The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, material relating to Canadian writers, photographs and writings of Lorne Pierce. The material provides invaluable research materials relating to the careers of her father and mother, Lorne and Edith Pierce, as well as manuscripts from many other writers including Bliss Carman, Charles G.D. Roberts, Duncan Campbell Scott, Marjorie Pickthall, Constance I. Davies, John Richardson, and Georges Bugnet. Also includes photographs of the Pierce family.
The fonds consists of records created from the many community projects with which Mr. Quattrocchi involved himself. There is also a series of photographs detailing Mr. Quattrocchi's war service.
The fonds is predominantly comprised of photographs of Sunny Acres Nursery and members of the Paterson family. There is material and photographs from or about each immediate family member: James (father), Edith (mother), Helen (sister), Rowan (sister), and William. As the longest living member of the family William Paterson was the holder of the family archives.There is a small amount of material relating to horticulture and the business of the Nursery.
Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, news clippings, tape recordings, galley proofs, a relatively complete bibliography of his work, a videocassette copy of "Rare 'Home Movies'" originally shot in the 1940's and 1950s, and photographs. Included are memorabilia and conference papers from Mr. Gustafson's career as a poet, critic, and scholar.
