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The Montreal museum lends : I : seventeenth and eighteenth century paintings

Item is a catalogue in the form of a folding poster for an exhibition of paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition was circulated by the National Gallery of Canada and was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in 1974.

Catalogue contains a large-format, full-colour poster on one side, and an essay, list of paintings, and b&w images of select paintings.

The Montreal museum lends : II : nineteenth and twentieth century paintings

Item is a catalogue in the form of a folding poster for an exhibition of paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition was circulated by the National Gallery of Canada and was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in February and March of 1975.

Catalogue contains a large-format, full-colour poster on one side, and an essay, list of paintings, and b&w images of select paintings.

The fourth Dalhousie drawing exhibition

Item is a catalogue for the 4th Dalhousie drawing exhibition , organized by and presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from March 1 to April 1, 1979. The exhibition presented the works of Alex Colville, Charlotte Hammond, Graham Metson, Brian Porter, Roger Savage, and Ruth Wainwright.

catalogue contains a forward, introduction by Carol Fraser (acting curator, Dalhousie art Gallery), biographies of each artist and quotations from them on their artworks, images of select artworks, and an exhibition list.

Peter Kolisnyk

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of artwork by Peter Kolisnyk, organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art gallery in March 1978.

Catalogue contains an essay by Roald Nasgaard (Curator, Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Ontario), image plates of select artworks, an exhibition list, itinerary, and chronological biography of Kolisnyk.

European drawings from Canadian collections 1500-1900

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of European drawings spanning 1500-1900, organized by the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition was circulated an presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in May 1977.

Catalogue contains a list of lenders, a preface by Joseph Martin (Acting Director, National Gallery of Canada), an introduction essay, and a catalogue of artworks including biographical sketches of artists and photographs of included artworks. Catalogue includes notes and index.

Douglas Bentham : 'enclosures and opens'

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of recent artwork by Douglas Bentham, titled 'Enclosures and Opens', organized by the Art Gallery of York University. The exhibition circulated and was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from December 2, 1976 to January 5, 1977.

Catalogue contain a forward and acknowledgements written by Michael Greenwood (Curator of Art, York University), a statement by Bentham, an essay by Robert Christie, list of artworks, photographs of Bentham's sculptures, and a biography.

Graham Coughtry retrospective

Item is a catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of artwork by Graham Coughtry, organized by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa. The exhibition was circulated an presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from May to June 1976.

Catalogue contains an exhibition itinerary and list of lenders, acknowledgements and introduction written by Joan Murray (Director, Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery), a biography for Coughtry, an essay by Barrie Hale, and a catalogue list of works and photographs,

Nicolas Poussin : the martyrdom of Saint Erasmus

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of paintings by Nicolas Poussin, selected from the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition was circulated and presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in October and November 1975.

Catalogue contains an essay by Jane Costello, photographs of Poussin's paintings, a bibliography, and a fold-out full-colour photograph of Poussin's Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus (1628).

Tradition plus one : patchwork quilts from south eastern Ontario

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of patchwork quilts selected by Kim Ondaatje and prepared by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from August to September 1975.

Catalogue contains a forward by Michael Bell (Director, Agnes Etherington Art Centre), b&w and colour photographs of quilts included in the exhibition, an introduction by Kim Ondaatje, list of quilts and makers, a bibliography, and an exhibition itinerary.

kim ondaatje : an exhibition of paintings, prints and film : [exhibition catalogue, poster]

File consists of catalogues for the exhibition 'kim ondaatje', presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in November 1973.

Catalogue contains an exhibition itinerary, b&w images of kim and her paintings, a biography, list of artworks, and a full-size fold-out colour poster. Folder 2 contains the catalogue in it's foldered format while OS Folder 8 contains the flat-lay poster.

Progress in conservation

File consists of a catalogue for the exhibition 'Progress in conservation'. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie University in May 1974.

Catalogue contains a table of contents, acknowledgements, introduction, col. and b&w photographs, list of artworks and notes, and an itinerary. The catalogue contents are divided into six sections.

