starred Gabrielle Rose, Marcel Sabourin, and Dennis O'Connor. It was broadcast as part of the CBC series Inside Stories. This series contains agreements, a cast list, credits, correspondence, English dialogue transcripts, music cue sheets, publicity stills, a synopsis, and video recordings.

The Other Side of the Pole

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential animated Christmas feature film to be completed by Helix Animation. This series contains agreements, correspondence, and photographs.

The Neptune Story

The series consists of correspondence relating both to research for and publication of the book, research notes, and interviews recorded on audio cassette regarding the history of Neptune Theatre, collected for the writing of The Neptune Story: Twenty-Five Years in the Life of a Leading Canadian Theatre ; photographs, messages, and tributes to Neptune Theatre included in the published work, can also be found here. As well, the series contains minutes of the meetings of the 25th Anniversary Committee of Neptune Theatre (of which Perkyns was a member), a draft copy of The Neptune Story , newspaper clippings, congratulatory notes, and a speech given at the book launch in 1989.

The Movies Come to Gull Point

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film based on a combination of Will R. Bird short stories, including the title story. It was to focus on a fictional Newfoundland village in 1915 and three local boys who are drawn into the First World War. This series contains agreements, applications, biographies, a budget, correspondence, the original story, outlines, production notes, research materials, one-sheets, scripts, and schedules.

The Mountain and the Valley

Series consists of records, primarily manuscripts, notes and correspondence, regarding The Mountain and the Valley, a play adapted by Catherine Banks from a novel by Ernest Buckler.

The Missing Dog Is Spotted

Series comprises records regarding the development, writing, and publishing of Jessica Scott Kerrin's mystery novel, The Missing Dog Is Spotted, a prequel novel to The Spotted Dog Last Seen, published by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. Records types include manuscripts, notes, published reviews, and clippings.

The Masked Genre

Series contains audio reels from the CKDU radio 88.1 program The Masked Genre. This program is a multi-part series focusing on comics, and many of the episodes include references to local Wilkie’s Wonderful World of Comics (located in Lunenburg and Halifax) at beginning.

The Latin Quarter

Series contains audio reels from the CKDU radio program, The Latin Quarter. The Latin Quarter was a 15-minute program presented on The Evening Affair that combined news and commentary on Latin America, hosted by the Latin American Information Group (LAIG) in Halifax. The Latin Quarter was one of a few programs on CKDU hosted by community groups in Halifax. Other community-hosted programs included The Best Defence, Earth Action, The Word is Out, and The Chinese Red Dragon.

The Last Dwarf

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. The project was a potential series of thirty-minute animated programs with computer generated backgrounds. It was in pre-development but was never completed. The project was set in the near future and proposed to create the character of a strange but lovable outsider looking for clues about his origins. A companion comic book series was also developed. This series contains agreements, applications, a budget, character sketches, comic books, contract lists, research, a script, a series proposal, a press kit and posters, and trademark and treatment documents.

The journalist as documentarian

File contains records related to Sylvia Hamilton's course, "JOUR 3662.01: The Journalist as Documentarian," at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Herring Gull's Egg

Series includes records created or collected by Mary Vingoe related to her play The Herring Gull's Egg: A Play in Two Acts, which was also directed by Vingoe and premiered in November 1987 with Nightwood Theatre as part of the 3rd Groundswell Festival. The play received dramaturgy from Maureen Labonte. Nightwood re-staged The Herring Gull's Egg in 1989 under the direction of Maureen White.

The Greg Malone Show

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. This potential thirty-minute television situational comedy series is about the star of a comedy show and his on-air and off-air adventures as a homosexual. It was developed by Greg Malone, formerly of CODCO, with imX. This series contains agreements, applications, potential cast and crew lists, a working budget and cost reports, a series overview, and draft scripts.

The Gillans

Series consists of materials related to Norman Creighton's CBC radio program "The Gillans" which aired from 1942 to 1949, including original and revised scripts; subject and episode indexes to scripts; plotting, drama, and character notes; as well as a promotional image of cast members. Indexes are only available for scripts dating from 1942 to 1946. The original scripts are carbon copies and require careful handling, many of the early ones are also spotted and appear to have some water damage. Most scripts are numbered in sequence and arranged in this order. Emergency scripts were often used when one or more characters were unable to perform. Although filed in sequence, the use of emergency scripts often resulted in misnumbering of episodes. Series includes the following subseries: 1. Scripts 2. Indexes 3. Plotting sheets and notes.

