Series consists of a small notebook containing typed copies of poems from Tao Te Ching by Lau Tzu, translated by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English, printed by Wildwood House, London. Also included in the notebook is Land of the Reed Plains: Ancient Japanese Lyrics from the Manyoshu, translated by Kenneth Yasunda.

Feather
Blackbird
Holiday
Dawn Chorus
The cry
The call
Sparrows at the Serpentine [Note: entitled "Bird Poems" on the title page.]

Series consists of typescript sheets in one volume relating to the translation from the Japanese by Rev. Harper Havelock Coates and Rev. Ryugaku Ishizuka (Head of the Jodo sect of Buddhism), published in 1925 in Kyoto.

Series consists of loose-leaf typescript sheets of poems which have been lined through in pencil.

Series consists of a small notebook containing handwritten copies of Japanese Hokku poems and a notebook with the title page "Poems for the day."

For J.R.D.: Death day April 13th 1979
For Karl Schubert (met just once in 1948)
For Sally: On pictures of beautiful British Columbia
World at One
Pain has become my companion
River view geometry
River at sunset
Radio
Death day
Recollections of Takayama Japan
Childhood recollections
The maestro: Victor Borge
Sudden death in my room
1980 Valentine
Running races
For Ned Pratt and Healey [Willau?]
For Claire Pratt - the artist: On my wood-block print
Concern
For Lee
Nasturtium seeds
Moods
Quick snowstorm
Feather falling

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the life and literary career of Carol Coates, as well as that of her brother William H. Coates (1899-1976). It includes correspondence, designs, printed material and clippings. It also contains the typescript of tributes to W.H. Coates during memorial services in 1976 as well as the typescript of Carol Coates' "Invitation to Mood" (1974-1975). Accrual consists draft poems, both typed and handwritten, and handwritten school notes from a class Coates attended at UBC.

Series consists of 18 small notebooks containing handwritten rough drafts of poems. There are many poems in each volume, and often a single poem is re-written several times. Carol Coates would place a note at the bottom of her drafts of poems to show the date when she copied them into other notebooks containing final handwritten drafts. An explanation for this copying process is provided in the notebook of Sep.1972-Dec.1972: "copied means transferred to the fair copy book." The notebooks also contain drafts of letters, recipes, lists of events, book reviews, addresses and quotations from other poets.

Death taunts
Kinds of cold
Poem of thanks for a Christmas dinner
Kinds of warmth
Poem for Claire Pratt to thank her for an illustrated edition of some of my poems The kiss
of trust
The seal
Christmas 1981
Cynicism
God's messenger: The Pope's visit to England May 1982
Feather falling

Series consists of 11 notebooks containing handwritten final drafts of poems. There are few corrections or annotations in these notebooks. This series also includes presentation copies of poems in volumes made of boards with silk padded covers and cardboard cases. One volume is untitled and within it, each poem is handwritten in ink facing Japanese prints. Two presentation copies of Fancy Free, 1938, are included in this series. The second version has a typed frontispiece: "Of this edition of Fancy Free by Carol Coates, two hundred and fifty copies only have been printed. This Chap-book is a product of the Ryerson Press, Toronto, Canada, 1939."
Accrual adds to the existing series four notebooks of handwritten final drafts of poems. Enumerated Book II through Book V, each volume is begun with a title page giving the dates of the poems and sometimes referring to other volumes containing typed or draft versions.

For Karl Schubert (met only once in 1948): The founder of Steiner curative education
For Sally: On pictures of beautiful British Columbia
For J.R.D.: Death day April 13th 1979
Childhood recollection: Summer Takayama, Japan
River at sunset
River geometry at Kew
Good deed: For D.R
The World at One
Learn, soul
The Maestro: Victor Borge
Sudden death
Valentine
For Ashkenazy
From daybreak to dusk
Aeons ago
On my wood-block print: For Claire Pratt
Poems
For E.H.C.
Running races

Whitsun verse
Aspects of retirement
Steiner (translation)
Gift from you
Michael meditation
River scenes
Green Park: Autumn
For Karl Schubert: Thirty years after October 1948
Autumn walk
Autumn river walk
Old age
Death taunts
After the fall
Beautiful British Columbia
Catapulted into disaster
Accident
Release: For J.R.D.
O receive them

Series consists of one volume containing loose-leaf typed copies of poems with handwritten corrections dated Sep. 1979. Also included is a single typescript sheet with handwritten annotations; the first line is "The poet knocks on the Pearly Gates and a voice says."

