A1990-064: The Thistledown Press Ltd. fonds documents all of the activities of this Saskatoon-based literary publishing house from its inception in 1975 until 1985. Its business records consist of daily office journals (1977-1985), budgets, business correspondence (with granting institutions, governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta, arts councils and literary presses), legal, accounting, marketing and taxation records.

Of the fonds' important literary holdings, there are a substantial number of original manuscripts and a collection of every book published by Thistledown Press at the time of processing the fonds (101 titles in all, many of which are in both hardcover and softcover). These are all in mint condition (some are signed) and have been included after each series of manuscripts.

Also included are submission and rejection records, literary correspondence with poets, editors and other writers, author tours, workshops and book launchings. The overall coverage of the fonds is its greatest strength. The number of original manuscripts is most significant. Contained in literary correspondence records are letters from such luminaries as Earle Birney, W.P. Kinsella, Robert Kroetsch, Margaret Laurence, Dorothy Livesay, John Newlove and Alden Nowlan.

The Thistledown Press Photograph Collection consists mainly of authors' photographs as they appeared in the published books. In some cases there are photographs which were used in the book itself. The collection is fairly complete until the early-1980s. The records indicate at the beginning of press, author's and book photographs were retained, but by the early-1980s, they were routinely returned to authors.

A2001-036: The Thistledown Press collection documents all of the activities of this Saskatoon-based literary publishing house from 1975 until 2001. Non-literary records include business correspondence (with granting institutions, governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta, arts councils and literary presses), legal records and promotional material. Of the collection's important literary holdings, there are a substantial number of original manuscripts and a collection of every book published by Thistledown Press from 1987-2001 (142 titles in all, primarily in softcover). These are all in mint condition (some are signed). Also included are submission and rejection records, literary correspondence with poets, editors and other writers, book reviews, author tours, workshops and book launchings. The overall coverage of the collection is its greatest strength. The number of original manuscripts is most significant.

The fonds consists of 45 one-hour audiotaped interviews of several well-known Canadian writers. Professor David Arnason and Wayne Tefs conducted these interviews between 1975 and 1977 for the radio program Canadian Writers Symposium. Many of the interviews are distinctly biographical in nature and revealing of the life and creativity of the individual writers. A few of the interviews have been transcribed. Included are interviews of Milton Acorn, George Bowering, Paul Hiebert, Pat Lane, Daphne Marlott, W.O. Mitchell, P.K. Page, Al Purdy, William Valgardson, Adele Wiseman, and many more.

Consists of records relating to her art career, including correspondence, financial records, awards, photos, videos, research and documents concerning exhibitions.

The fonds consists of an unbound typescript of an unpublished work on Canadian hockey entitled Watching the Boys of Winter.

The fonds are divided into six series. They include:
Biographical information
Lists of bird calls
Bird calls audio tapes & CDs
Commercially produced CDs
Vinyl discs, & audio cassettes
CDs produced by other people

The papers of NeWest Press document the activities of a small regional press that has concentrated on producing quality works of literary fiction, poetry and drama as well as non-fiction works on a wide variety of topics.

The collection is arranged in eleven series. The first five series contain administrative and business records and correspondence of NeWest Press. Series six and seven are devoted to two related organizations, the NeWest Review and the NeWest Institute.

The eighth, and largest, series is made up of manuscripts and related files that document the publishing output of NeWest from its inception in 1977 to the early 1990s. The records relating to specific books are organized alphabetically by author or, in the case of an anthology, by title. Most, but not all, of the books published by NeWest are represented by some sort of documentation, ranging from manuscripts and corrected drafts to correspondence and promotional files.

The ninth series contains files regarding proposed book projects that were not completed by NeWest. The tenth series contains unsolicited manuscript proposals and their accompanying rejection letters.

The final series consists of electronic records, including manuscripts, office file backups and systems disks. Since the Archives lacks the technological resources to access all of these records, they have only been partially processed.

This fonds comprises some of the publications by Icelandic scholar Erlendur Haraldsson regarding parapsychological and deathbed phenomena such as mediums, reincarnation, and other experiences surrounding death, including books, article offprints, and a bibliography to 2014. Fonds also includes an Icelandic-language biography of Haraldsson and digital versions of the images found in his biography of Indridi Indridasson.

