This fonds consists of colour slides of documentary images from George Mully's (1926-1999) private holdings for both personal and professional use spans the later career years of this Ottawa filmmaker. Subjects include images of the National Storytellers, Canada's Treasury Board, and acid rain (in relation to his 1981 film "Acid From Heaven" produced for the National Film Board of Canada); views of Canada's Inuit and First Nations as well as Diné (Naabeehó, Navajo) and Inde (Apache) peoples living in the United States of America; record of international development of Asia, Latin America and, especially, Africa, including subjects related to public health, welfare, education, transportation and clean water supply. Other subjects include animals, science and miscellaneous stock images relevant to Mully's career. Some of the material is dated and covers time period from c.1978 to 1988. Some slides are identified as taken by the following photographers working for a number of international aid organizations including the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). They are: G. Mully, E. Tolmi, B. Hulls, D. Barbour, C. McNeil, B. Paton, D. Curran, A. Peacock, D. Mehta, J. White, P. Baeza, P. Chiasson, R. Hughes, K. Dombi, R. Carlisle, J. Williamson, P. Morrow, J. Durant, T. Stepehens, G. Chapman, V. Jensen, B. Cox, K. Mills, R. West, J. Flanders, C. Saggero, W. Wyett, and Kashmire Photo. Various corners of the world are depicted throughout this visual material including Africa, Asia and all of Americas. Destinations in Africa include locations and sites in/around Mombasa, Nairobi, Nakuru and Kisumu in Kenya, Cape Town in South Africa, Lesotho, Egypt, Sudan, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Chad and Zimbabwe among others. Countries and regions covered in Asia include India, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and, to greater extent, Philippines that provides visual record of people in/around Manila, Boracay, Baguio, Tagudin, Pudoc, Libtong and San Emilio. Central and South American regions are described by countries of Colombia, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, Jamaica, Haiiti, Nicaragua and Chile among others. The images of Inuit and First Nations people in Canada in this collection cover various geographical areas and subjects including education, business and growth opportunities; religion and traditional/contemporary lifestyle (hunting, fishing, craft making, canoe and kayak building); human rights issues; air transportation and reserves. Also included in the fonds is one b&w photograph of the R.C.M.P. "A" Division hockey team, PA-112244.
Mully, George, 1926-1999 : George Mully (1926-1999) was an American playwright whose initial scientific predilections were superceded by an interest in the theatre. In the early 1940s, Mully earned a scholarship to the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts, but was drafted by the U.S. Navy's Seabees and shipped to Guam. After his discharge from the Navy, Mully returned to the theatre, spending a year in Europe, and then returned to the United States to work as a puppeteer, stage manager, director, stage hand and lighting-designer for off-Broadway and 'on the road' productions. During another trip to Europe he met his future wife, Ann, a British citizen. Travelling between Europe and the United States, Mully worked directing operas, and taught opera production at Yale University's Summer School of Music and Art, where Ann eventually joined him and they married. Settling in Ann's home country of England, Mully continued to work on writing and directing plays. British theatre was not sympathetic to foreigners, and so Mully started an educational audio-visual company. Immigrating to Canada in 1976, he continued to preside over a small video production studio, writing, producing and directing programs relating to subjects and issues that interested him. His concentration was on international development and the Third World, the environment, social concerns, history, aboriginal peoples , music and the arts. The Mullys' interest in international development inspired them to sponsor the secondary and university education of a young Kenyan, Mark Nyangor (died 2002 of AIDS related illness). Nyangor, educated and empowered, spawned the charity 'Howard' leading to the 'Activation Trust', a charity whose mandate is to build schools in Kenya and to provide bursaries to AIDS orphans.
