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Subseries contains draft manuscripts of short stories included in the "Secret Journal of Alexander Mackenzie" short story anthology. Also includes a published edition of the work and research notes.

File contains a published edition of "The Secret Journal of Alexander Mackenzie".

Video recording consists of a personal recording of the show "The Public Mind" with Bill Moyers, which Fawcett possibly used for research purposes. Moyers hosts 2 documentaries: "Consuming Images" on the effect of TV, ads and consumerism in North American and its impact on democracy, beauty and truth; use of digital technology and how it creates beauty for the fashion/publishing industry. Second documentary "Leading Questions" looks at how industry has learned to appeal to our emotions to get consumers to purchase what they think they need. The show looks at behavioural surveys done by large corporations to get their products purchased and how advertising and marketing is crucial to influencing consumers.

File contains a notebook with a draft of "The Opening: Prince George, Finally".

Subseries consists of draft manuscripts and a published edition of "The Opening: Prince George, Finally".

File contains a published edition of "The Opening: Prince George, Finally".

File contains a final draft manuscript of "The Opening: Prince George, Finally".

File contains a draft manuscript of "The Opening: Prince George, Finally".

File contains the "unexpurgated text of The Compact Garden" with "the unedited smart-alec remarks and occasional swear words" which Fawcett titled "The Off-The-Wall Gardener: A Non-expert Gardening Approach to Civilization in the 1990s".

Video recording consists of a recorded episode of the CBC show "The Nature of Things with David Suzuki: Cyberman", which Fawcett possibly used for research purposes.

File consists of draft manuscripts of "The Millennium Dictionary", which were early 1992 drafts of "Disbeliever's Dictionary".

File contains work by Fawcett entitled "The Middle Distance".

File contains a "festschrift for Barry McKinnon on the occasion of his induction into the Arts Gallery of Honour by the Community Arts Council of Prince George and District, February 3, 2001". Includes pieces by Brian Fawcett.

File consists of "The Life of Brian", an anthology of descriptions of Brian Fawcett written by his friends on the occasion of his 50th birthday.

File consists of a publishing proposal for "The Laughing Gardener", a revised and updated version of "The Compact Garden".

Subseries consists of early manuscripts for "The Last of the Lumbermen" entitled "Weaver Bathgate".

File consists of an edition of the publication "The Last Great Forest: Japanese Multinationals and Alberta's Northern Forests" that was used to research for "Virtual Clearcut".

Video recording consists of a movie directed by Peter Lynch for the National Film Board entitled "The Herd" about caribou herding.

File consists of an edition of the publication "The Greening of Canada: Federal Institutions and Decisions" that was used to research for "Virtual Clearcut".

File consists of draft manuscripts of "The Dissenter's Dictionary", which were 1997 drafts of "Disbeliever's Dictionary".

File consists of a galley copy "The Disbeliever's Dictionary".

File consists of an edited advance copy of "The Disbeliever's Dictionary".

File consists of draft manuscripts of "The Disbeliever's Dictionary".

Subseries consists of draft manuscripts of "The Disbeliever's Dictionary: A Gleefully Disrespectful Lexicon of Canada Today". Also includes a published edition of the work.

File contains a published 1997 edition of "The Disbeliever's Dictionary: A Gleefully Disrespectful Lexicon of Canada Today".

Subseries consists of draft manuscripts of "The Compact Garden". Also includes a published edition of the work and a publishing proposal for "The Laughing Gardener", a 1999 proposed revision of "The Compact Garden".

File contains a published edition of "The Compact Garden: Discovering the Pleasures of Planting in a Small Space".

File consists of a 3.5-inch floppy disk containing Brian Fawcett's digital records.

Video recording consists of a personal recording of the CBC show "The Big Life", which Fawcett possibly used for research purposes. Hosted by Daniel Richler, this show includes segments on pop culture; beauty in culture; importance of physical appearance which determines level of success in society. Also includes a segment on Cambodia travelogue.

Photograph depicts Terry Nimmons on Gabriola Island.

File consists of an edition of the publication "Talk and Log: Wilderness Politics in British Columbia, 1965-96" that was used to research for "Virtual Clearcut".

File consists of a 3.5-inch floppy disk containing Brian Fawcett's digital records.

File consists of miscellaneous poetry manuscripts, many of which are untitled and unidentified, which Fawcett identifies as "suppressed poems". Fawcett stopped publishing poetry after 1982, although he did not stop producing it.

File consists of a 3.5-inch floppy disk containing Brian Fawcett's digital records.

Photograph depicts Stuart Wilson and Nina Norgan.

Photograph depicts Stony Lake.

Photograph depicts Stephen Reid, Henry Hoekema, Tom Elton, and Susan Musgrave at the wedding of Brian Fawcett and Nancy Boyd.

Photograph depicts Stephen Reid, Henry Hoekema, Tom Elton, and Susan Musgrave at the wedding of Brian Fawcett and Nancy Boyd.

Photograph depicts Stephen Reid and Brian Fawcett at William Head Prison.

Photograph depicts Stephen Reid and Brian Fawcett at William Head Prison.

Photograph depicts Statue of headless soldier in London, Ontario, shown to Fawcett by poet Stan Dragland.

File contains drafts for speeches and lectures given by Brian Fawcett.

Series consists of 36 audio cassettes and 1 audio reel of interviews and readings prepared for radio broadcast by Brian Fawcett and others.

Audio recording is a radio play entitled "Soul Walker", which was run on CBC radio in 1994. The radio play is based on Brian Fawcett’s novel "Public Eye."

Item is a notebook written by Brian Fawcett entitled "Smoker's Book".

File contains an early draft of "The Compact Garden" entitled "Small Lot Urban Gardening".

File consists of a 3.5-inch floppy disk containing Brian Fawcett's digital records.

Photograph depicts sleeping dogs, likely Nancy Boyd's dogs Agnes and Orlando.

File consists of Brian Fawcett's diploma from his 1969 graduation from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Photograph depicts Sign on bar door.