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File consists of two typed pages of a short story beginning with a quotation from the Gospel of Thomas and featuring a female character Hania. This short story is presumed to be written by Watson as it does not contain any annotations or signatures by her.

Series consists of Watson's correspondence with others. It has been divided into two sub-series; namely:

1. Outgoing Correspondence
2. Incoming Correspondence

Correspondence that relates directly to Watson's writing, publishing, academic responsibilities, editorial projects and collaborations have been filed in appropriate series, namely Manuscripts and drafts series; Publishing and business correspondence; Professional activities material series; Teaching material series; and Student material series.

Series consists of correspondence, research materials and drafts related to Watson's role as an editor, contributor and consultant to the works of other publications, cultural bodies and creative efforts, all functions resulting from her professional role as an author and educator. The series is divided into 3 sub-series:

1. Editorial, collaborative and contributive materials.
2. Canada Council papers.
3. Public readings, interviews and conference material.

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.

Series consists of legal and financial records accumulated by Watson in the course of her life, including royalties from her publishing, property deeds, last wills and testaments from family members, employment records, tax records, purchase invoices and receipts and other bills and financial information.
Sub-series include:

1. Tax records and returns
2. Banking records and personal loans
3. Payments and honorariums
4. Pension and insurance records
5. Telephone records
6. Medical bills
7. Receipts and invoices for book dealers, art galleries and periodicals
8. Miscellaneous invoices and receipts
9. Land deeds
10. Last wills and testaments

Series consists of ephemeral material accumulated by Watson in the course of her activities, including six photographs of unidentified persons and subjects, divided into four sub-series:

1. Ephemera and memorabilia collected in Paris
2. Blank postcards
3. Loose notes, uninfected photographs, jottings and ephemera
4. Ephemera found in Watson Library books

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.

Fonds consists of journals, literary manuscripts, correspondence, teaching and student materials, reference materials, business and financial records; and personal photographs and objects of the author and professor of English, Sheila Watson. Also consists of collections of correspondence purchased and preserved by Watson for the purpose of her doctoral thesis and personal interest in the painter and author Wyndham Lewis.
The Sheila Watson fonds series consist of:
1.0. Diaries, reading journals and day planners
2.0. Manuscripts and drafts
3.0. General correspondence
4.0. Publishing records and business correspondence
5.0. Professional activities materials
6.0. Student material
7.0. Teaching material
8.0. Research and reference materials
9.0. Financial and legal records
10.0. Personal photographs
11.0. Personal records, artwork and artifacts
Ephemera
12.0
The White Pelican editorial material sous-fonds (the records of Watson's role as editor of her literary journal) series consists of :
1.0. Editorial Records
2.0. Financial Records
3.0. Design and printing records
4.0. Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence, legal agreements, royalty statements, permission requests and other materials related to Watson's insolvent in publishing her own works of literature, solicitations from publishers to submit work, requests to adapt her work for film, theatre and radio, as well as her support and patronage of other publishing efforts. The series has been arranged alphabetically by publisher name or by primary correspondent. More general correspondence from publishers and periodicals regarding book purchases and subscription renewals can be found in the Financial and legal materials series.

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Watson in the course of her research for various creative and academic activities, as well as material preserved by Watson for her own personal reference. This includes 3 sub-series:

1. Reading notebooks
2. Reading, research and reference notes
3. Collected material

Series consists of 21 files of address books, diplomas, medals, awards and honorary degrees; artwork and drawings by herself and others; rosaries and other items and objects belonging to Sheila Watson.

File list includes:

Box 61

• 2006 01 952 Baptismal Certificate, 1909
• 2006 01 953 Address book [after 1957]
• 2006 01 954 Address book [between 1958 and 1961]
• 2006 01 955 Address book [after 1978]
• 2006 01 956 Address book [June 1961]
• 2006 01 957 Address book [after 1962]
• 2006 01 958 Address book [ca. 1979]
• 2006 01 959 Address book [between 1978 and 1979]
• 2006 01 960 Address book [ca. April 16, 1979]
• 2006 01 961 Address book [ca. 1981]
• 2006 01 962 Address book [after 1981]
• 2006 01 963 Address book [between 1985 and 1993]

Box 62

• 2006 01 964 Material regarding 1965 University of Toronto convocation, 1965
• 2006 01 965 Documents and award regarding Canada Silver Jubilee Medal, 1977
• 2006 01 966 Lorne Pierce Medal from the Royal Society of Canada, May 29, 1984
• 2006 01 967 Correspondence and certificate from the Federation of British Columbia Writers, 1987
• 2006 01 968 Honourary Degree, University of St. Michael's College, 1995
• 2006 01 969 Doherty and Martin family records
• 2006 01 970 Drawings and paintings by Sheila Watson [after 1948]
• 2006 01 971 Drawings and paintings by other artists belonging to Watson
• 2006 01 972 Personal effects and belongings [after 1941]

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.

