Series consists of audiovisual materials organized chronologically. Contents include: interviews with friends and family of the Lowrys and Lowry scholars, documentary films about Lowry’s life and works, footage of a gathering at the Burt home, and a copy of the 1984 film version of Under the Volcano.

Series consists of incoming correspondence from George Sumner Albee, Mabell Bonner (Margerie’s mother), Catherine Carver, Richard Cross, and David Markson. The majority of the incoming letters are from 1958.

Series consists of one typewritten and one handwritten, in Lowry’s hand, copy of the poem “By the River” by Margerie.

Series consists of a copy of a review of Edward Hoagland’s book Notes From the Century Before: A Journal From British Columbia. Some of the notes in question are Margerie’s from the notebooks in the Malcolm Lowry Papers.

Series consists of a copy of an essay by Dr. Sherrill Grace about three of Margerie’s novels.

Series consists of photographs and prints of Margerie and Lowry. Photos of Margerie are mostly related to her acting career (head shots, and behind the scenes stills, etc.) and her childhood, though there are several of Lowry as well.

Series consists of notes from Lowry, written on small note cards and scrap paper. Lowry wrote notes to Margerie frequently between 1939 and 1953. The cards often contain love notes to Margerie as well as scraps of poems, small sketches, thoughts, observations, and fragments of what would later become poems.

Series consists of incoming letters from Conrad Aiken, Brian O’Kill, James Stern, and Wilfrid Lowry, among others. The majority of the incoming letters are from 1973.

Series consists of letters from Doyen to Conrad Aiken, Wilfrid Lowry, and James Stern, among others. The majority of the outgoing correspondence is from 1973.

Series consists of a photocopy and transcript of a news article on a friend of Lowry’s from Cambridge who committed suicide while they were at school together in 1929.

Series consists of an astrological birth chart for Lowry filled out by Atwater.

Series consists of correspondence between William McConnell and various friends, family, and Lowry scholars. The majority of the incoming correspondence is from Margerie Lowry and the Crawleys. Outgoing letters are addressed frequently to the Crawleys (Alen, Jean, and Mike), Margerie Lowry, Harvey Breit, and Basil Stuart-Stubbs of UBC Library RBSC. An additional collection of correspondence between McConnell and Earle Birney dating from 1943 to 1947 was added to the William McConnell Papers and is included in this series.

Series consists of McConnell’s short story In Search of the Word, which is based on a visit with the Lowrys at Dollarton, published in the Malcolm Lowry Review in 1985.

Series consists of an annotated typescript of a song written by Lowry, a typescript of a CBC program on Lowry by McConnell, notes about Lowry and his work, and a copy of Lowry’s death certificate.

Series consists of two handwritten poems by Lowry: Sestina in a Cantina and Wind Blowing Through the Shack.

Series consists of rejection letters for Lowry’s Through the Panama and a collection of newspaper clippings about Lowry. At least one clipping and a transcription of a story in the Birghton Argus newspaper are about Lowry’s death.

Series consists of transcripts of letters from the Lowrys to the Neilsons and from Harvey Burt to Einar Neilson.

Series consists of phonograph jazz records previously owned by Lowry, and accompanying case. Some of the records are damaged.

Series consists of letters from R.N. Linscott, Klaus Mann, and James Stern. Contents include quotes from reviewers of Under the Volcano related to its rejection in 1940 (R.N. Linscott worked at Houghton Mifflin Co., which rejected Under the Volcano). Includes also a fragment of a letter from Lowry, undated, and a telegram sent from Mexico to the Daily Herald. The telegram is the same as that sent by one of the characters in Chapter IV of Under the Volcano.

Series consists of several articles about Lowry published by George Woodcock, Alexander Ross, and Harvey Breit in Vancouver area newspapers, an article on the posthumous awarding to Lowry of the Governor General’s literary award in 1961, and a clipping concerning the renaming of a North Vancouver street from Park Lane to Lowry Lane.

Series consists of handwritten manuscripts on various topics related to the Lowry family and Malcolm Lowry by Russell Lowry. Contents include: six narratives on members of the Lowry family and the family home, Inglewood, miscellaneous notes, supplemental materials, and responses to Lowry biographers, specifically Douglas Day.

Series consists of financial statements for Arthur Lowry, Evelyn Lowry, and Malcolm Lowry and correspondence between Russell Lowry and various banks and institutions involved in settling the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Lowry senior and Malcolm Lowry. Four files in the series are specifically about the settlement of Malcolm Lowry’s estate.

Series consists of correspondence and a typescript of a press release concerning the 1984 John Huston film adaptation of Lowry’s Under the Volcano. Contents include: press release typescript, stills of scenes from the film, letters from Dr. Sherrill Grace, the National Film Board of Canada, and the Consul General of Italy, among others. Also included are two certificates awarded to Lowry from the Royal Drawing Society in 1920. The majority of the series was produced between 1973 and 1991.

Series consists of 22 editions of the Malcolm Lowry Review and Malcolm Lowry Newsletter (the same publication, the name was changed between the Spring and Autumn 1984 editions) and one edition of Canadian Literature, the Malcolm Lowry special edition. The Malcolm Lowry Newsletter ran under that name from Autumn 1977 to Spring 1984, at which time the name was changed to the Malcolm Lowry Review, which ran from Autumn 1984 until 2001.

Series consists of photographs of a house and a few snapshots of Margerie Lowry, at least one in England.

Series consists of outgoing correspondence, primarily to Albert Erskine, Harold Matson, and Marie Moore. Correspondence is predominantly from the 1950s.

