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KATE EASTMA N AN INVENTORY TO HER PAPER S I N THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBI A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISIO N PREPARED BY : REGAN DIXO N MAY, 1988

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KATE EASTMA N

AN INVENTORY TO HER PAPERS

I N

THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBI A

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION

PREPARED BY : REGAN DIXON

MAY, 1988

i i

INTRODUCTION

Katherine Isabel Eastman was born in the 1880's in Ontario ,where she spent her childhood . In 1907 she became an elementary -school teacher, conscientious and energetic . After an interlud eof being manager to the poet Bliss Carman, whose 1923-192 4transcontinental tour she directed, she again took up her vocatio nof teaching where she settled in Vancouver . Through Carmen, Mis sEastman met Dr . Ernest Fewster, founder of the Vancouver Poetr ySociety . She became very close to the Fewster family, and a nactive member of the V .P .S . She formed close friendships wit hseveral of the members whose papers are collected here . Afte rCarman's death in 1929, Miss Eastman returned to teaching, and di dher best to instil enthusiastic appreciation of Carman, and he rother poet friends, in the minds of her pupils and the public .

ii i

GUIDE TO THE INVENTOR Y

The material in the Kate Eastman Papers, (a donation from OwenLauritzen) is correspondence, autographed poems, photographs, an dother memorabilia of Miss Eastman ' s more - and less-well-know nfriends, many of whom were connected with the Vancouver PoetrySociety . Much of the material was collected and saved by Kat eEastman herself .

The papers are divided into series according to the sourc ethat generated them : Bliss Carman, Sir Charles G .D . Roberts, Marshal lSaunders, and Sir Rabindranath Tagore are some of the better-know npeople who give their names to various series ; local persons includ eCol . George Fallis, Dr . Ernest Fewster, Noel Robinson and Henry A .Stone .

The various series, as listed in the table of contents are :

Letters : incomin gLetters : outgoin gGeneral correspondenc eManuscripts : poetr yManuscripts : poetry, collecte dTypescripts : poetr yTypescripts : poetry, collecte dRadioscript sNotesNotebook sReportsRecord sMinute sLegal document sMemorabili aCover sPrinted materia lPhotographs

i v

TABLE OF CONTENT S

Introductio n

Guide to the Inventor y

Table of Content s

Inventor y

LETTERS :INCOMING

TYPESCRIPTS :PROSE (NON-FICTION )

RADIOSCRIPTS : (NON-FICTION )

RECORD S

MEMORABILIA

PHOTOGRAPHS : Kate Eastma n

Subgroup s

Bliss Carma n

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

MANUSCRIPTS : POETR Y

TYPESCRIPTS : POETRY

MEMORABILI A

COVER S

PRINTED MATERIAL:Works by Carma n

Articles about Carma n

TYPESCRIPTS : About Carma n

PHOTOGRAPH S

Annie Charlotte Dalto n

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

MEMORABILIA

Annie Charlotte Dalton (cont )

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Dalto n

Articles about Dalto n

MANUSCRIPTS

PHOTOGRAPHS

George O . Falli s

LETTERS : INCOMIN G

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Falli s

Articles about Falli s

PHOTOGRAPH S

Ernest P . Fewste r

LETTERS : INCOMIN G

MANUSCRIPTS : POETR Y

TYPESCRIPTS : POETRY

NOTEBOOK S

TYPESCRIPTS : PROS E

MEMORABILIA

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Fewste r

Reviews and Articles about Fewste r

PHOTOGRAPH S

May P . Judg e

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

TYPESCRIPTS : POETRY, COLLECTE D

Robert Norwoo d

MEMORABILIA

v i

Robert Norwood (cont )

PRINTED MATERIAL : Articles about Norwoo d

Lorne Pierc e

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

Elsie M . Pomero y

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

TYPESCRIPTS (NON-FICTION )

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Pomero y

Charles G . D . Robert s

LETTERS : OUTGOING

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Work by Robert s

Articles and Essays about Robert s

PHOTOGRAPH S

Noel Robinso n

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

MEMORABILI A

COVER S

PRINTED MATERIAL :

Articles about Robinso n

TYPESCRIPTS : Letters about Robinso n

PHOTOGRAPH S

Henry Saunder s

TYPESCRIPTS : POETRY, COLLECTED

vi i

Marshall Saunder s

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Articles about Marshall Saunder s

PHOTOGRAPHS

Alexander Maitland Stephe n

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Stephe n

Articles about Stephe n

Lionel Stevenso n

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

TYPESCRIPTS : POETR Y

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Lionel Stevenso n

Articles about Lionel Stevenso n

PHOTOGRAPH S

Mabel Rose Stevenso n

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Mabel Rose Stevenso n

PHOTOGRAPH S

Henry A . Stone/Vancouver Art Galler y

LETTERS : OUTGOING (Personal )

LETTERS : OUTGOING (Professional )

MANUSCRIPTS : POETR Y

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Articles about Stone (Professional )

Rabindranath Tagor e

PRINTED MATERIAL : Works by Tagor e

Articles about Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (cont . )

MANUSCRIPTS : Works about Tagor e

PHOTOGRAPH S

Vancouver Poetry Societ y

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

GENERAL CORRESPONDENC E

REPORT S

RECORDS

MINUTE S

LEGAL DOCUMENT S

MEMORABILI A

PRINTED MATERIAL : Publications of the Vancouver Poetry Societ y

Articles about the Vancouver Poetry Society

1

KATE EASTMAN PAPER S

INVENTORY

NO . O FBOX/FLDR

SUBJECT

DATES

ITEM S

1-1 LETTERS ; INCOMIN G

DALTON, W .

5 NOV . 1928

1

[SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE]

APR . 196 4

[GROUP]

UNDATED

1-2 TYPESCRIPTS (NON-FICTION )

Canadian Literature

Bliss Carman, Charles G .D .Roberts, Charles Mair

7p .

