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Matt Cohen fonds. First accrual.

Box 1 Korsoniloff

Box 2 Johnny Crackle Sings

Folder 1. 1st draft outline "article by press agent" annotated typescript; plan of book in chronological order
Folder 1a. 2 Photocopies of outline.
Folder 2. Second draft of Part III "Tour"; Photocopy of portions of the outline; typescript with insertions.
Folder 3. Second draft of Part II; Photocopy of portions of outline and insertions.
Folder 3a. Manuscript (Holograph) version of this section. Interview.
Folder 4. Photocopy of folder #3, missing pages.
Folder 5. 3rd draft; annotated typescript.
Folder 5a. 4th Draft (?) of Part I or III; Photocopy of 2nd draft with insertions.
Folder 5b. 4th draft, Photocopy 157 pages.
Folder 6. 4th draft, complete.

Box 3

Folder 7. 4th draft (Photocopy)
Folder 8. Parts of I & II.
Folder 8a. Parts from various sections; holograph & typescript form.
Folder 9. Galley proofs. 1st set, annotated.
Folder 10. Galley proofs. 2nd set. [Reviews]

Box 4 The Disinherited (1st entitled "Full Circle"?)

Eleven chapters of all the drafts of the manuscript of The Disinherited. Each folder contains holograph, typescript, and photocopy sheets.

Box 5

Folder 1. Correspondence of Matt Cohen's pertaining to The Disinherited and suggestions of changes that should be made in the novel.
Folder 2. Contains rough holograph notes and a holograph notebook on the novel.
Folder 3. Contains holograph notes on the novel including notes on the physical setting; characters and a diagram of the family tree.

Box 6 The Procession

Folder 1. "Key file (synopsis/outline) ."
Folder 2. "1st Draft" Holograph and annotated typescript .
Folder 3. "lst Draft" Annotated t:rpescrjpt .
Folder 4. "1st Draft" Photocopy typescript; incomplete pages.
Folder 5. Photocopy typescript of lst draft with annotations.
Folder 6. "lst Draft" Photocopy typescript. Complete.
Folder 7. Cohen's file. Misc. notes.

Box 7 Short Stories

Columbus and The Fat Lady. And Other Stories. Anansi, Toronto, 1972

Contains 15 short stories in various manuscript forms. (Holograph, annotated typescript, and typescript forms).
After Dinner Butterflies
Columbus and The Fat Lady
Country Music
The Empty Room
The End
Janice
Keeping Fit
The Nurse From outer Space
Our Passion Lit the Night
Spadina Time
Straight Poker
Too Bad Galahad
The Toy Pilgrim
Uncle Philbert and His Big Surprise
The Watchmaker
Miscellaneous Pages

Box 8 Peach Melba 1974

Folder 1. Holograph notebook.
Folder 2. Annotated typescript. (3 copies)
Folder 3. Annotated typescript notes.
Folder 4. Typescript manuscript. (4 copies)
Folder 5. Typescript manuscript, with annotations " Galley proof 1."
Folder 6. "Galley proof 1." 2 sets, with annotations.
Poster: oversize, in Map Cabinet

Too Bad Galahad The Coach House Press

Note: for manuscript, see Columbus And The Fat Lady, Box 7.

The Coming of War. A play on the Future .

Box 9. Complete manuscript. Typescript. Pts. 1-6.
1st Part Annotated typescript.
Part II 1st typing draft. Annotated typescript .
Part III Annotated typescript.
Part IV Annotated typescript .
Part V Annotated typescript.
Part VI Annotated typescript .
Various loose pages from drafts.
Partial manuscript. "Reassembled 2nd draft. Original."
Chapters/Pts. 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.

Box 10 "Obsolete Photocopy" pages. Chapters 2, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Chapters 16- 20.
"Final Edited" Annotated typescript .
Remainder of folders consist of various chapters/pts. in various draft stages.
Miscellaneous notes on 'Revisions Made' etc.

Box 11 Annotated typescript. [New Title Page. Ch. 6?]

Incomplete Ms., various chapters. Holograph Ms. notes, -Annotated typescript.
Pts. I & IV Carbon typescript.
Pt. II Final revised copy. Typing Draft. Carbon type.
Pt. II Final revised copy of typing draft.
Pt. IV & V Carbon type.
Pt. IV "lst draft. Ready for typing."
Pt. V (2 pts) Typescript, carbon script.
Pt. VI Carbon type.

Box 12

Complete manuscript. Photocopy of untyped 2nd draft. [With holograph annotations.]
2nd final draft. Jan. 30, 1976. (some typed after)
Complete 2nd Draft. Fl. Chapters 1- 14. Typescript & carbon type
F2. Chapters 15- 24.

Box 13
Complete 2nd Draft. 2 folders containing carbon script of Chapter 1- 24.

Box 14
"3rd Draft Originals." [Missing chapters 3, 6, 7]
"3rd Draft -Leftovers" [extra pages]
Draft June 15, 1976. [Incomplete Ms.]
Various extra chapters.
Reviews.

