DATES OF CREATION:
2000
PHYSICAL EXTENT:
56 drawings and 37 photographs
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Fonds consists of records created by the Mount Allison University
Archives Artifact Illustration Project: Clara Dennis Collection.
This project was initiated by the Archives, and made possible
with support from the Crake Foundation, and additional support
from the Mount Allison Faculty of Social Sciences and the Senate
Committee on Teaching and Learning. Following the
identification and cataloguing of this collection by archaeologist
Dr. K. Leonard, Adjunct Professor, Mount
Allison University Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
he suggested that illustrations of these objects could be used
for teaching purposes. Maskull Lasserre of Aylmer, Quebec,
a Fine Arts student at Mount Allison University (Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree, May 2001), was commissioned to illustrate
selected objects from this collection.
CUSTODIAL HISTORY:
In continuous custody of the Mount Allison University Archives
SCOPE AND CONTENTS:
Fonds consists of 56 drawings of historic and prehistoric objects
such as stone axes, spear and arrow tips, etc. Also included
are slides of some of the drawings.
SOURCE OF TITLE:
Title based on contents of fonds
ACCRUALS:
Not expected
ASSOCIATED MATERIALS:
Not applicable
FINDING AIDS:
Inventory available at repository
IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF ACQUISITION:
Received directly from Maskull Lasserre and co-supervisor Prof. Jeffrey Burns, Mount Allison Fine Art Department
LANGUAGE:
English
LOCATION OF ORIGINALS:
Mount Allison University Archives
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Not available
RELATED RECORDS:
An inventory of the objects which comprise
the Clara Dennis Collection, Mount Allison University Archives,
Accession 5902, is available at repository
ALL OTHER NOTES:
A set of photocopies of these drawings are available for public
use
RETRIEVAL No.:
2000.17
REPOSITORY:
Mount Allison University Archives
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS, USE AND REPRODUCTION:
Open for research purposes. Copying and/or publication permitted only with written permission of the Mount Allison University Archives |