The fonds consist of approximately 5,110 negatives (3 per strip) taken by Jon Thordarson during his time as a photographer for the Winnipeg Tribune. The negatives document the Winnipeg Jets hockey team from 1974 to 1980. Almost all the negatives involve hockey and majority of those include the Jets.

Box 1 contains 55 envelopes containing approximately 1870 negatives.
Box 2 contains 108 envelopes containing approximately 3240 negatives.

The fonds consists of Evelyn Shapiro's articles, speeches, correspondence, the history of the implementation of Universal Home Care Program in Manitoba and her involvement in the Civic Reform Coalition.

A2009-006 consists of 8 series. They include: Biographical & family material, published & unpublished manuscripts, copies of MacDonald's books, poems, shortstories, articles & screenplays, correspondence, day planners, photographs & tapes.

A2011-079 consists of print and digital drafts of MacDonald's published and unpublished work, notes, correspondence, and research pertaining to those works, scrapbooks containing clippings related to MacDonald and his work, audio cassettes containing radio plays written by MacDonald, DVD copies of the film adaptation of MacDonald's book Juliana and the Medicine Fish, and CD-RWs containing photographs and text documents.

A2012-002 consists of notebooks containing research for several of MacDonald's books; three photographs; personal correspondence; audio cassettes containing radio adaptations of MacDonald's works and messages from MacDonald's answering machine; a VHS copy of an American Experience episode about spiritualism and Harry Houdini; digital copies of notes, research, and drafts of MacDonald's work on floppy disks and a rewritable compact disc; medals received by MacDonald; and a cork from MacDonald's fortieth birthday celebration.

The fonds consists of drafts, correspondence, submissions, scripts of lectures delivered at conferences, and unpublished material.

The 2012 accession (2012-068) consists of 8 series that include correspondence, manuscripts, indexes, and other materials related to the publication of works and anthologies edited by David Kent, including Lighting up the Terrain: The Poetry of Margaret Avison, Hugh Anson-Cartwright, Bookseller: A Celebration, and Christian Poetry in Canada. The accession also consists of correspondence with writers and poets, including Douglas Lochhead, Robert Finch, Richard Outram, and George Johnston, relating to their contributions to anthologies edited by David Kent, and the St. Thomas Poetry Series. Finally, the fonds includes a series of electronic records related to the material in the collection.

The second accession (2015-076) consists of 6 series. The series are based upon correspondence and other material related to books edited and co-edited by David Kent, including the books Romantic Parodies and Regency Radical, the St. Thomas Poetry Series, a memoir by Sister Constance Murphy, the books The Achievement of Christina Rossetti and Selected Prose of Christina Rossetti, and correspondence with Nicholas Rossetti.

The fonds consists of translations and other reports related to the investigation of Tesla's work.

The 1979 accession consists of drafts and the final copy of a paper titled "Manitoba Architecture to 1940, a Bibliography." It was compiled by Jill Wade for the University of Manitoba Libraries.

The 2005 accession consists of copies of textual material by and about the architect Arthur Erickson, including his letters home during trips through Europe in the 1950s and 1960s.

The fonds consists of documents surrounding the Manitoba Libraries Association's (MLA) campaign to increase library funding in the province. The fonds includes MLA minutes, personal letters, association letters, and newspaper clippings. The tape collection (TC 44) consists of 1 audio cassette. The photograph collection consists of 16 photographs (PC 60) and 32 slides (PC 61).

The fonds consists of professional and personal correspondence, drafts and manuscripts of published and unpublished works, material related to conferences attended and speeches given, copies of published writings, academic papers, publications, photographs, and audio cassettes. The photograph collection consists of 16 photographs. The tape collection consists of 28 audio-cassettes and 6 audio reels.

This fonds consists of 5 pencil sketches done by Andy Henwood in Toronto in [1972?]: two preliminary and a final sketch of “Philip” the imaginary ghost (TSPR experiments), and a preliminary and final sketch of an unknown woman (possibly either “Margot” or “Dorothea”, “Philip”’s love interests).

The fonds contains several type-written letters from Dr. Paul Hiebert to Doreen Klassen. It also includes Klassen's paper entitled "Reflections on Dr. Paul Hiebert," which she presented at the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society meeting in 1987.

