Correspondence, Desmond Pacey
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PACEY, Desmond1. Ap. 28, 1942 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.2. My. 28, 1942 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.3. Jl. 30, 1946 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.4. F. 10, 1947 Pacey to Gustafson A.L.S.5. F. 12, 1947 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.6. F. 25, 1947 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.7. Mr. 9. 1947 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.8. Jl. 7, 1949 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.9. S 13, 1949 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.10. s. 15, 1941 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.11. s. 20, 1949 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.12. D. 11, 1949 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.13. D. 14, 1949 Pacey to Gusta fson A.L.S.14. D. 26, 1949 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.15. Ja. 5, 1950 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.16. Ja. 9, 1950 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.17. D. 3, 1951 Thornton(Ryerson Press) to Gustafson 18. D. 13, 1951 Gustafson to Thornton T.df L. 19. Ja. 8, 1952 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.20. Ja. 12, 1952 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.21. Ja. 14, 1952 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.22. Ja. 14, 1952 Gustafson to Flemington(Ryerson Press) 23. Ja. 16, 1952 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.24-. Ja. 25, 1952 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.25- Ja. 30, 1952 Thornton to Gustafson T.L.S. 26. Mr. 26, 1952 Haultain(Ryerson Press) to Gustafson 27. Mr. 28, 1952 Gustafson to Haultain T.df L. 28. Apr 1952 Gustafson to Rolo T.df L.29. Apr. . 16, 1952 Gustafson to van Doren T.df L. 30 Apr . 19, 1952 Gustafson to Marshall T.df L. 31 Apr . 24 , 1952 Gustafson to New Republic T.df L. 32. Apr . 22, 1952 Marshall to Gustafson T.L.S.
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PACEY, Desmond (cont.) -2-33. Apr. 24, 1952 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.34. Apr. 24. 1952 Gustafson to Haultain T.df L.35. Apr. 24, 1952 Gustafson to Rutledge(New Mexico Quarterly Review) T.df L.36. Apr. 24, 1952 Gustafson to Henderson(New Yorker) T.df L.37. Aor. 28, 1952 Henderson to Gustafson T.L.S.38. Apr. 28, 1952 Pacey to Gustafson A.L.S.39. My. 16, 1952 Thornton to Gustafson T.L.S.40. My. 29, 1952 Van Doren to Gustafson T.L.S.41. Ja. 24, 1959 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.42. F.2, 1959 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.43. F. 10, 1959 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.44. Mr. 14, 1959 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.45. Mr. 18, 1959 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.46. Mr. 24, 1959 Gustafson to Pacey T.df L.47. Ap. 4, 1959 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.48. Ap. 21, 1959 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.49. Jl. 15, 1960 Pacey to Gustafson A.L.S.50. Jl. 21, 1960 Pacey to Gustafson A.L.S.51. Jl. 28, 1960 Pacey to Gustafson A.L.S.52. Ap. 17, 1961 Pacey to Gustafson T.L.S.
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Dept. of English, Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba.April 28th,1942.Dear Sir,My friend Sinclair Ross has passed on to me the information that you are looking for material for a volume of contemporary Canadian writing. I am enclosing a short story which I hope you will consider suitable for publication in such a volume.I have published stories previously in The Farmer and Queen's Quarterly.I am enclosing ten cents to cover return postage,and trust that you will return the story to me at your earliest convenience if you decide you cannot use it.Ralph Gustafson,Esq. 70 Central Park W. New York City.
