The Charlotte Gray Archive is publicly available at the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections in the McMaster University Library.
Actor Beatrice Arthur as the TV character Maude. Anny Scoones writes that one of the first letters she ever wrote as a child was to Arthur, and the actor, surprisingly, wrote back. CBS
Canada, A Portrait in Letters by historian Charlotte Gray is a fascinating read, writes Anny Scoones, full of historic as well as contemporary correspondence. Anchor Canada I just spent a delightful week teaching writing to a lovely, intelligent group of children on their spring break. We had a very animated, enthusiastic debate on the relative benefits of writing with paper and pen versus email, texting or other technology (either way, I see Canada Post is encouraging us to send messages by snail mail).