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Grant Munro fonds [graphic material, textual record and object]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1939-1995.

Reference:

R1501-0-3-E

Type of material:

Textual material, Art, Photographs, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

158671

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Grant Munro fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1939-1995.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

555 drawings.
41 cm of textual records.
2 medals.
14 greeting cards reproductions.
5 sketchbooks.
26 prints (25 posters, 1 woodcut): silkscreen and woodcut.
13 collages pressed flowers.
ca. 320 photographs 217 b&w prints; 91 b&w negatives; 15 col. prints; 2 col. negatives.
6 prints posters, reproductions.
1 v.
1 button.

Language of material:

English

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The textual records consist of correspondence, project files, manuscripts and printed material documenting the career of Grant Munro and that of his friend and colleague, Norman McLaren; also included is some personal material relating to Norman McLaren. The art material consists of greeting cards made by Munro and received by Munro from McLaren and Evelyn Lambart; drawings by Munro, McLaren, and René Jodoin; original and reproduced film posters; sketchbooks kept by Munro; medals and a button given to Munro; a woodcut print by Laurence Hyde; and a publication "The drawings of/les dessin de Norman McLaren" (Montreal: Tundra Books, 1975). The photographs include material covering Grant Munro's career from 1943 until 1995.

Provenance:

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Munro, Grant, 1923-2017
Additional name(s):

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Lambart, Evelyn, 1914-1999

Hyde, Laurence, 1914-1987

McLaren, Norman, 1914-1987
Biography/Administrative history:

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Munro, Grant, 1923-2017 : Grant Munro was born in Winnipeg in 1923 and studied at the Winnipeg School of Art. He went to Toronto to continue his studies at the Ontario College of Art, and there his teacher Frank Carmichael introduced him to Norman McLaren, who had been asked by the National Film Board to establish an animation department and who sought to recruit talent from Canada's art schools. In 1944, Munro joined the National Film Board, where he was to remain for the rest of his filmmaking career, except for brief periods when he sojourned in Mexico designing silver jewelry under the tutelage of William Spratling around 1947-1948, was employed by Crawley Films 1948-1950, and worked with George Dunning in London at TV Cartoons Ltd. 1957-1960. In 1970, Munro was lent by the National Film Board to the Cuban Film Board for several months, to advise it on its animation department.

At the National Film Board, Grant Munro's career was largely spent in animation, collaborating with Norman McLaren on the famous short film "Neighbours" (1952), in which he appeared as an actor. Other collaborations with McLaren include "Two Bagatelles" (1953) and "Canon" (1964). He co-animated Stephen Leacock's "My Financial Career" with Gerald Potterton in 1962 and produced, animated and directed "Toys", an anti-war film, in 1966. He made non-animation films as well, including the anti-smoking "Ashes of Doom", in which he played Dracula. Munro shared McLaren's interest in ballet and he made a documentary on the Canadian dancers Anne-Marie and David Holmes, "Tour en l'Air" (1973), and planned another on the choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, which was never made.

Grant Munro passed away on December 9, 2017.

Finding aid:

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Graphic material (art) (Electronic) Partial item-level description for art material in ICON db. (Restrictions not set)

Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list for volumes 1, 2, 616 and 617. MSS2207 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000714.pdf

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General note:

The records were received in 1997 and 1999 from Grant Munro of Montréal, Québec.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1996-02848-0
1997/0179 (1997-12-11)
1999-01221-6
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 2207] 507

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R1501]

[Consultation 90 Open]

3--615;

[Consultation 90 Open]

618--627;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

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The recipient of copies is responsible for determining whether material is subject to copyright and for ascertaining the name of the person or organization holding copyright. The recipient is also responsible for determining whether any use of copyrighted material does or does not constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act.
Photographic material: Copyright: Expired for items taken before 1 January 1949; Copyright: National Archives of Canada for items taken by the National Film Board or by National Film Board employees in the course of their employ there; Credit: [Photographer's name] / National Archives of Canada / [copy negative number].

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