Lister Sinclair fonds [textual record, graphic material]
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Lister Sinclair fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Niveau hiérarchique :FondsContexte de cette notice :Fonds comprend :30 description(s) de niveau inférieurVoir description(s) de niveau inférieur -
Instrument de recherche Textual records (Électronique) The finding aid provides a file list of volumes 1-14 and 20-32. MSS1096 (90: Ouvert)
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Notice descriptive Lister Sinclair fonds [textual record, graphic material]
Date :1922-1986.Référence :R4545-0-5-E, MG31-D44Genre de documents :Documents textuels, Documents photographiquesTrouvé dans :Archives / Collections et fondsNo d'identification :98372Date(s) :1922-1986.Lieu de création :OntarioÉtendue :5.605 m of textual records.
303 photographs b&w and col.Langue du document :anglaisPortée et contenu :Fonds consists largely of items relating to Lister Sinclair's professional career. It has been arranged in the following series: Radio Scripts; Television Scripts; Film Scripts; Stage Plays; Novel and Poetry Manuscripts; Articles, Essays and Lectures; Miscellaneous Manuscripts; Subject Files; Correspondence; Personal Material; Financial Records; Clippings; and Scrapbooks. Accruals subsequent to the first donation have been arranged in series parallelling these series, and bear the designation "Additional". Among the papers are papers of Lister Sinclair's first wife, Alice Mather Sinclair.
Fonds also consists of numerous portraits of Lister Sinclair and other individuals such as Sydney Newman, and Graham and Irene Spry.Provenance :Nom(s) additionnel(s) :Biographie/Histoire administrative :Sinclair, Lister, 1921-2006 : Lister Sinclair, playwright and radio producer, was born in Bombay, the son of a Scottish chemical engineer, and received his early schooling in England. He came to Canada at 18 and enrolled at the University of British Columbia, where he was active in amateur theatre. He graduated with a B.A. in maths and physics in 1942 and continued his studies at the University of Toronto, graduating with an M.A. in 1944.
Lister Sinclair began his long career with the C.B.C. in 1944 as an actor and writer for radio. He worked with Andrew Allan on the famous "Stage" series, writing some fifty of the scripts. He wrote and co-hosted the science series "Science Review" and wrote a series on anthropology, "The Ways of Mankind", broadcast in both Canada and the U.S., as well as many other scripts. He won several Ohio Radio Awards for his work in radio.
Lister Sinclair also wrote for the stage and two of his plays, Socrates and The Blood is Strong, were published in the early 1950's. During the same period he contributed a regular column on music to Saturday Night.
Lister Sinclair became involved in C.B.C. television in the mid-1950's and wrote both documentaries and drama. Among his credits were many of the programmes in the series "The Nature of Things", as well as the acclaimed radio series "A is for Aardvark". He was an executive producer with the C.B.C. from 1967 to 1972, when he became executive vice-president (until 1975).
Lister Sinclair was a prominent figure in the founding of ACTRA and was chairman of CIRCOM (Coopérative Internationale de Recherche et d'Action en Matière de Communications). He was president of the Canadian Conference of the Arts 1980-1984. He has lectured across Canada and was involved with the organization of York University's Fine Arts Department in the 1970's. He has received several honorary degrees, the John Drainie Award (1971) and the Order of Canada (1985).
Lister Sinclair died in Toronto in 2006.Information additionnelle :Note générale :Most of the papers were received in 1976, 1985 and 1988 from Lister Sinclair of Toronto, Ontario. The clippings and scrapbooks in volumes 18-19 were received in 1987 from his second wife, Maggie Watchman Sinclair of Toronto, Ontario. The material in volumes 28-32 was received in 1994 from Maggie Watchman Sinclair, who had earlier received it from Alice Mather Sinclair, Lister Sinclair's first wife, and partly comprises Alice Mather Sinclair's papers. The photographs were received from Lister Sinclair.Vedette-matière :- National Film Board of Canada
- University of Toronto
- Dominion Drama Festival
- Authors, Canadian, 1922-1986 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1944-1986
- Radio plays - Canada, 1944-1962 "Stage", 1944-1962
- Television plays - Canada, 1952-1985 "Science Review", 1944-1962
- Documentary television programs, 1952-1985 Socrates, 1952-1957
- Television authorship, 1955-1985 The Blood is Strong, 1955-1985
- Film - Canada Saturday Night, 1953-1982
- Television writers The View from Here is Yes, 1944-1962
- Television Scripts The Summit and the Tide, 1944-1962
- Television plays, Canadian Democracy in America, 1944-1962
- Literature publishing - Canada George E. Probst, 1944-1962
- Theatre scripts Play on Words, 1944-1962
- Theatre - Canada The New Canada, 1944-1962
- Radio plays, Canadian The July Group, 1955-1984
- Radio scripts Choice of Enemies, 1955-1984
- Literature - Periodicals Canadian Conference of the Arts, 1980-1984
- York University. Faculty of Fine Arts, [ca.1970-1979]
- Harry E. Foster Agencies, 1944-1962
- McLaren Advertising Co. Ltd., 1944-1962
- Heritage Theatre, 1955-1985
- The Canadians,1955-1984
- People, 1955-1984
- Hilda Morgan, 1955-1984
- "Dimensions in Science", 1955-1984
- "The Music of Man", 1955-1984
- Jupiter Theatre, 1952-1957
- Book Society of Toronto, 1952-1957
- Much Ado About Nothing, 1952-1957
- One John Smith, 1949, 1952-1957
- "Mediamasters", 1953-1982
- "The Vintage Years", 1953-1982
- The Art of Norval Morrisseau, 1953-1982
- Play on Words and Other Radio Plays, 1952-1969
- The Canadian Friends, 1952
- Association of Canadian Radio and Television Artists, 1948-1951
- McMaster University. McMaster Dramatic Society - Earle Grey Players, 1948
- University of British Columbia Players Productions, 1939
- "Pearl Castings", [ca.1940-1949]
- University of British Columbia (Vancouver, B.C.), 1939-1942
- Reading (literary magazine)
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