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Helen Kemp Frye
| BOX(s) | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 1991 | ||||
| 1991, Box 1 | ||||
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| Series: 1.2.1: Helen and Northrop Frye correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 11 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | June–September 1932 | Subjects: Interest in Bach; opinion about Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry (June 23); economic depression in Chicago (July 1); reading Don Quixote, vocation as a professor (August 1); Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, opinions about the Anglican Church and the United Church, interest in astrology (August 25); his literary tastes (September 12). |
| 1 | 2 | 14 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | May–December 1933 | Includes 1 letter from Northrop Frye to Mrs. Kemp; 2 postcards from the Chicago World’s Fair, 1933; and 1 b & w photograph of Frye at 21 years of age. Subjects: G.B. Shaw (May 28); Chicago World’s Fair (June 17, 20, 22); Medieval and Renaissance painting at the Art Institute of Chicago (July 1); Canadian politics (July 15); Canadian political parties, Liberal and CCF (September 4); family financial woes (September 11); “Parable of an agate” (September 12); involvement with the CCF party in Moncton, New Brunswick (September 22); work on Blake (December 28). |
| 1 | 3 | 15 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp Frye | April–June 1934 | Subjects: Work on Blake, relationship of music and theology to the Christian religion (April 17); opinion on Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and the Ode to Joy (April 19); interest in the relationship between music and Christian dogma (April 24); pastoral duties on the prairies (May 4, 10, 19, 25); abandons plans to enter the “active ministry” (June 6, 19); plans for a thesis on Blake (June 22). |
| 1 | 4 | 10 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | July–December 1934 | Subjects: plans for a thesis on Blake (July 23); marriage plans (August 13); reads paper on Blake at the Graduate English Club, Roy Daniells, prospects for a teaching position at Victoria College, The Golden Bough (October 19); teaching responsibilities (November 9); Wyndham Lewis, The Apes of God (December 4); marriage plans (December 12). |
| 1 | 5 | 17 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | January–May 1935 | Subjects: Work on Blake (January); describes marriage with Helen Kemp as a divine comedy (January 16); proposes Helen Kemp work on Blake as a painter (January 25); work on Blake (March 11); Roy Daniells, his life to be devoted to art and religion, message to the modern world “Read Blake or go to hell” (April 23); his knowledge of Blake, evaluation of his creative and critical abilities, The Vicar of Wakefield (May 3); editorial work on Representative Poetry, exhibition of Arthur Lismer paintings, Canadian painting, work on a novel (May 22). |
| 1 | 6 | 5 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | Summer–June–September 1935 | Subjects: Robert Burns, Scottish poetry, proposes to publish work on Blake, editorial work on Representative Poetry (Summer); work on Blake and on a novel (June 28); D.H. Lawrence (July 24); editorial work on Representative Poetry (September 11). |
| 1991, Box 2 | ||||
| Series: 1.2.1: Helen and Northrop Frye correspondence | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 12 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | August–September 1936 | Subjects: source for “The ghost” in a Thomas Mann short story (August 13); plans to sail for England from Montreal (August 17); prepares summaries of The Golden Bough, The Winter’s Tale as a fertility festival (August 20); visit to Hull House in Chicago founded by Jane Addams (August 29); reads H.G. Wells’ The Dream, and stories by Thomas Mann (September 12) en route to England; impressions of London September 15, 21); visits bookshops in Bloomsbury, books on the occult (September 24). |
| 2 | 2 | 13 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | October–December 1936 | Subjects: D.H. Lawrence, The Plumed Serpent (October 5); accommodation at Oxford, his tutors Edmund Blunden and J.N.Bryson (October 11); joins the Oxford Union, Elizabeth Fraser (October 20); Blunden’s comments on his papers, life at Merton (October 27); Elizabeth Fraser (November 3, 17, 30); Bodley Club (November 30, December 11); Blake, Blunden (December 17); Elizabeth Fraser (December 30). |
