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Nootka
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Emily Carr
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- Source of title proper: Title of sketchbook is written in Carr's hand on upper front right cover.
- Parallel titles and other title information: The commercial name of this sketchbook is Blank Ontario Drawing Book No. 1. Published by W.J. Gage and Co. Ltd. Toronto. The book is numbered as 3 (set in a circle, upper left cover) in her series of extant sketchbooks.
- Statements of responsibility: The sketches in this book are all by Carr's hand.
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1929 and 1930 (Creation)
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1 sketchbook originally containing 44 sketches on pages within; 15.0 cm x 23.1 cm.
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Custodial history
Received by bequest from Carr to her literary executor and friend, Ira Dilworth. This sketchbook along with other sketchbooks, drawings, watercolours, textual materials and books was housed in Carr's old steamer trunk.
When Dilworth died he bequeathed this material to his two adopted daughters (and nieces), Phylis Inglis and Edna Parnall who divided the material between themselves.
This sketchbook is among the materials that came via descent from Carr to Phylis Inglis.
The Inglis collection consists of Emily Carr art and papers purchased from Phylis Dilworth Inglis by the National Museums of Canada in 1976 and presented to the Provincial Archives of British Columbia in 1985.
Scope and content
One sketchbook with 43 drawings by Emily Carr. The drawings appear to have been created on her 1929 trip up the west coast of Vancouver Island to Nootka Sound and another in 1930 to Quatsino Sound. They include sketches of landscapes, settlements, beaches, and stylized interpretations of forests and trees, along with a handful of copies she made of First Nations designs on the Captain Jack pole at Yuquot. Several pages have notations about colour, geographical locations or descriptions of scenery.
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This sketchbook was deacidified and disassembled in the 1980s because its physical condition was precarious. Each sheet of paper is encapsulated to prevent further damage. Because it is so friable, handling is restricted. Permission to view is required and staff must be the handlers.
Immediate source of acquisition
Received from the National Museums of Canada, 1985.
Arrangement
This item was originally bound as sketchbook PDP05679 which includes PDP05680 to PDP05721 and PDP05982 and PDP06006. It includes images of Clo-ose; Ucluelet; Nootka Sound; Nootka wharves, settlement and cannery; Yuquot (Friendly Cove); Quatsino; Koskimo and other as yet unidentified locales along with Carr's attempts to capture First Nations design motifs. The recto contains Carr's handwriting referencing visits to First Nations villages.
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MS-2181 comprises the textual and published material from 85-158, the accession number of the transfer from the National Museums of Canada. Visual Records accession 198607-001 delineates artworks and photographs transferred from MS-2181.
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Archives code(s): PDP05679.
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Accession number(s): 198607-001
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- Carr, Emily (Subject)
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