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Richard Harrington fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1948-1975.

Reference:

R756-0-9-E, MG31-C5

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

140370

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Richard Harrington fonds
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Fonds includes:

1321 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1948-1975.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6,618 photographs : b&w.
5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of photographs taken by Richard Harrington depicting aspects of Inuit life and views of such places as Coppermine (now Kugluktuk), Padlei, Spence Bay, Igloolik, N.W.T, 1948-1953, as well as photographs of covered bridges in central and eastern Canada, 1950-1975.

The fonds also includes five journals written by Richard Harrington while on photographic expeditions to the Canadian Arctic, entitled Port Harrison (now Inukjuak) 1948, Coppermine (now Kugluktuk) 1949, Padlei 1950, Spence Bay 1951 and Igloolik 1952-1953. The journals contain accounts of the places and people encountered in his travels and provide background information for his photographs. Three of the journals, Coppermine, Padlei and Spence Bay, were published in his 1954 book,"The Face of the Arctic", 1948-1953.

Two albums of photographs of the Yukon taken by Richard Harrington are in the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs fonds (see MIKAN record 204783 for further details). There are also photographs by Richard Harrington of British Columbia taken while on assignment for the National Film Board of Canada in 1956.

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Harrington, Richard, 1911-2005
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Harrington, Richard, 1911-2005 - Diaries

Harrington, Richard, 1911-2005 - Journeys
Biography/Administrative history:

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Harrington, Richard, 1911-2005 : Richard Harrington, born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1911, emigrated to Canada in the 1920s. His photographic career appears to have begun as an x-ray technician at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto in the 1930s, and he thereafter entered into a career as a free-lance photographer. In 1946, he began working with the Hudson's Bay Co., taking photographs for the Beaver magazine, usually on assignment. He carried out a number of journeys throughout the Arctic from 1948 to 1952, which form the basis of much of his later published work. He also worked on assignment for the National Film Board in the 1950s. He became a free-lance photographer along with his wife Lyn, and developed a reputation as one of Canada's leading outdoor photographers. Several of his photographs were used in the notable photograph exhibition, the Family of Man, which appeared at Expo 67. He has since published several books and numerous articles in periodicals relating to his photographic expeditions all over the world in search of photographic subjects. Some of his books are: The Face of the Arctic (1952), Northern Exposures (1953), British Columbia in Pictures (1958), Richard Harrington's Antarctic (1976) and Richard Harrington's Yukon (1974).

Richard Harrington died in October 2005, having been predeceased by his first wife Lynn, also born in 1911, and the co-author or author of many of the books cited above.

Finding aid:

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Photographs of Canadian Arctic: 1948-1953. (Other) FA-097

Excel spreadsheet finding aid for Photographs of Canadian Arctic: 1948-1953 (Electronic) finding aid completed for each individual image, with cross reference to names of individuals identified through Project Naming when possible. Found on the shared S: drive, in Art&Photo, Photo Finding Aids, Harrington Finding Aid (Restrictions not set)

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General note:

Received in 1976 and 1978 from Richard Harrington, Toronto, Ont.

Exhibitions note:

Two photographs by Richard Harrington, of a Padleimuit woman and child on the eastern side of Hudson's Bay, 1950, were acquired for the Aboriginal Portraits Exhibition.

Container note(s):

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05541 : b&w prints
Subject heading:

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Photographers Canada

Kugluktuk (Nunavut)

Padlei (Nunavut)

Spence Bay (Nunavut)

Igloolik (Nunavut)

Photographes Canada

Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, 1948-1953

Arctic regions - Exploring expeditions, 1948-1953

Arctic regions - Description and travel, 1948-1953

Photography - Arctic regions

Inukjuak (Québec)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1976-086 NPC
1978-085 NPC
1996-02625-9
1997-039 DAP
96-041

Former archival reference no.:

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MG31-C5
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG31 C 5] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [HARRINGTON, RICHARD 1978-085]

[Consultation 90 Open]

3897;

[Consultation 90 Open]

RV4 160;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [HARRINGTON, RICHARD 1976-086]

[Consultation 90 Open]

5541;

[Consultation 90 Open]

FDA 0362;

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INT 020;

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Box [HARRINGTON, RICHARD 1997-039] SC 0729

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: Photographs where copyright is not expired, this may be copied for research or private study only (September 2003). Where copyright is expired, photographs may be reproduced for publication. Copyright: Photographs created after 1 January 1949: National Archives of Canada. Copyight: Photographs created on or before 31 December 1948: Expired. Credit: Richard Harrington / National Archives of Canada / Copy Negative No.

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