BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY
Scott Young was born in 1918 in Cypress River, Manitoba. He started his writing career at age 18 for the Winnipeg Free Press in 1936. He was soon writing sports columns in Winnipeg, and later Toronto, and in 1949 published the first of 40 books. He has written a number of books which cover parts of his own life such as "Neil and Me"-- a book about his son Neil Young; and "A Writer's Life"-- an autobiography. His career in journalism has produced thousands of articles for "The Globe and Mail", "The Telegram" , "Sports Illustrated" , "Maclean's" and other magazines during the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Scott served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II (1944-1945). Previous to this he was sent to England by Canadian Press (CP) to cover the news of the War. He has received numerous awards and a Doctorate of Letters, Honoris Causa, from Trent University. He has been married three times (Edna Blow Ragland aka Rassy; Astrid Carlson Mead; and Margaret Hogan) and has a number of children and step-children (Neil, Bob; Deidre, Astrid; Maggie, Caitlin and Erin).
CUSTODIAL HISTORY
This fonds was created by and in the custody of Scott Young before he donated it to the Trent University Archives.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
This fonds consists of correspondence, draft manuscripts, interview tapes and research notes pertaining to biographies of Foster Hewitt and Conn Smythe, etc.; notes and records resulting from Mr. Young's participation in the Royal Commission on Violence in the Communications Industry; and correspondence between Young and fellow media personalities including Robertson Davies, Peter Trueman, John Bassett and Pierre Berton. One of the largest series of records relates to the biography of his son, Neil Young.
NOTES
Title based on creator of fonds.
Includes 270 photographs : 29 slides and 19 negatives, 1 drawing : pencil crayon, 17 maps, 63 audio cassettes, 8 audio disks, 2 albums, 12 diskettes : 2 3.5 diskettes and 10 5.25 diskettes, 2 identity pins, 1 metal address book and 1 signed hockey puck (1956-57).
This fonds was donated by Scott Young.
Some of the correspondence and notes are in French.
Restrictions: N
Finding aids: Y
Associated material located at the Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
Additions to this fonds include: 92-013, 95-001 and 96-002.
Series A: Correspondence (see also Series S)
Series B: Personal/Family Papers
Series C: Legal/Business Papers
Series D: Royal Commission On Violence in the Communications Industry
Series E: Newspaper/Magazine Articles
Series F: Short Stories, Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Research Material
Series G: Books - Several Titles Murder in the Arena From the Sea We Came The Flood "Store" novel War on Ice Best Talk in Town Face-Off in Moscow Face-Off 100 Years of Dropping the Puck Murder in a Cold Climate "Mystery Two" (computer diskette) "NWT" (computer diskette) Boy at Leaf's Camp
Series H: That Old Gang of Mine
Series I: Heaven and Hell in the NHL - with Punch Imlach
Series J: Hello Canada! The Life and Times of Foster Hewitt
Series K: Starring Gordon Sinclair: A Biography
Series L: Conn Smythe: If You Can't Beat 'Em in the Alley
Series M: Lori: An Original Screenplay
Series N: Neil and Me
Series O: Speeches and Jokes
Series P: CBC Radio Serial and CBC Talk Show
Series Q: Interviews with Harold Ballard
Series R: Reviews
Series S: Miscellaneous Categorized Correspondence
Series T: Sports related Newspaper/Magazine Articles and Memorabilia
Series U: Miscellaneous includes: Notes and Messages (not family related) Robert Bateman original logo Travel Brochures, Maps, Restaurant Menus, etc. The Queen's Coronation: 1953 The Story of the 40th Battery: 1915- 1919 Miscellaneous file
