UBC AtoM

From an early age, Douglas was an avid letter writer, and maintained many correspondences throughout her life. This series includes both incoming and outgoing personal correspondence, filed separately except where Douglas had kept both together.

Correspondence : Professional

Series

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence with publishing firms, periodicals and newspapers, writing associations and others regarding the publication of Douglas' works. Original groupings have been maintained.

Correspondence 1969 - 77

RBSC-ARC-1168-8-3
File
1969 - 1977

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence from P. Major, Douglas and B.C. government agencies.

RBSC-ARC-1168-24-27
File
1946-1967

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Regarding title to the small island in front of Channel Rock and attempts to purchase more crown land adjacent to the property.

Correspondence from Periodicals and Newspapers

Subseries

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence General

RBSC-ARC-1168-10-3
File
1961

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence re: handicrafts.

Correspondence pertaining to Douglas death

RBSC-ARC-1168-30-23
File
1993

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Includes program from her memorial service.

Correspondence re: Book Sales

Subseries

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence regarding Channel Rock.

Subseries
1946-1967

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence Series : World War I

Subseries
1916 - 1919

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

These letters, grouped together by Douglas, are from soldiers stationed in England and France in World War I. Some were personal acquaintances, other correspondences were initiated as a result of lists in newspapers of soldiers seeking correspondents. Most letters are together with their envelopes.

Correspondence Series: 1925-1929

Subseries
1925-1929

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

These letters, from a myriad of boyfriends, were kept together as a group by Douglas and attest to her lively social life during the period from her return to Toronto in 1925 after the breakdown of her first marriage until her second marriage in 1929.

(Correspondence series) Doherty, Jack 31 letters, cards and telegrams.

RBSC-ARC-1168-32-11
File
1928

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

In 1928 Doherty shipped on board a National Customs & Excise boat based in Halifax, and these letters contain interesting descriptions of incidents as the ship pursued its mission of finding rum runners.

(Correspondence series) Douglas/Bish

RBSC-ARC-1168-33-6
File
1981-1982

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Office file from Russell & DuMoulin containing correspondence between Douglas, Bish and their lawyers about a proposed boundary change.

(Correspondence series) Douglas/Bish Further

RBSC-ARC-1168-33-7
File
1983

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence re : proposed boundary change.

(Correspondence series) Faith, Flossie

RBSC-ARC-1168-33-4
File
1925-1927

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

43 letters, undated

(Correspondence series) Faith, Flossie

RBSC-ARC-1168-33-3
File
1926-1928

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

23 letters

(Correspondence series) Faith, Flossie.

RBSC-ARC-1168-33-2
File
1925

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

28 letters (to Mr. Gilean Douglas).

(Correspondence series) Fisher, Frank.

RBSC-ARC-1168-33-1
File
1927

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

31 letters, 3 telegrams.

(Correspondence series) Greene, Heber (chaplain for Columbia Coast Mission).

RBSC-ARC-1168-32-10
File
1950-1958

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

4 letters

(Correspondence series) Squier, Phyrne

RBSC-ARC-1168-33-5
File
1948-1981

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

15 letters

Correspondence with information about Allison Harbor, Bull Harbor, Merry Island, CCM (research)

RBSC-ARC-1168-12-11
File

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence with Publishing Firms

Subseries

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Correspondence with Writers Associations.

Subseries

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Cortes

RBSC-ARC-1168-2-15
File

Part of Gilean Douglas Fonds

Bazaars The Hard Way
Church At The End of The Road, The
Church-going Isn't Easy
Dr. John Depew
I'm A Happy Party Liner
It Has Been Good To Know You
King's Florist and King Safecracker
Memorial For A Neighbor
Notes on Cortes Women's Institutes
Now Wasn't That A Party
Playschool Cookbook Forward
Pools of Corydalis, The
Speaking of Gardens
Watchman, What Of The Night?
We Went to a Tea Party & Stayed to Walk the Plank
Where and What of Whaletown, The
Writer On An Island