The Event

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project is a feature film that went on to be produced by Emotion Pictures, the company of director and co-writer Thom Fitzgerald. This series contains agreements, biographies, correspondence, director's notes, incorporation documents, investment applications, marketing notes, a script, and a synopsis.

The Divine Ryans : The Series

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential 13-episode dramatic series for television based on the book and feature film The Divine Ryans written by Wayne Johnston. This series contains agreements, development applications, biographies, a development budget, a development schedule, a synopsis, and a one-sheet.

The Divine Ryans

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, legal, production, and publicity and marketing activities of this project. A feature film set in 1960s St. John's, Newfoundland, The Divine Ryans was based on the Wayne Johnston novel of the same name and was the first of Johnston's novels to be made into a feature film. The 90-minute drama tells the story of how young Draper Doyle tries to solve the mystery of his father's death with the help of an eccentric uncle. Johnston also wrote the screenplay. The Divine Ryans was directed by Stephen Reynolds and starred Pete Postlethwaite, Robert Joy, Wendel Meldrum, Mary Walsh, and Jordan Harvey. It was nominated for three Genies and won the Best Actor Award for Jordan Harvey and Best Atlantic Canadian Screenwriting at the Atlantic Film Festival. It was shown at film festivals in Dublin, Vancouver, and Sedona, among others. Files for this production have been fully retained. This series contains agreements, applications, call sheets, ACTRA contracts, continuity notes, correspondence, credits, crew lists, daily production reports, film posters, financial accounting and budget records, incorporation documents, interviews, location-related administrative materials, licenses, negative footage, payroll, photographs, picture and sound reports, press releases, press kits, release prints, sound tracks, screening copies, a synopsis, trailers, trims and other film, and video and audio recordings.

The Company Store

Series contains records created or collected by Mary Vingoe related to her play The Company Store, which was based on a novel of the same title by Sheldon Currie.

The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

Series consists of administrative records, conference materials, correspondence, publications, drafts, and reports relating to the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Also included are publications, clippings, reports, correspondence, and other materials relating to Frank Kelly (a vice-president at the Centre) and Harry Ashmore (a chairman and later president of the Centre).

Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

The Canada Council

This series contains records outlining the relationship of the WFNS with the Canada Council for the Arts. The types of records included here are correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials regarding funding and author readings.

The Can

Series consists of records documenting the administrative, creative, financial, and legal activities of this project. The project was a potential television sitcom that was pitched to the CBC and was to focus on accountants and auditors working for Revenue Canada. This series contains agreements, budget development working papers, a cast list, correspondence, funding applications, scripts, and storylines.

The Bird Artist

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential feature film set in early 20th-century Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and delves into a family's dark secrets. This series includes one script.

The Bill Lynch Shows financial records

Series contains documents related to the Bill Lynch Shows’ finances and the monetary purchases. Materials include daily reports from shows, daily cash statement forms (blank), invoices, receipts and receipt books, and cash books.

The Bill Lynch Shows correspondence

Series contains correspondence in the form of both business letters and personal letters, as well as notes from conversations had regarding the show by donor Barry Edwards after Bill Lynch’s death.

The Bill Lynch Shows administrative records

Series contains various administrative documents used to run the Bill Lynch Shows. Materials include letterhead, Greater Exposition Shows contract forms (blank), railway passes, commercial scripts, blueprints, and photographs.

The Bill Lynch Shops carnival ride records

Series contains materials documenting the rides used by the Bill Lynch Shows and related materials. Written material includes expenses, maintenance issues, and assembly instructions. Related materials include blueprints for the rides.

The Beastery

Series consists of records documenting the creative activities of this project. The project was a potential co-production with Lion Share Pictures of an action film developed by Pinewood Studios, written by Frank Graves in 1995. The series includes one script.

Textual records

Series contains records accumulated and created by Sheila Piercey when she was a student at Dalhousie University and while teaching voice in the Dalhousie Department of Music. Materials include teaching records and various programs from the Dalhousie Glee and Dramatic Society, Dalhousie Tigers, graduation recitals, noon-hour recitals, festivals, opera workshops, and other performances produced by the Dalhousie Department of Music.

Ten Seconds After Closing

Series includes records created and collected by Mary Vingoe related to her play Ten Seconds After Closing, which premiered at Nightwood Theatre in 1980 under the direction of Cynthia Grant.
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