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Promotional and sponsorship materials for the Olympus exhibition and for Gallery Ball.

Materials describe here date to between 1961 and 1978 but primarily date from 1974 to 1978 when George Swinton acted as a consultant to the ICI. Documents primarily consist of correspondence between Swinton and officers of the ICI, especially the Executive Directors. Swinton was also copied on correspondence between the officers of ICI and others, such as the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) and funding agencies. Also described here are ICI administrative documents, minutes of meetings of the Board of ICI between 1974 and 1978 and materials pertaining to ICI programming.

Materials described here date from 1958 to 1982 and consist of correspondence between George Swinton and the Canadian federal government department responsible for northern affairs as well as other material (including reports, planning documents, research papers, and press releases) pertaining to the operations of the department in supporting the production and marketing of Inuit art.

Materials described here date from 1963 to 1982 and consist of correspondence as well as research and study materials collected by George Swinton on the topics of Inuit art and culture, especially pertaining to the pre-contact/pre-historic periods. Also described here are items pertaining to an “Urgent Ethnology Program” proposal to document vanishing cultural practises and the “Thule Archaeological Conservation Project” as well as the expected impact of a US embargo on whalebone carvings and materials pertaining to the development of policies on archaeological sites by the government of the North West Territories.

Materials described here consist of items pertaining to seminars and conferences dealing with Inuit art and cross-cultural studies, some of which were organized by the Inuit Cultural Institute (ICI). Items include planning materials and notes made by George Swinton and pertaining to Conferences Swinton helped organize as well as copies of papers and articles by others. Topics are wide-ranging and include materials that pertain to items described elsewhere.

Materials described here consist of reference and research materials as well as correspondence acquired by George Swinton and pertaining to major collections of Inuit art held by museums and galleries as well as in private and corporate collections. Items also include correspondence pertaining to the planning of exhibitions for which Swinton acted as curator or for which he acted as a consultant. Also found here are items of personal correspondence which might have been more appropriately described as part of the series ‘Correspondence with Individuals’ or ‘Organisations’, and correspondence pertaining to the collection of research images. Materials described here also include correspondence between George Swinton and the National Gallery Extension Services in his capacity as Director of Exhibitions for Gallery 1.1.1 at the University of Manitoba.

Materials described here consist of files pertaining to special projects pertaining to Inuit traditions and culture, including the “Inuit Traditions” oral history project as well as other projects dealing with music, games and ceramics.