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Typescript draft of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Typescript draft of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Holograph fragment of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Holograph fragment of "The Angel of the Tar Sands"

Holograph fragments of "Going to Russia."

Concrete poetry

File consists of draft of poem.

File consists of second and final drafts of poem written in Mexico.

File consists of drafts of poem. Item two has E. Birney's holograph annotation "not final form."

Part of second draft and drafts six, seven, eight and nine of poem. Includes holograph insert by E. Birney: "various drafts of Arrivals".

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 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 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."

Draft of poem.

File consists of three drafts of poem. Item two is a duplicate copy of item one with holograph revisions pertaining to capitalization and spacing; item three has holograph annotation "final." Items one and two have variant title West Vancouver Ferry.…

Typescript (mimeograph). Three copies.

Typescript with holograph revisions

Typescript with holograph revisions

Typescript miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions

Holograph notes

Excerpts from 27 pages of holograph fragments pertaining to the short story collection Man Descending. Excerpts show 5 different fragment versions of the ending of Sam, Soren, and Ed.

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.

Typescript

Letter (repository copy) from George Ryga to Malcolm Black, Playhouse Theatre Company, forwarding outline and establishing date of outline.

Excerpt from 105-page third draft of stage play.

Excerpt from 80-page second draft of stage play.

Excerpt from 76-page first draft of stage play.

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

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