Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1929 - 2022 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
19 boxes (2.6 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Gould (1929-2010) was a Canadian artist and jazz musician.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Ingi Gould, 2019.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
John Gould (1929-2010) was a Canadian artist and jazz musician. This collection, donated by his wife Ingi Gould, contains a wide variety of material from both his personal and professional life that capture the richness of Gould’s life. In 2020, a biography of Gould titled Just Me and the Paper was written by Gerrit Verstraete (a signed copy of which can be found in Box 16) documenting his life and legacy; series 5 includes material used by Verstraete to produce said biography. This accession notably includes personal photographs from throughout his life, both original prints and film slides of his drawings, and recordings of the Fig Leaf Jazz Band performances where he played clarinet. Also included are a series of sketchbooks titled “Coffeeshop People” by Gerrit Verstraete, donated by him “in the spirit of John Gould.”
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Contains Series:
• Series 1: Professional Files
• Series 2: Personal Files
• Series 3: Photographs
• Series 4: Post-Mortem
• Series 5: Material used by Gerrit V.L. Verstraete to write Just Me and the Paper, a biography of Gould released in 2020
• Series 6: Oversized Files
• Series 7: Audiovisual Material
• Series 8: Notebooks and Photo Albums
• Series 9: Magazines and Exhibition Catalogues
• Series 10: Publications
• Series 11: “Coffeeshop People” Sketchbook Series by Gerrit Verstraete
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on 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