Allen Bell fonds
Bell, Allen
Adjuster (Motion picture)
Exotica (Motion picture)
Family viewing (Motion picture)
Literature
Motion picture plays
Motion pictures
Screenwriters
Speaking parts (Motion picture)
Sweet hereafter (Motion picture)
Egoyan, Atom, 1960-
Layton, Irving, 1912-2006
The fonds consists of typescripts of an unpublished novel "The Harmless Snake"; 3 unpublished books of poetry: "The Simon Poems", "Thy Harry's Company", "A Motley to the View"; typescript copies of five Egoyan screenplays (reworked by Bell) including: "Family Viewing" (1987) in 3 drafts; "Speaking Parts" (1989) in 5 drafts; The Adjuster (1991) 1 draft, "Exotica" (1995) 1 draft (not reworked by Bell) and "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997) in 3 drafts; some additional holograph notes and a notebook regarding the scripts and correspondence from Atom Egoyan to Bell 1985-1995 regarding the films. Additionally, there is correspondence from Irving Layton and others.
1985 - 1995
1996
2009
text
application/pdf
30 cm of textual records
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University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives
Poetry mss. and novel ms. by Mr. Bell to be used only with Mr. Bell's permission. Unrestricted access to copies of the screenplays, but photocopies of screenplays subject to Mr. Bell's approval.