Finding Aid
Box 1
F.1 B&w photo of Debenham at the Albion Press, obituaries, and the funeral service at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 5 December 2002.
F.2 Reynolds Stone, 2 letters, 1973.
F.3 George Mackley, 8 letters, 1972-83, 5 engravings by Mackley, and a letter from Monica Poole, 1973.
F.3a Eric Aldwinckle, 1 letter, 1963.
F.4 Price list of Debenham’s engravings and prints, correspondence with Diane Debenham and exhibition agreement with the Niagara Pumphouse Visual Art Centre and Parry Sound Station Gallery, 2004-5.
F.5 Prospectus of Larchwood Press, In Praise of Print (3 copies of leaflet, 2 different), 7 engravings related to the Albion Press, Wayzgoose, and printing.
F.6 Bookplates in the News, no. 88 (April 1992). Article about Debenham.
F.7 Family bookplates, 9 engravings.
F.8 Bookplates, 18 engravings.
F.9 Jams and jellies, 15 engravings.
F.10 Christmas, 14 engravings.
F.11 Calendars, tied calendar (1970) with 9 loose engravings of months of the year.
F.12 We Came in the Car (1996), engraving with text.
F.13 Places. St. Catharines, Cotswolds, Bassamo, Alberta, Port Wellenlock, Bosnia, Georgian Bay, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pigeonnier, Le Foun (Dordogne, France), Georgian Bay, Robinson Island, winter scene, Appletree cottage (Box, Gloucestershire), and Wheatley River, PEI. 24 engravings, 1958-2000.
F14.Other prints. Radio Days, A Taste of Garlic, 2 doves, Case History, Epiphany, Voodoo, etc. 36 engravings, 1964-95.
Other material not in files: pencil sketch book, 1996; Harold Curwen, Printing (1961); 7 issues of journals with medical articles by or about Debenham (2 articles written by Roger Burford Mason); approximately 200 engravings on many themes affixed by Debenham to 38 sheets of black paper, originally stored in 2 leather portfolios, 1954-2000.
Box 2
Cardboard portfolio tied with string entitled “Misc. Engravings from WEN [Wood Engravers Network]”, containing approximately 100 numbered and signed engravings from different artists, 1999-2000.
Cardboard portfolio tied with string entitled “Guy – Engravings, Family, Book Plates, etc.”, containing approximately 65 engravings with a few sketches, 1961-2000.
VHS video cassettee, Guy Debenham: A Very Fine Line, CBC Sunday Arts Entertainment, made November 1993, aired 5 June 1994, ½ hour duration.
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