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Sheila Watson fonds Subseries
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Incoming Correspondence.

  • Sub-series consists of correspondence, including letters, greeting cards, official correspondence and postcards from Watson's friends, family, university colleagues, academic scholars, students, government officials, authors, visual artists, poets, playwrights and general fans of her writing. Some files include submitted manuscripts, artwork, poetry and textiles. This sub-series has been arranged alphabetically by primary correspondent or corporate body, and within the file, chronologically.

File list of Incoming Correspondence:

Box 8
2006 01 108 Achebe, Chinua
2006 01 109 Ackroyd, Catharin
2006 01 110 Adam, Ian
2006 01 111 [Aefard?], Anthony
2006 01 112 Ahearne, Suzanne
2006 01 113 Aikin, John R.
2006 01 114 Albert [last name unknown]
2006 01 115 Almon, Bert
2006 01 116 (3) Anderson, Paula Grace, 1986 –1997
2006 01 117 Angus, Anne
2006 01 118 Angus, Henry
2006 01 119 Angus, Michael and Monica
2006 01 120 Archer, Violet B.
2006 01 121 Art Gallery of Toronto
2006 01 122 Art Gallery of Windsor
2006 01 123 Arthur, Catherine
2006 01 124 Association of Canadian University Teachers of English (A.C.U.T.E.)
2006 01 125 Avison, Margaret
2006 01 126 Ayling, Ronald F.
2006 01 127 Ayrton, Michael and Elizabeth
2006 01 128 Baird, Georgia

Box 9
2006 01 129 Barbour, Douglas and Sharon
2006 01 130 Barclay, Pat
2006 01 131 Bazett, Dorothy
2006 01 132 Berger, Carl
2006 01 133 Berkman, Leonard
2006 01 134 Bessai, Carl
2006 01 135 Bessai, Diane
2006 01 136 Bessai, Frank
2006 01 137 Bessai, John
2006 01 138 Bessai, Thomas
2006 01 139 Beta Sima Phi
2006 01 141 Bilsland, John W.
2006 01 142 Bissell, Claude
2006 01 143 Blodgett, E. D.
2006 01 144 (2) Blott, Anne, 1980 - 1989
2006 01 144 (3) Blott, Anne, 1990 - 1997

Box 10
2006 01 145 Boote, Maurice
2006 01 146 (1) Boote, Pauline, 1968 - 1979
2006 01 146 (2) Boote, Pauline, 1980 - 1989
2006 01 146 (3) Boote, Pauline, 1990 – 1997
2006 01 147 Bowering, Angela
2006 01 148 (1) Bowering, George
2006 01 148 (2) Bowering, George

Box 11
2006 01 149 (1) Breingan, J.N., [between 1975 - 1996]
2006 01 149 (2) Breingan, J.N., 1996
2006 01 150 Brewster, Elizabeth
2006 01 151 Brian [last name unknown]
2006 01 152 Brigham, Jay
2006 01 153 British Museum, The
2006 01 154 Brolsma, Diane and Masten
2006 01 155 Bronson, Mark and Matthew
2006 01 156 Bruce, Elizabeth
2006 01 157 Brückmann, Patricia
2006 01 158 Brückmann, Peter
2006 01 159 Brückmann, John
2006 01 160 Burnaby Art Gallery
2006 01 161 Calder, Ruth
2006 01 162 Capilano College, (North Vancouver, BC)
2006 01 163 Carpenter, Ted
2006 01 165 Chang, Victor
2006 01 166 Chapin, Dan
2006 01 167 Christina [last name unknown]
2006 01 168 Cianci, Vito and Erol
2006 01 170 Clements, Pat
2006 01 171 Cohen, Ruth

Box 12
2006 01 172 Colie, Rosalie L.
2006 01 173 Comfort, Charles F.
2006 01 174 Connell, Alison
2006 01 175 Cornell University Library, Department of Rare Books
2006 01 176 Corrington, Maxine
2006 01 177 Coupey, Pierre
2006 01 178 (1) Court, Jane Grace, 1979 - 1988
2006 01 178 (2) Court, Jane Grace, thesis prospectus
2006 01 179 Coutts, James A.
2006 01 180 Cran, Robert
2006 01 181 Creighton, John
2006 01 182 Cullis, Tara
2006 01 183 Cummer, Don
2006 01 184 Daniells, Roy
2006 01 185 Dartmouth College Library (Hanover, NH)
2006 01 186 Davey, Frank
2006 01 187 Davis, Herbert
2006 01 189 Department of Veterans Affairs, War Services Records
2006 01 190 Dewart, Bonnie
2006 01 191 Dewdney, Christopher
2006 01 192 Dexter, Laura
2006 01 193 Dieff, Irene
2006 01 194 Dilworth, Tom
2006 01 195 Djwa, Sandra
2006 01 196 Doerksen, Leona M.
2006 01 197 Doherty, Brian

Box 13
2006 01 198 Doherty, Elwena
2006 01 199 Donnelly, Terry and Peter
2006 01 200 Double Hook Bookstore, The
2006 01 201 Dragland, Stan
2006 01 202 [Duhard?], Jean and Bob
2006 01 203 Earle, Austin
2006 01 204 Edmonton Art Gallery Bulletin
2006 01 205 Edwards, Richard
2006 01 206 Edwards-LaVerso, Caterina
2006 01 207 Elder, Marianne
2006 01 208 Ellenwood, Roy
2006 01 209 Ellison, Barbara
2006 01 210 Endicott, Norman
2006 01 211 Engel, Marian
2006 01 212 Ezra Pound Association, The
2006 01 213 Ezra Pound Society, The
2006 01 214 Fabre, Michel
2006 01 215 Fairley, Barker
2006 01 216 Falle, George G.
2006 01 217 Faucher, [Mauriel?]
2006 01 218 Fawcett, Brian
2006 01 219 Federation of British Columbia Writers, The
2006 01 220 Findley, Timothy
2006 01 221 [Fishcer?], Robert
2006 01 222 Fitzgerald, Sally
2006 01 223 Flahiff, Fred T.
2006 01 224 Flahiff, D.F.
2006 01 225 Flahiff, Michael and Mary Agnes
2006 01 226 Flahiff, Mark and Louise Daminato

