The fonds consists of documents relating to Celu Amberstone's writing career. Records consist of poetry, playscripts, children's prose, notes for readings, publishing contracts, review clippings, correspondence, and acceptance and rejection letters from publishers and editors. The fonds also includes a proof copy of The Dreamer's Legacy by Celu Amberstone, and House of Commons Special Committee on the Disabled and Handicapped publication, "Native Population: Follow-up Report" (1981), which features a profile of Amberstone/Barbara Smith. The fonds is also comprised of digital text files of Amberstone's writings and e-book versions of her publications.
The fonds is comprised of correspondence and manuscripts relating to Eve Joseph's writing, including publications "Quarrels", "In the Slender Margin", "The Secret Signature of Things", "The Startled Heart", in addition to essays, unpublished poetry, and materials relating to literary awards and festivals.
Born digital files are comprised of textual records, photographs, and audio files. The text file (.doc) "entries & observations" is working notes and other textual files (.doc) relate to Joseph's speech and reading delivered at the Griffin Poetry Prize event. A folder "photos" includes photographs (.jpg) from the Griffin Poetry Prize and a folder "book launch" includes photographs (.jpg) of various launches and events for "The Startled Heart" and "Quarrels." Audio recordings (.m4a, .mp3.) relate to the Griffin Poetry Prize as well as Ian Brown introducing Joseph at a reading (.wav).
The fonds consists of textual materials including drafts, correspondence with other writers, reviews, printed materials. Includes manuscripts for "Port of Entry" (1975), "Love's Confidence" (1976), "Blossom" (1978), "There Go the Cars" (1978), "An Arbitrary Dictionary" (1984), "The Hour's Acropolis" (1991). Includes drafts, correspondence with other writers, reviews, printed materials. Also includes manuscripts, drafts and correspondence from the poetry quartet "At Large" and manuscripts of "Rugosa" and "nowrite.doc".
The fonds consists of a collection of ephemeral material related to contemporary (1950-2000) Scottish, English, Canadian, and American poetry; personal correspondence; promotional material and clippings re Leonard Cohen.
The fonds consists of journals, typescripts, photographs and negatives. Includes typescripts of "20 Stories for Frances", "After the War" "Sarashina-Nikki: The Daybook of Lady Sarashina", and "The Fathers of Stol".