| 2 | 3 | 17 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp | January–June 1937 | Includes paper placemat for the Fryes’ wedding lunch at The Guild of All Arts, Scarborough, in August 1937. Subjects: Vacation in London with Edith and Stephen Cogs (January 11); Blunden (January 17, February 3, 9); Elizabeth Fraser (February 3, 9); reads a paper on T.S. Eliot at the Bodley Club (February 22); plans to send a general outline of the Blake project to Geoffrey Keynes, Pelham Edgar and a publisher, Elizabeth Fraser, Walter de la Mare, contemporary German painting (March 9); tour of Italian cities with Mike Joseph (March–April); financial problems (May 1, 2, June 8); Keynes to receive the Blake manuscript (May 18); sends the first part of the Blake manuscript to Faber and Faber (June 20). |
| 2 | 4 | 15 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp Frye | September–December 1938 | Includes holograph article by Frye “Canadian Art in London” for The Canadian Forum. Subjects: Pre-war anxieties, reads Richard Jefferies, The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography (September 29); war preparations in London (September 30); preparation for the Schools at Oxford, opinions about members of the examining board (October 7); lecture on Beowulf given by Tolkien, art collection of Sir Michael Sadler, reviews the exhibition of Canadian art in London for The Canadian Forum (October 21); reception of the Canadian art exhibition in the English papers (October 28); gives a paper on the devil at the Bodley Club, Blunden (November 24); in London views Picasso’s “Guernica” and preparatory studies of the painting (November 9); visit to Paris with Mike Joseph (December 11). |
| 2 | 5 | 15 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp Frye | January–May 1939 | Subjects: Searches for burial site of his brother Eratus Howard Frye at Amiens (January 5); Blunden and Bryson (February 2); Blunden, Kathleen Coburn, S.T. Coleridge (February 24); Merton Dramatic Society (March 8); rampant anxiety about the political situation (April 4); George Moore, Confessions of a Young Man (April 13); in London views an exhibition of paintings by Georges Rouault at Zwemmer’s, Elizabeth Fraser (April 17); his ambitions to be a writer (May 15). |
| 2 | 6 | 2 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp Frye | Summer, November, 1940 | Subjects: Death of Frye’s mother in Moncton, New Brunswick in November. |
| Series: 1.2.2: Frye and Kemp family correspondence | ||||
| 2 | 2 | [Includes letters between members of the Kemp and Frye families; and clippings.] | Kemp, Roy. 1 received 1933, 1963, 1964, 1969; 2 received 1974; 1 received 1975. | |
| 2 | 3 | [Includes letters between members of the Kemp family; holograph notes by Helen on painting; and clippings.] | Kemp, F. Roy. 2 received 1934, 1935. | |
| 2 | 5 | [Includes obituary notice, 1965, and summaries of two letters to Marion.] | McGreevy, Marion. 2 received n.d.; 1 received 1969, 1970, 1973; 3 received 1976; 1 received 1977. | |
| 1991, Box 3 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 38 letters from Elizabeth Fraser to Northrop Frye. Includes letters from British presses to Elizabeth Fraser. | 1936-1938 | With transcriptions by Robert D. Denham (as found in "Northrop Frye and Elizabeth Fraser: Her Letters to Him," 2015) |
| 3 | 2 | 9 letters from Arthur Lismer to Helen Frye | May, 1934–December 1939. | |
| 3 | 3 | Letters | 1931, 1933, 1934, 1934, 1934, 1935, 1935, 1935, 1935 | [Adeney], Marcus. 1 received 1931. |
| 3 | 4 | [Includes printed educational programmes from the Art Gallery of Toronto.] | 1935, 1936, 1936, 1937, 1937, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1941, 1941 | [Oughton], Jack. 1 received 1935. |
| 3 | 5 | Roger, M. 1 received 1937. Baine, Rodney. 1 received 1939. | 1937, 1939 |
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| Series: 1.2.2: Frye and Kemp family correspondence | ||||
| 3 | 6 | Letters | Kemp, Roy. 1 received 1977, 1978 | |
| 3 | 6 | Letters | Howard, E.S. [Letter to E.S.H., Northrop Frye’s grandfather, from A. Whiting], 1858. | |
| 3 | 7 | [Includes clipping about F. Roy Kemp.] | Harrison, Marion. 1 received 1937 | |
| 1991, Box 4 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Letters | 1967, 1969, 1969, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1970, 1978, 1978, 1978, 1983, 1983 | Hoggart, Mary. 1 received n.d. |
| 4 | 5 | Letters | 1976, 1977 | [Macpherson], Jay. 1 received n.d. |
