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Materials described here consist of correspondence of the progress of the “Biographies” project; lists of names, biographical and autobiographical information and some photographs; reports on the progress of the “Biographies” project; and a copy of the Keewatin district portion of the project.

Items described here consist of correspondence on a variety of topics and other materials pertaining to a variety of organisations with an interest in First Nations art and culture. These include Rothman’s Canada, for whom George Swinton created a catalogue. Topics are wide-ranging and include materials that pertain to items also described elsewhere in this fonds.

The items described here were designated as ‘Personal’ by a previous arranger or possibly by George Swinton himself. Materials primarily consist of correspondence, reports and funding applications. Items pertaining to projects for which records are described elsewhere are also found here.

Materials described here consist of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photocopies of journal articles, catalogues and exhibition flyers, newsletters, periodicals and other reference material pertaining to Canada’s north and collected by George Swinton in the course of conducting research for his books and for his collecting activities. A large amount of materials consist of clippings from newspapers and magazines which deal with topics covering all aspects of Inuit life and culture. Many items have been acquired from a clipping service and most are attributed. Occasionally items of correspondence, notes, and other records pertaining to George Swinton’s curating and collecting activities may also be found here. Items primarily date from the 1960s and 1970s but some items described here are photocopies of significantly older materials.

The materials described here primarily consist of audio recordings of interviews made by George Swinton while on his 1957 trip to the Eastern Arctic. The content primarily consists of George Swinton questioning Hudson’s Bay Company post employees, missionaries, and artists about Inuit carvings and motivations of the makers. Not all the recordings were dated. Ina addition, four items date from 1964 and 1965 and consist of copies of interviews of George Swinton. A recording of George Swinton reading from his manuscript Sculpture of the Eskimo dates from 1972. Interviews by George Swinton of the Cape Dorset artists Kiawak and Pauta Saila date from 1984.

The items described here comprise one inner Amauti for a young, childless woman with no husband, drawn by Judith Amarudjauk of Paallirmiut in Arviat. The folder consists of two pattern pieces and the original folder label.

The items described here consist of pattern pieces for a woman's beaded Amauti drawn by (Annie) Alikasaak Sevoee of Ennandai-Ahiarmiut in Arviat. The paper pattern was copied from a pattern Annie cut from felt onto maps and brown paper taped together. A felt version is also included. The folder consists of eleven paper pattern pieces, and six felt pattern pieces.