Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
- Textual material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.
Level of description
Reference code
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1913-1950 (Creation)
- Creator
- Wood, William J.
Physical description area
Physical description
22 cm of textual records
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William J. Wood was a Canadian painter and etcher. Born May 26, 1877 in Ottawa; he studied at the Eric Pape School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900, and the Central Ontario School of Art and Industrial Design (OCAD) between 1904-1905. Wood married Jessie Reaman in 1906, they had at least three children. Wood eventually settled in Midland, Ontario where he lived until his death; where he worked at the Midland Shipyards from 1913 until the 1930s. Between 1915-1919, Wood served in the Canadian Army during World War I. Wood was a close friend of several of the Group of Seven members, Arthur Lismer and A.Y. Jackson. He was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters, the Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art. Wood died January 4, 1954.
Custodial history
Records were in the custody of Scott Evans, the great-grandson of William J. Wood.
Scope and content
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.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
12/11/2025 E. Thomas. Creation.