Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [19--], 1933-1973 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
ca. 7 m of textual records.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dora Geneva Lent, Canadian artist and author, was born in Elmvale, Ontario, in 1904. Died October 1983. Biographical information available in A dictionary of Canadian artists, v. 3, pt. 1, p. 811.
Repository
Archival history
Acquired in 1977. Accession 736/01.3 transferred from the National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, in 2003. MsC 370 donated by Louisa G. Ford in 2012.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, research material, preliminary work, manuscripts and galleys of published and unpublished work, book and exhibition reviews, photographs and slides of D.G. Lent's paintings, books and pamphlets. MsC 370 consists of booklet 30 designs from an 1847 sampler, narrated and prepared by D. Geneva Lent (Connecticut River Valley Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America). Filed in Box 9, Acc 736/03.1.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note
Includes 115 photographs and 30 slides.