photographic material The artistic career of Charles Comfort, ca. 1939-1975, as follows: service with the Canadian Army in Europe as Senior Official War Artist (1943-1945); work as a member of the Department of Art and Archaeology at the University of Toronto (1946-1960); Presidency of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1957-1960); Directorship of the National Gallery of Canada (1960-1965); activities of Charles and Louise Comfort, their family, relatives, and friends.. Photos by Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd.; Doug Bartlett, Ottawa; Ken Bell Photography, Toronto; Canada Wide, Montreal; Canadian National Railways; Canadian Pacific Railways; Clive Clark, Toronto; Alan Collier, Toronto; Charles Comfort; Department of National Defence; Duke Photo, Banff; John Evans Photography Ltd., Ottawa; Thomas Fall, London, England; The Globe and Mail, Toronto; Richard Harrington, Toronto; Jalmar Banquet Photographers, London; N. Keleman; H.R. MacMillan Export Co. Ltd.; Malak, Ottawa; Manitoba Government; R.H. Marlow, Vancouver; Jack Marshall & Co. Ltd., Toronto; Gilbert A. Milne & Co. Ltd., Toronto; Ministère des affaires culturelles du Québec; National Film Board of Canada; National Museum of Canada; Herbert Nott, Toronto; Desmond O'Neill, Ewell, England; John F. Petrie; Provincial Archives of British Columbia; Charles Lea Rea; Rushart Photographer, Vancouver; Star Newspaper Service, Toronto; Toronto Star Weekly; United Press International; Vancouver City Archives; Vancouver News-Herald; Vancouver Province; Vancouver Sun; Ron Vickers Ltd., Toronto; Williams Brothers Photographers, Vancouver; Windsor Star.
artistic material Original art works covering the artistic career of Charles Comfort (1908-1972); including designs for murals, currency, furniture and heraldic items etc., miscellaneous sketches, an early sketchbook of flowers (1908-1909) and Christmas cards. Works by Charles Comfort.
artistic material Portrait sketch of Charles Comfort, sketches of the 1945 Academy dinner in Montreal, an illustrated letter and envelope sent to Charles Comfort, 1955, an illuminated certificated presented to Comfort, 1938, and one print on fabric entitled "The Boar's Head Carol" from the Arts and Letters Club's 1953 Christmas dinner.
Portrait by Eric Harrison, sketches by Arthur Lismer and letter and envelope sent to Comfort from Charles Schaefer.
philatelic material Two types of privately issued first day covers prepared to commemorate the 90th birthday of Canadian artist A.Y. Jackson, October 3, 1972. All covers include single examples of the Canada 8ý "Alaska Highway" definitive postage stamp, issued 02-08-1967, which reproduces a painting by A.Y. Jackson, in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada. Three covers also contain a special printed cachet commemorating the artist's 90th birthday. The other three contain single examples of the Canada 6ý "Isle of Spruce" commemorative postage stamp, issued 18-09-1970, which reproduces a painting by Arthur Lismer; this stamp issue having been prepared to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the "Group of Seven".
