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Alan C. Collier fonds [sound recording, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1954-1990.

Reference:

R9080-0-6-E

Type of material:

Sound recordings, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

190382

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Alan C. Collier fonds
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1954-1990.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

5 audio reels (ca. 5 h).
201 photographs col.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of a series of oral history interviews of Canadian artist A.J. Casson, by Alan C. Collier, as well as other recordings featuring Casson or about him. The other recordings include a discussion about art fraud, an interview of Casson and his dealer Jack Wildridge, a party for Casson's Golden Wedding Anniversary, interviews of various people at a party celebrating the publication of a book about Casson, an interview of Casson by Betty Kennedy of CFRB, clips of CBC radio programs about Casson and notes by Alan Collier on the state of Casson's health since 1978.

Photographic material depicts officers, membership, and activities of the Ontario Society of Artists and of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Toronto, Ontario. Photographs are by Allan Collier.

Provenance:

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Collier, Alan, 1911-1990

Biography/Administrative history:

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Collier, Alan, 1911-1990 : Allan C. Collier, photographer and artist, born March 19, 1911 in Toronto, Ontario, attended Harbord College Institute (Toronto Ont.); The Ontario College of Art; A.O.C.A., 1933, and The Art Students League, New York City. He has maintained his own studio in Toronto since 1946. Mr. Collier has taught art at the Ontario College of Art, 1955-1966; his paintings have been exhibited with The Ontario Society of Artists since 1934. Other places showing his art have been: The Royal Canadian Academy; The Montreal Spring Show; The Hamilton Winter Show; The First and Third Canadian Biennial; The National Gallery; Hart House, Canadian Portraits; The London (Ont.) Museum and Art Gallery; The Art Gallery of Toronto; The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery; The Art Gallery of Hamilton; The Frye Art Museum, Seattle 1964; Seagram Cities of Canada series, and many private and business collections. One man shows exhibiting his works were: 1951 and 1957 at The Arts and Letters Club, Toronto; 1956 to 1958, 1961, 1963, 1965 at Roberts Gallery, Toronto; Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Wash., 1964. His mural paintings were shown in the Bank of Canada Bldg., and The Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Toronto). He was the President of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1958-1961. He served in the Second World War in the Canadian Army in the survey section. The Canadian Who's Who, Vol. XII, Pg. 212.

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Sound recordings (Electronic) See MISACS for item-level descriptions.

Photographs: (Paper) See "Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number." FA-500

Photographs: (Paper) Caption list prepared by Alan Collier.

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General note:

Received in 1983 and 1990 from Alan C. Collier of Toronto, Ontario.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1990-03-05)
118-060163-7
1983-020 NPC
1990-0374 MISA
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Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [COLLIER, ALAN C. 1983-020] TCS 01196

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Sound recordings Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder and of the donor.
Photographs: no restrictions on use. Copyright unknown. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy neagtive number.

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