Box 14
2006 01 227 Fones, Robert
2006 01 228 Foord, Isabelle
2006 01 229 Forester, Nora
2006 01 230 Fraser, Dorothy
2006 01 231 Fraser, Sylvia
2006 01 232 Friends of the Smith College Library (Northampton, MA)
2006 01 233 Fry, Kara
2006 01 234 Gariepy, Raymond
2006 01 235 Geddes, Gary
2006 01 236 Gerbode, Teri
2006 01 237 Gershater, Jeanne
2006 01 238 Gery, John
2006 01 240 Gilles, Margaret E.
2006 01 243 Godden, J.O., MD
2006 01 244 Godfrey, W. David
2006 01 245 Goodal , Debbie and Lorne
2006 01 247 Gouzien, Mme.
2006 01 248 [last name unknown], Grace, Jack and Jason
2006 01 249 Grace, Sherrill
2006 01 250 Grant, Billi
2006 01 251 Griggs, Mary Ann
2006 01 252 Grube, John
2006 01 253 Gruhlke, Donna
2006 01 254 Hailey, Alfred and Ellen
2006 01 255 Hamberger, Michael
2006 01 256 Hamilton, Mary
2006 01 257 [Hansards?], Hank and Sue
2006 01 258 Hanson, Catherine
2006 01 259 Haras, Peg
2006 01 260 Harbourfront Reading Series (Toronto, ON)

Box 15
2006 01 261 Harrison, Keith
2006 01 262 [Healy?], Dennis
2006 01 263 Heathcote, Stephen and Eva May
2006 01 264 Herbert, Elizabeth
2006 01 265 Herbert Marshall McLuhan Foundation (Antigonish, N.S.)
2006 01 266 Hillcroft College (Surrey, England)
2006 01 267 Hodgins, Jack
2006 01 268 Holroyd, Michael
2006 01 269 Hope, Alec
2006 01 270 Hughes, Gail
2006 01 271 Hughes, Patricia
2006 01 272 Humphrey, Ruth
2006 01 273 Imperial War Museum (London, England)
2006 01 274 Institut "Sunny Dale" Villa Uspunnen (Interlaken-Wilderswil, Switzerland)
2006 01 275 Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (London, England)
2006 01 276 Isaacs Gallery, The (Toronto, ON)
2006 01 277 (1) Ismail, Jamila 1967 -1990
2006 01 277 (2) Ismail, Jamila, manuscripts
2006 01 279 Jirgens, Karl
2006 01 281 Johnson, Lynne

Box 16
2006 01 282 Johnson, Patrick
2006 01 283 Johnson, Scott
2006 01 285 Jones, Doug G.
2006 01 287 Kappa Kappa Gamma
2006 01 288 Kellock, Joanne
2006 01 289 Kelly, Ronald
2006 01 290 Kelm, Mary-Ellen
2006 01 291 Kenner, Hugh
2006 01 292 (1) Keogh, Joe
2006 01 292 (2) Keogh, Joe
2006 01 292 (3) Keogh, Joe
2006 01 293 Killam, F. R.
2006 01 294 Killam, George
2006 01 295 Kischuck, Bill
2006 01 297 [Klimove?], Sharon Lea
2006 01 298 Knotts, Walter
2006 01 299 Koplowicz, Sam
2006 01 300 Kostash, Myrna
2006 01 301 Kostelanetz, Richard
2006 01 302 Kreisel, Henry

Box 17
2006 01 296 Kiyooka, Roy
2006 01 352 (2) McLuhan, Marshall, 1958 - 1959, 1961
2006 01 358 Meeker, Joseph
2006 01 359 Melnyk, George

Box 18
2006 01 303 Lachance, Bertrand
2006 01 304 Lamont, Shauna and Daniel
2006 01 305 Lander, Tim
2006 01 306 Lanthier, Phil
2006 01 307 Latitude 53 Gallery (Edmonton, Alta.)
2006 01 308 Laughlin, James
2006 01 309 Laurence, Margaret
2006 01 310 Leicester Galleries, The (London, England)
2006 01 311 Leland, Fr. Charles, C.S.B.
2006 01 312 Lent, John
2006 01 313 [last name unknown], [Lester?]
2006 01 314 Lewis, Anne Wyndham
2006 01 315 Lind, [Brishkai?]
2006 01 316 [last name unknown], Linda
2006 01 317 Linn, Shawna E. and Joan
2006 01 318 Littlefield, Angie
2006 01 319 Livesay, Dorothy
2006 01 320 Logotherti Anderson, Katy
2006 01 321 Lowe, Susan
2006 01 322 Ludwig, Jack
2006 01 323 Mackendrick, Louis K.
2006 01 324 MacKenzie, Norman H.
2006 01 325 Mallett, Sandra
2006 01 326 Mallon, Fr. Frank, C.S.B.
2006 01 327 Mandel, Eli
2006 01 328 Mandel, Miriam
2006 01 329 Mann, Becky and Mike
2006 01 330 Marchand, Philip
2006 01 331 Marken, Ron
2006 01 332 [last name unknown], [Marica?]
2006 01 333 Marlatt, Daphne

Box 19
2006 01 334 Marshall McLuhan Center on Global Communication (Los Angeles, Calif.)
2006 01 335 Martin, Linda
2006 01 336 Martin, Paul
2006 01 337 Materer, Timothy
2006 01 338 Mathers, Kay
2006 01 339 Mayhew, Murial V.
2006 01 340 McCaffrey, Steve
2006 01 341 McCarthy, Susan
2006 01 342 McGinniss, James
2006 01 343 McIntyre, Wayne
2006 01 344 McKnight, David
2006 01 345 McLaren, Diane M.
2006 01 346 McLean, Kenneth
2006 01 347 McLellan, Brian, David and Tim
2006 01 348 (1) McLuhan, Corinne, [between 1958 - 1998]
2006 01 348 (2) McLuhan, Corinne, 1958, 1965 - 1979
2006 01 348 (3) McLuhan, Corinne, 1980 - 1986
2006 01 348 (4) McLuhan, Corinne, 1987 – 1989

Box 20
2006 01 348 (5) McLuhan, Corinne, 1990 -1998
2006 01 349 McLuhan, Corinne and Marshall
2006 01 350 (1) McLuhan, Elizabeth, 1967 - 1997
2006 01 350 (2) McLuhan, Elizabeth, manuscripts
2006 01 351 McLuhan, Eric and Sabina, 1965 - 1997
2006 01 352 (1) McLuhan, Marshall, [between 1957 - 1979]
2006 01 352 (3) McLuhan, Marshall, 1963 - 1964
2006 01 352 (4) McLuhan, Marshall, 1965 – 1969

Box 21
2006 01 352 (5) McLuhan, Marshall, 1970 - 1973
2006 01 352 (6) McLuhan, Marshall, 1974 - 1975
2006 01 352 (7) McLuhan, Marshall, 1976 - 1979
2006 01 353 McLuhan, Mary
2006 01 354 McLuhan, Michael and Mervé
2006 01 355 McLuhan, Teri C.
2006 01 356 McMaster, Juliet and Rowland
2006 01 357 McPherson, Hugo
2006 01 360 Meyer, Bruce
2006 01 361 Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
2006 01 362 [last name unknown], Michael
2006 01 363 Michel, Walter
2006 01 364 Mighton, John David
2006 01 365 Miki, Roy
2006 01 366 (1) Mitchell, Barbara J.

