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Series comprises photographs of sculptures by Florence Wyle; snapshots of Florence Wyle, Illy Gepe, Frances Loring, and others; and related photos and postcards.

Series comprises sheets of illustrations clipped chiefly from early-20th-century children’s books and magazines and from material intended for children or picturing children in periodicals such as Collier’s, Country life and The delineator. The illustrations accompany fairy tales and children’s stories, depict children at play, or portray animals. Series consists of the work of 62 identified artists, including Frank Adams, Frank Godwin, George Vernon Stokes, Jessie Willcox Smith and Blanche Fisher Wright. Illustrations are also taken from The child’s natural history (Boston : DeWolf Fiske, [190-?]) with pictures by unidentified artists, and Favourite animals (London : Dean & Son, [1905?]) with pictures by Stanley Berkeley (1855–1909) and other artists not named. Illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith include 3 magazine covers with images of children from Good housekeeping, Jan. 1918 and Jan. 1919, and The ladies’ home journal, Nov. 1912.
The number of items per illustrator extends from a single sheet in the case of 25 of the artists to the more numerous illustrations (47) by Frank Adams. Many sheets are illustrated on both sides. The earliest illustrations are probably those by Thomas Landseer from the 1880s and the latest by Frank Godwin (1925).

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

Series comprises photographs of Canadian painter Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (Ottawa 1866–1928 Riverton, N.H.) and her paintings taken around the turn of the 20th century at an unidentified location.

Series comprises a photo of Canadian painter Mary Hiester Reid (Reading, Pa. 1854–1921 Toronto), with installation shots of the 1922 memorial exhibition of her paintings at the Art Gallery of Toronto, and a photo of an oil portrait of her by her husband George Agnew Reid.

Series comprises photos of Canadian painter George Agnew Reid (Wingham, Ont. 1860–1947 Toronto) and his paintings; correspondence with Helen Kemp Frye; lists of paintings; an essay by the artist and a programme for the 150th anniversary (1957) of Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Toronto.

Series comprises correspondence of Canadian painter Mary Wrinch Reid (Kirby-le-Soken, England 1877–1969 Toronto), with lists of exhibitions and paintings and biographical information, photographs of the artist, a watercolour and other material.

Series comprises approximately 240 printed sheets of black-and-white and greyscale wood engravings (prints) from drawings by French printmaker, painter and sculptor Gustave Doré (1832–1883). Perhaps the oldest sheets of illustrations in this series are in a partial, disbound copy of Doré’s Two hundred sketches humorous and grotesque, while other leaves with images are from The beautiful story by James William Buel (1849–1920), and from editions of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1235–1321) and Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616).

Series consists of various identity documents from throughout Iskowitz’s life, from his Displaced Person’s pass to his Ontario Senior Citizen card.

Series comprises manuscripts of a synopsis of a projected art textbook and notes and essays on art subjects by Arthur Lismer; with copies of other writings about art education.