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Miscellaneous projects [graphic material] : Formerly Group 10

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1933-1993.

Reference:

R613-349-3-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

140555

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Yousuf Karsh fonds

Karsh studio photographic records

Miscellaneous projects
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Sub-series includes:

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

1933-1993.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

ca. 3388 photographs
ca. 5 photographs b&w proofs

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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This subseries consists of miscellaneous prints, negatives and proofs, including several containers of T.V. Prints. There is a wide variety of colour material, including slides, negatives, prints and sets of 'separations' (3 per set: 1 magenta, 1 yellow and 1 cyan). Subjects include various Cardinals and Popes, the Polish Art Treasures project, Louis St. Laurent, Pierre Trudeau, Fidel Castro, David Rockefeller, Madame Chiang Kai Shek, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Albert Camus, George Bernard Shaw, Martha Graham, Winston Churchill, Georges Vanier, Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy (with Mrs. Kennedy), Russian, Japanese and Washington personalities (including Robert Kennedy), Hubert Humphrey, U. Thant, the British Royal Family, the Dominion Drama Festival of 1933, Hollywood discards, the Azig chapel, Kingsmere, CBC-Radio Canada, etc. Most of these images are duplicates or special formats of works found in other general series. (ie. many prints from the 'T.V. Prints' can be found in the 500 series).

Finding aid:

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(Paper) Finding aid 197 covers the photographic material in the fonds dating between 1933-1987 (Acc. 1987-054). This finding aid includes a box inventory for this subseries. FA-197

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Custodial history:

Yousuf and Estrellita Karsh

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1987-054 NPC
594
95
R613-349-3-E
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [KARSH, YOUSUF 1987-054] KAR 514--KAR 594

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Access: No restrictions on access for purposes of private study.
Restrictions on use: For items in copyright: for private study and research purposes, Library and Archives Canada will provide only colour or black and white photographs up to an 8x10 in. format. The photographs will be blindstamped or embossed. For exhibition loans, please contact Loans and Exhibitions, Library and Archives Canada, 550 De la Cité Boulevard, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0N4. For public, commercial, or other uses contact: www.karsh.org.

Copyright: Estate of Yousuf Karsh.

Credit: Yousuf Karsh / Library and Archives Canada / copy number.

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