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Kathleen McKay correspondence

Series comprises personal correspondence to F.H. Varley’s companion Kathleen McKay from his friends and family as well as business correspondence from public and private art galleries, law firms and others, largely dealing with Varley and his works. Also included are letters from her to Varley early in their friendship. File titles are from original folders.

Page layouts for Maria Chapdelaine

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.

Macdonald, Thoreau

Art college projects

Series consists of work originating from and around the “Projects Class” at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and similar activity at the California Institute of the Arts, during Tim Zuck’s association with these institutions. It includes the art films “Elevator”, “Halifax”, and “A Walk on a Frozen Lake”, audio tapes, photographs, and documentation for performance works by Tim Zuck. The series also contains conceptual artworks done by fellow student Richards Jarden, and descriptions of works done by others in the class. A sequence of files pertaining to group exhibitions in the early 1970’s are also included, in addition to art projects done by students at the California Institute of the Arts.

Zuck, Tim

Handmade artist books

Series is comprised of unpublished artist books by Robert Fones created between 1964 and 1972. The bulk of the books are dated 1964 and 1965 while Fones was attending H.B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario. Two books, Ticket to Ride and Letters I’ve Known and Loved: the Life and Legend of the Alphabet are incomplete and unbound. Only the book jacket for Norwegian Wood was completed. All books contain original artwork and text.

Fones, Robert

Films

Series comprises 2 motion pictures on gallery artist Gershon Iskowitz: “Standing Apart,”produced by Peter and Frances Mellenco (concerning Iskowitz’s participation in the Venice Biennale, 1972); and “I Paint What I Know—Gershon Iskowitz,” produced by Peter Alford. Motion pictures will also be found in Series 9 (New York office records).

Gallery Moos

Art ephemera (other artists)

Series consists of art ephemera collected by Tim Zuck and not directly connected to his work at art college.

Zuck, Tim

Institutional and business correspondence

Series comprises correspondence and other records dating from between 1936 and 1971 pertaining to F.H. Varley’s career as an artist, to awards and exhibitions and to his involvement with the book Eskimo by Edmund Carpenter (Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1959). Included are extensive financial records (1954–1971) of sales of Varley’s works from Roberts Gallery in Toronto.

Exhibition catalogues

Series consists of exhibition catalogues from private and public art galleries, art periodicals, clippings from magazines and newspapers, and assorted printed material generated by art galleries, including posters and invitations. Arrangement is alphabetical by artist, beginning with a file of group show catalogues. An unknown number of catalogues was donated to the Fine Art Department, University of Toronto, in 1974 (see correspondence in Box 17.1).||

Abramov, Ayala Zacks

Photographs

Series consists of photographs including slides and negatives, of past, present and potential works of art in the Zacks’ collection. They were stored in labeled envelopes containing numbers that corresponded to insurance lists. Archival envelopes have replaced the originals, with photocopies of the original inserted. The original numbering systems have been maintained and the files kept in the arrangement as they were found.

Abramov, Ayala Zacks

Photographs

Series consists of photographs (mainly negatives) by Dennis Burton of various subjects.

Burton, Dennis

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