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Collection Summary
Roy F. Fleming fonds:
Finding Aid
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| Title: | Roy F. Fleming fonds. | |
| Dates: | - 1908-1913; 1913 predominant. | |
| Quantity: | - 3 cm of textual records. | |
Biographical Sketch
Roy Franklin Fleming (?-1958), Canadian
art educator and writer, was Art Master at the Ottawa Teacher's College
for much of his professional career. Fleming took an active interest in
the Ottawa and international art scene of his day and was the author of
numerous articles about art and art education. Fleming contributed to the
premiere edition of the Yearbook of Canadian Art (1913) and wrote
a series of articles on a number of prominent Canadian artists entitled
"Visits to the Studios of Canadian artists" for the Ottawa Journal.
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The fonds consists of newspaper and magazine
clippings on the National Gallery of Canada and its collections, various
art exhibitions, American artist and teacher Robert Henri (1865-1929),
as well as an annotated copy of Bill 187, An Act to incorporate the
National Gallery of Canada (1913). The fonds includes 2 letters by
Robert Henri written in response to Fleming's letter asking about methods
for teaching drawing. A file of materials relating to Fleming's activities
as a teacher and a writer includes: notes on and reproductions of paintings
in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, a typed manuscript
entitled The National Gallery of Canada and its possible relation to
Education in our Schools, lists of artists and paintings, a student's
essay, and notes for essays. The fonds further consists of typescripts
on the following artists from Fleming's "Visits to the Studios of Canadian
Artists" series: Charles W. Jefferys (1869-1951), Henry H. Vickers (1851-1918),
Philippe and Henri Hébert (1850-1917; 1884-1950), Paul Wickson (1860-1922),
Sir William Van Horne (1843-1915), G. Horne Russell (1861-1934), Edmond
Dyonnet (1859-1954), Robert Harris (1849-1919), Homer Watson (1855-1936),
and Hamilton MacCarthy (1847-1939). Correspondence from Jefferys (photocopy
only), Vickers, the Héberts, Wickson, and Russell are also included
here.
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated to the National Gallery of Canada by Bruce H. Fleming, son of Roy F. Fleming, 1973.
Finding aids: Box list available.
Associated material: A copy of the Yearbook of Canadian Art, 1913, containing Roy Fleming's article, is held in the National Gallery of Canada Research Library and Archives.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], Roy F. Fleming fonds,
Library and Archives, National Gallery of Canada.
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Contact Information
Cyndie Campbell
Head, Archives, Documentation and Visual
Resources
Library and Archives
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
P.O. Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9N4
T 613-990-0597
F 613-990-9818
ccampbel@gallery.ca
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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