Box 22
2006 01 366 (2) Mitchell, Barbara J.
2006 01 366 (3) Mitchell, Barbara J.
2006 01 367 Mitchell, Sr. Beverley, S.S.A.
2006 01 369 Mitchell, Patricia
2006 01 370 Mitchell, Sam and Wanita Jorgensen
2006 01 371 Mitchell, Susan
2006 01 372 Moeslein, Betty
2006 01 373 Mohammad, Amina
2006 01 375 Morris, Margaret
2006 01 376 Mount Allison University (Sackville, N.B.)
2006 01 377 Munro, Kathleen
2006 01 378 Musées de L'avenir / Museums for the Future
2006 01 379 Myatt, Agatha
2006 01 380 Nanaimo District Hospital Foundation
2006 01 381 National Gallery of Canada
2006 01 382 National Library of Canada, Literary Manuscript Collection
2006 01 383 Nelson, George H.
2006 01 385 (1) Neuman, Shirley
2006 01 385 (2) Neuman, Shirley

Box 23
2006 01 386 Newton, Bertha
2006 01 387 Nichol, bp
2006 01 388 Nichol, Eleanor and Sarah
2006 01 389 Nichol, Michael
2006 01 390 Niederman, Michael and Christa Van Daek Ferris
2006 01 391 Nolan, Fergal Ignatius
2006 01 392 [last name unknown], Noreen, Sr.
2006 01 393 Norman, Sr. Marion, B.V.M.
2006 01 394 Offenbach, Lilly
2006 01 395 (1) Ondaatje, Michael
2006 01 395 (2) Ondaatje, Michael
2006 01 396 Orrell, John
2006 01 397 Ossachoff, Gail
2006 01 398 Ottley, Sue
2006 01 399 Ower, John
2006 01 400 [last name unknown], P.J.
2006 01 401 Page, P.K.
2006 01 402 Parker, Dorothy
2006 01 403 Pasnak, Bill
2006 01 404 Patterson, Jennifer and Samantha
2006 01 405 Pattison, Pat
2006 01 406 Peacock, Gordon
2006 01 407 Peacocke, Judy and Thomas
2006 01 408 Penny, Michael
2006 01 409 Perfect Pitch newsletter
2006 01 410 Peters, Jonathan A. and Salome Talabi
2006 01 411 [Pholsward?], Ruja
2006 01 412 Pierrard, Claire
2006 01 413 Pocock, Teresa Susan
2006 01 415 Popowich, Larry and Alison Davis
2006 01 416 Potvin, Liza

Box 24
2006 01 417 Pound, Bunny
2006 01 418 Pound, Dorothy
2006 01 419 Pound, Omar S.
2006 01 420 Price, George and Emear
2006 01 421 Pritchard, Sharon and Barry Reid
2006 01 422 Procunier, Grace M.
2006 01 423 Queen's University (Kingston, ON)
2006 01 424 Raboud, Lorraine
2006 01 425 Reaney, James and Colleen
2006 01 426 Redekop, Eric
2006 01 427 Reid, John
2006 01 428 Rendle, Judith
2006 01 429 Rickword, [E.?]
2006 01 430 Riddehough, Geoffrey B.
2006 01 431 Ringrose, Chris
2006 01 432 Roberts, Kevin
2006 01 433 Rochester Public Library (Rochester, NY)
2006 01 434 Rosenfold, Rhoda
2006 01 435 Ross, Malcolm, 1981 - 1985
2006 01 436 Ross, M. Consuella
2006 01 437 Ross, Neil-John
2006 01 438 Rouillard, Harriet
2006 01 439 Royal Society of Canada
2006 01 440 Royce, Lee
2006 01 441 Rule, Jane
2006 01 442 Salloum, Sheryl
2006 01 443 Salt, Jim
2006 01 444 Sanders, Leslie C.
2006 01 445 Sandler, Linda
2006 01 446 [last name unknown], Sara
2006 01 447 Schafer, R. Murray
2006 01 448 Scherf, Kathleen D.
2006 01 449 Schleich, David and Marguerite

Box 25
2006 01 450 Scobie, Stephen
2006 01 451 Sepp, Anto
2006 01 452 Shadbolt, Doris
2006 01 454 Sharpe, David
2006 01 455 Sheard, Sarah
2006 01 456 Shemeluck, Myrna I. (Cubut)
2006 01 457 Shute, Allan
2006 01 458 Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, B.C.)
2006 01 459 Singleton, Marvin K.
2006 01 460 Sir George Williams University (Montreal, Québec)
2006 01 461 Sleep, Esther L.
2006 01 462 Smith, Muriel
2006 01 463 Smith, N.
2006 01 464 [Smith?], Sydney Grace
2006 01 465 Sommerfeld, Irma
2006 01 466 Spickler, Robert
2006 01 467 Stafford, Ellen
2006 01 468 (1) Staines, David
2006 01 468 (2) Staines, David
2006 01 469 Stainsby, Donald
2006 01 470 Stratford, Philip
2006 01 471 Suska, Helena

Box 26
2006 01 472 Swartz, Paul
2006 01 473 Szlavnics, Chiyoko
2006 01 474 Taylor, Dorothy G.
2006 01 475 Taylor, F. Scott
2006 01 476 [last name unknown], Teresa
2006 01 477 Thaler, Robert J.
2006 01 478 Thompson, John
2006 01 479 Thompson, Lee
2006 01 480 Howell, Jerry & Thora
2006 01 481 Thorvaldan, Patricia
2006 01 482 Three Schools Art Auction Exhibition and Sale (Toronto, ON)
2006 01 483 Tiessen, Hildegard
2006 01 484 Tiessen, Paul
2006 01 485 [last name unknown], Tom
2006 01 486 Toth, Nancy
2006 01 487 Tremblay, Tony
2006 01 488 Truscott, Sheila
2006 01 489 Tuck, Frank
2006 01 490 Turner, Margaret
2006 01 491 [Ugline?], Shirley
2006 01 492 University of Alberta Archives
2006 01 493 University of Alberta - Chaplain's Office
2006 01 494 University of Alberta Library
2006 01 496 University of St. Michael's College (Toronto, ON)
2006 01 497 University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)

Box 27
2006 01 498 University of the West Indies
2006 01 499 University of Toronto Library
2006 01 500 University of Tunis (Tunisia)
2006 01 501 University of Vermont (Burlington, Vt.)
2006 01 502 University of Victoria (B.C.)
2006 01 503 University of Victoria, McPherson Library (B.C.)
2006 01 504 Vance, Sylvia
2006 01 505 Vancouver Poetry Centre
2006 01 506 Vanderpant Ackroyd, Anna
2006 01 507 Van Dop Mosmans, Adriana
2006 01 508 van Herk, Aritha
2006 01 509 van Rijk, Henry
2006 01 510 [last name unknown], Victor
2006 01 511 Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England)
2006 01 512 Waddington & Gorce Inc. (Montreal, Quebec)
2006 01 513 Wah, Fred
2006 01 514 (1) Watson, Wilfred, 1950 - 1952
2006 01 514 (2) Watson, Wilfred, 1954 - 1957
2006 01 514 (3) Watson, Wilfred, [between 1954 - 1960?]

