Literary Works. -- 1806-1990; predominant 1923-1979. -- 215.9 cm (17 cases).
This series comprises many of the published and unpublished works written by Dr. Bailey over a seventy-six year time span. Dr. Bailey published 5 volumes of poetry and several books. He also wrote several of the biographies contained in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and contributed regular book reviews and articles on Canadian history, literature, culture, and anthropology to various periodicals, including the Dalhousie Review, Queen's Quarterly, Canadian Forum, and the University of Toronto Quarterly. Some of the material is written in French.
Included in the series are manuscripts and copies of published book reviews and articles written by and about Dr. Bailey and periodicals containing reviews and articles by Dr. Bailey, including the High School of Quebec Magazine (Case 93) in which he published his first works in the nineteen twenties. Manuscripts of books, lectures on Canadian history, and poems written by Dr. Bailey also form a part of this series. A copy of Dr. Bailey's "Literary Memories" is found in Case 108 file 3, and his personal reminiscences about Lord Beaverbrook are located in Case 95 file 6.
The series also contains publishers' contracts and royalty statements for some of Dr. Bailey's publications, including Border River.
A manuscript of Bailey Family Papers and Poems, compiled by Dr. Bailey, is located in Case 15 file 3. Case 95 file 9 includes letters, journal articles, and manuscripts relating to prominent members of Dr. Bailey's family, particularly Professor Loring Woart Bailey and Jacob Whitman Bailey. Materials include correspondence between Loring Woart Bailey and W. Ganong and George Parkin, lectures given by Loring Woart Bailey, and a typescript manuscript of the "Selected Letters of Jacob Whitman Bailey," compiled by Dr. Alfred G. Bailey.
Also contained in this series is correspondence, primarily with literary colleagues including Malcolm Ross, Roy Daniells, Elizabeth Brewster, Michael Gnarowski, Carl F. Klinck, and publisher Jack McClelland. Materials relating to Malcolm Ross and his nomination as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada are found in Case 95 file 7. A letter written to Dr. Bailey from Elizabeth Brewster (Case 95 file 3) records the history of The Fiddlehead magazine, which was co-founded by Dr. Bailey in 1945.
The series also contains photographs, including a glossy photo of Lord Beaverbrook taken from a book (Case 14 file 3), and old photographs, negatives, and glass plates, including an 1863 black and white photo of Professor d'Avray with his daughter and her husband, Loring Bailey Sr. (case 95 file 4). The d'Avray file also contains 2 black and white photographs and one pencil drawing of insects.
In 1975, Dr. Bailey received an honourary degree from McGill University, and a copy of his Convocation address, "Towards an Ecumenical Ethnohistory," is located in Case 109, file 1. Other miscellaneous items written by Dr. Bailey include student notebooks from the nineteen twenties, a 1927 diary documenting a journey to Scotland (Case 107 file 1), and a newspaper article written while he was a reporter for the Toronto Mail and Empire.
All original photographs in this series have been transferred to Case 114 File 2, and have been replaced with photocopies.
Files of materials related to the publication of the Literary History of Canada also are found in cases 71-72 of series 12.
The UNB Archives and Special Collections Department also has an extensive manuscript series - the Bailey Family Papers, which was donated by Dr. Bailey. Additional material relating to Dr. Bailey and his literary career is located in this collection.
Other material related to the launching of the Fiddlehead magazine is located in series 12 case 60 file 1, case 64 file 4, and case 73 file 1.
Files within the series are arranged thematically, primarily according to individual works written by Dr. Bailey. Alphabetical arrangement is maintained in some of the individual cases within the series.
The title of this series is supplied based on the file contents.
Case 14 File 1 A.G. Bailey -- Border River. -- 1952-1958;
predominant 1952-1953
Case 14 File 2 Memorial Volume -- Letters to and from
publisher - contributors, pictures, chapters,
etc. -- 1949-1950
Case 14 File 3 Memorial Volume - II - expense accounts,
bills, acknowledgments, mailing list, etc. --
1949-1959; predominant 1950
Case 14 File 4 Klinck, Carl F. Literary History of Canada. --
1962-1964
Case 14 File 5 A.G. Bailey, Main currents in Western thought.
-- [195?]
Case 14 File 6 Bailey, Dr. A.G. Creative moments in the
culture of the Maritime provinces. -- 1950-
1953
Case 15 File 1 [A little anthology of New Brunswick poetry.
Ed. Desmond Pacey and Alfred G. Bailey]. --
1806; 1834; 1934-1935; 1945-1955
Case 15 File 2 "Virginia." -- 1957-1960
Case 15 File 3 Bailey papers and poems. -- 1836-1892
Case 55 File 1 [Poems]. -- [n.d.] - some dates included
Case 87 File 1 1970 correspondence. -- 1843, 1851, 1856,
1969-1970
Case 87 File 2 M.S.S. of reviews and articles by A.G. Bailey.
