Margaret Avison: : Archives & Special Collections : Libraries : University of Manitoba

Margaret Avison was born in Galt, Ontario in 1918, the daughter of a Methodist minister. She moved to Regina with her family in 1920, and then to Calgary a few years later. The Avisons returned to Ontario in about 1930, to Toronto where Avison attended high school, and entered Victoria College, University of Toronto in 1936. When she completed her B.A. in English in 1940, she was already a published poet as her poem “Gatineau” had appeared in theCanadian Poetry Magazinethe previous year. Avison had a wide and varied professional career that commenced when she worked as a file clerk at North American Life Insurance (1940-42) and, for a few months, proofreader at Gage Publishing. Avison then worked ate the Canadian Institute of International Affairs – Information Service (1943-45) where she edited a publication called “The Nations Have Declared,” about documents issued by the United Nations. After the war she moved on to the University of Toronto to a position in the Registrar’s Office, and then in the Library (1946-1954).

In 1951, Avison’sHistory of Ontario, a textbook for use in high schools was published. She was awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Grant in 1956, so she spent 8 months in the United States writing poetry and attending creative writing classes at the universities of Chicago and Indiana. Following this she undertook freelance work editing, indexing, as well as ghostwriting a book entitledA Doctor’s Memoirs. Her first book of poetry,Winter Sunwas published in 1960, and won her the Governor-General’s Award.

The year 1963 marked a major milestone in Avison’s life. She had drifted from her Methodist religious upbringing since her young adulthood; early in 1963 she converted to the Christian faith. During that same year her father died, so Avison’s mother moved to Toronto where she would live with Avison until a few months before her death in 1985 at the age of 102.

Deeply moved by the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, Avison undertook the translation of eight poems toThe Plough and the Pen: Writings from Hungary 1930-1956, published in 1963. The work was edited by Illona Duczynska and Karl Polanyi and brought recognition to many of the great 20th century Hungarian poets. The following yearThe Research Compendiumwas published. This volume consisted of précis, written by Avison, of theses by students in the School of Social Work at the University of Toronto.

In 1963 Avison returned to the University of Toronto for graduate work, writing her M.A. thesis on “Byron and the Newspapers” examining how the style of Don Juan reflected the new journalism of Byron’s day. She began doctoral studies in 1964, but never earned her doctorate, as she did not write a thesis.The Dumbfounding, her second book of poetry was published in 1966. From 1966-1968 she taught at Scarborough College, University of Toronto. During this time Avison also volunteered at a Presbyterian mission called Evangel Hall, where she went on to work as a women’s worker until 1973. Avison then spent eight months as writer-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario, after which she took a position in the CBC Radio Archives. After 1978 she returned to her charitable work, working as a secretary for the Mustard Seed Mission. This year also saw the appearance of her third book of poetry,Sunblue, which was the product of her profound religious convictions.

In 1986 Avison retired from the Mustard Seed Mission. She received her second Governor-General’s Award in 1990 forNo Time, which had been published the previous year. An anthology of her work entitledMargaret Avison: Selected Poemswas published in 1991 and contains selections from previous volumes interwoven with new material and ‘adaptations’ of poems by the Hungarian poets Gyula Illyes and Ferenc Juhasz, from the literal translations by Illona Duczynska. In 1994,A Kind of Perseverance was published, consisting of two lectures delivered at the annual Pascal Lectures on Christianity and the University, at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. The lectures describe the tensions she experienced when trying to live out her Christian values in secular society, specifically within the university setting. A further book of poetry,Not Yet but Still, was published in 1997. In 2002, her book of poetryConcrete and Wild Carrot (2002) published by Brick Books won the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize. One of the poems from the manuscript ofConcrete and Wild Carrot was published inThe Presbyterian Record and won a Canadian Church Press Award for 2000. From 2003-2005, The Porcupine's Quill publishedAlways Now: The Collected Poems, Volumes One to Three. In 2006 her book of poetryMomentary Darkpublished by McLelland & Stewart won the Griffin Poetry Prize. Avison had two books published post-humously:Listening(2009) andI Am Here and Not Not-There, an autobiography (2009).

Apart from her two Governor-General’s awards, Avison’s contribution to Canadian literature has been recognized in the bestowal of honorary degrees from Acadia University (1983), York University (1985), and Victoria University (1988). Avison was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1985. In 2003 she received the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award, Jack Chalmers Award, and in 2005 the Leslie K. Tarr Award

She died in 2007.

