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Allan Robb Fleming fonds
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AAUP Book show 1976

File consists of hard- and softcover catalogues, with an entry for "Pictures from the Douglas M. Duncan collection."

Administrative reports

File consists of two copies of a recommendations on the organization, objectives, and long-term policy of the University of Toronto Press, 1946; a report on needs and resources for scholarly publishing at the University of Toronto, 1971; and drafts and the final text of "Living and partly living," a report submitted to the presidential review committee on the Press by the editorial and design departments.

Alberta College of Art

File consists of letters from Ron Moppet, curator, regarding the exhibition from the Vancouver Art Gallery that was shown at the college on 12-28 November 1976 en route to Ontario.

Allan Fleming at work

File consists of images taken by Kryn Taconis showing Fleming with colleagues in the offices of Cooper & Beatty, Limited, as well as Fleming standing with an umbrella in front of Canadian National Railways' boxcars bearing the CN symbol.

Allan Fleming's work : ephemera

File consists of images showing a wide range of Fleming's printed work, including posters, invitations, Christmas keepsakes, and other document types. Originals of much of this work can be found within the fonds.

Allan R. Fleming : designer

File consists of the catalogue for an exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery devoted to Fleming's work curated by Alvin Balkind, designed to look like a set of typesetting galley proofs. The document is accompanied by its yellow tissue paper cover marked, "1st revise -- rush." See 2008-002/029(05) for other versions of this catalogue, and 2008-002/031 to 036 for the exhibit elements listed by the catalogue.

Allan R. Fleming : estate

File consists of Waddington's inventory of his estate, December 1980, correspondence with Prudence Tracy regarding an opportunity to purchase items from the estate, and a photographic portrait of Fleming.

Allan R. Fleming : portraits

File consists of a black-and-white photographic print taken by Peter Croydon of Fleming standing in his studio, and a colour print made by Cavouk Portrait Studio showing Fleming smoking a pipe while working on a design.

Allan R. Fleming Memorial Fund

File consists of draft correspondence, stationery, and mailing lists for an attempt to set up a memorial fund to commemorate Allan Fleming and his work following his death. The project involved Nancy and Martha Fleming, Prudence Tracy, John Gibson (Graphic Designers of Canada), and Paul Fleck (President of the Ontario College of Art).

Allan Robb Fleming fonds

  • F0529
  • Fonds
  • 1853-1995, predominant 1953-1978

Fonds consists of correspondence, brochures, clippings from newspapers and magazines, curriculum vitae, reports, original artwork, photographs (black and white prints and colour transparencies), financial records, speeches, exhibit catalogues, typographical research files, audio recordings, appointment diaries, awards, and design objects created or accumulated by Allan Fleming during his career as a graphic designer, teacher, and administrator. Topics of these records include: previous generations of his family in Scotland; his secondary school education; his years in England working with English typographers; his marriage to Nancy Chisholm; their relationship with Richard Outram and Barbara Howard; work at Cooper & Beatty Ltd., MacLaren Advertising, University of Toronto Press and other firms; the work of typographers such as Eric Gill and Carl Dair; Fleming's work for a wide variety of corporate clients (including Ontario Hydro, Trent University, the Hudson's Bay Company, Gray Coach, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian National Railway, Massey College, and the City of Toronto); television scripts; book and stamp design; his involvement in design juries; exhibitions of his work; book collecting; his declining health after a heart attack in 1971; and his death in 1978.

Fleming, Allan

Alma Duncan : correspondence

File consists of nine letters from Duncan regarding Allan Fleming's purchase of her drawing in 1969, her exhibit with Avrom Isaacs in 1968, her efforts to make prints using a clothes wringer, Fleming's stamp design in 1973, her trip to the Arctic and work on floral stamp designs for Canada Post in 1976, and concerns about his health later that year.

Ancient Coin Society of Canada

File consists of correspondence with the society and issues of its journal, "Cornucopiae," possibly in connection to Allan Fleming's work on the Olympic coin competition.

Art and design exhibition catalogues

File consists of seven items from the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Park Gallery in Toronto, the Government of Ontario, the Society of Typographic Arts in Chicago, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Lyceum Club in Toronto.

Art magazine

File consists of correspondence with Shirley Gibson, draft editorial policy and sample page for a proposed arts magazine.

Articles

File consists of typescript and published articles written by Allan Fleming on graphic design, typography, his work with Burton Kramer, lettering on buildings, advertising (such as the newsletter of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Club of Montreal with Fleming's discussion of "How to find new ways to say important things about dull things to people who don't care"), the essence of sanity (his contribution to "Probings," a collection of essays published by the Canadian Mental Health Association), the impact of Canadians on graphic design in the United States, legibility in design, and an introduction to an exhibition catalogue, "Heather Cooper : the art of the illustrator.

Articles

File consists of: "Symmetry," typescript of a five-page illustrated article with handwritten annotations; unfinished memoir; and two copies of "Graphics, colour and visual impact."

Articles on various topics

File consists of stories clipped from newspapers by Allan Fleming and Prudence Tracy regarding author J.D. Salinger, Canada's hazardous product symbols, Inuit art, construction of a home by the Ontario Crafts Council, Robert Burn's design for a new symbol for the City of Toronto (1976), a full-page advertisement for the design of Buick automobiles, the decline of Eastern Ontario's small towns, design of Canadian postage stamps (1969-1971), and other topics.

