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    Olea Davis fonds

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    • Title:Olea Davis fonds
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    • Author/Creator:Davis, Olea, 1899-1977.
    • Published/Created:1918-1978

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      • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
      • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1161
      • Number of Items:1
      • Status:Available
      • Location Has:Box 12 (Stored in photograph storage)
      • Location:Temporarily shelved at RBSC ASRS - (Confirm availability: email rare.books@ubc.ca) Where is this?
        Envelope 1  c.1  Shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
        Envelope 2  c.1  Shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
      • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1161
      • Number of Items:15
      • Status:c.1 Box 3 Requested
        c.1 Box 4b Requested
        c.1 Box 5b Requested
        c.1 Box 6 Requested
        c.1 Box 7 Requested
        c.1 Box 8 Requested
        c.1 Box 10 Requested
        c.1 Box 11A Requested
        c.1 Box 11 Requested
      • Location Has:Box 1- 11A & Envelope 1-2.
       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Davis, Olea, 1899-1977.
      Davis, H.R.L.
      British Columbia Guild of Potters.
    • Description:4 m of textual records and other material
      743 photographs
    • Summary:The fonds consists of records pertaining to her life and pottery work in the form of correspondence (1931-1977), clippings, printed material, photographs, and diaries. The fonds also includes information on the Allied Officers Club of Vancouver. Correspondence with her husband, Dr. H.R.L. Davis, includes over 500 letters (1940-1944) and includes information about the Canadian armed forces in Britain.
    • Biography/history note:Olea Davis was born in Buffalo, New York. She studied at McGill University, the Ecole des Beaux Arts (Montreal), the Ontario College of Art (Toronto) and at the Vancouver School of Art. Davis founded the British Columbia Potters' Guild and taught ceramics at the University of British Columbia. During World War II she established the Allied Officers Guild in B.C. She also designed and promoted the dogwood lapel ornament as a fund raiser for a wartime women's auxiliary. In 1956 the dogwood was adopted as the official floral emblem of B.C.
    • Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
    • Notes:Title based on the contents of the fonds.
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