| Series: 1.2.1: Helen and Northrop Frye correspondence | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 letter and 1 card from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp Frye, n.d. | [1965] | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 letters from Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | 1974 | |
| Series: 1.2.2: Frye and Kemp family correspondence | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 99 letters from Helen to her parents and 3 letters from Northrop Frye to Helen’s parents | 1946-1954 | Includes announcement of a series of public lectures entitled “Some new uses of criticism” to be given by Frye at Princeton (1954). |
| 4 | 2 | Letters | Kemp, Roy. 2 received 1946. | |
| 4 | 4 | Letters | Frye, Vera. 8 received [to parents] [1940s]. | |
| 4 | 8 | Kemp, Mrs. 2 received [1940?] Kemp, S.H.F. 1 received 1940. |
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| Series: 3.1: Biographical files | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Clippings about Northrop Frye and the Frye Family | n.d., 1929, 1939 | |
| 4 | 7 | Biographical material relating to Helen Frye: certificates. | ||
| Series: 3.2: Photographs | ||||
| 4 | 9 | Photographs (unidentified) and drawing of St. Lawrence Hall by Eric Aldwinckle | ||
| Series: 5: Various printed files | ||||
| 4 | 8 | Miscellaneous material: printed invitation and clippings about the FILLM conference in Islamabad | 1969 | |
| 1991, Box 6 | ||||
| Series: 3.1: Biographical files | ||||
| 6 /OS | 1 | Degree, Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto Victoria College | 1933 |
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| 1992 | ||||
| 1992, Box 1 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 9 | Arthur Lismer to Helen Kemp Frye | 1938, 1939, 1939, 1940, 1940, 1941, 1941, 1942, 1942, 1948 | 3 sent n.d.; 1 sent 1938; 2 sent 1938; 6 sent 1939; 8 sent 1940; 4 sent 1941; 1 sent 1942; 1 sent 1948. Includes 2 letters addressed to Lismer from a third party; 3 letters from Helen Kemp Frye to Lismer (1939, 1940); 1 letter from Lismer’s daughter Marjorie to Helen (1941); 1 letter from Lismer’s wife Esther to Helen (1942); one caricature [of Lismer?]; and 2 photographs. |
| 1 | 10 | Norah McCullough to Helen Kemp Frye | 1934, 1941, 1963, 1964 | 1 sent n.d.; 2 sent 1934; 1 sent 1941; 1 sent 1963; 1 sent 1964.
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| Series: 1.2.1: Helen and Northrop Frye correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | 1932 | |
| 1 | 2 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | June–October 1933 | 12 sent 1933. |
| 1 | 3 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | April–September 1934 | 21 sent 1934. |
| 1 | 4 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | September 1934–September 1935 | 7 sent 1934; 15 sent 1935. |
| 1 | 5 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | August–December 1936 | 19 sent 1936. |
| 1 | 6 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | January–June 1937 | 18 sent 1937. |
| 1 | 7 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | October–December 1938 | 8 sent 1938. |
| 1 | 8 | Helen Kemp Frye to Northrop Frye | January–June 1939 | 16 sent 1939. |
| 1992, Box 2 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Letters | 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1939, 1939, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1974 | [Includes 1 letter from Helen Frye to André Bieler (1939) on behalf of Douglas MacAgy; a three-page holograph tale by Helen; ink sketch of Helen Frye? [probably by Arthur Lismer]; clipping about Roy Kemp; photograph of three generations of Kemps [grandmother, Helen’s father and Helen]; clipping about Marcus Adeney; post card from David [Staines] to the Fryes; holograph excerpt possibly from an article on biography for Canadian Forum; art postcards.] [Oughton], Jack. 1 received 1933, 1934. |
| 2 | 4 | [Includes 1 letter from Mike Joseph to Northrop Frye 1937; 1 from Roy Kemp to his father n.d.; 2 invoices from A. Zwemmer, Booksellers, London, 1936, 1937.] | 1934, 1935, 1935, 1935, 1935, 1935, 1935, 1936, 1936, 1937, 1937, 1937, 1937, 1937, 1937, 1938, 1938, 1939, 1939, 1942, 1958, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984 | Shaw, Edith. 1 received 1975. |
| 1992, Box 3 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 3 | 5 | [Includes miscellaneous letters and cards from friends, photograph, obituary notice of F. Roy Kemp, and miscellaneous notes by Helen Frye.] | 1978, 1979, 1979 | Staines, David. 1 received 1978. |
| Series: 1.2.1: Helen and Northrop Frye correspondence | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp Frye | [1943?], 1948, 1974 | 1 received [1943?], 1948, 1974.