Artists at Eddie Condon's restaurant, New York

File consists of a photographic print showing Albert Dorne, Jerry Gladston, Jerry Lazarre, Ray Hewetson, Ross Mendes, Allan Fleming and William Smith, with information from the Internet on Albert Dorne and William Smith printed by Nancy Fleming.

Artwork by Allan Fleming

File consists of 13 items including calligraphic designs, sketches on tissue paper, a charcoal portrait sketch [possibly of his mother, Belle Fleming] dated 20 October 1951, a charcoal self-portrait dated 28 October 1951 bearing a grade of AƂĀ—, a pencil sketch for a catalogue, and a watercolour portrait of Nancy Fleming.

Artwork for stamp designs

File consists of photographic prints, rough sketches, and presentation boards for stamps devoted to Joseph Howe, Paul Kane, the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, and the bicentennial of the arrival of Scottish settlers at Pictou, Nova Scotia.

Awards

File consists of 74 awards presented to Allan Fleming for graphic design.

Beatrice Warde and Monotype Corporation Ltd

File consists of correspondence from Warde to Allan Fleming regarding her reaction to his design work and their involvement in a project for University Press of New Brunswick, 1954, an invitation to a lecture on typography by Warde at the Ryerson Institute of Technology, and a letter from Warde regarding her activities during semi-retirement, 1960, with two half-tone photographs of Warde at her home in England.

Beatrix Potter letters

File consists of correspondence relating to the formation of The Other Press Ltd., and to progress of the project involving publication of letters by Potter in a book to be designed by Allan Fleming.

Bell Canada

File consists of organizational charts, annual report of Bell Laboratories for 1972, brochures for Bell's communications seminar, and correspondence and other documents regarding a corporate design study.

Biographical material

File consists of: a letter of introduction for Allan Fleming, 1953; curriculum vitae that include extracts from articles about Fleming and his design work; a list of commissions; and biographical notes.

Book and music collecting

File consists of: an invoice from Colin Richardson for typographical and fine press books; two handwritten notes (one written in England) concerning early blues and folk singers and songs, including record album numbers; photocopy of a valuation of Allan Fleming's book collection done by Roderick Brinckman for insurance purposes, 4 July 1978; photocopy of a letter from Brinckman to Nancy Fleming regarding sale of the remnants of the collection for the benefit of Allan Fleming's estate, 5 December 1978; and a letter to Nancy Fleming from the Ontario College of Art concerning the donation of books from the estate to the College, including a six-page list of typographic books.

Book collecting

File consists of a book dummy in blue cloth marked "60lb Antique" on the spine, containing tipped in cut-outs from booksellers' catalogues concerning the prices of books Allan Fleming owned or wished to purchase, with two handwritten pages of notes by Fleming as to his purchases, their investment value and other details.

Books : general

File consists of correspondence and "Press notes from the University of Toronto Press" relating to "A time to dream," "Canadian wildflowers," and "The economic atlas of Ontario."

Bridging culture and commerce

File consists of offprints of an article by Marjorie Harris discussing the influence and accomplishments of Allan Fleming that appeared in "Applied arts quarterly."

Burton Kramer Associates Limited

File consists of a schedule of rates, correspondence regarding Fleming's relationship with the firm, promotional material with illustrations of the firm's design work, biographical notes for Burton Kramer and Fleming, and sample letterhead for the firm.

Buses : Ontario

File consists of images showing buses operated by Gray Coach, Greyhound, Trentway, Voyageur, and other companies.

Calligraphy

File consists of envelopes and letters handwritten by Carl Dair and others collected as samples of fine calligraphy. File also includes material regarding Fleming's membership in the Society for Italic Handwriting in England (such as an annual report for 1954, membership list, and notice of annual meeting) and the Canadian Society for Italic Handwriting, and correspondence with George Whalley regarding Queen's University Press.

Canada : a year of the land

File consists of correspondence with Lorraine Monk and other officials of the National Film Board regarding the contract to design this book, with printers regarding its production, and with Peter C. Newman regarding his comments on Allan Fleming's design. File also includes newspaper articles about the book, and about "Canada," a similar book published by the National Film Board in 1974.

Canada Post : correspondence

File consists of letters from Postmasters General regarding Allan Fleming's appointment to the Canada Post Office Design Advisory Committee in 1969 and his resignation in 1971, from the Chief of the Postage Stamp Division regarding committee activities and commissions for new stamps, and suggestions from photographer John de Visser regarding stamp design.

Canadian art

File consists of a special issue on graphic design, containing many examples of Allan Fleming's work. It is likely that the cover was designed by Fleming.

Canadian art

File consists of issue no. 61 of the magazine, featuring an article by the American graphic designer Noel Martin about the Toronto Art Directors Club's 10th anniversary exhibition, containing work by Allan Fleming for Knoll, Cooper & Beatty Limited, Mayfair magazine, and the Gallery of Contemporary Art.

Canadian art magazine

File consists of an issue containing an article about the Design in Industry exhibition at the National Gallery, and a letter to the Editor about design's plight in Canada due to pressure from the United States. This issue dates from the time when Allan Fleming was working for Eaton's and thinking about design.

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