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Scope and Contents of the Papers

The 2001 accrual contributes photographs, audiotapes, to the existing fonds, as well as material relating to Avison’s work such as worksheets, manuscripts, published copies, and reviews. It also includes correspondence from the 1980s to 2001, material relating to the honours and awards that she has received, and lectures and readings. This accrual contains Avison’s Bible study notes created from 1967 to 2001.

The 2003 accrual contains textual records mostly relating to recent published books. There are photographs dating from 1921 to 2003 and audio cassettes dating from 1987 to 2003.

The accrual (A.07-55) donated in 2007 contains 24 cm of textual records mostly relates to recent publications, production and publicity of Margarite Avison's work.

The final accrual donated in 2007 consists of Margaret Avison's correspondence arranged A-Z, book reviews, her manuscripts "Momentary Dark" ; "Concrete and Wild Carrot"; and the photograph and audio collections.

Margaret Avison's final collection of poems "Listening: last poems" (Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize) was donated in 2009.

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Organization of the Papers

This collection is organized into 13 series and three additional accessions

1. Correspondence – General, [199-?]-2001
2. Correspondence and Drafts from Other Writers, 1984-2001
3. Correspondence – Literary, [199-?]-2001
4. Bible Study, 1967-2001
5. Literary Work, [1960?]-2000
6. Press and Reviews, 1978-2001
7. Lectures, 1991-1993
8. Honours and Awards, 1984-1992
9. Family History, 1992-1999
10. Publications, 1968-2000
11. Oversize, 1982-[ca. 1997]
PC 151 (A.01-22) Photograph Collection
TC 97 (A.01-22) Tape Collection
A.03-109 (MSS 64, PC 151, TC 97)
A.07-55 (MSS 64)
A.07-64 (MSS 64, PC 151, TC 97)
"Listening: last poems" by Margaret Avison, 2009

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Restrictions on Use

One folder of correspondence entitled “Kogawa, Joy – Correspondence, 1993-1995” is restricted from access for fifty years from the time it was received in the archives in 2001.

a) Open to all;

b) Quotations of excerpts allowed but no unpublished poem by, or any item of correspondence to or from, the donor may be published in full;

c) All quotations are to provide the source and to convey Margaret Avison's judgement that the piece is unpublishable;

d) Any publishing in full or in part must wait until twenty years after the author's death;

e) Use of the collection is on terms of use placed by this Department;

f) It is the user's responsibility to abide by all Canadian copyright legislation as amended by Parliament from time to time.

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Custodial History

The third accrual (A.01-22) was donated in 2001, the fourth accrual (A.03-109) in 2003, and the fifth and six accrual (A.07-55; A.07-64) in 2007.

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Other Finding Aids

A.90-11, A.96-23 (First Manuscript Accession and 1996 accession)

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Detailed Description of the Collection


Correspondence – General [199-?]-2001 (1 folder)
	Box	Folder
	1	1	Correspondence - General
				Books in Canada, 1996
				Finlay, Elizabeth to theLeaside-Rosedale Town Crier, 1999
				Grenville Christian College, [199-?]
				Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1997
				International Biographical Centre, 1998
				Lastman, Mel, 2001
				Metro Toronto Reference Library, 1997
				Moritz, A. F., [199-?]
				NALD [National Adult Literacy Database], 1997
				Public Lending Right Commission, 2001
				Rideau Hall - Honours Directorate, 1998-1999
				Vidaver, Aaron, 1999
				Weston, Hilary M., 1998
				Windborne Productions, 1997

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Correspondence and Drafts from Other Writers 1984-2001 (1 folder)
	Box	Folder
	1	2	Correspondence and drafts from other writers
				Aide, Bill, 1996
				Andrew, Rhett, 2000
				Dragland, Stan, 1998
				Gough, Ian, 1998-1999
				Graham, Joy, 1984
				Hawley, Catherine, [199-?]
				Heighton, Steven, 2001
				Henderson, Geoff, 2001
				Kramer-Hamstra, Agnes, 1990

