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Doris McCarthy's Diary - January 1922 to October 1924
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1924
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A Fairy Playlet
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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."
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Date Created
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1922
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Subject
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Early childhood
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Letter from Bora Laskin
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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."
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Date Created
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1974
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Canadian Girl in Training
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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.
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Date Created
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1990
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Subject
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Youth
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Letter of congratulations from Thomas Seniw
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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.
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Date Created
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1987
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Letter from Gus Harris
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Letter to Doris McCarthy from Gus Harris, Mayor of Scarborough, congratulating Doris on her receipt of the Order of Canada.
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Date Created
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1987-01-23
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Letter to Doris McCarthy's father from her maternal grandfather
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A letter from Doris McCarthy's maternal grandfather, Archie Moffatt, to her father George A. McCarthy regarding his second proposal to Doris' mother and his consent, sent from Montreal, June 18, 1900. Letter reads: "Montreal. My dear Mr. McCarthy I have to apologize for my apparent neglect in not replying to your letter of the 10th more promptly but the question put is so serious that it must be my excuse for taking time to deliberate and consult - In my mind an engagement is as serious and binding as marriage and the interest of my daughter, for whom my love cannot be expressed in words, demands that it should not be lightly entered upon or without serious reflection. While I really appreciate the honor you for a second time confer on me I regret you have not taken me more into your confidence respecting your worldly prospects for as I told you six months ago that was the only reason I had in hesitating to give my consent; for while I have the fullest confidence in your honor and good intentions. I know that young people are over sanguine and hopeful and consider the sentimental side of such a question rather than the material which I am sorry to say after all is the most enduring. However to relieve you from suspense, I give my consent, but I hope you will not misunderstand me. If I ask you to write me more fully on the above subject and to regard me always as your friend and well wisher. AW Moffatt."
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Date Created
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June 18 1900
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Family
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