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Title

Fonds consists of

1 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Date(s)

1931-1976

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Fonds contains the manuscripts, research notes, sketches, drawings and watercolours for "Jory's Cove", "Across Canada", "The Great Island", "A Dog for Davie's Hill" and "Hurricane Treasure". Fonds also includes business correspondence, clippings, maps, and a photograph.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Copyright varies. The recipient of copies is responsible for determining whether material is subject to copyright and whether use of it does or does not constitute an infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act. Credit Library and Archives Canada.

Finding aid

Graphic material; textual records; cartographic material Finding aid consists of a detailed item listing for the boxes within the fonds. Consult archivist. 90 (Paper)

Creator / Provenance

Bice, Clare, 1909-1976.

Biography / Administrative history

Artist, illustrator and curator, Clare Bice was born in Durham, Ontario, in 1909 and raised in nearby London. Bice studied at the University of Western Ontario (B.A., 1928) and then at the Art Students' League and Grand Central School of Art in New York (1930-32). His success as a writer and illustrator of children's books began with the publication of "Jory's Cove" in 1941 and followed with four more children's books. He worked as curator of the Williams Memorial Art Gallery and Museum from 1940 to 1972 (now the London Regional Art and Historical Museums) and was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists. Bice became well known as a landscape painter and as a portrait and figure artist. He exhibited his work widely, wrote articles on art, and taught at the Doan School of Art and at various Canadian universities during summer sessions.

Subject heading

1. Littérature de jeunesse Archives.
2. Children Literature Archives.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3671298