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Robert Smithson collection
Collection · 1951-1977, 2001-2007

The material in the Robert Smithson Collection consists of items collected by the late Vancouver writer and filmmaker Dennis Wheeler. All the material is related to Wheeler’s association with the noted American artist Robert Smithson. Materials in the collection include: articles, correspondence, journals, magazines, catalogues, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, notes, slides, and negatives.

Smithson, Robert
Women's Auxiliary fonds
CA VAG 08.27-28; 09.13-15 · Fonds · 1947-2009

The fonds consists of records relating to the functions of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1947 to 2009; most predominantly their fundraising operations, which document the growth of the Gallery. The fonds consists of annual reports, meeting minutes, financial statements, loans list, sales forms, receipt books, bank books, Certificate(s) of Change in Constitution, drafts and revisions, correspondence, member lists, Noreen Anderson award records, Alumni Association records, programs, reservations, and rentals records, bulletins, newsletters, requests, job descriptions, mission statements and objectives, a personal notebook, newspaper clippings (some copied from scrapbooks), ephemera, correspondence, prize lists, statements, lists of sales, lists of recommendations and regulations, original art work, applications, programs, agendas, maps, publicity, ticket sales, catalogues, policies, permits, histories, and scrapbooks. The fonds is arranged into 5 series: Series 1. Reports and Minutes; Series 2. Financial Records; Series 3. General Records; Series 4. Events and Activities; Series 5. Historical Records.

Women's Auxiliary to the Vancouver Art Gallery
CA VAG LR · Fonds · 1906-1990

The records within the Letia Richardson’s Charles H. Scott research fonds are comprised of Charles H. Scott’s primary and secondary source records she acquired in order to complete a book. The fonds is comprised of sketchbooks, notebooks, short stories, correspondence, newspaper clippings, exhibition and art gallery catalogues, and graphic records related to Charles H. Scott’s work. The fonds also consists of research and notes from Letia Richardson related to the writing of the book about Charles H. Scott. Moreover, the fonds is comprised of textual and photographic records from the Glasgow School of Art and the Vancouver School of Art; two institutions where Charles H. Scott either attended or helped found throughout his lifetime.

Richardson, Letia
Lincoln Clarkes fonds
Fonds · 1986-2007

The majority of the Lincoln Clarkes fonds consists of materials relating to his two successful photographic series Heroines and Views. There are also materials relating to Clarkes various photographic assignments for Vancouvers Georgia Straight and various magazines and advertising agencies, as well as personal correspondence.

Clarkes, Lincoln, 1957-
Paula Gustafson fonds
Fonds · 1976-2005

The Paula Gustafson fonds is comprised mainly of materials that relate to her career as an art critic and lecturer. The materials in the fonds consist of photographs; slides; negatives; correspondence; certificates; speeches (some annotated); draft articles; published materials such as newspaper clippings and magazine articles, curriculum vitae; project proposals; statistics; travel itineraries; exhibition notices and exhibition catalogues.

Gustafson, Paula
Gary Lee-Nova fonds
Fonds · 1964-1985

The Gary Lee-Nova fonds is comprised of 20 notebooks that contain sketches, journal entries, mixed media creations, correspondence, notes on art techniques and personal artwork, and information related to exhibitions that have been created by Lee-Nova. Moreover, there are a large quantity of photographs including Polaroids of his work from the Harold Adams Innis and Herbert Marshall McLuhan Memorial Sculpture Exhibit; photographs from his work with Art City to build a kiosk and transport it to various areas in Vancouver; and a series of colour photographs from his exhibit work titled “Different points of view on some properties of media: Harold Adams Innis and Herbert Marshall McLuhan Memorial Sculpture”; and finally an acetate photograph booklet representing an art project by Lee-Nova. This fonds also contains material kept by Lee-Nova such as an article in Vancouver Magazine, an exhibition catalogue from the Glenbow Alberta Institute, and a poetry newsletter published by Vancouver monthly.

B.C. Binning family fonds
Fonds · 1889-2001

The B. C. Binning family fonds consists most prominently of materials relating to the artist B.C. Binning. Also included are two sous-fonds consisting of materials relating to Jessie Binnings family (The Wyllie Family Sous-fonds 1889-1966) and B.C. Binnings mother and sister (The Elma Bertha and Margaret Binning Sous-fonds 1935-1947). The fonds focuses mainly on the artistic life of B. C. Binning with a few records pertaining to Binnings time as a Professor at UBC, as well as many personal papers belonging to both Bert and Jessie. The records contained within the fonds are personal records in the form of journal / diary entries; diplomas; last wills and testaments of Binnings parents; photographs; slides; test panels for Binnings works; pottery pieces created by Binning; Binnings art materials (paints, chalks, etching wood blocks); lecture notes; research; correspondence to the Binnings; and various reviews and catalogues of his work.

