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Fonds consists of 16mm film reels filmed by Calverley documenting daily life in Egypt and Greece from roughly 1929-1952, including scenes from the Greek Civil War.

Item contains footage of men in traditional costume performaing a folk dance. Some of the men are wearing masks. The performance may possibly be the the Căluş ritual dance which is performed in Southern Romania as well as by Vlachs in Bulgaria and Serbia. Location of performance is unknown.

Item contains footage of men in traditional costume performaing a folk dance. Some of the men are wearing masks and other costumes. The performance may possibly be the the Căluş ritual dance which is performed in Southern Romania as well as by Vlachs in Bulgaria and Serbia. Location of performance is unknown. Footage also includes two men posing with domesticated bears.

Item contains footage of men and women cooking lambs on a spit, people gathered to watching performances of dancers in traditional costumes and young men participating in sports competitions Footage also includes scenes from Greek Orthodox Easter services.

Item contains footage of men and women preparing to cook lambs on spits. Footage also includes shots of livestock, as well as people gathered for an unidentified social event.

Item contains footage of men and clergy preparing for the Holy Thursday Crucifixion service, as well as footage from the service itself.

Item contains footage of various animals in an unidentified zoo.

Item contains footage of musicians and dancers performing, as well as men playing tahtib (a traditional Egyptian stick-fighting martial art).

Item contains footage of from a Mermah competition.

Item contains assorted footage of Greece, including women using weaving looms, people gathered outside of a church, shots of ancient Greek ruins, and women washing clothing in a creek.

Item is footage of fish interacting with bait.

Item contains footage of unidentified individuals harvesting and drying unidentified crops. Possibly tea or tobacco.

Item contains footage of an unidentified woman presenting maps of Greece, Albania, and Yugoslavia.

Item contains footage of unidentified women baking bread in Egypt.

Item contains footage of a man with a child using a hand spindle to produce fibre, as well as men using looms to weave fabric.

Item contains assorted footage of Egypt, including men and women tending to crops, irrigation systems, animal herding, and pottery making.

Item contains footage of women harvesting grapes in Greece.

Item contains footage of men shaping stoneware in Egypt.

Item contains footage of Egyptian wildlife, as well as landscape scenes from various locations.

Item contains footage of Egyptian men and women harvesting what appears to be grain or reeds.

Item contains footage of men making pottery in Egypt.

Item contains footage of men in traditional costume performaing a folk dance. Location is unknown but possibly a Balkan country.

Item contains footage of pigeon farming in Egypt.

Item contains footage of men processing reeds and women basket weaving.

Item contains footage of men participating in a Mermah competition.

Item contains footage of Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations, including dancers performing in traditional costumes, a shot put contest, and children with goats. Footage also includes Good Friday services, as well as the Anastasi (Resurrection) service.

Item contains footage of people harvesting durum wheat and preparing freekeh.

Item contains footage of Egypt, including musicians, bread making, a snake charmer, pottery, and agriculture.

Item contains footage of people in traditional costume riding a Maypole or giant stride swing and performing traditional dances. Location is unknown but it may be in a Balkan country.

Item contains footage of men playing a variety of musical instruments together.

Item contains footage of Greece, including landscape scenes, children gathered outside a building, women harvesting grain, as well as men and women working to repair a partially demolished building. Footage also includes women gathering wood.

Item contains footage of unidentified women baking bread in Egypt.

Item contains footage of Greece, including a woman tilling a field, a Greek Orthodox procession, as well as children receiving food. Footage also includes landscape scenes of ancient ruins, a war memorial, as well as a wrestling competition.

Item contains footage of men and women cooking lambs on a spit, people gathered to watching performances of dancers in traditional costumes and young men pole vaulting, as well as footage from Easter services outside of a church.

Item contains footage of life in Egypt, including men making pottery, landscape scenes, and farming. Item also contains footage of Greece, including school children raising a flag, families with children, landscapes, men herding goats, and young men exercising. Footage also includes men demonstrating their war injuries and their prostheses.

Item contains footage of life in Egypt, including men performing with horses, scenes from a village market, men sharing a meal, and an unidentified man attending to livestock.

Item contains footage of Greece, including men constructing a wall, women and children, as well as scenes from a village. Footage also includes people farming, fishing, and receiving supplies.

Item contains footage of the exterior and interior of a Greek Orthodox Church, as well as clergy members.

Item primarily contains footage of a Greek Orthodox Burial of the Theotokos procession for the The Feast of the Dormition on the island of Tinos, Greece. Item also contains footage of daily life in what appears to be Egypt.

Item contains footage of men plowing fields with oxen and threshing grain, as well as footage of men carving stoneware. Item also includes footage of an irrigation system with pumps.

Item contains assorted footage of Egypt, including lanscapes, market scenes, date harvesting, workers tracing hieroglyphs, and livestock. Item also contains footage from what appears to be a television program.

Item contains footage of men, women and children harvesting and threshing wheat. Unknown location, possibly in Goulediana, Crete.

Item contains footage of men making pottery.

Item contains footage of an unidentified man plowing a field, as well as footage of men, women and children harvesting and threshing grain.

Item contains footage of men performing dances for a crowd. Unknown location.

Item contains footage of men building ships.

Item primarily contains footage of a Greek Orthodox Epiphany procession, as well as footage of an unidentified man walking up an escarpment and landscape shots.

