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B. W. Powe fonds
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Photographs of B.W. Powe

Photographs in this file also depict Kate and T.C. Powe, Alys Brady, Kathleen Powe, Mary and Brian Brady.

Baby book

Item is a baby book consisting of greeting cards sent to Powe's parents celebrating his birth.

Baby book

Item is a baby book for Powe maintained by his parents. It includes two photographs of Powe as a newborn and other ephemera relating to his birth.

Convocation programs

File consists of convocation programs pertaining to conferring of Powe's Master of Arts (University of Toronto) and PhD (York University) degrees.

Family photographs

File consists of childhood photographs of Powe with his sister, Kathleen, and mother Alys, as well as a photograph of Powe with Kathleen in 1980.

Class photos

File consists of two class photographs featuring Powe and his classmates from Armour Heights Public School and Ledbury Park Junior High School. Included is a booklet featuring images of staff and student council from Ledbury Park Junior High School.

Passport

Item is an expired Canadian passport belonging to Powe.

Literary manuscripts and other writings files

The series consists of research material, notes, drafts and manuscripts of Powe's published and unpublished works including his books "A Climate Changed" (1984), "Noise of Time" (1989), "A Tremendous Canada of Light" (1993), "Outage: A Journey Into Electric City" (1995), "The Solitary Outlaw: Trudeau, Lewis, Gould, Canetti, McLuhan", "Mystic Trudeau" (1997), "Towards a Canada of Light" (2006), "These Shadows Remain" (2011), his 2009 PhD thesis, "Apocalypse and alchemy: visions of Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye", the reworked and published version of his PhD thesis, "Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye: Apocalypse and Alchemy" (2014), "Where Seas and Fables Meet" (2015), and "Decoding Dust" (2016). It also includes drafts and/or printed copies of numerous reviews, essays and articles written by or about him, and drafts pertaining to the "Opening Time: On the Energy Threshold" collaborative project. Series also includes correspondence with publishers and fellow writers such as Irving Layton, Hugh Kenner and J.G. Ballard in reference to his work, publicity material for several of his books, and copies of journals and magazines in which Powe's work appeared.

Photos, memorabilia

File consists of a Christmas card from Pierre Elliott Trudeau featuring a photo of his family, Powe's 1977 graduation portrait, a photograph of Powe and his mother, Alys, at his 1980 graduation ceremony, and two other photographs of Powe.

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