Christmas Greeting Cards from the Anderson Family
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives192859
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1980s
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Location
- M5 S1 Sh7 B3 F11
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Don Cosens Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2018-58
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M5 S1 Sh7 B3 F11
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- ca. 1980s
- Physical Description
- 26 cards
- History / Biographical
- Caroyln Curtis was a local artist reknowned for her water colour works, and for paintings and etchings of historic buildings in and around St Thomas. She was born in St. Thomas, Ontario in 1903 to James D. Curtis and Dora Ferguson Curtis. She attended Wellington Street Public School and the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute, from which she graduated in 1922. She graduated from Alma College in household science in 1924, and then enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Ontario, graduating in Commercial Art four years later. After graduation, Carolyn taught handicrafts at various organizations including the YWCA, Girl Guide camps, and at Alma College. During the Second World War, she accepted work inscribing honour rolls and lettering for government issued documents. For many years, she also inscribed the names of Alma College graduates in script on their diplomas. She eventually developed an interest in black and white etchings and water colours, and pursued additional training. These styles became her signature work, and her greeting cards featuring her artwork became collectors' items. Curtis died in 1995. Her work can be found in the Canada Council Art Bank in Ottawa, at the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre and in many private homes. Information summarized from the St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre's biography of Curtis.
- Scope and Content
- File contains Christmas greeting cards sent to and retained by Carolyn Curtis from members of the Anderson family. Greeting cards contain prints of sketches and artworks featuring local and regional scenes including the following:
- -Curling game; Canada and United States vs. Scotland, 1884
- -Late Autumn in Caledon, Ontario (William St. Thomas Smith Artwork)
- -Port Stanley, Upper Canada (Captain John H. Caddy watercolour)
- -Canadian Autumn (William St. Thomas Smith Artwork)
- -Autumn Scene, Ontario (William St. Thomas Smith Artwork)
- -St. Monans, Scottish Port (William St. Thomas Smith Artwork)
- -Port Stanley, Lake Erie (William St. Thomas Smith watercolour)
- -Elgin County Court House
- -Croquet Lawn, Hellmuth Ladies College, London, Ontario, 1872
- -The Cheap Excursion "One Fare to Port and Back", 1872
- -Fingal Foundry - Elgin County's Vehicular Giant, 1877
- -London, Canada West, 1860
- -Great Western Railway Otter Creek Bridge, 1875
- -Fraser House and Main Beach, Port Stanley, 1877
- -Invererie Heights, Port Stanley, 1877, Lookout Tower and Incline Railway
- -London, Ontario Markey Place, Looking to the City Hall, 1875
- -Tecumseh House and Great Western Railroad Station, London, Ontario, 1875
- -Ancient Mound Builder's Fort, in the County of Elgin, Ontario
- -Richmond Street, London, Ontairo, 1880
- -Tecumseh Park, London, Ontario - Professional Ball Game, Chicago Mutuals vs. Tecumseh Club, 1879
- -St. Thomas, from Kettle Creek Bridge, 1878
- -St. George Street Bridge, St. Thomas, 1875
- -Richmond Street, Opposite St. Paul's Cathedral, Reception of the Governor General, London, Ontario, 1872
- Website / Street View Notes
- link directs to the St. Thomas Public Art Centre's website, which includes a biography of Carolyn Curtis.
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