File contains correspondence and agreements for Bessie Jane Banfill's book "Labrador Nurse". Included are:
1) Agreement between Banfill and the Ryerson Press
2) Agreement between Ryerson Press and Macrae Smith Company for distribution of book in the U. S. plus correspondence
3) Agreement between Ryerson Press and Robert Hale Limited for distribution of book in the U. K. plus correspondence
4) Correspondence with Banfill
5) Correspondence with Curtis Brown Ltd.
File contains agreements between The Ryerson Press, Will R. Bird, and other agencies for books written by Bird. Included in the file are (unless otherwise indicated - all agreement are between the two aforementioned parties):
1) Agreement for book "A Century at Chignecto"
2) Agreement for book "Here Stays Good Yorkshire"
3) Agreement for book "Sunrise for Peter"
4) Agreement for book "Judgement Glen" (awarded first prize in Ryerson Fiction Contest, 1947)
5) Agreement for book "The Passionate Pilgrim"
6) Agreement for book "This is Nova Scotia" (correpondence and agreeements between Ryerson Press and Macrae Smith
Company included)
7) Agreement for book "So Much to Record"
8) Agreement for book "To Love and to Cherish"
9) Agreement for book "The Two Jacks" and correspondence and an agreement between The Ryerson Press and William
Kimber & Company Ltd. for U. K. publishing of title.
10) Agreement for book "The Shy Yorkshireman"
11) Agreement for the book "Done at Grand Pre"
12) Agreement and correspondence for the book "Off Trail in Nova Scotia"
13) Agreement for book "Tristram's Salvation"
14) Agreement and correspondence for book "These are the Maritimes"
15) Agreement for book "Despite the Distance"
File contains correspondence, and agreements regarding the books of Evelyn May Richardson (E. M. Richardson). Included in the file is:
1) Various correspondence between different parties
2) agreement between The Ryerson Press and E. M. Richardson for the book "Desired Haven"
3) agreement between The Ryerson Press and E. M. Richardson for the book "No Small Tempest"
4) agreement between The Ryerson Press and E. M. Richardson for the book "Island Bird Watcher"
5) agreement between The Ryerson Press and E. M. Richardson for the book "My Other Islands"
6) agreements between The Ryerson Press and Christopher Johnson Publishers Limited regarding the E. M. Richardson Book "My Other Islands".
7) agreement between The Ryerson Press and Macrae Smith Company regarding the E. M. Richardson book "We Keep a Light".
8) agency agreement between The Ryerson Press and Canada Wide Feature Service Ltd. regarding the E. M. Richardson book "We Keep the Light".
9) agreement between The Ryerson Press and E. M. Richardson for the book "We Keep the Light".
10) agreement between The Ryerson Press, Curtis Brown Ltd., and Macrae Smith Company regarding the E. M. Richardson book "Desired Haven"
File contains an agreement between J. Harry Smith and The Ryerson Press for the book "Newfoundland Holiday". Also in the file are royalty statements from Macrae Smith Company.