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 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 two annotated, typed drafts of Budge Wilson's short story "The House on High Street," which was published in her anthology "The Courtship" (1994).
File contains two drafts of Budge Wilson's book "Duff's Monkey Business" and related correspondence with the publisher, Formac Publishing Company Limited, which include early proposed drawings by the illustrator Kim LaFave.
File contains materials relating to Budge Wilson's Christmas poem "Victor," which was written for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and broadcast on CBC radio and over the cbc4kids.ca website, with illustrations by Kevin Sylvester.
File contains a letter from a student, Arielle MacDonald and her teacher, Cherie Kennedy, at Burton Ettinger School, and a copy of Budge Wilson's reply.
File contains drafts for speeches given by Budge Wilson, including to Larry Amey's class at Dalhousie University; a speech on Oliver's Wars; and a talk on Margaret Laurence at the Wenjack Theatre at the University of Trent.
File contains handwritten notes for Budge Wilson's presentation, entitled "Where do the Ideas Come From?" which was given at the University of King's College.
File includes Budge Wilson's handwritten speech and a copy of a speech by Margaret Laurence "On Censorship...A Speech given to Ontario Provincial Judges and their Wives" and "Remarks on Margaret Laurence" by Joan Y. Johnston. The file also contains a letter from the Halifax City Regional Library about her participation in the event.