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Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds File
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Wicks, Ben and Sue

File consists of records related to cartoonist and illustrator Ben Wicks and his daughter Susan Wicks, as a clients of CSWS Ltd.: records related to the lawsuit with Paragon Entertainment; correspondence; royalty statements; typed drafts of Katie & Orbie stories with notes by Susan Wicks.

McLuhan, Marshall: Rights

File consists of records (correspondence, royalty statements, etc..) related to Marshall McLuhan as a client of CSWS Ltd. Also included is the publishing contract from 2003 between Ginko Press and Penguin Books for the publishing of McLuhan's books.

McLuhan, Marshall

File consists of correspondence related to rights requests and the 'Letters of McLuhan' book project. Also included is correspondence between Matie Molinaro and several academic institutions enquiring about a potential buyer for McLuhan's archive. File also includes various clippings about McLuhan.

McLuhan, Eric: Assorted

File consists of records related to CSWS client Eric McLuhan. Includes: assorted correspondence about the his public appearances and his publishing endeavours; correspondence about rights and the managemement of his father's estate. Also included is a headshot photograph of Eric McLuhan.

McLuhan, Eric

File consists of correspondence related to Eric McLuhan and the estate of Marshall McLuhan as clients of CSWS Ltd. Topics include: rights management and permission requests for the work of Marshall McLuhan; publication rights for Marshall McLuhan's Masters thesis; electronic rights agreement from 1994 with University of Toronto Press for Laws of Media; speaking engagement arrangements for Eric McLuhan. Also included is Eric McLuhan's curriculum vitae.

Gordon, Terry [Terrence]

File consists correspondence between McLuhan scholar W. Terrence Gordon and CSWS Ltd. and Mo Cohen of Gingko Press Inc. about McLuhan book projects including the editing for publication of McLuhan's doctoral dissertation "The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time", and publication of a new edition of Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, edited by Gordon.

Harron, Don: McGraw-Hill

File consists of Charlie Farquharson's 1974 Histerical Calendar; royalty statements; correspondence about book & film projects, speaking engagements; clippings; DVD, "Don Harron and Charlie Farquharson at WindReach Farm".

McLuhan, Marshall

File consists of records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: correspondence about public appearances / speaking engagements, and rights and reproductions of his work; royalty statements; correspondence about the Taiwanese rights of "Understanding Media"; reproductions of correspondence from Marshall McLuhan to Joseph Keogh; transcript of a CBC radio segment from March 1980 by Harry J. Boyle discussing the closure of the Centre for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto.

McLuhan, Marshall

File consists of records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: correspondence primarily about rights and reproductions of his work; royalty statements; clippings of articles about Marshall McLuhan.

McLuhan for Managers

File consists of correspondence related to the book by Mark Federman and Derrick de Kerckhove, "McLuhan for Managers: New Tools for New Thinking." (Toronto: Viking Canada, 2003.). Also included are multiple drafts of the Permissions Agreement between the authors and the McLuhan estate, and between Gingko Press Inc. and Pearson Education Canada Inc.

Gordon, W. Terrence: bio

File consists of a proposal for a film project about Marshall McLuhan titled, "Messenger" by Warp 10 Technologies Inc. and XyberMedia Inc. Also included is correspondence and a proposal for a biography of Marshall McLuhan by W. Terrence Gordon.

Gordon, Terrence

File consists of correspondence between CSWS Ltd. and McLuhan scholar W. Terrence Gordon about McLuhan book projects. Topics include: the editing for publication of McLuhan's doctoral dissertation, "The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time"; publication of a new edition of Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, edited by Gordon; book project on Ferdinand de Saussure. File also includes "McLuhan Project" proposal by George Sanderson and Frank Macdonald from 25 Oct. 1986.

Cohen, Mo: documents

File consists of correspondence with Mo Cohen, owner of Gingko Press, current publisher of Marshall McLuhan's books. File also includes the 1990 memorandum of agreement with Sugarco Edizioni for the Italian publication of Marshall McLuhan: The Man and His Message.

Moore, Mavor

File consists correspondence and royalty statements related to Mavor Moore as a client of CSWS Ltd. Includes rights inquiries and discussions about dispute with McGill University and production of 'Louis-Riel'.

Sinclair, Lister

File consists of assorted records related to Lister Sinclair as a client of CSWS Ltd. including clippings and correspondence about public appearances. Also included is a script titled "We All Hate Toronto" (adapted from a radio play) and a transcript from an Ideas segment, "New Ideas About Old Health".