Item contains footage from inside an Ancient Egyptian temple, likely the Temple of Seti I (Great Temple of Abydos).

Item primarily contains footage of a Greek Orthodox Holy Friday procession, as well as footage of an unidentified landscape.

Item contains footage of various men displaying fish for sale as well as footage of pigeons, cranes, and an owl. Footage also includes a brief shot of a deer, a snake, and Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Item contains footage of men plowing a field and sowing seeds in Egypt.

Item contains footage of men in a field, as well as footage of various live birds.

Item contains footage of unidentified men and women performing a variety of domestic tasks, including baking bread in a clay oven, cooking, tending to goats, and spinning wool. Footage also includes a woman using a stone mill to grind grain, men constructing what appear to be cages, and men training dogs.

Item contains footage of mountain ranges and other landscapes, possibly of Greece.

Item contains footage of a man walking through a structure, as well as men preparing sailboats and hieroglyphs.

Item contains footage of an ancient ruin, possibly from the Temple of Abydos

Item contains assorted footage of Egypt, including falcons, a watermill, men shipbuilding, and landscape scenes.

Item contains footage of men playing Egyptian musical instruments, including hand drums and stringed instruments.

Item contains footage of pigeons.

Item contains footage of men gathered together (possibly in a mosque?) as well as images from a watermill. Footage also includes men playing tahtib.

Item contains footage of Egyptian women with young children and babies.

Item contains footage of a city scene with people walking around an unidentified location (possibly Abydos), as well as men working in a fibre mill spinning and weaving unidentified fibre.

Item contains footage of a man using a weaving loom as well as another man setting up a hammock.

Item contains footage of a city scene (possibly Abydos) as well as children playing, landscape scenes showing grains and other crops, as well as farm animals like oxen and mules. Footage also includes scenes from what may be a water mill, a woman kneading dough, and falcons.

Item contains footage of men carving stone blocks.

Item primarily contains footage of two women milling grain with a manual stone mill grinder. Item also includes brief footage of ducks as well as kittens.

Item contains footage of men gathered outside a building as well as footage of ancient Egyptian ruins (possibly the temple at Abydos) and a pyramid.

Item contains footage of men harvesting an unidentified crop.

Item contains footage of unidentified men carrying bales of grain as well as men herding camel.

Item contains footage of landscape in Egypt with an unidentified man in the foreground.

Item contains footage of a man crushing and weighing something, possibly gold, as well as a man heating something over coals.

Item contains footage of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Item contains footage of a marshy landscape as well as footage of an unidentified man showing the camera the ducks he hunted, as well as footage of a man in a row boat and footage of more ducks.

Item contains footage of an unidentified man putting snakes into a sack as well as footage of a cobra and another large snake.

Item contains footage of an unidentified woman milling grain with a manual stone mill grinder in Egypt.

Item contains footage of an unidentified woman carrying a basket on her head while holding a child, men walking amongst palm trees and next to a body of water, as well as a cobra snake.

Item contains footage of a man steering a boat, followed by footage of a group of men and boys exploring a rocky area near a body of water with rapids. Footage ends with a scene outside of a building.

Item contains footage of a field being tilled with oxen and with unidentified men transporting crops with mules.

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Canadian artist William J. Wood and include Wood's wartime correspondence to his family (1916-1918) and correspondence with other Canadian artists, as well as a collection of Ontario and Canadian art exhibition catalogues and related ephemera that document Wood's contributions to these art exhibits and the community of artists with which he was associated.

File consists of William J. Wood’s correspondence throughout the First World War; contains letters written mostly to his wife, but also to his children.

File consists of William J. Wood’s correspondence throughout the First World War; contains letters written mostly to his wife, but also to his children.

File consists of William J. Wood’s correspondence throughout the First World War; contains letters written mostly to his wife, but also to his children.

File consists of a receipt of purchase from the Fine Art Society in London.

File consists of miscellaneous ephemera including a dance invitation card, a newspaper clipping of a poem, and a leave pass belong to W.J. Wood.

File consists of issues of the News-Bag published by the Knox Church in Midland, Ontario. Contains Vol. 1, No. 10 and 14; and Vol. 2 No. 5 and 6.

Item consists of a flyer for the Canadian National Exhibition Department of Graphic art exhibition. On the back is a handwritten list of the Membership of the Society of Canadian Painter Etchers.

File consists of a copy of The Nurse and the Knight by Hervey Smith McCowan and a newspaper clipping.

File consists of work order books from the Midland Shipbuilding Company repurposed as notebooks.

File consists of incoming correspondence from Thomas W. Seagram to W.J. Wood concerning a payment of a cheque.

File consists of incoming correspondence from Florence Wyle to W.J. Wood.

File consists of incoming correspondence from Agnes Prittie to W.J. Wood.

File consists of incoming correspondence from Albert H. Robson to W.J. Wood.

File consists of incoming correspondence from Bertha E. Jaques to W.J. Wood.

File consists of incoming correspondence attributed to Alfred Munnings to W.J. Wood.

File consists of incoming correspondence from J. Russell Harper to W.J. Wood.

File consists of incoming correspondence from J. Ernest Foster to W.J. Wood on etching.

File consists of incoming correspondence from A.Y. Jackson.

Item consists of a brochure of the book Canadian Short Stories edited by Robert Weaver and Helen James.