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| Series: 2: Literature/Art/Activities files | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Essays (3) by Helen Kemp submitted for courses at Victoria College, 1930s | 1930s | Includes sketches and holograph note. |
| Series: 5: Various printed files | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Obituary articles for R.G. (Gerry) Riddell; and articles on Norah McCullough and Peter Kemp. | ||
| 1992, Box 4 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Letters | 1940, 1942, 1946 | Barbara. 1 received 1946. |
| 4 | 5 | Letters | 1959, 1960, 1960, 1961, 1961, 1961, 1963, 1963, 1963, 1963, 1964, 1964, 1964 | The Bostetters. 1 received 1963? |
| 4 | 6 | Letters | 1943 | Kidder, Lou. 1 received n.d. |
| 4 | 7 | [Includes one photograph of Roy and Rosemary [Wolfe] 1949.] | 1949 | Wilson, Louisa. 1 received [ca. 1949] |
| 4 | 10 | Copies of letters from Helen Frye to publishers of Canadian newspapers inquiring about writing a weekly column on art and home decoration and replies, 1941. | 1941 | |
| Series: 2: Literature/Art/Activities files | ||||
| 4 | 9 | Copies of radio talks | 1937-1938 | |
| 4 | 11 | Articles on decorating, sketches of room arrangements, outlines for radio talks, printed advertisements from The Studio (1937), and programme for a special lecture course at the Royal Ontario Museum | 1938-1939 | |
| Series: 3.2: Photographs | ||||
| 4 | 12 | Photographs of [S.H. Kemp and Nancy]; R.G. Riddell. | Includes unidentified photographs. | |
| Series: 4: Publications and artwork by Helen Frye | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Clippings of articles by Helen Frye from The Standard and Canadian Forum | 1942 | |
| Series: 5: Various printed files | ||||
| 4 | Postcards illustrating painting and architecture. | |||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1993, Box 1 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Lismer, Marjorie. 1 received 1973. Includes notes by Helen Frye about various paintings by Arthur Lismer. | 1973 | |
| Series: 1.2.1: Helen and Northrop Frye correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 5 | Telegramme, postcard, and letters | 1935, 1937 | 1 telegramme from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp, 1935. |
| 1 | 6 | [Includes holograph poem by Frye for Elder on his 93rd birthday; card to Helen; and letter from “Evelyn” to Northrop, n.d.] | 1 letter from Northrop Frye to Helen Kemp Frye, 1937. Subjects: teaching duties at Victoria College. | |
| Series: 2: Literature/Art/Activities files | ||||
| 1 | 7 | Notes on art exhibitions at Victoria College. | 1963 | Includes a printed catalogue of a retrospective exhibition of the work of André Biéler held in Kingston in 1963. |
| 1 | 8 | Typescript drafts of articles on home furnishing and decorating submitted to Canadian magazines and newspapers | 1941-1943 | Includes correspondence with editors. |
| Series: 3.1: Biographical files | ||||
| 1 | 4 | Obituary clippings for Stanley H.F. Kemp | 1956 | |
| Series: 3.2: Photographs | ||||
| 1 | 9 | Photographs of the Howard family | ||
| Series: 3.3: Diary | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Diary entries, 1954, and miscellaneous holograph notes. | 1954 | |
| Series: 4: Publications and artwork by Helen Frye | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 2 watercolour sketches of Northrop Frye by Helen Frye, 1953. 2 pencil sketches of Northrop Frye by Helen Frye, n.d. | 1953, n.d. | |
| 1 | 10 | Clippings of articles by Helen Kemp Frye from newspapers, 1942–1943, and from Canadian Forum, 1947–1948, 1951–1955 | 1942-1943, 1947-1948, 1951-1955 | |
| 1993, Box 2 | ||||
| Series: 1.2.2: Frye and Kemp family correspondence | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Letters from Vera Frye and from her friends, Marvel Hiller and Esta Aldrich, after Vera’s death. | 1966 | Includes clipping about Vera Frye, 1966. |
| 2 | 2 | Letters | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962 |
Kemp, S.H.F. 1 received n.d.
