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Bruce Powe fonds

  • F0104
  • Fonds
  • [188-?]-2016

Fonds consists of records documenting Bruce Allen Powe's work as a writer of fiction, reviews and articles, his work as Executive Director for the Ontario Liberal Association, and his public relations career and freelance work for Powe Communications. Records include journals, day planners, notebooks, correspondence and e-mail, research files, scrapbooks, manuscripts and other draft writing, and career-related memorabilia. Also included in the fonds are family photographs and personal memorabilia; Powe's M.A. diploma, thesis and related research files; files, memorabilia and photographs pertaining to his World War II military service; and photographs, memorabilia and other records pertaining to Powe's trip to Ghana in March 1957 as associate private secretary to the Canadian Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys.

Powe, Bruce, 1925-

Accession 2017-041

  • 2017-041
  • Accession
  • [188-?]-2016, predominant 1990-2006

    • Part of Bruce Powe fonds

Accession consists of records documenting Powe's writing career in the 1990s and 2000s, particularly the writing, editing, publication and promotion of his novel "Aldershot 1945" and the reprint and stage productions of "The Aberhart Summer", as well as records pertaining to his freelance work for Powe Communications and his personal life and family. Records in this accession include manuscripts and other draft writing, photographs of Powe and his family, research files, notebooks and day planners, memorabilia (including newspaper and magazine clippings), printed e-mail and correspondence, posters, drawings, scrapbooks and videocassettes.

Contracts

File consists of originals and copies of contracts and releases, copies of book title pages, correspondence and notes pertaining to publications written by Powe, including “Expresso ‘67”, “Killing Ground”, “Last Days of the American Empire”, “The Aberhart Summer”, “The Ice Eaters”, stage rights for “The Aberhart Summer” and “Aldershot 1945”.

New agreement with Access Copyright

File consists of correspondence, distribution reports, printed e-mail and Powe’s publication list pertaining to Access Copyright, the Canadian copyright licensing agency.

“Killing Ground” : e-mail

File consists of printed e-mail exchanged between Powe and a fan of his book “Killing Ground: the Canadian Civil War”.

Draft writing

File consists of mostly handwritten, unidentified drafts by Powe, notes, and newspaper clippings. Included in the file is a document entitled “The working methods of an author: preface prepared by Pierre Berton as an introduction to his papers deposited with McMaster University Archives” (Jan. 1990).

Archives : York University : donation of personal papers

File pertains to Powe’s donation of his personal papers to the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections at York University and Powe’s financial support for the Kent Haworth Archival Research Fellowship. Records include correspondence, printed e-mail, an inventory, background information and notes by Powe, and a transfer of ownership agreement. Also included is correspondence pertaining to Powe’s donation of photographs to the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

Speaking engagements : notes and research materials

File pertains to Powe’s speaking engagements at a 2011 Remembrance Day event, a Royal Canadian Military Institute Military History Night event in Sept. 2006, and about his book “Aldershot 1945”.

“Aldershot” : correspondence re: publication

File includes printed e-mail, notes, incoming correspondence and copies of Powe’s outgoing correspondence. Much of the e-mail is exchanged between Powe, his agent Bev Slopen, and NeWest Press manager Ruth Linka.

B.W. Powe memorabilia

File consists of correspondence, copies of book reviews, articles, course calendars, notices, and a PhD reading list pertaining to Powe' son, B.W. Powe, and his academic and literary career.

Publications, publicity, media : vol. III

Item is a scrapbook pertaining to Powe’s literary work and career, mainly the publication of “Aldershot 1945” in 2004. Records include photographs, letters, ephemera, reviews, newspaper and magazine articles.

Literary Review of Canada reviews

File pertains to a 2004 book review written by Powe for the Literary Review of Canada. Records include review drafts, a copies of the published review, printed copies of e-mail exchanged with editors Bronwyn Drainier and Robin Roger, notes, newspaper clippings, and an invoice. Included is a letter from B.W. Powe regarding an introduction to Robin Roger.

Burma article : Edmonton Journal : August 2005

File pertains to a 13 Aug. 2005 article written by Powe for the Edmonton Journal about a lost WWII fighter pilot, Jack Manning, from Edmonton. Records include two photographs (one of Manning in his jumpsuit and one with fellow RCAF pilots in 1942) and copies of those photographs, printed e-mail, copies of Powe’s outgoing correspondence, newspaper clippings, invoices, notes, article drafts,

Birthday photo album

Item is a photo album created by Powe’s family to commemorate his 80th birthday in 2005. It consists of stickers and photographs of Powe, wife Alys, children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Miscellaneous family photographs

File consists of childhood photographs of Powe with family and friends, as well as photographs of Powe, his wife, Alys, son B.W. Powe, grandchildren, other relatives and friends, mainly taken at special events and family gatherings.

