Gustafson Collection

: Correspondence, Desmond Pacey; Letters about submission of material for Gustafson’s anthologies. Letters concerning Pacey’s anthology and Gustafson’s anthology. Letter from Permissions Department (Enid Thornton) requesting Gustafson’s permission to print in Pacey’s third edition of his anthology. Letter from E. Haultain from Ryerson Press to Gustafson. Letters from Gustafson to various Americans bringing their attention to Pacey’s Canadian anthology, as requested by Pacey. Letters about Canadian periodical publications.

: Correspondence, Duncan Campbell Scott; Correspondence concerning the funding of Gustafson’s anthology, and Campbell’s inclusion in Gustafson’s edited works. Also letters about each other’s works and other poets. A note to Mrs. Scott regarding Gustafson’s sympathy for Mr. Scott’s death, and her reply.

: Correspondence, E.K. Brown; Correspondence concerning Canadian poetry classes at the U of T and Gustafson’s Poetry, and including Brown in an anthology of Canadian writing called Canadian Contemporary Writing. Also some general comments on Canadian poetry and critiques and concerns of writings. Cheque for payment included.

: Correspondence, Earle Birney; Letters concerning the accepting some of Gustafson’s poems for a magazine edited by Birney, as well as some of Birney’s poems for a collection edited by Gustafson and The Forum, among other publications. Letters concerning a short story anthology and concerning the state of poetry and literature and their writers in Canada (during the 1940s). Letter from Frank Flemington, from the Ryerson Press. Cheque for payment. Personal letters about the war, health, the CBC, professional life, family etc. Correspondence with J.B. Marshall, on the awards committee for The Royal Society of Canada, concerning Birney’s application. Birney poem included: “Man is a Snow.”

: Correspondence, Eugene Jolas; Letter to E. Jolas about his publishing Gustafson’s poetry and Jolas’ reply about Vertical magazine and praising Gustafson’s poetry

: Correspondence, F.G. Scott; Congratulations note for Gustafson’s Oxford admittance; personal letters

: Correspondence, F.O. Call; Personal communication regarding poetry and permission to print Call’s poetry in Gustafson’s anthology. Christmas cards and letters included. One photograph of Call’s house with inscription on the back “this is / where I live / Come and / have tea / next summer.” Poems included: “White Hyacinth,” “Wild Swan,” “Frozen Garden.”

: Correspondence, George Herbert Clarke; Letters concerning Clarke’s inclusion in Voices.

: Correspondence, Irving Layton; Correspondence concerning Layton’s inclusion in Voices, Penguin anthology and other works edited by Gustafson. Much discussion on payment for poems and the anthology’s budget. Cheque used for payment included. A copy of open letters to both Ron Everson and Louis Dudek. Some personal correspondence and newspaper clippings. Layton poems included: “Mortuary,” “Winter Scene,” “Because My Calling is Such,” “Advice for Two Young Poets,” “Androgyne.”

: Correspondence, Jay MacPherson; List of private publications. Cheque included. Letters about anthology. Cheque included. Poems included: “Inland,” “The Woods No More,” “Adam,” “The Vessel,” “The Journey,” “Creation,” “The Lovers,” “The Glass,” “Earth’s Answer,” “The Wound,” “The Angel,” “A Mermaid’s Grave,” “O Darkness,” “Contingency,” “A Passible Jesus,” “A Winter,” “A World of Words,” “Times,” “Anagogy,” “The Gates of Sense,” “The Limits in Fire.”

: Correspondence, John Sutherland; Introductory note explaining the correspondence. Letters concerning First Statement, its policies and procedures, its finances, and messages to its subscribers. Cheques for payment included. Letters concerning Sutherland’s inclusion in and biographical data for Gustafson’s anthologies, as well as letters concerning Gustafson’s inclusion in First Statement. Letters concerning a merger with Preview and a name change to the Northern Review. Gustafson letters to various people who might mention Northern Review in a publication: Margaret Marshall, Literary Editor of The Nation; Oyril Connolly, Editor Horizon; J. Donald Adams, New York Times Book Review; Mr Gibbons, Yale Co-Op. Letter about fire that destroyed one issue of Northern Review. Some letters from artists submitting works to be included in Northern Review. Response to letter of condolence send to Mrs Sutherland from Gustafson following John Sutherland’s death.

: Correspondence, Leonard Cohen; Correspondence regarding inclusion of Cohen in a Penguin anthology of poetry edited by Gustafson. The cheque used for payment and a personal letter.

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