Outstanding Figures in Canadian Literatur e

1-3 RADIOSCRIPTS (NON-FICTION )

Typescript / or CKMO broadcast "The Lyric Wes t "(23 May 1946), entitled " Bliss Carman" . Thir dcopy . [Written 18 May 1946]

3p .

lop .

RECORD S

1-4

Kate Eastman's personal library inventory [1968]

4p .

1-5

Kate Eastman's address boo k

1-6, MEMORABILI A7,8

Includes certificates and employers' recommendations ,maps, brother's obituary notice, business card, an da scrapbook containing photographs (catalogue nos .BC 1909/13-26) . See KATE EASTMAN PHOTOGRAP Hlistings . (PP . 2-3)

20 items

2

KATE EASTMAN PHOTOGRAPH S

p=prin ts p = small prin tdup= duplicat e

BC 1909/

Photographs 13-26 are found in The Immortal Dwelle r1-26

scrapbook ( - ) . Duplicates are found by th esame catalogue numbers in the BC 1909 series .

1. " Kate Eastman" [seated by fire]

p

[1910's ]

2. "Kate Eastman at Goodall home in Burnaby

sp

[1927 ]

3. [Milly Robertson, Bliss Carman, K .E . (he rchin near Carman's shoulder), seated ; Dr .Fewster standing (North Vancouver)]

p

Ma y1929 ]

4 [K .E . at a garden party ]

5 . " Kate Eastman Milly Robertson (Dr .Fewster's office nurse)" [Wes tVancouver ]

6 . [K .E . and Milly Robertson seated side b yside (West Vancouver) ]

7. [K .E . standing in brush ]

8. [Dr . Fewster examining tea pot lid ; K .E .(Vancouver)] sp,dup [1930's ]

9a

[Dr .

Fewster ;

K .E .

reaching

for

flower .(Vancouver)] [1930's ]

10a " Kate Eastman & Dr .

Fewster at he rappartment

on Robson

St .

" [Vancouver] sp,3dup [1930's ]

lla,b " Love to

you at Christmas--Katiep,dup Dec .

193 2Vancouver "

12 . [K .E .

full

face

portrait] p [Dec .1932 ]

13 . [Dr .

Fewster,

K .E .

in

garden

(Vancouver)] p [1930 ' s]

sp [1930's ]

[1930 '

[193 0

3

[1921 ]

[1921 ]

[May 1929 ]

[May 1929 ]

May 192 9

14 . [Grace and Dr . Fewster looking ou tof their window (Vancouver)]

p

15 "On a summer's day in the garden "" K .E . and two others standing ;Grace and Dr . Fewster seate d(vancouver) ]

16 ."Walter is enjoying it, don't yo uthink so?" [Dr . Fewster flanked b ytwo men (Vancouver) ]

17 ."The prize entertainers! On a summer' sday in the garden" [Vancouver]

p

18 . "Little Chu Chu being petted . The yare all enjoying it!" [Vancouver]

p

19b "The first picnic for Bliss . Poin tGrey Hill--Mr . Pound as well-Rett acooking dinner ."

sp , p

20. "The same picnic . A threesome chat .Point Grey Hill"

p

21 . " Indian River Road North Vancouver "[K .E .,Bliss Carman, Grace Fewster ,seated ; Milly Robertson standing]

p

22a "Indian River Road North Vancouver "[Milly Robertson, Bliss Carman ,K .E ., seated ; Dr . Fewster standing] p

23 . " Indian River Road A warm day "[North Vancouver]

p

24a . "On the hill top Indian River Roa dNorth Vancouver" [Bliss Carman an dK .E . holding hands ]

25 . "At the last picnic for Bliss India nRiver Road Hill top ." [Bliss Carma nand K .E ., standing [N . Vancouver ]

26b ."The last picture taken of Bliss ""The Lookout, Indian River Road "[North Vancouver]

P

P

sp , p

P

P

4

SUBGROUP : BLISS CARMAN PAPER S

1-9 LETTERS : OUTGOING

192 6

EASTMAN, Kate

26 Dec 1926

1

MANUSCRIPTS : POETRY (SEE BLISS CARMAN PHOTOGRAPHS )

BC

" The Peace of Vision" [Written on the back of a photographs]

1p .1909/29

1-10 TYPESCRIPTS : POETR Y

"The Man of the Marne" [taken from Canadian Poemsof the Great War, edited by John W . Garvin ]

"The Truce of the Manitou" [one typed draft wit hcorrections in Carman's hand and one photocopie dfinal draft ]

" The Vision" [with pencil corrections]

4p .

1-11 MEMORABILI A

Includes programs, quotations refering to Carman ,printed photographs, and a Christmas greeting .

10 item s

1-12 COVERS

1-13 PRINTED MATERIAL-- Works by Carma n

190 6

"A Mountain Trail." The Sunset Magazine (Feb . 1906 )[typed transcript]

6p .

" The Ghost House." The Craftsman, Vol . 10, No . 3(Jun 1906) .

5p .

192 4

"Word from the Moccasin Trail" (Jly . 1924)

1p .

2p .

5p .

5

3p .

2p .

PRINTEDMATERIAL--Articles and Essays about Carma n

1-14 192 3

" Bliss Carman at the Huntingto n " California Life ,Vol . 19, No . 15 (27 Jan 1923) .

[1924 ]

" Bliss Carman" School Days [1924 ]" Snap-Shots" of Bliss Carman On His Transcontinenta l

Tour . The British Columbia Ladres ' Mirror [1924 ]

192 9

"Bliss Carman : The Many Sided Genius ." The Teachers 'Bulletin . [1929]

2p ."Dean of Fredericton Pays Tribute to Bliss Carman . "

The Daily Gleaner . (20 Aug 1929)

1p ." Vale! Bliss Carman ." Hathaway, R .H . The Canadia nBookman, Vol . 11, No . 7 (Jly 1929) .

3p .

