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5 letters to Lake Rosseau (Ont.) and within Toronto

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).||

The fonds consists of correspondence with art dealers, artists and public art institutions, invoices, shipping and customs forms and other documents relating to their involvement in the international art market in the mid-20th century. Carbon copies of letters written by the Zacks and letters written to them are included. The fonds also contains the administrative files kept by the Zacks: insurance lists, index cards for art and books, photographs and catalogues. The fonds includes the records of the Zacks’ involvement as board members in a variety of organizations relating to the arts, including agendas, memos, minutes of meetings, and travel arrangements. Correspondence files document the Zacks’ involvement in the State of Israel, through its cultural institutions, and communication with prominent citizens. Mrs. Zacks’ papers created after her husband’s death relate to her honourary degree, the Order of Canada, board activities and social involvement. Fonds is comprised of the following series: General correspondence Artist files Dealer files Public institution files Exhibition catalogues Photographs Administrative files Exhibitions of the collection Boards and committees Israel Personal

File contains 5 magazine covers (including duplicates) by Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964) that include 3 covers not mounted in mats from Vogue, Jan. 1 1923 (also signed by George Lepape), Feb. 15 1923 and Apr. 15 1924, and 2 matted covers from Vogue, Jan. 1 1923 and Mar. 15 1924.

File contains an offprint of an article in Canadian Affairs (1944) by Canadian painter Barker Fairley; and other material.

17 letters, from Mille Roches (Ont.), and within Toronto;letter to NJE (in Vienna) from a British from Toronto customs official

Collection consists of letters solicited by Donald Buchanan for his study James Wilson Morrice: a biography (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1936). Correspondents include Léa Cadoret, W. Somerset Maugham, Gerald Faustus Kelly, Charles Prendergast, Elizabeth R. Pennell, Clive Bell, Walter Pach, David Morrice, Pavel Ettinger and Henri Matisse. Also included are a photograph of Morrice, a postcard from him to William Brymner, and photographs of three of his works.

11 letters to Toronto, Paris and Mille Roches from Toronto, Mortimer's Point, Ont. and Oxford (England). 1 postcard from Warwick, England

File contains correspondence relating to a number of topics, including letters to newspapers and magazines, problems with the neighbours, slights from Arthur [Heming?], correspondence with Kenneth Wells regarding art reviews, letters from Bill Palmer, art instructor at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute School of Art, and others

2 letters to Betty Elliot (nicknamed 'Heggs' in both letters) in New York