- 2018-022/002(02)
- File
- 1964, 1971-2016
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Fonds consists of personal and professional correspondence including correspondence with fellow writers such as John Metcalf, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Robyn Sarah, Adele Wiseman and Ralph Gustafson among others, academic and teaching files that document his career as a student at the University of Toronto and Cambridge and professorial files for courses taught at York University. It also includes editorial files that document his work with fellow poets at The Banff Centre for the Fine Arts and writing files including notes, drafts and manuscripts related to his own publications. Accession 2011-032 includes correspondence from Northrop Frye giving Coles advice about an academic career, book reviews written by Coles for "The Globe and mail" from the 1970s to 2001, seminar notes for the Humanities course, "Works & days," reviews of his writing, and drafts of the book of poetry, "Where we might have been" (2010).
Coles, Don
Part of Don Coles fonds
The series consists of notes, drafts and proofs of collected and uncollected poems written by Coles including manuscript drafts of his collections "K in love," "The prinzhorn collection," "Forest of the medieval world," "Kurgan," and "How we all swiftly," among others. It contains research material, notes and drafts of his novel "Doctor Bloom's story," his autobiographical work "A dropped glove in Regent Street," a poetry collection "Where we might have been," correspondence with publishers, interviews with Coles, reviews of his work, publicity material related to his writing, and book reviews written for "The Globe and mail." It also includes the manuscript for Tomas Transtomer's "For the living and the dead," which Coles translated from Swedish as well as correspondence between Coles and Tomas and Monica Transtromer regarding this work.
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
The series consists of personal and professional correspondence including manuscript and typescript copies of letters as well as e-mail received by Coles. It also includes many copies of letters or e-mails written by Coles himself. The series includes family correspondence as well as correspondence with writers such as Christopher Wiseman, Liliane Welch, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Al Purdy, P.K. Page, Steven Heighton, Ralph Gustafson, Adele Wiseman, John Metcalf, David O'Meara, Robyn Sarah, Jan Ruzesky, Betty Jane Wylie, Robert Fulford, Carol Shields, Philip Grover and Tomas Transtromer among others.
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Series consists of material that documents Coles' academic career at the University of Toronto and Cambridge University, as well as his years spent as a professor in the Department of Humanities at York University in Toronto. It includes copies of essays, as well as manuscript and typescript notes taken by Coles while he was a student. Included are notes taken by Coles while completing course work with Northrop Frye, advice from Frye regarding an academic career in 1964, his rough first draft of his M.A. thesis, and columns and reports for the University of Toronto Daily Press. It also contains course files related to Coles' work as professor. These files consist of course outlines, reading lists, lecture notes, clippings related to course material, correspondence related to his teaching and other material that documents the ongoing development and delivery of the courses Man in Search, Concepts of Love, Early Times : Literature and the Imagination of the Child, Myth and the Arts and Works & Days. Records also include annotated working copies of monographs used in his courses and certificates received pertaining to his academics and teaching.
Supplementary statements, awards and books
Part of Don Coles fonds
File consists of Coles’ brief career account, list of publications and plan submitted for a fellowship application, as well as a list of books written by Coles and a list of awards received.
Where we might have been : drafts by DC
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Where we might have been : page proofs with author's commentary
Part of Don Coles fonds
The Essential Don Coles : draft of introduction and bio from Robyn Sarah
Part of Don Coles fonds
Poetry on the Way banner : “My son at seashore, age two”
Part of Don Coles fonds
Item is a banner featuring this poem by Coles, part of the Poetry on the Way program that promoted poetry on the Toronto Transit Commission subway trains.
Why not : poems by Suzanne Collins : manuscript annotated by Don Coles
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Wing, John Jr. : poetry manuscript
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Correspondence : miscellaneous
Part of Don Coles fonds
Correspondents include Jay Ruzesky, Transtromer, Gustav Richar, Michael Trussler and others.
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Where we might have been : drafts and redrafts
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Where we might have been : working copy of typescript draft
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Where we might have been : draft
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Where we might have been : review in The Warwick review
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Where we might have been : drafts by DC
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Where we might have been : final (2nd) proofs
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Series consists of material that documents Coles work as a literary editor and critic and includes contracts, correspondence, course timetables, critiques of students' work and other material that documents his tenure as poetry editor of "The May Studio" at the Banff Centre for the Fine Arts. It also includes drafts of works by other writers sent to Coles for his comments and criticism including manuscripts of work by Michael Redhill, Stephanie Bolster, Richard Sanger, Mark Sinnett and John Bemrose, among others, as well as material that demonstrates Coles' work as poetry judge of the Canadian Literary Awards and the CBC Literary Awards. This material consists of submissions bearing notes and comments by Coles.
