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Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds
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McLuhan: varia

File consists primarily of correspondence with the McLuhan family about the estate following the death of Corinne McLuhan in April of 2008. Also includes reproductions of clippings about Marshall McLuhan. File also contains a letter from 19 Oct. 1942 from Marshall McLuhan to E. H. Keller.

Business files

This series consists of records created and accumulated by CSWS Ltd. in relation to management of the day-to-day operations and business of the agency. Files include: correspondence (inquiries, invitations); union files (ACTRA, Writers Guild of Canada, Writers Guild of America); template contracts/agreements for writers, actors, and speakers; mailing lists; information about conferences, seminars and book fairs; and subject and clippings files, primarily on the topic of copyright.

Also included are the office’s Diaries and Day Books from 1951-1965, which provide a daily record of incoming and outgoing correspondence, phone calls, and notes about day-to-day business.

McLuhan, Marshall

File consists of correspondence related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate about rights and reproductions of his work and publication contracts; offprint of the Italian translation of McLuhan's article "Myth and Mass Media"; issue of Forces magazine, No. 22-1973 [tri-annual magazine published by Hydro-Qu

Corinne McLuhan assorted

File consists of records related to Corinne McLuhan and the estate of Marshall McLuhan as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes correspondence about the dispute with Janine Marchessault; handwritten notes by Matie Molinaro about correspondence and royalties; royalty statements; correspondence about the rights for The Gutenberg Galaxy.

Gifford-Jones, W.

File consists of a newspaper clipping of Gifford-Jones' column "The Doctor Game" in the Globe and Mail; email correspondence between Molinaro and Gifford-Jones about a release form for his literary work.

McLuhan: Letters et al.

File consist primarily of research and reproductions of correspondence related to the book project, "Letters of Marshall McLuhan". Also includes other correspondence about rights and requests for permission to re-publish the work of Marshall McLuhan.

Cohen, Mo

File consists of correspondence with Mo Cohen, owner of Gingko Press; correspondence about the Argentinian rights to the book, The Medium and the Light; royalty statements for McLuhan for Managers. Also included is a 1988 letter from Corinne McLuhan to the Public Lending Rights Commission of Canada about registration.

McLuhan, Eric

File consists of records related to Eric McLuhan. Includes: correspondence about rights and royalty payments for the works of Marshall McLuhan; correspondence about public appearances; correspondence about Eric's book projects.

Henderson, Larry

File consists primarily of clippings and related promotional material about Henderson as a client of CSWS. Also included is an email between the Molinaro's and Henderson's son, Graham

McLuhan, Eric

File consists of correspondence related to Eric McLuhan and the estate of Marshall McLuhan as clients of CSWS Ltd. Subjects include: rights to the electronic editions of The Essential McLuhan and The Gutenberg Galaxy; discussions with the University of Toronto Press about rights. Also included is a copy of a talk given by Eric McLuhan in Sienna, Italy in November 1996 titled, "The Renaissance Cycle".

Milne, Barbara

File consists of correspondence and royalty statements related to Milne as a children's book author, playwright, and CSWS Ltd. client. Also includes the author and publisher agreement for the book, "Wombat Smith".

McLuhan: Old

File consists of assorted records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: correspondence including invitations to speak, requests for permission to cite, on the subject of rights; royalty statements; clippings.

Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

  • F0280
  • Fonds
  • [193-]-2012

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by the Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. over the course of over 50 years as a literary agency and management company for writers, public speakers, and actors.

The bulk of the records consist of client files which includes correspondence to and from clients; correspondence with publishers, media, sponsors of talks, radio and television producers; publicity material relating to clients including resumes, headshot photographs, schedules, travel arrangements; newspaper clippings; reader's reports; royalty statements; and contracts. There are also audio cassettes and video cassettes of interviews and recordings of the work of some CSWS clients. Notable clients include: Earle Birney, Arthur Black, Harry Boyle, Adrienne Clarkson, Sorel Etrog, Don Harron, Lynn Johnston, Paul Kligman, Mavor Moore, Lister Sinclair, Harry Somers, Ben Wicks, and Chris Wiggins.

There are also general correspondence files, business records (including office diaries for the period, 1951-1965), manuscripts (from clients and unsolicited), and print materials (publishers' catalogues, anthologies of plays, newsletters, copies of labour agreements between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and ACTRA, and clippings). There is a series of records related to CSWS Ltd. founder, Matie Molinaro, documenting her early life in New York and her work as a war correspondent during the Second World War. Also included is a series devoted to records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate, long-time clients of CSWS Ltd, which includes correspondence, contracts, notes, drafts, clippings, offprints, photographs, and ephemera.

Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd.

Matie Molinaro files

This series consists of records relating to CSWS Ltd. founder Matie Molinaro. The records in this series provide insight into Molinaro’s early life growing up in New York, her student days at Barnard College, and her work as a war correspondent during the Second World War. Types of records in this series include personal memorabilia, correspondence, writing samples, clippings, and biographical material.

Molinaro, Matie

Client files

This series consists of files created and accumulated by CSWS Ltd. about agency clients and prospective clients enquiring about the agency’s services. The types of records found in this series include correspondence, contracts, royalty statements, clippings, manuscripts (and manuscript samples), headshot photographs, curriculum vitae and biographical highlights sheets. The more well-known people represented in this series include: Earle Birney, Arthur Black, Harry Boyle, Adrienne Clarkson, Sorel Etrog, Don Harron, Lynn Johnston, Paul Kligman, Mavor Moore, Lister Sinclair, Harry Somers, Ben Wicks, and Chris Wiggins.

Files 2012-066/001(05) to 2012-066/004(10) consists of research notes and drafts related to a research project by Matie Molinaro and Barbara Brescia about the painting Venus Disarming Cupid.

Files related to CSWS Ltd. client Marshall McLuhan and his estate can be found in Series S00667: Marshall McLuhan files.

Marshall McLuhan files

This series consists of correspondence, contracts, notes, drafts, clippings, offprints, photographs, and ephemera created and accumulated by CSWS Ltd. as agents of Marshall McLuhan and his estate. CSWS Ltd. began representing Marshall McLuhan around 1970.

The records in this series document the close working relationship and friendship between Matie Molinaro and the McLuhan family (especially her friendship with his spouse Corinne McLuhan) in managing Marshall McLuhan’s legacy, “brand”, and the rights to his work subsequent to his death in December 1980.

Files from accession 1990-018 include: correspondence of Marshall McLuhan, which was utilized in a published correspondence volume, edited by his wife Corinne and Matie Molinaro, “Letters of Marshall McLuhan” (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1987); galleys of McLuhan works ('Laws of the media,'); correspondence and reports of the Centre for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto; lecture invitations; various television and film proposals, scripts, and related correspondence, as well as material about McLuhan (books, articles, newspaper clippings, etc), and the 'Management game,' which includes a sample deck of cards used in the game as well as orders for the game.

Files from accessions 2010-040 and 2012-066 include: public appearance requests; requests for permission to cite and republish the work of McLuhan; research material and drafts for the book, “Letters of Marshall McLuhan” (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1987); correspondence and reports related to the preparation, negotiations and acquisition of the McLuhan Papers by the Public Archives of Canada in 1984; correspondence with communication scholars and co-authors of works with Marshall McLuhan, including Bruce R. Powers, Barrington Nevitt, and W. Terrence Gordon; reprint agreement in 2001 and related correspondence with Mo Cohen of Gingko Press of Berkeley, California which led to renewed interest in Marshall McLuhan’s work; correspondence related to the planning of the Toronto International McLuhan Festival of the Future in 2004.

Also included are files about several members of the McLuhan family, including Elsie McLuhan (mother), Corinne McLuhan, and children Eric, Michael, Teri, and Mary.

Mugan, Monica

File consists of: Dead Man's Will, play for television, 20 pp.; Why the Peace Queen Left the lroquois, an Indian legend adapted by Monica Mugan for the BBC, 12 pp.; The Message, short story, 25 pp.; Jim Felton in The Bay, BBC radio series, 36 pp.

The Book of Probes

File consists of galley proofs for the book "The Book of Probes: Marshall Mcluhan, David Carson." Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press, 2003. Written by Marshall McLuhan and David Carson, edited by Eric McLuhan and William Kuhns; with commentary by Terrence Gordon.

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