Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1966 - 1970 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Série
Étendue matérielle et support
40 cm of textual records and other material
Zone du contexte
Histoire archivistique
In response to demand from dealers and the public for more information about individual creators and to assist with the promotion and sale of Inuit art, a project to collect information on Inuit artists was begun by the Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. The project was taken up by the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee, which conceived the idea to produce leaflets on individual artists during 1967 and 1968. A form for the collection of information designed with input from prominent collectors Bill Larmour, Alma Houston, and George Swinton, who also provided photographs for the project. By 1968, biographical files had been established for 86 creators. Originally titled the “Eskimo Artists Biographies Project”, the undertaking would eventually grow to include six volumes of artist’s biographies with brief information such as dates of birth and death, and information on major exhibitions of works.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Materials described here consist of correspondence of the progress of the “Biographies” project; lists of names, biographical and autobiographical information and some photographs; reports on the progress of the “Biographies” project; and a copy of the Keewatin district portion of the project.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Note
For further correspondence pertaining to the “Biographies of Eskimo Artists” project see the file labelled ‘Diana Trafford’ described as part of the series ‘Correspondence with Individuals’. Other material pertaining to the “Biographies of Eskimo Artists” project is also described elsewhere in this fonds.