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Series comprises a volume (booklet) of page layouts made in Toronto in 1937 by Thoreau MacDonald for his illustrated edition of an English translation of Louis Hémon’s Maria Chapdelaine: récit du Canada français (Paris : Bernard Grasset, 1921). On p. [2] of the booklet is a note written by MacDonald describing his concept for the illustrations and the planned number of drawings.

Series comprises correspondence from Thoreau MacDonald to curator Nancy Robertson Dillow, to other staff at the Art Gallery of Ontario and to collector Thomas Roche Lee; with designs from Christmas cards.

Series comprises a portfolio of ink drawings made in Toronto in 1933 for Thoreau MacDonald’s planned illustrated edition of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden (originally published: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854), and a volume (booklet) of pencil sketches of the layouts of the book. A note pasted inside the front cover of the portfolio, written by MacDonald, indicates the scope of the project, which was to have
included some 60 designs for the book.

Series contains files and publications relating to John Faichney’s involvement with CEAC and the KAA, including publicity material, stationery and periodicals. Also included is the original typed manuscript for the 1976 Symposium on Contextual Art held at CEAC. Material has been arranged chronologically by the archivist.

Series contains monographs and periodicals from Canada, the US and Europe accumulated by John Faichney. The material has been arranged chronologically by the archivist.

Series comprises some of the three-ring binders in which the Jack Bush diaries (series 1) were kept.

Series comprises newspaper and magazine clippings on Jack Bush and his paintings assembled by the artist throughout his career and supplemented by his family following his death in 1977, with handwritten notebook pages of lists of Bush’s paintings, some with thumbnail sketches.

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 personal diaries written by Jack Bush in Toronto between 1952 and 1976. The 24 volumes of diaries, a form of therapy suggested by Bush’s psychiatrist Allan Waters, describe events from his family life and career.