The 2005-2010 accessions of the fonds are divided into eleven series: curriculum vitae, published articles, notes and correspondence for the translation of Rare and Commonplace Flowers, correspondence regarding Uncommon Wealth, correspondence and contributors' submissions to the Carol Shields issue of Prairie Fire and to Carol Shields: The Arts of a Writing Life, reading scripts for unpublished lectures and addresses, an unpublished short story and unpublished novel, a file marked "miscellaneous" by donor that contains cards, certificates, poems and some correspondence, letters to donor from writers and critics, two colour photographs, and copies of books written or edited by the donor.

The 2014 accession (A14-71) is divided into nine series consisting of clippings, correspondence, speeches, professional writing, published works and photographs.

The 2005 accession is compiled into five series. The first series is comprised of biographical information, including Condie's curriculum vitae. The second series contains Condie's personal and professional correspondence. The third series is divided into six sub-series consisting of individual films: Oh, Sure (1972), Getting Started (1979), Pigbird (1982), The Big Snit (1985), The Apprentice (1991), and La Salla (1996). The material within these sub-series includes award notifications, film industry and newspaper reviews, exhibition programs, animation cels, backgrounds, layouts, and dope sheets, as well as publication and periodical information pertaining to Condie's career in animation. Scans of photographs make up the fourth series. A videocassette (VHS) of a compilation of Condie's work for the National Film Board of Canada concludes the series.

The 2006 accession consists of approximately 100 painted cels from the film The Big Snit as well as two backgrounds created by Richard Condie's sister, Sharon Condie, for the same film. The 2011 accession consists of painted cels from the films Heartland and the Big Snit, as well as two videocassettes of Heartland and The Apprentice. The fonds is compiled into two series, the first entitled Animation Cels: Painted Cels and the second PC 196. The 2018 accessions A.18-086 and A.18-087 consist of cels from The Big Snit and accession A.18-100 has textual records of promotional material, clippings and publications relating to Richard Condie.

This fonds consists of research for and drafts of Thomas's long- and short-form fiction work, as well as copies of her published work. Correspondence with editors, friends, and fans is also included, as are records and information from Thomas's visits to academic conferences and the Banff Centre for the Arts. As well, a digital copy of material found on Thomas's website is included.

The fonds consists of typed correspondence, outlines, drafts, and hand-written notes all pertaining to the writing process and research for Child Development: Selected Readings (1973).

This fonds contains certificates, correspondence, meeting agenda and minutes, study course outlines, leaflets, newsletters, séance records and other ephemera, photographs, and other records from the personal files of Joe and Lillian Bain. It also includes several folders of material from the Survival Research Institute of Canada correspondence and research files relating to the Bains. Photocopies of the 2 envelopes were made on 8 June 2015.

The fonds consists of a photocopy of a typescript (13 leaves) entitled "Profiles in Canadian Literature: Frederick Philip Grove," written by Henry Makow. The fonds also contains an edited collection of Frederick Philip Grove's letters with commentary by H. Makow entitled "Letters from Eden: Grove's Creative Rebirth."

The fonds consists of one 7 inch reel-to-reel tape recording which contains oral histories or historic interviews with "old timer" farmers including Mr. Gardner, Mr. Rich, Mr. Young, and other residents of Cypress River, Manitoba and Littleton, Manitoba. The oral histories were conducted by Morley Young. They discuss homesteading and the very earliest grain farming in the region (1820-1920), hardships, changing economics, social life and recreation, fiddling, and family life.

This fonds consists of William T. Metzger's correspondence with William B. Payne; William Payne's drawings (organized into files by numbers), and writings (descriptive, automatic).

The fonds consists of a photocopy of a letter of condolence from Governor-General Ronald Michener to James C. Irvine on the death of Senator Irvine, photocopies of three obituary notices, and a brochure on the Senate Chamber showing Senator Irvine's seat.

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, and financial accounts which have been arranged chronologically.

The fonds consists of correspondence, research material, and music sources for Opera Omnia Pierre de la Rue, material collected during T.H. Keahey's teaching career at the University of Manitoba, and his numerous editions of 18th and 19th century oboe concertos. The fonds also features records about Ivory Echoes Library, programs, performances, Delores Keahey's study and edits of J.C. Bach's music, and rare manuscript editions for Ivory Echoes Chamber Music Series performances. Music manuscripts and rare edited editions are also available in electronic format.

A2000-017 consists of correspondence; minutes; reports; constitution and bylaws; membership lists; financial statements of the association; newsletters; media records; and oversize records.

A2002-062 consists of general files; minutes; financial records; reports; and other documents.