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Lawren Harris and A.Y. Jackson in the Arctic

Item number (ISN):

189469

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1930/1932

Item number (ISN):

189469

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

HAYCOCK, Maurice

Accession:

1974-0215

Media:

Film

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1930/1932

Production company:

Lawren Harris (Photography)

Production credit:

photography, Lawren S. Harris

Description:

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In 1930, A.Y. Jackson visited the Arctic with Lawren S. Harris, fellow member of the Group of Seven painters. Jackson, who had previously visited the Arctic in 1927 and 1928, invited Harris to join him. Harris recorded footage of scenery, including storms at sea, icebergs, and Arctic loneliness, while onboard the supply ship, SS Beothic, as well as activities and people. In particular, Harris shot footage of: Captain Joy of the RCMP, members of the clergy and missionaries, and Inuit (Eskimos) at Gjoa and Godhavn, Greenland, and the Eastern Arctic, as far north as the Kane Basin; crew members delivering supplies to communities and outposts (Dundas Harbour RCMP detachment); securing barrels from deck into storage during a storm at sea; huskies feasting on deck; polar bears and seals; pig sleeping with dogs; Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, with clergy and Captain Falke (or Joy?) on deck; Inuit unloading building supplies; Inuit girls and women eating near encampment; Inuk scraping hide; loading dogs into boats; Arctic fowl (ptarmigan?); Inuit posing for group shot; digging for clams; bathing dog; and schooner. According to Jackson's autobiography, they spent most of their onshore time painting at Pangnirtung and Godhavn, Greenland. Stops also included Framhavn on Ellesmere Island, Pim Island. Nerck and Coburg Island, and Bathurst Inlet and Lancaster Sound. <36mn>

Language:

Silent

Notes:

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1. NA holds a descriptive commentary of this film recorded by Dr. Maurice Haycock at PAC.~2. Lawren Harris died 29 January 1970.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

180715

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ORIG

Max. shrinkage:

0.9%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

180716

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-2998

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

180717

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-2722

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

7301-2723
7301-2724

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

180718

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-2723
7301-2724

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

180719

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7504-0029
7504-0030
7504-0031

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

180720

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0312-1
13-0312-2

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

268329

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9511-0016
9511-0017
9511-0018

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

269360

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9512-0009
9512-0010
9512-0011

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

9511-0016
9511-0017
9511-0018

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

343870

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2000-02-0027

Number of items:

1

Duration:

50:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

356946

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2001-03-0022
2001-03-0023
2001-03-0024

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

9511-0016
9511-0017
9511-0018

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

821002

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

189469-001
189469-002
189469-003

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

36:45

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

821003

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

189469.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

36:45

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

821004

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

189469.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

36:45

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

975678

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2000-02-0054

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

7301-2995
7301-2996
7301-2997

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2000-02-0027

Restrictions on consultation:

Open

Donor restrictions:

Reproduction with permission of Margaret H. Knox.

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 31 December 2021.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Margaret H. Knox.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with credit to the Dr. Maurice Haycock Collection, National ArchivesThe copyright owner on this material is Margaret H. Knox.Maurice Haycock died 23 December 1988.

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