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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Date(s)
- 1895 (Creation)
Extent
1 cm of textual records and graphic material (1 volume) Notebook is in poor physical condition, with front and back covers separately detached and paper embrittled. A few photographs are detached.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Anna Belle Wing Kindlund (later Mrs. Alois Trnka), 1876-1922, was an artist born in Buffalo, New York. She studied with W. Hitchcock in Buffalo, and G. Bridgman in New York. She was a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists and the New York Society of Craftsmen, and is listed in Who Was Who in American Art as a painter and miniaturist.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Fonds consists of a notebook commenced by Anna Belle Wing Kindlund in 1895, in which she recorded information on works of art and architectural monuments (chiefly European), with thumbnail-sized albumen prints of many of the items and occasional ink sketches. The notebook has alphabetical index tabs, and its entries are alphabetical according to city. The inscription on the frontispiece reads “Anna Belle Wing – B.S. ‘95”. The fonds is arranged in a single series.
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Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Open. Access to Special Collections is by appointment only. Please contact the reference desk for more information.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Material in this fonds is in the public domain. Permission of the Art Gallery of Ontario is required for publication.
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Language and script notes
Finding aids
None.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
The notebook was purchased, perhaps in London, England, by David Kinahan, who donated it to the Art Gallery of Ontario Library in 2004.
Immediate source of acquisition
Fonds was donated by David Kinahan in May, 2004.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Notes element
General note
Notebook measures 17 x 10.5 cm.