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G. Brender à Brandis. First accrual. 20 cm of textual records. -- 17 cm of sound recordings. -- 1.08 m of graphic material. 6 photographs and 27 slides.

Series 1 Personal Correspondence
Personal correspondence series. -- 1978-1997. -- 4 letters. -- Title based on content of series.

Box 1
F.1 McGibbon, Pauline M.; 14 September 1978; 1 item.
F.2 McKennitt, Loreena; 14 August 1997; 1 item.
F.3 Tomkinson, Geoff; [n.d.]; 2 items.

Series 2 Manuscripts
Manuscripts series. -- 1991-1999. -- 8 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.

F.4 Brandis, Marianne. Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada / by Marianne Brandis; ...with scratchboard illustrations by Gerard Brender à Brandis. Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill, 1996. Includes: Drafts and draft revisions, research notes, notes re illustrations and related correspondence, 1994, plus 1p. sketches; variously paginated.
F.5 Brender à Brandis, G. A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare / wood engravings by Gerard Brender à Brandis and quotations from Shakespeare selected and interpreted by F. David Hoeniger. Stratford, Ont.: G. Brender à Brandis, 1997. Includes: Ms. and ts. mock-up, notes, text changes, ts. drafts, research material, page proofs and related correspondence, 1992-1997; variously paginated.
F.6 Brender à Brandis, G. Nulla Dies Sine Flora : Poem & Engravings by Gerard Brender à Brandis. Stratford, Ont.: G. Brender à Brandis, 1996. Ms. (2 versions); 2 items.
F.7 Brender à Brandis, G. Portraits of Flowers / wood engravings by G. Brender à Brandis ; with commentary by Patrick Lima. Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill, 1995. Includes: Cover mock-up (pencil drawing by GBàB), ts. list of engravings, proposal by Lima and related correspondence, 26 September 1994 and 6 March 1995; variously paginated.
F.8 Findley, Timothy. If Stones Could Speak ; with a foreword by William Whitehead ; and wood engravings by Gerard Brender à Brandis. Stratford, Ont.: Pebble Productions, 1999. Ms. mock-up by GBàB; 63p. plus cover.
F.9 Paterson, Allen. To Catch the Light : Images of Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada / Allen Paterson ; with wood engravings by Gerard Brender à Brandis. Stratford, Ont.: G. Brender à Brandis, 1992. Includes: Ts. and ms. research notes plus related correspondence, November 1991; 5 items.
F.10 Notes (ms.); [n.d.]; 3 items.

Series 3 News Clippings and Ephemera
News clippings and ephemera series. -- 1968-2002. -- 11 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.

F.11 Awards. The Alcuin Society - 19th annual awards for excellence in book design in Canada 2000-2001. Includes: Correspondence relating to award, 18 May 2001 and certificate; 3 items.
F.12 Exhibitions; [n.d.], 1994-2002. Includes: Related correspondence, 18 October 1996; 7 items.
F.13 Greeting cards (b&w and colour); 1996-2002. Includes: blank envelopes; 12 items.
F.14 News clippings and reviews; [n.d.], 1968-2001; 53 items.
F.15 Pamphlets and advertising; [n.d.]; 5 items.
F.16 Poster; [n.d.]. "Hands Over Time". TVOntario "Celebrate the artistry of Ontario craftspeople and the beauty of their unique handmade treasures..." (oversize). Stored in Box 4; 1 item.

Series 4 Graphic Material
Graphic material series. -- 1964-2002. -- 1.08 m of graphic material, 6 photographs and 27 slides. -- Title based on contents of series.

