Contents as recorded in July 2013 into an Excel spreadsheet, during working hours, on the office premises of Vêtements Peerless Clothing Inc. (producer of fine men’s tailored clothing), 8888 Pie-IX Blvd., Montréal, Québec, H1Z 4J5.
Box 43
1 wooden document inbox with miscellaneous desk realia including:
2 metal letter openers in leather holders
1 stapler
cigars [complete and partial] in Ziploc bags
1 eraser
assorted clips
1 “World’s Greatest Dad” plaque, clear plexiglass with blue lettering
1 Davidoff tobacco box
1 compact disc of music by Wolf Krakowski, Polish Canadian
Yiddish singer-songwriter
assorted film negatives
assorted matchbook covers
etc.
[further cataloguing required]
1 Mordecai Richler passport, 1994-1999
1 fly-fishing reel in blue case [later removed and returned to Jacob Richler
at his request]
1 James Keller & Sons Ltd. cream-coloured marmalade jar filled with used
pencils and pens [wrapped in beige packing paper]
1 Vat 69 Scotch whisky glass with paper clips and pens inside [wrapped in
beige packing paper]
50+ pieces: padded envelopes, blank paper, collapsed manuscript boxes, etc.
1 black and white photograph of Mordecai Richler at his desk
1 typed sheet of white paper with the line “now is thew timve for aLL
GOOF men to come to the aid of the party” [sic]
1 postcard Elm Street, Woodstock, VT
1 royalty statement from Random House Canada for Barney’s Version,
September 1997
2 black and white photographs
1 The Blending Box tobacco tin [square in shape]
1 book, The Observer’s Book of Heraldry by Charles MacKinnon
20+ pieces: receipts, invoice slips, deposit slips, etc.
9 assorted owner’s manuals for telephones, exercise bike, and Smith Corona
typewriters
1 novelty writing pad from Baron Byng High School reunion
1 blue WH Smith notebook, 88 pages, narrow ruled, the first twenty pages
filled with notes in the handwriting of Mordecai Richler
20+ pieces: assorted notes, invitations, and letters addressed to Mordecai
Richler
1 brown envelope with typescript for essay opening with the words, “Some
years back in New York . . . .”
1 book, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, Tundra Books
1 book, As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen
1 map, Sinai Interim Agreement, 1975
1 free map, Sightseeing Boston’s Freedom Trail
1 orientation map of Vancouver, British Columbia
30+ pieces: miscellaneous flyers and papers [arranged in a bound packet]
1 packet in brown plastic case of two photos depicting Mordecai Richler in Jerusalem
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