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File · 1997 - ?
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of material relating to the International Children's Project" : “a global exchange of information through schools around the world.” Grade 7 students spoke to the Victoria Rotary Club abut their experiences with Student Entrepreneurs Program.

File consists of the following items:
• 27 Otober 1997 – Ted Harrison provided a t-shirt design
• Letter to Bill Gates from Marigold Elementary School, Victoria
• Reply from Hillary Clinton, The White House, to Terry Andersen of ICP declining invitation

Travel documents
File · 1989 - 1992
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of itineraries and receipts for airline tickets during the years 1989-92, when Ted and Nicky Harrison traveled extensively.

File contains items related to the following:
• Travel between 7 April 1989 and 24 June 1992. Most of the documents are itineraries and receipts for hotel and travel.

Publishing
Series · 1968 - 1997
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

Series consists of material regarding the publication and distribution of Harrison’s numerous books. Series consists of the following files: Publishing (general); Northland Alphabet; Jamestown Press; MacMillan; Kids Can Press; Pierre Burton; Merritt Publishing; and Tundra Press.

Kids Can Press
File · 1986 - 1997
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Kids Can Press, 585 1/2 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON.

File consists of the following items:
• 1 July 1986: publishes The Cremation of Sam McGee with Kids Can Press and the heirs of Robert Service.
• 1 July 1986 to 31 January 1987: 13,000 copies were sold.
• 1 February to 31 July 1987: 5,000 copies were sold.
• 1987: “One of the ten best illustrated books of 1987” by the New York Times.
• 9 May 1991: The Shooting of Dan McGrew in print
• 2 January 1992: work was underway on O Canada in time for Canada’s 125th anniversary.
• 27 May 1992: 18,000 copies in print.
• 9 July 1992: further 7500 copies reprinted. Harrison undertook a signing tour in the summer.
• September 1992: Harrison was editing the American edition with Houghton Mifflin. Later editions and permissions were considered.
• 27 November 1996, concerns a new edition for spring 1997, last item in file.

Pierre Burton
File · 1973 - 1982
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Pierre Berton, 150 King Street West and 21 Sackville Street, Toronto, ON, from 16 November 1973 to 6 September 1985. Mostly this regards TH requesting that Berton write an introduction to The Cremation of Sam McGee and the eventual purchase of a Harrison painting by Berton.

Permissions
File · 1976 - 2005
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence related to requests to use Harrison imagery in various projects.

File consists of the following items:
• Banners for Vancouver
• 20 September 1976 – Oberon Press, Ottawa – 76: New Canadian Stories jacket
• 19 February 1981 – Reader’s Digest March 81 issue back cover
• 16 November 1983 – Teleglobe Canada – Christmas cards
• 15 January 1985 – Holt Rinehart Winston Impressions Language Arts inclusion
• 25 January 1985 – Yukon Sport posters
• 16 December 1987 – Iredale Partnership, Vancouver – Watson Lake School Consulting Services proposal inclusion
• 23 February 1988 – Access Network, Edmonton – Encounters, grade 4-6 TV show
• 21 April 1988 – Laforge and Sonnendrucker – handquilters reproduction “Yukoners”
• 25 May 1988 – Grolier Limited, Toronto – article Writers on Writing
• 12 July 1988 – New Canadian Encyclopedia Junior Encyclopedia of Canada – illustration
• 11 April 1989 – Holt Rinehart Winston – Musicanada illustration from Last Horizon
• 11 October 1989 – Nelson Canada, Scarborough – Christmas card
• 2 November 1989 – Yukon Education dept – ink drawing for education act
• 21 December 1989 – Canadian Parliamentary Review cover
• 11 February 1990 – Guli Wileumier, Gibson’s BC – woven tapestry
• 23 July 1990 – Murray Trigg – brochure illustration
• 29 July 1990 – Helen Moxness, National Gallery study group – loan of video
• 5 August 1990 – Iolani Domingo, Edmonton Public Library – canvas bags (signature)
• 29 November 1990 – Integrated Tourism Strategies - Destination Yukon program
• 3 December 1990 – Yukon Education – partners in Education pin
• 19 June 1991 – Yukon Quest poster – 2000 posters
• 17 June 1991 – HBJ Holt Toronto – Grade 7 Impressions book – one reproduction
• 17 July 1992 – Watson Lake Hotel business card
• 22 September 1992 – National Hockey League Players Association - 10,000 promotional cards “The Great Game”
• 25 March 1993 – CBC – Another Day In Paradise image CBC North compact disc cover (500 copies, promotional)
• 4 November 1993 – Athabasca University – Christmas card
• 25 August 1993 – Crossroads ’94 Nanaimo conference booklet photo and bio
• 26 November 1993 – Norwestel Inc. Whitehorse – 1994 calendar
• 7 November 1994 – UBC Faculty of Education – inventory of art related to children’s play
• 21 November 1997 – Ocelot Energy, Calgary – Christmas card
• 20 August 1998 – Art Gallery of Greater Victoria – web page for children
• 31 June 2005 – Fraser Valley Distance Education – visual art lessons package 4 illustrations

