Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1975-1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
91 boxes (25 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Eldon Garnet, born in 1946, is a photographer, sculptor and writer based in Toronto. He is best known for his large-scale photographs, which exhibit extensively, and his public sculptures in Toronto. He is the author of two novels, and for 15 years he was editor and publisher of Impulse Magazine, an award-winning magazine of architecture, design, art, culture and literature that reached its peak in the late 1980s.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Eldon Garnet, 1998.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of the editorial files ofImpulse magazine from 1974 to 1990. For each volume there are submissions to the
journal, drafts with editorial corrections, and page proofs. Many volumes include additional editorial material, such as advertising, cover art, rejected submissions, and correspondence. The collection includes an office archive, which contains correspondence, financial information (with grant proposals), advertising and promotional material, and circulation and distribution records. There is a large number of original art boards and other oversize materials, such as posters. The editorial record of 'I Shot Mussolini' by Eldon Garnet is also included.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca