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Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds
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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.

Canada Council

File consists of a clipping from the Globe and Mail of an article by William French about the Canada Council; information sheet on CSWS Ltd. letterhead outlining the Canada Council: types of grants, deadlines, eligibility.

"C" General (2)

Mrs. Lela F. Common 1957-1961 Rod Coneybeare 1959-1960 Iva Margaret (Mrs. H. S.) Cook 1962 Dr. Beatrice Corrigan (and Dr. J. A. Molinaro) 1960-1965 John T. Coughlin 1960 Elizabeth K. (Mrs. E. B.) Cox (nee Campbell) 1961 Stanley Cox 1963 Joseph R. Cottom 1962 Ron Craig 1965-1966 W. 0. Crampton (and Brian R. Cilmmins) 1960 Peter Cunningham 1959, 1961 Mrs. W. M. Currie 1964-1965

"C" General (1)

Gregory Clark 1958 Mrs. W.S. Clark 1963 H. J. Claude 1962-1963, 1966 N. Roy Clifton 1961 Prof. John Cohen 1962 Thelma (Mrs. R.) Coleman 196? Ruth M. Collins 1950, 1952-1959 1957-1958 C. G. Cook 1963-1964

"C - D" General (Lecturers)

John Roy Carlson 1961 Rachel Cavalho 1958-1962 Charles Clay 1964 Stanley Clish Paul Conroy 1963 W.G. Coventry Leonard Crainford 1962 Miss A.J. Crane 1963 R.W. Christie 1964 Paul David, M.D. 1960 Hans A. de Boer 1961 Lotta Dempsey (Mrs. R.A. Fisher) 1962 Merrill Denison 1964 Laddie Dennis 1962 Frank Duckworth 1963

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.

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