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Business files [textual record, graphic material, philatelic record]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1949-2003.

Reference:

R4616-4-4-E, MG30-D364

Type of material:

Textual material, Art, Photographs, Stamps and stamp products

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

132251

Context of this record:

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Dora de Pédery-Hunt fonds

Business files
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Series includes:

59 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1949-2003.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.8 m of textual records.
16 photographs.
8 drawings.
4 prints : posters.
4 postage stamps.
1 print.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Hungarian, Italian

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Series includes files containing correspondence and publicity from various institutions, advisory boards, arts councils and cultural centres with which the artist was associated. Material includes correspondence, newsletters, minutes, policy papers and proposals, and related clippings. Committees and organizations include the Art Gallery of Toronto (Ontario); multicultural and crafts organizations, including the Hungarian Helicon Society and Ontario Craft Council; arts education institutions; U.N.E.S.C.O.; Pauline McGibbon Cultural Centre; and arts advisory boards for the Canadian Arts Council, Canada Council and the City of Toronto on which Pédery-Hunt served.

Series also includes related materials from another accrual arranged in five groupings: files pertaining to the City of Toronto, medal associations and societies, conferences and various committees, Canada Council, and other miscellaneous files. Activities of the Toronto-Amsterdam Twin City Association and the Albert Franck Exchange Committee are documented in addition to other boards and committees de Pédery-Hunt served on. Files also contain drawings and fabric swatches related to de Pédery-Hunt's designs for the City Hall costumes. Medal associations and societies include the Ontario Crafts Council, Ontario Society of Artists, the United States Society of Medalists, American Numismatic Society, and the Toronto Coin Club. Two files contain additional records - minutes, bulletins, newsletters, publicity, and correspondence - related to the Sculptor's Society of Canada. Conference and committee files mainly pertain to the Canadian Conference of the Arts but include other records of arts related events and the Canadian-American Collection Committee. Canada Council consists of correspondence, policy statements and reports, project grant applications, memos and other records documenting de Pédery-Hunt's participation and activities on the Council. Other miscellaneous organizations consists of the Canadian Guild of Potters, Canada Fine Art Foundry Project, Catholic Women's League of Canada, and Smile Theatre Company.

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Arrangement note:

Arranged chronologically.

Related material:

See also series: Project Files and Associations, Committees and Organizations and Sculptor's Society of Canada files.

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D364
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Textual records

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Volume [MG30 D 364] 2--3

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Volume [R4616] 31--32

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Graphic (art)

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Graphic (photo)

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Philatelic records

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