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Correspondence – Literary [199-?]-2001 (11 folders)
	Box	Folder
	1	3	Correspondence – Literary
				Alberta Education, 1999
				Archer, Bert, 1997
				Archibald, J. L., 1998
				Balabanoff, Doreen, 1997
				Boissonneau, Alice, [199-?]
				Borealis Press, 1994
				Bowering, George, 2000
				Burge, John, 1998
				Canadian Literature, 1998
				Corbett, 1990
				ellipse, 1993
				Ellis, Keith, 2001
				Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2001
				Gatenby, Greg, 1988-1999
				Geddes, Gary, 1996-2000
				Gray, Elizabeth, 1981
				Higgins, Michael W., 2000
				House of Anansi Press, Ltd., 2001
				Jackson, Kate, 1997
				Johnston, Gordon, 1996-2000
				Kent, David, 1996-2001
				Kidner, Derek, 1998
				Knight, Henry, 1999
				Knight, M. L., 2000
				Kouhi, Elizabeth, 1999
				Lilburn, Tim, 1989
				Mantz, Douglas, 1997
				McCaslin, Susan, 1996
				McKay, Don, 2001
				New, Bill, 1998
				Nichol, Ellie, 1991
				Picchione, John, 2001
				Purdy, Al, 1997
				Smith, Wilfred Cantwell, [2000?]
				Solway, David, 1999
				Thury, Katalin, 2001
				W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
		4	Djwa, Sandra – Correspondence, 1998
		5	Harbourfront Reading Series - Ray Souster Evening, 1997-1998
		6	Johnston, George – Correspondence, 1991-2000
		7	Kogawa, Joy – Correspondence, 1993-1995
				Restricted
		8	Lancelot Press, 1989-1998
		9	Lee, John B. – Correspondence, [ca. 2000]
		10	McRobbie, Kenneth, 1996
		11	Nims, John Frederick, & Bonnie, 1998-1999
		12	Poetry Canada, 1990-1991
		13	Pope, William (Bill) & Isabel – Correspondence, 1996

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Bible Study 1967-2001 (9 folders)
	Box	Folder
	1	14	Bible Study Notes, 1967-[ca.1976]
		15	Small Group Studies (Harry Hahne) & M. A. Karin's devotional, [198-?]
		16	Bible Study Notes, [1983?]-1997
		17	Exercise Book - Bible Study Notes, May '84 - Sept '86, 1984-1986
		18	Encounter with God - Daily Notes, 1996-1997
		19	Bible Study Notes, 1996-1997
		20	Bible Study Notes, 1998-Mar. 12, 2001 (1 of 2), 1998-2001
		21	Bible Study Notes, 1998-Mar. 12, 2001 (2 of 2), 1998-2001
		22	Bible Study Notes, 2001

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Literary Work [1960?]-2000 (10 folders)
	Box	Folder
	1	23	Miscellaneous Writings, [1960?]-2001
		24	Poetry Clippings - Toronto Telegram, 1966-1970
		25	Homesick Sequence, [198-?] or [199-?]
		26	Not Yet But Still [ca. 1997]
		27	Worksheets, MSS, Revisions, [199-?]-2000
		28	Worksheets – Poems, [199-?]
		29	Worksheets – Poems, [ca. 1992]
		30	Hi-Lites 1997-2000
		31	"Discards from MS completed Nov. 2, 2000,” [ca. 2000]
		32	"Worksheets for Poems in MS completed Nov./2000 for Brick Publishing, [ca. 2000]

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Press and Reviews 1978-2001 (7 folders)
	Box	Folder
	1	33	Miscellaneous/General Articles re) M. A., 1979-2001
		34	sunblue 1978-1988
		35	Reviews, 1983
		36	Sally Ito Interview, [199-?]
		37	No Time 1991
		38	Selected Poems 1991
		39	Not Yet But Still 1997

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Lectures 1991-1993 (2 folders)
	Box	Folder
	1	40	Lectures and Readings, 1991-1993
		41	"A Kind of Perseverence" - Pascal Lectures - Waterloo, 1993

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Honours and Awards 1984-1992 (1 folder)
	Box	Folder
	2	1	Honours and Awards, 1984-1992

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Family History 1992-1999 (1 folder)
	Box	Folder
	2	2	Avison Family History, 1992-1999

