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In Search of Greatness

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Item

Date:

1962.

Reference:

R7959-131-2-E, Volume number: 886

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3984773

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Arnaud Maggs fonds

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In Search of Greatness
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Date(s):

1962.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2.0 cm of textual records (210 p); other material.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Arnaud Maggs fonds [graphic material]

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Item consists of a copy of the book "In Search of Greatness" by photographer Yousuf Karsh. Inserted into the book is a copy of a December 8, 2002 Globe & Mail obituary for Yousuf Karsh, an invitation to the National Archives of Canada exhibition "Karsh: Masterworks: A Tribute" (September 2002) and a note containing an annotation by Arnaud Maggs and a drawing by his son Toby Maggs.

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Maggs, Caitlan

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Author: Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002

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General note:

Published in Toronto by the University of Toronto Press.

Note on the state of conservation:

Item appears to have slight water damage.

Custodial history:

Item was donated by Caitlan Maggs in 2008.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription reads: "To Arnaud Maggs, from his photographic colleague Yousuf Karsh, 1976."

Source:

Private

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2009-00149-4
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R7959]

[Consultation 90 Open]

886 Item no. assigned by LAC 6694 - 6697

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit line : Library and Archives Canada, archival reference number R7959-131,
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