The accession consists of textual records, graphic material, philatelic material and sound recordings relating to the life and career of the artist Aba Bayefsky., The textual records consist of a series of chronological files and a separate series of binders and scrapbooks, both series containing correspondence, manuscripts, exhibition records and clippings, created by Aba Bayefsky's wife, Evelyn. There are also files on the Ontario College of Art, exhibition catalogues and other printed material, an account book and family correspondence., Accession consists of a series of interviews with Aba Bayefsky (1995-1996), by the interviewer C.M. Donald, a Toronto writer. The interviews deal mainly with Bayefsky's life, his travels, and career as an official war artist and visual artist. One cassette reveals the historical background of Bayefsky's wife Evelyn, interviewed by C.M. Donald., Accession consists of 101 photographs, dating from 1931-1983, from the personal collection of Aba Bayefsky. Subjects include family photographs, photographs of Bayefsky as an adolescent member of the Children's Art Centre Sixteen Year League, photographs of the artist's exhibitions in Canada and abroad, and studio portraits of Bayefsky by photographers including Tess Boudreau, Elizabeth Frey, and the Stein Photographic Studio of Toronto., The art records consist of line drawings used as illustrations in a collection of short stories for young children entitled 'Rubaboo' (W.J. Gage Ltd., 1962); and a copy of 'Bayefsky's Spectacles' (Toronto: Canadian Portfolio Editions, 1980), featuring 50 blockprints by Bayefsky based, primarily, on his own collection of eyeglasses., The accession consists of one postal cover and one souvenir sheet of four cinderella stamps dated from 1972 which was protected by an envelope annotated.
