Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1906-1958 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
10.90 m of textual and graphic records (30 boxes and 3 oversized folders)
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated to the Archives by the Coates' friend Thomas Howarth, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, notes, notebooks, sketchbooks, sketches, designs for stage sets, costume designs, photoprints and photonegatives, scrapbooks documenting the artistic lives of Frederick Coates and his wife, Louise Brown. Coates was an instructor in modelling in the Department/School of Architecture and, in 1922-1923 and from 1930-1935 artistic director of Hart House Theatre. They were both involved in the arts and crafts movement and central to their lives was their house, "Sherwood". The photographs include images of Frederick's family, his military service in World War I, dance, and his work in the reconstruction of the faces of maimed soldiers, his studio and their house, and models of buildings.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Box list for works of art, photographs and negatives only