Interview with Ann Macdonald

An interview with Ann Macdonald, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Doris McCarthy Gallery regarding the creation and development over time of The Doris McCarthy Gallery at University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.

Sketches of kitchen and house on the Bluffs.

Interior design sketches of kitchen at Fool's Paradise and a perspective of the house from the Bluffs.

Scarborough Bluffs at Bellamy Ravine

Photograph taken to document land erosion of the Scarborough Bluffs into the Bellamy Ravine.

Scarborough Bluffs at Bellamy Ravine

Photograph taken to document land erosion of the Scarborough Bluffs into the Bellamy Ravine.

Aerial view of Fool's Paradise

Aerial, colour photograph of Fool's Paradise.

Autobiographical Sketches

Chapter list for Doris's autobiography "A Fool in Paradise: An Artist's Early Life," including completion status of each chapter at the time.

Work

Draft of a chapter for Doris's autobiography "A Fool in Paradise: An Artist's Early Life," covering 1930-1931, including Doris's summer at camp Tanamakoon and her submission of canvases to the OSA (Ontario Society of Artists) annual juried show.

North Lake 1932

Draft of a chapter for Doris's autobiography "A Fool in Paradise: An Artist's Early Life."

Aerial view of Scarborough Bluffs at Bellamy Ravine, taken from aeroplane

Aerial photograph of the Scarborough Bluffs at Bellamy Ravine, taken from an aeroplane. Photo includes Fool's Paradise.

Draft of chapter titled 'Hamilton'

Draft from Doris's autobiography "A Fool in Paradise: An Artist's Early Life," including Doris's time at the Ontario Training College for Technical Teachers.