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| 2 | 3 | McGreevy, Marion. | 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 | 1 received n.d., 1959, 1962; 2 received 1963; 9 received 1964; 2 received 1965; 6 received 1966; 5 received 1967; 1 received 1968; 3 received 1969; 1 received 1970, 1971. Includes drafts of replies by Marion by Helen Frye. |
| 2 | 4 | Letters | 1953, 1957, 1958, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973 | Kemp, Susan. 1 received n.d., 1958; 2 received 1971; 3 received 1972. Includes photograph. |
| 2 | 5 | Letters from and about Helen Frye’s aunt, Lily Maidment. | ||
| 1993, Box 3 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Letters | 1959, 1964, 1968, 1969 | Whinney, Margaret. 1 received n.d.; 2 received 1959; 1 received 1964. |
| 3 | 2 | Letters | 1957, 1958, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1970, 1971, 1975 |
King, Mrs. H.S. (Marjorie). 4 received n.d.; 1 received 1957, 1958; 1 received 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970; 2 received 1971.
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| 3 | 3 | McCullough, Norah. | 1938, 1942, 1957 | 2 received n.d.; 1 received 1938, 1942, 1957.
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| 3 | 4 | Macpherson, Jay. | 1956, 1957, 1974 | 8 received n.d.; 1 received 1956; 5 received 1957; 1 received 1974.
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| 3 | 5 | Letters | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1972, 1981 | Richards, I.A. and Dorothea. 12 received, n.d.; 1 received 1956; 2 received 1957; 1 received 1961; 2 received 1962. |
| 3 | 6 | Letters | 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1967, 1968 | Merrett, Hazel and Douglas. 5 received n.d.; 1 received 1956, 1962; 1 received 1967; 2 received 1968. |
| 3 | 7 | Letters | 1935, 1938, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971 | Govenlock, Isabel. 1 received n.d., 1964; 2 received 1965; 1 received 1967; 2 received 1968; 1 received 1971. |
| 3 | 8 | [Includes letters from unidentified correspondents.] | 1942, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1958, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1962, 1962, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1968, 1974 | Wormell, Daphne. 4 received n.d.; 2 received 1964; 1 received 1965, 1967; 2 received 1968. |
| 3 | 9 | [Includes letters from unidentified correspondents.] | 1941, 1955, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1962, 1962, 1969, 1969, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1974, 1981 | Jameson, Bland. 1 received n.d., 1973. |
| 3 | 10 | [Includes letters from unidentified correspondents.] | 1964, 1966, 1966, 1967, 1967, 1967, 1967, 1967, 1967, 1967, 1968, 1968, 1969, 1969, 1969, 1970, 1970, 1971 | Rogers, Jane. 3 received n.d. |
| 1993, Box 4 | ||||
| Series: 2: Literature/Art/Activities files | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Notes on American arts and crafts. | 1937 | Includes programme of the meeting of the American Association of Museums, 1934, and a reprint of an article on American decorative art from Fortune |
| 4 | 4 | Essay on Holbein. | ||
| 4 | 6 | Holograph notes on art. | 1955-1958 | Includes typescript programme outlines for study groups at the Art Gallery of Toronto; clipping from The Manchester Guardian about an exhibition of Canadian art at the Tate Gallery, 1938; two printed programmes from the Art Gallery of Toronto; and printed accession lists from the Gallery |
| 4 | 9 | Notes relating to the Victoria Women’s Association. | 1931-1965, 1959-1967 | Includes lists of executive members, 1959–1967; invitations to join the Association; printed invitations to receptions and lectures, 1931–1965; miscellaneous notes on rules of debate and order; and correspondence about the Association’s Bursary Fund |
| Series: 3.1: Biographical files | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Clippings of reviews of concerts given by Helen Kemp and advertisements for her pictorial map of the University of Toronto published by J.M. Dent & Son, Ltd. in 1932. | Includes printed concert programme. | |
| 4 | Diploma from the Hambourg Conservatory of Music, Toronto, | 1930 | ||
| Series: 3.3: Diary | ||||
