Photograph depicts Audrey Thomas at "Words, Loves" conference.
File consists of "Aurora at the Wheel: A review of Sharon Thesen's 'Aurora'", ca. 1995.
Photograph is an author photograph of Barry McKinnon for "Arrythmia".
File consists of manuscripts by authors unknown.
File consists of material related to literary awards won by Barry McKinnon over the course of his writing career. Includes clippings and correspondence related to his nomination for the Governor General's Award for Poetry for "The the" (1982), the Malahat Review Award of Excellence for Broadside Design and Letterpress Printing (1982), and the bp Nichol Chap-Book Award for "Arrythmia" (1995).
Photograph depicts Baby Sophie.
Photograph depicts a baby, possibly Thea Bowering.
File consists of:
- Handwritten notes
- Handwritten quotations on envelopes and pieces of paper
- "Ireland" - Handwritten notes
- Typewritten draft with handwritten annotations entitled "George IV"
- Twenty pages of handwritten notes re: George IV
- Typewritten partial manuscript: 1."William the Conqueror"; 2. "William the Second"; 3. "Henry the First"; 4. "Stephen"*Typewritten partial manuscript: "Preface: All you ever wanted to know about English history but were too bored to ask"; "The Beginnings"; "The Normans"
- Handwritten notes re: English history
- Typewritten draft with handwritten annotations: "Preface"; "Chapter One"; "Chapter Two"; "Henry the Second"
- Typewritten draft: "A Royal Closet: Chapter One"
- Typewritten draft with handwritten annotations: "Chapter One"
- Typewritten draft: "Two" (pages 3-8)
- Handwritten notes re: Chapter Two.
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Baker's Dozen".
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Ballsout: A Magazine of Unpleasant Verse and Impolite Prose", including issue 1.
File consists of manuscripts by Barbara Munk.
File consists of a 3.5-inch floppy disk containing Brian Fawcett's digital records.
Item is an audio recording of Barry Gifford at CNC.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon and George Stanley on CBC Daybreak.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon and Robert Creeley reading at podium at "Words, Loves" conference.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon and Robin Blaser at "Words, Loves" conference.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon at CNC.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon at McKinnon's Gorse Street house.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon at podium at "Words, Loves" conference.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon at shore.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon at "Words, Loves" conference.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon at "Words, Loves" conference.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon at "Words, Loves" conference.
File consists of author portraits of Barry McKinnon for "The the". Portraits were taken by photographer T. Swanley.
Fonds consists of a large and extended correspondence, manuscript materials (both his own and others), publications, proofs, financial records, transcriptions, audio tapes, lectures and preparation work for teaching. A large quantity of influential (and obscure) periodicals published in the west is also included. Includes material related to Barry McKinnon and The Caledonia Writing Series and Gorse Press. The audio collection consists of cassette and reel to reel tapes of poetry readings and interviews in Prince George and other locations within Canada, including Edmonton, Montreal, and Vancouver. Readings from the 1980 Writing Conference Words/Loves at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) are also included along with many Poetry Readings at CNC during the 1970s to the 1990s. Poets and writers in the audio collection include Barry McKinnon, Ken Belford, Earle Birney, Bill Bissett, George Bowering, Robert Creeley, Brian Fawcett, Gerry Gilbert, Arti Gold, Elizabeth Hay, Roy Kiyooka, Robert Kroetsch, Evelyn Lau, Irving Layton, Dorothy Livesay, Daphne Marlatt, Susan Musgrave, bp Nichol, Michael Ondaatje, Stan Persky, David Phillips, Al Purdy, George Stanley, Sharon Thesen, Fred Wah, and Tom Wayman.
McKinnon, BarryItem is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon interview.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon interviews Al McNeil.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon interviews Al McNeil.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon interviews David Phillips.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon interviews Sharon Thesen for the Capilano Review.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon lecture on Heart of Darkness and Guy Sobel on "Songs Then" (Langara).
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon on Canadian Poetry in the 80's: Program #3.
Audio recording consists of a reading by Barry McKinnon of poems of other Prince George poets and a selection of his own works: His wife, I return again to the river, The lake, The land, Carbon copies, I wanted to say something, Lust lodge. Followed by Al Neil at the piano, and a night at the Legion with Hank the Hobo.
Audio recording consists of a reading by Barry McKinnon from Lust lodge, Pages from a prairie journal, His wife, The short story of the gentle man, To his lover who takes care of his rooms, I return again to the river, One poem danced, the other sung, The tree song, The land, sound poems, and The moving photograph.
Audio recording consists of a series of interviews held with Barry McKinnon at his home in Prince George. McKinnon reads and discusses Pages from a prairie journal, The land, This place, Six songs from a small lounge, Notes, the deer, Pearl, and The whale.
Item is an audio recording of Barry McKinnon reading at University of Alberta, 22 October 1971.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon, Jesse McKinnon, and dog by Fraser River in Prince George.
File consists of documents related to Barry McKinnon's controversial layoff from the College of New Caledonia and his subsequent rehire. Includes a speech, correspondence, notes about his layoff from his daily journal, announcements, and clippings.
Photograph depicts Barry McKinnon's dog.
File consists of a 3.5-inch floppy disk containing Brian Fawcett's digital records.
Photograph depicts Baseball diamond in Vancouver.
Image depicts the Battle Hill National Historic Site in Kitwanga, B.C.. The sign located there says: "The small knoll in the valley was a native fortress. Legends maintain that it was man-made: built to repel marauding coastal tribes. The hill was the scene of local tribal battles, and at one time was crowned with the defenders' buildings. Known as Dhawdezp, the unique mound is a prominent feature in the legends and history of the Indian people."
File contains correspondence, clippings, and pamphlets relating to the BC Book Prizes which were won by authors published by Barry McKinnon with Gorse Press.
File contains Brian Fawcett's certificate for winning the BC Book Prizes 1986 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for "The Secret Journal of Alexander Mackenzie".
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "BC Bookworld".
Includes a copy of B.C. Bookworld, vol. 21, no.4, winter 2007-2008 with a feature interview with Ann Walsh.
File consists of B.C. Bookworld, vol. 5, no.3 (Autumn 1991) "B.C. Bestsellers" list featuring Judgement at Stoney Creek.
File consists of:
- Letters from Arts Awards Cultural Services Branch, Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture to Bridget Moran re: her assistance as a juror for the Project Assistance for Creative Writers Competition (Nov. 9 and 27, 1995); includes contract
- Letter of receipt from BC Arts Council, Arts Awards Program to Bridget Moran re: her application for financial assistance towards "Mary and Me" (Sept.4, 1997) includes copy of grant application
- Copy of Project Assistance for Creative Writers grant application for "The Man from Tachie" ["Justa"] (1992)
- Letter from Jeremy Long, Cultural Services Branch to Bridget Moran re: request for submission of final report on use of funds (Aug.13, 1993)
- Booklet: "Slowly Into Autumn" by Stephen Cole autographed by author/poet to Bridget
- Notepaper
- List of Creative Writing Projects: Second Cut and Final Cut; handwritten adjudication notes
- Letter from Richard Brownsey, BC Arts Council, to Bridget Moran re: receipt of award of $5,000 to assist in writing of "Mary and Me" (Juan.13, 1998)
- Form: BC Arts Council, Individual Awards Final Report (blank).
Photograph depicts BC Forest Service Prince George District building.
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.