Series consists of Watson's written material, including early drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs, metatext and relevant correspondence with editors, including the following sub-series:

1. Novels
2. Short stories
3. Poetry
4. Non-fiction

File consists of correspondence from Malcolm Waddell on behalf of Eskind Waddell, soliciting an essay from Watson for a proposed millennium book.

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

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

File consists of correspondence from various staff members of McClelland and Stewart Limited, which published "The Double Hook" in 1959 and "Deep Hollow Creek" in 1992, including royalty statements, contracts, solications for new material, requests for opinions on submitted manuscripts, information about Wyndham Lewis, changes of the cover art for "The Double Hook"(includes promotional flyer of cover design by Frank Newfeld in file 1 of 5) and newsclippings and book reviews following Watson's nomination for the Governor General's Award for "Deep Hollow Creek". Correspondents include Avie Bennett, Steve Burrows, Adrienne Clarkson, Maggie Dowling, G.T. Feilding, Douglas M. Gibson, M. Hodgeman, Sybil Hutchinson, Valerie A. Jacobs, J. Jerman, Judi Lavita, Helen Marshall, Jack McClelland, Mary Mills, Lily Poritz Miller, Claire Pratt, J.A. Rankin, Carol Ricketts, Laurence H. Ritchie, Judith Robinson, Ellen Seligman, Lynn Shannon, Jennifer Shepherd, Jose Tomkins, S.J. Tooton, Lorene Wilson, as well as copied correspondence from Alfons Gilund of Tidens Forlag (Stockholm, Sweden); Sam Koplowicz; David Rapsey; and Thomas Rosethal of Thames and Hudson International Ltd. Also includes five copies of typed letters by Watson sent to G.T. Feilding and Jack McClelland in the 1960s regarding negotiations with the CBC to adapt "The Double Hook" and her attempts to secure an American publisher for the novel.

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

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

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

File consists of correspondence from Stan Bevington, Sarah Evans, Carolyn Guertin, Clifford James, Margaret McClintock, Karen Mac Cormack, David McFadden, Sarah Sheard and Karen Shook on behalf of Coach House Press, regarding royalty statements and reprint premissions regarding her short story collections published by the press, as well as solications for her translations of Madeleine Ferron's stories and correspondence from HBJ-Holt, Heather Jones, Lester & Orpen Dennys, Gerald Lynch, regarding publishing rights forwarded to Watson by Coach House staff. Also includes a page of editorial corrections by Watson of the 1985 edition of "Five Stories".

File consists of correspondence from Gwen Hoover and Jean-Yves Soucy of the Public Lending Right Commission.

File consists of a letter from Francesca Romana Paci, the Italian translator of "The Double Hook", sending a copy of the work ("Il Doppio Amo") published by Pugitopo Editrice.

File consists of a notebook containing 191 pages of diary entries regarding her friendships, telephone calls she received, visitors, her surroundings, current events, and the publishing of "Deep Hollow Creek"; reading notes on subjects such as Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, Glenn Gould, Marshall McLuhan, biblical studies, psychology and Greek; bibliographic references, and a large amount of ephemera.

File consists of correspondence from Branko Gorjup, asking for Watson's permission to include "Antigone" in his Italian translations of Canadian short fiction, to be published by Supernova publishers in Venice, Italy.

File consists of a letter from Nancy S. Ennis on behalf of Harcourt Brace Canada, requesting permission to reprint Watson's translations of Madeleine Ferron's short story "Le peuplement de la terre" (translated as "Be Fruitful and Multiply"), for a college textbook.

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.

File consists of a letter from Brian McGugan, inquiring about the film rights to "The Double Hook", and including a 49 page playscript "The Man With The Jelly Mask" and newspaper clippings of his theatre work.