193 0

" On Being Conspicious . " Odell Shepard, The Christia nScience Monitor . (30 Jan 1930) [typed transcript]

2p .

193 2

"A Symbolic Approach to Carman . " Malcolm Mackenzie Ross ,The Canadian Bookman, Vol . 14, No . 11 (Dec 1932)

5p .

196 1

"A Garland for Bliss Carman . " Desmond Pacey, The Atlanti cAdvocate, Vol . 51, No . 8 (Apr 1961) .

"Poet 'uplifte d ' by B .C ." The Vancouver Province .(15 Apr . 1961 [photocopy ]

1-15 typescripts-- Essays and Interviews about Carma n

195 8

" Bliss Carman--B .C . Centennial ." Kate Eastman .(24 Feb 1958) [typescript for speech]

4p .

1p .

3p .

6

1-15

196 1

"Bliss

Carman . "

(3

Dec .

1961)

[typed

transcripts

of

a n

interview of Kate Eastman by Roy Lowther] 3p .

undate d

(2 copies) "Bliss Carman His First Meeting with the Vancouve r

Poetry Society . "

Kate Eastman 2p .

7

BLISS CARMAN PHOTOGRAPH S

p=prin tsp=small prin td=du p

BC 1909 /27-5 7

27 [Bliss Carman standing in the desert] P

28 [B .C . standing in snow before a church] P

2 9a,b

[B .C . looking out over the Columbia Valley] p, dup

30

[B .C . holding an infant ]

19a

[Group picnic shot, including B .C ., Margaretta

s pSmith cooking . Point Grey ]

31

[B .C . over a campfire (Point Grey) ]

32

[initialled portrait of B .C . ]

33

' Queen Gabrielle and Bliss Carmen [sic] " poet ""Banff Winter Carnival" '

34

[Dr . Fewster pointing ; B .C . (Vancouver) ]

35

[Dr . Fewster with his left arm in front o fhim, blurred (Vancouver) ]

36

[Dr . Fewster ; B .C . pointing (Vancouver)]

s p

37

" Bliss Carman at 2590 W . 5th Ave . Vancouver .

s p-home of Dr . E .P . Fewste r

38

[B .C ., Margaretta Smith, Dr . Fewster

s p(Vancouver) ]

39

" Dr . Fewster Margaretta Smith (his

s psister-in-law) Bliss Carman" [Vancouver ]

40

[B .C . making a face ; Margaret Fewster smiling

s pat him (Vancouver) ]

41

[B .C ., Margaret Fewster's hand on his lapel

s p(Vancouver)

[1921 ]

192 6

s p

P

o/ s

P

8

BLISS CARMAN PHOTOGRAPHS (CONT ' D )

42

[B .C . facing camera, Margaret Fewster smilin gat him . (Vancouver) ]

43

"Bliss Carman & Margaret Fewster, daughter &

s p[sic] Dr . & Mrs . Grace Fewster "[Vancouver ]

44

"Bliss Carman & Mrs . Grace Fewster" [Vancouver]

s p

45

"Dr . E .P . Fewster Bliss Carman West Vancouver "

s p[Milly Robertson behind, at right ]

46

[Dr . Fewster and B .C . seated by the water, wearin gtheir hats (West Vancouver)]

sp

[1929 ]

47b

[B .C . and Dr . Fewster seated by the water, hat soff (West Vancouver)]

o/s

[1929 ]

48

"Bliss Carman & Dr . E .P . Fewster West Van ."

sp

[1929 ]

49

"Bliss Carman Dr . Fewster Kate EastmanIndian River Drive, North Vancouver?"

sp

[1929 ]

50

" Bliss Carman Dr . Fewster Back left .Margaretta Smith & her sister Grace Fewster "

sp

[1929 ]

51

" Bliss Carman " [seated on running board]

sp

[1929 ]

52

[B .C ., Grace Fewster, Kate Eastman ; standin gby a team of horses]

sp

[1929 ]

[1929 ]

54

[Standing : Dr . Fewster, Margaretta Smith ,Seated : B .C ., Grace Fewster, Kate Eastman]

sp

[1929 ]

53

"Bliss Carman Mrs . Grace Fewster Standing :Kate Eastman Dr . Fewster Miss Margaretta Smith s p

55

[Dr . Fewster, B .C ., standing at the road' sedge] sp [1929 ]

56

[Milly Robertson, B .C ., Kate Eastman, her chi nnear B .C . ' s shoulder, seated ; Dr . Fewste rstanding (North Vancouver)] sp [Ma y

1929 ]

22b,c

"Milly Robertson Bliss Carman Dr . Fewster Kate sp,

[Ma yEastman " [North Vancouver]

o/s

1929 ]

24b

[B .C . and Kate Eastman, holding hands

sp

[Ma y(North Vancouver)]

1929 ]

26a,c

[B .C . standing along by lookout (North

sp,

[Ma yVancouver)]

o/s

1929 ]

57

" Carman's Tomb [stone], Fredericton, N .B . "

p

9

1

1

SUBGROUP : ANNIE CHARLOTTE DALTON PAPER S

1-16

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

1931 (5 Jun )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1935 (Jly-Sep )

2EASTMAN, Kate

2

1-17

MEMORABILI A

Hand-painted Christmas greeting

1 ite m

1-18

PRINTEDMATERIAL--Works by Dalto n

1929"A Christmas Carol "

p •

undate d"God Bless You! "

1 p ."Good Save Thee, Canada!"

1 p ."Three Christmas Carols ." Novello And Company ,

Limited .

4 p .

1-19

PRINTEDMA T ERIAL -- Articles abou t about Dalto nii iLa

1950(2

[letter to the Vancouver Daily Province editor

1 D .photocipies)

from Kate Eastman( (22 Mar 1950) [typed] .transcriDt ]

undate d"Group of Seven Needed For Poetry ." The Vancouver

1 p .Provinc e

"Leading Canadian Poet . " William A . Deacon .

