Harry Mayerovitch fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
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Harry Mayerovitch fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:10 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
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Record information Harry Mayerovitch fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
Date:1933-1997.Reference:R864-0-1-E, MG30-D400Type of material:Textual material, Art, Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:106979Date(s):1933-1997.Place of creation:Québec (Province)Extent:193 drawings.
34 watercolours.
78 prints.
19 paintings.
1 sketchbook.
4 photographs.
30.5 cm of textual records.
1 audio cassette (ca. 10 min).Language of material:EnglishAdded language of material:English, Spanish, FrenchScope and content:Fonds consists of cartoons produced for various newspapers, preliminary sketches for posters and copies of posters issued by the Canadian Wartime Information Board relating to the Second World War, as well as some personal papers and perodicals. There are examples of cartoons produced between 1986-1988 for the Westmount Examiner in Montreal. Other material includes works produced during the artist's formative years in Paris, works produced in 1939 in Mexico, a set of works of the operations of a munitions plant in Montreal in 1942-1943, and a selection of Mayerovitch's later work.
Also included are the personal papers of Harry Mayerovitch arranged in the following 6 series: correspondence; architecture; art; cartoons, commercial work and occassional writings; associations and organizations; and miscellaneous.
Fonds also includes a sound recording of a radio interview of Mayerovitch about his career as an artist with the Wartime Information Board during the Second World War, 1994.Provenance:Additional name(s):Additional information:Source of title:Title based on contents of fonds.Custodial history:The sound recording was found during a move at the National Archives. It is possible that it was received in one of the accessions making up the Henry Mayerovitch fonds and for that reason is being included here.Arrangement note:The material in the fonds has been filed according to Mayerovitch's own filing system, using his own file titles; the series were created by the National Archives.Language note:Material mostly in English, some in Spanish and French.Associated material note:Architectural records relating to Harry Mayerovitch's career are held by the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG30-D400 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Textual records[Consultation Open]Volume [MG30 D 400] 1--2[Consultation Open]Graphic (art)[Consultation Open]Sound recordings[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Graphic material: Various restrictions. Various copyright and copyright held by Harry Mayerovitch. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
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