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Item consists of one audio recording in which Max Maynard gives his recollections of his association with Emily Carr, especially in the period 1930-1938 when he and Jack Shadbolt were young painters and friends of Carr. Recordings on tracks 1 and 2.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: "Hundreds and Thousands";, a reading from Emily Carr's journals. [T4303:0044] Part 2: Painter Jack Shadboldt is interviewed at his home on Hornby Island. [T4303:0092];

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-11-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Max Stern's first contact with Emily Carr, 1944. Description of Carr's workshop. Arrangements for the Montreal exhibition of Carr's paintings at the Dominion Gallery, Montreal, 1944. The choice of paintings for the exhibition. Stern's own background in art history. Description of the Carr exhibition. Sales from the show. Stern's description of Carr. Their friendship. Stern acted as sales agent for the Carr estate after Carr's death in 1945. The role of Ira Dilworth. Value of Carr's paintings in 1944. Stern's assessment of Carr's place in Canadian and world art history. Comments on the Carr Arts Centre, Victoria. Carr's character. Carr compared to other artists. TRACK 2: Discussion of Carr's painting of Juan de Fuca Strait. Carr's education and training. Influences on Carr, especially in the period 1911-1914. (End of interview)

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Ann Thomas titled "The role of photography in Canadian painting 1860-1900: relationships between the photographic image and a style of realism in painting." 1976. viii, 106 leaves: illus. Thesis (M.F.A.), Concordia University, 1976. Bibliography: leaves 100-106. Canadian theses on microfiche, 33171.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1976?] SUMMARY: [No content summary available.];

Item consists of an audio recording in which Myfanwy Pavelic recalls her relationship with the famous painter and author Emily Carr.

Item consists of an audio recording of Frederick J. Brand giving his recollections of the painter Emily Carr, especially in the period 1929-1936, as well as some comments about his friend Max Maynard.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1975] SUMMARY: Four eight-minute documentaries about four Okanagan Valley artists -- Norman Cryderman of Penticton, Percie Ritchie and Betty Warnock of Naramata, and Irvine Adams of Summerland.;

PERIOD COVERED: ;1935;-;1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: Phylis (Dilworth) Inglis reminisces about her strained relationship with the famous painter and author Emily Carr. She also comments on the relations between her uncle Ira Dilworth and Carr.

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-30 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Vivien E. Cowan of Williams Lake, who discusses her art studies, starting the Cariboo Art Society in 1945, painter A.Y. Jackson, and other topics.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1974-12-15?] SUMMARY: An interview with Toronto artist and experimental filmmaker Michael Snow.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ronald Tomkins : art in Vancouver RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-05-03 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for tape T0221:0001.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Doris Shadbolt and the Vancouver Art Gallery PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1973 RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1973-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Doris Shadbolt was born in 1918 in Ontario and discusses growing up in Preston; studying Fine Art at the University of Toronto; working at the Toronto Art Gallery; her own artistic talents; marriage and work at Vancouver Art School and the Vancouver Art Gallery; the role of the Vancouver Art Gallery; art and the artist in contemporary society. TRACK 2: Further discussion of art and the artist in contemporary society; her work at the Vancouver Art Gallery and other activities. Views on women's lib and changes in society.

RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-05-28 SUMMARY: In an interview with Virgil Hammock (Associate Professor in the School of Art, University of Manitoba), Vancouver painter Jack Shadbolt discusses his development as an artist.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "The Far Out West: Baxter, Lewis etc.", features conversations with three young Vancouver artists attempting to redefine; the word "art". Ingrid and Ian Baxter are co-presidents of the N.E. Thing Company; Dennis Vance is a sculptor in sound. They talk with Hilda Mortimer about some of the ways they (and we) might resha;pe the shapes of things to come.;

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Clutesi and his sister Annie Hayes discuss the procedure of the potlatch; the function of potlatches; Indian society; the potlatch and the Indian philosophy of giving; a description of a visitor's arrival; greetings; and gifts. TRACK 2: The discussion about the potlatch continues. Longhouse decorations; lighting; songs and dances; the welcoming song; special songs and dances; the Sea Serpent Dance; costumes; the War Dance; victory and celebration songs; farewell dance and song; the potlatch and Indian society.

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: George Clutesi and Annie Hayes discuss the impact of the church and mission schools on Indian society, and the suppression of native culture. They speak of their own father and his role in the preservation of traditions, and the teaching of Indian culture and religion. They also discuss the "secret potlatch" of 1925. and Mr. Clutesi's presentation to the Massey Commission in 1949. TRACK 2: Mr. Clutesi recalls the early meetings held to revive native music and culture at Alberni; the teachings of Tutimias "Gus"; the establishment of the dancing and singing group, Somass Native Echoes; performances for Princess Elizabeth in 1951; folk festivals; performances; costumes; gathering cedar bark for costumes; and the BC Centennial celebrations in 1958.