Letters of thanks
File · 1976 - 2008
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of includes letters of thanks for gifts or services from Ted, and in some cases TH’s replies and letters of thanks.

File consists of the following items:
• 25 August 1976 – J. C. Smith, commissioner of the Yukon, presented a painting by the Minister on behalf of the Canadian Government
• Erik [Neilson] sends thanks for help with his election campaign
• 10 May 1977 – Yukon teachers’ Association thanks for inscribing books
• 25 July 1982 – Chris Head thanks for picture presented to him
• 20 September 1982 – Jean Casselman Wadds, Canadian High Commissioner in London thanks for the book, The Last Horizon
• 24 June 1983 – the Hon. Edward Adeane for the Prince and Princess of Wales thanks for the two books the Last Horizon and A Northern Alphabet, presented while on tour in Canada
• 5 August 1983 – Margaret Lawrence from Frobisher Bay – thanks for the Morningside Interview with Peter Gzowski
• 4 March 1984 – Yukon Department of Renewable Resources thanks Nicky Harrison for judging entries in Be Bear Aware contest.
• 6 September 1985 – Marcel Masse, federal Minister of Communications, thanks for the print given while on tour of Yukon
• 7 January 1986 – Sharon Molyneu, thanks for The Last Horizon
• 8 February 1986 – The Honourable Stephen Borins, Toronto: the picture is splendid
• 30 April 1986 – Suzanne Blais-Grenier, member for Rosemont, Montreal: thanks for the prints
• 29 July 1986 – W. Helen Hunley, Lt. Governor of Alberta: thanks for the book
• 2 February 1988 – Rusty Erlam: thanks for the painting
• 2 June 1989 – L’Honorable Juge Claude R. Vallerand: a photo of his petit-point tapestry
• 8 June 1989 – Guy Lavigneur, Federal Business Development Bank, Montreal: thanks for The Blue Raven book
• 10 October 1989 – Jean C. McCloskey, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of External Affairs (Asia and Pacific Branch): thanks for hospitality to members of the board of the Asia Pacific Foundation
• 23 April 1990 – Dianne D. Villeseche, Society of Yukon Artists of Native Ancestry: thanks for donating a painting for scholarship auction
• 2 February 1991 – Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles: thanks for Cremation of Sam McGee and Shooting of Dan McGrew
• 10 June 1992 – Tony Penikett, Premier of the Yukon: thanks for Kids Can Press catalogue
• 30 June 1992 – Ramon John Hnatyshyn, Governor General: thanks for book O Canada
• 13 August 1992 – Bob Rae, premier of Ontario: thanks for ‘O Canada’
• 11 September 1992 – Bernard Ledun, Consul General of France in Vancouver: thanks for the book
• 10 May 1993 – TH writes to Y. T. A. (teachers’ association?) to thank them for support for “our collection exhibition and also for the lecture evening”
• 7 August 1996 – Garde Gardom, Lieutenant Governor of B. C.: thanks for “Vancouver”
• 20 December 1996 – Cheryl Cyr, Malahat Group: we treasure your painting of our work place
• 15 February 2008 – Kathryn Rockwell: have loved the print Wild Geese for many years

