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- Sound recording
- Textual record
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2003-2007 (Creation)
- Creator
- Wainwright, Andy
Physical description area
Physical description
54 audio cassettes
4 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
Biographical history
J.A. Wainwright (1946- ) is a writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction; and an emeritus Professor of English at Dalhousie University. He published Blazing Figures: A Life of Robert Markle (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press) in 2010.
Custodial history
The materials now constituting the J.A. Wainwright – Robert Markle collection were created and maintained by J.A. Wainwright until their donation to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Scope and content
Collection consists of audio recordings of interviews with individuals who were active in the Toronto visual art community during Robert Markle’s lifetime, art historians, and friends and family of Robert Markle. Collection also includes two notebooks containing transcriptions and notes. Interviews were created and used in the process of researching Blazing Figures: A Life of Robert Markle. Collection includes interviews with Harvey Cowan, Jack Foster, Anna Hudson, Avrom Isaacs, Craig Kenny, Mitchell Maracle, Susan Maracle, Marlene Markle, Tim Noonan, Gordon Rayner, John Reeves, Richard Gorman, Ruth Grogan, Nobuo Kubota, Don Obe, Helen & Marty Poizner, Michael Sarrazin, Peter Stollery, Hana Trefelt, Michael Snow, Patrick Watson, Paul Young, Jack Aldersley, Kenny Baldwin, Patricia Beatty, Laura Berman, Sheryl Wanagas, Dennis Burton, Vera Frenkel, Ray Hanson, Tom Hill, Jerri Johnson, Rae Johnson, Emmett Maddix, Scott Townson, Murray McLauchlan, Stephen Williams, Gordon Lightfoot, Dennis Reid, Peter Goddard, and Diane Pugen. The collection is arranged in a single series.
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Immediate source of acquisition
AGO Credit Line: Gift of J.A. Wainwright, 2010.
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Restrictions on access
For conservation reasons, researchers may not play back original recordings. Reference copies will be made on an ad hoc basis – please contact the archivist to provide advance notice of your research so that copies can be made. Access to Special Collections is by appointment only. Please contact the reference desk for more information.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright is held by the creator. It is the researcher’s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the collection. Permission of individual interview participants is required for any public performance or published reproduction of interview materials.
Finding aids
An inventory of the collection, supplying dates and durations of individual interviews, is available on request.
Associated materials
The Robert Markle fonds (SC076), also at this repository, documents the life and work of Robert Markle.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Name access points
- Markle, Robert, 1936-1990 (Subject)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
August 15, 2013
Language of description
- English