Box 28
2006 01 514 (4) Watson, Wilfred, [between 1954 - 1960?]
2006 01 514 (5) Watson, Wilfred, February 16, 1958 - June 16, 1958
2006 01 514 (6) Watson, Wilfred, June 17, 1958 - November 27, 1958
2006 01 514 (7) Watson, Wilfred, January 19, 1959 - March 31, 1959
2006 01 514 (8) Watson, Wilfred, April 5, 1959 - December 18, 1959

Box 29
2006 01 514 (9) Watson, Wilfred, 1960
2006 01 514 (10) Watson, Wilfred, 1961-1962
2006 01 514 (11) Watson, Wilfred, [between 1961 and 1981?]
2006 01 514 (12) Watson, Wilfred, 1965, 1969, 1981
2006 01 516 Watt, Jean and Andrew
2006 01 517 Weaver, Richard
2006 01 518 Weaver, Robert
2006 01 519 Wensel, Katherine Koller
2006 01 520 West Coast Book Prize Society (Vancouver, B.C.)
2006 01 521 Western Front (Vancouver, B.C.)
2006 01 522 Whish, Margaret
2006 01 523 Whistler, Nick
2006 01 524 Whitefoot, John
2006 01 525 Wilfred Laurier University Library (Waterloo, ON)
2006 01 526 Willis, Gary D. and Nola
2006 01 527 Willmott, Glenn
2006 01 528 Willoner, Annie and Rob
2006 01 529 Wilson, Anne

Box 30
2006 01 530 Wilson, Frank
2006 01 531 Wilson, Robert
2006 01 532 Wiwchar, David
2006 01 533 Wyhte, Jon
2006 01 535 Wynick/Tuck Gallery (Toronto, ON)
2006 01 536 Yanosik, Laurie
2006 01 537 Yates, Norman
2006 01 539 Young, Donald J.
2006 01 540 Zitner, Sheldon P.
2006 01 541 Zorichak, Ann
2006 01 542 Unknown Correspondents

Box 31
2006 01 116 (1) Anderson, Paula Grace, 1976 -1979
2006 01 116 (2) Anderson, Paula Grace, 1980 – 1985
2006 01 144 (1) Blott, Anne, 1969 –1979
2006 01 164 Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto
2006 01 169 [Clark], Marjorie
2006 01 188 Department of National Defence, Canadian Services College Royal Roads
2006 01 239 Gilhooly, James
2006 01 241 Glancy, Terry
2006 01 242 Glenesk, Robert
2006 01 246 Gool, Reshard
2006 01 278 James, Frances Pocock
2006 01 284 Johnstone, C. Kenneth, S.J.

Box 32
2006 01 368 Mitchell, Norah
2006 01 374 Montgomery, Peter
2006 01 384 Nelson, James Malcolm
2006 01 414 Poisson, Helen and Rodney
2006 01 453 Shadbolt, Jack
2006 01 495 University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
2006 01 515 Watt, Alexandra
2006 01 534 Wyndham Lewis Society (Glasgow, Scotland)
2006 01 538 York University Art Committee (Toronto, ON)

Rare book room map cabinet 1: drawer 12
2006 01 286 Kahma, David

Reading, research and reference notes

Sub- series consists of 9 files containing typed and handwritten notes related to Watson's personal and professional reading and academic research, including extensive bibliographic references found on loose paper, cigarette packages and scraps of paper. The sub-series has been arranged chronologically where possible, however, due to the ephemeral nature of much of the material and the tendency of Watson not to date her notes, the bulk of the material can only be given broad date ranges.

Files include:

Box 48

  • 2006 01 769 Research and reference notes [after 1956] (1 of 4 folders)

Box 49

  • 2006 01 769 Research and reference notes [after 1956] (2 of 4 folders)
  • 2006 01 769 Research and reference notes [after 1956] (3 of 4 folders)
  • 2006 01 769 Research and reference notes [after 1956] (4 of 4 folders)
  • 2006 01 770 Reading notes and bibliographic references [after 1956] (1 of 3 folders)

Box 50

  • 2006 01 770 Reading notes and bibliographic references [after 1956] (2 of 3 folders)
  • 2006 01 770 Reading notes and bibliographic references [after 1956] (3 of 3 folders)
  • 2006 01 771 Interview with John Reid and Douglas Duncan regarding Wyndham Lewis notes [after 1956?]
  • 2006 01 772 Research and reference material related to research trip to London [1961]
  • 2006 01 773 M.M. on Lewis notes. June 1, 1961
  • 2006 01 774 Research and reference notes regarding Wyndham Lewis, T.S. Eliot and Lancelot Andrewes [between 1965 -1967]
  • 2006 01 775 McLuhan on Lewis Feb. 1969 research notes
  • 2006 01 776 Reading and reference notes regarding T.S. Eliot and the bible [between 1977 - 1988]
  • 2006 01 777 Research notes regarding Wyndham Lewis [after 1981]

Reading notebooks

Sub- series consists of 40 files containing reading and research notes in notebooks, some of which can be dated. These notebooks relate to Watson's reading notes created in the course of her personal and professional activities as a writer, Ph.D. student and professor of English. These notebooks tend to contain brief page references and quotations from books, journal articles and magazine columns. There appears to be a gap in the record, with little or no material from the 1970s. Some notebooks contain news clippings and ephemera.

Files include:

Box 46

  • 2006 01 729 Notebook regarding Ezra Pound and Confucius [after 1929?]
  • 2006 01 730 Cubism notebook [after 1929?]
  • 2006 01 731 Notebook regarding religion, philosophy and theology [after 1929?]
  • 2006 01 732 Notebook regarding Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche and artists [after 1929?]
  • 2006 01 733 Notebook regarding language and art history [after 1929?]
  • 2006 01 734 Rejected notes for the third part of the Trial of Man notebook [after 1956]
  • 2006 01 735 Notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis [after 1956]
  • 2006 01 736 Notebook regarding W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis [between 1968 and 1974]
  • 2006 01 737 Notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis [between 1958 - 1960]
  • 2006 01 738 Reading notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis correspondence and painting [between 1960 and 1961]
  • 2006 01 739 Reading notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound and modernist journals [1958]
  • 2006 01 740 Reading notebook regarding English literature [1957]
  • 2006 01 741 Reading notebook regarding Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and twentieth century art [after 1959?]