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0003 track 1 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Clutesi discusses the future of his dance group, Somass Native Echoes, and the need for ethnic pride. [ca. 10 minutes]. CALL NUMBER: T0848:0003 track 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Mr. Clutesi recalls the loneliness and fear in his early days at the Alberni residential school; his school experiences; and his changing attitudes toward his home and his native culture. He; mentions his increased appreciation of the native culture, and their philosophy of giving; the improvements made in native education and the establishment of their own school system; and the emphasis; on culture.

CALL NUMBER: T0848:0004 track 1 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Clutesi tells the traditional story of Master Deer's encounter with the Wolf People. CALL NUMBER: T0848:0004 track 2 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Mr. Clutesi recalls how Anthony Walsh inspired him to continue his career as an artist and to exhibit his paintings. Mr. Clutesi recalls his acquaintance with Ira Dilworth, Lawren Harris an;d Emily Carr. He describes his meetings with Emily Carr, and her influences. He discusses the Indian artist's approach to his work.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode features two items inspired by Emily Carr. Part 1: Recollections by three women who knew Carr -- Kate Mather, Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, and Flora Hamilton Burns. Part 2: A performance of Jean Coulthard's composition "The Pines of Emily Carr" for narrator (mezzo soprano) and small chamber ensemble.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode begins with a discussion of the art scene in B.C. during the 1960s. David Watmough interviews five working artists who di;scuss their background, and the inspiration for and influences on their art. The artists include: Gordon Smith, Takao Tanabe, John Corner, Peter Paul Oakes and Jack Darcus. The program continues with ;interviews with three Austrian women of the B.C. musical world: Miss Rita Guough [sp?], Mrs. Marie Scheilder [sp?], and Dr. Ida Halpern.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode begins with a discussion of the art scene in B.C. during the 1960s. David Watmough interviews five working artists who di;scuss their background, and the inspiration for and influences on their art. The artists include: Gordon Smith, Takao Tanabe, John Corner, Peter Paul Oakes and Jack Darcus. The program continues with ;interviews with three Austrian women of the B.C. musical world: Miss Rita Guough [sp?], Mrs. Marie Scheilder [sp?], and Dr. Ida Halpern.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-02-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Guy Collings discusses his father, artist Charles John Collings, who came to Canada from England in 1910 to paint; their background in England; more on the life of his father; advertising in England to come to Canada; details on his father's paintings and painting supplies; what Sicamous was like when he arrived; details on the Seymour Arm; going back to England in 1920 with the intention of staying until his brother contracted rheumatic fever and they had to come back; the fruit season and canning small fruits; and people who lived in the area. TRACK 2: Mr. Collings continues ;by discussing the quietness of life in the area; how their parents liked living in the area; land cleared in the area; irrigation and planting fruit trees.

CALL NUMBER: T1286:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Burns talks about Emily Carr's early years in James Bay; the Richard Carr family and house; recollections of the Carr family; Emily's art education; Emily's first contacts with the Indi;ans in 1898; her studies in France; her trips to northern BC and the exhibition in Victoria where no recognition was given to her work. TRACK 2: Miss Burns continues with her discussion about Emily ;Carr; her art; her financial problems and frustrations; Marius Barbeau's interest in her art; recognition from eastern Canada in the 1920's; trips east and further visits to the Indians on the coast; ;her pottery; hooked rugs; dog breeding; pets; her first writings; her holidays; her friendship with Miss Burns; her personality; appearance and attitudes; artistic isolation; and her love of the west.

CALL NUMBER: T1286:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Burns discusses Emily Carr's religious beliefs; her attitudes towards the Indians' religious beliefs and philosophy of nature; her painting and sketching of the BC landscape; Eric Newton's opinion of her; her later work and ill health. TRACK 2: Miss Burns describes the arrival of her grandfather, William John Macdonald, in Victoria in 1851 to work for the Hudson's Bay Company; her; grandmother, Catherine Reid; her grandfather's work; his role as gold commissioner, collector of customs, and post master; his importing and exporting business; the family's trip to Scotland; W.J. Macdonald's political career; his position as Senator from Vancouver Island in 1872; his appearance; her grandmother's family; "Armadale", the family estate in James Bay, and the subdivision of the property.