Ducks Unlimted
File · 1989 - 1997
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Ducks Unlimited, a charitable organization which received prints from Harrison as part of their annual fundraising activities.

File contains items related to the following:
• 26 January 1989 to 10 April 1997 – correspondence between Harrison and Ducks Unlimited (mostly Richard Trethewey) about Ted’s contributions to Ducks Unlimited

BeauDril
File · 1984 - 1998
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of material relating to BeauDril, an oil and gas exploration corporation, part of Gulf Canada Resources, operating in near Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea with a base at Tuktoyaktuk. Harrison visited the base, and painted a commissioned picture for them.

File consists of the following items:
• 29 December 1984 – from A. J. Guthrie, Manager, Northern Support, BeauDril Limited, Tuktoyaktuk, N. W. T. to TH: commission to paint a spring scene of the fleet in harbour. Also 2 photographs of a watercolour 1883-83 of whaling ships at Herschel Island.
• Beaufort Sea Drilling System Terms of Employment and Consent to Search (relative to TH’s visit to BeauDril camp.
• picture book: “The Search for Oil and Gas in the Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta by Gulf Canada Resources
• 5 August 1985 – from A. J. Guthrie to TH: request permission to make 250 prints and 2500 Christmas cards
• 7 August 1985 – from Jim Guthrie to TH: requesting a commissioned painting for himself
• 20 August 1985 – from TH to A. J. Guthrie: agreement to Guthrie’s requests
• 9 November 1988 – from J. K. S. Loh, Gulf Canada Resources, Calgary to TH: permission to use BeauDril painting on engineering studies
• 14 December 1988 – from R. W. Klassen, Gulf Canada Resources, Calgary to TH: sample of cover for TH’s files (not included in this Fonds)

Galleries
Series · 1970 - 2006
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

Series consists of correspondence, sales records, and contracts between Harrison and a number of galleries.

Price lists
File · 1973 - 1998
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of statements generated by Harrison and associates regarding prices of paintings by size, also inventories of paintings with prices, also addresses and phone numbers of dealers and agents.

File consists of material related to the following:
• Addresses and phone numbers of dealers and agents
• Paintings by Ted Harrison of Carcross, his first show, paintings ranged in price from $30-120
• List of paintings sold at show in Whitehorse
• A number of lists of early shows
• 15 August 1973 – Eaton’s (Vancouver) show list
• List of paintings priced by size, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
• 31 May 1996 – inventory at galleries (including correspondence with individual galleries)
• 9 June 1998 – insured value of paintings at Whitehorse Medical

Other galleries, commercial
File · 1973 - 1988
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

Files consist of correspondence with Eaton’s Art Gallery of Toronto, Galerie Royale of Vancouver, Artique Limited of Anchorage, the Assinaboia Gallery of Saskatchewan, and Diane Farris Ltd. of Vancouver.

