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Michael Bullock fonds
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Artwork series

Series consists of a variety of artwork created by Bullock, for display and as art for book covers and promotional material. The material includes photographic prints and negatives, collages, and larger pieces.

Assorted Poems series

Series consists of poems in both draft and final form, which are not arranged as part of a collection. These single poems may be typed or handwritten and may appear on conventional letter size paper, as well as fax paper, notebooks, and scrap paper. Many of the poems are annotated, and revised versions may appear in poetry collections.

Collected Poems series

Series consists of various collections of poems in the draft, revised draft, printers copy, and published form. Most collections have at least two versions, and many include incomplete and annotated versions. Many of the collections have been published, including Lines in the Dark Wood, Vancouver Moods, and Wings of the Black Swan.

Correspondence series

Series consists of extensive correspondence of both a professional and personal nature. The correspondence is incoming and outgoing and includes letters, faxes, copies of e-mails, Christmas and birthday cards. Much of the correspondence concerns Bullocks career and includes such organizations as the C.B.C, the B.B.C., Canadian Fiction Magazine, the International Copyright Bureau, Poetry Canada Review, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the British Centre for Literary Translation, and the National Library of Canada. In addition, the series includes letters and cards from poets, authors, playwrights and artists, including W.H. New, Max Frisch, and Joy Kogawa. Finally, letters, and the majority of birthday and Christmas cards, are from family and friends.

Essays and Criticism series

Series consists of essays and literary criticism by Bullock. The essays include My encounters with Japanese Poetry and Literary Translation: Theory and Practice.

Financial Records series

Series consists of ledgers, bank records, and receipts from a variety of companies. Included are contracts and royalty receipts from publishers and distributors.

Melmoth Vancouver series

Volumes of Melmoth Vancouver, a magazine stemming from the West Coast Surrealist Group, an organization in which Bullock was an integral member. The magazine was, in fact, initially known as The Vancouver Surrealist Newsletter, and volumes under both names are represented here along with notebooks relating to the magazine.

Michael Bullock fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1102
  • Fonds
  • 1925-2006

The fonds consists of a variety of materials, but the focus is the creative writing of Bullock, in many genres. Represented in collections are prose and poetry, both published and unpublished, along with hundreds of individual works, covering not only poetry and prose poems, but academic essays, autobiographical accounts, and plays, as well as a prodigious amount of notes. The fonds also contains material relating to Bullocks work as a translator and includes a variety of genres translated into English from the original French, German, or Italian. The fonds also includes correspondence of both a professional and personal nature. The correspondence from 1935 illustrates the business life of a professional writer; it also contains a wealth of personal correspondence that helps solidify Bullock's stature as a writer both locally and internationally. Impressive figures such as Marcel Bealu, Max Frisch, and Joy Kogawa are intermingled with less well-known artists, friends, and family in the correspondence, and provide valuable commentary, over nearly 70 years, into the creative path chosen by Bullock.
The fonds consists of 20 series and a single sub-series: Assorted Poems Series, Collected Poems Series, Prose Series (Lotte Bullock Sub-Series), Plays Series, Essays and Criticism Series, Artwork Series, Works in Translation Series, Correspondence Series, Notes Series, Reviews Series, Melmoth Vancouver Series, Photographs Series, Audiotape Recordings Series, Diaries Series, Biographical Notes Series, Conferences, Lectures, and Readings Series, Promotional Material Series, Financial Records Series, Published Material Series, and Miscellaneous Series.

Bullock, Michael

Miscellaneous series

Series consists of notes, articles, foreign language text, and other material that is mainly unidentified and personal items such as passports.

Notes series

Series consists of primarily handwritten notebooks and pages containing unidentified and unorganized poems, prose, and other information.

Photographs series

Series consists of photographs, in both print and slide form, of Bullock, along with an assortment of others, including Lori-Ann Latremouille and Ladislav Guderna.

Plays series

The series consists of Bullock's plays in draft and final form, including Sokotra and Not to Hong Kong.

Prose series

Series consists of a variety of prose, including poems and short stories and some unidentified or untitled prose. These works are typed and handwritten and may appear as a draft, annotated, or final version. Series also contains the Lotte Bullock sub-series.

Published Material series

Series consists of a variety of publications in which Bullock’s work appears and publications containing artists of interest to Bullock. In addition, there are publications related to both the creative writing and translation fields.

Reviews series

Series consists of reviews of both a local and international nature. These include reviews from such prominent sources as The Daily Telegraph, The Irish Times, and The New York Times Review of Books.

Works in Translation series

Series consists of plays, prose, and poetry translated by Bullock from their original French, German, or Italian. The works may be complete or incomplete and in draft, revised, or final form.