Binning, B. C.
Fonds · 1909-1978

The fonds provides a snapshot of the lives of Harold Mortimer Lamb and his wife, the artist Vera Weatherbie as well as Mortimer Lamb's daughter, Molly Lamb Bobak.

The records contained within consist of personal correspondence, photographs, an unpublished manuscript, art works, diploma, medals, publications and magnetic tapes.

Lamb, Harold Mortimer, 1872-1970
Gary Ness fonds
Fonds · 1958-2008, predominant 1958-1967

The Gary Ness fonds consists primarily of materials relating to the life of Canadian born artist, Gary Ness. ;The fonds focuses on Ness art works as it consists mainly of sketches by Ness. The fonds also contains correspondence, photographs and research materials set aside by Ness.

Ness, Gary, 1928-
Grace Melvin fonds
Fonds · 1915-1974

The fonds provides a scattered glimpse into the life of Grace Melvin.;The records contained within range from highly personal musings in the form of several diaries, photographs, lecture notes and research to correspondence from Melvin and various reviews of her work.

Melvin, Grace
Fonds · 1939-[19-]

The scope of the fonds is limited to a brief period of Varleys life, specifically a discussion of his thoughts and experiences to the year 1939. It also contains a few examples of reproductions of his work.;The fonds includes transcripts of CBC radio interviews, photographs of Varleys works and a scroll of calligraphic paper.

Varley, Frederick Horsman
Fonds · 1924-1951

The collection consists of original correspondence from Emily Carr to A.S. Grisgby, Jock MacDonald, Betty Streatfield and others, photographs of Carr's parents, her will, publishing contracts and letters of agreement, as well as posthumous exhibition records for the period 1946-1951.

Fonds · 1934-1994

The fonds provides unique insight into the life of Jock Macdonald. The records contained within are a highly personal musings in the form of the Nootka diary, photographs, and correspondence from Jock Macdonald, but also a later correspondence between his daughter and a former Director of the Vancouver Art gallery.

MacDonald, Jock
Lawren Harris fonds
Fonds · 1951-1957

The fonds consists of a brief snapshot of records related to the life of Lawren Harris. The records contained within are mainly correspondence between Harris and fellow artists/patrons of the arts, but also include several photographs and notes in preparation for a speech at the opening of an extension to the Vancouver Art gallery in 1951.

Harris, Lawren
Paul Rand fonds
Fonds · 1930-1998

The Paul Rand Fonds contains greeting cards created by the artist, original plates/stamps, numerous slides, transparencies, photographs, two scrapbooks, and important biographical documents – including the artist’s official Change of Name certificate. Note that the two scrapbooks contain publications and photographs that have been excluded from the Publications and Photographs series. Most of the material contained within this fonds was accumulated and gifted by Mrs. Paul Rand.

Rand, Paul
Fonds · 1925-

The fonds consists of all records of the Vancouver Art Gallery Association, including its constitution and bylaws, annual reports, minutes, and financial statements, as well as administrative records of the Associations' Board, committees, and officers. Activities documented in gallery records include exhibition research and planning, collection and gallery management, publicity and fundraising, and educational programming. Fonds consists of two sous fonds: the Curatorial Department subfonds and the Public Programs Department subfonds.

Vancouver Art Gallery Association
Charles Scott fonds
Fonds · 1931-1964, 1974

The materials in the Charles Scott fonds address his life as an artist and art enthusiast. Materials in the fonds include: correspondence, magazine clippings, exhibition catalogues, newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs, original sketches and notes.

Scott, Charles H.
Jack Akroyd fonds
Fonds · 1953-1993

The majority of the Jack Akroyd fonds consists of materials that document his works and showcase his exhibitions. The fonds consists of photographs, 2 Japanese language monographs and a Japanese Language magazine.

Akroyd, Jack, 1921-1996
Margaret Peterson collection
Fonds · 1956-2003

The collection provides insight into the life of Margaret Peterson through her own words. The records contained within are mainly correspondence from Peterson to her friends (Ruth Illg and Howard Bern) including during the research trip to Egypt, but also include several photographs of her art and her personal life, as well as a series of Christmas cards designed by the artist.