Purdy Collection
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- The Horseman of Agawa (Indian rock painting under the cliffs of Lake Superior)
- one typescript page
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- The Iron Road
- An autobiographical novel which was discarded by A. Purdy. The file contains a typescript copy of about 15,000 words.
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- The Iron Road
- A manuscript and three typescript copies of an autobiographical article published in Canada Month.
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- The Knife
- Adaptation of a novel by Theon Wright. Commissioned by the CBC for the stage series (one hour), presented in late 1969. Typescript carbon. 35 pages.
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- The Knot
- A half-hour television play.
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- The Last Snowballer
- Typescript copy of short story. Not offered for publication. 7 pages.
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- The Legend of Daniel Williams
- From the material: "The story as I [Al Purdy] have written it is a complete departure from Peter Freuchen's book. It relies on the book only for the names of characters, but the characters themselves are completely different. Only in the courtroom scenes which I have not sent is there any similarity, And I had to go by Freuchen in that regard because I presume he had access to some sort of official records or newsaper accoun[t]s of the trial. But other than that this might be regarded as an original play." Never Published.
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- The Life and Death of a Village
- Typescript copy of short story. 7 pages.
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- The Look
- Play. Typescript, 14 pages.
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- The Man Hunter
- An article by Al W. Purdy that was published in Canada Month. In this article an aging anthropologist named Marius Barbeau is interviewed. His interest and adventures with the Huron-Wyandot Aboriginal peoples are depicted, as well as his many theories on evolution.
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- The Man at the Window
- Half-hour play for television.
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- The Murder of "Peter the Lordly"
- An article about the murder or death of Peter Verigin. Manuscript. 50 pages in holograph. Two typescript copies.