CALL NUMBER: T1286:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Burns talks about Senator Macdonald's trips to England; his homes in Victoria; social life at "Armadale"; garden parties; entertaining the navy; and the Burns family. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-04 SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.]

CALL NUMBER: T1323:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Clay discusses her impressions of Emily Carr; incidents; visits to Emily by Jack Humphrey and George Clutesi; Victoria's attitude to Emily; reaction to Emily's writings; the Carr family; Emily's house and her painting, "Vanquished", displayed at the International Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. TRACK 2: Miss Clay continues with her discussion about Emily Car;r's religious beliefs; recollections of James Bay; Agnes Deans Cameron; Englishness of Victoria; Victoria in 1962; and an anecdote about Emily Carr.

CALL NUMBER: T1323:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Clay talks about the Victoria Public Library and its history; Helen Gordon Stewart; the children's section of the library and interesting visitors. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1961-02?] SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.]

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0001 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Canada's own identity regarding its art. First reactions on coming to Canada, 1913. Move from Winnipeg to Calgary, and teaching at the Banff School of Fine Art. Move to Victoria, 1960. National Gallery first purchased Phillips' watercolours in 1913. Works at Royal Archives. First exhibited by the Royal Academy in 1912. Ideas on etching. His writing career -- "experimental" writings on woodcut technique, illustrations, etc. Newpaper art columnists for 17 years in Winnipeg. TRACK 2: Before coming to Canada: first job at 20 pounds per year. Painting in England; travels to South Africa;, and teaching there. South African influence on his Canadian paintings. Memories of Africa. Return to England -- teaching again, maturing in his painting. Painting of Cornwall. Move to Canada and differences is painting styles, 1914-1924. Painting at Lake of the Woods. Landscape. Similarities to Group of Seven work. Returned to England, 1925, and perfected his colour woodcut techniques. Work with Y. Shibera [?]. Explains colour woodcut technique.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0002 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continues explanation of colour woodcut technique. Japanese influence in his work. "The Technique of the Colour Woodcut" -- first publication. Feelings on large-scale woodcuts. Use of Japanes;e paper in woodcut printing. Teaching experiences: 20 years at Banff School of Fine Arts. TRACK 2: Robert Guard (now director of the Wisconsin Theatre) a former student of Phillips. Excerpts from his; writing about experiences at Banff School, fellow artists, their works, and their influence on Phillips. Eric Bergman, A.J. Musgrove, Mrs. H. Cottingham, Cyril Barrard, H.B. Fanshaw, Fritz, Brantner, L.L. Fitzgerald, etc. Jack Shafflin, Percy Edwards, Cyril Ashmore -- "Brigden's Boys".

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0003 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Brigden Ltd.: history in Winnipeg, commercial engraving house. Son John Phillips' artistic background with Brigden Ltd. Bill Cunningham and other Brigden Boys. Difficulty of making a living ;as an artist in the early days. Painting the Prairies, 1919-1925: favourite spots, familiar landscapes, grain elevators in Port Arthur. Prairie light. Painting in the Maritimes: differences from the Prairies -- weather, climate, etc. Illustrating the book "Dreams of Fort Garry" by Robert Watson. 1929 visit to northeastern Vancouver Island. Paintings and engraving of the Indian population there. T;RACK 2: Comments on Indian art and preservation of Indian culture. Painting on and about Alert Bay. Lamoine Fitzgerald -- his work and style. Fred Varley, Frank Johnson, A.Y. Jackson.;

