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Title: Doris McCarthy at Pine Lake
Description: Doris McCarthy on painting trip to Pine Lake (North Lake), 1932.
Date Created: 1932

Title: Doris McCarthy at Fool's Paradise
Description: Photograph of Doris McCarthy in the garden at Fool's Paradise, 1955.
Date Created: 1955

Title: The Order of Canada, 25th Anniversary Gala
Description: Program pamphlet for the Order of Canada, 25th Anniversary Gala at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, ON, on Sunday October 18, 1992, attended by Doris McCarthy.
Date Created: 1992

Title: Home Again
Description: Draft of a chapter for Doris's autobiography "A Fool in Paradise: An Artist's Early Life," discussing Doris's return home after her trip to England with her friend Nory. 13 pages.
Date Created: 1990
Subject: Voyages and travels

Title: Doris McCarthy's Diary - January 1922 to October 1924
Description: Doris McCarthy's personal journal from ages twelve to fourteen. Doris McCarthy started writing with Marjorie for the school newspaper. Both of them developed an interest in authorship and decided they would ask for diaries on Christmas 1921. Doris started her first journal, this one, on New Year's day, 1922. Because Doris' journal was blank, she could write whenever and however much she wanted to on the pages. Doris also developed the habit of drawing/sketching at the same time as here interest in writing. Although there are some sketches in the journals, she primarily used other exercise books for drawing.
Date Created: 1924

Title: Handbook for Fool's Paradise
Description: Caretaking directions and historical information about Fool's Paradise.

Title: A Fairy Playlet
Description: A play written by Doris McCarthy and Marjorie Beer in 1922 about a fairy queen and the queens of flowers. Originally tucked into Doris's journal. The play is referred to on page 19 of Doris's autobiography "My Life."
Date Created: 1922
Subject: Early childhood

Title: Canadian Girl in Training
Description: Draft of a chapter for Doris McCarthy's autobiography "A Fool in Paradise: An Artist's Early Life," discussing Doris's early involvement with the Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) when she was a teenager. 11 pages.
Date Created: 1990
Subject: Youth

Title: Sketches of Fool's Paradise kitchen and house on the Bluffs.
Description: Interior design sketches of kitchen at Fool's Paradise and a perspective of the house from the Bluffs.

Title: Childhood
Description: Draft of a chapter for Doris's autobiography "A Fool in Paradise: An Artist's Early Life," covering Doris's childhood up to 1918. 8 pages.
Date Created: 1990
Subject: Early childhood

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