- RBSC-ARC-1704-2-03
- File
- [1975?]
Part of Robert Duncan fonds
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45-245 Malcolm Lowry correspondence
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Albert Erskine was Lowry's editor in New York.
Anthony Kilgallin, Harvey and Dorothy Burt, roll 519-520
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Harvey and Dorothy Burt were neighbours of the Lowrys in Dollarton, BC.
Anthony Kilgallin, students, roll 517-518
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Anthony Kilgallin is the author of "Lowry."
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Arthur Calder-Marshall was a writer who visited Lowry and Jan Gabrial in October 1937. The second copy of the transcript has different annotations.
Arthur Calder-Marshall, Martin Case, roll 234-235
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Martin Case was a friend of Lowry's at University of Cambridge.
Arthur Calder-Marshall, roll 232-233
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Charlie Baker, Woolfs Vicar[?], Winnie Mason, roll 222-223
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Winnie Mason was the owner of The White Cottage in the village of Ripe where Lowry died.
Correspondence, research, and production related documents
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Dave Markson wrote a thesis on "Under the Volcano" in 1952 and became a friend of Lowry.
Dr. Michael Raymond, roll 243-244
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Dr. Michael Raymond was a psychiatrist who treated Lowry. The first transcript copy has annotations, but also has sections cut out. The second copy has no sections cut out or annotations.
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Einar Neilson was the owner of "Lieben," the Bowen Island writers’ and artists’ retreat.
Eric Estorick, Charlie Baker, roll 219, 221
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Eric Estorick was a friend of Lowry's during his time in New York.
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Series documents the planning, research, production, and post-production activities for “Volcano” between 1974 and 1977. Planning-related material includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, draft and final film proposals, and budgets and cost breakdowns. Research-related material includes copies of newspaper articles and other biographical information on Lowry. Production-related material includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, notes, schedules, filming permits, customs forms, expense reports, requisitions for cheques, camera negative reports, photos of the filming process, and other documents. Correspondence includes letters to and from interview subjects, including Russell Lowry, Jan Gabrial, Marjorie Bonner Lowry, and others. Production-related material also includes examples of photographic stills of Lowry used in the film. Post-production-related material includes draft and final promotional materials, the program from the 49th Academy Awards, and a proposal for a book project based on the film. Some file titles were taken from the creator’s original folders or envelopes, as indicated in the file list.
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Handwriting experts, Harvey Burt, roll 525-527
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Harvey and Dorothy Burt, Esther Birney, roll 523-524
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Second copy of the transcript has annotations indicating Esther Birney interview is included. Esther Birney and her husband Earl were friends of the Lowry's in Dollarton, BC.
Harvey and Dorothy Burt, roll 521-522
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Hugh Sykes Davies, roll 207 -208
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Hugh Sykes Davies was an author and fellow of St. John's College, University of Cambridge.
Interview and film transcripts
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Series consists of transcripts of interviews conducted with the friends, family, and associates of Malcolm Lowry and Lowry scholars for the documentary, as well as a final transcript of the completed film. The producers of the film conducted interviews with 46 people in England, Canada, and Mexico, though not all of the interviews were used in the final film, including an interview with Jan Gabrial, which was conducted after the documentary was completed. The majority of the interviews were conducted by Robert Duncan with a few being conducted by Donald Brittain. The interview transcripts include annotations that may indicate the sections considered for use in the film. Interview transcripts are arranged by film roll numbers or location roll numbers, numbers given to each ten-minute film roll for editing and record-keeping purposes. The roll numbers correspond to the chronological order in which the interviews took place. The series is arranged into 39 files. Files are named according to the interview subject(s) and the film roll number(s).
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Jan Gabrial was Lowry's first wife.
Jimmy Stern, Russell Lowry, roll 226-227
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Russell Lowry was the elder brother of Malcolm Lowry.
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John Stirland, Joe Losey, roll 238, 240
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Joe Losey was an American film director.
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John Stirland was an instructor at The Leys School in Cambridge, which Lowry attended.
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Marjorie Bonner Lowry, roll 150-151
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Marjorie Bonner Lowry was Lowry's second wife.
Marjorie Bonner Lowry, roll end of 151, 152-153
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The second copy is un-annotated and has sections cut out of pages 13, 14, 15, and 16.
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Maurice Carey, Bookman[?], roll 504-506
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Maurice Carey was a contributor to the book "Malcolm Lowry: The Man And His Work."
Mexico theatrical right documents
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Muriel Bradbrook, roll 202-203
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Muriel Bradbrook was the mistress of Girton College, University of Cambridge, and author of "Malcolm Lowry: His Art and Early Life."
Muriel Bradbrook, St. Catharine's College students, Richard Luckett[?], roll 204 & 206
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Richard Luckett was a librarian at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.
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Perle Epstein wrote a thesis entitled "Cabbalistic Elements in Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano."
Promotional material drafts and scene list
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Research and production related documents
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Fonds consists of records related to Robert Duncan’s role as producer of the National Film Board of Canada’s documentary "Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry" (1976). Principal work on the film spanned from 1974 to 1976.
Textual records in the fonds consist of transcripts of interviews conducted for the documentary and documents related to planning, research, production, and post-production activities for the film. Interview transcripts are arranged by film roll number and chronological order. Film production documents include correspondence, financial documents, forms, memoranda, notes, schedules, permits, promotional materials, ephemera, film proposals, copies of newspaper articles, and other material. Photographs include black and white stills of Lowry and his friends and family used in the film, as well as black and white prints of behind-the-scenes photographs taken during filming. Film production documents are arranged in loose chronological order or based on the creator’s original arrangement. The fonds is arranged into two series: Interview and film transcripts; film production documents.
Duncan, Robert Alexander Bremner
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Robert Pocock was a BBC radio producer.
Ronnie Hill, Eric Estorick, roll 215-216
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Ronald Hill was a friend of Lowry's at The Leys School.
Russell Lowry, Tom Maschler, roll 228-231
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Tom Maschler was a literary publisher.
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UBC student and library, roll 507-508
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