Box 47

  • 2006 01 742 Reading notebook [1968-1969]
  • 2006 01 743 Kepes Structure in Art and Science reading notebook [after 1968]
  • 2006 01 744 Notebook regarding Ezra Pound [late 1960's or early 1970's]
  • 2006 01 745 Notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis [after 1960?]
  • 2006 01 746 Notebook regarding Plato, James Joyce, Henry Moore and art [1958]
  • 2006 01 747 Notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis [ca. 1961]
  • 2006 01 748 Notebook regarding Malcolm Lowry and Ezra Pound [after 1961?]
  • 2006 01 749 Notebooks regarding The Decline of the West [ca. 1962?]
  • 2006 01 750 Notebook regarding socialism [after 1962?]
  • 2006 01 751 Notebook regarding English and French literature [after 1963?]
  • 2006 01 752 The Diary of Anias Nin notebook [ca. 1966?]
  • 2006 01 753 Notebook [after 1966]
  • 2006 01 754 Notebook regarding organic chemistry [ca. 1967?]
  • 2006 01 755 Notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot [ca. 1968?]
  • 2006 01 756 Notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats and Irish literature [ca. 1968]

Box 48

  • 2006 01 757 Notebook regarding Marshall McLuhan and Bertrand Russell [ca. 1969?]
  • 2006 01 758 Notebook regarding the city in literature anthology project [between 1968 - 1970?]
  • 2006 01 759 Notebook regarding Wyndham Lewis and film [ca. 1969]
  • 2006 01 760 Notebook regarding Wyndam Lewis, Marshall McLuhan, psychology and art [ca. 1981?]
  • 2006 01 761 Notebook regarding Marshall McLuhan and Maurice Blanchard [after 1981?]
  • 2006 01 762 Notebook regarding Marshall McLuhan [ca. 1982]
  • 2006 01 763 Notebook regarding Marshall McLuhan [ca. 1982]
  • 2006 01 764 Notebook regarding Gertrude Stein, literature and art [after 1982]
  • 2006 01 765 Notebook regarding Marshall McLuhan, Roland Barthes, John Cage [between 1983 and 1985]
  • 2006 01 766 Notebook regarding language, film and philosophy [ca. 1984]
  • 2006 01 767 Notebook regarding Marshall McLuhan and Wyndham Lewis [ca. 1985]
  • 2006 01 768 Notebook regarding Marshall McLuhan, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and the concept of space [ca. 1986]

Public readings, interviews and conference material

Sub-series consists of 24 files of correspondence, posters and manuscripts by Watson related to public readings of her work, transcripts of interviews she granted, and conferences she attended. Files are arranged alphabetically by organizing committee title.

Files include:

Box 43

  • 2006 01 681 Correspondence regarding a space reading series (Toronto, ON), 1974
  • 2006 01 682 Correspondence regarding keynote address at Mass Media Communication Course for the Board of Education, Borough of North York (Willowdale, ON), 1968
  • 2006 01 683 Correspondence regarding reading at Camrose Lutheran College (Camrose, Alta.), 1976
  • 2006 01 684 Correspondence regarding interviews and readings for CBC Radio, 1959, 1981, 1993
  • 2006 01 685 Correspondence regarding readings at Capilano College (North Vancouver, B.C.), 1975, 1979, 1981, 1993
  • 2006 01 686 Correspondence regarding readings and conferences at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec), 1976, 1982
  • 2006 01 687 Correspondence regarding reading at Douglas College (New Westminster, B.C.), 1980
  • 2006 01 688 Correspondence regarding reading at Edmonton Women's Coalition, 1978
  • 2006 01 689 Correspondence regarding reading at Forest City Gallery (London, ON), 1975
  • 2006 01 690 Correspondence regarding reading at Grant MacEwan Community College (Edmonton, Alta.), 1974
  • 2006 01 691 Manuscript of interview with Watson by Mr. Halleck, regarding Wyndham Lewis and Marshall McLuhan [ca. 1969?]
  • 2006 01 692 Correspondence regarding reading at Kontakte Reading Series (Toronto, ON), 1979
  • 2006 01 693 Correspondence regarding reading at Malaspina College (Nanaimo, B.C.), 1981
  • 2006 01 694 Manuscripts of interview of Watson by Bruce Meyer and Brian O'Riordan, 1984
  • 2006 01 695 Correspondence regarding reading at Mount Royal College (Calgary, Alta.), 1982
  • 2006 01 696 Correspondence regarding conference at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, B.C.), 1981
  • 2006 01 697 Correspondence regarding reading at Strathcona Writing Workshop, Festival and Retreat (Black Creek, B.C.), 1986
  • 2006 01 698 Correspondence regarding writer-in-residency at the University of Calgary, 1977
  • 2006 01 699 Correspondence and manuscript regarding conference at the University of Regina, 1979

Box 44

  • 2006 01 700 Correspondence regarding reading at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Sask.), 1973
  • 2006 01 701 Correspondence regarding writer-in-residency at the University of Toronto, Scarborough College and reading at Harbourfront Commonweath Author's Festival, 1982-1983
  • 2006 01 702 Correspondence regarding reading at the University of Toronto, St. Michael's College, 1979
  • 2006 01 703 Correspondence regarding reading hosted at the University of Victoria, 1986
  • 2006 01 704 Correspondence regarding reading readings at York University, 1974

Outgoing Correspondence

Sub-series consists of handwritten letter drafts and typed copies of Watson's outgoing letters, including letters of recommendation, correspondence with thesis students, letters to friends and family and letters to her husband Wilfred Watson. The sub-series has been arranged alphabetically by primary correspondent, and then chronologically.

Files include:

2006 01 88 Anderson, Paula Grace
2006 01 89 Angus, Anne
2006 01 90 Blott, Anne
2006 01 91 [Bowering], Angela
2006 01 92 Bruce, Elizabeth
2006 01 93 Gershater, [Jeanne]
2006 01 94 Marken, Ronald
2006 01 95 Masten, Cathy
2006 01 96 McLuhan, Elizabeth
2006 01 97 McLuhan, Marshall
2006 01 98 Meeker, Dr. Joseph and Robert J. Thaler
2006 01 99 Mitchell, Norah
2006 01 100 New York Herald-Tribune, The
2006 01 101 Sharpe, David
2006 01 102 Shemeluck, Myrna
2006 01 103 Singleton, Marvin
2006 01 104 Tiessen, Hildegard
2006 01 105 Watson, Wilfred
2006 01 106 [Watt], Sandra
2006 01 107 Unknown recipients

Editorial, collaborative and contributive material

Sub-series consists of correspondence, manuscripts, transcribed diaries, news clippings, research notes and annotations related to specific instances where Watson acted as an editor, advisor, contributor, or provided paratext to aspiring authors and their texts, such as introductions, forwards, blurbs or other endorsements. Sub-series has been arranged chronologically by project into sub-sub series.