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May 28, 1942Desmond Pacey Brandon College Brandon, Man.Dear Mr Pacey,Thank yon for your kindness in sending along "The Candidate" which I read with pleasure. I had remembered “The Hired Man” in Queen's Quarterly.I am sorry to have to return the short-story. Although all my material is not in, the contents for my "Contemporary Canadian "Writing" has been spoken for.I am hoping, however, that the volume may have a sequel.With hast wishes,Yours truly,
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The University of New BrunswickFREDERICTON, N. B.July 30,1946Dear Mr. Gustafson,It was a pleasure to receive your letter of July28.My anthology is not primarily of contemporary work. It is an historical anthology of Canadian short stories, beginning with Indian legends and coming up through Howe and Haliburton to the present. As a result,the number of recent stories I can use is strictly limited if I am not to throw the thing out of proportion, lam confining myself to writers who have already published a good number of stories,with Pat Page and William McConnell representing the new work in the little magazines. For this reason I do not think that any good purpose would be served by your sending me the stories,especially as I have just completed the introduction and have the manuscript all wrapped up for mailing.I should certainly enjoy to read your stories however,and wish you the best of luck with them.The only story of any merit which I have written lately was published in the last (Summer,1946) number of Queen’s Quarterly. I assume you have access to that magazine;if not,and you would like to read the story,I'll send you a copy. It might not suit your purposes,for it hasn’t a Canadian setting. I have a few unpublished stories which I will send you if you wish,but I’m afraid they're not up to much. I think the best story I ever wrote was "The Hired Man”,which appeared in Queen’s in 1941:it has an Ontario setting and I should be delighted to have you use it® If your second Accent is to resemble the first,and include criticism as well as fiction, you might like to consider using my article '‘The Novel in Canada" which appeared in Queen’s last autumn, Arthur Smith thinks highly of it”-or so he tells me.In any case,I think you are doing a fine job for our writers by your books,and wish you the best of luck with them.I should enjoy meeting you if you are ever this way. Art Smith has been here for a week’s visit twice in the last six months, and we had some great times*Yours sincerely,
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New York N.Y. February 12, 1947Dear Mr Pacey,Many thanks for your letter of Monday. I am now waiting for the contract from Penguin's in London, not wanting to proceed further with my second Canadian Accent until I can determine terms to pay my contributors.I’ve therefore not yet got at your pieces in the Queen's Quarterly. Please don’t assume any diminishing of interest on my part. Some revision for an international audience of your article on the Cdn novel might eminently suit Cdn Accent, i should be grateful for such a piece or perhaps a short story of yours. I'd very much like to see the two recent ones you mention. Perhaps you'd care to send me carbons? My holding, them until the monetary end of my anthology is settled need not delay any steps you would like to take with the stories in other quarters-- although I would like to keep to first publishings as much as possible.I'm glad you liked my story In the Atlantic-- reaction has been encouraging, what of your anthology of Cdn prose? Is there a publication date? I look forward to it.With best wishes,Sincerely,
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The University of New BrunswickFREDERICTON, N. B.February 25,1947Dear Mr, Gustafson,In accordance with your suggestion, I am sendingyou a carbon copy of my story,SILO. I feel sure that this is the better of the two stories I mentioned,and if you were to reject this you would reject the other. I should be very much obliged if you would let me know within two or three weeks whether you think the story will be suitable for your purposes. If your plans are still indefinite,I shall not of course demand definite commitments, but I should like to have an opinion one way or the other. Nothing is more frustrating to a writer--as I am sure you will agree—-than to have his stuff held for months on end, in cidental-ly,Northern Review is the worst offender l know on this point,and I have personal knowledge of several promising young writers,and indeed of two or three established ones,who have been seriously prejudiced against the magazine on that ground, I don!t know how close you are to the editors of that struggling and on the whole worthy publication,but if you could tactfully convey to them this ida it would certainly be for their ultimate good. I have given them favourable publicity in the introduction to my short story anthology, and I sincerely wish them well,but they will never rise above the status of a clique until they make their editorial policies more efficient. ....Forgive the self-righteousness..*and Dr. Pierce hopes to have it ready by April. It has taken longer than they expected to clear the copyrights,but everything is now in order, I hope it is well-recieved,both by the general public and the intellectuals. I have tried to make it as catholic and represent-ative as possible,including certain writers,who shall be nameless, of whom my private opinion is not high but whose output is or was sufficiently well-known to have made their exclusion obvious and arbitrary, (That's a dreadful sentence,but you’ll gather my meaning I hope.) I tried to steer between the Scylla of highbrowism and the Charybdis of mere vulgarity and popularity:with what success, the critics must decide.The anthology is now definitely on the press,Yours sincerely,Desmond Pacey.
