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Fonds consists of more than 60 letters, newsletters, poems, and greeting cards written by Margaret Laurence to Ian and Sandy Cameron, as well as a copy of Laurence's will. The correspondence discusses Laurence's work as a writing instructor and speaker at the University of Toronto, her relationship with other Canadian writers and Clara Thomas, her move from Toronto to Lakefield, and her involvement with the Writers' Union of Canada conference in Ottawa in November 1973. Laurence comments extensively on her own works and her efforts to encourage other writers (including Ian Cameron), her efforts to produce a recording of songs with her lyrics and Cameron's musical score to accompany "The diviners," the film contract based on this novel, and her elation at winning the Molson Prize in 1975. The correspondence also discusses her divorce from Jack Laurence, her relationship with her children, and her views on social and generational change. The correspondence is accompanied by nine vinyl recordings given by Laurence to the Camerons that feature European classical music, African palm wine music, and Ghanian highlife music. The fonds also contains five letters from John Ruskin, the Victorian writer and art critic, to Kate Towney and Arbuthnot Cameron, 1865-1867, regarding Towney's marriage and financial affairs, mineral collecting, and ideas from Ruskin's book, "Modern painters." These letters are accompanied by notes and transcripts, as well as a letter written in 1907 regarding the Ruskin correspondence.

Collection consists of items from the collection of books of the Margaret Laurence collection at Catharine Parr Traill College. Publications by Laurence which are referred to include "The Prophets Camel Bell", "Long Drums and Cannons", "The Christmas Birthday Story", "The Diviners", "Six Darn Cows" and "Manawaka works". Other records have information which refers to, or are from, Helen Margaret Buss, Philip Shirley, Scott Hutcheson, Angus Mowat, Al Purdy, William Ready,and the book "Poet Cop" by Hans Jewinski.

The fonds consists mainly of book manuscripts including The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), Long Drums and Cannons (1966), The Fire Dwellers (1969), A Bird in the House (1970), The Diviners (1974) and Heart of a Stranger (1976). The audio cassette, disc, and reel are of songs from The Diviners. There have been ten accruals. The first is arranged into the following series: manuscripts; reviews, other printed material. The second accrual consists of manuscripts. The third accrual consists of short stories. The fourth accrual consists of a scrapbook and poster. The fifth accrual is arranged into the following series: manuscripts; journals; correspondence, publications, research files. The sixth accrual consists of correspondence. The seventh accrual consists of typescripts of Dance on the Earth. The eighth accrual consists of correspondence and the typescript of a speech. The ninth accrual is a mimeograph ts., “The Christmas Story”. The tenth accrual consists primarily of letters to Lois Wilson, including Laurence's instrucitons concerning her own funeral service and burial.

The fonds consists of Margaret Laurence's records pertaining to her activities as a writer and to her personal life. The fonds includes correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, printed material, personal files, graphic materials, sound recordings and moving image records.