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Concepts in clay : raku

Item is a booklet for a sculpture exhibition at the Koffler Gallery between 9 October and 25 November 1985, featuring the work of Rita Greer Allen and others. It is signed by Greer Allen.

Rita's studio contents

File consists of newspaper clippings, illustrations, notices for Rita Greer Allen's pottery exhibitions, sketches and notes, and photographs of sculpture and pottery on display.

Drawings

Drawings are of male and female nudes, created by Rita Greer Allen. Drawings have some water damage and mould at top.

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence and cards received by Rita Greer Allen as well as copies of her outgoing correspondence and photographs. Much of the correspondence in this series is personal in nature, organized by the surname of the correspondent. Correspondents include Earle and Esther Birney, theatrical agent Elspeth Cochrane, Reva and Leonard Brooks, members of the Weyman family, Jack Shadbolt, Hugh MacLennan, Lady Susan Tweedsmuir, Charles Wassermann, and many others.

1941-1943 : correspondence : misc

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence created and maintained by Rita Greer Allen pertaining to personal and work-related topics. Included is Rita's 1940 tax return, completed in 1943. Some correspondence in this file was written by Robert Greer Allen.

Personal correspondence : A-B

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Rita Greer Allen and Esther Birney, Earle Birney, Helen Burns, Mrs. John Alford, Ruy de Athyade, Molly Bobak and Reva Brooks.

Paul Almond

File consists of correspondence and a copy of the book, "Paul Almond: the flame within" by Janet Edsforth.

Ian

File consists of correspondence from Rita's nephew Ian Weyman.

Personal correspondence : M

File includes correspondence with Leonard Marsh, Hugh MacLennan, Margaret Henry Marsh, Phyllis Mitchell, Bill McConnell, and the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada.

Wendy Penfield

File includes photographs of Rita Greer Allen's niece, Wendy Penfield, during her travels in Bali.

To file

File consists of newspaper clippings and outgoing and incoming correspondence with Mrs. John Alford, Earle Birney, Esther Birney, Wendy Thomson, Edith Goodridge, Astrid Weyman, Ian Weyman, Jannis Skyropoulus, Alexandro Tombazis, Charles Wasserman, George Bourne, Robert Russel, Carol George, Kathleen Weyman, Gladys Hauck, Reva and Leonard Brooks, Elspeth Cochrane, Michael Jacot, Hamilton Southam, Bruce Corder, Richard Ballentine, Andre Paquette, Alice Frick, Faith Wood, Jack Ludwig, Gloria Varley, T.B. Hendry, Margaret Carnegie, Audrey Miller, and people responding to Rita Greer Allen's work on "Take 30".

Weymans : general

File consists of correspondence with Rita Greer Allen's family, including her mother, brothers Ron and Rex, sister-in-law Kathleen, and nieces and nephews, as well as photographs of Rita's relatives.

Lecture notes and essays

File consists of notes, essays and exam questions pertaining to courses inbiology, geology, anthropology, English, geography and religion, taken by Rita Greer Allen during her 1st Pass Arts year at Trinity College, University of Toronto.

1943-1948 : correspondence : CBC

File consists of correspondence sent and received by both Rita Greer Allen and husband and co-writer Robert Green Allen pertaining to their script-writing work for CBC Radio. Also included are CBC invoices for Rita and Robert's radio work. Correspondents include Earle Birney, Arthur L. Phelps, Neil M. Morrison, Marjorie McEnaney, N. Alice Frick, Elspeth Chisholm, Andrew Allan, and Rupert Lucas.

A.B.C. TV : Britain

File consists of correspondence with ABC Television regarding Rita Greer Allen's script for "The Gioconda smile".

Ancient CBC & NFB receipts from '40s & '50s

File consists of invoices, contracts, expense forms and statements of earnings pertaining to Rita Greer Allen's contract and freelance work for CBC radio and television and the National Film Board of Canada.

CBC : farms

File consists of correspondence and expense claims pertaining to Rita Greer Allen's work on radio programming for the CBC Farms Department.

CBC I.S

File consists of correspondence exchanged between Rita Greer Allen and Elspeth Chisholm of the CBC International Service (I.S.), English Language Talks, as well as with International Service employees Franz Kraemer, C.R. Delafield and Kenneth Brown, pertaining to Rita's scriptwriting work for International Service programs. Some correspondence written and received by Robert Greer Allen is also part of this file. Included are two scripts written by Charles Wassermann for "Canadian primer", produced by Elspeth Chisholm, and two International Service radio schedules for February and March 1950.

Crawley Films

File consists of correspondence, a telegram, and a claim for travel expenses pertaining to Rita Greer Allen's writing of the "Barometer rising" script.

ETV [Educational Television Branch]

File consists of correspondence and a contract pertaining to Rita Greer Allen's work as a writer and researcher for a series of programs on Shakespeare for the Ontario Department of Education, Educational Television Branch.

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