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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.

Grandparents : Powe

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

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.

B.A.P. : parents

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

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.

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.

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.

Stamp albums

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Accession 1995-028

Accession 1995-028

Accession consists of Bruce Allen Powe's diaries, personal correspondence and correspondence, writings, and other files relating to provincial Liberal politics (1960-1965), journals, his M.A. thesis and research files. There are manuscript drafts for his works "The Ice Eaters," "Expresso 67," "The Mounties Always Gets His," "Killing Ground," "The Last Days of the American Empire", "The Aberhart Summer", and other writings along with related correspondence. Also included are manuscripts for reviews, essays, articles, and press clippings of reviews on his published works. In addition, there is some personal correspondence and World War II papers and military service memorabilia.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

“Expresso ‘67” : Peter Martin Associates

File pertains to “Expresso ‘67”, an illustrated book written by Powe with illustrations by Jeff Chapleau, published by Peter Martin Associates. Records are a newspaper clipping, a royalty report, correspondence exchanged between Peter Martin and Jeff Chapleau, and a receipt from M.G. Hurtig Booksellers Ltd.

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.`

"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.

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).

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).

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.

“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.

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