5.1.1. The City in Literature anthology
5.1.2. Editorial commentary of Age of Iron Age of Strength by Raymond Gariepy
5.1.3. Endorsement of Steven Scobie
5.1.4. Translations of short stories by Madeleine Ferron
5.1.5. Course consulting material for Athabasca University (Edmonton, Alta.)
5.1.6. Reconnaissance a critical anthology in honour of Marshall McLuhan
5.1.7. Preface for West Window by George Bowering material
5.1.8. Endorsement of Daphne Marlatt
5.1.9. Endorsement of Roy Miki
5.1.10.The Collected Poems of Miriam Mandel
5.1.11. Afterword to 71 Poems for People by George Bowering
5.1.12. Contributions to The Letters of Marshall McLuhan
5.1.13. Bio-critical essay of Miriam Mandel
5.1.14. Blurb for White Lies (for my mother) by Liza Potvin
5.1.15. Introduction to The Work of Justice by Jack Pecover

Collected material

Sub- series consists of six sub-sub-series of material purchased and collected by Watson for the purpose of her academic research, creative writing, personal interest and professional responsibilities as a professor, thesis supervisor and member of literary community.

Sub-sub series include:

  1. Bibliographic and archival finding guides
  2. Memorabilia and photographs regarding Wyndham Lewis
  3. Felix Giovanelli correspondence collection
  4. Jessica Dismorr correspondence collection
  5. Watson Library
  6. Photocopied and duplicated articles, typescripts, photographs and newspaper clippings

Canada Council material

Sub-series consists of includes correspondence and official documentation related to Watson’s activities with various panels and committees of the Canada Council, where she served as a consultant and jury member who read submitted manuscripts and applications for writing and travel grants. This also includes material in which Sheila was a recipient of such awards and grants, as a result of her publishing and public speaking.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 672 General correspondence from The Canada Council, 1979-1982
  • 2006 01 673 Canada Council news releases, 1979 -1995
  • 2006 01 674 Correspondence regarding Governor General's Awards jury participation, 1972-1981
  • 2006 01 675 Correspondence regarding grants committee jury participation, 1975 -1987
  • 2006 01 676 Correspondence regarding Advisory Arts Panel participation, 1979 -1982
  • 2006 01 677 Correspondence regarding receipt of Canada Council public readings grants, 1974 - 1984
  • 2006 01 678 Correspondence regarding nomination for Governor General's Award, 1992
  • 2006 01 679 Correspondence from Katherine Berg
  • 2006 01 680 Correspondence from Luc Jutras

Blank postcards

Sub-series consists of one file of blank postcards collected by Watson. Most of the postcards depict Parisian landmarks, holdings from the Louvre, renaissance portraiture, religious art, modern art and several duplicated versions of postcards from The Coach House Press.

Loose jottings, unidentified photographs and annotations

Sub-series consists of one file of unidentified photographs, loose notes, contact information, jottings and general ephemera. Including: 1) a corner of an envelope with the message, Dear Sheila, Saw the Tate and thought of you. Dale W. The writer is Dale Wilkie, a professor at the University of Alberta; 2.) a strip of cardboard with two silver triangles, signed 'omoon', the nick-name of B. J. Mitchell, Sheila Watson's niece.

Ephemera from Watson Library books

Sub-series consists of one file of loose notes, letters, dustjackets, promotional material and other assorted ephemera found in volumes of the Watson library collection. Each piece of ephemera is linked to the individual library volume.

Last wills and testaments

Sub-series consists of three files regarding the wills of various individuals and estates of whom Watson was executrix, or where Watson was a beneficiary.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 949 Correspondence and will regarding the estate of Dr. M.A.D. (Agatha) Myatt, 1965
  • 2006 01 950 Correspondence, legal documents and will of the estate of Mary Ida Elwena Doherty and sale of Doherty home 1980 - 1985
  • 2006 01 951 Correspondence and will of the estate of Helen Ruth Humphrey 1985

Ephemera and memorabilia collected in Paris

Sub-series consists of one file of maps, newspaper clippings, guidebooks, theatre programmes, tickets, and governmental documents collected and preserved by Watson from her year spent with her husband in Paris.

Miscellaneous financial receipts and invoices

Sub-series consists of three files of receipts and invoices from miscellaneous services and activities, including shipping invoices, purchase orders from mail order catalogues, photocopying and bindery bills, office supply rentals, grocery and vetrenary bills and bills for plumbers, furnace repairs and garden maintenance.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 945 Freight and postal shipping invoices and receipts, 1949, 1967, 1991-1997
  • 2006 01 946 Correspondence and invoices for purchases from Past Times 1995-1997
  • 2006 01 947 Miscellaneous receipts and invoices 1967 - 1997

Land deeds

Sub-series consists of one file containing a receipt, property assessment and land deed to 81.5 acres of land in Cariboo Country, B.C.

Book, art and periodical purchases, loans, subscriptions and donations

Sub-series consists of 72 files of receipts and invoices from book dealers, publishers, art dealers and periodicals regarding purchases by Watson of books, pamphlets, archival material, subscriptions and works of art. Also includes correspondence with art galleries regarding the loan of works owned by Watson and her husband for various exhibits, as well as tax receipts regarding financial support Watson gave to various small literary journals.

Files include:

Box 59

  • 2006 01 872 Correspondence and receipts from Alan and Joan Tucker booksellers (Glouchestershire, England) 1964
  • 2006 01 873 Correspondence and invoices from Alan Hancox Fine Books (Cheltenham, England) 1963, 1964, 1966
  • 2006 01 874 Correspondence, receipts and invoices from Bay Press (Seattle, WA) 1985, 1988, 1990
  • 2006 01 875 Invoice from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. antiquarian booksellers (London, England) 1970
  • 2006 01 876 Correspondence and catalogue from Bernard Stone bookseller (London, England) 1967, 1969
  • 2006 01 877 Correspondence, invoices and receipts from Bertram Rota Ltd., booksellers (London, England) 1959 - 1969
  • 2006 01 878 Correspondence, invoices and receipts from Blackwell's booksellers (Oxford, England) 1966 - 1972
  • 2006 01 879 Correspondence, invoices and receipts from the Bob Miller Book Room (Toronto, ON) 1986 - 1991
  • 2006 01 880 Correspondence, invoices and receipts from the Bookstore on Bastion (Nanaimo, B.C.) 1991 - 1997
  • 2006 01 881 Invoice from Calder and Boyars Ltd. publishers (London, England) 1967
  • 2006 01 882 Correspondence from Cambridge University Press 1993
  • 2006 01 883 Invoices and receipts from Coach House Press 1980, 1985, 1987, 1992
  • 2006 01 884 Invoices from Copp Clark Publishing Company (Toronto, ON) 1967 -1968
  • 2006 01 885 Invoices from CUP Services (Ithaca, NY) 1988
  • 2006 01 886 Correspondence from dall'Oglio, editore (Milan, Italy) 1962
  • 2006 01 887 Invoices from Donaldson and Company Books (Nanaimo, B.C.) 1986, 1990
  • 2006 01 888 Invoices from Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd. (Scarborough, ON) 1967
  • 2006 01 889 Invoices from Harvard University Press, 1994
  • 2006 01 890 Correspondence from Watson to Human Development Corporation (New York, NY) 1969
  • 2006 01 891 Receipts regarding purchases from J. Howard Woolmer Books 1967
  • 2006 01 892 Correspondence, invoices and receipts from James Thin booksellers (Edinburgh, Scotland) 1964, 1968
  • 2006 01 893 Correspondence and receipts from Lapis Press (Venice, CA) 1989 -1991
  • 2006 01 894 Invoices from Laurie Hill Limited Rare Books and Manuscripts (Montreal, Quebec) 1964 - 1965
  • 2006 01 895 Invoices and receipts from Longspoon Press (Edmonton, Alta.) 1983
  • 2006 01 896 Correspondence from Loyola University Press (Chicago, IL) 1987
  • 2006 01 897 Invoices and receipts from McClelland and Stewart 1992 - 1994
  • 2006 01 898 Invoice from M.G. Hurtig Booksellers Ltd. (Edmonton, Alta.) [between 1961 - 1980]
  • 2006 01 899 Correspondence and invoices from Michael Lewis bookseller (Croscombe Wells, Somerset, England) 1967

Box 60

  • 2006 01 900 Correspondence from Michael Katanka (Books) Ltd. (Edgware, Middlesex, England) 1970
  • 2006 01 901 Invoices from The MIT Press (Cambridge, MA) 1987 - 1988, 1990
  • 2006 01 902 Correspondence, invoices and receipts from Peter Russell bookseller (Fairwap, Sussex, England) 1957 - 1961, 1974, 1983
  • 2006 01 903 Correspondence regarding purchases from rdc press (Red Deer, Alta.) 1985
  • 2006 01 904 Invoices from Richard West, bookseller (Philadelphia, PA) 1964
  • 2006 01 905 Invoice from The Scholar's Bookshelf (Princeton Junction, NJ) 1984
  • 2006 01 906 Invoices from St. George's Gallery Books Limited (London, England) 1964-1965, 1968, 1970
  • 2006 01 907 Invoice from Talon Books (Vancouver, B.C.) 1993
  • 2006 01 908 Invoice from the University of Chicago Press 1988
  • 2006 01 909 Invoices from the University of Toronto Press 1990
  • 2006 01 910 Invoice regarding purchase from University Press Books 1988
  • 2006 01 911 Invoice and receipt from Vanderbilt University Press (Nashville, TN) 1967
  • 2006 01 912 Invoices and receipts from unidentified book sellers 1964, 1967, 1973, 1990
  • 2006 01 913 Correspondence from Graphica art gallery (Edmonton, Alta) 1980
  • 2006 01 914 Correspondence, loan agreement and conservation treatment report regarding loan of Molly Lamb Bobak painting to Mackenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina 1991- 1996
  • 2006 01 915 Correspondence from Calgary Allied Arts Council and the Carnegie Institute Department of Fine Arts (Pittsburgh, PA) regarding loan of Jack Shadbolt painting 1955
  • 2006 01 916 Correspondence from d'Offay Couper Gallery (London, England) regarding purchase of Wyndham Lewis drawing, 1973
  • 2006 01 917 Correspondence from Glenbow Museum (Calgary, Alta.) regarding loan of Jack Shadbolt paintings, 1990 - 1991
  • 2006 01 918 Correspondence from Jerrold Morris Gallery (Toronto, ON) regarding purchase of Jack Shadbolt drawing, 1968
  • 2006 01 919 Correspondence from the National Gallery of Canada regarding loan of Jack Shadbolt drawing and purchase of study by Michael Ayrton, [before 1971]
  • 2006 01 920 Receipt from Vancouver Art Gallery regarding purchase of Molly Bobak painting and Jack Shadbolt exhibition, 1951, 1969
  • 2006 01 921 Correspondence, invoice and receipt regarding subscription to © [Copyright] 1989
  • 2006 01 922 Correspondence, invoices and promotional material regarding subscription to Agenda 1974, 1987, 1989
  • 2006 01 923 Correspondence regarding subscription to The Antigonish Review 1983, 1996-1997
  • 2006 01 924 Receipts and invoices regarding subscription to Assemblage 1992, 1994-1997
  • 2006 01 925 Correspondence regarding subscription to Canadian Forum 1994-1995
  • 2006 01 926 Correspondence regarding journals from Grand Street (New York, NY) 1989
  • 2006 01 927 Correspondence regarding subscription to Descant 1987-1988, 1992-1995
  • 2006 01 928 Correspondence and invoices regarding subscription to October 1988-1989, 1992, 1994-1997
  • 2006 01 929 Correspondence regarding subscription to Paideuma 1978 - 1979, 1988, 1992
  • 2006 01 930 Correspondence regarding subscription to Palaver 1992
  • 2006 01 931 Correspondence and receipt regarding subscription to Parachute 1985, 1991-1992, 1995
  • 2006 01 932 Correspondence regarding subscription to Parole 1991
  • 2006 01 933 Correspondence regarding subscription to Signature 1992
  • 2006 01 934 Correspondence regarding subscription to Spirale 1981, 1985, 1991-1992
  • 2006 01 935 Correspondence regarding Texte zur Kunst 1992
  • 2006 01 936 Correspondence regarding subscription to Unmuzzled Ox 1980
  • 2006 01 937 Correspondence regarding subscription to line and West Coast Line 1987, 1990, 1994, 1996
  • 2006 01 938 Correspondence regarding subscription to Works 1967
  • 2006 01 939 Correspondence regarding subscription to Zone [after 1980?]
  • 2006 01 940 Correspondence soliciting subscriptions to periodicals 1985-1987, 1992-1993
  • 2006 01 941 Correspondence regarding donations to The Canadian Forum 1985-1986, 1988
  • 2006 01 942 Correspondence regarding donations to The Capilano Review 1990
  • 2006 01 943 Correspondence regarding donations to the Loyal Order of the Rubber Chicken (LORC) 1987
  • 2006 01 944 Correspondence regarding donations to line and West Coast Line 1985-1988, 1992-1995

Medical bills

Sub-series consists of one file containing medical bills from dentists and doctors from Toronto, ON and Nanaimo, B.C.