1 p .

1-20

MANUSCRIPTS--About Dalto n

[Speech notes introducing Dalton]

4 p .

ANNIE CHARLOTTE DALTON PHOTOGRAPH S

p=prin t

BC 1909 /58

58

[portrait of Dalton

o/s

1 0

SUBGROUP : GEORGE O . FALLIS PAPER S

2-1 LETTERS :INCOMIN G

EASTMAN, Kat e

2-2 LETTERS ;OUTGOING For photograph postcard (1 5Dec . 1947, 18 June 1948, 5 Sept . 1949 )catalogue numbers, see GEORGE O . FALLI SPHOTOGRAPH S

1947 (Nov-Dec )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1948 (Jan-Jun )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1949 (Sep-Oc t

EASTMAN, Kate

3

1950 (Dec)

2

EASTMAN, Kat e(3

"Dear Friends "photocipiPc)

1951 (May-Oct)

3

EASTMAN, Kat e"My Good Friends" [photocopy ]

1952(Jan-?)

2

EASTMAN, Kat e" Dear Friends" [one handwritten copy, one typed ]

2-3 MEMORABILI A

A scrapbook of poems, passages, and ponderings collated

1 ite mand given by Kate Eastman

6 Nov 1947

1

11

11

1 p .

2-4 PRINTEDMATERIAL--Works by Falli s

192 9"Religion Necessary in The Right Use of Leisure . "

"The Daily Province(5 Mar . 1929) .

194 8[Letter to the Vancouver Sun editor] (11 May 1948)

1 p .

2-5 PRINTEDMATERIAL--Articles about Falli s

192 8"The Man with a Vision . " Lest We Forget .

1 p .

194 8"In Memoriam ." Guy Cathcart Pelton, F .R .C .S .The Vancouver Sun Magazine Supplement (6 Nov 1948) .

195 0"Col . Fallis Enjoys Visit in Ontario [California] .The Daily Report (22 Apr 1950) .

195 1" A Memorial to Peace ." Ethel Post, The Vancouve rDaily Province Magazine Section (28 Apr 1951) .

195 2" Noted Churchman, Col . Fallis Dead ." The Vancouve r

Sun (16 Feb 1952) .

GEORGE O . FALLIS PHOTOGRAPH S

p=prin tsp=small prin t

BC 1909/59-64

59

[Christmas postcard, dated 15 Dec 194 7

60

" The Golden Eyries, Haney, B .C ." [Postcard,

p

[1940's ]postmarked 18 Jun 1948 ]

61

"Qualicum Beach Hotel " [Postcard, postmarked

p

[1940's ]5 Sep . 1949 ]

62

[Rev . Fallis holding a child]

p

3 Jul y194 9

63a,b [Rev . Fallis and Kate Eastman walking down

sp,p

17 Sept .Hastings St ., Vancouver]

194 9

1 p .

1 p .

1 p .

p

[194 0 ' s]

1 2

GEORGE O . FALLIS PHOTOGRAPHS (CONT) ,

64

[Rev . Fallis, Kate Eastman, and a second woman,

s pseated on a rock ]

SUBGROUP :ERNEST P . FEWSTER PAPER S

2-6 LETTERS ; INCOMIN G

EASTMAN, Kate

30 Oct . 1923

1

2-7 MANUSCRIPTS ; POETR Y

191 1"Thy Presence" [One pencil manuscript and one typescript]

1 p .(Dec . 1911 )

2-8 TYPESCRIPTS : POETRY Poems are listed by their firstlines when they have only a common series title .

189 5" In Idle Moments" (Dec . 1895)

1 p .

190 0"Do not believe it when they say " [1900]

1 p ."Wisconsin Anemone" [with pencil corrections] [1900-1901]

3 p .

191 1"The Demon Tower " [with pencil corrections]

2 p .

191 3"The Sleeping Maiden" [with pencil corrections] (2 Mar 1913)

1 p ."The Sleeper" [with pencil corrections] (15 Jly 1913)

1 p .[On the same page : " One Day" with pencil correction s(Jly 16 1913) ]

192 1"The Dreams " (19 Jly 1921)

14 p .

2-9 192 7(2

" Hero and Leander " (16 Apr 1927)

(dup)

48 p .copies)

2-10 "Asters " [with corrections] (4 Oct 1927)

1 p .

194 1" Sappho " [with corrections] (1 Mar 1941)

14 p .

undate d" All In All "" Apollo's Harp" [with corrections]

1 p .9 p .

1 3

TYPESCRIPTS :

POETRY

(CONT ' D )

2-11

"Broom Gold And Primroses"

[with pencil corrections] 1

p ."Dream Song "

[with pencil corrections] 9

p .

2-12

"The Erysimum its incense spills "

[with corrections] 8

p ."The God-Wind" 1

p .

2-13 Songs of a Western Sufi

[with corrections] 37

p ." A Spring Morning " 1

p .

The following undated typescripts are dated as thoug hintended as part of a book . Many have been corrected i npencil . The poems are listed here in the order suggeste dby the pagination .

PAGE NO .

2-14 8-9 " Light me!

Light me!

Light me! " 2

p .20 "Tis ever immanent ." 1

p .21 "I felt that if I spoke to them they heard an d

understood"1

p .

23 "Death pursues life as shadow pursues substance " 1

p .24 "I am sent by God to gather up your love an d

worship for Him"1

p .

29-30 "At last I turned on Love and cried" 2

p .31 "0 Children of Earth,

promise me not Life i nsome future Resurrection "

1

p .

42-43 "I know,

wild rose,

of your

beauty" 2

p .45 " My heart is athirst

for Thee,

Beloved" 1

p .47-48 " Beloved,

how vain is

seeking" 2

p .63 "0 Holy Breath,

through whose deep Expiration " 1

p .64 "First Bride of the Logos " 1

p .65-66 "The dawns were red that we have struggled through " 2

p .73-76 "That folly of the human mind which man calls

'Lov e '" 4

p .

