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

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

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

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."

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.…

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 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…

Draft of poem.

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.

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 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"

Short audio file of crowd noise

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.

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…

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

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

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…

This full-page image, “Scene in the Hospital for Incurables on Blackwell’s Island,” appears two pages after The Moonstone in Harper’s Weekly. In W. S. L. Jewry’s illustration, two American women aid a sick man as he lies in a hospital bed. His bed is…

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.

In Harper’s Weekly’s May 30, 1868 issue, the reader sees an advertisement for tobacco pipes, pipe repairs, and pipe holders. This advertisement is an example of “sensational advertising” as we see that the advertisement can catch the reader’s eye…

In "Illustrating The Moonstone in America: Harper's Weekly and Transatlantic Introspection” (2014), Molly Knox Leverenz reminds readers that The Moonstone was published in the United States of America in the years following the Civil War (21). She…