Vladimir Bukovsky
River Views
-I At Kew Bridge
-II Seagulls
-III Inch-long stem
-IV One glint before sunfall
-V Tide turning
-VI Mallard on the move
-VII The swan
For Lee: On an Indian plaque from British Columbia
River scene
Deficient education
Observation
Thank you poems to Sylvia for Mother's Day flowers
The tidal Thames: 11.30am May 1977
Thoughts in a Church garden: May 1977
A poem
Silences: When the heart sorrows
After the gasping breath
The tidal Thames: River views X, Reflections
Reflections from a train window on the way to Edinburgh 1977
Summer idyll
The irony
My thoughts - my poems
For Rita
It will be good
What a glutton I am
On a friend's grandfather dying unconscious in a breathing machine
Kisses are not for now
Old age
On receiving Rita's watch
Thought wedded to word
Hokku for Denis: On receiving a gift
Let the rose speak
St. Ives Dawn
St. Ives Cornwall: Childhood summers remembered
The shell: Cornwall 1977 with Sally
Country scene: The orchard, October 1977
For Jeanne and Arthur Sutton
The kiss: Admonition to myself
On writing a poem
Christmas
For Lee
Exploration
Margaret le Guyt's poem: Thoughts on Joan
Thoughts on Joan: Continued
The garden
I live in your thought
A pen takes time (a kiss is quicker)
Possibilities (for the retired)
On the birth of a poem
For Marion
For Denis: To thank him for his painting
Meal out: Half term, February 1978
River scenes
-XI Swan
-XII Raindrops and rainbow
Radio voices
Query
Karajan conducting
Milestone memories
Forgetting
How to make excuse
For Jeanne Sutton: On a necklace from Crete
River scene XIII
River scenes XIV Tidal river
Each day may be
Autumn in Green Park
Words
Summer-long
After the fall
Death taunts

Impromptu hokku for Denis
Shell in a shop window: St. Ives 1977
Childhood summers: Takayama Japan
For Jeanne and Arthur
St. Ives: Dawn
For L.P.
Admonition
A new person
A poem emerges
Exploration
On writing a poem
For Lee
The sudden death
Transmission
Entry to Eden
A kiss is quicker
The garden
Possibilities for one retired
Birth of a poem
For Denis - the painter to thank him for the gift of a river landscape
Riverscape: A painting by Denis Ross
For Marion
Shrimp and duck letter
Dining out
Meal out: Half term 1978
Evening stroll by the river
Radio voices
River scenes
Radio miracle
Karajan conducting
Retirement alone
Aspects of retirement

"The Possibility of Triumph," by Eric Green. University of British Columbia Graduate Chronicle
[Note: commentary on Roy Daniells, Professor of 17th century English Literature]

"For Tuli Larsen on his retirement. Oxford, May 1958." University of British Columbia Graduate Chronicle: 1958
[Note: poem by Carol Coates and anonymous review. Also includes typescript copy of the poem]

"Gold medal for Sir Denys Ladsun," by John Grigsby. The Daily Telegraph. 2 Mar. 1977
[Note: "Before the war he worked with Wells Coates and Berthold Lubetkin, of Tecton, both pioneers of the modern movement in architecture in Britain."]

16 Mar. 1942. Mary [Bollert?]. 1185 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver
Recommendation for a teaching post als. 3 sheets

8 Mar. 1943 Charles Roberts. The [Enncliffe?], Toronto
Appreciation of "Patterns in Time" als. 1 sheet

19 Jul 1945. Minister Henry Crane. Crane Crest, Pine Island, New Hampshire
Gratitude for copy of "ShanLing" tls. 1 sheet

15 Oct. 1945. E.J. Pratt [Ned]. Victoria College, Toronto 5
Expression of friendship and request for books als. 1 sheet

20 Sep. 1946. Major Bullock-Webster. International Drama Festival and Pacific Drama Conference, 506 Government Street, Victoria, B.C
Suggestion that "The Jade Heart" should be published als. 1 sheet

