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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.

Item is a copy of Hokusai by C.J. Holmes (London: Unicorn Press, 1899) inscribed "A. Lismer," with pen sketches by Lismer on the title page and back endpaper.

Series comprises some of Arthur Lismer’s collection of materials on teaching art to children; memorabilia from his membership in the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto including some pen sketches; offprints of articles by his friend Marius Barbeau; a published book in which Lismer drew sketches; and a commonplace book once apparently belonging to Canadian artist Charles MacDonald Manly.

Series comprises photographs of Arthur Lismer's friend and fellow painter Tom Thomson (1877-1917) and places where they sketched landscapes together; clippings from the 1940s and '50s about Thomson; and some Thomson ephemera.

File contains a studio portrait ([1907]) of Tom Thomson; a photo (dated 1914) of Thomson with Lismer in a canoe (4 copies, one a detail); four photos (dated 1923) of lakes in Algonquin Park, Ont.; photos of the Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn (Canoe Lake, Ont.); and other photos. Most are annotated on verso.

File contains 50th (1958) and 60th (1968) anniversary commemorative booklets of the Arts and Letters Club (Toronto); sheets (2) with pen sketches by Lismer on verso of song lyrics; and a play programme (1911).

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]."

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

File contains manuscript correspondence of Lismer to Eric Brown, officials at the Ontario College of Art, and others, largely unfinished and unsent, on art education and other subjects.

Series comprises Arthur Lismer’s correspondence, chiefly between the 1920s to 1950s, with officials at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa); the Children’s Art Centre at the Art Gallery of Toronto; Charles S. Band, president of the Art Gallery of Toronto; with miscellaneous active (unsent) and passive correspondence; and typed transcripts of some handwritten letters.