SERIES A: CORRESPONDENCE
Folder:
1: Correspondence 1936
2: Correspondence 1937
3: Correspondence 1938
4: Correspondence 1939
5: Correspondence 1940
6: Correspondence 1941
7: Correspondence 1942
8: Correspondence 1943
9: Correspondence 1944
10: Correspondence 1945
11: Correspondence 1946
12: Correspondence 1947
13: Correspondence 1948
14: Correspondence 1949
15: Correspondence 1950
16: Correspondence 1952
17: Correspondence 1953
18: Correspondence 1954
19: Correspondence 1955
20: Correspondence 1956
21: Correspondence 1957
22: Correspondence 1958
23: Correspondence 1959 (1st folder of 4)
24: Correspondence 1959 (2nd folder of 4)
25: Correspondence 1959 (3rd folder of 4)
26: Correspondence 1959 (4th folder of 4)
Folder:
1: Correspondence 1960 (1st folder of 3)
2: Correspondence 1960 (2nd folder of 3)
3: Correspondence 1960 (3rd folder of 3)
4: Correspondence 1961
5: Correspondence 1962
6: Correspondence 1963
7: Correspondence 1964
8: Correspondence 1965
9: Correspondence 1966
10: Correspondence 1967 (1st folder of 4)
11: Correspondence 1967 (2nd folder of 4)
12: Correspondence 1967 (3rd folder of 4)
13: Correspondence 1967 (4th folder of 4)
14: Correspondence 1968 (1st folder of 2)
15: Correspondence 1968 (2nd folder of 2)
Folder:
1: Correspondence 1969
2: Correspondence 1970
3: Correspondence 1971 (includes correspondence from Robertson Davies)
4: Correspondence 1972
5: Correspondence 1973
6: Correspondence 1974 (1st folder of 3)
7: Correspondence 1974 (2nd folder of 3)
8: Correspondence 1974 (3rd folder of 3)
9: Correspondence 1975 (includes correspondence from Robertson Davies)
10: Correspondence 1976
11: Correspondence 1977
12: Correspondence 1978
13: Correspondence 1979
14: Correspondence 1980
15: Correspondence 1981
16: Correspondence 1982 (1st folder of 2)
17: Correspondence 1982 (2nd folder of 2)
18: Correspondence 1983 (1st folder of 2)
19: Correspondence 1983 (2nd folder of 2)
Folder:
1: Correspondence 1984
2: Correspondence 1985 (1st folder of 2)
3: Correspondence 1985 (2nd folder of 2)
4: Correspondence 1986 (1st folder of 3)
5: Correspondence 1986 (2nd folder of 3)
6: Correspondence 1986 (3rd folder of 3)
7: Correspondence 1987 (1st folder of 4)
8: Correspondence 1987 (2nd folder of 4)
9: Correspondence 1987 (3rd folder of 4)
10: Correspondence 1987 (4th folder of 4)
11: Correspondence 1988 (1st folder of 3)
12: Correspondence 1988 (2nd folder of 3)
13: Correspondence 1988 (3rd folder of 3)
14: Correspondence 1989 (1st folder of 2)
15: Correspondence 1989 (2nd folder of 2)
16: Correspondence 1990
17: Correspondence - undated
SERIES B: PERSONAL AND FAMILY PAPERS (excluding correspondence)
Folder:
1: Family photographs
2: Miscellaneous photographs
3: Family notes and messages
4: Bob Young (includes correspondence)
5: Family/Personal: miscellaneous
6: Greeting cards and invitations
7: Diary notes: miscellaneous
plus loose in box: Diaries for 1967, 1976-1988 Telephone Index
8: Scott Young's French language study notes (includes some French correspondence)
9: Bibliographies of published works and biographical sketches
SERIES C: LEGAL/BUSINESS PAPERS
Income tax records and receipts: 1954- 1955, 1958, 1976-1978 Miscellaneous receipts and financial records: 1977-1978
Income tax records and receipts: 1979- 1981 Folder entitled: "Income tax returns: 1978-1983 inclusive"
Income tax records and receipts: 1982- 1984 Miscellaneous folder of income tax receipts for 1984-1985
Income tax records and receipts: 1985- 1987
Income tax records and receipts: 1988 (loose in box)
Folder:
1: Correspondence re: R.R.#2, Cavan Township
2: OHIP-Blue Cross
3: Ascot Productions Ltd.
