Books and scripts. -- 1948-1984. -- 114 cm of textual records
Scope and content: This subseries includes notes and full and partial drafts of 13 of Walker's 20
books. It also contains draft radio and film scripts, a draft play, and several unpublished
manuscripts as well as a few pieces of correspondence, primarily with publishers and agents.
File arrangement is alphabetical by title.
Title based on contents of series.
A draft film script of Abitibi and an outline of a film script for Where the High Winds Blow are
located in series 3, subseries 2, agreements and correspondence (books and films).
Background material for Where the High Winds Blow is located in series 4, research trips.
Books by David Harry Walker
(published)
The Storm and The Silence (1949)
Geordie (1950)
The Pillar (1952); also published as The Wire (1953)
Digby (1953)
Harry Black (1956)
Sandy Was a Soldier's Boy (1957)
Where the High Winds Blow (1960)
Dragon Hill (1962)
Storm Of Our Journey (1962) - collection of short stories
Winter of Madness (1964)
Mallabec (1965)
Come Back, Geordie (1966)
Devil's Plunge (1968); also published as Cab-Intersec (1968)
Big Ben (1969)
Pirate Rock (1969)
The Lord's Pink Ocean (1972)
Black Dougal (1973)
Ash (1976)
Pot of Gold (1977)
Lean, Wind, Lean (1984)
BOX NO. 5
Files:
241. Ash 1/2
242. Ash 2/2
243. Big Ben (includes notes, references and correspondence)
244. Black Dougal (includes notes) 1/2
245. Black Dougal (includes notes) 2/2
246. Candy Peach (notes only)
247. Candy Peach (draft)
248. Candy Peach (provisional draft)
BOX NO. 8
249. Digby
250. Digby
251. Digby (includes notes and correspondence only)
252. Eldorado Acres (film script) include notes
253. Geordie
254. Geordie (rough notes and draft) 1/2
255. Geordie (rough notes and draft) 2/2
256. Geordie (no. 2)
257. Geordie 2 (includes notes)
258. Good Journeys End in New Beginnings
259. Harry Black (originally titled My Tiger) includes odd papers
260. Harry Black (2) includes notes
261. Harry Black (includes notes and partial draft)
262. Harry Black 1/2
263. Harry Black 2/2
BOX NO. 9
264. Harry Black (includes partial draft and notes)
265. Harry Black (includes partial draft and notes)
266. Harry Black (includes partial draft and notes)
267. Harry Black (notes only)
268. Harry Black (notes, chapter 1)
269. Harry Black (notes, chapters 17 to end)
270. Harry Black (notes, chapter 19)
271. Harry Black (notes, chapter 20)
272. Harry Martin (includes dialogue between Simon and Janice)
273. Indian Pipe (second draft and correspondence) 1962 - dialogue between Simon and Janice
274. Kanchenjunga (includes notes)
275. Lean, Wind, Lean (notes only)
276. Lean, Wind, Lean (early partial draft, notes, and correspondence)
277. Lean, Wind, Lean (includes notes)
278. Lean, Wind, Lean (typed copy)
279. Lean, Wind, Lean (draft of Book II, chapters 5-9)
280. Lean, Wind, Lean 1/3
281. Lean, Wind, Lean 2/3
282. Lean, Wind, Lean (includes notes and draft of Love is an Enemy, a play in two acts by
DHW) 3/3
283. Long Hard Journey
284. Long Hard Journey
285. Long Hard Journey (master copy)
BOX NO. 10
286. The Lord's Pink Ocean (includes notes) 1/2
287. The Lord's Pink Ocean (includes notes) 2/2
288. Mallabec
289. Mallabec
290. Mallabec (notes and correspondence only)
291. Sandy Was A Soldier's Boy (includes notes)
292. The Pillar (carbon copies of print draft)
293. The Pillar (includes notes)
294. The Pillar (includes notes)
295. The Pillar (notebook - outline of book and character sketches)
296. The Storm and The Silence (radio script of Tam)
297. The Tragedy of the Grand Life (notes for a sad comedy serial)
298. Where The High Winds Blow (originally titled Skafe) includes notes and correspondence 1/2
299. Where The High Winds Blow (includes notes) 2/2
300. Where The High Winds Blow (includes notes and correspondence) 1/2
301. Where the High Winds Blow 2/2
302. Winter of Madness (originally titled Tarquin) 1/2
303. Winter of Madness 2/2
304. Winter of Madness (notes only)
BOX NO. 11
305. Untitled script (story set in the Canadian Arctic)
306. Draft of untitled manuscript
307. Notes and partial draft of manuscript
308. Notes for novels, 1968-72