So recently ancient : Poems by John Wing (California poet/stand up comedian) : (half)edited by DC
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Poems by Barry Butson : edited by DC for UK anthology
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
File consists of handwritten and typescript copies of this play written by Coles.
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Correspondence : miscellaneous
Part of Don Coles fonds
Correspondents include Margaret Watson, Philip Grover, Daniel Wells, David O'Meara, Jay Ruzesky, Margaret Cook, Robyn Sarah, Rita Donovan, John Wing, Michael Hulse, Gustav Richar, Aubrey Schwartz, Mike Trussler, and others.
Night Work : the Sawchuk poems : includes blurb from D.C.
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Elizabeth Johnston : correspondence and copies of writings to Don Coles
Part of Don Coles fonds
Margaret Cook mss : chronos tient la barre
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My son at the seashore, age two : Poetry on the Way Toronto Transit Commission poster
Part of Don Coles fonds
Reviews and articles about Don Coles
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Noble Gas, Penny Black : includes blurb from D.C.
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A Dropped Glove in Regent Street : final draft
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Essays, writings, misc drafts by DC
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The Wolsenburg Clock by Jay Ruzesky : draft and notes
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Philip Grover mss : Eugene Le Roy
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Correspondents include Michael Hulse, Rita Donovan, Gustav Richar, Tomas Transtromer, Dennis Lee, Diane Martin, Robyn Sarah, Mary Anne McLeod, Tim Bowling, and others.
Prologue/Oonagh : draft and correspondence with Mary Tilberg
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Correspondence : Brian Bartlett
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Part of Don Coles fonds
Correspondence : miscellaneous
Part of Don Coles fonds
Correspondents include John Metcalf, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Al Purdy, Pat Jaspers, Derk Wynand, Margaret Watson, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Michael Hulse, Philip Grover, Stephanie Bolster, Ann Finlayson, Barbara Nickel, Tim Bowling, Val Ross and others.
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Domain : draft by Barbara Nickel : includes blurb by D.C.
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Miscellaneous correspondence with publishers
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
File includes a letter from Al Purdy concerning his regard for Don Coles' poetry, and Purdy's relationship with Norman Levine and Dennis Lee.
Miscellaneous clippings, reviews
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Correspondents include John Metcalf, to and from Dennis Lee, Globe & Mail, publishers notes, Ralph Gustafson.
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Serendipities (A dropped glove in regent street), draft
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A dropped glove in regent street, draft
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Part of Don Coles fonds
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Part of Don Coles fonds
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Invitation to the Griffin poetry prize awards
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Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Scenes from a Cambridge life, draft, for CBC
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Aubrey Schwartz, correspondence
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A dropped glove in regent street, draft
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Kenneth Sherman mss : Black River, Rescuing Isaac and comments by DC
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Part of Don Coles fonds
Hermit's kiss / Richard Teleky, manuscript, with cover jacket comments by Don Coles
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Part of Don Coles fonds
Lettre international, includes Coles' Munch poems in German translation
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Part of Don Coles fonds
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Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Sarah Venart, correspondence and manuscript
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds
Brian Cameron (Soundings: An Anthology of the Ottawa Poetry Group, 1973- 2002)
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Brian Cameron (Soundings: An Anthology of the Ottawa Poetry Group, 1973- 2002)
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Part of Don Coles fonds
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Toronto Book Awards Gala Reception, invitation
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En route : CBC literary award for poetry winner for which Don Coles was on the jury
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Part of Don Coles fonds
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Part of Don Coles fonds
CBC Literary Awards, poetry, contract and submissions
Part of Don Coles fonds
Random House of Canada, publicity r.e. Doctor Bloom's Story
Part of Don Coles fonds
Review by Coles of E.E Cummings : a biography
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Articles, reviews re: Doctor Bloom's story
Part of Don Coles fonds
Doctor Bloom's Story : near final draft
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Doctor Bloom's story : reviews
Part of Don Coles fonds
Part of Don Coles fonds