4: Auto insurance 1977-1983
5: Legal business papers (miscellaneous)
6: Legal business papers (miscellaneous)
SERIES D: ROYAL COMMISSION ON VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Folder:
1: "A descriptive study of the perceptions and attitudes of newspaper and television journalists in the Province of Ontario" /by Andy Osler - manuscript
2: "Magazines and violence" /by Earle Beattie - manuscript
3: An analysis of some aspects of newsflow patterns and influences with special consideration of newspapers in the Province of Ontario" /by Andy Osler - manuscript
4: "Imitation of media violence" /by Paul Stanley - pre-publication copy
5: "Film" (no author cited) - manuscript
6: Royal Commission on Violence in the Communications Industry: Content Analysis of News - correspondence and manuscripts
7: "The media and perceptions of violence" /by Anthony Dobb and Glenn Macdonald - manuscript
8: Appendix entitled "A brief history of children's television programmes in Canada"
9: "Future mass media" /by Gordon Thompson - draft
10: "Economics of film and T.V. violence" - T.V. chapter /by Hugh Edmunds et al - manuscript (appendices included)
11: "Laboratory/field research on the immediate and intermediate term effects of media exposure to pro and anti-social behavior models on children ..." /by Anne McCabe et al - manuscript
12: "The control of mass entertainment media: a brief history" /by Garth Jowett et al - bound copy
13: "Children and television: inter- relations among family, child and TV- viewing characteristics and effects of watching television" /by Gregory Forets - manuscript
14: News briefing materials related to violence and the media
plus loose in box: Royal Commission on Violence in the Communications Industry: Interim Report 1976 - published copy
Folder:
1: `Briefs' presented to the Royal Commission on Violence in the Communications Industry by organizations, associations, individuals, etc. (1st folder of 3)
2: (as above) - (2nd folder of 3)
3: (as above) - (3rd folder of 3)
4: Correspondence, minutes, memorandums, etc.
5: Sixth National Symposium on Children's Television - addresses by various countries - (1st folder of 2)
6: (as above) - (2nd folder of 2)
7: Royal Commission on Violence in the Communications Industry - research material
8: Royal Commission on Violence in the Communications Industry - projections and estimated cost of final report ?? (*note: these documents were received together with Royal Commission materials but no actual reference on documents to signify that figures refer to the Final Report)
SERIES E: NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Newspaper article drafts
Newspaper article drafts
Newspaper/magazine clippings (includes clippings related to Neil Young's chicken business)
plus loose on shelf: Newspaper clippings and photocopies of clippings
Folder:
1: The Wayne Lonergan case - research materials and newspaper clipping
2: Halcyon magazine article by S. Young - related correspondence and computer diskette
3: Keith Davey - research material, typescripts, and newspaper clipping
4: Wayne Gretzky - research material, drafts, and published magazine article
5: Imperial Oil 100 Years: Glory Days on the Gridiron - research material and published magazine article
SERIES F: SHORT STORIES, MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS AND RESEARCH MATERIAL
6: Markets of Ontario: Introduction - manuscript
7: Leafs 1st 50 Years - manuscript
8: Lee Trevino - manuscript
9: An Oldtimer's Letter Home From the World Cup - manuscript
10: Is it Cruel to Freeze a Horse - manuscript
11: Christmas Fiction - draft manuscripts and newspaper clippings
12: Northwest Territories - research notes, brochures and newspaper clippings on the NWT and mining [c:1963]
13: "Heavy Love" - notes
14: James Bay Goose Hunt - research material, drafts, etc.
15: Hockey Holiday - research material, drafts, etc.