Nova Scotia story ideas

File consists of correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and an unpublished manuscript by Powe entitled “The Mountie Takes a Dive” (Oct. 1970).

“The Aberhart Summer” : stage rights and productions

File pertains to stage productions of “The Aberhart Summer”, written by Conni Massing, based on Powe’s novel. Records include contracts for amateur performance rights, correspondence, memoranda, royalty statements, programs, a box office statement, an agreement between Powe and Massing regarding the stage rights, contact lists, and reviews.

“The Aberhart Summer” : stage productions

File pertains to productions of the play based on this book by Powe at Theatre Erindale (University of Toronto at Mississauga) and the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga in 2002 and 2003. Records in the file include printed e-mail and correspondence, photographs, programs, a pamphlet, a poster, a notice, newspaper clippings, and royalty statements. Also included in the file is printed e-mail, correspondence and an itinerary pertaining to the launch and promotion of Powe’s book “Aldershot 1945”.

Photos : book jacket and publicity

File consists of a photograph of Powe in military uniform in Sept. 1943 and printed copies of a photograph of Powe used for a book jacket in 2004.

Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association [CLHIA] articles and brochures

File pertains to Powe's work as Director of Public Relations and later Vice-President of Public Affairs for the Association. Also included is a notebook belonging to Powe entitled Tax reform diary (1988), business cards, Association circulars about special events, and notes by Powe on the role of a trade association.

Promo material

File consists of promotional blurbs, quotes and a press release about Powe’s published books.

Publications, publicity, media : vol. II

Item is a scrapbook pertaining to Powe’s novel “The Aberhart Summer”, including publication of the 2000 edition and various stage productions of the stage play. Records include photographs, ephemera, reviews, newspaper and magazine articles.

“The Aberhart Summer” : film rights and production

File mainly pertains to negotiations with Great North Productions for the film rights to “The Aberhart Summer”. Records include correspondence, notes, memoranda, photographs of Powe with a production crew, and an option agreement between Powe and Great North Productions.

Correspondence with Don Gutteridge

File consists of two letters exchanged between Powe and Gutteridge regarding their respective books, “The Aberhart Summer” and “Bewilderment”.

“Aldershot” research materials

File consists of Powe’s handwritten research notes, newspaper clippings, and photocopies from texts pertaining to the Canadian Forces, military law and discipline, organization, conscription, and Kiska.

“The Aberhart Summer” : reprints (NeWest Press)

File pertains to the reprinting of Powe’s book “The Aberhart Summer” by NeWest Press in 2000 and the promotion of the reprint. Records include printed e-mail, correspondence, royalty statements, itineraries, an invitation list, an author statement, a memorandum of agreement, a NeWest Press spring 2000 catalogue, and reviews of the original published book.

Norwich Union history

File pertains to Powe’s research for and writing of a history of the Norwich Union Life Insurance Company. Records include a photograph of Powe in front of the company’s building, newspaper clippings, and typescript notes from interviews with executives and managers.

Diary : Feb. 1-11, 2000

Item is a notebook maintained by Powe pertaining to the Citadel Theatre production of the stage play based on his book “The Aberhart Summer” in Edmonton, Alberta.

Polnov : correspondence and memoranda

File pertains to a political novel by Powe, variously entitled as “Any Warm Body” and “The Split Vote”, and his efforts (with literary agent Beverley Slopen) to find a publisher for the book. Records include correspondence with publishers, Powe’s memoranda to file, notes, and a manuscript evaluation by Greg Ioannou. Some correspondence and memoranda pertains to Powe’s research questions posed to politicians including Ralph Ferguson, Murray Elston, and Royce Frith.

Publications, publicity, media : vol. I

Item is a scrapbook pertaining to Powe’s literary work and career, including “The Ice Eaters” and stage productions of “The Aberhart Summer”. Records include photographs, letters, invitations, ephemera, reviews, newspaper and magazine articles.

Agent : Bev Slopen

File consists of correspondence, notes and an agreement pertaining to Powe and his literary agent, Beverley Slopen. Included in the file is a Writers’ Union of Canada brochure entitled “Writer & literary agent: guidelines for the writer-literary agent relationship”.

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