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Publications 1968-2000 (33 folders)
	Box	Folder
	2	3	Books in Canada Volume 8, Number 7, August-September, 1979
		4	Brick Winter 1981
		5	The Canadian Forum 1998
		6	The Canadian Forum 1999
		7	The Canadian Forum May 1979
		8	Canadian Literature Autumn 1998
		9	Canadian Literature Summer 1992
		10	Canadian Women Studies/les cahiers de la femme, Volume 14, Number 1, Fall 1993
		11	Canadian Women Studies/les cahiers de la femme Fall 1987
		12	Casa de las Americas 2000
		13	Channels Spring 1987
		14	Compass January/February 1993
		15	The Cormorant Fall 1993
		16	ellipse 1993
		17	Exile: A Literary Quarterly 1991
		18	Exile: A Literary Quarterly 1999
		19	6 Days 1971
		20	The Idler November & December 1989
		21	Journal of Canadian Poetry 1992
		22	"Lighting Up the Terrain": The Poetry of Margaret Avison 1987
		23	A. Margaret Avison and Her Works [1989?]
		24	Arrivals: Canadian Poetry in the Eighties, 1986
		25	The New Quarterly Spring 1994
		26	Orbis Spring/Summer 1991
		27	Presbyterian Record January 1995
		28	Queen's Quarterly Winter 1992
		29	I Wish I Had Known… 1968
		30	The Second Mile December 1978
		31	The Second Mile December 1997
		32	The Second Mile June 1986
		33	The Second Mile February 1991
		34	The Second Mile February 1994
		35	The Tamarack Review 1978

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Map Cabinet 1982-[ca. 1997] (4 items)
	Box	Folder
	3 - Map Cabinet #2	1	Acadia University Honorary Degree, 1982
	Box	Folder
	3	2	York University Honorary Degree, 1985
		3	University of Victoria Honorary Degree, 1988
		4	Not Yet but Still [ca. 1997]

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PC 151 - Photograph Collection
	(A.01-22)
	Box	Folder
	1	1
			23 Colour photos and negatives of Margaret Avison for University of Toronto website, by Joan Eichner, August & September 1998
			Margaret Avison, Oct. 27, 1984, by Dahl's Studio
			Margaret Avison, Early January 1991 - Second Governor General's Award
			"Jo Grimshaw - figures in the 'Jo Poems,' a series in No Time"
			[Window] - London, Ontario - Writer-in-Residence, University of Western Ontario, [1973 or 1974]
			Margaret Avison - London, Ontario - Writer-in-Residence, University of Western Ontario, [1973 or 1974]
			[Apartment] - London, Ontario - Writer-in-Residence, University of Western Ontario, [1973 or 1974]
			[Fire Escape] - London, Ontario - Writer-in-Residence, University of Western Ontario, [1973 or 1974]
			[Buildings] - London, Ontario - Writer-in-Residence, University of Western Ontario, [1973 or 1974]
			Ray Hnatyshyn shaking hands with Margaret Avison, 1990
			Recipients of 1990 Governor-General's Awards, including Margaret Avison, 1990
			Margaret Avison, 1982 [5 copies]
			Margaret Avison is made an Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor-General Jeanne Sauve - John Evans Photo, Ltd., Ottawa
			Margaret Avison, May 1997, Toronto
			Mary Avison McKim, Margaret Avison, Joan Eichner - Ottawa, May 1990
			Jones Falls, 1994?
			Margaret Avison, Sadie Maura - Christmas 1989?
			Margaret Avison, 1984? By Jamosz Meissuer
			Thos. W. Hunt and Mrs. Helen (Musselman) Hunt, (Marguerite Hunt's mother-in-law) - 1924?
			Harold Hunt, Thos. W. Hunt, Helen (Mussselman) Hunt, Jean H? [1924?]
			Margaret Avison, LL. D, Acadia University, 1983
			Margaret Avison – “Near the church in Regina” – [ca. 1920]
			Margaret Avison – “Qu’Appelle Valley near Regina (1919-1925) About 4? M. A. had been shut up in a closet as punishment and emerged all ‘dressed up.’” [ca. 1922]
			Margaret Avison with siblings and grandparents – “M. A. about 1? Grandfather Kirkland – v. spiritual & musical; Grandmother Kirkland nee Saunders” [ca. 1919]
			Margaret Avison portrait by Fred Lum (Globe & Mail) – January 18, 1991
			4 negatives
			2-8x10 B&W photographs by Jack Berman of Margaret Avison’s 2 mother, [198-?]
			48 B&W negatives of Jack Berman photographs [198-?]
			4 contact sheets of Jack Berman photographs [198-?]