2-15 80-82 "I walked last night through the garden wher ethe sun-bright angles came"

3

p .

83-89 "I saw the old,

old Mother" 7

p .119-130 "Before Apollo strang his sorran harp" 12

p .

2-16 139-142 "Decreed I was alone and there was dark " 6

p .152-157 "Where the great shoulder of a hill" 6

p .167-169 "Great Spirit,

who doth turn to Life th eFlame of fire"

3

p .

170-174 "Life wears a crown of joy that goes wit hsinging Spring "

5

p .

219-223 "0 Mighty One!

0 Face of Light!" 5

p .

1 4

2-17 NOTEBOOK S

One notebook

of

poems .

Some titles duplicate the typescripts 1

3-1 TYPESCRIPTS :

PROS E

194 1[Speech

to

the Vancouver Poetry

Society]

(31

May

1941) 4

p .

3-2 COVERS 1

3-3 MEMORABILI A

3-4

Includes

recital

programs,

publishers '

order

(arms,

an da letter concerning Fewster .

PRINTED MATERIAL--Works by Fewster

7 items

192 9"The Pearly Everlasting . " TheChristian ScienceMonitor

1 p .(29 Jly 1929 )

194 3(2

" Refuge "

1 p .copies)

undate d" Visions "

1 p .

192 7"Dr . Fewster Gives Recital ." (7 Mar . 1927)

1 p ."Dr . Fewster's Recital Notable Event ." Kate Eastman,

1 p .TheBritish Columbia Monthly . [1927 ]

" My Garden Dreams ." D .L . Ross, British Columbia Monthly .

1 p .[1927 ]

193 0"Poetry Society Listens to Talk On Indian Poet . "

1 p .TheDaily Province (19 May 1930 )

193 8"Vancouver Poet's New Collection .

Province (10 Dec . 1938)"Wildwood," The Daily

1 p .

194 2"Spotlight on Vancouver Poet ." Mildred V . Thornton,

1 p .The Vancouver Sun (28 Mar . 1942 )

194 7"Noted Poet, Dr . Fewster, Dies In City ." (18 Oct 1947)

1 p .

65 [Dr . Fewster with small hatchet before large

sp

15

[1920's ]stump ]

ERNEST P . FEWSTER PHOTOGRAPH S

p=prin ts p = small prin tdup=duplicat e

BC 1909 /65-71

47a "Bliss Carman Dr . Fewster West Vancouver "

sp

[1929 ]

8b [Dr . Fewster ; Kate Eastman reaching for

sp

[1930's ]flower (Vancouver) ]

9b,c,d [Kate Eastman and Dr . Fewster at her

sp, 3 dup

[1930's ]apartment on Robson St . (Vancouver) ]

66 [Dr . Fewster perched on a rock, West

sp

[1930's ]Vancouver ]

67a,b,c

"Dr . E .P . Fewster & Miss Milly Robertson

p,sp (dup)

[193 0 ' s ](Office nurse) " [West Vancouver ]

68 "To Katie with love, Sept . 28/47 Ernest "

o/s

[193 0 ' s ][portrait ]

69a,b " First-row left to right : Miss Milly

sp, dup

[194 0 ' s ]Robertson [Miss] Salley Fleck Dr . E .P .Fewster Group & location unknow n

70 "Dr . Ernest-Fewster-Grace & Kate-Eastman- "

sp

Sept .[Vancouver]

194 6

71 "Dr . Fewster Milly Robertson Kate Eastman"

P

[Sept .[Vancouver]

1946 ]

SUBGROUP : MAY P . JUDGE PAPERS

3-6

LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

1935 (23 Aug )

EASTMAN, Kate

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3-7

TYPESCRIPTS : POETRY, COLLECTED

Typescript of poems sent to Kate Eastman in February 1929 .

7 p .

SUBGROUP : ROBERT NORWOOD PAPER S

3-8

MEMORABILI A

One personalized Christmas card

1 ite m

39-

PRINTEDMATERIAL--Articles about Norwoo d

191 6"A Great Canadian Drama ." Alfred A . Buckley .

The Farmer ' s Advocate (21 Dec . 1916 )

undate d" Dr . Norwood Inspires Audience ." Bessie Gowan Ferguso n" Robert Norwood ." Elsie Pomeroy, The Educationa l

Courier

2 p .

5 p .

SUBGROUP: LORNE PIERCE PAPE R

3-10 LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

1927 (29 Mar )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1928 (May-Dec )

EASTMAN, Kate

FEWSTER, Grace

1

Apr )

1961

(Apr-May)

4

EASTMAN,

Kate

3EDITOR,

The Toronto Globe & Mail

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Kate

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SUBGROUP : ELSIEM .POMEROY PAPER S

3-11 LETTERS :OUTGOING

1933 (7 Feb )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1963 (5 Aug )

EASTMAN, Kat e

undate d

EASTMAN, Kat e

3-12 TYPESCRIPTS (NON-FICTION )

" Ethelwyn Wetherald "

3-13 MEMORABILI A

A publishers' order form for Pomeroy's biography o nSir Charles G .D . Roberts -

3-14 PRINTEDMATERIAL--Works by Pomero y

undate d"Archibald Lampma n "" Arthur Stringer "

SUBGROUP : CHARLES G .D . ROBERTS PAPER S

3-15 LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

1936 (Jun-Aug )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1937 (30 Nov )

EASTMAN, Kat e

3-16 TYPESCRIPTS : POETR Y

undate d" The Iceberg" [with corrections ]" Presences"

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1 ite m

8 p .8 p .

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6 p .1 p .

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3-17 MEMORABILI A

Includes a 1925 recital tour program and a pamphlet about

2 item sRoberts' brother Theodor e

3-18 PRINTEDMATERIAL--Works by Robert s

192 9" The Feud ." Onward, Vol . 4, No . 40 (5 Oct 1929)

4 p .