Box 2
Note: Artist's proofs of wood engravings, 298 items.
F.1 "168 Nile"; [1998?]; #1-2; signed; 2 items.
F.2 "Across Lake Victoria"; 1994; 1st proof, penultimate proof; signed; 2 items.
F.3 "Aerangis fastuosa"; 2002; #2-5 plus final proof; signed; 5 items.
F.4 "Ancistrochilus rothschildianus"; [n.d.]; #1; signed; 1 item.
F.5 "Apple Tree"; [n.d.]; #1 plus final proof; signed; 2 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.6 "Apple Tree" (different version); [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.7 "Apples"; [n.d.]; #1-2; signed; 2 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.8 "Arisaema triphyllum"; 1991; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: To Catch the Light.
F.9 "Ascocenda Udomchai"; 1999; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items.
F.10 "Bamboo"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.11 "Baroque Guitar"; 2002; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items.
F.12 "Basket I"; [1997?]; #1-3; signed; 3 items.
F.13 "Basket II"; [1997?]; #1-3; signed; 3 items.
F.14 "Birdsong"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: Toselli, Carlo. Immobile correndo : poesie.
F.15 "Blessed Thistle"; 1997; #1-3 (final proof); signed; 3 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.16 "Books"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.17 "Brussels Sprouts"; 1995; #1; signed; 1 item.
F.18 "Burdock"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.19 "Canker Rose"; 1995; #1; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.20 "Captain Cootes' Trail"; 1991; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: To Catch the Light.
F.21 "Chamomile"; [n.d.]; #1 plus final proof; signed; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.22 "Chilochista usneoides"; 2002; final proof; signed; 1 item.
F.23 "Chocolate Box"; [1998?]; #1-2; signed; 2 items. For: Stratford Christmas of the Twenties.
F.24 "Coelogyne cristata"; [n.d.]; #1-3 plus 1st state; signed; 4 items.
F.25 "Coelogyne fuscescens"; 1999; semi-final proof, final proof; signed; 2 items.
F.26 "Courtyard Gate"; [n.d.]; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.27 "Cowslips"; 1994; #1-2; signed; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.28 "Cowslips Tall"; 1995; final proof; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.29 "Crocus"; 2001; final proof; signed; 1 item.
F.30 "Cymbidium devonianum"; 1994; final proof; signed; 1 item.
F.31 "Daffodils"; 1995; final proof; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.32 ["Dendrobium cuthbertsonii"]; 2001; #1-6; signed; 6 items.
F.33 "Dracula lotax"; [n.d.]; #1-4; signed; 4 items.
F.34 "Dragonflies"; [n.d.]; #1-4 (final proof); signed; 4 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.35 "Empty Baskets"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: This Spring's Sowing.
F.36 "Epiphyllum"; 1998; #1-2; signed; 2 items. Frontispiece for: Endgrain Editions, Barbarian Press, Mission, B.C.
F.37 "Feather Point, Conception Bay"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: The Avalon Peninsula : Rock Garden of the Atlantic.
F.38 "Fergie and Mopsy"; 1997; #1-2, 4, 6 (final proof); signed; 4 items. F.39 "Fence Row"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.40 "For Title of ‘Making Light'"; 2000; final proofs; signed; 2 items.

