Layton Collection

: "Machiavelli"; Page 5 and 6 out of order in Fonds; Pages written on both sides; 10 page essay

: "Mrs Polinov" and "A Plausible Story"; 2 short story typescripts. "Mrs. Polinov" 21 pages, "A Plausible Story" 16 pages.

: "Poetry Outlets in Canada"; Prose article about where and how to publish poetry in Canada. 5 Pages.

: "The Poetry of Irving Layton" by Patricia Porth; A study of Irving Layton's work by Patricia Porth. Possibly a thesis.

: "The Role of the Teacher" from Bulletin of Montreal Teachers Federation of Jewish Schools 1.1; A piece written in reaction to criticism teachers face about insufficient education, concerning budget cuts esp. to the humanities. Also suggesting the importance of teachers. Entire Bulletin is also printed in Hebrew, pages 6-12.

: A Laughter in the Mind; Typescript draft of book with slight manuscript annotations.

: Adam's Thesis; Thesis by Richard Adams titled The poetic theories of Irving Layton: A study in polarities. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements forr the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of English at the University of New Brunswick. The thesis was sent to Irving Layton by Adams for him to read over.

: Balls for an one-armed juggler; Typescript draft of book published1964.

: Book Reviews; Three Reviews of Layton's Book A Red Carpet for the Sun, and two reviews of his book A Laughter in the Mind.

: Butterfly on Rock; Poet's signature broadsheet of famous Layton poem "Butterfly on Rock" inside brown protective portfolio. Includes yellow butterfly image on texturized paper. Limited edition of 50 numbered and 26 lettered copies, all signed by the poet. Library has no. 41.

: Canadian Forum; Poems and one Short Story by Irving Layton published in the Canadian Forum - only Layton's contributions were digitized.

: Collection of poems and short stories; Contents include: i) Holograph poems, in draft, in pencil, on back of dust jacket of The Complete Bible, with Apocrypha (Smith & Goodspeed). Poems are: "An Old Poet Complains" (3 drafts); "On a Certain Canadian Author"; "Riposte"; "Bargain"; "On Reading Spender's Collected Poems" (2 drafts) ; ii) "The Dwarf." Holograph draft and final typescript. (4 pages); iii) "Spikes". Holograph drafts (3), and "Flat Lux." holograph and typescript, all these stapled together, one draft of "Flat Lux being on back of draft of "Spikes"; iv) "Real Estate Room". Typescript, no emendations; v) "Psychosoma" (two lines) Typescript, no emendations; vi) "The Birth of Tragedy", typescript, title crossed out in pencil, Nietzsche written in pencil under title and crossed out; vii) "Early Morning in Cote St. Luc" typescript, one emendation; viii) "Winter Fantasy", typescript, one emendation; ix) Manuscript of In the Midst of My Fever, various emendations in pencil, including, on the reverse side of the title poem's last page a note to Raymond Souster beginning, "Here's a long one that I hope you can use", and praising some of Souster's poems as "Great."; x) Manuscript of The Improved Binoculars (title page missing,) emendations in blue and red ink. I am not sure if this was final version, or complete; ix) "My Brother, Irving", dated Sept. 22, 1954, short story (2 1/4 pages in blue and red ink.) Plus a few other jottings, written in a Sir George Williams College exam book; xii) Drafts, in pencil, of "The Cold Green Element", numbering 10 in all, with final typescript. Also on reverse of first page a poem called "Turnabout", typescript with emendations. Contained in Sir George Williams College exam book, dated July 16, 17, 1954.

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