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File contains correspondence to Lismer from R.S. van Valkenburg of the Fine Arts Galleries of the T. Eaton Company in Toronto regarding an exhibition of Lismer’s paintings on consignment to the gallery from January to July of 1946, along with borrowed works not for sale; with shipping documents and an exhibition list. Some leaves have pen sketches on verso.

File contains correspondence to Lismer in Montreal from Sydney Key, curator at the Art Gallery of Toronto regarding the exhibition Arthur Lismer: Paintings 1913-1949 at the gallery in January-February 1950, with a manuscript letter to Sydney Key in Lismer’s hand (not sent); lists of paintings and a diagram of an installation; with an annotated proof of the catalogue for the exhibition. Some leaves have pen or pencil sketches.

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.

File contains a manuscript essay by Arthur Lismer entitled "The appreciation of pictures"; typescript or carbon copies of "Letters to African teachers of Bechuanaland," and "Suggestions for a proposed syllabus for the teaching of art in [South African] native schools"; and a mimeograph copy of five chapters of "The teaching of art in normal primary & secondary schools [in the Transvaal]."

Item is a notebook containing a manuscript synopsis, illustrated with small pen sketches, of a projected book by Lismer entitled "Canadian art for the young," intended for use by teachers in public schools.

File contains a manuscript essay (3 leaves) by Lismer entitled “A memorable meal,” with a small pen sketch. The file also includes photocopies (probably made in the 1970s or ‘80s) of typescripts of Lismer’s lectures and radio talks.

File contains galley sheets for an article by Lismer entitled “Canadian painting of today” dated 1929. The file also includes photocopies (probably made in the 1970s or ‘80s) of typed transcripts of Lismer’s lectures and articles chiefly from the 1920s and ‘30s.

Item is a manuscript essay by Lismer about Canadian painter and associate of the Group of Seven Tom Thomson (1877-
1917), probably written shortly after Thomson’s death. Title taken from cover of item.

File contains largely unfinished manuscript notes by Lismer on various art subjects, including “Calder” and ‘The meaning of beauty.”

Series comprises a source book on Arthur Lismer written by his daughter Marjorie Lismer Bridges and screenplay materials for a National Film Board of Canada production on Lismer’s work.