Series - Manuscripts

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Manuscripts

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  • 1970 - 1975 (Creation)

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10 cm of textual records

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Archival history

George Swinton authored many articles for popular and academic publications and lectured widely in Canada and abroad. He also published several books and catalogues on Inuit art and undertook a systematic study of Inuit art which culminated in his most well known published works; Eskimo Sculpture published in 1965 and Sculpture of the Eskimo published in 1972 (republished as Sculpture of the Inuit in 1992).

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Materials described here consist of what appear to be final manuscripts of longer articles and books works written by George Swinton and others which may or may not have been published.

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Arrangement of folders and contents has been maintained as found with the exception of ‘Tagoona Manuscript’, which was originally housed with the series ‘Articles and Reviews’.

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