| 4 | 7 | Notes by Helen Frye during her trip to the continent in the summer of 1939 via New York, where she met Arthur Lismer and A.Y. Jackson. | 1939 | |
| 4 | 8 | Diary notes | 1967 | |
| Series: 3.4: Address book | ||||
| 4 | 5 | Address book | ||
| Series: 4: Publications and artwork by Helen Frye | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Three sketch books belonging to Helen Kemp Frye | 1927-1931, 1935, 1940 | Includes hand-made birthday card for Northrop Frye, 1940. |
| 1993, Box 5 | ||||
| Series: 2: Literature/Art/Activities files | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Notes by S.H.F. Kemp on rifles. | ||
| 5 | 2 | Holograph reminiscences of Tom Thomson by S.H.F. Kemp for Blodwen Davies. | ||
| 5 | 3 | Notes on art and lectures notes from courses at the Courtauld Institute of Art. | 1934-1935 | Includes printed examinations from the Courtauld, 1935, and notes of expenses incurred in London and on the continent. |
| Series: 3.2: Photographs | ||||
| 5 | 4 | Wedding photographs of Northrop and Helen Frye, August 1937; and photograph of Helen’s brother, Harold Leon Kemp. | 1937 | |
| 5 | 5 | Photograph of S.H.F. Kemp | 1927 | |
| Series: 5: Various printed files | ||||
| 5 | Postcards illustrating painting and architecture. | |||
| 1994 | ||||
| 1994, Box 1 | ||||
| Series: 1.1: General Correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence to Northrop | 1942, 1951, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1954, 1954, 1954, 1954, 1954, 1954, 1954, 1955, 1955, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1958, 1958, 1958, 1958 |
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| 1 | 2 | Correspondence to Northrop | 1952, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957 |
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| 1 | 3 | Correspondence to Northrop | 1937, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1954, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1957, 1958, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1959-1965, 1960, 1961, 1961, 1961, 1965 |
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| 1 | 4 | Correspondence to Northrop from unidentified correspondents | 1937-1964 | 25 letters |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence to Helen and Northrop/Helen | 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1954, 1954, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1959, 1959, 1961, 1971 | Robins, Leila, [1952] |
| 1 | 6 | Correspondence to Helen and Northrop/Helen | 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1958, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1970 |
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| 1 | 7 | Correspondence to Helen and Northrop/Helen from unidentified correspondents | 1938-1948 | 9 letters
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| 1 | 8 | Correspondence to Helen and Northrop/Helen from unidentified correspondents | 1952-1959 | 28 letters
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| 1 | 9 | Correspondence to Helen and Northrop/Helen from unidentified correspondents | 1962-1971 | 6 letters
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| 1 | 10 | Correspondence to Helen and Northrop/Helen from unidentified correspondents | [195–?] | 26 letters
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| 1 | 11 | Christmas cards received | [195–?]–1967 | List of Christmas cards received, 1952 File 12 |
| Series: 1.2.1: Helen and Northrop Frye correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 13 | 5 letters from Helen to Northrop | 1934-1935 | |
| 1 | 14 | 6 letters from Northrop to Helen | 1938-1939 | |
| 1 | 15 | 2 postcards from Northrop to Helen | 1963 | |
| Series: 1.2.2: Frye and Kemp family correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 16 | 1 letter to Northrop/Helen from Northrop's mother, Catherine Maud Frye | [1940?] | |
| 1 | 17 | 7 letters to Northrop from his father, Herman Edward Frye | [194–?], 1944–1948 | |
| 1 | 18 | 10 letters/cards to Northrop/Helen from Herman Edward Frye | [195–?], 1954, 1955, [1958?] | |
| 1 | 19 | 1 letter to Northrop from funeral home re funeral of his father | 1959 | |
| 1 | 20 | 17 letters/cards to Northrop/Helen from Northrop’s sister, Vera Frye | [193–?], 1937, 1946, 1947, [195–?], 1959–1961 | |
