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Frank Wright fonds. [textual records, graphic material, object]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:26 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid (Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105777(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105777?usrlang=frTextual material (Electronic) This finding aid describes microfilms A-843 to A-850. MSS0311 (90: Open)
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Record information Frank Wright fonds. [textual records, graphic material, object]
Date:1884-1985.Reference:R5151-0-8-E, MG30-D372Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins)Found in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:105777Date(s):1884-1985.Place of creation:OntarioExtent:78 cm of textual records.
136 photographs b&w and col.
2 ribbons and other medallic objects.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of records of the Photographers Association of Canada and its successor, the Ontario Society of Photographers, as well as some records of the Professional Photographers of Ontario. The records include minutes; constitution and bylaws; financial records; general correspondence and memoranda; convention and print show correspondence and memoranda; printed material; and additional material.
Fonds also consits of photographic material that depicts: the CREST of the Association of the Professional Photographers of Ontario appliqued on a pocket of a vest identified as Foster's Foto's; Professional Photographers of Ontario Inc., 83rd Print Show Exhibits, Inn on the Park, Toronto, Ont., 1967; International Day, Professional Photographers of Ontario Inc., Beacon Motor Hotel, 8 November, 1967; photographs relating to the Professional Photographers of Ontario's activities, ca. 1960-ca. 1963; portraits of professional photographers including Helen Trotter, Chatham, Ontario; Douglas Paisley, Sarnia, Ontario; Douglas W. Boult, Clarkson, Ontario; demonstration of studio wedding photography.
Fonds also incudes medallic material consisting of a metal engraving of the crest of the Ontario Society of Photographers, 3 printed crests of the Ontario Society of Photographers, and two ribbons.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Wright, Frank, 1908-1976 : Frank Wright, photographer, was born in Hamilton, Ontario, was educated at Hamilton Technical Institute, and became a member of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. During World War II, he worked in ammunitions at Canadian Westinghouse and the United Carr Fastner Co. of Canada.
Following an industrial accident, Wright free-lanced for the Toronto Telegram before establishing his own photography studio, the Frank Wright Photography Studio, in Burlington, Ontario. He was a member of the Commercial and Press Photographers Association of Canada and of the Professional Photographers of Ontario. He was president of the latter, 1965-1967, and became custodian of its records, including those of its predecessor, the Photographic Association of Canada/Professional Photographers of Ontario.
In 1884, members of the Huron Photograph Society, Ontario, founded the Photographers Association of Canada during a convention in Toronto. The Association represented the first attempt to establish a large scale association of photographers in Canada. It encouraged its members to establish standard prices for their work in order to upgrade the standard of photography by reducing the number of itinerant photographers who sold poor quality work at cut-rate prices. Aspiring "to improve the science and art of photography by diffusing scientific knowledge among its members", the association held annual conventions where guest speakers lectured on the problems of photographic technique or demonstrated new products and methods.
Canadian photographers exchanged ideas with their American counterparts from time to time by attending the annual conferences of the Professional Photographers of America.
By 1921 the association realized that most members came from within Ontario, and changed its name to the Ontario Society of Photographers. The problems posed by inexpensive, inferior photography continued to arouse the concern of the membership over the years. During the Second World War the Society drew up a Code of Conduct by which each member pledged to adhere to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Society, to avoid unfair competitive practices, i.e. discount prices, and the use of coupons, to refrain from copying another member's work and to maintain a high standard of professionalism in their work and business affairs. The association incorporated itself as the Professional Photographers of Ontario in 1961.Additional information:General note:Received between 1980 and 1987 from Frank Wright's widow, Mary Wright of Burlington, Ontario.
This fonds was originally titled the Professional Photographers of Ontario, MG 28 I 318. It was assigned its present call number and title in 1989.Availability of other formats note:Textual material microfilmed in 1993.Reproduction note:Microfilmed in 1993.Varying form of title:Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-D372 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [MG30 D 372] 1--5[Consultation Open]Microfilm reel H-2291[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [1981-018][Consultation Open]1.010 Item no. assigned by LAC 3; 7[Consultation Open]HER-177 Item no. assigned by LAC 3[Consultation Open]Box [WRIGHT, FRANKLIN 1990-016] 4632[Consultation Open]Box [WRIGHT, FRANK 1984-015][Consultation Open]5656;[Consultation Open]SC 0566;[Consultation Open]Box [WRIGHT, FRANK 1984-040] TCS 01189[Consultation Open]Object[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Photographs: No restrictions on use or reproduction. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old; copyright expired on items greater than 50 years old.
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