Finding Aid - Aileen Meagher fonds (MG 1 vols , and Accession )

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1 Nova Scotia Archives Finding Aid - (MG 1 vols , and Accession ) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) Printed: June 03, 2016 Language of description: English Nova Scotia Archives 6016 University Ave. Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 1W4 Telephone: (902) Fax: (902) archives@novascotia.ca

2 Table of contents Summary information... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch... 3 Scope and content... 3 Notes... 4 Series descriptions Page 2 -

3 Summary information Repository: Title: Nova Scotia Archives ID: MG 1 vols , and Accession Date: Physical description: Dates of creation, revision and deletion: [ca. 1900]-1987, predominant [195-]-1987 (date of creation) * 1.8 m of textual records * 1.0 m of graphic material Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Aileen was born 26 November 1910 in Edmonton, Alberta, daughter of Arthur and Mary. She moved with her family to Halifax in She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart and then Dalhousie University where she received a BA and diploma in education. As a competitive runner, she won numerous medals including a bronze for the 400 metre relay at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. was employed as a teacher in Halifax elementary schools from 1935 to From 1949 to 1956 she spent the summers studying with accomplished artists in Ontario, Massachusetts and Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. She won the Nova Scotia Society of Artists' (NSSA) prize for water colour in 1950 and continued to exhibit in nearly every annual NSSA show from 1951 to Beginning in 1958, travelled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. 's last exhibit was a retrospective at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in She died at Halifax 1 August Custodial history Aileen 's textual records and graphic material were divided among various institutions in Halifax and her niece following her death. The majority of material was donated to the Nova Scotia Archives by 's estate through executor John in Additional material was donated to the Nova Scotia Archives by Mr. in Scope and content Fonds consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, and other records documenting 's career as an athlete and artist and her personal activities and interests. Correspondence includes letters from friends, including artist Olga Douglas, Father Joseph Murray Abraham and friends at the St. Alphonsus mission school in India, and a few letters written by to other artists. Other records include postcards, Nova Scotia Archives Page 3

4 poems, art exhibit notices and catalogues, newspaper clippings and other published material, diary, and ephemera. Fonds also contains photographs and postcards used in the production of 's artwork, and her working drawings, drawings, and sketchbooks featuring Nova Scotian coastal villages, fishing scenes, ships, town and country landscapes, Halifax, trees, flora, and scenes of Europe, particularly Ireland and Irish crosses. There are also a small number of photographs of, friends in Halifax and India, and the St. Alphonsus Mission School. Notes Title notes Alternative form available Microfilm copy of scrapbooks is available. Restrictions on access For vols , use microfilm reels Finding aids "File list available.": "Website exhibit available.": Other notes Publication status: Published Physical description: Drawings in pen and ink, pencil, charcoal, and pastel. Series descriptions Ref code Title Dates Access status Container MG 1 vol 3360 file 1 File - General correspondence MG 1 vol 3360 file 2 File - Telegrams received by Aileen , 1992 MG 1 vol 3360 file 3 File - Canada Games , 1992 Invitations, programs, minutes, correspondence, press clippings. MG 1 vol 3360 file 4 File - Olympic Night in Canada 1972, 1992 Nova Scotia Archives Page 4

5 MG 1 vol 3360 file 5 MG 1 vol 3360 file 6 MG 1 vol 3360 file 7 MG 1 vol 3360 file 8 MG 1 vol 3361 Program, invitation, correspondence and press clippings. File - Sports Heritage Centre Induction Dinners Programs, invitation and memorandum. File - Miscellaneous dinner programs with correspondence File - Miscellaneous articles with correspondence, about or by Aileen File - Press clippings about Aileen File - Scrapbook re British Empire Games Includes press clippings, programs, photographs and memorabilia of England , Nova Scotia Archives Page 5