| 1 | 21 | 2 letters to Vera Frye from her brother, Howard , 1917, 1918. Certificate to Vera Frye from Chicago Normal School, 1930 | 1917, 1918, 1930 | |
| 1 | 22 | 4 letters to Helen from her father, S.H.F. Kemp, [194–?], 1940, 1946. 1 letter to Northrop from S.H.F. Kemp, 1955 | [194-?], 1940, 1946, 1955 | |
| 1 | 23 | letter to Helen/Northrop from Helen’s brother, Harold Kemp | 1943 | |
| 1 | 24 | 1 photograph : col. | [195–?] | P1 Helen Frye and another woman |
| 1994, Box 2 | ||||
| Series: 1.2.2: Frye and Kemp family correspondence | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 20 letters to Helen and Helen/Northrop from Helen’s mother, Gertrude Kemp, [between 1940 and 1959] | 1940-1959 | 1 letter from Helen to Gertrude Kemp and Helen’s aunt, Lily Maidement, [n.d.] |
| 2 | 2 | 4 letters to Helen and Helen/Northrop from Gertrude Kemp | [ca.1954] | |
| 2 | 3 | 6 letters/cards to Helen and Helen/Northrop from Gertrude Kemp | [ca. 1955], 1955 | |
| 2 | 4 | 6 letters to Helen and Helen/Northrop from Gertrude Kemp | [ca. 1958] | |
| 2 | 5 | 7 letters/cards to Helen and Helen/Northrop from Gertrude Kemp | [ca. 1959], 1959 | |
| 2 | 6 | 10 letters to Helen from her brother, Roy Kemp | 1944-1947 | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 letters to Helen/Northrop from Roy Kemp | 1952-1959 | |
| 2 | 8 | 1 letter from Roy Kemp to Gertrude Kemp | 1961 | |
| 2 | 9 | 1 St. Patrick’s Day card to Northrop from Helen’s aunt, Lily Maidement | [ca. 1958] | |
| 2 | 10 | 3 letters to Helen from Lily Maidement | 1958 | |
| 2 | 11 | 10 letters/cards to Helen and Helen/Northrop from her sister Marion | 1938, 1944, 1945, 1955-1961 | |
| 2 | 12 | 6 various letters/cards | 1945-1973 | |
| Series: 2: Literature/Art/Activities files | ||||
| 2 | 13 | Programme from piano recital given by Helen in 1929 | 1929 | |
| 2 | 14 | Academic essays | [193–?] | |
| 2 | 15 | Victoria Women’s Association Executive lists, newsletter and correspondence, | 1957-1973 | |
| 2 | 16 | Essay by S.H.F. Kemp for University College | 1906 | |
| 2 | 17 | Notice of separation from employment at The Toronto Star Limited | 1946 | |
| Series: 3.2: Photographs | ||||
| 2 | 18 | Photograph : b&w (Robert P. Somerville) | [195–?] | P1 Helen Frye and others at a meeting in a living room |
| Series: 4: Publications and artwork by Helen Frye | ||||
| 2 | 19 | Three sketch books, including sketches of University of Toronto buildings | [193–] | |
| 2 | 20 | Watercolour and pencil sketches | n.d. | |
| 2 | 21 | Articles/drawings from newspapers and periodicals | 1933-1952 | |
| Series: 5: Various printed files | ||||
| 2 | 22 | Various publications and clippings | 1930-1968 | |
| 2017.08 | ||||
| 2017.08, Box 1 | ||||
| Series: 3.1: Biographical files | ||||
| 1 /OS | Cowin family tree | 1928 | Depicts members of the Cowin family, Helen Kemp Frye's ancestors, and the various families into which they married. The family tree was delineated in 1928 by S.H.F. Kemp, Helen's father. | |
| 2024.06 | ||||
| 2024.06, Box 1 | ||||
| Series: 1.2.2: Frye and Kemp family correspondence | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Letters to Rena Maidment | 1966 | Three outgoing letters from Helen Frye to Rena Maidment. Rena was married to Hugh James Maidment, Helen's cousin. |
| Series: 3.1: Biographical files | ||||
| 1 | 2 | "Northrop Frye" | [199-?] | An eight-page detailed account of Northrop Frye’s early life and marriage to Helen, including his university work, travels, lectures and publications. Written by Rena Maidment, Helen’s cousin. The numbering in the margins may be references to a cassette counter, indicating the source of the information might originate from cassette tapes. |
| 1 | 3 | Newspaper articles | 1924, 1983, 1986, 1991 | Newspaper articles about Helen and Northrop Frye, collected by Rena Maidment. Publications include: The Observer, The London Free Press, and Our Times. |
| Series: 3.2: Photographs | ||||
| 1 | 4 | Photographs of Helen and Northrop Frye | 1924, 1934, 1937 | File contains photographs of a young Helen Kemp, Helen and Northrop Frye's wedding, and Helen and Northrop Frye standing outside. Some photographs also appear in the Northrop Frye fonds. See item descriptions for details and locations. (Photos P1-5) |
