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Matt Cohen fonds. Third Accrual
I. Manuscripts
Novels
Box 38
Folder 1
Brain Dust. Ts, mostly photocopy. 293 pp. (later retitled The
Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone).
Folder 1A
The Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone galleys enclosed with
a letter from Glenda Roy, McClelland and Stewart to Dennis Lee, 7 November
1968; also advance proof copy bound of the book
Folder 2
God's Body. (Note: God's Body was the working title
for the novel published as Flowers of Darkness).Pre-lst draft.
Ts, mostly photocopy. 62 pp.
Folder 3
God's Body. 3rd draft. Ts, mostly photocopy. 209 pp.
Folder 4
God's Body. Worksheets for 4th draft. Ts and ms, some photocopy.
8l pp.
Folder 5
God's Body. 4th draft, c.l. Ts, mostly photocopy. 202 pp.
Folder 6
God's Body. Variant 4th draft, here titled Red Sky in the
Morning. Ts, photocopy. 251pp.
Box 39
Folder 1
God's Body. 4th draft, another copy. Ts, photocopy. l73 pp.
Folder 2
God's Body. 4th transitional draft. Ts, photocopy. 258 pp.
Folder 3
God's Body. Worksheets for 5th draft. Ts and ms, some photocopy.
66 pp.
Folder 4
God's Body. Draft of April 1, 1980. Ts. 259 pp.
Folder 5
God's Body. 5th draft. Ts, photocopy. 309 pp.
Folder 6
God's Body. Miscellaneous rejected pages. Ts and ms. 84 pp.
+ 10 cards
Folder 7
God's Body. Excerpts. Ts, photocopy. 24 pp.
Box 40
Folder 1
God's Body. Notes. Ms, some ts. 24 pp.
Folder 2
Flowers of Darkness. lst proofs.
Folder 3
Flowers of Darkness. 2nd proofs.
Folder 4
Flowers of Darkness. Final page proofs.
Folder 5
The Gift (unpublished novel). Outline. Ts, photocopy. 8 pp.
Folder 6
The Gift. Notes. Ms and ts. 50 pp.
Folder 7
The Gift. lst draft. Ts. 99 pp.
Folder 8
The Gift. Photocopy of same, chap. 1 lacking.
Folder 9
The Gift. Revised draft of chap. 3. Ts (car.). 41 pp.
Folder 10
The Gift. Revised draft. Ts. 278 pp.
Short Stories
Folder 11
"Brain Dust." Ts. 15 pp .
Folder 12
"The Confession." Ts, photocopy. 11pp.
Folder 13
"Darkness at the Violin Café." Ts and ms. 8pp.
Folder 14
"The Expatriate." 1st draft. Ts. 25pp .
Folder 15
"The Expatriate." 3rd draft. Ts. 18pp.
Folder 16
"The Expatriate." Ts, mostly photocopy. 24pp.
Folder 17
"The Expatriate." Another version. Ts, photocopy. 17pp.
Folder 18 A
"The Expatriate." Final version. Ts. 16pp.
Folder l8B
"The Expatriate." Galleys (Shelved in Map Cabinet).
Folder 19
"In Search of Inspiration." 1st draft. Ts. 17pp.
Folder 20
"In Search of Inspiration." Final draft. Ts, photocopy. 2c. 15 + 15pp.
Box 41
Folder 1
"In the Empress Hotel." Ts. 35pp .
Folder 2
"A Little Night Music." 1st draft. Ts, 30pp.
Folder 3
"A Little Night Music." Final draft. Ts, 4c. 34 + 34 + 34 + 34 pp.
Folder 4
"Looney Moons." Early draft. Ts and ms. 15pp .
Folder 5
"Looney Moons." 2nd draft. Ts + photocopy. 14 + 14 pp.
Folder 6
"Tales of the Maestro." Ts. 41 pp.
Folder 7
"The Universal Miracle." Ts, photocopy. 15 pp.
Folder 8
"A Week in New York." Drafts, Ts. 41 pp.
Folder 9
"A Week in New York." Proofs .
Folder 10
"The Widow." Ms. 21 pp.
Folder 11
"The Widow." Ts. 14 pp.
Poetry
Folder 12
"Leonardo poems." Ts and ms. 55 pp.
Book Reviews
Folder 13
Review of Kingsley Amis, Russian Hide-and-Seek. Ts. 4pp.
Folder 14
Review of Bill Barich, Laughing in the Hills. Ts. 13pp.