F.41 "The Garden at Albert Square"; 2002; #3 (2nd state); signed; 1 item.
F.42 "General Store, Guelph"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.43 "Gloriosa rothschildiana"; 2001; #1-3; signed; 3 items.
F.44 "Goldthread and Fungi"; 1998; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.45 "The Great Fallen Tree"; [n.d.]; final proof; signed; 1 item. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.46 "Hedge Bindweed"; [n.d.]; unnumbered plus final proof; signed; 2 items.
F.47 "Helcia sanguinolenta"; [n.d.]; 2nd proof; signed; 1 item.
F.48 "Hepatica"; [n.d.]; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.49 "Herb Garden"; 1998; unnumbered plus final proof; signed; 2 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.50 "Herbs in the Kitchen at Mary Arden's House"; 1995; #1; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare. (Shakespeare's mother was Mary Arden.)
F.51 "His Master's Horn"; 2000; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. Antique French horn belonging to Derek Conrod with his dog, Watson.
F.52 "House with Sunporch"; 1974; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. (In Carlisle, Ont.)
F.53 "Hunters"; [1999?]; unnumbered; signed and unsigned; 4 items.
F.54 "Hyacinth"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.55 "I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows"; 1994; #2 plus final proof; signed; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.56 "In the Herb Garden"; [n.d.]; #2; signed; 1 item. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.57 "Iris laevigata"; 1991; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: To Catch the Light. F.58 "Iris reticulata ‘Harmony'"; 2001; final proof; signed; 1 item.
F.59 "Jack-in-the-Pulpit"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.60 "Kecksies at Kenilworth"; 1995; #1 (2 copies); signed; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.61 "Lambkill"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: The Avalon Peninsula : Rock Garden of the Atlantic.
F.62 "Lepanthes calodictyon"; [n.d.]; final proof; signed; 1 item.
F.63 "Lily tsingtauense"; [n.d.]; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.64 "Liriodendron tulipifera"; 1991; unnumbered; signed and unsigned; 2 items. For: To Catch the Light.
F.65 "Magdalene College, Cambridge"; [1972?]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.66 "Mandrake"; [n.d.]; final proof; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.67 "Maranta and Fossil"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.68 "Martin House"; [n.d.]; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.69 "Masdevallia angulata"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.70 "Masdevallia roseola"; [2001]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.71 "Meadow"; [n.d.]; unnumbered plus final proof; signed; 2 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.72 "Milkweed & Monarch"; [n.d.]; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.73 "Near Mountsberg"; 1974; #6; signed; 1 item.
F.74 "Papaver somniferum"; 1996; #1-2 plus final proof - "This is one of my best engravings!"; signed; 2 items. For: To Catch the Light.
F.75 "Paper Whites"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. F.76 "Pears"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.77 "Plantain"; 1995; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare. F.78 "Podophyllum emodi"; 1990; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.79 "The Pond, Stone Orchard"; [n.d.]; #1-2 (final proof) plus 1st state; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.80 "Pondside"; 1998; #1; signed; 1 item. For: The Avalon Peninsula : Rock Garden of the Atlantic.
F.81 "Poppies"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: Toselli, Carlo. Immobile correndo : poesie.
F.82 "Primrose"; [n.d.]; #1-3; signed; 3 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.83 "Promenaea Chameleon"; 2002; #1-3; signed; 3 items. F.84 "Psygmorchis pusilla"; 2002; final proof; signed; 1 item.

Box 3 Graphic Material - continued Note: Artist's proofs of wood engravings.
F.1 "Queen Anne's Lace"; [n.d.]; #1-2; signed; 2 items. For: If Stones Could Speak. F.2 ["Rankin's, Stratford"]; [n.d.]; unnumbered - "rejected"; unsigned; 1 item.
F.3 "Robin and Hawthorne"; 1997; #1-3 plus final proof; signed; 4 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.4 "Roof"; [n.d.]; signed; 1 item.
F.5 "Rosa damascena"; 1995; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.6 "Rosa moschata"; 1995; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.7 "Rosemary"; [n.d.]; unnumbered plus final proof; signed and unsigned; 2 items.
F.8 "Roses (Rose Zephérine Drouhin)"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: Toselli, Carlo. Immobile correndo : poesie.
F.9 "Rudbeckia nitida"; 1992; signed; 1 item.
F.10 "Rue and Rosemary"; [n.d.]; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.11 "Saffron Crocus"; [1997?]; 4th plus final proof; signed; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.12 "Sage"; [n.d.]; #1-[4] (final proof); signed; 4 items.
F.13 "Samphire"; 1995; #2-4; signed; 3 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.14 "Snowy Pasture"; 1991; unnumbered; signed (oversize). Stored in Box 4; 1 item.
F.15 "Spiderweb"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: Toselli, Carlo. Immobile correndo : poesie.
F.16 "Spring"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. F.17 "St. George's Church, Lowville"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. F.18 "The Stile - Stone Orchard"; [n.d.]; #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak. F.19 "Strawberries Under Nettles; 1995; #1; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare. F.20 "Studio Dresser"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. F.21 "Sundial at Hall's Croft"; 1995; #1-3; signed; 3 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare. F.22 "Sunflower"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. For: Toselli, Carlo. Immobile correndo : poesie. F.23 "Swans on Lake Victoria"; 1992; unnumbered plus final proof, 2nd state; signed; 2 items. F.24 "Sweet Peas"; [n.d.]; unnumbered, #1-2 plus final proof; signed; 4 items. For: If Stones Could Speak. F.25 "Tea at Beechwood"; 2000; unnumbered plus 2 final proofs and proposed design "commission for Robert Têtu"; 4 items.
F.26 "Thorn-Apple Stump"; [n.d.]; #1-4 plus final proof; 5 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.27 "Tiggy-Winkle Looks for Lunch"; [n.d.]; #1-2; signed; 2 items.
F.28 "Tomatoes"; 1994; 1st state; signed; 1 item.
F.29 "Tragopogon"; [n.d.]; #1 plus final proof; signed; 2 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.30 "Trichopilia"; [n.d.]; #3; signed; 1 item.
F.31 "Trillium Trio"; 1996; #1-4; signed; 4 items.
F.32 "Trisetella hoijeri"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.33 "Tulipa urumiensis"; 1991; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. F.34 "Vetch Among Grain"; [n.d.]; #1; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.35 "Vetch Among Grain"; 1995; #1; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.36 "Violets, Cowslips and Primroses"; 1995; #1; signed; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.37 "Virginia Bluebells"; 2002; #2; signed; 1 item.
F.38 "Waterlilies"; [n.d.]; #1-2 plus unnumbered and final proof; signed; 4 items.
F.39 "Wayward Couple"; 2001; unnumbered and final proof; signed and unsigned; 2 items.

