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Parker, H.
2012-066/009(07) · File · 2000-2002
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of correspondence about the estate of Harley Parker and the payment of royalties to his heirs. Parker was the co-author with Marshall McLuhan of the book, Through the Vanishing Point: Space in Poetry and Painting (Harper & Row, New York, 1968).

McLuhan: Assorted
2012-066/009(01) · File · 26 Dec. 2003, 2004, 19 Apr. 2008
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of a clipping of an article about the book, McLuhan for Managers by Derrick De Kerckhove and Mark Federman; correspondence with Library and Archives Canada about providing a microfilm copy of the Marshall McLuhan collection to the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto; clipping of Corinne McLuhan's obituary in the Globe & Mail.

McLuhan: varia
2012-066/008(25) · File · 1942, 1977, 2001-2009
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists primarily of correspondence with the McLuhan family about the estate following the death of Corinne McLuhan in April of 2008. Also includes reproductions of clippings about Marshall McLuhan. File also contains a letter from 19 Oct. 1942 from Marshall McLuhan to E. H. Keller.

McLuhan material
2012-066/008(24) · File · 1976-1979, 1982, 1996-2006
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes publishing agreements, correspondence about permission to cite, and correspondence about a book project with Barbara Rowes.

McLuhan, Marshall
2012-066/008(23) · File · 1968-2005
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of assorted records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: requests to cite and republish the work of Marshall McLuhan, correspondence about the dispute with Janine Marchessault; correspondence with Mo Cohen about the Book of Probes project; 1971 memorandum of agreement with Editions Hurtubise for the book "From Cliche to Archetype"; 1968 memorandum of agreement with Viking Press for the book "From Cliche to Archetype".

McLuhan material
2012-066/008(22) · File · 1976-2002
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of assorted records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: correspondence with Bill Marshall; royalty statements; postcard from Corinne McLuhan to Matie Molinaro; requests to cite and republish; correspondence about public appearances by Eric McLuhan.

McLuhan, Marshall
2012-066/008(13) · File · 1977-2000
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of assorted records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: requests to cite and republish the work of Marshall McLuhan, correspondence about a CD-Rom project with Southam Inc., biographical highlights of Marshall McLuhan.

McLuhan: Old
2012-066/008(10) · File · 1973-2011, predominant 1979-1998
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of assorted records related to Marshall McLuhan and his estate as clients of CSWS Ltd. Includes: correspondence including invitations to speak, requests for permission to cite, on the subject of rights; royalty statements; clippings.

McLuhan, Elizabeth
2012-066/008(07) · File · 1972-1974
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of two draft agreements related to Elizabeth McLuhan: with Godfrey, MacSkimming & Bacque Ltd. for a book titled "Singing Wild"; with Griffin Press Ltd. for a book of poetry titled "Routes/Roots".

McLuhan, Emily
2012-066/008(06) · File · Aug. 2005
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of correspondence between Emily McLuhan and CSWS Ltd. about the McLuhan Festival of the Future and a new anthology on the work of Marshall McLuhan, "The Legacy of McLuhan", edited by Lance Strate and Edward Wachtel (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2005).

McLuhan, Eric
2012-066/008(05) · File · 1994, 2005
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of general correspondence with Eric McLuhan; correspondence with University of Toronto Press about electronic rights to "Laws of Media" and "The Gutenberg Galaxy"; correspondence about the dispute with Janine Marchessault.

McLuhan, Corinne
2012-066/008(03) · File · 1978, 2002-2004
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of notes and correspondence with Corinne McLuhan about royalties and royalty statements from publisher McGraw-Hill. File also includes the 1978 agreement between Italian publisher Armando Armando and Marshall McLuhan, Eric McLuhan and Kathryn Hutchon for the book "The City as Classroom".

McLuhan, Eric
2012-066/007(25) · File · 2008-2009
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of correspondence with Eric McLuhan including discussions about rights to the work of Marshall McLuhan and emailed photographs of Eric giving a talk in Rome in March 2009.

McLuhan, Eric
2012-066/007(24) · File · 1997-2003
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of general correspondence about Eric McLuhan and the estate of Marshall McLuhan, primarily about Eric's participation at the Cultural Heritage in the Global Village conference in Vienna in October 1998.

Gordon, Terrence (W.T.)
2012-066/007(23) · File · 2001-2002
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of correspondence and contracts related to the rights for the book, "Marshall McLuhan: Escape Into Understanding" (Toronto: Stoddart, 1997). After Stoddart went bankrupt, the rights were reverted to W. Terrence Gordon and were later sold to Gingko Press.

Gordon, Terry
2012-066/007(22) · File · 1996-2005
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of correspondence between CSWS Ltd. and McLuhan scholar W. Terrence Gordon about McLuhan book projects, including a draft extract of his biography of McLuhan, "Marshall McLuhan: Escape Into Understanding". File also includes correspondence and proposal/outline for his book, "Linguistic for Dummies" (later "Linguistic for Idiots").

Gordon, Terrence
2012-066/007(21) · File · 2004-2005
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of correspondence between CSWS Ltd. and McLuhan scholar W. Terrence Gordon about McLuhan book projects, primarily the editing for publication of McLuhan's doctoral dissertation, "The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time".

2012-066/007(11) · File · [196-]
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of headshot photographs and resumes for clients of CSWS Ltd.: Ronald Chudley, Irene Balser, Richard Bidlake, Peter Boretski, Jeannie Carson, Colin Fox, Neil Freeman, Corinne Langston, Mary Long, Biff McGuire, George R. Robertson, Diane Stapley, Chris Higgins

Wicks, Ben and Sue
2012-066/007(04) · File · [ca. 2000]
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of records related to cartoonist and illustrator Ben Wicks and his daughter Susan Wicks, as a clients of CSWS Ltd.: proof for the children's book "I Like to Pretend" (part of the Born to Read Series); story line proposal "Emma McNair and her Magical Chair".

Wicks, Ben
2012-066/007(01) · File · 1987-1996
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of records related to cartoonist and illustrator Ben Wicks as a clients of CSWS Ltd.: clippings; correspondence; royalty statements; Katie and Orbie storylines.

Tooze, Sandra
2012-066/006(20) · File · 1996-1998
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of records related to author Sandra Tooze as a client of CSWS Ltd.: correspondence and excerpts related to her book "Muddy Waters: A Biography"; book proposal: "Chuck Berry : Rock 'N Roll Rebel".

Somers, Harry
2012-066/006(16) · File · [199-]-2001
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of records related to composer Harry Somers as a client of CSWS Ltd.: promotional material for the 2001 performance of the opera Serinette at St. James Cathedral (Toronto, ON) and the score for the song "I'll Haste Away to Jordan's Stream" - an excerpt from Serinette.

Salverson, George
2012-066/006(12) · File · [197-]-1990
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of records related to writer George Salverson as a client of CSWS Ltd.: Salverson's resume and writing credits; covering letter and contract for production of "The Legend of the Dumbells" by the Tapestry Music Theatre (Toronto, ON).

Salverson, George
2012-066/006(10) · File · 1977-1992
Part of Canadian Speakers' and Writers' Service Ltd. fonds

File consists of records related to writer George Salverson as a client of CSWS Ltd.: correspondence; draft contract agreements with The Fathers of Confederation Building Trust (Charlottetown, PEI) for the musical "The Legend of the Dumbells"; royalty statements for "The Legend of the Dumbells"; readers' report for the manuscript "Vision in Blood"; clippings.