Ontario

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50, -86 Map of Ontario

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116 Archival Description results for Ontario

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Sir Sandford Fleming fonds

  • MS-2-658
  • Fonds
  • [18--?]
Fonds consists of reports and correspondence regarding Sir Sandford Fleming's activities relating to railways in Canada. Other records include reports on the Toronto Harbour and the Garrison Reserve.

Fleming, Sir Sandford

Patricia Monk fonds

  • MS-2-749
  • Fonds
  • [after 1805] - 1995
Fonds consists of Patricia Monk's records regarding the research and writing process of her book The Gilded Beaver: An Introduction to the Life and Work of James De Mille (Toronto: ECW Press, 1991). Fonds includes photographs, correspondence, research notes, transcripts, and other textual records.

Monk, Patricia

Map of West Canada

Item is a map of West Canada drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. Illustrations on the map were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by Robert Wallis. The map was published in J. & F. Tallis' Illustrated atlas, and modern history of the World in 1851.

Photograph of Archibald ("Grey Owl") Belaney holding a drum with James Espaniel and Gordon Longevin, all wearing Indigenous costume

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the Province of Ontario Department of Lands & Forests on the reverse side. Grey Owl stands in the middle of the photograph, with James Espaniel on his left, and Gordon Longevin on his right. The date indicates this was near the beginning of Grey Owl's "Indian masquerade".

George C. Laurence fonds

  • MS-2-320
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1945
Fonds comprises one lecture and two off prints of articles pertaining to atomic energy and radioactive elements.

Laurence, George, C.

Henry Orenstein's records

Series consists of Henry Orenstein's materials regarding his professional activities, including photographs, negatives, sketches, programs, flyers, posters, postcards, slides, correspondence and other materials. Fonds contains several of Henry Orenstein's art pieces and sketches, including related to the "Sudbury Industrial Landscape" project. In the 1950s, Henry Orenstein was commissioned by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Sudbury to paint a mural for the local union hall, which was the centre of a broad-ranging cultural role of Mine Mill Local 598 in the Sudbury area. At that time, Mine Mill was in the midst of a series of raids by the United Steelworkers.

Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds

  • MS-2-774
  • Fonds
  • [194-?] - [before 2011]
Fonds consists of Joan and Henry Orenstein's materials regarding their professional activities, including photographs, negatives, sketches, programs, flyers, posters, postcards, slides, correspondence and other materials. Fonds includes several photographs of Joan Orenstein acting, Henry Orenstein's art pieces and sketches, and Joan and Henry Orenstein's family photographic negatives.

Orenstein, Henry, 1918-2008

Susan Kerslake fonds

  • MS-2-662
  • Fonds
  • [after 1943] - 1994
Fonds contains records relating to Susan Kerslake's writing and personal life, including manuscripts of published and unpublished work; correspondence, early writing and schoolwork, photographs, awards, articles and books reviews, and materials from events she attended.

Kerslake, Susan

Susan Kerslake's correspondence

Series contains correspondence to and from Susan Kerslake and includes typed and handwritten letters, form rejection letters and requests for use of work.

Not another new baby in the house

File contains a copy of "The Ontario Nursery School Digest," Vol. 2, no. 1, which includes an article by Budge Wilson entitled "Not Another New Baby in the House!"

Robert Grant Dexter fonds

  • MS-2-736
  • Fonds
  • 1963 - 1966
Fonds consists of records regarding Robert Grant Dexter's professional activities in the 1960s, including his involvement with the Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fonds contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and manuscripts.

Dexter, Robert Grant

The Rothmans collection of Christmas ornaments

File consists of records related to the exhibition 'The Rothman's Collection of Christmas Ornaments' organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in January 1969.

Records consist of an information bulletin released by Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited, a condition report, a guest list, and correspondence between Evelyn Holmes (Acting Curator, Dalhousie Art Gallery) and Rothmans representatives, and a photograph of the artwork display. The condition report is accompanied by an attached copy of the exhibition catalogue with notes regarding the condition of each sculpture.

"O" correspondence

File contains correspondence related to persons or organizations associated with the letter "O". These include the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies, and Professor A. F. O'Farrell of the University of New England. Materials include discussions regarding sabbatical leave.

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.

Photographs of birds, mammals, insects, and amphibians

File contains 333 photographic slides taken by Bill Freedman in Florida, the Northwest Territories, Newfoundland, and Ontario between 1972 and 1991. Photographs show birds, large Arctic land mammals, insects, snakes and amphibians.

Photographs of the flora of southern Ontario

File contains 86 photographs largely taken by Bill Freedman (although a few were taken by J.L. Riley and R. Vinebrooke), at several southern Ontario sites between 1972 and 2001. Photographs show plants along the Oakville River, in Algonquin and Point Pelee Parks, the Alvar marsh site (near Orillia), the Windsor prairie, and another site west of London.

Reference materials regarding homosexuality, sexual heath, substance abuse, relationships, parenting, discrimination, legal rights, and women's issues

Subseries contains materials collected for reference and educational use by GayLine volunteers. Subjects covered include homosexuality and coming out, sexual heath and AIDS prevention, alcoholism and substance abuse, abuse in LGBT relationships, parenting, discrimination, legal rights, and women's issues. Materials include pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, essays, and correspondence.

Photographs of flora at Camp Naivelt, Brampton, Ontario

File contains 18 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Camp Naivelt (near Brampton, Ontario), between 1973 and 1976. Photographs show plant species of the area, including Erigeron philadelphicus, Erythronium americana, Hesperis matronalis, Anenome canadensis, and Arisaema triphyllum.

Photographs of flora and fungi along the Magnetawan River, Ontario

File contains 17 photographs taken by Bill Freedman along the Magnetawan River (which empties into Georgian Bay), in May 1973. Photographs show several species of flora and fungi of the area, including Trillium undulatum, Trillium erectum, and Caltha palustris. There are also two photographs of a beaver dam.

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.

Photographs of flora at Lake Joseph and Parry Sound, Ontario

File contains 50 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at locations near Parry Sound, Ontario, and specifically, Lake Joseph, between 1974 and 1977. Photographs show plants of the region, such as Hepatica americana, Iris versicolor, Lotus corniculatus, and Hieracium aurantiacum. Photographs also show defoliated hillsides caused by the encroachment of forest tent caterpillar into the area.

Photographs of Great Grey, Snowy, and Barred owls

File contains 21 photographs taken by Bill Freedman between 1976 and 1979. Photographs show Great Grey owls at Ajax, Ontario, Snowy owls at Smoking Hills, Northwest Territories, and Barred owls at Algonquin Park.

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: quilts from Eastern Ontario

File consists of records related to the Tradition Plus One: Quilts from Eastern Ontario Exhibition, circulated by the Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from August 15 to September 15, 1975.

Records consist mainly of correspondence between Dalhousie Art Gallery and Agnes Etherington Art Gallery regarding the tour schedule and arranging the shipping and dry cleaning of the quilts from the exhibition. File also includes condition reports, a checklist of works, invoices, a list of expenses, a floor plan, newspaper and magazine clippings, packing and unpacking instructions, receipts of catalogue orders, exhibition itinerary, press releases and shipment documents.

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.

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