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Series comprises records documenting Moos Publishing Limited. The company was incorporated April 5, 1984 with Irwin Schwartz as Director and Walter Moos as President and Secretary. Walter Moos is listed as the sole shareholder. Records include articles of incorporation, proofs, drafts and correspondence regarding the publishing of books and ISBN information. Moos Publishing Limited produced two major books on artists: Ken Danby : the new decade / Paul Duval (Toronto : Stoddart, 1984) and Gershon Iskowitz : painter of light / Adele Freedman (Toronto : Merritt, 1982.) .

Series comprises bound notebooks in which Jack Bush recorded notes on his paintings between 1930 and 1976. Beginning in 1957, some descriptions include thumbnail drawings. The notes include titles, dimensions, dates, some purchasers and other details of the paintings.

Series comprises Jean Blodgett’s research and project files, starting with her graduate studies at the University of British Columbia, and including the records of independent exhibition and book projects from across her career as a curator. Notable concentrations of files include materials on the historical period of Inuit art; Kenojuak Ashevak; Jessie Oonark; Osuitok Ipeelee; and George Swinton.

Series consists of files maintained by Curnoe on a variety of subjects, including artists, the visual arts, writers, language, films, manifestos, reproductions, airships, sports, and historical topics. Files typically contain press clippings, exhibition invitations and other ephemera.

Series comprises of research material compiled by Ron Graham in preparation for the biographical essay “Twenty-Four Sketches for a Portrait of Paterson Ewen.” The essay was published in the catalogue for the Art Gallery of Ontario exhibition Paterson Ewen: Earthly Weather/Heavenly Skies, ed. by Matthew Teitelbaum and co-published by the AGO and Douglas & McIntyre in 1996. Series consists of photographs and photocopies of photographs, interview transcripts, essays, newspaper articles, exhibition related files, and other miscellaneous research material.

This series is comprised of research material on subjects Robert Fones found inspirational and/or influenced his artistic endeavours over the course of his lifetime. These include files on different artistic processes, tools and equipment as well as family history, his grade school and high school records, and his travels. It also includes files on artists and other individuals who greatly influenced his career and/or with whom he had close personal/professional ties, as well as on individual works of art, graphic design, typeface design and other subjects he explored in his work. It includes draft copies of artist talks he has given over the years are included, as well as portraits of him taken by Arnaud Maggs for the 1999 Toronto Arts Awards.

Series comprises audio recordings of research interviews with Inuit artists and art scholars including Osuitok Ipeelee, Kenojuak Ashevak, Jessie Oonark, George Swinton, and Terry Ryan.

Series comprises Jean Blodgett’s research photographs of Inuit objects in museum collections in Canada, the USA, Great Britain and Europe. Photographs were originally contained in three-ring binders and have been rehoused in folders for reasons of preservation and compact storage.

Series comprises 21 rubber stamps designed by Robert Fones and used during his participation in the correspondence art movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Series consists of rubber stamps hand made by Greg Curnoe for use in artwork. Series also includes Curnoe’s signature stamp.