File consists of the following items:
• 29 November 1973: Eaton’s Art Gallery, solo exhibition, 13 sold. No further correspondence
• Galerie Royale. Nelson Skalbania, owner, Vic Hay, manager, 7th and Granville, Vancouver. This gallery opened with considerable prestige but was in business a short time.
o 16 December 1974: 42 paintings consigned, 13 sold
o 16 June 1976: 12 paintings sold, 22 withdrawn from inventory, no further correspondence
• Artique Limited, owned by Jean Shadrach, 314 G Street, Anchorage Alaska. Harrison had a show in Anchorage 17-30 July, 1977.
o 1977: 23 paintings consigned
• Assinaboia Gallery, 2312 111 Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan. A very small file noting only one sale.
o 27 July 1982: one painting sold
• Diane Farris Limited. A sporadic correspondence seems to indicate that Harrison knew Farris outside this business relationship. When he concluded the association he noted that business and friendship should not be mixed. This is a short and incomplete file.
o 27 July 1982 – consigned 8 paintings
o 17 November 1982 – decided that the business was culminated
o 25 March 1988 – apparently a reprise of relations

Art Loft, Honolulu, Hawaii
File · 1983 - ?
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Art Loft, 637 Sheridan Street, Honolulu Hawaii. Harrison was featured with six works in a group show in 1983 and another “feature” one year later. He and Nicky attended but no work was sold.

File contains items related to the following:
• 11 January - 3 February 1983: group show, 6 paintings consigned, no sales
• 10 December 1983: again six paintings consigned but no sales

Downstairs Gallery, Calgary
File · 1973 - 1976
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Downstairs Gallery, also known as The Art Mart Ltd., owned by Douglas Udell, 10154 103rd Street, Edmonton. Downstairs Gallery was the first gallery to represent Harrison in Edmonton, but few sales resulted. With prices in an undated list ranging from $180 - $360, 7 paintings were sold. Other letters in the file details sales of 15 works.

File consists of materials related to the following:
• 8 March 1973: first correspondence [subject?]
• 20 October 1974: 27 paintings returned unsold from Klondike Days exhibition
• 27 August 1976: 13 paintings returned

File · 1970 - 1973
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Gallery of the Golden Key, owned by Andrew de Vooght, 761 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver. Gallery of the Golden Key, also known as De Vooght Gallery, was the first to represent Harrison in western Canada. After Harrison’s debut in Ottawa, de Vooght enthusiastically produced his first show in the west and hoped to be Harrison’s exclusive Canadian representative. Communications ceased after 20 July 1973.

File consists of the following items:
• 27 October 1970: 4 paintings on consignment
• 21 August 1972: 7 paintings had been sold
• November 1972: first show in western Canada, 29 paintings sold.
• 20 July 1973: last communication

Miscellaneous Objects
Series · 1947 - 1998
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

Series consists of the following miscellaneous materials grouped into the following files: Framed Prints; Unframed Prints; miscellany; books; and various media.

File · 1968 - 2006
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of material relating to Robina McNicol, who married Ted Harrison in Malaya in 1960. It includes considerable material relating to Nicky’s work as a kindergarten teacher in Carcross Y. T. and her efforts with the Kindergarten Association of Instructors. Nicky died in Victoria in 2000 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