F.40 "White Pine"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.41 "Wild Garlic"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.42 "Willow Leaves"; [1975?]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.43 "Winking Mary Buds"; 1994; 1st proof, 2nd and final proof; signed; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.44 "Wisteria"; 1993; unnumbered; signed; 1 item.
F.45 "Woody"; [n.d.]; #1-4 (final proof); signed; 4 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.46 "Woolwich Street, Guelph"; [n.d.]; unnumbered; signed; 1 item. F.47 "Wormwood"; [n.d.]; unnumbered and final proof; signed; 2 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.48 [Untitled] (Ancient Beech); 1996; #1-2; signed; 2 items. Note: F.48-50 - triptych published as An Artist's Garden engraved on synthetic block.
F.49 [Untitled] (Artist's Easel in Garden); [1996]; #1; signed; 1 item.
F.50 [Untitled] (Basket - 2 versions); [n.d.]; unnumbered; unsigned; 2 items.
F.51 [Untitled] (Buttercups and Ladies' Smocks); [1997?]; 1st proof; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.52 [Untitled] (Centaurea?/Carduus benedictus?); [n.d.]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.53 [Untitled] (Chamomile); [1997?]; #1; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.54 [Untitled] (Columbines and Queen Anne's Lace); [n.d.]; #1; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.55 [Untitled] (Common Mallow); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare. F.56 [Untitled] (Cowslips, Clover and Salad Burnet); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.57 [Untitled] (Crow-Flower with White Dead-Nettle); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.58 [Untitled] (Cultivated Flax); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.59 [Untitled] (Cyclamen Design); [n.d.]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: Endgrain Editions, endpaper, Barbarian Press, Mission, B.C.
F.60 [Untitled] (Daisies and Violets); [1997?]; 1st proof; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.61 [Untitled] (The English Daisy); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 2 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.62 [Untitled] (Fumitory); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.63 [Untitled] (Garden Pergola); [1996?]; #1; signed; 1 item. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.64 [Untitled] (Hall Stairway); [1998?]; #1-2; signed; 2 items. For: Stratford Christmas of the Twenties.
F.65 [Untitled] (Hemlock); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.66 [Untitled] (Holly); [1998?]; #1; signed; 1 item.
F.67 [Untitled] (Hosta ventricosa "Aureo-Marginata"); [1992?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item.
F.68 [Untitled] (Irises); 1994; 1st proof, 2nd proof - final; signed; 2 items.
F.69 [Untitled] (Lavender); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.70 [Untitled]; (Locomotive Cowcatcher); [1998?]; #1-2; signed; 2 items. For: Stratford Christmas of the Twenties.
F.71 [Untitled]; (Marigold [Calendula officinalis]); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.72 [Untitled]; (Monkshood); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.73 [Untitled]; (Papaver somniferum); [1992?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.74 [Untitled]; (Primrose, Harebell and Eglantine); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.75 [Untitled]; (Provincial or Provençal Rose); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.76 [Untitled]; (Rue and a Daisy); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.77 [Untitled]; (Snake's-Head Fritillary); [1997?]; unnumbered; unsigned; 1 item. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.78 [Untitled]; (Stone Cobra in the Shade Garden); [1997?]; #1-3 (final); signed; 3 items. For: If Stones Could Speak.
F.79 [Untitled]; (Supper); [1998?]; #1-2; signed; 2 items. For: Stratford Christmas of the Twenties.
F.80 [Untitled]; (Tail-piece? [Floral]); 1993; #1-2; signed; 2 items.
F.81 [Untitled]; (Tail-piece? / Printer's device? [Teddy Bear and Printing Press]); [n.d.]; unnumbered and unsigned; 2 items. Press mark for Endgrain Editions, Barbarian Press, Mission, B.C.
F.82 [Untitled]; (White Lily); [1997?]; #1-4; signed; 4 items. For: A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare.
F.83 [Untitled]; (Wood Block with Pulled Print of Irises); 1994; #1-4; unsigned; 4 items.

