George Agnew Reid fonds
Reid, G.A. (George Agnew), 1860-1947
Fonds consists of two scrapbooks containing material created and collected throughout George Reid’s life and were compiled by him in the late 1930’s. Volume I, 500 pages, contains photographs and notes on the Reid family; drawings, sketches, etc., as well as press clippings and exhibition catalogues relating to works of art by Reid and his first wife, Mary Hiester Reid. The 131 pages of Volume II are devoted to designs for buildings and their interior fittings, including summer homes and a church at Onteora, New York, houses in Wychwood Park (Toronto) including the Reid house, and Ontario College of Art designs. Materials include drawings in pencil, pastel and ink, watercolour sketches, small oil paintings, blueprints, photographs, postcards, letters, texts of speeches, letters, awards and material clipped from magazines and newspapers.
[188-]-1947
2.6 m of textual records and graphic material (2 scrapbooks)
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Art Gallery of Ontario
Access to the original scrapbooks is denied to all users, due to their extreme fragility. A microfilmed copy was created in 1980 and is available from the Information Desk at the Library & Archives. Patrons are advised that photographs exists of some material, available through AGO Photographic Resources.