File consists of "Parallax, or Omar Khayam Coming", a film script, ca. 1969.
File consists of records and promotional material related to the CNC Reading Series, which started in 1969 and was organized by Barry McKinnon.
File consists of Brian Fawcett's diploma from his 1969 graduation from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Item is an audio recording of Radio Free Rain Forest.
Item is an audio recording of Canadian Poetry: Bowering/Newlove, Purdy/Birney.
File contains cards and letters concerning Mr. Birney's appearance at CNC and other matters dating from December 26, 1969 to January 11, 1972; includes newspaper clippings and miscellaneous textual material.
File contains one personal letter dated August 16, 1969.
File contains personal letters dating from April 17, 1969 to March 12, 1970.
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Ballsout: A Magazine of Unpleasant Verse and Impolite Prose", including issue 1.
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Pacific Nation", including issue 2.
File consists of records, correspondence, and promotional material related to various readings performed by Barry McKinnon.
Item is a photograph of Ray Williston planting a dogwood tree at the Museum’s grand opening on May 17, 1969. Behind Mr. Williston is NDP Leader Robert Strachan standing beside Premier W.A.C. Bennett. On the extreme left is Mr. George Wellbourn who donated all the equipment to the museum.
File consists of Barry McKinnon's thesis submitted for his Master of Arts in Creative Writing at UBC entitled "Pages from a Prairie Journal".
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Eclipse", including issue 1.
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Quun", a CNC newspaper, including volume 1 number 2 through volume 2 number 9.
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "The Tick", including volume 1 issue 1.
Photograph is a portrait of Earle Birney.
File contains one undated personal letter.
File contains one thank you letter.
File contains letters concerning poetry and other personal topics; includes a number of undated letters, two short stories, a letter from Mr. Robinson to Lally and miscellaneous textual material.
File contains one undated personal letter.
File contains an undated card expressing Season's Greetings signed by Allan, Paddy, [Glen] and Sonia.
File contains one undated personal letter.
File contains one undated letter about small presses in Canada.
File contains correspondence dating from July 25, 1970 to June 19, 1981 and from November 30, 1987 to September 5, 1989 concerning various personal topics and a review of Mr. McKinnon's I Wanted To Say Something. File also includes Andy Suknaski's introduction to I Wanted to Say Something, 1990, second edition printing; typescript of Suknaski poems, poetry manuscript drafts and photocopied pages from Mr. Suknaski's diary, newspaper clippings, photocopies of drawings by Mr. Suknaski and a letter to Dennis Lee from Mr. Suknaski regarding Barry McKinnon's poetry.
Photograph is a government portrait of John Newlove.
Audio recording consistinf of a reading by Ken Belford from the book Fireweed, and from Social Education. He concludes with a selection of more recent poems.
Item is an audio recording of Jim Brown - The Poem Show pilot.
Item is an audio recording of Reading in Terrace by McKinnon, Gilbert, Culley, and Stanley.
Item is an audio recording of Open Reading: Words, Loves.
Item is an audio recording of Open Reading: Words, Loves with Robert Creeley.
Item is an unknown audio recording.
Item is an audio recording of Reading by Marilyn Bowering.
Item is an audio recording of Reading from The Kiss, The Suicide, Across Town, The Work, Sign Language: Anyway Who Cares, and Old Loggers.
Item is an unknown audio recording.
Item is an audio recording of Sid Murray reading in Prince George.
Item is an audio recording of music.
Item is an audio recording of Brad Robinson poetry reading, March 17, 1970.
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "First Encounter".
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "IO", including issue 12.
File consists of promotional material for Talon Books.
File consists of promotional material for Miscellaneous literary publishers.
File consists of Newspapers on the history of Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser, etc.:
- Nechako Chronicle Historical Supplement: "Vanderhoof Village Incorporated 1936" (p.9 - 16) (April 2, 1970)
- Nechako Chronicle Historical Supplement: "Village of Fort St. James Incorporated December 1952" (p.25 - 30; 17-20) (April 2, 1970)
- Nechako Chronicle Historical Supplement: "Municipality of Fraser Lake Incorporated 1966" (p.41-44; 31-34) (April 2, 1970)
- Nechako Chronicle Historical Supplement: "Endako Mines Ltd. (N.P.L.)" (35-40) (April 2, 1970)
- Nechako Chronicle Historical Supplement: "1920-1970, 50 Year Review, The Nechako Chronicle" (p.1 - 8) (April 2, 1970).
File consists of material relating to Edward R. Gosnell. Gosnell was the first Provincial Librarian from 1893 to 1898 and also the first Provincial Archivist from 1908 to 1910. He wrote one of the earliest histories of British Columbia. Research materials include reproductions of photographs from BC Archives and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:
- Reproduction of photograph from BC Archives depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Track layer laying steel from Kitselos to Hazelton", 1913
- Reproduction of photograph from BC Archives depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, [191-??]
Photograph depicts Brett Enemark as Charles Olson.
Photograph depicts Jesse Fawcett as a baby.
Item is a photograph of Ray Williston at a banquet hosted by Sanyo Pulp Ltd. in May 1970. Mr. Williston is flanked by Vern Stothert of Stothert Veco Consultants Ltd., who designed BC Forest products’ mill in Mackenzie and Margaret Nagy, who was scouting financing for a pulp mill in Bella Coola.
File contains a personal letter dated March 17th.
File contains a letter concerning the sale of books.
File contains one letter concerning a printing press, the sale of a manual and other personal topics.