Box 4 Graphic Material - continued Note: Limited editions, 7 items.
F.1 "Cannon Street West [Hamilton]"; 1972; 2/13 (linocut); signed; 1 item.
F.2 "Engraver's Sketchbook #5"; 1970; 15/20; signed; 1 item.
F.3 "Engraver's Sketchbook #6"; 1973; 6/25; signed; 1 item.
F.4 "Epigaea repens"; [n.d.]; 1/250; signed; 1 item.
F.5 "Macaulay House, Picton, Ontario"; [n.d.]; 8/100; signed; 1 item.
F.6 "Roman Geese"; 1969; 10/25 (two-block linocut); signed; 1 item.
F.7 "Stump and Sapling"; 1973; 4/25; signed; 1 item.
Note: Prints involving music and/or type, 27 items.
F.8 Announcement; [ca. 1997]; "Announcing the impending publication of A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare..."; 3 items.
F.9 Announcement; [n.d.]; "Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario...Wood engravings & handmade books by Gerard Brender à Brandis, bookwright..."; 1 item.
F.10 Announcement; [n.d.]; "To Michael and Kelly in deepest gratitude...from Richard Monette and The Stratford Festival of Canada"; 1 item.
F.11 Ballad; 1992; "A Ballad Lyrics by R. D. MacKenzie Music & Engraving by G. Brender a Brandis"; limited edition; 1/30; signed by MacKenzie and GBàB; 1 item.
F.12 Card; 2001; "The Holly and the Ivy Wood Engraving 2001"; signed. Includes: Envelope; 2 items.
F.13 Invitation; [1998]; "You are cordially invited to a reception in honour of Patrick Lima and John Scanlan..."; 1 item.
F.14 Invitation; 1999; "You are cordially invited to a reception to launch ‘The Stone Orchard Suite'...19 May 1999..."; 1 item.
F.15 Invitation; [1997]; "You are cordially invited to an ‘open house'...A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare..."; 1 item.
F.16 Invitation; [n.d.]; "You are cordially invited to drop in...to congratulate Bill Brender à Brandis..."; 2 versions; 2 items.
F.17 Keepsake; 1998; "Keepsake to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary
F.18 Keepsake; 1991; "October 19 & 20, 1991 The first open-house at the studio of Gerard Brender à Brandis..."; signed; 1 item.
F.19 Keepsake; 1995; "This keepsake commemorates the 82nd reunion of the Hathaway Family Association in Stratford, Ontario -- June 1995...limited edition of forty-five copies"; artist's proof; signed; 1 item.
F.20 Label; [n.d.]; "E Tenebris in Lucem"; 1 item.
F.21 Label; [n.d.]; "Ex Libris Manfred Meurer"; 1 item.
F.22 Label; 1988; "Lyghtesome [Gallery, Nova Scotia]"; 1 item.
F.23 Poem; 1972; "Birdwing your way...Poem by R. D. MacKenzie Wood Engraving by G. Brender à Brandis..."; limited edition; 7/30; signed by MacKenzie and GBàB; 1 item.
F.24 Poem; 2002; "Dandelion leaves go well in salad...poem by E. Russell Smith wood engraving by Gerard Brender à Brandis..."; 1 item.
F.25 Poster; [1997]; "The 19th Wayzgoose Gerard Brender à Brandis Stratford"; 1 item.
F.26 Poster; 1994; "Wayzgoose Ninety-Four..."; 1 item.
F.27 “Contemporary North American Wood Engravers—October 3-November 2, 1996, Davidson Galleries.” – 1996. – 1 poster. – Item originally in box 1.