20 Feb. 1946. Lila [Coates Maltby]. 54 Heath Street East, Toronto
Letter to Wells, Mary, Bertha and Carol regarding their mother's memorial service on 16 Feb. 1946.
Enclosures: text of Dr. Bates' talk at the memorial service and notice of the service from Constance Chappell, Secretary of the Japanese Mission Fellowship tls. 5 sheets

17 Oct. 1946. Mrs. Bessie Tang. 2624 Douglas Street, Victoria, B.C
Appreciation of "The Jade Heart" als. 1 sheet

7 Dec. 1946. Lila [Coates Maltby]. Medical Arts Building, Toronto
Family news and note that the date of their mother's death was 29 Jun. 1945 tls. 1 sheet

11 Mar. 1947. Tuli [Thorlief Larsen]. Department of English, University of British Columbia
Discussion of poetry als. 1 sheet

25 Mar. 1947. Tuli [Larsen]. Department of English, University of British Columbia
Discussion of poetry and "ShanLing" als. 2 sheets

14 Oct. 1947. Margaret Carter. Creston Valley Jr.-Sr. High School, Creston, B.C.
Acknowledgment of "The Jade Heart" and discussion of performance als. 2 sheets

12 Jan. 1948. Emma Kaufman. S.S. General Meigs, American President Lines Service and urn containing Mrs. Coates' ashes dropped into Pacific Ocean on 11 Jan. 1948 tls. 1 sheet

16 Sep. 1948. Vi [wife of E.J. Pratt]. 21 Cortleigh Boulevard, Toronto
Family news als. 1 sheet

27 Sep. 1948. Tuli [Larsen]. Department of English, University of British Columbia
Enquiry about Rudolf Steiner educational methods and "Invitation to Mood" als. 1 sheet

1 Oct. 1948. Connie Daniells. 1892 Cochrane Street, Victoria, B.C.
Family news als. 1 sheet

3 Dec. 1948. [Karl] Schubert. Stuttgart
Acknowledgment of "ShanLing" and discussion of education als. 2 sheets

7 Jan. 1949. Rodney Dakin, Fairfield Whitney School, Everett, Massachusetts
Appreciation of "First Flight" als. 1 sheet

12 Jun. 1949. Tuli [Larsen]. Gambier Harbour, B.C.
Discussion of poetry als. 2 sheets

8 Nov. 1949. E.M. Jones [drama editor of The Ryerson Press]. Department of Drama, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Discussion of "The Jade Heart" tls. 1 sheet

24 Nov. 1949. Tuli [Larsen]. Department of English, University of British Columbia
Acknowledgment of Ryerson Press copy of Invitation to Mood als. 1 sheet

15 Dec. 1949. Ned [E.J. Pratt] and Vi. 21 Cortleigh Boulevard, Toronto
Appreciation of Invitation to Mood als. 1 sheet

22 Dec. 1949. Claire Pratt. 21 Cortleigh Boulevard, Toronto
Appreciation of Invitation to Mood als. 1 sheet

7 May 1950. Roy [Daniells]. Department of English, University of British Columbia
Appreciation of Invitation to Mood and university news tls. 3 sheets

20 Sep. 1951. Eugene Magner. Lockwood Memorial Library, University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York
Request for drafts of poetry for their collection of 20th century poetry tls. 1 sheet

29 Jul. 1952. [Ke?]. Regent Palace Hotel, Picadilly Circus, London
Regarding a meeting als. 1 sheet

1 Jan. 1955. Ned Pratt. 47 Glencairn Avenue, Toronto
Family news als. 1 sheet

20 Jun. 1957. Tuli [Larsen]. 1235 West 27th Avenue, Vancouver
University news als. 2 sheets

12 Nov. 1960. Taeko Nakamura, 3-1128 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Regarding Mrs. Coates' life in Japan during the Second World War tls. 1 sheet

10 Jan. 1961. Dr. Fumiko Amano, 3915 Don Diablo Drive, Los Angeles, California
Regarding Mrs. Coates' life in Japan during the Second World War tls. 1 sheet