Sinclair, Lister

File consists of assorted records related to Lister Sinclair as a client of CSWS Ltd.: correspondence about public speaking engagements; transcript and reading list for an Ideas segment, "New Ideas About Old Health"; notice of bankrupty for Lister Sinclair; family support deduction notice.

McLuhan International

File consists primarily of notes and meeting minutes from the McLuhan International Steering Committee and correspondence about the establishment of a McLuhan Internation academic program and a partnership with the University of Toronto.

McLuhan: Religion book proposal

File consists of a memorandum of agreement and proposal for a book of collected writings of Marshall McLuhan on the subject of religion, edited by Fr. Jacek Szklarek. This book was published as The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion (Toronto: Stoddart, 1999). Also included is an email about the Argentinian rights for the book.

Wicks, Ben

File consists of records related to cartoonist and illustrator Ben Wicks as a client of CSWS Ltd.: general correspondence; book proposal by Barbara Robson about access to government information.

McLuhan, Marshall: Rights

File consists of records related to the estate of Marshall McLuhan: correspondence, rights requests, royalty statements, clippings. Also includes a proposal by Eric McLuhan to Ryerson University (Toronto, ON) for an 'International Network to Link Students and Researchers Concerned with the Effects of Media on Culture and Society and Focusing on the Work of Marshall McLuhan".

McLuhan, Marshall

File consists of records related to the book project "The Global Village" (previously titled "The Resonating Interval") by Marshall McLuhan and Bruce R. Powers. Includes correspondence and fascimile of the book contract with Oxford University Press. File also includes assorted correspondence about rights and reproductions, including the Argentinian edition of "The Medium and the Light".

Harron, Martha

File consists of correspondence, clippings related to Harron's book, "Don Harron: A Parent Contradiction"; memorandum of agreement between Harron and William Collins & Sons Co. (publishers); royalty statements.

McLuhan, Eric

File consists of general correspondence about Eric McLuhan and the estate of Marshall McLuhan, primarily about Eric's participation at the Cultural Heritage in the Global Village conference in Vienna in October 1998.

McLuhan, Corinne: Ostrow

File consists of correspondence from Saul Ostrow about writing a book on Marshall McLuhan. Also included is general correspondence to CSWS Ltd. about rights and requests for permission to re-publish the work of Marshall McLuhan.

McLuhan, Marshall: Clippings

File consists of clippings of articles about Marshall McLuhan. Also included are program details for the Marshall McLuhan Seminar on Candian Information and Communications Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, April 1999.

McLuhan, Eric

File consists of records related to CSWS client Eric McLuhan. Includes: assorted correspondence about the his public appearances and the managing of his father's estate; agreement with Leicester University Press for the publication of "The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time", Marshall McLuhan's 1943 PhD thesis. Also included is a covering letter by Eric and copy of his article, "On Suicide As A Means of Survival", The Idler, no. 3 (March 1985).

McLuhan, Eric: Urbana

File consists of correspondence related to Eric McLuhan and the estate of Marshall McLuhan as clients of CSWS Ltd. Topics include: lecture series to be given by Eric McLuhan at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne in 2003; rights management and permission requests of the work of Marshall McLuhan.

MacDonald, M.A.

File consists of two issues (vol. 11, no.2 and vol. 12, no. 3) of the journal "Canadian Military History" featuring articles by MacDonald about her husband Harold's letters from the Second World War.

Gordon, Terrence (W.T.)

File consists of correspondence and contracts related to the rights for the book, "Marshall McLuhan: Escape Into Understanding" (Toronto: Stoddart, 1997). After Stoddart went bankrupt, the rights were reverted to W. Terrence Gordon and were later sold to Gingko Press.

Wicks, Vince

File consists of records related to Vince Wicks, son of cartoonist Ben Wicks. Includes correspondence about the Born to Read literacy project; copy of a letter of agreement for a television project titled "Bumberbabies".

Moore, Mavor: The Store

File consists of a faxed copy of the option/purchase agreement with Jeffrey Glickman for a short film based on Moore's play 'The Store'. Also includes handwritten notes and brief correspondence between Orpheus Musical Theatre Society (Ottawa, ON) about 'Johnny Belinda'.

Parker, H.

File consists of correspondence about the estate of Harley Parker and the payment of royalties to his heirs. Parker was the co-author with Marshall McLuhan of the book, Through the Vanishing Point: Space in Poetry and Painting (Harper & Row, New York, 1968).

McLuhan material

File consists of assorted records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: correspondence with Bill Marshall; royalty statements; postcard from Corinne McLuhan to Matie Molinaro; requests to cite and republish; correspondence about public appearances by Eric McLuhan.

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