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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-

Signed photograph of Lester B. Pearson

Item is a studio portrait of Lester B. Pearson. The photo mat has been inscribed and signed by Pearson: “To Bruce Powe, in grateful appreciation for all that you have done to help. Lester B. Pearson. Ottawa, Dec. 25/63”.

“Man and his Work”

File consists of two versions of a published series of articles by Powe and Fraser Isbester entitled “Man and his Work: a look at industrial relations”, published by the Canadian Department of Labour in co-operation with Canadian High News.

Diplomas

File consists of Powe’s University of Alberta’s BA and MA diplomas, as well as a University of Alberta Bachelor of Education diploma belonging to his father-in-law, Godfrey Brady.

Book covers

File consists of several covers of books written by Powe, which were mounted and framed. Included are covers for “The Last Days of the American Empire” (two different versions), “The Ice Eaters”, “The Aberhart Summer” (1983 printing), and “Killing Ground: the Canadian civil war” (1968 cover).

Wedding scrapbook

Item is a scrapbook commemorating the marriage of Powe to Alys Maude Brady on 30 June 1949. Scrapbook includes a wedding invitation, newspaper clippings, letters, greeting cards, telegrams and other ephemera, as well as loose photographs of Powe’s grandchildren, unidentified family members, and a wedding portrait of the couple. Some photographs of Alys have been pasted in the book.

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.

Research : USA and others

File consists of travel notebooks and notes maintained by Powe, photographs, and travel ephemera collected by Powe, including pamphlets, hotel lists, newspaper clippings, and maps.`

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”.

University of Alberta yearbook pages, certificate and photograph

File consists of selected unbound pages from the University of Alberta at Edmonton students' union annual publication, which includes photos of Powe and his wife, Alys, a certificate of outstanding service issued to Powe, and a photograph of Powe setting the type for the student newspaper.

Travel : Spain-UK

File consists of itineraries, invoices and correspondence pertaining to a tour to Spain taken by Powe and his wife, Alys.

Travel

File consists of a letter, pamphlets and brochures pertaining to Powe’s travels with his wife, Alys, to France and England.

Stamp albums

File consists of two books of stamps accompanied by printed e-mail exchanged between Powe and Irv Whynot, a philatelist.

Scrapbook

Item is a scrapbook commemorating the birth of Powe’s grandson Jeremy Earley, son of his daughter, Kathleen. Records include photographs of Powe and his family members and newspaper birth announcements.

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.

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.

"Killing Ground" : reviews

File consists of newspaper book reviews of Powe's book "Killing Ground: the Canadian Civil War", originally published under the pseudonym Ellis Portal.

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. 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.

Promo material

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

Name plate

Item is a name plate that reads, “Bruce A. Powe, author”.

Memorandum from Keith Davey

Item is a memorandum from Keith Davey, the national campaign director for the Liberal Federation of Canada, sent to Lester B. Pearson and Walter Gordon, praising Powe for his work and attendance at a Saskatchewan Campaign College. Included is a joke Diefendollar bill.

Edmonton travel file

File pertains to Powe’s travels with his wife, Alys, to Alberta and British Columbia in August 1992. Included in the file is correspondence, itineraries, brochures and facsimiles.

Don Valley West federal Liberal Assocn.

File pertains to Powe’s involvement with this Liberal riding association. Records are copies of two letters from Powe to MP John Godfrey and a letter from Godfrey to Powe.

Diefendollars

File consists of several versions of “Diefendollars”, novelty dollar bills worth 91 or 92.5 cents, produced by the Liberal Party of Canada and used as campaign propaganda.

Correspondence with Don Gutteridge

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

Correspondence : 50th wedding anniversary

File consists of letters from Jean Chretien, Joseph Volpe, Romeo LeBlanc, and John Godfrey, sent to Powe and his wife, Alys, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Also included is an invitation to an 50th anniversary party.

Audio recording of Bruce Allen Powe

Item is an home audio recording by Powe entitled “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”. The recording on the other side of the item is entitled “The Water When the Moonbeams Kiss” by Mrs. B. Potvin.

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.

Sheila and family

File consists of photographs of Powe’s sister-in-law, Sheila Schlesinger (sister of Alys Powe), her husband, Ernie, and their family.

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.

Photographs of VE Day in London

File consists of photographs and original negatives taken by Powe of the crowds around Buckingham Palace, Leicester Square, Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus in London on 8 May 1945.

Photographs of Lillian Barr and Wilbur Powe

File consists of three formal portraits of Powe’s parents, Lillian (Lilly) Ann Barr and Wilbur Powe. One photograph may be a wedding portrait, and the other two are individual portraits of Lillian and Wilbur taken at different times.

Photographs of Bruce Allen Powe while in the military

File consists of photographs of Powe while in the military during the Second World War, in Alberta and in London, England. Included are photographs of Powe with fellow soldiers and images of London’s Tower Bridge.

Photographs of Bruce Allen Powe

File consists of a contact print and four headshots of Powe posing with a pipe, used for the promotion of “The Aberhart Summer”, taken by Brian Willer in March 1984.

Photographs of Bruce Allen Powe

File consists of photographs of Powe standing next to a sign for Powe Street in Saskatoon. Also included in the file is a notebook of notes and quotes, kept by Powe.

Photographs of Bruce Allen Powe

File consists of photographs of Powe as a baby, with and without his mother, Lillian. Also included is an image of an unidentified woman, a dog and two young boys, one possibly Powe.

Photographs of Alberta scenery and parks

File consists of photographs of scenery in Banff and Jasper National Parks, including Lake Louise Hotel and Crowfoot Glacier, and one photograph of Powe. Locations of photographs annotated on verso in pencil.

Photograph from the Writers Development Trust dinner

File consists of a photograph of Powe with son B.W. Powe, Jim Coutts, Katherine Govier, Erika Ritter and Joy Kogawa at this dinner. Photograph is accompanied by a letter from Coutts to Powe and a photo identification key.

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.

Miscellaneous family photographs

File consists of photographs of Powe while in the military during the Second World War, in Alberta and in London, England. Included are photographs of Powe with fellow soldiers and images of London Bridge.

Grandparents : Powe

File consists of a group portrait of an unidentified family and photographs of Lillian and Wilbur Powe with others.

Ghana independence celebrations : slides

File consists of photographs taken by Powe while in Ghana during independence celebrations in 1957. Photographs include images of individuals, buildings, natural scenery, and large gatherings of people. Some photographs in this file were taken in Canada.

Family and travel photographs

File consists of photographs of Powe as a teenager, Powe’s parents, Wilbur and Lillian, in their yard, as well as photographs of scenery in Banff, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, and the Columbia Ice Fields in Alberta.

B.A.P. : parents

File consists of assorted photographs of Powe’s parents, Lillian and Wilbur.

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