18 Jan. 1961. Lila [Coates Maltby]. 54 Heath Street East, Toronto
Family news als. 1 sheet

19 Dec. 1962. Lila [Coates Maltby]. [no address]
Family news als. Christmas card

4 Oct. 1963, Laura [no surname]. The Ridge, Burton Lane, Burton Overy,
Leicester Enquiry about Wells Coates' life in Japan and family news als. 1 sheet

18 Dec. 1969. Willson Coates. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Family news tls. 1 sheet

27 Feb. 1970. Willson Coates. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Family news tls. 1 sheet

4 Jun. 1971. Willson Coates. Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland
Family news als. 1 sheet

20 Aug. 1971. Willson Coates. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Family news relating to his return visit to Japan tls. 1 sheet

8 Feb. 1972. Willson Coates. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Regarding Mrs Coates' wish for a memorial in the chapel of Alma College, St. Thomas, Ontario tls. 1 sheet

19 Feb. 1972. Willson Coates. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Regarding memorial to Agnes Wintemute Coates 1864-1945.
Enclosures: Letter to Willson from Lila dated 15 Feb. 1972 and a letter to Lila from Willson dated 19 Feb. 1972 tls. 4 sheets

16 Apr. 1973. Willson Coates. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Family news als. 1 sheet

24 Apr. 1975. Laura. The Old Rectory, Chipping Warden, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Request for information about Wells Coates' architectural work
Enclosure: reply from Carol Coates dated 25 Apr. 1975 tls. 2 sheets

18 May 1975. Laura. The Old Rectory, Chipping Warden, Banbury, Oxfordshire
Regarding Wells Coates' architectural work als. 1 sheet

28 Sep. 1976. Bertha [Coates Cooper]. Liniers 846, Tigre
Regarding the death of Willson Coates tls. 1 sheet

28 Feb. 1977. Hilda Coates [wife of Willson]. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Regarding the death of Willson Coates tls. 1 sheet

18 Aug. 1977. Hilda Coates. 220 Highland Parkway, Rochester, New York
Request for information on life in Japan for Coates-Wintemute biography als. 1 sheet

Includes The pearl, The swan, and Tiger of wrath

Series consists of magazines in which Carol Coates' poetry or prose was published. It includes a copy of ShanLing, or the Tale of the Celestial Tea-Pot (A Christmas Fantasy), Spoken English: Ideas and Developments in Oral Education, Candelabrum: A Magazine of Poetry, The Golden Blade, Pegasus 2 and several anthologies printed by the Camden Poetry Group. The series also includes loose-leaf printed sheets containing a selection of poems dated by year.

Series consists of typed copies of dated and undated poems. Some poems are fastened in bound volumes or ring-bound folders. Most are final versions and thus contain few corrections or annotations.

Accrual adds to the existing series two notebooks of typed poems. One notebook is subdivided by year (1970, 1971, 1972) and the other notebook is subdivided by first by year (1973) and then by subject or “mood” (Poetic, Tranquil,Descriptive, Apperceptive, Turbulent, Humourous, and Personal.)

The series consists of letters sent or received by Carol Coates. Letters received were authored by Coates' family members, friends, and admirers of her poetry. Letters sent are predominantly Christmas cards. The series features both original documents and photocopies.

Series consists of material relating to Roy Daniells and Tuli Larsen, both professors of English Literature at the University of British Columbia. Also included is a newspaper clipping relating to the architect Sir Denys Ladsun, who worked with Wells Coates.

The tidal Thames 11.30am
Thoughts in a church garden
River walk: Early Sunday morning
Early morning near Kew Bridge
River views
From a train window
Summer idyll
Reflections
The irony
Contrast: Leaving
Some silences can soothe
Kisses
Old age
Time and duty
Remember the centre and all is well
Let the rose speak
Sketches for a black notebook
Memories of a school [marm?]
St. Ives idyll: Summer 1977
Nostalgic sea poem
Dawn: St. Ives Cornwall 1977
The spider
Shell in a shop window
Prescription
Impromptu hokku for Denis

Christmas Day 1906-1975
Telephone call
Day of birth
The apartment
The flat
Poem sequence
Milieu
Meeting
Hokku on anger
The carrier bag
Chincherinchees
In the confines of my garret room
Your gift: For Marion
For Denis
For Marion
Dream
The ghost
Ditty of disillusionment
Self-realization
Orthodox prayer
Stray cat Fred
The nightmare
I have tamed the tiger of my wrath
Journey through tigers
Prayer
Memorial day
In a dream
Baffled
Retirement
Lift the hand
Unseen poetry
The vision
On a poetry magazine 1976

Includes Stay the tongue.

