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Project files [textual record, graphic material, architectural drawing]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1948-1993.

Reference:

R4616-5-6-E, MG30-D364

Type of material:

Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Art, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

132252

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Dora de Pédery-Hunt fonds

Project files
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Series includes:

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

1948-1993.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1.53 m of textual records.
18 architectural drawings.
65 drawings.
17 photographs.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French, Hungarian

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Series consists of files containing material related to specific commissions and independent projects on which de Pédery-Hunt worked. Included is incoming and outgoing correspondence with both corporate and private clients (commencing with her first paid art job in Canada, in 1948, re-finishing a piece of folk art); patent applications and registries; correspondence regarding technical aspects of some commissions, including estimates and invoices from foundries and other suppliers; correspondence with architects and craftsmen working on collaborative projects, including some eighteen architectural plans relating to specific projects; invoices from the artist to clients based on milestone contracts; correspondence from representatives of numerous religious orders which commissioned church furnishings, including Stations of the Cross, crucifixes, and tabernacles; and related newspaper clippings for specific commissioned projects.

Government commissions were received from the Canada Council, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Government of Canada Awards Program for Excellence in Productivity, Innovation and Design, Expo '70, National Arts Centre, Canadian Centennial Commission, and Status of Women Commission. Corporate clients include the International Nickel Company, Northern Telecom, numerous universities, colleges and religious institutions, City of Toronto, National Ballet of Canada, Linnaeus Society, Humanities Research Council of Canada, Sault Ste. Marie General Hospital, Hudson's Bay Company (for their 300th anniversary medallion), City of Hamilton Arts Award Committee, A.C.T.R.A. Awards, Franklin Mint, Banff School of Fine Arts, Royal Ontario Museum, Ryerson Institute, Manulife and the Liberal Party of Canada. Prominent politicians and artists whom she has sculpted include Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Lester B. Pearson, Pauline McGibbon, Pauline Jewett, Rudolph Nureyev, Celia Franca and Pearl McCarthy.

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Arrangement note:

Arranged chronolgically.

Related material:

See also Business files and published material and clippings.

Source:

Private

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MG30-D364
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Textual records

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Volume [R4616] 32

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Volume [MG30 D 364]

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3--9;

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16--17;

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Architectural: technical drawings

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Graphic (art)

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Graphic (photo)

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12