Series consists of published works by Lowry organized by publication date. Contents include: juvenilia, published primarily in the Leys Public School's journal, the Leys Fortnightly, poetry and short stories published in anthologies, and poetry and short stories published in magazines and journals, during Lowry's lifetime and posthumously. Posthumous publications were predominantly the result of submissions and requests made by Earle Birney and Margerie Lowry to various magazines and journals, though in many cases Lowry's work was sought out for publication in anthologies and collections of poetry and short stories, and for spotlight features about Lowry (see the Earle Birney Papers sous-fonds for correspondence about some posthumous publication of Lowry's writing).

Series consists of three years of correspondence between Birney and a variety of magazines, journals, and publishers, mostly concerning Birney’s efforts to have some of Lowry’s works published posthumously. The majority of the correspondence was posted between 1961 and 1963.

Series consists of reviews and notes by Lowry on Birney’s novel, Turvey. The review was published in vol. 5, no. 1 of Thunderbird.

Series consists of correspondence between the Lowrys and the Burts, mostly from the 1950s and early 1970s. The series also contains poems by Lowry, two of which were written for Dorothy Templeton Burt’s birthday in 1957.

Series consists of letters and poems written by Lowry to Atwater (Carol Phillips), mostly sent while Lowry was living in Los Angeles in 1939. Some of the envelopes from these letters are also contained in the series.

Series consists of transcriptions of letters from Lowry to Markson, and letters many from James Stern, Margerie Lowry, Conrad Knickerbocker, and Douglas Day, among others.

Series consists of outgoing correspondence from Markson to the Lowrys, Lowry scholars, and UBC Library RBSC head Anne Yandle. Outgoing letters generally cover periods of at least five years per addressee, though several include longer periods. The majority of the outgoing correspondence is addressed to the Lowrys together and to Margerie alone.

Series consists of several letters spanning four years from Malcolm and Margerie Lowry to the Neilsons.

Series consists of a handwritten partial draft of Chapter VI of Under the Volcano and a photocopy of the inscription made by Lowry in an edition of Under the Volcano which he gave to the Neilsons.

Series consists of published materials about Lowry and his works, organized by medium and, within medium, chronologically. Contents include: reviews, in various languages, of Lowry's works and collections of selected letters and poetry published posthumously, academic articles and papers about Lowry's works, including some presented at the 1987 Lowry Symposium and 1997 Lowry Conference, newspaper and magazine clippings, and excerpts from Lowry biographies. Series is predominantly scholarship and criticism with a secondary focus on biographical works. The collection of newspaper clippings is comprehensive, but source publications and dates are often unclear.

Series also includes several reels of audio recordings, predominantly interviews with Lowry’s friends and Lowry scholars.

Series consists of a partial inventory of the Malcolm Lowry Manuscripts Collection Photographs sous-fonds, specifically for photos BC1770-(01-04), printed copies of photographs, a developed photograph, and several negatives.

Series includes photographs of Lowry, Margerie, and the Burts, at Dollarton, England, and Sicily. Also included are negatives corresponding to some of the Sicily and Dollarton photographs. Slides are of trees and shoreline at Dollarton.

Series consists of photographs and negatives of the Lowrys and the Burts, mostly at Dollarton and during a period where the two couples were in Sicily together.

Series consists of photographs of Lowry, Atwater (Carol Phillips), and Jimmy Osborne together.

Series consists of a partial inventory of the Malcolm Lowry Manuscripts Collection Photographs sous-fonds, specifically the Neilson photographs, BC1769-(01-07).

Series consists of correspondence about and a typescript of Russell Lowry’s preface to Anne Smith’s 1978 book, The Art of Malcolm Lowry. The book is a collection of essays by various Lowry scholars on Lowry’s works. Russell Lowry’s preface is entitled Malcolm – A Closer Look.

Series consists of typed and annotated manuscript drafts of several of Margerie’s novels, including Castle of Malatesta, Venus in the Evening Star, and The Caretakers. Some notes and annotations are in Lowry’s handwriting.

Series consists of footage and audio of an interviews with friends of the Lowrys, including Burt, footage of a 1994 concert at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre celebrating Lowry’s life, and a variety of sound and video recordings of CBC programming about Lowry and his works.

Series consists of a poem by Atwater (under the name Carol Phillips) written in Lowry’s handwriting.

Series consists of articles about Lowry’s life and works. Articles from Les Lettres Nouvelles cover Under the Volcano, October Ferry to Gabriola, and Selected Letters of Malcolm Lowry, and an announcement about a film on Lowry. Other articles range in topics, including Lowry’s time as a crewman on the S.S. Pyrrhus in 1927.

Series consists of manuscript chapters, mostly annotated, of Under the Volcano, notes, quotations, and drawings. Series also contains a typescript of The Last Address, which is missing Chapter IV and differs from later versions of Lunar Caustic. The notes are predominantly about history, culture, geography, etc. or Mexico and the development of Under the Volcano.

Series consists of incoming and outgoing letters between the Lowry family (brothers Russell, Stuart, Wilfrid, and Malcolm, and parents Arthur and Evelyn Lowry) and between Russell Lowry and the heads of various Malcolm Lowry-related books and films. These projects include Muriel C. Bradbrook’s Malcolm Lowry – His art and early life and Gordon Bowker’s Malcolm Lowry, Pursued by Furies. Correspondence between the Lowrys is largely from between 1911 and 1957.

Series includes photographs of Lowry and Margerie at Lieben on Bowen Island with Einar Neilson, at Dollarton, and in England in the Lake District. Several photographs are copies of those in the Malcolm Lowry Photographs series (as indicated in the item level description). One photograph is a portrait of Lowry drawn by Remo Ferragamo commissioned by Margerie.

Series includes photographs of Lowry and Margerie with the Burts and one photograph of the Burts’ shack at Dollarton.