Box/File List

Yvonne McKague Housser

BOX(s) FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Journals and correspondence
11 Journal and correspondence with Frederick Housser1931-1937
12 Correspondence with Frederick Housser1934
13 Married Life; letters to Fred1935-1937
14 Fred’s death and funeral service1936
15 Poetry and correspondence from Fred [Housser]1933-1936
16 Correspondence with Fred1934-1936
17 Correspondence to Arthur Lismer1937
18 Journal1937-1938
19 Journal1937-1939
110 War years at the shack / teaching.
111 War years at the shack1940, 1946-1952
112 Excerpts from journal relating to Art1942-1949
113 Journal, notes1953-1957
114 Personal journal1964-1980
115 Notes from journal relating to Theosophy [1953–1980]
116 Journal pageFebruary 19, 1981
Lectures, book reviews, stories
117 Notes, book reviews, lectures1944-1979
118 Book reviews; lectures, notes and reviews of exhibitions1940-1965
119 Stories, sketches, country living1938-1956
120 Stories and verses: notes and sketches 1944
121 Stories, notes; reviews of exhibitions; book reviews1933-1938
122 Address for Art Gallery of Peterborough: “Sketching Trips” (Gowganda, Cobalt: North Shore of Lake Superior.)
123 Notes for lecture [1980] on three sketching trips with correspondence1934
124 Notes for talks on three sketching trips.1980
125 Talk at Arts & Letters Club on A.Y. [Jackson’s] 90th birthday.
126 Lecture, Beaver Hall Group.
127 Lecture, Lawren Harris.
128 Radio interview May 23, 1948
129 Canadian Arts Council: Report of Exhibition Committee.
Documents and drawings pertaining to travels and sketching trips
130 Report of Paris and Vienna summer course1930
131 Paris and Vienna1930
132 Gaspé, Quebec—Percé trip1932-1933
133 Whitefish Falls; correspondence and notes1934-1936
134 England, Wedding Trip.1935
135 Problems in Dynamic Symmetry1939

(Taos) [with sketches in text].

136 Taos and Santa Fe1939
137 Grand Canyon1939
138 Saguenay, Quebec (Wartime sketching trip.)1942
139 Travel and sketching trips, Texas/California.
140 Ireland; excerpts from letters (April 2 and 4).1958
141 Majorca, Spain and Italy1958
142 From Majorca to EnglandMay 23, 1958(?)
143 Travelling, June 1, 1958; Chaldon Herring, Dorset.June 1, 1958
144 Mexico1961, 1962, 1975
Miscellaneous
145 Printed letter titled “To My Friends” by Blodwen Davies, 13 August, 1966; verse by Davies to Yvonne Housser.13 August, 1966
146 Flyer advertising “Silk Screens for War Amps.”
147 Book plate design, documents on the subject of Art.1916-1917
148 Obituary and biographical information.
149 Correspondence from Emily Carr (6 letters, 1 postcard)1936-1940, 1993

Includes accompanying note from Freda Gough, 1993

2022.13
2022.13, Box 1
11Conversation with Lora Senechal Carney[1984?]

Audio cassette tape featuring a recorded conversation between Yvonne McKague Housser and Lora Senechal Carney. The conversation was recorded in the home of artist Kim Ondaatje, who is heard in the beginning of the recording.

A digitized audio file is available for research purposes. Please contact victoria.library@utoronto.ca for permission to access the file.

2023.03
2023.03, Box 1
11Correspondence re: Rilke[195-?]

Correspondence with Housser's friend (Carole?) regarding books by Rainer Maria Rilke. Includes typed notes on Rilke and a copy of Hermann Hesse's poem "Walks of Life".