Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1914-ca.1952 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
31 photographs : b&w prints
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Administrative history
Archival history
The photographs constituting this collection were removed from the Vertical Files on Canadian artists in the E.P. Taylor Research Library and Archives ca. 1980.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists chiefly of copies of photographs of members of the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson taken between 1914 and ca. 1952, along with some original photos taken 1926–1935 of installations of exhibitions of their work in Toronto and Ottawa in the first half of the 20th century.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open. Access to Special Collections is by appointment only. Please contact the reference desk for more information.
Conditions governing reproduction
Various copyright holders. Copyright may still rest with photographers of items in the collection. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the collection.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Copies of photographs in the collection are chiefly from originals in public archives and galleries in Ontario.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Group of Seven (Group of artists) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Description and finding aid created 2008.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description and finding aid by Gary Fitzgibbon, 2008.
Uploaded and adapted by Nirvana Chainani, 2019.