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Sketchbooks [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

[1936-2004].

Reference:

R10961-98-9-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4275274

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William J. Stapleton fonds

Artwork

Sketchbooks
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Date(s):

[1936-2004].

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

120 sketchbooks : metal coil bindings

Language of material:

English

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Series contains 120 sketchbooks of drawings done in various media, including pencil, chalk, watercolour, and ink. Among the various subjects depicted are: Toronto nightlife; figure studies; protests and rallies; Parry Island; Nicaragua and Guatemala; animals; the USSR; Cuba; children; labour issues; refugees; the anti-war movement; communism; First Nations peoples of Parry Island, Cape Dorset and Squamish; the Toronto music scene; Morocco; poverty; social inequality; women's rights; Canada-USSR friendship.

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Artist: Stapleton, W. J. (William J.), 1916-2008

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(Paper) A hand-written item list is in the accession file (material from registry 2002-0667). (90: Open)

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Arrangement note:

Sketchbooks are numbered R10961-338 to 453. Sketchbook R10961-406 (originally numbered SKTBK 51) is temporarily misplaced., In preliminary processing, the sketchbooks were originally numbered as follows: SKTBK 1 to SKTBK 120. Please consult the handwritten list in the accession file for a list correlating the old numbers with the new numbers (ex. SKTBK 1 = R10961-338).

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2003-00377-0
2003-0103 VSA
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Volume [R10961]

[Consultation 90 Open]

47--61;

[Consultation 90 Open]

77--83;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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