1930"More Reminiscences of Bliss Carman . " The Dalhousie Review

9 p .(30 Apr 1930 )

" Spirit of Beauty . " (Dec 1930)

1 p .

193 2" The Potato Harvest ." The Daily Province (3 Feb 1932)

1 p .

193 33-19 "Challenge To The Chief ." Toronto Star Weekly (6 May 1933) .

2 p .

193 5" Francis Sherman ." The Dalhousie Review .

9 p .

193 7"Twilight Over Shaugamauk . "

1 p .(2

"Two Rivers . " The Dalhousie Review .

3 p .copias)

3-20 PRINTEDMATERIAL--Articles and Essays about Robert s

[1920 ' s ]newspaper photograph of Robert s

192 7"An Outline of Canadian Literature ." Lorne Pierce ,The New Outlook (5 Jan 1927 )

"Poetry Society Has Happy Evening Meeting . "The Daily Province (21 Feb 1927 )

192 8"The Writing Chief of the Sarcees ." A . Ermatinger Fraser,

1 p .Onward (8 Dec 1928 )

[1932-1935 ]" Dean of Canadian Letters ." Nathaniel A . Benson,

1 p .Saturday Night .

[1935 ]'" Laureate of Canada" Acclaimed By Authors .' (5 Jun [1935])

1 p .

1 p .

1 p .

19

1 p3-20 [1943 ]cont . "Own Poem Read At Service for Sir Charles Roberts . "

[Nov 1943 ]

194 4"Two Canadian Poets : A Lecture By Archibald Lampman ."

18 p .[delivered 19 Feb 1891] University of Toronto Quarterl y(July 1944 )

195 03-21 "The Novels of Sir Charles G .D . Roberts ." Elsie Pomeroy,

8 p .The Maritime Advocate (reprint) . (Apr . 1950 )

195 9"The Centenary of the Birth of Sir Charles G .D . Roberts ."

19 p .Elsie M . Pomeroy (privately printed) .

"The Centenary of Sir Charles G .D . Roberts ." Elsie

1 p .Pomeroy, SeattleTeachers' Magazine (Dec 1959 )

"The Dream World of Sir Charles G .D . Roberts ." Elsie

9 p .Pomeroy . The Canadian Theosophist (reprint )(Sept-Oct 195 9

196 0" Sir Charles G .D . Roberts : The Mystic ." Elsie M . Pomeroy .

8 p .

undate d

[

-1935 ]" New Issues and the Doing of Well Known Authors ." [W .T .A .

[1918-1935 ]"The Star Window." Noel Robinson [The Vancouver Star?]

1 p .

[1924-1935 ]" Charles G .D . Roberts, Poet and Novelist ." R .L . Reid ,The BritishColumbiaMonthly .

3-22 TYPESCRIPTS--Notes and Articles about Robert s

193 2"The Boyhood of Charles G .D . Roberts ." Elsie Pomeroy

12 p .(Dec 1932 )

undate d" Notes on Charles G .D . Roberts . No . 2 ." [A .C . Dalton?]

1 p .

] 1 p .

1 ;p .

2 0

CHARLES G .D . ROBERTS PHOTOGRAPH S

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BC1909 /72-7 9

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"To Kate Eastman from her friend Charles G .D .

o/s

[1925 ]Roberts Vancouver, July 22, 1925" [portrait ]

73

" On the beach at Hubbard's, N .S ., [?]

sp

Aug 193 0Norwood's place "

74

[C .G .D .R . seated between two other men]

p

[1930 '

75

[C .G .D .R . standing by a man and his painting]

p

[1930's ]

76a,b [C .G .D .R . playing with a dog]

sp,dup

[1930's ]

77

"To Katie, with love from Bobs "

sp

[1940's ]

78

"Sir Charles G .D . Roberts Milly Robertson "

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[1940's ]

79

[C .G .D .R . standing with two other men]

p

[1940's ]

SUBGROUP :NOEL ROBINSON PAPER S

3-23 LETTERS ;OUTGOIN G

1930 (24 Dec )

BC1909/8 1EASTMAN, Kat e

1952 (22 Feb )

EASTMAN, Kat e

undate d

BC 1909/8 0EASTMAN, Kat e

3-24 MEMORABILI A

Appreciation Day program

1

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SUBGROUP: NOEL ROBINSON PAPER S

3-25

COVER S

3-26

PRINTED MATERIAL -- Articles about Robinso n

196 0(2

" Retired writer-historian wins award as good citizen 1 p .copies)

of '60 ." The Province (25 May 1960) ." Vancouver ' s " Good Citizen of the Year ." ' The

1 p .Vancouver Sun (2 Jun 1960) .

"Noted writer honored as good citizen of year ."

1 p .The Province (15 Jun 1960) .

"Years of service recognized by " Good Citizen "

1 p .award .' [1960 ]

3-27

TYPESCRIPTS -- Letters about Robinso n

195 9(2

Letter from S . Mack Eastman to W .E . Greenwood, o fcopies)

Native Sons of British Columbia .

196 0Letter from Kate Eastman to " Joan . "

NOEL ROBINSON PHOTOGRAPH S

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[Robinson, trapper, and a third man . Chelenko

p [192 0 ' s ]Forks ]

81

[Christmas card . N .R . looking skyward and

sp [fall, 1930 ]N .R . at a fishing rod, Campbell River ]

82

"Naval Commander Noel Robinson"

sp Aug . 195 2

83

[Robinson standing in a forest clearing]

sp [195 0 ' s ]

SUBGROUP: HENRY SAUNDERS PAPER S

3-28

TYPESCRIPTS : POETRY (COLLECTED )

195 0DAILY THOUGHTS . (Aug . 1950)

50 p .