16: Slugger's Return - 2 draft copies
17: Kellogg's Vignettes - set of approximately 30 short vignettes commissioned by Scott Young to appear in breakfast ads in Toronto - correspondence and draft copies
18: The Winnipeg Canoe Club- correspondence and manuscript
19: Those Magnificent Pesky Ducks - research material, manuscript, and photographs
20: The Honest Blocker - manuscript
21: The Cabbage Leaves - notes and manuscript
22: The Hunter - manuscript
23: Miscellaneous short stories and research notes
SERIES G: BOOKS - Several Titles
Folder:
1: Murder in the Arena - drafts and correspondence
2: From the Sea We Came - drafts
3: From the Sea We Came - drafts and research material
plus loose in box: The Flood (Manitoba book) - research notes, newspaper clippings, brochures, partial drafts, correspondence
Folder:
1: "Store" novel - notes and drafts
2: War on Ice - manuscript, correspondence, newspaper reviews
3: Best Talk in Town - research material, correspondence
4: Face-Off in Moscow - manuscripts
5: Face-Off - partial drafts
6: 100 Years of Dropping the Puck - McClelland and Stewart publicity
7: Murder in a Cold Climate - research material and correspondence
8: Murder in a Cold Climate - manuscripts and correspondence
9: Murder in a Cold Climate - master manuscript
10: Murder in a Cold Climate - draft manuscript
11: Murder in a Cold Climate - draft manuscript
plus loose in box: Murder in a Cold Climate - computer diskette Mystery Two - computer diskette NWT - computer diskette
12: Boy at Leaf's Camp - manuscript
SERIES H: THAT OLD GANG OF MINE
That Old Gang of Mine - manuscripts, drafts, correspondence
SERIES I: HEAVEN AND HELL IN THE NHL - with Punch Imlach
Heaven and Hell in the NHL - with Punch Imlach - manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, research material, newspaper clippings, scrapbook of newspaper clippings, cassette tapes of interviews
plus loose on shelf: scrapbook of newspaper clippings
SERIES J: HELLO CANADA! THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FOSTER HEWITT
Hello Canada! The Life and Times of Foster Hewitt - manuscripts, research material, cassette tapes of interviews with Hewitt family, computer diskettes relating to book, publishing agreement with McClelland & Stewart-Bantam
SERIES K: STARRING GORDON SINCLAIR: A BIOGRAPHY
Starring Gordon Sinclair: A Biography - manuscripts, research material, cassette tapes of interviews, other published biographies of Gordon Sinclair
Starring Gordon Sinclair: A Biography - research material, drafts, manuscripts, Gordon Sinclair's scripts of television show "Let's be Personal", correspondence
SERIES L: CONN SMYTHE: IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM IN THE ALLEY
Conn Smythe: If You Can't Beat 'Em In the Alley - manuscripts
Conn Smythe: If You Can't Beat 'Em In the Alley - drafts, research material, correspondence
Conn Smyth: If You Can't Beat 'Em In the Alley - cassette tapes of interviews
Conn Smythe: If You Can't Beat 'Em In the Alley - reviews, correspondence, manuscripts
SERIES M: LORI: AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lori: An Original Screenplay - screenplay and research material, examples of other screenplays, cassette tape, book entitled Screenplay and the Foundations of Screenwriting
SERIES N: NEIL AND ME
Neil and Me - draft manuscripts, tapes with interviews and music, research notes, photographs, childhood memorabilia
Neil and Me - newspaper clippings and articles, childhood memorabilia and correspondence
Neil and Me - draft and final manuscript
Neil and Me - Neil Young fan magazines "Broken Arrow" and "Wooden Nickel"
SERIES O: SPEECHES AND JOKES
1: Speeches and Jokes - notes and drafts
SERIES P: CBC RADIO SERIAL & CBC TALK SHOW
2: CBC Radio Serial - 1982 - draft manuscripts
3: CBC Talk Show - 1962 - correspondence, notes, related transcripts and published articles not written by Scott Young
SERIES Q: INTERVIEWS WITH HAROLD BALLARD
4: Interviews with Harold Ballard - transcripts
SERIES R: REVIEWS
5: Book reviews by Scott Young
6: Reviews and clippings about Scott Young and his works
SERIES S: MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORIZED CORRESPONDENCE
7: Correspondence: Yuri Smirnov (Russian translator of Scott Young's books)
8: Correspondence: Jack Kent (includes photos)
9: Correspondence: Writer's Union of Canada
10: Correspondence: Canada Council (includes applications, etc.)
11: Correspondence: Children's Book Festival: 1986
SERIES T: SPORTS-RELATED NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND MEMORIABILIA
Sports-related newspaper/magazine articles and memorabilia (collected by Scott Young but not written by him) - includes Games of the XXI Olympiad issues, hockey fact books, hockey photos, signed hockey puck, newspaper and magazine articles, etc.
SERIES U: MISCELLANEOUS
Folder:
1: Notes and messages (not family-related)
2: Robert Bateman - original logo
3: Travel brochures, maps, restaurant menus, etc.
4: The Queen's Coronation: 1953 - newspaper/magazine articles
plus loose in box: The Story of the 40th Battery: 1915-1919 /by A.L.S. Nash
5: Miscellaneous file