Sous-fonds includes microfilmed versions of the following Malcolm Lowry Manuscripts Collection sous-fonds: Malcolm Lowry Papers, Margerie Lowry Papers, William McConnell Papers, Earle Birney Papers, Harvey Burt Papers, Victor Doyen Papers, Anthony Kilgallin Papers, David Markson Papers and Markson’s 1952 graduate thesis, Einar Neilson Papers, William Templeton Papers, Carol Betty Atwater Papers, and the Lowry Family Papers. The sous-fonds also contains microfilmed versions of the following fonds related to the Malcolm Lowry Manuscripts Collection not included under the Collection umbrella: Muriel C. Bradbrook (VF-0243a-c), Jan Gabrial (VF-0283), Michael Mercer (VF-0326), the National Film Board (VF-0256), Brian O’Kill (VF-0299), the Unitarian Church of Vancouver (VF-0333), Anton Myrer (VF-0430), and Howard Woolmer (RBSC-ARC-1634).

The sous-fonds is predominantly comprised of correspondence with the Lowrys and Lowry scholars, particularly from Margerie Lowry, James Stern, and Douglas Day. The series also contains a collection of rejection letters from various publishers who turned away Lowry’s Through the Panama and newspaper clippings, including articles about Lowry’s death.

The sous-fonds consists of letters from the Lowrys, a partial manuscript of Under the Volcano, and several phonograph records owned by Lowry.

The sous-fonds consists of correspondence between the Lowrys and the Burts, the majority of which is from the 1950s and early 1970s, and audio-visual records of CBC programs, interviews, and celebration concert about Lowry and his works. This material is mostly from the early 1990s and 2000. Also included in the sous-fonds is Burt’s copy of Under the Volcano and notes regarding Under the Volcano in Lowry’s handwriting.

The sous-fonds consists of four types of materials: correspondence, drafts of Day’s biography of Malcolm Lowry, research materials collected during the writing of the biography, and published materials, mostly reviews of Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid by Malcolm Lowry, published posthumously, and co-edited by Margerie Lowry and Douglas Day. Correspondence is primarily between Day and publishers, including Oxford University Press and Harold Matson Co., the lawyer Richard G. Green, and Margerie Lowry. Drafts of Day’s biography include one typewritten, annotated draft of the first 42 pages and a handwritten draft of the first 47 pages on yellow legal pad paper. Research materials include typed reminiscences on Lowry by David Markson and James Stern, copies of letters sent to and by Lowry in 1950, and two copies of Margerie Lowry’s will, one from 1965 and one from 1966. Published materials include several reviews of Dark as the Grave, edited by Day and Margerie Lowry, a short story by Lowry published posthumously in Show, a copy of Time magazine with an article on Lowry, newspaper clippings, a few biographical articles on Lowry, and a copy of Lowry’s poem Sestina in a Cantina.

The sous-fonds consists primarily of correspondence between Earle Birney and a variety of publishers, magazines, and journals concerning Birney’s attempts to have Lowry’s work published posthumously. The sous-fonds also contains Lowry’s notes on and review of Birney’s 1949 novel, Turvey.

The sous-fonds is predominantly composed of a partial manuscript of Under the Volcano, including annotated chapters and notes. Correspondence is from Lowry and people in the publishing industry whose employers either helped to publish or rejected Under the Volcano.

The sous-fonds consists primarily of letters and poems written by Lowry for Atwater, who at the time of writing was addressed as Carol Phillips. The letters and poems were posted between April and September 1939 when Lowry was living in Los Angeles. Several photos of Atwater, Lowry, and Jimmy Osborne (Atwater’s brother) are also included.

The sous-fonds contains records relating to Malcolm Lowry accumulated by Clarisse Francillon, Lowry’s French-language translator, and Maurice Nadeau, who published several of Lowry’s works in French translation (Nadeau published Francillon’s translations of Lowry’s works). Contents include correspondence from Malcolm Lowry to Francillon, from Margerie Lowry to Francillon and Nadeau, from Harvey Burt and Victor Doyen to Francillon and Nadeau, photographs of Malcolm Lowry and a house in Cuernavaca, Mexico, typescripts and copies of published versions of The Last Address (Lunar Caustic), a typescript of The Bravest Boat, news clippings about Lowry and his works (mostly in French), a copy of Francillon’s translation of Lunar Caustic, and a French-language translation of Malcolm Lowry’s Collected Letters as prepared by Margerie Lowry and Harvey Burt and translated by Suzanne Kim.

