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1990

File consists of correspondence sent and received by Robert Greer Allen. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm.

Birney : Earle, Esther, Wai-Lan

File includes personal correspondence with the Birneys, often addressed to both Rita and Robert Greer Allen, newspaper clippings, as well as a manuscript of "Poems by Earle Birney" (1963). -- 4 photographs : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm. -- Photographs of the Birneys' house and garden circa 1951.

British television production : correspondence

File consists of correspondence and telegrams sent and received by Robert Greer Allen regarding his work in London, England, to direct and/or produce plays for television broadcast for the BBC, Globe Productions, ABC and Granada, between April and August 1959. Also included is correspondence exchanged with Canadian playwright Joseph Schull and theatrical agent Elspeth Cochrane.

Elmo, Ann : AFG Agency

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Robert Greer Allen and Ann Elmo, a literary agent for New York literary agency AFG, pertaining to Robert's story and script submissions. Many of the radio scripts submitted in 1950 and 1951 were co-written with Rita Greer Allen.

Europe

File consists of Festival of Britain theatre programs and correspondence pertaining to personal and professional subjects, written while the Greer Allens were working in London. Letters sent to Earle Birney and to actors John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier by Robert Greer Allen are part of this file.

London

File consists of personal and professional correspondence written by Robert Greer Allen while working in London. Included is correspondence with Cecil Clarke of H.M Tennent Globe Productions, BBC TV's Michael Barry, and theatrical agent Elspeth Cochrane.

Penny

File consists of love letters, postcards and notes from Rita Greer Allen to Robert Greer Allen.

Military manuals

File consists of "Manual of elementary drill (all arms) : 1935" and "Infantry section leading 1938" printed by the Government of Canada.

Robert Allen -- personal

File includes Robert Greer Allen's parents' marriage certificate from June 1916 as well as newspaper and magazine clippings about Robert, including his 1963 TV work with Lauren Bacall. -- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 25 cm. -- Photograph is a group portrait of cast and crew members on a television project for which Robert Allen, also pictured, was executive producer. An identification key accompanies the photograph.

Scrapbook

Item is comprised of newspaper articles, some of which were written Robert Greer Allen.

Torontonensis '39

Item is a 1939 yearbook published by the Students' Administrative Council of the University of Toronto. Robert Greer Allen's graduate picture is on page 67. Allen also appears on page 275 as part of the group photograph for the Trinity University Review.

"The blood is strong"

File includes scripts and correspondence from Lister Sinclair and two architectural drawings of a television set for this episode of "GM theatre".

Retirement portrait

Item is a caricature-style portrait of Robert Greer Allen commemorating his retirement from the CBC. This drawing was originally framed by a mat signed by Robert's work colleagues. Mat removed due to mold damage, but photographic prints of the mat and its signatures are included with the drawing.

Joseph Howe photographs

Photographs taken in Halifax of the tombstone of and a monument commemorating Nova Scotia politician Joseph Howe. These photographs likely pertain to a CBC "Folio" program titled "A case of posterity versus Joseph Howe" produced by Robert Greer Allen.

"The browning version"

File consists of an annotated script, a credit list and production schedule for this "Ford startime" television play, written by Terence Rattigan and produced by Robert Greer Allen.

"Clearing in woods"

File consists of annotated scripts, a set drawing, a "telecine" cue sheet, notes, production details for television play "A clearing in the woods", adapted for television by Elspeth Cochrane and produced by Robert Greer Allen. -- 11 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 22 and 16.5 x 34.5 cm. -- Photographs of set drawings.

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