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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: Letter from Dino, Emmanuella, & Marco Antonio
Description: Letter to Doris McCarthy from Dino Rigolo, letting her know they will be visiting Toronto, sent from Rome, Italy on November 11, 1965.
Date Created: 1965-11-15

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

Title: A Day at the Knothole [draft with editing]
Description: An autobiographical assignment. Excerpts of this were later used in Doris McCarthy's books "My Life" and "The Good Wine."
Subject: Education

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: Letter from Bora Laskin
Description: A letter/card to Doris McCarthy from Bora Laskin, sent from Ottawa, ON, January 6, 1974. Letter reads: "SUPREME COURT OF CANADA COUR SUPREME DU CANADA CHIEF JUSTICE CHAMBERS CABINET DU JUGE EN CHEF CANADA January 8, 1974 Dear Doris: I can think of no better way to inaugurate the use of this stationery than to send you a note of appreciation and affection from Peggy and me. The room at the top is always available. Love Bora."
Date Created: 1974

Title: "Season's Greeting" card and Photograph of Governor General (Ramon John Hnatyshyn) with wife
Description: "Season's Greetings" card from Governor General R. Hnatyshyn and wife Greta Hnatyshyn, sent from Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON, in 1991 to Doris McCarthy.
Date Created: 1991

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: Letter/card from Dorothy L. Sayers
Description: Letter/card to Doris McCarthy from Dorothy L. Sayers, with a linocut print on cover.

Title: Letter of congratulations from Thomas Seniw
Description: A congratulatory letter for the Order of Canada in which the artist Thomas Seniw also discusses religious influences on his art, and Doris McCarthy's work "Iceberg Fantasy." This letter was sent on April 30, 1987, from McGill University, Faculty of Religious Studies, Montreal, Quebec.
Date Created: 1987

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