Box 5 Graphic Material - continued
Note: Sketch books, sketches, fabric print, photographs, slides and linocut block.

F.1 Sketch book; 1971-1973; Aquabee Quickie Sketch Pad; pencil and watercolour; 1 item.
F.2 Sketch book; 1990-1991; hand bound; "Sketches Royal Botanical Gardens"; pencil; 1 item.
F.3 Sketch book; [ca. 1997]; for A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare; pencil; 1 item.
F.4 Sketches; [n.d.]; "Christ Church, Listowel"; tracing and art paper; pencil; 2 items.
F.5 Sketch; [n.d.]; "Honeysuckle"; watercolour; 1 item.
F.6 Sketches; [n.d.]; "University College Toronto"; pencil; 2 items.
F.7 Sketches; [n.d.]-1978 (landscapes); pencil; 2 items.
F.8 Sketches; [n.d.] and 1992; for wood engraving blocks, variously titled and untitled; tracing and art paper; pencil; 18 items.
F.9 Sketches; 1977; loose leaf contour drawings; pencil; 6 items.
F.10 Sketch; 1983; "Purple-Flowering Raspberry"; pencil, lightly coloured; 1 item.
F.11 Sketches; [ca. 1992]; for To Catch the Light; tracing and art paper; pencil; 3 items.
F.12 Sketches; [ca. 1996]; for "Green Man" greeting card; tracing paper; pencil; 1 item.
F.13 Sketches; [ca. 1996]; for Rebellion : A Novel of Upper Canada; tracing paper; pencil plus 1 watercolour; 9 items.
F.14 Sketches; [ca. 1997]; for A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare; tracing paper; pencil plus 1 watercolour; 8 items. F.15 Sketches; [ca. 1997]; for If Stones Could Speak; tracing paper; pencil; 2 items. F.16 Sketches; 1998; for A Stratford Christmas of the Twenties; tracing paper; pencil; 1 item. F.17 Untitled fabric print (Bee Balm / Monarda); [n.d.]; multicoloured cut on green fabric; 1 item.
F.18 Photographs; [n.d.] and 1988; b&w; GBàB at work, etc; 6 items.
F.19 Slides; 1964-1987; colour: Includes case; exhibits, subjects, weaving, etc.; 27 items.
F.20 Linocut block; [ca. 1992]; for cloth cover of To Catch the Light; multicoloured; 1 item.

Series 5 Sound Recordings
Sound recordings series. -- 1989-2000. -- 17 cm of sound recordings. -- Title based on content of series.

