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File consists of one school notebook kept by Edward Andrus (great uncle of Jane Urquhart) with notes on agriculture. The notebook was used as inspiration by Urquhart for her novel "Sanctuary Line."

File consists of of handwritten and typed notes and drafts, as well as photocopies of research materials and handwritten research notes for Uruqhart's novel "Away."

Series consists of materials relating to the personal life of Jane Urquhart. Includes correspondence, clippings, calling cards, CVs, a diary, etc.

File consists of five calling cards for Jane Urquhart.

File consists of two clippings relating to the life of Jane Urquhart. One is a book review for "Some Other Garden" and the other is a photocopy of an article relating to the dredging of a pond in Wellesley township near the former Urquhart home.

File consists of 91 items of correspondence between Jane Urquhart and others, primarily for the year 2000. Correspondents include:

• Albright, Mary
• Atwood, Margaret
• Basset, Ralph
• Batty, Christina
• Burnett, Virgil
• Burton, Nik
• Busch, Fred
• [C.], Joan
• Canadian House and Home
• Canadian Irish Studies Foundation
• CBC
• Clarkson, Adrienne
• Coffey, Anne
• Conradi, Arnulf
• Council of Independent Teachers of English
• Dickson, Jennifer
• Farrell, Peter M.
• Findley, Timothy
• Fitzgerland, Kathleen
• Goisbault, Hugues
• Griffin, Margot
• Griffin Trust
• Huggan, Isabel
• Hughes, Glyn
• International Festival of Authors
• Lakehead University
• Levine, Ellen
• Mamta, Griffin and Akash
• Massiah, Diana
• McAleese, Mary
• McClelland and Stewart
• Memorial University
• Moore, Jessica
• National Arts Centre
• National Capital Commission
• OsKarima
• Pratt, Mary
• Pen Canada
• Public Works and Government Services Canada
• Quirt, [Brian]
• Radhf, Berthold
• Read, Janet
• Richler, Mordecai
• Rogers Television
• Rosemary
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Shields, Carol
• Stratford Festival of Canada
• University of Ottawa
• University of Toronto
• Vernadet, Carole
• Winterset Award
• Writers' Trust of Canada.

Also includes two items of correspondence, one between Emily and Tony Urquhart and one between Emily Urquhart and her grandmother Marian Carter.

File consists of 41 Christmas cards from friends and family.

File consists of two copies of Jane Urquhart's curriculum vitae.

File consists of one pocket size day planner for the year 1993. Day planner is housed in a plastic box.

File consists of one diary kept by Jane Urquhart between 1993 and 2010. Includes handwritten diary entries as well as pasted in and loose photographs, ephemera, clippings, correspondence, etc.

File consists of one typed (computer printout, 1 leaf) poem with handwritten corrections titled "Elsewhere."

File consists of one offprint of "Fabric of a Middle Ordovician limestone at Colborne, Ontario" by P.J. Lee and C.G. Winder published in the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 4 (1967).

The fonds consists of a single diary kept by Jane Urquhart from 1974 to 1981, before she began her writing career, and documents primarily several trips to Europe taken with Tony Urquhart. This diary served as a sketchbook, journal and trip diary, and contains drawings and sketches, photographs, ephemera, plant material, etc. Its 258 pages contain 71 sketches, drawings and watercolours including 27 by Tony Urquhart, 32 by Jane Urquhart, 2 by Michael Ondaatje and 10 by other artists.

Accrual consists of materials created and accumulated by Jane Urquhart relating to her personal and professional life. Includes manuscripts and typescripts of Urquhart's works, research materials, correspondence, biographical materials, and materials relating to other professional commitments.

File consists of forty photographs, primarily postcards, and one Christmas card, showing views of Little Long Lac, Geraldton, and surrounding areas. Shots include the gold mine, downtown Geraldton, school in Little Long Lac, Baxton's Point, the hospital, Little Long Lac bridge, Nipigon, a dog sled, the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, a bush fire, and more. Jane Urquhart was born in Little Long Lac where her parents moved in the early 1930's.

File consists of one typed (computer printout, 111 pp.) draft of "Lucy Maud Montgomery" written by Urquhart for the Penguin "Extraordinary Canadians" series.

File consists of one minute book for school section no. 23, Township of Cramahe. Includes minutes of the school board as well as balance sheets.The notebook was used as inspiration by Urquhart for her novel "Sanctuary Line."

File consists of one notebook with handwritten notes of personal thoughts, as well as prose and poetry writing.

Series consists of photographs created and accumulated by Jane Urquhart. Includes photographs of Urquhart's hometown of Little Long Lac, Tilman's bridge and of Urquhart.

File consists of 28 poems (27 typed and one handwritten) written by Urquhart. Some are collected under the title "Twenty One Tales I'm not Likely to Tell You."

Series consists of materials created and accumulated by Jane Urquhart relating to her professional commitments and writing. Includes handwritten and typed drafts of many of Urquhart's works, research for her works, as well as material relating to other professional commitments including prize judging, readings, etc.

File consists of a call for papers for the Reappraisals: Canadian Writers symposium on the Arctic narrative.

File consists of one record book for SS No. 23 in Cramahe Township for the years 1918-1932. The book records student grades in five forms at Easter and Christmas as well as the accounting for the fall fair. The notebook was used as inspiration by Urquhart for her novel "Sanctuary Line."

File consists of one typed (computer printout, 272 pp.) draft with handwritten corrections of Urquhart's novel "Sanctuary Line."

File consists of one notebook with handwritten notes and drafts of Urquhart's novel "Sanctuary Line."

File consists of one notebook with handwritten notes and drafts of Urquhart's novel "Sanctuary Line."

File consists of one notebook with handwritten notes and drafts of Urquhart's novel "Sanctuary Line."

File consists of photocopies of two Sir Isaac Brock letters. Letters may have been used to inform part of Urquhart's novel "The Whirlpool."

File consists of materials accumulated by Jane Urquhart related to her time as a member of the jury panel for the 2000 Giller Prize. Includes correspondence, lists of nominees, ephemera, photographs, etc.

File consists of three photocopies of Urquhart's poetry collection "The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan."

File consists of one typed draft (computer printout, 335 pp.) of Urquhart's novel "The Night Stages." handwritten note on front cover reads "Clean draft of The Night Stages."

File consists of one typed (computer printout, 64 pp.) of Urquhart's novel "The Underpainter."

File consists of a photocopy of a notebook with handwritten notes and a draft of Urquhart's novel "The Underpainter."

File consists of one typed (computer printout, 1 leaf) poem with handwritten corrections.

File consists of one programme for the Tarragon Theatre production of "The Whirlpool" based on Urquhart's novel of the same name.

File consists of fifteen photographs with accompanying negatives of Tilman's bridge over the Nith River in Wellesley Township. The bridge and surrounding area are a location in Urquhart's novel "The Stone Carvers."

File consists of one videocassette of the University of Toronto 1999 fall convocation during which Jane Urquhart spoke.

File consists of two photographs of Jane Urquhart speaking at the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam.

File consists of two programmes from the "Writers & Friends" fundraiser for Horizons of Friendship help November 12, 2000 in Port Hope. Urquhart was one of the contributing authors.