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Correspondence
CA ON00389 16.0 · Series · 1970-1980
Part of Sheila Watson fonds

Series consists of two files of correspondence from institutions, publishers, other periodicals and individuals regarding the literary journal White Pelican, including a bibliography of the journal by a student.

Watson, Sheila, 1909-1998
Design and Printing Records
CA ON00389 15.0 · Series · 1970-1976
Part of Sheila Watson fonds

Series consists of eight files of typed page proofs by Watson of various issues edited by her, including artwork and book covers by Norman Yates, illustrations by bpNichol, and Photographs by Roy Kiyooka and Stephen Scobie.

Watson, Sheila, 1909-1998
CA ON00389 1.0 · Series · 1954-1993
Part of Sheila Watson fonds

Series consists of 29 diaries, dated reading journals and day planners created and preserved by Watson during her adult life. These Material contain fragments of her creative writing; drawings in graphite, coloured pencil and ink; reading notes and language exercises; collected ephemera; recordings of her daily activities and financial transactions; and reflections on her experiences, emotions, relationships and surroundings.
In general Watson kept confessional and reflective diaries from 1954 (1955?) to about 1957. When she moved to Toronto in 1956 to pursue her doctoral studies, Watson began to keep what can be best described as Reading Journals: dated notes pertaining to books she was reading interspersed with short diary entries regarding her correspondence, her observations of her surroundings and her academic experiences. After she moved to Edmonton to teach at the University of Alberta, and upon her retirement in Nanaimo, Watson's recorded thoughts become more infrequent. In her later life, Watson appears to have purchased commercial Day Planners to record her daily activities and financial translations.
It is apparent that Watson kept journals during her early teaching career in Cariboo Country in British Columbia. However, it seems she destroyed these at a later period.

Watson, Sheila, 1909-1998
Editorial Records
CA ON00389 13.0 · Series · 1970-1975
Part of Sheila Watson fonds

Series consists of four files of editorial Records and submitted material relating to Watson's role as editor of the journal White Pelican, including essays, poetry, book reviews and experimental creative writing by Gordon Peacock, Henry Kreisel, Wilfred Watson, Bert Almon, E.D. Blodgett, Elizabeth McLuhan, Diane Bessai, and Roy Kiyooka (including two of his Photographs), as well as a four page typed introductory essay by Watson, "About Pelicans" which appeared in the first issue of the journal, and a promotional flyer announcing the journal's launch.

Watson, Sheila, 1909-1998
Incoming correspondence
CA ON00389 3.0-3.1 · Subseries · 1933 - 1998
Part of Sheila Watson fonds

Sub-Series consists of handwritten letter drafts and typed copies of Watson's outgoing letters, including letters of recommendation, correspondence with thesis students, letters to friends and family and letters to her husband Wilfred Watson. The Sub-Series has been arranged alphabetically by primary correspondent, and then chronologically.
Detailed file-level descriptions are available upon request.
Files include:
2006 01 88 Anderson, Paula Grace
2006 01 89 Angus, Anne
2006 01 90 Blott, Anne
2006 01 91 [Bowering], Angela
2006 01 92 Bruce, Elizabeth
2006 01 93 Gershater, [Jeanne]
2006 01 94 Marken, Ronald
2006 01 95 Masten, Cathy
2006 01 96 McLuhan, Elizabeth
2006 01 97 McLuhan, Marshall
2006 01 98 Meeker, Dr. Joseph and Robert J. Thaler
2006 01 99 Mitchell, Norah
2006 01 100 New York Herald-Tribune, The
2006 01 101 Sharpe, David
2006 01 102 Shemeluck, Myrna
2006 01 103 Singleton, Marvin
2006 01 104 Tiessen, Hildegard
2006 01 105 Watson, Wilfred
2006 01 106 [Watt], Sandra
2006 01 107 Unknown recipients

Watson, Sheila, 1909-1998
Manuscripts and drafts
CA ON00389 2.0 · Series · 1931 - 1997
Part of Sheila Watson fonds

Series consists of Watson's written material, including early drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, page proofs, metatext and relevant correspondence with editors, including the following sub-series:
2.1. Manuscripts of novels
2.2. Manuscripts of Short Stories
2.3. Manuscripts of poetry
2.4. Manuscripts of non-fiction

Watson, Sheila, 1909-1998