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The series illustrates Irving Layton’s literary work. It contains photocopies of various poems by Irving Layton, including The Incarnation, The bull calf, Cain, After Auschwitz, The Burning Bush, Post-Auschwitz Jew, The Black Huntsman, Song for Naomi, Love Letters, Rhine Boat Trip, and Catacombe dei Cappucini.

Series consists of records relating to payment and receipt of various taxes and bills. The material includes receipts from the City of Montreal’s Treasurer Office for City Dues, municipal receipts for Côte St- Louis, (now Mile End in Montreal), insurance payment receipts, payment for household furnishings, and heating bills.

Series consists of an early photograph of Irving Layton and a note to Bazar written by Layton on the back of the picture frame.

Series contains records related to Carolyn Smith fonds. Material consists of handwritten and typed letters and postcards between Smith and Irving Layton.

Series contains records related to Carolyn Smith fonds. Material consists of newspaper articles about Layton that were collected by Smith.

Series contains records related to Carolyn Smith fonds. Material consists of a recital program for a recital given by Dorothy Hamilton, Stuart Hamilton, and Irving Layton.

Series contains records related to Russell Thornton fonds. Material consists of twelve typescript poems including: “Diverse Pleasure,” “Dracula,” “The Cyst,” “The Ettore,” “With Love and Admiration,” “Monsters,” “Koré,” “The High Cost of Living,” “A Shmuck with Talent,” “The Nativity,” “And They all Fall Down,” “Final Reckoning: After Theognis,” and “Attending Suzanne’s Funeral.”

Material consists of correspondence and postcards between Wagschal and Irving Layton. Postcards are from Hydra, Greece, Tel Aviv, Israel, India, and Lesbos, Greece.

Material consists of photographs of Irving Layton at book signings, at Wynne Francis’ home, and of Layton on vacation near the Dead Sea and in France.

Material consists of poems written by Layton to Francis, a portfolio of poems, and several prints of Layton’s Reflections on an Old Ontario Cemetery.

The series consists of a promotional pamphlet for the premiere publication in the World of Art series for Irving Layton’s seventieth birthday.

Material consists of audio reels, vinyl discs and cassette recordings of Layton reading on the radio, Layton giving readings at various libraries and universities in Ontario, Layton’s appearance on television shows including CBC’s Fighting Words, Vicki Gabereau, and the Brian Gazzard Show, interviews with Layton, and Layton speaking at the Baron Byng High School Reunion.

Material consists of newspaper clippings that include reviews of Layton’s works, commentary concerning the release of An Unlikely Affair, comments and criticisms regarding Layton’s style as a poet, advertisements about poetry readings, interviews with Canadian poets, and articles about Irving Layton’s tribute in Canadian newspapers including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Montreal Gazette, and the Toronto Sun.

Material consists of typed poems and an offprint of the poem “Catacombe dei Cappuccini” by Layton that was given to Dorothy Rath.

Material consists of posters promoting Irving Layton’s poetry readings, a brochure for the Banff Festival of the Arts, pamphlets of upcoming events, invitations to the Shaw Festival featuring Irving Layton, York University Performing Arts series and the Magnum Reading and Exhibition Series.

Material consists of various video clips of Irving Layton and video of Layton speaking at Magnum Books in Ottawa.

Consists of provincial and district annual and quarterly reports dating between 1906 and 1962.

Consists of provincial and district record books dating between 1988 and 1959.

Consists of intelligence reports dated between 1921 and 1951.

Consists of Secretariat circulars dating before 1962.

Consists of handwritten and typed correspondence to Veneranda Wilson from Irving Layton. Postcards from St. Lucia, Spain, Cuba, Edinburgh, Korea, Greece, and Alberta are also found in the series.

Series consists of a bust depicting Irving Layton, carved by Lyman E. Francis and a plaque dedicated to Irving Layton from Baron Byng High School in Montreal.

Series contains audio recordings relating to the Irving Layton fonds. Material consists of several recordings of the Pierre Berton Show, interviews with Layton including several interviews with Malka Cohen, Layton on talk shows including Special Occasions, Identities, and Crossfires, and several tapes of Layton’s lectures.

Series contains miscellaneous documents concerning the Canadian art scene in the 1970s. Documents include a pamphlet for Corridart dans la Rue Sherbrooke, an exhibition put on in conjunction with the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, and Vehicle: Handbook of Toronto Cultural Resources (1972) edited by Isobel Harry and Marlene Sober.

Series contains drawings, sketches, and paintings given to Irving Layton.

The series consists of bills, finances, invoices, personal papers including birth certificates and passports, certificates, awards, and travel itinerary.

Series contains agendas, public reading schedules, calendars, invitations, and programs for different events.

Series contains scrapbooks relating to the Irving Layton fonds. Material consists of five scrapbooks. Scrapbook number one contains the complete run of the magazine Directions edited by R. Souster, W. Goodwin and D. Mullen. The second scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of interviews with Layton, poems dedicated to Layton, letters to the editor by Layton, and reviews and announcements of poetry readings. Scrapbook number three contains poems dedicated to Layton, poems by Layton, letters to the editors about and by Layton, and reviews of reading tours and conferences. The fourth scrapbook includes interviews with Layton, poems dedicated to Layton, letters to the editor by Layton, letters addressed to Layton, announcements and reviews of poetry readings, and profiles of Layton. The fifth scrapbook contains poems dedicated to Layton, letters to the editor by Layton and announcements and reviews of poetry readings.

Series contains expenses and finances relating to René Balcer. Material consists of travel expenses for René Balcer and his wife Carolyn, invoices and receipts from various projects, and meetings with clients.

This series includes photographs and negatives of Mr. Robertson with members of his family and George Martin.

It also includes photographs of the reception held in honor of Alex Robertson's memory at Concordia University Archives in 1988.