The fonds consists of eight accruals. The first accrual (9 m, no accession number assigned) is arranged into seven series consisting of: manuscripts, correspondence, personal files, Barbados, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, teaching and audio tapes. The second accrual (12 cm, no accession number assigned) consists of one series primarily related to Survivors of the Crossing and material on the election campaign of 1977. The third accrual (1.44 m, no accession number assigned) is arranged into three series consisting of: manuscripts, diaries and correspondence, and audio tapes. The fourth accrual (1.2 m, no accession number assigned) is arranged in three series consisting of: manuscripts, other material and correspondence. The fifth accrual, 01-1989 (2.29 m), is arranged in six series consisting of: correspondence, material relating to The Ontario Film Review Board, published book manuscripts, unpublished novels, notebook and material received--not by Austin Clarke. The sixth accrual, 09-1994 (5.1 m), is arranged in ten series consisting of: correspondence, periodicals, research files, invitations, tape recordings, articles, manuscripts, columns, essays and works by others. The seventh accrual, 35-1999, measures 3.1 m and is arranged in six series consisting of: correspondence, manuscripts, manuscripts by others, newspaper columns, printed material and other material. The eighth accrual, 29-2000, consists of photographs, 46 b&w and ca. 820 cojlour of Clarke, his family , friends, politicians and writers. It has not yet been arranged or described.
