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This is an advertisement from Harper’s Weekly, looking for workers who know how to use sewing machines, or have a general knowledge of sewing. There were a few different clothing advertisements in this issue of Harper’s. They might have been placed…

Kroetsch's mother at age 17, standing in front of her house.

Small copy of a painting of the painter Rembrandt's mother, used to influence Kroetsch when writing Sounding The Name

Valentine’s Day was an important day for letters and, as recorded by David M. Henkin, caused post offices to be “lumbered with wagon loads of valentines” (Henkin 149). He also notes that St. Valentine’s Day was popular as a “prolific source of dead…

Image of the Stone Hammer that we assume Robert Kroetsch wrote "Stone Hammer Poem" about.

Image of the Stone Hammer that we assume Robert Kroetsch wrote "Stone Hammer Poem" about.

Image of the Stone Hammer that we assume Robert Kroetsch wrote "Stone Hammer Poem" about.

Image of the Stone Hammer that we assume Robert Kroetsch wrote "Stone Hammer Poem" about.

Image of the Stone Hammer that we assume Robert Kroetsch wrote "Stone Hammer Poem" about.

Image of the Stone Hammer that we assume Robert Kroetsch wrote "Stone Hammer Poem" about.

Short audio file of crowd noise

Holograph fragment of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Holograph fragment of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Typescript draft of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Typescript draft of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Probably second draft of outline of intent of stage play. Typescript title Twilight to a long, long day replaced with holograph title The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. Annotations on MsC 20.38.12f2 indicate date commission was granted.

Excerpt from 76-page first draft of stage play.

Excerpt from 80-page second draft of stage play.

Excerpt from 105-page third draft of stage play.

Draft of poem.

This section of "The Moonstone" is placed in between Harper's many visual reminders of the prominence of the letter, and it promotes the book as being "Richly Illustrated", which furthers draws the reader's eye towards the story. The mention of the…

Published in Charles Dickens' journal All The Year Round, Wilkie Collins' "The Moonstone" stands alone on the page of the publication, giving the reader the opportunity to appreciate the text on it's own. In this section Betteredge receives a…

This is the first illustration that appears in Harper’s Weekly’s publication of The Moonstone. Combined with the other two images on this first page, the illustration sets the tone for the series’ representation of the novel’s Indian characters.…

Excerpt from 181-page typescript (photocopy) with holograph revisions. Includes revised first twelve pages. Identified in author's separate holograph note as "Original final final draft (4th and 5th) and setting draft 1980."

Excerpt from 181-page typescript (photocopy) with holograph revisions. Includes revised first twelve pages. Identified in author's separate holograph note as "Original final final draft (4th and 5th) and setting draft 1980."

Excerpt from 80-page holograph and typescript first draft and jottings.

Excerpt from 218-page typescript with holograph revisions and holograph first complete draft.

Excerpt from 164-page typescript with holograph revisions. Original final third draft. With unidentified holographs comments, possibly by Rudy Wiebe.

Excerpt from 164-page typescript with holograph revisions. Original final third draft. With unidentified holographs comments, possibly by Rudy Wiebe.

Here is the title page for Wilkie Collin’s The Moonstone, in All the Year Round. Unlike Harper’s Weekly, All the Year Round does not have illustrations incorporated within its text. Although there are no illustrations, All the Year Round still has…

This is the title page for The Moonstone in Harper’s Weekly’s, May 30, 1868 instalment. On this page we see two illustrations taking up a good portion of the page. In the title of The Moonstone, the words “RICHLY ILLUSTRATED” are presented as almost…

In contrast to the illustrated opening on Harper's Weekly, All the Year Round featured a consistently uniform opening of Collin's text mingling with the opening of the newspaper. This uniform opening demonstrates an priority upon the material nature…

In the American newspaper Harper's Weekly, chapter X is opened with this illustration of Franklin Blake reading. This visualization of Mr. Blake opens up certain visual tropes that Victorian readers will associate with sensation fiction (Leighton…

This image is the title page of Chapter’s Eight and Nine of the Moonstone in the Publication Harper’s Weekly. Harper’s is able to compare and contrast different cultures using dark and light images. The foreign culture is represented as three Indian…

This image is the title page of chapters Eight and Nine of the Moonstone in All the Year Round. All the Year Round formats the title page in a way that reinforces the idea of proper Englishness. Clear, clean text formatted symmetrically on the page…

Typescript

Typescript from the third draft of Robert Kroetsch's 1969 novel The Studhorse Man.

Typescript from the third draft of Robert Kroetsch's 1969 novel The Studhorse Man.

Typescript from the third draft of Robert Kroetsch's 1969 novel The Studhorse Man.

Typescript from the third draft of Robert Kroetsch's 1969 novel The Studhorse Man.