Telephone bills

Sub-series consists of one file containing telephone bills for the Watson's home line in Nanaimo, B.C.

Income tax returns and records

Sub-series consists of three files containing income tax returns, payments and assessments submitted and received by Sheila Watson.

Files includes :

  • 2006 01 858 Income tax returns receipts and records 1968 - 1979
  • 2006 01 859 Income tax returns and receipts and records 1980 - 1989
  • 2006 01 860 (1) Income tax returns, receipts and records 1990 - 1997
  • 2006 01 860 (2) Income tax returns, receipts and records, 1990 - 1997

Banking records and personal loans

Sub-series consists of one file containing banking and legal information regarding a personal loan from Sheila Watson. Material such as bank books, chequebook receipts and statement updates from the Bank of Montreal was deaccessioned as it did not contain material of significant evidential or informational value.

Pension and insurance records

Sub-series consists of four files containing correspondence, payments and receipts relating to Watson's teachers pensions and life and property insurance policies.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 866 Canada Pension Plan invoices 1983 - 1997
  • 2006 01 867 Alberta Public Service Pension invoices and correspondence, 1966 - 1995
  • 2006 01 868 Teacher's Pensions Fund (Province of British Columbia) correspondence, 1949, 1955
  • 2006 01 869 Life and house insurance policies, 1961 - 1971

Income payments and honorariums

Sub-series consists of four files containing income receipts from various employers of Sheila Watson, as well as honorariums she received in payment of her professional activities as a writer and speaker.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 862 Canada Council honorariums and grants
  • 2006 01 863 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) honorariums and royalty receipts
  • 2006 01 864 University of Alberta paychecks and employment records
  • 2006 01 865 University of Toronto statements of earnings

University of Alberta teaching material

Sub-series consists of files containing correspondence, administrative documentation, lecture materials and handouts, student papers and material from Ph.D. students relating to Watson's employment at the University of Alberta, as a professor of English.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 714 University of Alberta administrative records, 1961 - 1975
  • 2006 01 715 University of Alberta interdepartmental correspondence, 1967-1975
  • 2006 01 716 University of Alberta correspondence post-retirement, 1978, 1984
  • 2006 01 717 Lecture handouts, class lists and bibliographies, [between 1961 - 1975]
  • 2006 01 718 Exam questions regarding Ezra Pound's Cantos [between 1961 - 1975]
  • 2006 01 719 Lecture notes by student for English 676, February 9, 1966
  • 2006 01 720 Evaluation of student in English 676, 1972
  • 2006 01 721 Student essays, 1961- 1975
  • 2006 01 722 Posters for Open Seminar Series in Literature, 1971-1972
  • 2006 01 723 Manuscript regarding thesis supervision of John David Mighton [ca. 1966]
  • 2006 01 724 Manuscript and note regarding thesis supervision of Peter C. Montgomery [ca. 1966]
  • 2006 01 725 Notes regarding thesis supervision of Margaret Gail Ossachoff, 1978
  • 2006 01 726 Notes and documentation regarding thesis supervision of Paul Tiessen, 1973-1974

University of Toronto teaching materials

Sub-series consists of three files containing correspondence, administrative records and class lists regarding Watson's career as a teaching fellow at the University of Toronto during her doctoral studies, and as a Research Associate during the academic term of 1968-1969, where she and her husband Wilfred Watson were at the Centre for Culture and Technology at St. Michael's College. During her fellowship at the Centre, Watson acted as a teaching and general assistant to McLuhan, and he and his secretary frequently forwarded correspondence to her to manage and respond to.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 711 Correspondence and administrative records from the University of Toronto, 1957 -1969
  • 2006 01 712 Forwarded correspondence, reading lists and notes by Marshall McLuhan, 1968 - 1969
  • 2006 01 713 Class lists for English 438 and English 1110, 1968-1969

Post-retirement teaching material

Sub-series consists of two files containing correspondence and thesis material relating to the post-retirement supervision of thesis students by Watson.

Files include:

  • 2006 01 727 Correspondence regarding the thesis examination of Shirley Swartz, 1976
  • 2006 01 728 Manuscript of draft thesis by Hildegard Tiessen, 1980

University of British Columbia teaching material

Sub-series consists of one file containing two notices of appointment of Watson as a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia for the 1949/50 and 1950/51 terms and a memo regarding examination returns.

Non-fiction manuscripts

Sub-series consists of typed and handwritten research notes and draft manuscripts and typescripts related to 22 works of nonfiction, including articles she published about her academic research on Wyndham Lewis, and personal interest in art, as well as articles related to her role as an educator and professor of English, and reflections on her life as a writer. They have been arranged chronologically, frequently relying on the publication dates of individual pieces, and the publication dates of works cited by Watson. Many of the typescripts are tentatively attributed to Watson, as they do not contain any attributive annotations or comments by her and do not appear to have been published. Works that have been accurately dated to a particular conference or public reading have been filed under the Public readings and conference material sub-series of the Professional activities series. Works such as introductions, prefaces, endorsements and blurbs written by Watson for other authors and publications have been filed under the Editorial and collaborative materials sub-series of the Professional activities series. There does not appear to be any surviving documentation for four of Watson's published articles: "Swift and Ovid: The Development of Metasatire

Manuscripts of novels

Sub-series consists of handwritten and typed drafts and manuscripts, metatext and relevant correspondence with editors related to Watson's two published novels, namely "Deep Hollow Creek" and "The Double Hook" and her unfinished unpublished novel "Landscape of the Moon". The files have been arranged by novel and then chronologically.

Manuscripts of short stories

Sub-series consists of handwritten and typed drafts and manuscripts of four of Watson's six published short stories, namely "Brother Oedipus", "Antigone", "The Rumble Seat" and "And the four animals..." and five unpublished short stories, featuring the characters Hania, Oedipus, Eurydice, Orpheus, Daedalus and Aesop, and a fragment of literary prose fictionalizing her experiences in Paris. There is no surviving documentation of Watson's first published short story "Rough Answer", which appeared in The Canadian Forum 18: 212 (September 1938): 178-180, nor "The Black Farm (A Modern Allegory)", which was first published in Queen's Quarterly 63:2 (Summer 1954): 220-228. The files have been arranged chronologically, frequently relying on the publishing dates of the short stories.

Manuscripts of poetry

Sub-series consists of four typescripts of a total of fourteen poems presumed to be Watson's. There is no surviving documentation of Watson's only published poem "The Barren Lands", (her name misspelled as "Theila Martin Doherty"), published in The Canadian Forum XV : 169 (October 1934): 20.