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Series comprises F.H. Varley’s correspondence to Kathleen McKay during his absences from Toronto in the 1950s while he was in the Soviet Union, in Whycocomagh, N.B. and in St. Andrew’s East, Quebec. Some of this correspondence was photocopied and transcribed in 1978.

Series comprises 477 magazine covers, predominantly from early 20th-century issues of fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity fair, Harper’s bazar (after Nov. 1929, Harper’s bazaar) and The delineator. Series also includes a small number of covers from general-interest periodicals such as Collier’s and The Saturday evening post, art magazines such as Shadowland, and other magazines, issued chiefly in the United States and Canada. The covers feature the art of over 80 named illustrators, chiefly American artists. Often fanciful, the images provide colourful illustration of Art Nouveau and Art Deco design in the period, primarily in women’s clothing, and include the work of prominent magazine illustrators Helen Dryden, Erté, Anne Harriet Fish, C. Coles Phillips and George Wolfe Plank. The techniques used to create the cover designs were predominantly drawing and painting, although two 1913 covers for the magazine Dress and Vanity fair are illustrated with uncredited photographs. Advertisements for automobiles, cosmetics, clothing and household products appear on verso of the covers. Some files include duplicate items or the same cover image from different editions of a magazine.

Series consists of photographs of American Canadian painter Farquhar McGillivray Knowles (Syracuse, N.Y 1859–1932 Toronto) and his paintings.

Series comprises personal correspondence dated between 1934 and 1969 to F.H. Varley from his sisters Lilian Varley (1875–1957) and Ethel Varley (1879–1970) of Sheffield (England), and from his children. Also included is correspondence from his grandchildren and from various correspondents seeking information about family connections along with a letter (fragment) from Varley to his mother. Contents include letters and greeting cards.

Series comprises an untitled experimental art work by Suzy Lake, consisting of an antique carte-de-visite album containing 34 hand-tinted black and white prints by the artist.

Series comprises lists of Arthur Lismer’s paintings exhibited in commercial galleries in Canada in the 1930s to 1950s, and the Art Gallery of Toronto Lismer retrospective of 1950; with correspondence regarding a planned exhibition of the work of British art students in 1922, a show of Lismer’s paintings in the Eaton’s department store in Toronto in 1946, and the 1950 Lismer retrospective.

Series consists of correspondence with institutions, notes of thanks for personal tours, documentation relating to the loan of works including customs, shipping and insurance forms, texts of catalogue essays, lists of invitees to openings, corrected catalogue proofs, press clippings and telegrams.

Series comprises material recording details of exhibitions held by Gallery Moos. Files include lists of works, press releases, newspaper clippings, artist information and other material. Material was received by the AGO in 2012.

Series comprises a complete run of Gallery Moos exhibition invitations. Series also contains similar items for some exhibitions on which Gallery Moos collaborated with other galleries, and some exhibition invitations for Gallery Moos New York.

Series consists of lists of art works, correspondence, mailing lists and press clippings relating to a number of exhibitions of Robert Markle’s work held chiefly at The Isaacs Gallery and at other locations in Ontario. Material has been filed according to exhibition by Robert Markle.