UBC AtoM

Drawings and paintings that did not work out

RBSC-ARC-1036-16-14
File
[before 1976]

Part of Ann Blades fonds

15 - 9 inch by 10 inch watercolour paintings [final illustrations]

RBSC-ARC-1036-16-15
File
[before 1976]

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters to and from publishers - 1971-1974

RBSC-ARC-1036-16-16
File
1971-1974

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters to and from publishers - 1974-1978

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-01
File
1974-1978

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Blades notes that this file Includes letters from: Bill Toye, Oxford University Press, who gave Blades suggestions for editing the text; I.M. Owen, Dent and Sons, whose last letter includes interesting comments on the publishing scene; and Janet Lunn, who was Children's Book Editor at Clarke Irwin in 1974.

Text

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-02
File
[1971?-1977]

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Pencil drawings and pen and ink drawings that did not work out

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-03
File
[1971?]

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Public Lending Right statements and letters - 1987-2013

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-04
File
1987-2013

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Blades notes that the statement for 1996 is missing; the dates on the materials indicate that 1996 is present, but the 2006 statement is missing.

Royalty statements - 1981-1999

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-05-06
File
1981-1999

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Royalty statements - 2000-2013

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-07-09
File
2000-2013

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters, 1975-1977, trying to get illustration work

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-10
File
1975-1977

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Pacific Rim Conference on Children's Literature, May 10-15, 1976, UBC

RBSC-ARC-1036-17-11
File
1976

Part of Ann Blades fonds

1976-78, help from Sieglinde Stieda-Levasseur, trying to exhibit at Bratislava

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-01
File
1975-1978

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Canada Council Grant applications

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-02
File
1970-1989

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Attempts to get an agent prior to Bella Pomer 1978 (including letters to and from Roald Dahl's agent)

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-03
File
1972-1981

Part of Ann Blades fonds

BC Book Prizes (info and letters)

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-04
File
1993-1994

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Children's Book Centre

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-05
File
1977-1991

Part of Ann Blades fonds

BC grant for Back to the Cabin, 1996

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-06
File
1995-1996

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters to BC Ferries re: sale of books on ferries (1998)

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-07
File
1998

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters to and from National Library asking if they would buy more manuscripts and illustrations, 2000

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-08
File
2000

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters, interview for Judith Saltman's book...

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-09
File
2001-2002

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Permissions - use of illustrations

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-10
File
1985-2010

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Exhibition of illustrations

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-11-12
File
1978-2005

Part of Ann Blades fonds

This file includes materials related to display of Blades' illustrations in the following galleries and exhibitions: Burnaby Art Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery, "Images of Childhood," "Once Upon a Time," Canada at Bologna, Vancouver International Writers Festival, "The Art of Illustration," and "Happily Ever After: BC Children's Book Illustrators Picturing Diversity and Success."

Letters to and from Patsy Aldana, Groundwood Books

RBSC-ARC-1036-18-13
File
1989-2005

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters to and from agent Bella Pomer

RBSC-ARC-1036-19-01-02
File
1978-2013

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Letters related to work

RBSC-ARC-1036-19-03-04
File
1971-2012

Part of Ann Blades fonds

This file consists mostly of letters from fans, authors, and illustrators. Notable correspondents by volume include Elizabeth Cleaver, Kit Pearson, Joyce Barkhouse, Deborah Turney Zagwyn, Sheila Egoff, Irene Aubrey, Christie Harris, Janet Lunn, and lawyer William McConnell. Notable correspondents with only a letter or two include Tim Wynne-Jones, Sandy Frances Duncan, Anne Walsh, and Ted Harrison.

Letters, text of story by Audrey Thomas, 1980 (Douglas & McIntyre not interested)

RBSC-ARC-1036-19-05
File
1979-1984

Part of Ann Blades fonds

Scrapbook

RBSC-ARC-1036-19-06
File
1967-2000

Part of Ann Blades fonds

This file consists of a scrapbook put together by Blades, containing some newspaper clippings from various talks and photographs documenting a wide range of talks and presentations. Also included are photos of her at various events and headshots taken for publicity reasons.

Slide display for presentations