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0004 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Friendship with A.Y. Jackson; his oil painting and association with Brigden's Ltd. Fred Brigden's death. Brigden's painting of Ontario landscape. Visit to Alert Bay and Vancouver Island. Description of the village where he stayed on Cormorant Island. Specific paintings done while there. Characters of the township, subjects for painting, etc. TRACK 2: Emily Carr: thoughts on her painting ;at the time; her difficulty in gaining public acceptance. Phillips' invitation to Carr to show at the Winnipeg Gallery. Phillips' personal thoughts on Carr's work. Other Western painters: W.P. Weston,; J. Macdonald, Varley, Broadbent, Fanshw, etc. Depression years. Jock Macdonald's struggles, and his early years at the Banff School. Lawren Harris -- his early work.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0005 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lawren Harris: his experimental works and small painting. Thomas Fripp's approach to art in Vancouver, 1920-1930s. His academic training in England and at the Royal Academy. Portrait painter ;Richard Jack, also a member of the Royal Academy. Their meeting at Castle Mountain in the Rockies. Frederick Niven, Duncan Campbell Scott, and other writers, alos at Castle Mountain. John Murray Gibbons. The CPR's collection of Phillips' work, primarily watercolours. His acquiantance with Niven. Phillips' teaching experiences in South Africa. Meeting his wife, Gladys, a former student of Phillips ;in Salisbury. The Phillips' move to Canada. TRACK 2: Richard Jack and Frederick Niven. Phillips illustrates Niven's book "Colour in the Canadian Rockies". Niven's background as a writer, and comments; on some of the paintings for the book. Camping at Lake O'Hara with other painters. Tom McLean -- his acquaintance with Tom Thomson and influence on Thomson's work. Phillips' trend towards the Rockies; in the 1930s. ___, the American who painted the Canadian Rockies but was never admitted to the Royal Canadian Academy. Lawren Harris and Jock Macdonald.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0006 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Phillips' neighbours and acquaintances in Winnipeg. A commission given to Phillips by the Kansas City Woodcutters Society for an original woodcut of Upper Lake Louise, Vista Lake. A discussion of the watercolour medium, his working approach, etc. Clour combinations, make-up of his watercolours, and sources of his dyes, adhesives, etc. Papers. His process of painting: initial sketch, colour sketch in studio, and progress to finished work. Journeys north for the Hudson's Bay Company's commissions by A.Y. Jackson and others. Jackson's studio. George and Kathleen Pepper -- their work. TR;ACK 2: What Phillips looks for in a landscape -- elements, colour, shape, etc. Examples. Peggy's Cove. Adjustments he makes. Approximate time to complete a painting: 10-12 hours. Personal satisfaction from the technique. Painting on impulse. Mixing colours -- making grey. Turner's "washbucket" method.

CALL NUMBER: T3797:0007 - 0009 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1961-11 SUMMARY: [No content summaries are available for these three tapes.]

SUMMARY: "CBC Wednesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera, drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. It ran from the early 1950s to October 27, 1963; in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. This episode is a documentary portrait of Emily Carr -- painter of the British Columbia forest, writer, eccentric -- and by some called a genius. Includes excerpt;s from interviews with Flora Hamilton Burns, Margaret Clay, Ira Dilworth, Laura Jamieson, Kate Mather, Edith Rive, ethnographer Marius Barbeau, art dealer Max Stern, and painters Arthur Lismer, A.Y. J;ackson and Lawren Harris.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Wednesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera, drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. It ran from the early 1950s to October 27, 1963; in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. This episode is a documentary portrait of Emily Carr -- painter of the British Columbia forest, writer, eccentric -- and by some called a genius. Includes excerpts from interviews with Flora Hamilton Burns, Margaret Clay, Ira Dilworth, Laura Jamieson, Kate Mather, Edith Rive, ethnographer Marius Barbeau, art dealer Max Stern, and painters Arthur Lismer, A.Y. Jackson and Lawren Harris.

CALL NUMBER: T1317:0001
PERIOD COVERED: 1924-1945
RECORDED: [location unknown], [1957-10?]
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Kate Mather describes meeting Emily Carr in 1924, and her life as a boarder in Emily Carr's House of All Sorts. She describes Emily Carr's character; her living conditions; her pets; her art; incidents with the boarders; the lack of recognition of her talent; her writing; and recognition in later life. [TRACK 2: blank.];

CALL NUMBER: T1317:0002
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This tape is an edited version of T1317:0001 (above) that may have formed part of the radio program "Living Memory: Emily Carr in Victoria" (see T3240:0001). This version lacks the interviewer's questions -- and perhaps some of Mrs. Mather's recollections as well, since it is considerably shorter, focusing on Carr's art and its eventual recognition. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: Speech by A.Y. Jackson, artist and member of the Group of Seven, introduced by Mollie Lamb, artist, about: the Group of Seven; Canadian identification with European art; A.Y. Jackson, studying art in Paris; Lawren Harris, viewing art as a mission, his optimism, as guiding spirit of the Group of Seven; lack of human identification in the art of the Group of Seven; Tom Thomson, as heroic figure, his; knowledge of the North; A.Y. Jackson, painting in the Georgian Bay area, exploring, naming lakes after critics of his art, his trip to the Arctic with Dr. Banting and Lawren Harris, painting in Quebec; Franklin Carmichael, his emphasis on art design, his lyrical painting; the National Gallery's support for the Group of Seven; American and British praise for their art, Canadian criticism of their ;art; freedom of expression in art; Group of Seven, their influence upon Canadian art. <1h 13mn> [Summary from Library and Archives Canada's on-line description]

SUMMARY: Unidentified CBC Radio program about (or featuring) Group of Seven painter Lawren Harris. May be an edited version of T1968:0001.