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Gladys and Dinton through the years

Item is a history of the Gladys and Dinton districts of Alberta and contains biographies of the main settlers in the area. Item was used by Hunter in researching his own publications.

Memories of a Scottish emigrant

Item is a self-published memoir detailing Elliott's immigration to Canada and subsequent life there, including his participation in World War I and World War II. Hunter used the book as research for his own works.

Benchmark

Item is a collection of poetry published by Thistledown Press.

Country Music Country

Item is a collection of linked short stories about working class Canadians. Item was published by Thistledown Press Ltd.

Country Music Country

Item is a collection of linked short stories about working class Canadians. Item was published by IslandCatEditions.

In The Bear's House

Item is a fictional novel about Scottish immigrants raising a deaf child in Calgary, Alberta. Item was published by Oolichan Books.

Diary

Item is Hunter's personal diary.

Benchmark - draft

Item is a draft version of Hunter's published collection of poetry, Benchmark. Item contains the following poems not included in the published version: "On Spring and Death,” "Valentine,” "The Now Poem,” "This Stranger and the Prairie a Woman,” and "Witches Wind."

Conch

Item is a draft version of Hunter's published novel, In The Bear's House.

Tulip Soup

Item is a draft version of Hunter's published collection of story stories, Country Music Country. Item contains two stories not included in the published version: "Capital Punishment" and "Hogs!".

The Beekeeper's Daughter

Item is a draft version of Hunter's published collection of poetry, The Beekeeper's Daughter. Item contains one poem not included in the published version: "Love in the Latter Part of the 20th Century".

Publisher letter

Item is a letter from the publisher Thistledown Press, regarding final proofreading for Hunter's collection of poems, The Beekeeper's Daughter.

Coming Home From Home

Item is a draft version of Hunter's published collection of poetry, Coming Home From Home. Item contains one poem not included in the published version: "Code 2222."

Homewords: new and selected poems

Item is a draft version of Hunter's published collection of poetry, Two O'Clock Creek. Item contains several poems that were not included in the final published version including: "Benchmark,” "Wishbone,” "Slow Learner,” "If It Weren't for Glen,” "Cardiac Midnight,” and "Let us Pray."

Selected Canadian Rifles

Item is Hunter's first published book of poetry containing a sequence of poems regarding incidents in Canadian history where the militia was mobilized against Canadian citizens. Item was published by Unfinished Monument Press.

Autograph book

Item is a notebook containing audience signatures and notes of congratulations from various public readings given by Hunter.

Elliott family history

Item is a summary of the ancestry of William Elliott and Robina Woods of Paisley, Scotland and Olds, Alberta. Item includes family histories of the Elliott, Woods, Kean, and Milligan families.

Bruce Hunter: a Life in Poetry

Item is a book of new and selected works of Hunter's poetry. Book is designed to be a tour through Hunter's life via his poetry. Each poem is printed in English and Italian.

2010 Peoples poetry medal

Item is an Acorn-Plantos People's Poetry medal presented to Hunter for his book of poetry Two O'Clock Creek.