File contains items related to the following:
• hair colour from Creative Hair Design, Whitehorse
• The Ancient History of the Distinguished Surname McNicol
• 24 December 1968 – Medical Service and WRAC Records for S Sgt R Harrison WRAC (Nicky’s service records)
• 19 June 1969 – from Department of Education, Yukon Government: application to attend Kindergarten Instructor Training Course accepted
• 18 October 1969 – Order of the Eastern Star golden Jubilee Dinner Dance, Miners Welfare, Townhead, Kirkintilloch – program and menu
• 8 December 1969 – note accompanying program and menu “Dear Bunt and Ted”, signed Tam and Marg
• 20 January 1970 – minutes of executive committee: regarding kindergarten
• Brief on Policy Paper from Kindergarten Association of Instructors - notes and final typed copy
• 27 August 1976 – University of Alberta, statement of results for Robina Harrison - one course – Eng 210 – English literary forms
• 7 September 1976 - University of Alberta, statement of results for Robina Harrison – 202 Intro Sociology
• Association of Kindergarten Instructors – minutes of general meetings 1970 – 1971;
• minutes of general meetings 19701 – 1972
• case study – in service training (Mary Delbrook)
• 1 August 1972 – from Committee on Education, Government of Yukon Territory – when will Mrs. Harrison present her brief?
• 18 October 1973 – from Government of Yukon territory to Mrs. Harrison: salary increase for kindergarten instructors authorized.
• 13 February 1978 - from Government of Yukon territory to Mrs. Harrison: qualifies for salary category 1 placement
• 27 November 1978 – Yukon Teachers Association thanks Mrs. Harrison for making their convention a success
• draft letter from Nicky tendering resignation from teaching 19 June 79 and explaining inability to take education leave in 1980-81 due to “domestic responsibilities”
• 1 May 1979 – Government of Yukon accepts her resignation “with regret”
• small red notebook: Needs For Cabin 1980
• 19 November 1985 – application for pension from British government
• 5 November 1987 – Thornhill Medical Laboratories, Ontario: Lab test fee $4.85
• 10 July 1990 – statement from Revenue Canada regarding Nicky’s tax position
• 13 August 1992 – 2 copies of passport photo in folder
• 27 January 1993 – Rotary International Recognition/Contribution form
• 13 September 1993 – from Hank (judge): information about geriatric care
• social insurance card for Robina Harrison
• 18 April 2000 – condolences card to TH re: Nicky’s death
• 20 June 2006 – Janet Shirriff emails regarding Nicky’s Alzheimer’s disease
• materials regarding Kindergarten teaching and association of teachers

Sigrid Reisch
File · 1992 - 1993
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Dr. Sigrid Reisch (Golf Hotel Kitzbuhl). Reisch and her husband own a resort in Kitzbuel, Austria. The Harrisons met her on a trip there in 8 October, 84 to attend the 36th Frankfurter Buchmesse. A correspondence continued.

File contains items related to the following:
• 4 February 1992 to 7 March 1993 – personal correspondence

Painter's Lodge
File · 2006 - ?
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of an incomplete 2006 catalogue from the Painters at Painter's Lodge event. Harrison participated in the annual event held at Painter’s Lodge in the last weekend of May since its inception in 1994. This file is a schedule of the 12th annual event, held May 27 – 28, 2006. Harrison painted on location and participated in a panel discussion.

Northland Alphabet
File · 1968 - ?
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence about Harrison’s first book, Northland Alphabet. The book was an experimental reader for Indian and Metis children, published with the Alberta Advisory Committee on Educational Research, at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. It was developed with the assistance of Dr. William Knill in August of 1968 in a trial edition of 300 copies.

File consists of the following items:
• Communications between Harrison, Knill, and interested teachers and government agencies, mostly dated 1968.

Jamestown Press
File · 1990 - ?
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Jamestown Publishers of Providence, Rhode Island.

File consists of the following items:
• 29 March 1990: Harrison provides four illustrations for a story called Pioneering by Lake Ontario by Catherine Parr Traill, to be used in a Jamestown Heritage Reader. Original illustrations are included in the file, and the correspondence was complete by 9 April 1990.

Tundra Press
File · 1977 - 1988
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence with Tundra Books. Harrison signed a contract on 14 January 1977 with May Cutler of Tundra Books of Montreal for Children of the Yukon. On 19 of January 1978 Collins Books bought 10,000 copies. During April 1978 it was shown in the Illustrators’ Exhibition of the Children’s Book Fair at the Bologna, Italy.

File contains items related to the following:
• 22 January 1982: contract signed with Tundra for A Northern Alphabet. Both it and Children of the Yukon were reprinted by 17 November 1983.
• 31 October 1985: in discussion with Brian Macfarlane regarding a book about the 1909 Stanley Cup and the Yukon team, scheduled for 1987. This book was never completed.
• 6 May 1986: TH and Cutler disagreed about Harrison’s proposed publication of The Cremation of Sam McGee with Kids Can Press. By 31 October 1986 they had broken off relations.
• 28 February 1987: Tundra published an small format edition of A Northern Alphabet for Scholastic Books.
• 28 February 1988: statement of royalties, last communication in file.