2 2

SUBGROUP : MARSHALL SAUNDERS PAPER S

3-29

MEMORABILI A

Marshall Saunders publicity pamphlets

2 item s

3-30

PRINTED MATERIAL -- Articles about Marshall Saunder s

[1943 ]" Beautifu l

SettledJoe Buried Near Historic Tow n

Century Ago ." Dorothy Howarth .1

p .

195 5"Memories of Marshall Saunders ." The Maritme 3

p .Advocate (Apr .

1955) .

MARSHALL SAUNDERS PHOTOGRAPH S

sp = small prin t

BC 1909 /84

84 [Henry and Helen Saunders,

and

clergyman, sp Mar . 2 0in their

garden] 191 7

SUBGROUP : ALEXANDER MAITLAND STEPHEN PAPER S

3-31 MEMORABILI A

3-32

Recital

program and

publisher's order

for m

PRINTED MATERIAL -- Works by Stephen

2 item s

194 1"My Canada "

undate d"Pacific Poets of the Evergreen Coast . " Th eSunday Province .

"Verendrye" [excerpt ]

3-33

PRINTED MATERIAL -- Articles about Stephe n

193 1" A Poet of the West . " Arthur P . Woollacott ,MacLean's Magazine (15 Apr . 1931) .

2 3

3-33 PRINTED MATERIAL -- Articles about Stephen (cont )

[1942 ]"A .M . Stephen, Noted Poet, Dead at 60 . "

SUBGROUP: LIONEL STEVENSON PAPER S

3-34 LETTERS: OUTGOIN G

1953 (30 Oct )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1957 (Dec )

[EASTMAN, Kate ]

1961 (Dec )

[EASTMAN, Kat e

1962 (Dec )

[EASTMAN, Kate ]

1963 (Dec )

[EASTMAN, Kate ]

1968 (Dec )

[EASTMAN, Kate ]

3-35 TYPEESCRIPTS: POETRY

196 1

"To come home is more than merely to return"

1 p .(photocopy )

3-36 MEMORABILI A

A change-of-address card and a Lionel Stevenson

2 item spublicity pamphlet .

1

1

1

1

1

2 4

11 p .

3—37 PRINTED MATERIAL - - Works by Lionel Stevenso n

192 5

"The Significance of Canadian Literature . "University of California Chronical (reprint) .(Jan 1925 )

192 8" To space the hours apart" (Christmas greeting)

1 p .

192 9"The only wealth that I would crave " (Christmas

1 p .greeting )

193 0" The wizards of science will turn" (Christmas

1 p .greeting )

1931"Mute Inglorious Whitmans ." University of California 21 p .

Chronicle, Vol . 33, No . 3 (reprint) . (Jly 1931 )

1938"A gypsy heart in a pedant ' s hide " (Christmas

1 p .greeting )

194 1" Victorious in the unseen strife" (Christmas

1 p.greeting )

195 2" The Pertinacious Victorian Poets . " University of

14 p .Toronto Quarterly, Vol . 21, No . 3 (reprint) .(Apr 1952 )

195 7" Now is the season when remembering friends

1 p .(Christmas greeting )

196 1" To come home is more than merely to return"

1 p .(Christmas greeting )

196 2"Can Christmas be a festival this year? " (Christmas

1 p .greeting )

196 3"When I stroll in the clear winter dusk" (Christmas

1 p .greeting )

1968"A year is an artificat of Time " (Christmas greeting) 1 p .

2 5

3-38

PRINTED MATERIAL -- Articles and Reviews about Stevenso n

195 3"This Book Will Be of Great Value When Meredith Is

1 p' Rediscovered' ." Jane Voiles, San Francisc oChronicle (18 Oct 1953) .

"A Defiance And A Shield ." Edgar Johnson, New York

1 pTimes Book Review (25 Oct . 1953) .

" Former City Writer to Wed in South ." The Vancouver

1 pProvince (3 Nov 1953) .

" Meredith Biography Most Complete Yet ." Paul Jordan- 1 pSmith, Los Angeles Times (20 Sept) .

(2

"The Ordeal of George Meredith ." Virginia Cummings .

1 pcopies)

[1953 ]

LIONEL STEVENSON PHOTOGRAPHS

p=p rin tsp=small print

BC 1909 /85-8 8

85

" So this is Oxford!" [Stevenson in graduate

sp [1930'5]costume ]

86

" Lionel Stevenson's marriage"

sp 195 4

87

"Our passport photos " "Lionel & Lillian Stevenson

sp May 195 7(daughter Marietta from Lillian's previou smarriage) "

88

" Lionel Stevenson Kate Eastman Walter [Dietrich?]" p 31 Aug 195 3[New Chinatown Restaurant Vancouver ]

SUBGROUP : MABEL ROSE STEVENSON PAPER S

3-39

PRINTED MATERIAL -- Works by Mabel Rose Stevenso n

undate d"The Turning Stone ." The British Columbia Monthly

2 6

MABEL ROSE STEVENSON PHOTOGRAPH S

sp=small print

BC 190 98 9

89

"[Rose ' s?] passport picture" "Mabel Rose Stevenson,

sp [1940's ]mother of Lionel Stevenson" 'Author of "Daughte rof Donegal " poems - 1945 '

SUBGROUP : HENRY A . STONE / VANCOUVER ART GALLERY PAPER S

4-1

LETTERS : OUTGOING (PERSONAL )

1931

(14 Jun )

EASTMAN,

Kat e

[1933]

(Dec )

EASTMAN,

Kate 1

1936

(19 Mar) 1

EASTMAN, Kate 1

4-2 LETTERS

: OUTGOING (VANCOUVER ART GALLERY )

1932

(1

Mar) 1

"Dear fellow members" 1

4-3 MANUSCRIPTS

:

POETR Y

undate d" Accept

I pray this little gift " 1

p .

4-4 MEMORABILI A

Article on art gallery co-founder Mrs .

J .M . 1

item

Lefebure ' s death .