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New York 23, N.Y March 9, 1948Dear Mr Pacey,It was good of you to let me have the chance to read "Silo"-- which I have done with pleasure. It is not quite right for my purposes with CANADIAN ACCENT, however. I have a farm-piece by Knister in the MS and another spoken for from Hutchinson. Not that I don't want emphasis on agricultural Canada ( still think your "Hired Man" has the edge on "Silo"), but not too much.However, I still have to look up your piece on The Novel in Canada and will let you know about it. It strikes me that a more fertile field to tell an international audience about is the Cdn short story— at least, I seem to find the Cdn common denominator more readily there and certainly better craft. I see no reason to present abroad mostly negative elucidations. We need those for domestic consumption. Perhaps anarticle on the contemporary short story plus whatever novels is the solution. What do you think?I was glad to have your evidence against the Northern Revlew on its dilatory reporting. Though I’m a regional editor, I have had like experience-- but I believe the editor has only his spare time. It was good of you to give NR mention in your introduction. I look forward to your anthology.Repeated thanks for letting me see ”SIlo", and all best wishes,Sincerely,enc.
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Dept., of English,University of N.B., Fredericton,N.B.July 7,1949Dear Mr. Gustafson,You may recall that a couple of years ago you wrote to me about the possibility of having one of your stories included in my BOOK OF CANADIAN STORIES. At that time I had to refuse,as the book was ready for the press and as I was restricting its contents to those writers who had published a number of stories the first edition is almost sold out,and I am now preparing a revised and enlarged edition. I am not yet sure how much new material the publishers will accept,but I should like to include one of your stories. If you care to be represented,would you be good enough to send me the mss. of two or three of your best stories? The stories may be either published or unpublished. If they have been published,please give full publication details. Perhsps you would also provide me with a biographical note and any other information which might help me in the preparation of an introductory note to your story.I shall of course return your mss, at an early date. I have very much enjoyed reading your stories in the Atlantic,Here and Now,and Story. Any one of them would be suitable but I am sure you have one or two favourites of your own,and as far as possible I have allowed the living writers to make their own choice.Yours sincerelyDesmond Pacey.
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New York 23, September 13, 1949Dear Mr Pacey,Please accept my apologies for the delay in answering your letter of July 7th. I returned from Europe only yesterday and it awaited my arrival.I am most happy indeed over the prospect of being represented in the next edition of yourBOOK OF CANADIAN STORIES, and send warm thanks for the welcome you give me. I shall reconsider my MSS on hand as soon as possible— that is, say stories not yet published.I shall send you one or two of these, if you wish, for consideration. Meanwhile, if you would let me know, I'll be glad to send you those published stories of mine which may not have come to your hand:"The Human Fly""- Best stories of 1948 "Summer Storm" Honor Role of Best Stories 1949 “The Thicket”— Cross Section 1948 & Here & Now "The Pigeon"— forthcoming in Northern Review "Helen"-- Argosy (London); & forthcoming in New Mexico Quarterly ReviewIt is agreeable to me if you care to reprint any of the above, Everybody's Digest gave "The Human Fly" another reprinting recently and I'm rather Inclined to shift emphasis. If it is agreeable to you, I would favour "Summer Storm” or “The Pigeon." Would you let me know?With best wishes,Sincerely yours,
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The University of New BrunswickFREDERICTON, N. B.September 15,1949Dear Mr. Gustafson,I was very happy to receive your letter of September 13. I was afraid that my letter had gone astray.Your suggestion that I use either "The Pigeon" or "Summer Storm" suits me very well,as I had myself decided that I would use the latter story if you granted permission,and have it all typed out ready,together with a prefatory note. It can now go on to the publishers,who will no doubt get in touch with you about a permission fee.I have been wondering what became of the second issue of your Canadian Accent. Has it appeared yet? I have not seen a copy.Best wishes for your continued success.Yours sincerely,Desmond Pacey.
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