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The series comprises of documents related to financial aspects of the restoration of the Grange including estimates, contracts, invoices, and budgets.

Series contains the original feasibility study for the Grange, specifications for the restoration, contracts and correspondence with architects Peter J. Stokes and Isobel Stewart, progress reports, minutes and project reports from the Grange Restoration Subcommittee, work orders, inspection reports, architectural drawings and specifications, and correspondence between Margaret Machell and Boulton descendants related to furnishings of the house.

Series contains Grange Fund Financial Statements, correspondence with donors to the Grange Fund, and an acknowledgement book that contains the names of donors.

Series contains the working files of furnishing consultant Jeanne Minhinnick, including correspondence, research, reports to the Women's Committee and the Grange Restoration Committee, reference photographs of furnishings, ink drawings of desired furnishings for the Grange by Jean’s husband William Minhinnick, and a volume of historic fabric samples.

Series contains promotional material related to the restoration of the Grange including AGO pamphlets/publications, notes and correspondence of the Grange Opening Committee, and correspondence related to display case planning.

Subseries contains records relating to the organization of travelling exhibitions and related statistics. It includes shipping arrangements, booking lists, circulating exhibitions lists, and correspondence.

Subseries contains proposed exhibitions and documents related to exhibitions circulated by the AIO. It includes condition reports, booking lists, travelling itineraries, layout considerations, catalogues, publicity, statistics, lists of participating artists and artworks, drafts, preparatory documents, and related correspondence.

Series includes minutes from meetings of the Curatorial Committees.

Series includes minutes from meetings of the Prints and Drawings Curatorial Committee

In 1976 the AGO received a gift from the Trier-Fodor Foundation of over 1100 works by Trier and 345 folk toys. The gift was accompanied by an endowment to support the acquisition of humorous, satirical and illustrative art.

This series contains correspondence, research, memos, loan files, and other documents related to the AGO’s collection of works by illustrator Walter Trier and the Walter Trier Gallery. Files include correspondence related to Walter Trier and the AGO’s holdings, research about Walter Trier compiled by assistant curator Marta Hurdalek in the 1970s and 1980s, and program proposal forms for exhibitions of Walter Trier’s work.

Walter Trier was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1890. He moved to Berlin at age 20 where he became known for his caricatures and children’s book illustrations. Trier fled to England from Nazi Germany in 1936 and eventually immigrated to Canada in 1947. In Toronto he illustrated books and designed posters for Canada Packers Limited. He died in Collingwood, Ontario in 1951.