Sous-fonds contains typed copies of approximately 100 letters from Malcolm Lowry to various friends, editors, publishers, and translators of his works. Harold Matson, Albert Erskine, and David Markson are frequently recurring addressees. The only incoming letter to Lowry (also a typed copy) is from Arthur Lowry, Malcolm Lowry’s father.

The sous-fonds also includes a typescript of a prose text of uncertain authorship which in part details Lowry’s 1949 stay at a Vancouver hospital with a broken back and ribs. Excerpts of letters are also included in the prose account.

The sous-fonds consists of incoming letters from Margerie Lowry, P.K. Page, and Derek Pethick from between 1968 and 1971, and a photograph of Lowry from the Post and Mercury, 21 June 1933 edition (BC1614-149).

Sous-fonds consists of over 1,000 photographs pertaining to Lowry. Many depict one or both of the Lowrys at Dollarton, their various residences in the USA, Europe, and Mexico, their friends, family, and literary agents and publishers.

The sous-fonds consists primarily of correspondence to and from Doyen, predominantly from early 1973. Contents include correspondence with publishers and agents who worked with Lowry (notably Conrad Aiken, Clarisse Francillon, and James Stern), Lowry’s brother Wilfrid Lowry, other Lowry scholars (including Brian O’Kill), the Leys School, which Lowry attended, and the Wallasey Public Libraries (Wallasey absorbed the town in which Lowry lived as a child). Also included is a copy of a newspaper article about the suicide of one of Lowry’s friends at Cambridge.

The sous-fonds consists primarily of correspondence and articles about Lowry’s works. McConnell kept up correspondence with Margerie Lowry and the Crowleys in particular which spanned several decades. Also included in the sous-fonds is a short story by McConnell based on a visit with the Lowry’s at the Dollarton shack, which was published almost thirty years after Lowry’s death.

The sous-fonds reflects Malcolm Lowry’s life and work. Contents include: correspondence (incoming and outgoing), manuscripts (poetry and prose), notes and notebooks, juvenilia and other material published by Lowry, and a variety of textual and audio-visual materials about Lowry produced by friends, family, and Lowry scholars. Within the Letters series, incoming and outgoing, Lowry’s literary agents and editors, including Albert Erskine and Harold Matson, feature prominently.

Poetry and prose manuscripts comprise the bulk of the Malcolm Lowry Papers. Manuscripts frequently include several drafts of a given work as well as notes and notebooks associated with that manuscript. Under the Volcano, October Ferry to Gabriola, and Hear Us O Lord From Heaven Thy Dwelling Place are among the works included in these series.

The Personal Life series includes financial records, art prints which hung on the walls of the Dollarton shacks, notes on source characters by Lowry, and records about Lowry’s life and family collected by UBC.

Audio-visual records include the 1984 film adaptation of Lowry’s Under the Volcano as well as interviews with scholars and friends of the Lowrys and documentaries about Lowry produced by the CBC and National Film Board of Canada (NFB).

Sous-fonds consists of correspondence between members of the Lowry family (brothers Russell, Stuart, Wilfrid, and Malcolm Lowry and their parents, Arthur Lowry and Evelyn Boden Lowry) and between Russell Lowry and the leads of various Malcolm Lowry-related books and films. Contents also include several narrative reminiscences by Russell Lowry on members of the Lowry family and on the Lowry family home, Inglewood. Several editions of the Malcolm Lowry Newsletter and its retitled continuation the Malcolm Lowry Review are included, along with a special Malcolm Lowry edition of Canadian Literature.

The sous-fonds reflects Margerie Lowry’s relationship with husband Malcolm Lowry, their friends and family, and her own literary endeavours. The sous-fonds is predominantly textual records. Contents include: correspondence with friends, family, Lowry scholars, and publications, typescripts and manuscripts of Margerie’s novels, photographs, and some literary criticism about Margerie’s works.