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Barbara Astman fonds

  • LA.SC123
  • Fonds
  • 1951–2021

Fonds consists of records of the artistic and academic career of Barbara Astman, chiefly in Toronto from the 1960s to the second decade of the 21st century, including photographs of her projects and exhibitions, correspondence and textual documentation of projects, personal and other photos and journals, and some audiovisual materials.

Contains series:

  1. Photographic documentation of art works
  2. Project records
  3. Portrait photographs
  4. Installation photographs of gallery exhibitions
  5. Teaching-related records
  6. Publicity material
  7. Audio and video recordings
  8. Journals
  9. Address books and notebooks
  10. Experimental work
  11. Process and preparatory material
  12. Art supplies, ephemera and found objects
  13. Personal correspondence
  14. Works by other artists
  15. Juvenilia
  16. Financial records

Astman, Barbara

Jean Blodgett fonds

  • LA.SC179
  • Fonds
  • 1957-2003

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of Jean Blodgett, including research materials such as correspondence, notes, photographs and audio recordings; records of her Arctic travel; curriculum vitae and related records; personal photographs; and two Inuit craft objects.

Blodgett, Jean

Baldwin Street Gallery fonds

  • LA.SC174
  • Fonds
  • 1968-2018

Fonds consists of material documenting the administrative and exhibition functions of Baldwin Street Gallery, including correspondence, the records of gallery director Laura Jones, grant applications, research files, press, and the gallery's published material such as newsletters, exhibition invitations, posters, and programmes.

Baldwin Street Gallery

Murray Favro fonds

  • LA.SC158
  • Fonds
  • [195-]-[200-]

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of Murray Favro, documenting his life and activities as a multimedia artist and musician, as well as his personal interests and pursuits. It includes such textual records as notebooks, correspondence, contracts, grant applications, newspaper clippings, meeting notes, invitations, and records from Favro’s involvement with the 2020 Gallery and Forest City Gallery. Also included are records relating to exhibitions of Favro’s work, including two major retrospectives in 1983 and 1998. Throughout the fonds there are extensive notes and writings by Favro including installation instructions, project notes and ideas, drafts of documents and correspondence, and journal writings recording the artist’s thoughts on a wide range of topics. There are also textual records that were likely used for research and reference in Favro’s work, such as articles, photocopied pages from textbooks, catalogues, and other printed materials, often relating to technology and technical equipment such as projectors, computers, film and photography. Visual materials in the fonds include a watercolour painting, posters, photographs, drawings, and rough sketches and diagrams. Personal records include materials such as membership cards, schedules, and records from Favro’s interests and activities, such as flying lessons and motorcycles. Materials capturing his activities as a musician with the Nihilist Spasm Band include promotional posters and flyers, itineraries, set lists, expense lists for tours and performances, and other textual records. The fonds also includes one optical disc with samples from Favro’s digital projects.

The fonds has been arranged into a single series comprised of 64 files. The materials within each file may span a range of years and reflect a variety of activities. Details about the contents of each file can be found in the scope and content notes.

Favro, Murray

Micah Lexier Fonds

  • LA.SC153
  • Fonds
  • 1979-2022

Fonds consists of the working papers of Micah Lexier. Items include correspondence, sketches, computer renderings, project descriptions and proposals, press clippings, publicity materials, photographs, and other documents pertaining to the design and fabrication of artworks.

Lexier, Micah

Frederick S. Challener collection

  • LA.SC013
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1927]-1955

The collection consists of newspaper articles, reproductions, illustrations, exhibition notices and invitations, death notices, photographs and biographical notes on 112 Canadian artists (birthdates 1803 to 1915) and four arts organizations: Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and Toronto Art Students’ League.

Challener, Frederick S.

Thomas Roche Lee collection

  • LA.SC014
  • Fonds
  • 1870-1957

The collection consists of Lee’s files on a number of Canadian visual artists, art associations and related individuals. File contents vary but typically contain material such as correspondence, essays, photographs, sketches, watercolour paintings, press clippings and printed ephemera. File titles are as follows: Arts and Letters Club; Brooker, Bertram R. (1888-1955); Challener, F.S. (1869-1959); Colgate, William (1882-1971); Delfosse, Georges (1869-1954); Dyonnet, Edmond (1859-1954); Forbes, Kenneth (1894-1980); Fowler, Daniel (1810-1894); Fraser, John A. (1838-1898); Girard, Rodolph; Grier, E. Wyly (1862-1957); Howard, A.H. (1854-1916); Huntley, Walter E. (1887-1931); Jackson, A. Y. (1882-1974); Jacobi, Otto R. (1812-1901); Jefferys, Charles W. (1869-1951); Johnston, R.E. (1885-1933); Kane, Paul (1810-1871); Kelly, John D. (1862-1958); Laberge, Albert; Lismer, Arthur (1885-1969); MacDonald, Grant (1909-1987); Millard, Charles S. (1837-1917); Ontario Society of Artists; Ottawa; National Gallery of Canada; Peel, Paul (1860-1892); Reid, George Agnew (1860-1947); Rolph, G.G. (Rolph, Clark and Stone Ltd.); Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; Rozaire, Arthur D. (1879-1922); Russell, Gilborne; Signatures of Artists; Spooner, James; Thomson, Tom (1877-1917); Toronto. National Portrait Gallery; Wickenden, Robert (1861-1931). Arranged alphabetically according to subject by T.R. Lee.

Lee, Thomas Roche

George Agnew Reid fonds

  • LA.SC010
  • Fonds
  • [188-]-1947

Fonds consists of two scrapbooks containing material created and collected throughout George Reid’s life and were compiled by him in the late 1930’s. Volume I, 500 pages, contains photographs and notes on the Reid family; drawings, sketches, etc., as well as press clippings and exhibition catalogues relating to works of art by Reid and his first wife, Mary Hiester Reid. The 131 pages of Volume II are devoted to designs for buildings and their interior fittings, including summer homes and a church at Onteora, New York, houses in Wychwood Park (Toronto) including the Reid house, and Ontario College of Art designs. Materials include drawings in pencil, pastel and ink, watercolour sketches, small oil paintings, blueprints, photographs, postcards, letters, texts of speeches, letters, awards and material clipped from magazines and newspapers.

Reid, G.A. (George Agnew)

Master Print and Drawing Society of Ontario fonds

  • LA.SC068
  • Fonds
  • 1985-1998

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, and other materials relating to the administrative activities of the Society. It also contains photograph albums documenting the travels of the MPDSO to various European and North American destinations, 1987-1999. The fonds is divided into four series corresponding to each Presidential term of office, plus a series of photograph albums. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Sidney Bregman files 2. Martin Kosoy files 3. Jack Markens files 4. Mary F. Williamson files 5. Photograph albums

Master Print and Drawing Society of Ontario

Anna Belle Wing Kindlund fonds

  • LA.SC096
  • Fonds
  • 1895

Fonds consists of a notebook commenced by Anna Belle Wing Kindlund in 1895, in which she recorded information on works of art and architectural monuments (chiefly European), with thumbnail-sized albumen prints of many of the items and occasional ink sketches. The notebook has alphabetical index tabs, and its entries are alphabetical according to city. The inscription on the frontispiece reads “Anna Belle Wing-B.S. ‘95”. The fonds is arranged in a single series.

Kindlund, Anna Belle Wing

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