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

File consists of correspondence from Paul D. Corbett and Dan Wickenden, on behalf of Harcourt Brace and World Inc., addressed to Marshall McLuhan (presumably forwarded to Watson), regarding his submission of "The Double Hook" for publication, as well as the typed copy of a letter from Sheila Watson addressed to Prof. Cleanth Brooks regarding his response to the manuscript (also sent to him by McLuhan), and her plans to submit it to Harcourt Brace.

File consists of a letter from Stephen Ross, inquiring about the film rights to "The Double Hook".

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

Series consists of 29 diaries, dated reading journals and day planners created and preserved by Watson during her adult life. These materials contain fragments of her creative writing; drawings in graphite, coloured pencil and ink; reading notes and language exercies; collected ephemera; recordings of her daily activities and financial transactions; and reflections on her experiences, emotions, relationships and surroundings.
In general Watson kept confessional and reflective diaries from 1954/55 to about 1957. When she moved to Toronto in 1956 to persue her doctoral studies, Watson began to keep what can be best described as reading journals, dated notes pertaining to books she was reading interspersed with short diary entries regarding her correspondence, her observations of her surroundings and her academic experiences. After she moved to Edmonton to teach at the University of Alberta, and upon her retirement in Nanaimo, Watson's recorded thoughts become more infrequent. In her later life, Watson appears to have purchased commercial day planners to record her daily activities and financial translations.
It is apparent that Watson kept journals during her early teaching career in Cariboo Country in British Columbia. However, it seems she destroyed these at a later period.

File consists of correspondence from Heather Lange, I.M. Owen, Pat Sillers, W.E. Toye, and Phillis Wilson on behalf of Oxford University Press Canada, regarding the reproduction rights to Watson's short story "Antigone", including a copy of a typed letter from Watson.

File consists of correspondence from George Sanderson, editor of The Antigonish Review.

File consists of a notebook containing 5 pages of very brief journal entries regarding Watson's stay in the hospital following an accident, recording medical issues and financial transactions. Most entries are blank or very short.

File consists of a commercial day planner containing 6 pages of 8 brief journal entries regarding Watson's visitors, correspondence, financial transactions and the publishing of "Deep Hollow Creek", recorded between January 2 and February 26.

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.

File consists of an advance copy of "Deep Hollow Creek", including a letter from Ellen Seligman, Watson's editor, and two pages of corrections by Watson.

File consists of correspondence from Ellen Seligman, Editorial Director, Fiction, at McClelland & Stewart Publishing regarding her editing of Sheila Watson's "Deep Hollow Creek", including an undated xerox facsimilie.

File consists of correspondence from Mary Albert and Carl [Bessai?] on behalf of NeWest Press regarding new publications.

File consists of four pages of hand-written editorial comments and corrections by Sheila Watson of her novel "Deep Hollow Creek". It is not clear at which stage of the editorial process she made these notes.

File consists of a 140 pages including a letter from Ellen Seligman, Watson's editor at McClelland & Stewart, and the page proofs for "Deep Hollow Creek", containing annotations regarding typography and the arrangement of text.

File consists of correspondence from Kirsten Hanson on behalf of Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers, regarding Watson's permission to include her English translation of Madeleine Ferron's short story "Be Fruitful and Multiply"(originally "Le peuplement de la terre") in the anthology "From Ink Lake", edited by Michael Ondaatje.

File consists of a 143 page photocopied typescript of Deep Hollow Creek heavily annotated by both Watson and Ellen Seligman, an editor from McClelland & Stewart, as well as correspondence from Seligman, a six page mock-up of front matter for the published book, eight pages of editorial comments from Seligman and a 30-page photocopy of Watson's hand-written comments and edits.

File consists of a 141 pages including a letter from Ellen Seligman, Watson's editor at McClelland & Stewart, and annotated page proofs for "Deep Hollow Creek", containing annotations regarding further editorial concerns with time and sequencing and proposed changes to the text.

File consists of correspondence from Donna Bennett and Helen Hacksel on behalf of Descant regarding the journal's twentieth anniversary and Watson's donation of several books of poetry by Wilfred Watson.

File consists of nine pages of foolscap paper containing handwritten editorial comments and corrections by Sheila Watson of her novel "Deep Hollow Creek". It appears these notes were made in response to editorial comments and queries by Ellen Seligman sent to Watson on December 31, 1991, based on the page coding used by Watson.

File consists of a letter from Barbara Freeze on behalf of The Canadian National Institute for the Blind, regarding Watson's agreement to allow "The Double Hook" to be freely transcribed into sound recordings and braille.