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.
File contains largely unfinished manuscript notes by Lismer on various art subjects, including “Calder” and ‘The meaning of beauty.”
Synopsis of "Canadian art for the young"
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 notice of the 1926 unveiling of Tom Thomson's painting The Drive at the Ontario Agricultural College (Guelph, Ont.), at which Arthur Lismer was principal speaker; an annotated picture postcard entitled "The Old School House Leith, Ontario," where Thomson went to school; clippings (1946-1956) from Canadian serials about Tom Thomson; a notice of an exhibition (1969) of Thomson paintings at the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery (Owen Sound, Ont.). The file also includes a photocopy of a letter to Marjorie Lismer Bridges (1973) about a photo of her father with Tom Thomson; and a photocopy of an article in The Studio (1919) about Thomson, both probably made in the 1970s.