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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.

Item is a book-length compendium of information about Arthur Lismer assembled by his daughter Marjorie Lismer Bridges, including a biographical recollection, bibliographies and a chronology of his life.

File contains lists of paintings in exhibitions of Arthur Lismer’s work at commercial galleries between 1935 and 1958 including J. Merritt Malloney (Toronto), W. Scott (Montreal), T. Eaton Co. Fine Arts (Toronto), Les Amis de l’Art (Montreal), and others. Some leaves have pen or pencil sketches on verso.

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 two versions of the story outline for the documentary film Lismer (National Film Board, 1951) by Allan Wargon and a mimeograph copy of the shooting script. The file also includes photocopies of National Film Board correspondence to Lismer from Allan Wargon and others, possibly made in the 1970s.

Item is a commonplace book inscribed on the front endpaper "Notes: various / C.M. Manly, Toronto" (British Canadian artist Charles MacDonald Manly, 1855

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.

The fonds consists of exhibition lists; manuscripts of articles, lectures, radio broadcasts, and a book; correspondence; art education pamphlets; materials related to a National Film Board production about the artist; papers about other artists; memorabilia from the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto; photographs and papers relating to Tom Thomson; and a source book on Arthur Lismer prepared by Marjorie Lismer Bridges.

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