Box 15

F.l. Correspondence regarding the publicity of the novel (1977).
F.2. "Customer Proofs," with annotations.
F.3. "Customer Revised Proofs," master page proofs, with annotations.
F.4. Holograph notes.
F.5. Holograph and typescript notes ("C of W 1eftovers") .
F.6. Holograph and typescript notes on the novel, when it was first entitled The Coming of War. A Play on the Future.

Box 16

F.l. "Setting manuscript." 355 pp. heavily annotated.
F.2. Manuscript [partial typescript and Photocopy typescript.] 252 pp & 137 pp .
F.3. "Final draft" Manuscript [typescript -no annotations] 174 pp.

Box 17

F.l. Manuscript [Photocopy typescript, a minor annotation] "revision as of June, 1976." 387 pp .
F.2. Manuscript [typescript, minor annotation] "revision as of June, 1976." 387 pp.
F.3. Manuscript "Customer's Revised Proof." ["Revised in April 2 2nd Revises out April 27/77. "] 240 pp .
F.4. "Author's Galleys." "author's changes transferred to master galleys. 2/25/77 with author's annotations .
F.5. The Colours of War. Reviews.
F.6. Extra pages "not a complete manuscript." The Wooden Hunters. [Entitled The Deerslayer, and Laurel Hobson )

Box 18

F1a. Holograph notes -"General Comments" on version Deerslayer.
Rough notes "The Plan" for The Wooden Hunters .
Various miscellaneous notes on the novel.
F1b. Laurel Hobson, [1st entitled). Later changed The Wooden Hunters.
Annotated typescript. 205 pp.
F2-3 Annotated carbon typescript and carbon typescript, [The Wooden Hunters] versions of various chapters .
F4. Annotated typescript - [The Wooden Hunters].

Box 19

Script entitled, "The Deerslayer" [later changed to The Wooden Hunters.]
F5 lst draft - Annotated carbon typescript.
F6 Annotated typescript, chapters 1~8.
F7 Annotated typescript, chapters 9-15.
F8 "Deerslayer 1st Draft" Holograph notes -annotated typescript
F8a Annotated "Galley-Proof' of The Wooden Hunters.
F9 Miscellaneous notes that were not part of the initial manuscript material.
F9 a) 53 pages of carbonscript entitled "Charles" a play
b) manuscript notes?
F10 Reviews
F10a Reviews
Night Flights. Stories New and Selected.[First entitled The Rower of Love]

Box 20

1st proposal notes of the book, 1977 including ms. draft of short story, "The Cure". 21 p.

Manuscript (photocopies) of most of the stories within the published book

Contents:

Box 21

Original galleys for Sunrise
Early draft and manuscript of The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone

Box 22

F.l Typescript. minor annotations.. 287 pp.
F.2. Photocopy manuscript, minor annotations. 299 pp.
F.3. Photocopy MS. with minor annotations. 299 pp .
F.4. Incomplete photocopy MS. (missing Chapter 1.)

Box 23

Box 24

F.l. Extra chapters, photocopy typescript. minor annotations.
F.2. Extra chapters, photocopy typescript.
F.2a. Typescript MS., chapters heavily annotated/holograph
F.3. Extra chapters, typescript, heavily annotated.
F.4. Correspondence regarding the novel, 1978.
F.5. Extra photocopy chapters, minor annotations.
F.6. Extra photocopy chapters, minor annotations.

Box 25

F.l. Annotated photocopy typescript. 295 pp.
F.2. Photocopy typescript, with annotations. 301 pp.
F.3. Typescript and holograph MS. notes, heavily annotated.
(Sweet Second etc. including Frank section from Draft 1 of "The Disinherited.")

Box 26

F.l. Reviews of the book.
F.2. Correspondence/preliminary layout designs from publisher McClelland and Stewart (photocopies).
F.3. Photocopy manuscript, with art work. 35 pp .
F.4. Photocopy manuscript, heavily annotated. 21 pp.
F.5. Photocopy manuscript, lightly annotated. 56 pp.
F.6. Extra typescript pages.
F.7. Laura Hobson, typescript. 280 pp., July 29,1974.
F. 8. Typescript and photocopy typescript MS. , lightly annotated. 205 pp.
F.9. Photocopy typescript, with annotations. 208 pp.
F.1O Typescript and photocopy typescript, extra pages.

Box 27

1. Reviews and Articles by Matt Cohen
2. Short Stories
Arthur
Axiom Strikes a Balance
The Disappearing act
Excuse Me
Joseph Finds the City
Something Human
Too Sweet Sorrow
The Three Mermaids
Two Peanut Butter Cookies
3. "The Story So Far" short stories from various authors, annotated typescripts; never published.
4. "Middle Game" T.V. drama (1st called "Charles") annotated typescripts; typescript and revised production script.

