Fonds BF 22 - Dennis Gruending fonds

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Dennis Gruending fonds

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BF 22

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  • [190-?], [192-?],1945-1992 , predominant predominant 1971-1991 (Creation)

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2.75 m of textual records
212 audio cassettes : (193 hr, 8 min, 6 sec)
2 audio reels : (53 min, 15 sec)

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Biographical history

Dennis Gruending was born on May 18, 1948 in St. Benedict, Saskatchewan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters in Journalism from Carleton University. From 1971 to 1989 Gruending worked as a journalist in print, radio and television primarily in Saskatchewan. He moved to Ontario to pursue his writing career in the 1990s and briefly served as NDP member from Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar following a 1999 federal by-election.

Author of Promises to Keep: A Political Biography of Allan Blakeney (Western Producer Prairie Books, 1990); Great Canadian Speeches (2004); and Emmett Hall: Establishment Radical (rev. 2005) among other works in non-fiction, poetry and literary criticism, Gruending has maintained his Saskatchewan roots. He is currently (2006) involved in writing, research and communications planning in Ottawa, Ontario.

Custodial history

Dennis Gruending donated these records to the Regina office, Saskatchewan Archives in three accessions between 1992 and 1993: R92-285 (November 4, 1992); R92-302 (November 26, 1992); and R93-013 (January 29, 1993).

Scope and content

This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used by Dennis Gruending during the course of his career as a writer, journalist, radio host and producer, and television reporter in Regina, Saskatchewan. Some material in the fonds also relates to his writing career in Ottawa, Ontario.

The types of records included are research notes, general correspondence, transcripts, interview question sheets, sound recordings of interviews, photographs, manuscript drafts, speeches, radio broadcasts, editor and reviewer correspondence. The records principally relate to Gruending's books Gringo: Poems and Journals from Latin America (Coteau Books, 1983); Emmett Hall: Establishment Radical (Macmillan of Canada, 1985 ed.); and Promises to Keep: A Political Biography of Allan Blakeney (Western Producer Prairie Books, 1990).

Also included is material related to Gruending's work with CBC radio and television, and his freelance journalism in Saskatchewan.

Gruending's records created as a federal New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar constituency are not included in the fonds.

The records described in 1992 consist of seven series: Emmett Hall: Establishment Radical; Promises to Keep: A Political Biography of Allan Blakeney; Speeches and Workshops; Organizations; Writing; Radio and Television Journalism; Miscellaneous. An Addendum series including CBC radio material, speeches and workshop material and poetry readings was added in 1993.

The sound recordings and photographs described in 2002 and 2003 relate to the earlier material in the fonds. A list and transcripts to interviews conducted for Promises to Keep has been added at File II.54.

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Arrangement of Hall and Blakeney material reflects order imposed by research assistants under direction of donor. Remaining material arranged in chronological order by donor. Lists to textual records, sound recordings and transcripts provided by donor at time of transfer to archival custody.

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Records are open for research use.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Use, publication and/or reproduction of records are subject to terms of an agreement with the donor dated 14 October 1992 and the conditions of the Copyright Act. Copyright to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation material resides with the CBC. Please consult reference archivist for assistance.

Finding aids

SAFA 34 (old guide GR 510, R-1379) consists of fonds and series level descriptions, file level descriptions of textual records and item level descriptions of sound recordings and photographs. The electronic finding aid consists of item level listings in the Sound Recordings database and in the Historical Photographs database.

Associated materials

Related material: Sound Recordings: Radical Traditions in Prairie Politics Conference, R-3469 to R-3477. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Interviews, news reports and programs produced by Dennis Gruending for CBC Television and Radio in Saskatchewan, Tapes R-12,291 to R-12,321 and VT R-5392 to R-5394.

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29 photographs; 2 cartoons; 1 map

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Other codes: For GR 510: R-1379. Sound Recordings: R-15,423 to R-15,614, R-15,617 to R-15,638. Photographs: R-A32,340 to R-A32,343 and R-B14,155 to R-B14,162

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