Genealogical notes on the Coates and Wintemute families

Willson Coates' lecture to the Women's College Chapel on 7 Apr. 1943

List of published works by Willson Coates dated 12 Jul. 1976

Typescript copies of letters from Willson Coates to Carol Coates dated 18 Dec. 1969, 27 Feb. 1970 and 13 Aug. 1976

Series consists of an off-print of a book review by Willson Coates published in The American Historical Review of Oct. 1945, and a complete volume of The Journal of British Studies for Nov. 1961, of which he was the Editor. The series also contains newspaper clippings relating to the life of Willson Coates, including his return to Japan in 1971 and a literary award given by the Rochester Public Library in 1973. The series also comprises a biographical sketch introducing him at the Rochester Public Library award ceremony and his typescript account of his parents' lives in Japan. Material relating to his academic achievements is found in the tributes paid at his memorial service on 24 Oct.1976 which were printed for distribution.

Off-print from the Oct. 1945 issue of The American Historical Review
[Note: includes Willson Coates' review of The Philosophy of American History by Morris Zucker]

Complete issue of the Nov. 1961 volume of The Journal of British Studies. Edited by Willson Coates

"Lure of Japan: Parents' Past," Rochester Times Union, 24 May 1971.

Newspaper clipping in Japanese

Friends of the Rochester Public Library 17th Annual Literary Award, 12 Apr. 1973.

"Dr. Coates to Receive Annual Literary Award," [ca. 1973]

Typescript biographical sketch of Agnes and Harper Coates' lives in Japan, 12 Apr. 1973

Greeting and tributes for the memorial service at the Interfaith Chapel, University of Rochester on 24 Oct. 1976, entitled Willson Havelock Coates 1899-1976

Covering letter dated 21 Dec. 1976 for the copy of printed tributes to Willson Coates at service held on 24 Oct. 1976. From Richard Kaeuper, Department of History, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Series consists of one folder containing genealogical notes on the Coates and Wintemute families, Willson Coates' lecture to the Women's College Chapel on 7 Apr. 1943, writings by Willson Coates dated 12 Jul. 1976 and typescript copies of letters from Willson to Carol Coates dated 1969, 1970 and 1976.

Includes There is a stillness, The candle and Many births, many deaths

Timetable cage
Poem for a kind man: John Leger
R.D.
Retirement poem
The gift
For Marion Ross
Inscription for Coidy
November
The uninvited
Aloneness
Who knows?
Camden poetry group
Dance
Dream
That silence
The perfect meeting
Why is it that
Accord
Thank you letter to Lee
Old Orchard: Canterbury
What a silence that is
Christmas week
I wish I could sweep the day
In the beginning of all
Paean of praise to infinity
Poem birth
Thank you poems for Lee
The great destroyer
Poem flowers
Advice to myself
Seed secrets
For the BBC 3 announcer Donald Price
Invocation to sleep
Sparrows in the park
Sparrows by the Serpentine
Snow and ice
Coldness
Warmth poem for teachers
Spiral prayer
The spiral
Brother
Brother query
Chosen words
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
The Jewish wedding: For Julie and Anthony

To the readers of my poems
On the new anthology
Mario
Eyes
In the last sleep
Spring calm
After the long forgetting
For Rosamund: On her poems
Remembering
One tear
Advice
The wrong
Guitarist
For Stuart: To a talented young man
Mysterious Britain
Microbalance
To a gifted artist
Spring nocturne
Cold spell
Held spring: nocturne
Michael MacLiamor
The answer
Reading a poem: For Eileen Warren
Why?
The Holy One
Contrast
Lull
Rejection
Inside: For Marion
Offering
Skin

Includes Carol Coates' review of I'm OK - You're OK by Thomas A. Harris.

includes Flower arrangement, Web to window, Dream, Stay the tongue, and Poem for Retirement.