Andrew Allan fonds [multiple media]
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Andrew Allan fonds [multiple media]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:24 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides a file list of vols. 1-49. MSS0863 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000131.pdfCartographic material (Other) Please consult lower level descriptions. (90: Open)Architectural, technical drawings (Other) Please consult lower level descriptions. (90: Open) -
Record information Andrew Allan fonds [multiple media]
Date:[ca. 1918-1974].Reference:R5618-0-1-E, MG31-D56Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Art, Sound recordings, Maps and cartographic material, Architectural and technical drawingsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:103452Date(s):[ca. 1918-1974].Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:5 m of textual records.
578 photographs some b&w.
10 prints 5 postcards, 5 heliogravures.
4 watercolours 2 watercolour and pencil.
25 audio reels (14 h, 45 min).
12 maps col. 73 x 116 cm or smaller.
11 architectural drawings chiefly bluepeint prints 78 x 92 cm or smaller.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of four main series including material relating directly to Andrew Allan, n.d., ca. 1918-1974, 2.05 m; material relating to Andrew Allan and the CBC, n.d., 1942-1973, 1.48 m; material relating to the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists n.d., 1954-1973, 22.5 cm; and other material, n.d., 1918-1973, 1.25 m.
Fonds also consists of photographs of Andrew Allan and his second wife, activities of Allan as a producer for the CBC and as an artistic director of the Shaw Festival (1963-1965), portraits of comedians, C.P. steamships Empress of Britain and Duchess of Richmond, Malahat Drive (Vancouver Island, B.C.), Lake Wah-Wash-Kesh (Ont), Lucio Agostini, Andrew Allan, and Sandra Scott Salverson at the fifth birthday party of the series "CBC Stage".
Fonds also includes watercolours by Jack Allan (brother/son of Andrew Allan?), and several postcards "Reflections, on Shadow River, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario; "Steamer Cherokee, M. Nav. Co. Muskoka, Ontario; the "CNR" Super Continental passing through the Athabaska Valley in Jasper National Park"; "Coat-of-arms of the city of Paris"; and the "Arms of the Tudors".
Fonds contain maps relating to Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, Manitoba, British Columbia and Alberta. There are also maps of the northern United States, Boston, London and Great Britain.
Fonds include design drawings for productions Allan produced for the CBC-TV in 1956, and for productions he directed for the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton.
Fonds also includes sound recordings of assorted interviews, radio programs, radio dramas and other recordings produced or collected by Allan. Includes the CBC radio program Voices, produced by Allan, which provides much autobiographical material about Allan.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Allan, Andrew, 1907-1974 : Andrew Edward Fairbairn Allan was born in 1907 in Scotland and, after living in Australia and the United States, came to Canada with his parents ca. 1924. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was editor of the Varsity. After leaving the University, Allan acted on the stage in Toronto and worked for the Peterborough Examiner as a cub reporter before beginning his career in radio as an announcer at CFRB in Toronto. He spent some time in England in 1938 and 1939 and then worked with CBC in Vancouver until 1943 when he became CBC's Supervisor of Drama in Toronto. He was the creator of the "Stage" series which he produced throughout twelve seasons, 1944-1955, except during a brief leave of absence when he returned to England in 1951 and 1952.
Allan was the first artistic director of the Shaw Festival, 1963-1965, and directed at the Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, and Hart House Theatre, Toronto. He acted as regional adjudicator for the Dominion Drama Festival in 1965. In his last years Allan was best known for the popular short essays he wrote and read on CBC from 1967 until struck in 1973 by the illness which led to his death. His autobiography with a collection of his essays, Andrew Allan: A Self Portrait, was published posthumously in 1974.
See also: The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985, and Encyclopedia Canadiana.Additional information:General note:Material largely received in 1974 from Andrew Allan's nephew, Garry Allan. Some sound material originally owned by Allan was received from Doug MacDonald in 1977 and an edited photocopy of Andrew Allan's autobiography was received in 1983 from Macmillan of Canada.
756/15478 : Items are folded.Subject heading:- Andrew Edward Fairbairn Allan - Correspondence, n.d., 1929-1973 Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), n.d., 1954-1973
- Andrew Edward Fairbairn Allan - Finance, Personal, n.d., 1942-1973 "Wednesday Night," [between 1942 and 1973]
- Andrew Edward Fairbairn Allan - Manuscripts, [between 1918 and 1974] "Tuesday Night," [between 1942 and 1973]
- Radio producers and directors - Canada, 1918-1974 "This is my story," [between 1942 and 1973]
- Andrew Edward Fairbairn Allan - Biography, 1918-1974 "Theatre 10:30," [between 1942 and 1973]
- Radio plays, Canadian, [between 1918 and 1974] "The Bush and the Salon," [between 1942 and 1973]
- Poems, [between 1918 and 1974] Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1951-1973
- Drama, [between 1918 and 1974]
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Records and correspondence, 1951-1973
- Radio scripts, n.d., 1942-1973
- Theatrical producers and directors - Canada, 19-
- Theatre - Canada, 19-
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG31-D56 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Access restriction documentTextual records[Consultation Restrictions vary]Finding aid box [FA 863] 81[Consultation Closed]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Box [ALLAN, ANDREW 1975-175][Consultation Open]04426A;[Consultation Open]SC 0544;[Consultation Open]Box [ALLAN, ANDREW 1976-104] 5550[Consultation Open]Box [ALLAN, ANDREW E.F. 1975-175][Consultation Open]RV4 160;[Consultation Open]TCS 00480;[Consultation Open]Graphic (art)[Consultation Restrictions vary]Sound recordings[Consultation Open]Cartographic material[Consultation Open]Box [ALLAN, ANDREW] 1/X1--1/X2[Consultation Open]Architectural: technical drawings[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Photographs: Copyright Varies. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative no.
Art (Accession number 1992-481X): Copyright Andrew Allan Credit: National Archives of Canada.
Art (Accession number 1976-002): Please consult Manuscript Divsion prior to giving permission to use. Copyright expired. Crown copyright on reproductions. Credit: National Archives of Canada.
Sound recordings: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holder.
Cartographic material: Please consult lower level descriptions.
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