Folder 15
Review of Ann Beattie, Falling in Place. Ts. 5pp.
Folder 16
Review of Philip Caputo, Horn of Africa. Ts. 9pp.
Folder 17
Review of Stan Dragland, Peckertracks. Ts. 5pp.
Folder 18
Review of Shirley Faessler, Everything in the Window. Ts. 9pp.
Folder 19
Review of Thomas Flanagan, The Year of the French. Ts. 4 pp.
Folder 20
Review of Nadine Gordimer, Burger's Daughter. Ts. 4 pp.
Folder 21
Review of Graham Greene, Doctor Fischer of Geneva. Ts. 4 pp.
Folder 22
Review of Ronald Hardy, Rivers of Darkness. Ts. 6 pp.
Folder 23
Review of Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus. Ts. 7 pp.
Folder 24
Review of Jack Horner, My Own Brand. Ts. 4 pp.
Folder 25
Review of Crawford Killian, Icequake. Ms. 2pp.
Folder 26
Review of Roy MacGregor, Shorelines. Ts. and proofs. 8pp.
Folder 27
Review of Jack MacLeod, Zinger and Me. Ts. 2pp.
Folder 28
Review of Dennis McNally, Desolate Angel. Ts. 4pp.
Folder 29
Review of Ken Mitchell, The Con Man. Ts. 3pp.
Folder 30
Review of Vladimir Nabokov, Laughter in the Dark. Ts. 3pp.
Folder 31
Review of Mordechai Richler, Joshua Then and Now. Ts. 10pp.
Folder 32
Review of Jean-Yves Soucy, Creatures of the Chase, Ts. 7pp.
Folder 33
Review of Audrey Thomas, Latakia. Ts. 4pp.
Folder 34
Review of John Trengove, Mr. September. Ts. 3pp.
Folder 35
Review of Eudora Welty, Collected Stories. Ms and ts. 7pp.
Folder 36
Review of Alexander Zinoviev, The Yawning Heights. Ts. 2pp.
II. Correspondence
Folder 37
Outgoing Correspondence
TL (car.) Dennis Lee [ ]
TL Malcolm [Lester] [ ]
TLs (car.) I. Rudnytsky (w/draft) July 21, 1975
TLs (photocopy) " July 22, 1975
Folder 38
Incoming Correspondence
TLs Howard Engel June 27, 1979
ALs Essays on Canadian Writing March 17, 1979
ALs May 29, 1979
TL Marty [Gervais] [ ]
TLs [ ]
TLs Ken Kilpatrick April 19, 1979
TLs May 9, 1979
TLs June 12, 1979
TLs June 18, 1979
ALs [ ]
TLs Kingston Whig-Standard June 8, [ ]
TLs Dennis [Lee] September 23,1979
TLs November 5, 1979
TLs June 17, 1980
TLs Lester & Orpen Dennys September 24,1979
TLs McClelland and Stewart Ltd. January 7,1980
TLs July 31, 1980
TLs McIntosh and Otis, Inc. October 31,1979
TLs February 18, 1981
TLs Anna [Porter] October 22,1979
TLs Saturday Night August 21, 1979
TLs November 5,1980
TLs Terry Smart July 31,1979
TLs Toronto Life October 7, 1977
TLs University of Alberta April 3,1975
TLs April 21, 1975
TLs May 21, 1975
TLs July 25, 1975
TLs Rudy Wiebe February 13,1975
ALs March 27, 1975
TLs April 24, 1975
TLs Fred Wilson April 22,1977
TLs June 28, 1977
ALs Ginny [ ] April 13, [ ]
III. Other Material
Folder 39
Tearsheets and clippings of reviews by Matt Cohen
Folder 40
Tearsheets and clippings of reviews of Matt Cohen's work.
Folder 41
Canada Council forms and information.
Folder 42
Material relating to writer-in-residence at Don Mills Collegiate.
Folder 43
Miscellaneous.
Box 42 (Addenda)
Various drafts of "God's Body" ( Flowers of Darkness) .
Folder 1
Ts, corrected.
Folder 2
Ts, 2nd draft, ch. 1- 6.
Folder 3
Ts (Photocopy), 2nd draft.
Folder 4
Ts, corrected, 3rd draft.
Folder 5
Miscellaneous worksheets for 3rd draft.
Folder 6
Ts (photocopy), partial draft.
Folder 7
Ts, uncorrected partial draft.
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