Box 28 Short Stories

1. Amazing Grace carbon typescript
2. Anton 3 drafts [not all complete]
holograph notes
annotated typescript (Proof copy)
3. Anton Meets the Devil A Literary History -3 drafts
[lst. Anton Meets the Devil, 2nd. A Literary History of Anton]
4. Beam Partial manuscript [typescript]
5. Between Father and Son 2 drafts [typescript] and annotated typescript
6. Blind Luck 6 drafts [holograph manuscript notes, annotated typescript]
7. Brain Dust 3 drafts. 3 annotated typescripts
8. Brothers 1 draft. Typescript
9. The Confession. 5 drafts: 3 typescripts, 2 annotated typescripts
10. The Day Longtooth Snee Swallowed Christmas [also entitled Weekend Christmas] 2 drafts, annotated typescripts
11. Death of a Friend. 8 drafts:
1 holograph manuscript
2 typescripts heavily annotated
3 typescripts lightly corrected
2 typescripts
12. Deerslayer Annotated typescript
13. Faces in the Park [Partial Notes]
14. Franz. 4 drafts Annotated typescript with holograph notes, typescript -few alterations
15. Glass Eyes and Chickens 1 draft. Annotated typescript.
The Hanged Man see The Power of Love
16. Harper's Bazaar. Draft [complete] Annotated typescript
17. In The Empress Hotel 2 drafts. Annotated typescript.
typescript
18. The Leaves of Louise. 4 drafts Annotated typescripts

Box 29

19. The National Neurosis.
1 draft [complete?] Annotated Typescript
20. The Power of Love/The Hanged Man 5 drafts of the story
4 annotated typescripts
1 typescript -no corrections
miscellaneous pages
Holograph notebook

21. The Prodigy. [complete draft?] Holograph notes
Annotated typescript notes

Short Stories and Reviews

Oates, Joyce Carol The Assassins, Edmonton Journal Feb. 14, 1976;The Hungry Ghosts;The Seduction and Other Stories
Kroetsch, Robert Badlands
Woodcock, George Gabriel Dumont
Valgardson, N.D. God is Not a Fish Inspector [1975]
MacLeod, Alistair The Lost Salt Gift of Blood
Davies, Robertson World of Wonders Nov. 29, 1975

Miscellaneous pages that at the time of sorting were unrelated to any of the material.
Two manuscripts - Pat Frank Story -[The Silver Phantom] and - A Faculty Seminar

Box 30

Book Reviews of The Disinherited, Johnny Crackle Sings and Columbus And The Fat Lady. (see the chronological list located in Box 7.)

Box 31

Short Stories and Critical Prose

F.l. Critiques and articles on the author
F.2. [Speech in Ottawa] on the new novel in Canada.
F.3. Hugh Garner -profile/79
Typescript MS. 4 p. annotated.
Holograph notes. 4 p.
F.4. Morley Callaghan -profile.
Holograph. 7 p.
Annotated typescript MS. 9 p .
Typescript MS. 7 p.
Published article, Books in Canada, July, 1975.
F.5 North by North / A Love for the Infinite
North by North - title changed to A Love for the Infinite.
annotated typescript. 14 p.
A Love for the Infinite. photocopy typescript. 13 p.
Miscellaneous notes -with the titles, A Love for the Infinite,/Spring, Remembered./A Change of Season.
"Ellen" and "Brandy in the Morning" -2 stories which ultimately end up, in revised form, as parts of The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone.
F.6. "Ellen" - Excerpt from a novel-in-progress by Matt Cohen.
Photocopy typescript, annotated. 16 p.
F.7. "Brandy in the Morning" - Excerpt from a novel-in-progress by Matt Cohen Typescript, lightly annotated. 15 p.
F.8. Globe & Mail article entitled, "If writers don't have to live on orange peels and wheat germ, what then?" Saturday, March 19, 1977
F.9. "The Madonna Gang." Photocopy typescript. Outline, 2 parts. II p.
F.10. "A Season at Home." Annotated typescript. 7 p. Holograph notes. 1 p. Typescript notes. 3 p.

Box 32

Short Stories and Critical Pieces

F.1 "Straight Poker." Photocopy typescript, 17 p.
F.2. "The Nurse From Outer Space." Feb., 1972. Photocopy typescript. 12 p.
F.3. "Keeping Fit." Photocopy typescript, 3 p. 2 letters. June 9, 1971, Feb. 26, 1971.
F.4. "Two Peanut Butter Cookies." Photocopy typescript. 16 p.
F.5. "Anton Meets the Devil." Photocopy typescript. 7 p.
F.6. "Deerslayer." Photocopy typescript, 16 p.
F.7. "Christmas Lost and Found." 2 Photocopy typescripts. 11 p. each.
F.8. "The Homecoming." Photocopy typescript. 16 p.
F.9. "Amazing Grace." Photocopy of published version, 3 p.
F.10. "The Toy Pilgrim." Photocopy of the published version.
F.ll. ["Futures - The Fool."] Typescript and holograph notes.
F.12. ["To Life/Friends." July/77] Short for Toronto Life published
Annotated typescript, 7 p.
Annotated typescript, 8 p.
Annotated photocopy typescript, 7 p.
F.13. [Miscellaneous holograph and typescript sheets that were found loose within the second amount of material. To be interleaved with possible future material.]

Box 33

Correspondence. 1970-1975.

Box 34

Correspondence. 1976-1979.

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