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Jean Blodgett fonds
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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

Research and project files

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.

Research photographs

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.

Travel records

Series comprises records of Jean Blodgett’s travels with the Adventure Canada company as an expert host. Files contain correspondence, travel prospectuses and related records; a journal of Blodgett’s travel to Labrador, and two photograph albums containing images of travel to Baffin Island and Greenland.

Personal files

Series comprises curriculum vitae and other employment-related documentation, as well as photographic portraits of Jean Blodgett.

Inuit craft objects

Series comprises two Inuit craft items that belonged to Jean Blodgett. Their artists are no longer known.

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