Series consists of photographic material relating to events, activities, places and individuals associated with the life and career of Carl Schaefer as artist, teacher and official artist with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Included are photographs of Carl, Lillian, Mark and Paul Schaefer, as well as of prominent Canadian artists who were colleagues and friends of Carl Schaefer such as André Bieler, Charles Comfort, Caven Atkins, David Blackwood, Pat Cowle-Brown, Elizabeth Holbrook, L.A.C. Panton, George Pepper, William Roberts, Lillian Schaefer, Mark Schaefer, Paul Schaefer, Goldie Spieler, Herman Voaden, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Will Ogilvie, Ken Bell, A.Y. Jackson, Charles Goldhamer, Eric Aldwinkle, Albert Cloutier, Aba Bayefsky; photographs of the Carl Schaefer Retrospective Exhibition, the Canadian War Art Exhibition and "Operation Stag IV" Associates Ltd./Jim Griffin, Carl Schaefer teaching at the Schneider School of Fine Art in Actinolite, at the opening of exibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario and at the Market Gallery in Toronto, Ontario; photographs of oil paintings, watercolours and drawings by Carl Schaefer, each of which is annotated with a complete history of the work depicted [the creation of the work, its subsequent ownership, and exhibitions in which the work has appeared]; activities of F/L Carl F. Schaefer as an official war artist (1943-1945) with units of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the United Kingdom and Iceland during the Second World war. The following units are documented: Nos. 400 and 430 Squadrons, R.C.A.F., Dunsfold, England; Nos. 408 and 426 Squadrons, R.C.A.F., Linton-on-Ouse, England; Nos. 419 and 428 Squadrons, R.C.A.F., Middleton St. George, England; Nos. 422 and 423 Squadrons, R.C.A.F., Castle Archdale, Northern Ireland; No. 162 Squadron, R.C.A.F., Reykjavik, Iceland. Photos by unknown photographers and photographers such as the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force photographers; Walter Abell; Art Gallery of Ontario; Bill Beatty; Ken Bell; Lloyd Bloom; Brigden's Ltd.; Barbara B. Browne; Canadian Army; H. Spencer Clark; Charles Comfort; Douglas Duncan; Edmonton Art Gallery/Eleanor Lazare; Ray Erickson Photography; John Evans Photography Ltd.; George Fredric Photography; The Globe and Mail; Michael Greenwood; IMc Photographic Services Ltd.; Art Associates Ltd./Jim Griffin; and The Harvey Studios Ltd.
