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Series consists of posters, invitations, and gallery publications relating to solo and group exhibitions as well as to lectures, symposia and courses involving participation by Curnoe. Series also includes press clippings collected by Curnoe relating to his career.

Series consists of sketchbooks in which Greg Curnoe recorded visual and verbal observations from his art college years to his later professional life.

Series consists of Greg Curnoe’s collection of regional pop bottles, representing brands Wishing Well, Sport, Snow White, Brunswick, Pepsi-Cola, Pure Spring, Moran, Calgary, Browns, Wilson’s, Twisty Cola, Taylor’s, Pachal’s, and Christin. Most bottles are full and sealed but several are empty. Bottles are contained in original cardboard carry trays and displayed on a wire rack. These bottles represent a selection by the artist from his larger collection of approximately 200 pop bottles that was kept in his studio; see box 52 and folder 2-10 for Curnoe’s inventories of this larger group.

Series consists of items of ephemera and found objects collected by Greg Curnoe for inspirational purposes or for use in his artwork. Series includes two scrapbooks of press clippings, one related to boxing and the other a compilation of “Smokey Stover” comic strips.

Series consists of photographs of artworks; installation views of exhibitions; photographic source material for art work; snapshots of Greg Curnoe, his family and friends; and photographs of Greg Curnoe’s studio.

Series consists of a suit of clothing and other objects of personal significance.

Series consists of files pertaining to Greg Curnoe maintained by Sheila Curnoe following the artist’s death. Series includes letters and telegrams of condolence from friends and colleagues, tributes, etc.

Series consists of published material by and about Greg Curnoe, including catalogues of his group and solo exhibitions. The series listing includes all titles received as part of the fonds. As noted below, items in this series may be physically located in the library collection, or another series in this fonds.

Collection consists of documentation of Greg Curnoe’s life and career as an artist, collected by Nellie Curnoe throughout her son’s life and after his death. The fonds includes Greg Curnoe’s childhood drawings, notes, annotated books and school records; documentation of his artistic activities, including press clippings and exhibition invitations; postcards from Greg Curnoe and his family to his parents; and sympathy cards to Nellie and Gordon Curnoe following Greg Curnoe’s death. Collection is comprised of the following series: 1. Juvenilia 2. Memorabilia 3. Elementary school records 4. Childhood books 5. Artefacts 6. Exhibition documentation 7. Postcards from Greg Curnoe 8. Press clippings 9. Sympathy cards

Fonds consists of the personal and professional records of Greg Curnoe. It includes such textual documentation as writing files; correspondence; project files including grant applications, records of the National Gallery retrospective exhibition, and Curnoe’s published writings; notebooks and journals kept by the artist, including his cycling journals; and a number of bookworks. Visual material includes numerous sketchbooks and works on paper as well as extensive photographic documentation of Curnoe’s studio, social and professional activities, exhibitions, family life, and art work. Also included are printing blocks and rubber stamps used in Curnoe’s art making. The fonds contains audio and audiovisual material which records important events and ideas in Curnoe’s life. The fonds includes two pop culture collections relating closely to Curnoe’s art practice: his collection of buttons and his collection of regional pop bottles. Titles not in brackets follow Curnoe’s original folder names. Fonds is comprised of the following series: 1. Writings files 2. Correspondence files 3. Organization and project files 4. Publications files 5. Research and subject files 6. National Gallery of Canada retrospective exhibition records 7. Deeds/Abstracts and Deeds/Nations files 8. Grant applications 9. Financial records 10. Inventories of art works 11. Publicity material 12. Cycling journals 13. Notebooks and diaries 14. Sketchbooks 15. Bookworks 16. Printing plates 17. Rubber stamps 18. Buttons collection 19. Pop bottle collection 20. Works on paper 21. Ephemera / found objects 22. Photographs 23. Audio cassettes 24. Video recordings 25. Clothing and personal effects 26. Sheila Curnoe’s files 27. Published material