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TC 97 - Tape Collection
	(A.01-22)
	Box	Folder
	1	1
			Tape 1: "Other Oceans" - A Poem
			Tape 2: ex. "The Arts Report" - Jan. 16, 1991
			Tape 3: That we may not lose loss" - John Burge - Corol-Lynn Reifel, soprano; Kingston Choral Society; Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Glen Fast, conductor - Grant Hall, Kingston Ontario, March 27, 1994
			Tape 4: ExTenebris, September 30, 1989

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A. 03-109 (MSS 64, TC 97, PC 151) 1987-2003 9 folders
	This fonds was donated by Margaret Avison in the fall of 2003. It contains 12.5 cm. of textual records mostly relating to recent books published. There are 29 photographs covering 1921-2003 and six audio cassettes from 1987-2003.
	(textual material)
	Box	Folder
	1	1	Curriculum vitae 2003
		2	Correspondence 1997-2003
		3	Articles by & about Avison 1987-2000
		4	Drafts of poems 2000-2003
		5	Crystal Garden 2001
		6	Where the Woods Come From 2001-2002
		7	Concrete and Wild Carrot 2002-2003
		8	The Optic Eye 2002-2003
		9	Always Now 2003
	PC 151 (A.03-109) 1921-2003 29 photographs
	Box	Folder
	1	1-3	Margaret at age three in Regina 1921
		4	Margaret at age 4 visting grandmother in Galt 1922
		5-6	Margaret & sister Mary 1922-1925
		7	Margaret in Calgary [1928]
		8	Margaret's 21st birthday guests names on back of photo 1939
		9	Marion & Jack Johnson's children 1955
		10-11	Allan Ginsberg in Vancouver 1963
		12-13	Charles Olson 1963
		14	Denise Levertov 1963
		15	Unknown 1963
		16	Robert Creeley in Vancouver 1963
		17-18	Evangel Hall 1966-1967
		19	Margaret at Christmas 1980
		20	Margaret 1982
		21	Winter Sun / The Dumfounding Poems 1940-1966 1982
		22	VE group at Macleod's 1987
		23	Margaret at Christmas 1989
		24	At Mrs. Macleod's 90th birthday 1990
		25	Margaret 1998
		26	Concrete & Wild Carrot 2002
		27-28	Griffin Award readings 2003
		29	Margaret with Governor General Clarkson 2003
	TC 97 (A.03-109) 1987-2003 6 audio cassettes
	Box	Folder
	1	1	Sunblue poetry reading accompied musically by John Burge 1987
		2	Avison in discussion with Shelagh Rogers C.B.C. The Arts Report 1991
		3	Reading: That we May Not Lose Loss [1990]
		4	Reading: Other Oceans 2000
		5	Reading: Winter Sun accompanied by John Burge at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall in Montreal 2003
		6	Interview: C.B.C. Radio One The Sunday Edition

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A.07-55 (Mss 64), 1997-2006 24 cm of textual records and other material
	This accrual was donated in 2007. It contains 24 cm of textual records and mostly relates to recent publications, production and publicity of Margaret Avison's work.
	Box	Folder
	1	1	Interview with Margaret Avison in "Image" ,no.45, Spring 2005
		2	Margaret Avison's poetry and articles in ARC: Canada's National Poetry Magazine, Winter, 2004
		3	Margaret Avison's poetry in New Quarterly, no.95, Summer 2005
		4	Canadian Poetry: Margaret Avison, no.59, Fall/Winter, 2006
		5	Correspondence: Publicity, 1997-2005
		6	Correspondence: Stan Dragland, 2002
		7	Correspondence re: Concrete and Wild Carrot, 2001-2002
		8	Correspondence re: Always Now, 2002-2005
		9	Uncollected Poems - Published in volume one of Always Now, 2004
		10	Correspondence re: Momentary Dark, 2005
		11	Momentary Dark
		12	Momentary Dark: New Poems, 2006
	Box	Folder
	2	1	Momentary Dark, 2005
		(draft)
		2	Momentary Dark, 2005
		(page proofs)
		3	Momentary Dark, 2005
		(copyedited manuscript)
		4	1956 Hungarian Revolution, Canadian Poets, "Mrs. Polanyi" and "Skunks Hollow" - article by K. McRobbie
		5	Large Print Copies of Poems by M. Avison
		(for use at readings with important stresses marked)
		6	Bible Study Notes, June 4 - August, 2001
		7	Bible Study Notes, September 3 - November 2001
		8	Bible Study Notes , December 3, 2001 - February 2002
		9	Bible Study Notes , March 4 - June 2002
		10	Bible Study Notes , June 2002 - August
	Box	Folder
	3		Awards, 2003-2005
				1. Leslie K. Tarr Award presented to Margaret Avison in recognition of an outstanding contribution to Christian writing and publishing in Canada, June 17, 2005 2. Canadian Authors Association Literary Award - Jack Chalmers Award, 2003