2 7

4-5 PRINTED MATERIAL -- Articles about Stone (Vancouver Art Gallery )

193 1"What the Founders Say ." Vancouver's New Art Gallery

2 p .

193 6"Portrait of Mr . A .H . Stone Presented to Gallery . "

1 p .The Art Gallery Bulletin .

[1943 ]"Henry A . Stone, Art Gallery's Founder, ' Good Citize n ' , 1 p .Dies . "

undate d"Famous 'Old Masters ' In Art Exhibition . "

1 p .

SUBGROUP : RABINDRANATH TAGORE PAPERS

4-6 PRINTED MATERIAL -- Works by Tagor e

The Modern Review, Vol .

4-7 PRINTED MATERIAL -- Works about Tagor e

192 9" Authority On India To Be Visitor Here ."

1 p ." Hindus Urged By Tagore To Be Canadians ." The

1 p .VancouverStar (15 Apr 1929) .

'" Mother India" Criticised By Notable Visitor Here .

P .The Vancouver Star (8 Apr 1929) .

" Rabindranath Tagore . " The Daily Province (1 Apr 1929)

1 p ."Savant Is Here Denies Tagore Anti-British ." The

1 p .Daily Province(3 Apr 1929 )

" Tagore Welcomed At Sikh Temple . " [Apr 1929}

1 p ." Thousands Crowd Theatre Doors to See Great Mystic°°

1 p .The Vancouver Star (29 Apr 1929) .

194 1

"India Mourns Loss of Tagore World-Wide Tribute To

1 p .Poet . " Bangkok Chronicle (13 Aug 1941) .

"The Late Rabindranath Tagore . : Bangkok Chronicle

1 p .(8 Aug 1941) .

1930 Ja n"Organizations" 4 p .

2 8

196 14-8 "Rabindranth Tagore ." George E . Catlin, Journal of

16 p .the Royal Society of Arts, Vol . 109, No . 506 0(Jly 1961) .

"Rabindranath Tagore . " Hallain Tennyson, The

2 p .Listener (11 May 1961) .

" Stones, Some Precious, From an Indian Treasury . "

1 p .Ved Mehta, The New York Times Book Revie w(14 May 1961) .

196 2"Giant Among Men ." K . Natwarsingh, The New York

1 p .Times Book Review (16 Sep 1962) .

undate dIndia and Canada [clipping ]

4-9 MANUSCRIPTS -- Works about Tagor e

undated

6 p .

" Tagore "

RABINDRANATH TAGORE PHOTOGRAPHS

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BC 1909/90

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SUBGROUP : VANCOUVER POETRY SOCIETY PAPER S

4-10 LETTERS : OUTGOIN G

1934 (23 Oct )

EASTMAN, Kat e

1962 (24 Sept )

"Dear Members and Friends"

1

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4-11 GENERAL CORRESPONDENC E

196 2

Dear Member (4 Jan )

196 4

MR . GROSSMAN c/o VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY (11 MAY)

1MRS . WHEELER VICE-PRESIDENT, VANCOUVER

(11 MAY)

1POETRY SOCIET Y

4-12 REPORT S

192 6

Vancouver Poetry Society Meeting (3 Apr)

2 p .

undate d

handwritten library transfer report by V .P .S . librar yCustodia n

4-13 RECORD S

192 7

Partial V .P .S . memberhsip list (28 Feb)

2 p .

195 4

"Chap-books missing from our V .P .S . library ."

1 p ."Books added to Vancouver Poetry Society Library ."

1 p .

[1957 ]

" Duplicates-Vancouver Poetry Society Library ."

2 p .[latest publishing date 1957 ]

195 9

" Vancouver Poetry Society Library Books donated by

2 p .Mildred Valley Thornton June 1959 . "

" Books Donated to the V .P .S . by Mildred Valley Thornton, 2 p .July 1959 ."

3 0

196 0

"Books to be added to the Library List ." [latest

1 p .publishing date 1960 ]

"Books to be added to the Vancouver Poetry Society

2 p .Library . " [latest publishing date 1960 ]

" Books donated to the V .P .S . - by Mrs . Fewster, March

1 p .1960 . "

" List of Books for the Vancouver Poetry Society's

1 p .Library . From May P . Judge . "

" Ryerson Poetry Chap-books in Order of Printing ."

6 p .[latest publishing date 1960 ]

" Ryerson Press Chap-Books Presented to the Vancouver

4 p .Poetry Society by Dr . Lorne Pierce March 1960 . "

"The Vancouver Poetry Society Library - Volumes of

9 p .Poetry, Chap-Books, Etc ." [latest publishing dat e1960 ]

196 1

[V .P .S . " I .O .U . " note (25 Jan)]

1 p .

undate d

[for V .P .S . Library Custodian : titles to add to the

1 p .library list ]

4-14 MINUTE S

Annual General Meeting (16 May 1962 )

4-15 LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Library Transfer (1962 )

Vancouver Poetry Society Constitutio n

4-16 MEMORABILI A

Programs from 1927 to 196 6

4-17 PRINTED MATERIAL - - Publications of the Vancouver Poetry Societ y

193 7

Full Tide Vol . 1, No . 2 (Mar )

194 1

Full Tide Vol 5, No . 2 (Mar)

2 p .

1 p .

1 p .

13 items

3 1

195 9

FullTide Vol . 24, No . 1 (7 Nov )

196 0

2 copies FullTide Vol . 25, No . 1 (3Dec )

196 1

FullTide Vol 25, No . 2 (8 Apr )3 copies

FullTide Vol 26, No . 1 (2 Dec )

196 2

FullTide Vol 26, No . 2 (7 Apr )

4-18 PRINTED MATERIAL - - Articles about the Vancouver Poetry Societ y

undate d

"Tribute to Mrs . A .M . Winlow ." British Columbia Monthly

1 p ." A very pleasing event took place"

1 p.[photocopied pages from an unacknowledged book about

4 p.the V .P .S ., published by Ryerson Press .