--1948-1949
Case 87 File 3 Reviews, articles, chapters of books, mostly
unpublished, by A.G. Bailey. -- [n.d.]
Case 87 File 4 Biographies for Alfred G. Bailey. -- 1969-1990
Case 89 File 1 Manuscripts of reviews and articles. -- 1935-
1947
Case 89 File 2 Lectures by A.G. Bailey in Canadian History. -
- [n.d.]
Case 90 File 1 [Periodicals]
Case 93 [Periodicals]
Case 95 File 1 Article on Jonathan Odell by Alfred G. Bailey
for the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. --
[n.d.]
Case 95 File 2 Copy of M.A. thesis by James Wherry on the
Algonkian Indians. -- [n.d.]
Case 95 File 3 Correspondence. -- 1969-1977
Case 95 File 4 d'Avray and Bailey photographs. -- [18??]
Case 95 File 5 James Robb duplicates. -- 1973-1975
Case 95 File 6 Lord Beaverbrook in New Brunswick:
Reminiscences of Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey. --
1975
Case 95 File 7 Paper re Malcolm Ross and the Royal Society
written by Alfred Bailey. -- 1973-1979
Case 95 File 8 Student notebooks. -- [192?]
Case 95 File 9 Letters and papers of the Bailey Family. --
1848-1972; predominant 1868-1923
Case 96 File 1 Three hundred years of anthropology in Canada
- Tom McFeat. -- [1969; 1978]
Case 96 File 2 King's College. -- 1978
Case 96 File 3 Jonathan Odell. -- [n.d.]
Case 96 File 4 St. Ursula's Convent, or the Nun of Canada. --
1824
Case 96 File 5 Vanished Iroquois. -- 1970
Case 96 File 6 Poems by Fred Cogswell. -- [n.d.]
Case 96 File 7 Correspondence 1975-1979. -- 1975-1979
Case 96 File 8 Miscellaneous. -- 1977-1978
Case 97 High School of Quebec Magazine. -- 1915-1933;
predominant 1920-1924
Case 100 File 1 Baron d'Avray. -- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 2 Cockburn, Robert - Poems. -- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 3 Correspondence 1968-1978. -- 1968-1978
Case 100 File 4 The Cultural Development of Canada by A.G.
Bailey. -- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 5 Culture and Nationality. -- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 6 The Historian - the Poet. -- 1977
Case 100 File 7 The Historical Setting of Haliburton's Reply
by A.G. Bailey. -- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 8 The Historical Setting of Sara Duncan's The
Imperialist by A.G. Bailey. -- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 9 Miscellaneous. -- 1974-1975
Case 100 File 10 Origins of the Study of History in the
University of New Brunswick - A.G. Bailey. --
[n.d.]
Case 100 File 11 The Poetry of A.G. Bailey, by Desmond Pacey. -
- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 12 Reappraisals chapter of second edition of The
Conflict of European and Eastern Algonkian
Cultures, 1504-1700. -- [n.d.]
Case 100 File 13 A Scottish Intellectual in Early Fredericton.
-- [n.d.]
Case 105 File 1 Journey without words: New poems, 1979. --
1979
Case 105 File 2 A Note on poems by Alfred Bailey. -- 1976-1979
Case 105 File 3 Thanks for a Drowned Island. -- [n.d.]
Case 106 File 1 Poems. -- [n.d.]
Case 106 File 2 Poems. -- [n.d.]
Case 106 File 3 Poems. -- [n.d.]
Case 106 File 4 Poetry. -- [n.d.]
Case 106 File 5 Poetry. -- [n.d.]
Case 107 File 1 The Conflict of European and Eastern Algonkian
Cultures. -- 1937; 1969
Case 107 File 2 Culture and Nationality. -- 1970
Case 107 File 3 Diary of Alfred G. Bailey - Journey to
Scotland, 1926. -- 1927
Case 107 File 4 Dictionary of Canadian Biography. -- 1966-1969
Case 108 File 1 Literary History of Canada - Correspondence. -
- 1971-1974
Case 108 File 2 Literary History of Canada - Correspondence re
revisions. -- 1972-1975
Case 108 File 3 Literary Memories of Alfred Goldsworthy
Bailey. -- [n.d.]
Case 108 File 4 Retrospective Thoughts of an Ethnohistorian -
A.G. Bailey. -- [n.d.]
Case 108 File 5 Robb letters. -- [n.d.]
Case 109 File 1 Articles by A.G. Bailey - Drafts. -- [197?]
Case 109 File 2 Articles by Alfred G. Bailey. -- 1933-1977
Case 109 File 3 Articles, poems, reviews by A.G. Bailey. --
1964-1980
Case 110 File 1 General articles relating to A.G. Bailey. --
1923-1989
Case 110 File 2 General review articles about A.G. Bailey. --
1971-1986
Case 110 File 3 Reviews of A.G. Bailey's works. -- 1927-1988;
predominant 1965-1988
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