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Personal material and early education [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1949-2019.

Reference:

R10917-1-4-E

Type of material:

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

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

200616

Context of this record:

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Veronica Tennant fonds

Personal material and early education
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Series includes:

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

1949-2019.

Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

Various places

Extent:

1.39 m of textual records.
413 photographs : 231 b&w and 149 col. prints, 1 sepia print, 16 col. slides, 8 b&w contact sheets, 2 proof sheets (ca. 8 images)
35 reproductions : photomechanical print.
7 prints : 4 posters, 2 lithographs, 1 etching.
2 watercolours.
5 drawings.
3 x-rays.
7 pictures.
59 digital photographs (123.3 MB).
2 optical discs (1 h, 39 min., 31 sec.) : DVD.
1 statue : bronze.
1 bag : National Ballet of Canada promotional item with handles ; 31 x 24 x 0.5 cm (closed).

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

Scope and content:

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The series consists of Veronica Tennant's appointment books, an astrological chart, biographical material, education records, notebooks, daybooks, passports, autographed books and card, publicity material, souvenir programmes (including of her own childhood performances: see Career Files series for programmes of her professional performances), travel memorabilia, and other material including one childhood diary.

The appointment books record performances, appointments, personal engagements, travel, CBC documentary taping, TV and radio interviews, etc. The education records include Royal Academy of Dancing reports and Cecchetti evaluation reports signed by Celia Franca, as well as Tennant's address to the National Ballet School graduating class 1975.

The notebooks include ones kept by Tennant as a young student, as a professional dancer, and after her retirement. Among the subjects covered are choreographic notes and ideas, the future of the National Ballet, and her own performances. One notebook contains an original knitting pattern designed by Tennant and another contains her verse drafts for a National Ballet School fundraising calendar.

A file of tributes includes a poem to Tennant by James Strecker entitled Veronica Tennant Dances Juliet. There is a 1984 dance programme with a note from Rudolph Nureyev.

Memorabilia gather various records from programmes, press release, leaflets, invitation cards, notes and correspondence to posters and photographs related the to the career of Tenant as a ballerina and after her retirement,

The series also contains forty-eight artworks, the majority of which are reproduction posters relating to specific dance performances and to Tennant's publishing and producing careers. Additional art items comprise several portraits of Veronica Tennant by friends and colleagues in the dance world. Of note is an original costume design by Evan Ayotte for a performance of The Firebird, a lithograph print "Rapport" by Rita Briansky, a print "Majestic". by Charles Pachter (part of the moose series) and a drawing of the Little Mermaid by P.W.

The series also contains photographic material of friends and family, photographs and early snapshots of Veronica Tennant in a kindergarten performance of Peter Pan, in front of a choir and as a student at the Boris Volkov studio. It also includes personal portraits taken by notable photographers such as V Tony Hauser, Jurgen Vogt, David Street, Jack Mitchell and Jim Scobbie.

The series also includes two personal objects: a bag of a Canada's National Ballet School showing Tennant's pointe shoes, a brass statue of a horse with a red kerchief given by Timothy Findley; and two videos: one related to the Niagara Falls project for the Pan-American story in Toronto, the other related to the Harbourftont Centre.

Finding aid:

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Graphic material (art) (Electronic) Art work that had been catalogued at the item-level are now described in MIKAN. (90: Open)

Additional information:

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General note:

Please, consult the Video, Film and Sound Recording database for item level descriptions.

Arrangement note:

Textual material filed at the Archives and arranged alphabetically in two groupings, with the photographs found among the textual records filed in a separate container., The photographs acquired before 2006 have been boxed separately from the textual records, as part of the photo collection.

Source:

Private
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [R10917]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

1--3;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

104--105;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

131;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

148;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Volume [R10917]

[Consultation 90 Open]

61;

[Consultation 90 Open]

164;

[Consultation 90 Open]

170;

[Consultation 90 Open]

172;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R10917]

[Consultation 90 Open]

116--117;

[Consultation 90 Open]

136;

[Consultation 90 Open]

143--148;

[Consultation 90 Open]

164;

[Consultation 90 Open]

168;

[Consultation 90 Open]

170;

[Consultation 90 Open]

173;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Researchers must be accompanied by an art archivist.

Volume [R10917]

[Consultation 90 Open]

63--103;

[Consultation 90 Open]

138--139;

[Consultation 90 Open]

169--173;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R10917]

[Consultation 90 Open]

170;

[Consultation 90 Open]

177;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic(photo): electronic

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (video): electronic

[Consultation90 Open]

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Graphic material (art): Copyright varies and must be verified on an item-level basis.
Graphic material (photo): Credit: Tennant / Photographer / Production Company

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09