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Letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin

  • MS-2-74, SF Box 18, Folder 24
  • File
  • 1854-1855
File consists of four letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin. Austin was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).

Austin, Alfred

Letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to William Dummer Northend

  • MS-2-60, SF Box 18, Folder 19
  • Item
  • 1875
Item is one handwritten letter (1875) from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to William Dummer Northend in Salem, Massachusetts regarding the possibility of finding subscribers in Boston and Cambridge for an unnamed cause.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

Hid treasure, or the labours of a deacon, and other poems : [manuscript]

  • MS-2-158, SF Box 19, Folder 7
  • Item
  • [before 1892]
Item is a manuscript of Hid Treasure, or The Labours of a Deacon and Other Poems dated April 29, 1919, which is possibly when the pages were taped into the bound scrapbook with the title embossed on the spine. A contents page lists both published and unpublished poems, including "Betula Nigra," "The Prince's Lodge," and the title poem, "Hid Treasure." The manuscript date is unknown, but the poems themselves range in date from ca.1839-1886. Robert R.J. Emmerson's name appears as co-author on the title page, but it has been scratched out along with the second of two epigraphs.

Fenerty, Charles, 1821-1892

Letter from Bryce McMaster to Evelyn Walton

  • MS-2-156, SF Box 27, Folder 7
  • Item
  • 1941
Item is a letter to Mrs. Evelyn A. Walton from war poet Bryce McMaster, in which he discusses several poems.

Walton, Evelyn A., fl. 1941

Dorothy and Samuel Shields fonds

  • MS-2-453
  • Fonds
  • 1942 - 1980
Fonds consists of correspondence with friends and politicians, newspaper clippings regarding the Nova Scotia Centre of the Poetry Society, Canadian Authors Association, Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Art, Prince Edward Island Art Society and the writer Kay Hill. The fonds also contains records related to The Nova Scotia Centre of the Poetry Society, including correspondence, poems, and copies of the society’s constitution and by-laws.

Shields, Dorothy and Samuel

Thomas Donal Linehan fonds

  • MS-2-759
  • Fonds
  • 1946-2003
The fonds consists primarily of poems authored by Thomas Donal Linehan. The fonds contains published collections, annual files of unpublished manuscripts, and thematic files of unpublished manuscripts. This fonds also includes correspondence and a collection of unpublished prose and poetry.

Linehan, Don, 1924-2003

Handwritten poem by E.J. Pratt

  • MS-2-236, SF Box 33, Folder 29
  • Item
  • 1949
Handwritten copy of the poem "The Decision," by E.J. Pratt, accompanied by a condolence letter from Viola Pratt to Mrs. Harris Esterbrooks upon the death of her son. The poem is dated 1923, but Viola Pratt's 1949 letter indicates that her husband copied it to accompany her correspondence.

Esterbrooks, Mrs. Harris , fl. 1949

Publications and manuscripts by Allan Cooper

Series contains three publications of works by Allan Cooper and one manuscript, including "Island," "The Pearl Inside the Body: Poems Selected Old and New," and "The Deer is Thirsty for the Mountain Stream."

Allan Cooper fonds

  • MS-2-692
  • Fonds
  • 1974 - 1993
Fonds consists of correspondence, financial papers, and grant applications for the journal Germination, papers from the Tribune Press (Sackville, New Brunswick) relating to Owl's Head Press, and publications and pamphlets.

Cooper, Allan

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia fonds

  • MS-2-612
  • Fonds
  • 1975-2005

The Archives of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia consists of records created by the administration, members, and affiliates of the Federation. It includes a wide variety of materials including administrative records, audio/visual material, correspondence, financial records, meeting agendas and minutes for a variety of groups and committees, photographs, promotional and press material. The records refer to the adminstration and functions of the Federation, as well as its relationships with its members, government departments, and other writing, publishing and cultural groups.

Materials are mainly in English, with a small number in French. See individual Series descriptions for detailed scope and content notes.

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.

BS Poetry Society fonds

  • MS-2-643
  • Fonds
  • 1980 - 1991
Fonds consists of poetry journals, drafts, submissions, correspondence, meeting minutes, and event posters regarding the BS Poetry Society, and photographs of BS Poetry Society events.

BS Poetry Society

BSPS literary journals

Series contains one copy of each journal produced by the BSPS, which began with its first issue as the Bourbon Street Journal, then became BSPS Journal, before being renamed Poetry Halifax Dartmouth in 1988.

Bourbon Street Poetry Society (BSPS) publications

File contains three BS Poetry Society newsletters (October 1988; March 1989; December 1989); one BS Poetry Society publication (1989 Nova Scotia Poetry Awards Anthology); two publications in affiliation with Joe Blades (Reflections, 1987; New Muse of Contempt, 1988); and a New Muse of Contempt publication (Great Expectations, vol.3, no.2, 1990).

Owl's Head Press correspondence and publications

Series includes Owl's Head Press correspondence with the Bank of Montreal regarding their trade name and manuscripts and print publications: After the Image, by Jonathan Wright; Ten Poems of Francis Ponge, translated by Robert Bly; Ten Poems of Robert Bly Inspired by the Poems of Francis Ponge, by Robert Bly; Where the Fields End, by Leigh Faulkner; and The Guest Touches Only Those Who Prepare, by Edward Gates.

Manuscripts and published works by Owl's Head Press

Subseries contains partial and full annotated drafts, photographs, and published works by Owl's Head Press, including Jonathan Wright's "After the Image," Robert Bly's "Ten Poems of Francis Ponge Translated by Robert Bly & Ten Poems by Robert Bly Inspired by the Poems of Francis Ponge," Leigh Faulkner's "Where the Fields End," and Edward Gates' "The Guest Touches Only Those Who Prepare."
Dalhousie alumni magazine, summer 1988

Dalhousie alumni magazine, summer 1988

  • MS-1-Ref, Box 22, Folder 8, Item 2
  • Item
  • 1988

    • Part of Dal Magazine

Item is a copy of Dalhousie Alumni Magazine (Volume 5, Number 2), the official publication of Dalhousie Alumni Association. Issue features an article about poet Maxine Tynes.
Alastair MacLeod : A Cape Breton Christmas

Alastair MacLeod : A Cape Breton Christmas

  • MS-5-19, Box 1, Cassette 17; MS-5-19, Box 1, Cassette 18
  • File
  • December 1989

    • Part of Rock Meets Bone fonds

File contains one digital recording of the raw source audio used to create the Rock Meets Bone episode titled "A Cape Breton Christmas" with Alistair MacLeod, which aired on December 8, 1989.
Episode 12, Alastair MacLeod

Episode 12, Alastair MacLeod

File contains one digital recording of the Rock Meets Bone episode titled "A Cape Breton Christmas" with Alistair MacLeod, which aired on December 8, 1989. The recording is on side B.
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