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Date(s)
- 1969-2015 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
527 photographs [339 prints, 107 negatives, 79 slides, 2 transparencies]
228 cm of textual records
50 posters
22 audio cassettes
9 DVDs
4 CD-ROMs
3 objects
1 print
2 drawings
Context area
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series consists of research notes, articles, exhibition invitations, catalogues, press clippings, correspondence, and documentation pertaining to several major curatorial projects involving or conceived by Peggy Gale, including Icelight (Igloolik Isuma, Oakville Galleries), Analogue video series, OKanada, Donigan Cumming, Videoscape, Northern Lights: Canadian Video in Tokyo (1990), Archival Dialogues (Ryerson University), Nuit Blanche (Toronto, 2006), and files related to lectures, smaller curatorial projects and published writings.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Inuktitut
- Portuguese
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Files contain newspaper clippings and thermal faxes that require conservation.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
This series contains writing samples and essays by Gale, but various writing samples and research can also be found in Series 1 and 8. For information on Norman Cohn: Portraits curated by Gale, see Series 8, Box 117.
Notes area
Note
Title based on the content of the series. File titles reflect Peggy Gale’s original file sequence.