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A.07-64 (Mss 64, PC 151, TC 97) 1945-2007 36 cm of textual records, 42 photographs, 5 audio-cassettes, 1 CD
	(one folder is restricted)
	This accession consists of Margaret Avison's correspondence arranged A-Z, book reviews, her manuscripts "Momentary Dark" and "Concrete and Wild Carrot"; the photograph and audio collections.
	Box	Folder
	1	1	Biographical info - Book Reviews, Articles, 2002-2005
		2	Leslie K. Tarr Award received by M. Avison in 2005 - Correspondence, Articles, 2005
		3	CAA Jack Chalmers Award for Poetry received by M. Avison in 2003 - Correspondence, Articles, 2003
		4	Griffin Prize received by M. Avison in 2003 - Correspondence, Articles, 2003
		5	Correspondence - Isabel Fraser to Margaret Avison, 1947-1992
		6	Correspondence - Mabel K. Avison to Isabel Fraser, 1945-1963
		7	Correspondence - A to B, 1966-2006
		8	Correspondence - C to E, 1990-2005
		9	Correspondence - F to G, 2000 - 2006
		10	Correspondence with Maisie Cameron, 1979-1998
		11	Correspondence with Maisie Cameron, 2000-2007
		12	Maisie Cameron - Family history, Publications, 1992-2004
	Box	Folder
	2	1	Correspondence - H to J, 1996-2005
		2	Correspondence - K to L, 1987-2005
		3	Correspondence - N to R, 1990-2004
		4	Correspondence - S to V, 1998-2006
		5	Correspondence - George Whipple to Margaret Avison, 1997-2005
		6	Correspondence - W to Z, 1992-2006
		7	Manuscript - Draft of Poems for "Momentary Dark", Winter 2004
		8	Manuscript - Draft of Poems for "Momentary Dark"
		9	Manuscript - "Momentary Dark" - Final version
		10	Manuscript - "Concrete and Wild Carrot" - Drafts
	Box	Folder
	3	1	Manuscript - "Concrete and Wild Carrots" - Final version
		2	Drafts of articles about residents/staff at Fellowship Towers
		3	"Excerpts Toward a Daybook" by M. Avison - Daybook entries; Excerpts; Poetry
		4	"Of Common Places or Memorial Books" edited by E. Havens, 2001 (reprint)
		5	Poems - Not for Publication, 1992-2003
		Restricted
		6	Edinburgh International Book Festival - Correspondence; Trip scrap book, August 2003
		7	Poetries of the the 1940's, the University of Maine, Orono - Correspondence; Program, 2004
		8	"Hag-Ridden" - One of the last poem of Margaret Avison published in PRISM International, Fall 2007
		9 -10	Notebooks used as commonplace books with Margaret Avison's entries
	PC 151 (A.07-64), 1940-2005
	Box	Folder
	1	1	Portraits, 1940-2004
				1. Graduation Picture, Victoria College, 1940 2. Star Photo, 1990 3. Photo taken at Knox Church,1990 4. American visit, June 2004
		2	Margaret Avison, 1998-2005
				1. University of Toronto Website, 1998 2 - 4. Concrete and Wild Carrot cover, 2001 5 - 6. Concrete and Wild Carrot launch at Regis College, November 2002 7. Griffin Reading, Harbour Front, June 11, 2003 8. Coboung, May 8, 2003 9 - 10. Wards's Island, August, 2004 11. Guelph, Leslie K. Tarr Award - with Maisie Cameron - friend as of Grade 8, July 2005 12. Photo from January 1, 2005 13. Margaret Avison with friends Ottilia Koel and Isabel Fraser, May 1997 13
		3	Isabel Fraser; Isabel Fraser's Family; Ottilie Koel
				1 - 17. Isabel Fraser 18 -19. James Fraser 20 - 23. Margaret Avison with Ottilia Koel, 2001 24 - 25. Margaret Avison with Isabel Fraser
	TC 97 (A.07-64), 1993-2007
	Box	Folder
	1	1	M. Avison - Marigold - Christian spiritualism
		2	Gwen McEwen: Open Secrets - Poetry reading
		3	Margaret Avison Interview with D.S. Martin at "Write! Toronto", 2004
		4	Centennial Choir Concert - Schubert, Vaughan Williams, G. Basslets, 1993
		5	CBC Interview - M. Avison and M. Enright, 2003
		6	CBC Sunday Morning - M. Avison and M. Higgins, August 26, 2007

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	"Listening: last poems" by Margaret Avison, 2009 (book)
		(shelved with MSS 64, A.07-64, Box 3)

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