Lawren P. Harris 37/72

File consists of catalogues for the exhibition 'Lawren P. Harris 37/72', organized and circulated by the Dalhousie Art Gallery. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie in 1972.

Catalogues contain a portrait photograph of Harris, an introduction by Ernest W. Smith (Director, Dalhousie Art Gallery), catalogue of works in the exhibition, 21 p. of b&w image plates, and C.V.

Libero Badii

File consists of a catalogue for the Libero Badii exhibition presented at the National Library, Ottawa, from October 16-30, 1973.

Catalogue contains a list of artworks and biography.

Vincent Massey bequest : the Canadian paintings

File consists of two catalogues for the National Gallery of Canada exhibition 'Vincent Massey Bequest: The Canadian Paintings' presented from September 20 to October 20, 1968. The 1971 exhibition 'Massey Bequest' presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery showed a selection of works from this collection.

The catalogues contain black and white illustrations, a catalogue list of artworks in the exhibition, a preface, a biographical feature on Vincent Massey, and biographies of artists who's works were presented.

Lawrence Weissmann : photographs of Peggy's Cove

File consists of three exhibition brochures for 'Lawrence Weissmann: Photographs of Peggy's Cove', organized and presented by Dalhousie Art Gallery in October 1971.

Brochures contain a black and white photograph of Weissmann's, a biography, and a C.V.

Canadian cartoon and caricature

Item is a catalogue for an exhibition of Canadian cartoons and caricature drawings organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Ontario. A selection of drawings by Chambers was presented at Dalhousie in 1969.

Catalogue contains an introduction by Claire Haggan, a list of drawings in the exhibition by J.W. Benough, Henri Julien, A.G. Racey, Aislin, Barron, Blaine, Chambers, Franklin, Norman Hudon, Yardley Jones, La Palme, MacPherson, Norris, Peterson, and Reidford, selected b&w image plates, and acknowledgements.

Canadian water-colours of the 19th century

File consists of a catalogue for the exhibition ' Canadian Water-colours of the 19th Century', from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition was presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from February 15 to March 15, 1971.

ESP

File contains two catalogues for the exhibition of works by John K. Esler and Charles Pachter titled 'ESP'. The exhibition was organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada and was shown at Dalhousie Art Gallery in June 1971.
Press release for the long-term loan acquisition of Labrador duck specimens by the National Museu...

Press release for the long-term loan acquisition of Labrador duck specimens by the National Museum of Natural History

Item consists of a press release issued by the National Museum of Canada regarding the long-term loan acquisition of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum at Dalhousie University to the National Museum of Natural History in Ottawa. Also includes correspondence between A.W.F. Banfield and Eric Mercer.
Correspondence between Henry Hicks, L.B. Macpherson, A.W.F. Banfield, and others, regarding Labra...

Correspondence between Henry Hicks, L.B. Macpherson, A.W.F. Banfield, and others, regarding Labrador duck specimens held at the Thomas McCulloch Museum

Item consists of correspondence between Dalhousie President Henry Hicks and several other stakeholders between 1964 and 1968, regarding the potential loaning of extinct Labrador duck specimens from the Thomas McCulloch Museum to the National Museum of Canada. Includes correspondence between President Hicks and L.B. Macpherson, Eric Mercer, A.W.F. Banfield, Waldemar Fries, Sylvia Fullerton, John E. McInerny, R.A. Cluney, T.A. Russell, J. Lynton Martin, Elisabeth A. Christian, D.H. McNeill, K.E. von Maltzhan, and W. Earl Godfrey.
Change or decay? Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada

Change or decay? Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada

Item consists of an annotated typescript copy of Carleton Stanley's address before the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, delivered November 9, 1933, under the title "Change or Decay?" The speech discusses the notion of fundamental social ideas that are consistent across the country, the difficulties faced under parliamentary governments to ensure such consistency, and the problems inherent in the present economic system.

This speech later appeared in an amended form in the January 1934 number of the Dalhousie Review.

Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

Carleton Stanley's address to the Ontario Educational Association

Item consists of an annotated typescript of an address delivered by Carleton Stanley at the Ontario Educational Association meeting in Toronto on April 18, 1933, discussing Plato's interpretation of modern civilization, the unwillingness of many teachers to truly have freedom ("they are not free because they are willing robots, they do not have the initiative to assert themselves"), maintaining faith in reason, and the threat posed in all fields by the absence of considerations of impacts on civilization. The speech was delivered in this form twice in 1934 as well.

Portrait of Doris Fraser

Item is a full pose portrait of Doris Fraser standing playing a violin, facing to the side. She was the daughter of John S. Fraser of Scarborough, Ontario. Print from Nitrate Negative: 37-96
Newspress portfolio and photograph of Jason Albert Hannah (verso)

Newspress portfolio and photograph of Jason Albert Hannah (verso)

Item is the verso of newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah. Text: Photo by Ashley & Crippen / Jason Albert Hannah / HANNAH, Jason Albert, B.A., M.D., C.M. / Managing Director, Associated Medical Services Incorporated, (an organization enabling the individual to pre-pay the cost of illness by budgeting in advance, at a rate made possible by distributing expense over a large group of people for a long period of time) - 615 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario. / Member of Council, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (second term); Representative of District Five in College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario (Chairman of Finance, Property and Printing); member, Board of Trade, Toronto, Ont. / Born: Stittsville,Ontario, 11 November 1899; son of Samuel Hannah and Margaret Jane (Brown) Hannah. / Educated: Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, B.A. 1926, M.D., C.M. 1928 (Chief Justice of Asculapian Court [Student Government] 1927-1928); Richardson Fellow in Pathology, Queen's University 1928-1929; George Christian Hoffman Fellow in Pathology, Edinburgh University 1929-1930. / Medical Officer, Petawawa Military Camp and Acting District Medical Officer, M.D. 2, June-September 1929; Neuro-Pathologist, Province of Ontario (engaged on research on nervous and mental diseases, Banting Institute) 1930-1937; organized Associated Medical Services Incorporated 19347. / Publications: Various articles and papers in medical journals in Canada, U.K., and U.S. including (medical) "Two Cases of Undulent Fever" April 1929, "Aetiology of Sudbura Haematoma: Anatomical and Pathological Study" August 1936, "Case of Alzheimer's Disease with Neuropathological Findings" October 1936; (medical economics) "Industry, Health and Medical Economics" December 1937, "Some Problems Facing Industry and the Medical Profession in Relation to Health Insurance" March 1943, "A Plan to Provide Taxepayers with Adequate Medical Protections at Reasonable Cost" May 1949. / Member, Medico-Legal Society; Toronto Academy of Medicine; Ontario Medical Association; Canadian Medical Association; Ontario Association of Pathologists; Hart House; active in the formation of the Civil Air Emergency Corporation. / ...continuted [ on recto].
Newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah (recto)

Newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah (recto)

Item is the recto of newspress portfolio on Jason Albert Hannah. Text of cover page: Newspress Portfolio / released 1958 / Containing latest data / and original portrait of / Jason Albert Hannah, / B.A., M.D., C.M. / Toronto, ONT. / Trans=Canada Press / publishers of / The Canadian Who's Who / Editorial Offices 392 Bay Street / Toronto, Ontario . Text of back page: Served with Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1916-19. / Married: Ruth Agnes Lyons, 2 September 1929; one daughter / Katherine Ann. / Conservative. / United Church of Canada (is a member of and served as / Steward and Elder, Rosedale United Church). / Recreations: Gardening, Photography, Flying. / Clubs: Toronto Flying; Ontario County Flying; Hart House / Faculty Union. / Residence: 9 Nesbitt Drive, Toronto, Ontario.
Photograph of a meeting of the Canadian commission to UNESCO

Photograph of a meeting of the Canadian commission to UNESCO

Item is a photograph of a meeting of the Canadian commission to the United Nations Ecenomic, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. Henry Hicks, the vice-president of the commission, is seated at the far right and the president of the commission is speaking at a podium. Hicks was president of the commission from 1963 to 1967.

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Beyond Benghazi

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of the work "Beyond Benghazi" (copyright 1989) performed by the Hemispheres Ensemble at the Music Gallery in Toronto, Ontario.
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