Almost all of the artworks are by Joe Rosenthal. On drawing [art accession no. R3249-434R] is however a carticatured portrait of Rosenthal by Koneg (?). Some of his better-known achievements are represented in the 1999 accession. They include 1965 drawings and paintings of the old Toronto Kensington Market, some of which were used to illustrate Adele Wiseman's book "Old Markets, New World" (1965). A Canada Council grant enabled the artist to travel across Canada in 1969 and produce sketches in native communities in Big Trout, Ontario, Ahousat and Williams Lake, British Columbia, Gleichen and Calgary, Alberta, Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Cardston and Chief Smallboy, Alberta, and Thunderchild, Saskatchewan. In 1971 some of the sketches were reproduced in Joe Rosenthal's book "Indians, a Sketching Odyssey", and some were also the focus of a show. In 1971 the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education produced a portfolio of 50 of the drawings entitled "As the Artist Sees It". The Wellings Mint negotiated the use of the medallions designed after the sketches, although they were never published. Photographs, and textual records in the accession relate to his trip to native communities. The draft ypescript for his book documents the development of the text. There are letters both incoming and carbons of outgoing relating to arrangements made to visit native communities. Letters from other visitors to the communities are part of the accession, such as one from Father Bernard Brown at Our Lady of the Snows Mission at Colville Lake, Nortwest Territories. Other letters relate to two separate sketching trips, one to France and Italy in 1965 and one to Quebec in 1967. These letters contain amusing anecdotes and insights into the artist's personality and political views. Father Bernanrd Brown at Our Lady of the Snows Mission at Colville Lake, Northwest Territories. Other letters relate to two separate sketching trips., A second accession includes 19 watercolours, 1 of Tabor's Hill Scarborough, Indian Burial Ceremony and the other the Toronto railway yards and harbour scenes. The bulk of the accession documents a 1972 sketching trip taken through Quebec, with views of Quebec City, Anse-a-Beaufils, l'Isle d'Orleans, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, and Percé., A third accession adds 40 drawings produced in 1975, depicting the popular annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) Festival. The drawings bring to life the music, dance, food and costumes of Jamaica, Guyana, the Bahamas, Brazil and other participating cultures. The theme of the 1975 festival was "A Compendium of Games."
