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- 1964-2011; predominantly 1980-1995 (Creation)
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12.4 m of textual records
2 digital files (168 KB)
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Series 3 extensively documents the research, writing and publishing of Clarkson and McCall’s award winning book Trudeau and Our Times: The Magnificent Obsession (McClelland & Stewart, 1990) and its second volume Trudeau and Our Times: The Heroic Delusion (McClelland & Stewart, 1994). Records spanning nearly two decades include notes, research material, drafts and manuscripts for the two volume publication. Also included are correspondence, grant applications, news articles, and publication contracts, as well as promotion tour schedules, notes, addresses and pamphlets. There are also contracts, correspondence and edits pertaining to the French translation.
Notes and research material cover a number of topics connected with the Trudeau years. Most notably there are several notes from interviews conducted by Stephen Clarkson and Christina McCall with Trudeau and other politicians, mandarins and Liberal party insiders. Finally there is also correspondence, invitations and notes regarding the Governor General Award for Non Fiction that Clarkson and McCall won in 1990 for Volume 1.
Digital files from B2019-0003 consists of an interview with Clarkson from 2011 about the writing of the book.
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Files titles where possible have been retained. ETE refers to “End of the Trudeau Era” which was the working title throughout the entire project. This series is arranged as follows: Research notes by topic (boxes 017 – 026), Interview notes (boxes 026-027), Drafts Vol 1 (boxes 028-030), Drafts Vol 2 including writing notes (boxes 031-040), French Translation records (boxes 040-041) and publication records Vol 1 and Vol 2 including the Governor General’s Award (boxes 041-044)
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File list available in PDF finding aid - see Appendix 3