Box 6 Note: Audio cassettes.
No. 1 Bates, Wesley; 13 December 1989.
No. 2 Bates, Wesley and GBàB; 28 April [1989?] interview with Peter Gzowski on CBC - "Morningside".
No. 3 Griffith, Julius; 10 July 1989 interview for White Line Exhibition. No. 4 Hahn, Sylvia; 25 July 1989 interview (GBàB).
No. 5 Kilbourn, Rosemary; 10 July 1989 interview for White Line Exhibition.
No. 6 "This Morning"; 25 October 2000.

Gerard Brender à Brandis book donation (catalogued individually for Research Collections) (All items are fine press editions with wood engravings by Brander à Brandis).

Modicum. Newsletter journal of the Brandstead Press. Nos. 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 2.1; 3.1; 3.2; 4.1; 5.1. March 1969 to March 1975.
Brender à Brandis, Gerard. This Book. 1976. No. 33 of an edition of 52 copies. Signed by the bookwright. Bound in dark brown paper boards. Dark brown paper board slipcase.
Austain, Geoffrey. Heirlooms. 1986. An edition of 235 copies. White paper wrapper.
Brender à Brandis, Gerard. From Somewhere to Elsewhere. 1988. No. 2 of an edition of 41 copies. Signed by the bookwright. Bound in multi-coloured yarn over paper boards. Linen protective covering and linen slipcase. Smiley, Barbara. Heritage in Stone : Yosef Drenters and the Rockwood Academy. 1989. No. 77 of an edition of 160 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Bound in multi-coloured yarn over paper boards. Linen protective covering and linen slipcase.
Jackson, Graham. An Arc of Red Crystals : Four Erotic Stories. 1990. No. 26 of an edition of 48 copies. Signed and numbered by the author and bookwright . Bound in cream paper boards in a matching slipcase. D'Austain, Godefroye. An Ontario Idylle. 1992. Plain brownish cream wrapper.
Paterson, Allen P. To Catch the Light : Images of Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 1992. No. 4 of an edition of 55 copies. Hors de commerce. Signed and numbered by the author and bookwright . Bound in light brown linen with a floral design. Linen slipcase.
Baxter, Edward. Genesis Revisited : A Bedtime Story. 1993. No. 158 of an edition of 195 copies. Numbered by the bookwright. Bound in a gold wrapper.
Brandis, Marianne. The Christmas Candlestick. 1993. No. 158 of an edition of 195 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Flecked paper boards. Cloth wrapping.
Brender à Brandis, Gerard. Nulla dies sine flora. 1996. No. 169 of an edition of 200 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Bound in a cream, light brown wrapper.
Shakespeare, William. A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare. 1997. Quotations from Shakespeare selected and interpreted by F. David Hoeniger. No. 58 of an edition of 97 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Silk hand-painted boards with silk slipcase.
Johnston, George. A Stratford Christmas of the Twenties. 1998. No. 177 of an edition of 290 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Bound in a gold wrapper within a cream, light brown wrapper.
Findley, Timothy. If Stones Could Speak. 1999. No. xxv of an edition of 130 copies. Hors de commerce, display copy. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Signed by Findley and Bill Whitehead. Bound in multi-coloured yarn over paper boards. Within a clam-shelled box in light blue cloth and gold paper boards.
Riley, A.K. River Prayer. 1999. No. 223 of an edition of 235 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Bound in a brown flecked, cream stiff paper wrapper.
Brandis, Marianne. Making Light. 2000. No. 195 of an edition of 310 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Dark blue paper wrappers.
Brender à Brandis, Gerard. Seven Miniature Orchids. 2001. No. 140 of an edition of 170 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Bound in a green paper wrapper.
Brandis, Marianne. Seasons Turning : Three Villanelles. 2001. Light brown paper wrapper.
Miller, Judith Maclean. In the Shadow of the White Cabbage Moth : An Experience of Lectio Divina. Erin, Ont.: Porcupine's Quill, 2001. Signed "Judith" on title page. Wire-stitched in a cream paper wrapper.
Smith, E. Russell. Snowdrops and Other Flowers. 2002. No. 286 of an edition of 300 copies. Signed and numbered by the bookwright. Bound in a yellow-flecked, pale green paper wrapper.

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