Commissions
File · 1975 - 1997
Part of Ted Harrison fonds

File consists of correspondence regarding commissioned paintings requested from Ted Harrison outside his usual gallery arrangements. Most but not all the paintings requested were completed and there are gaps evident in the chronology.

File contains items related to the following:
• 9 July 1975 – Shell Canada, Toronto
• 17 March 1979 – Jack Ainsworth, Vancouver - $750
• 25 May 1979 – Michael Hartley, Yellowknife
• 28 September 1979 – Rodney Ward, Vancouver – Yukon Moon
• 22 October 1979 – Rodney Ward – Arctic funeral
• 22 November 1983 – Lyle Larson, Edmonton
• 25 November 1993 – Louise Card Vancouver
• 17 April 1984 – Bob Hollingshead, Edmonton
• 4 December 1984 – Cominco Ltd., Vancouver
• 17 April 1985 – Al Ruben, Fredericton $2600
• 25 September 1985 – Trigg Woolett Olson, Edmonton
• 5 November 1986 – “ $24,480 for 9 paintings
• 6 January 1986 – Bob Hollingshead, Edmonton
• 5 August 1986 – George Goldberg, Faces International, west Hollywood $1925
• 1987 – George Asp, Cobble Hill
• 20 April 1987 – Stratford Festival Theatre, “Romeo and Juliet”
• 18 August 1987 – Prairie Stained Glass, 15 Feb 89 - $2340
• 8 November 1986 – Jon Burdick, Whitehorse $2750
• 1986 - Monty Bassett, Smithers BC Bassett’s Bull, Gunderson’s Farm
• 25 February 1987 – David McLean for Gerard Cloutier of Canadian Pacific Pension Fund
• 15 April 1987 – Yukon Tourism – a Yukon scene
• 5 October 1988 – Canamedia Productions – title picture for Aviation in the North film
• 31 October 1988 – Basil Pogue, Regina
• 16 November 1988 – Richard Harling, Ottawa
• 18 July 1989 – Gerry Kristianson, Victoria
• 22 Oct 1989 – Ross Mining Services, Dawson City and Vancouver
• 27 October 1989 – Joseph Haffey, Toronto
• 9 June 1986 – Yukon Education dept – Robert Service School, $6,600 48 x 36 framed
• 20 November 1989 – Yukon Justice dept - $150
• 18 January 1990 – Mary Walker, London Ont.
• 22 March 1990 – Terrie O’Leary – Portrait of PM 24 x 36 – 5 April 90 – donated
• 13 June 1990 – Kim Ward “largest size”, Toronto 48 x 36 – 18 July 90 bought it
• 10 July 1990 – Blythe Ward – another painting $6500, Mississauga
• 18 July 1990 – Blythe Ward bought two
• 17 August 1990 – Allan Wachowich. Edmonton for Joe and Pat Healey $5300
• 15 October 1990 – Hartley Richardson, Winnipeg (nice sketch on fax)
• 20 January 1992 – Don Rennie, Ottawa
• 5 March 1992 – Edward Wachowich, Come Back Lucy, $5671
• 2 April 1992 – John Zaozirny, Calgary 24 x 36 Swirling Kites
• 3 April 1992 – John Singleton, Vancouver
• 8 April 1992 – David Novak, Penticton Swirling Kites 24 x 36 $5671
• 12 May 1992 – Jack Agrios, Edmonton
• 24 May 1992 – William McEwen, Vancouver 2 paintings of skiing (second commission)
• 29 October 1992 – Karen – a blue moose
• 15 December 1992 – Ed Kilgour, NWTel, St Albert and Whitehorse
• 21 March 1997 – Viceroy Resource, Vancouver – Brewery Creek Mine 24 x 36, 150 prints, 300 posters.