Ms. Frances Dafoe papers Coll. 2008 00585
Gift of Frances Dafoe 2008
Includes original colour sketches of costume designs, costume notes, scripts, photographs of designs and cutting instructions for costumes designed by Frances Dafoe, including for CBC programmes such as ‘Come By the Hills’, ‘Wayne and Shuster’; Charlottetown Festival Shows [Charlottetown, PEI], including ‘Mary’, ‘Paradise Hill’, ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’, ‘Aimee’, ‘Rowdyman’, ‘Swing’, ‘Ballade’, ‘Turvey’ (‘Private Turvey’s War’), ‘Sunshine Town’, costumes for the film ‘The Magic Show—starring Doug Henning’, with inscribed poster; Expo ‘67 – Pepsi; CNE Grandstand Show 1968 [Sea to Sea: The Iron Miracle]; ‘Rodeo’ – The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1973; General Motors dealers show at the O’Keefe Centre 1968; Ice Princess: the Tai Babilonia Story [final title: ‘On Thin Ice: the Tai Babilonia Story’ 1990, film about Olympic figure skaters pair Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner], some correspondence and other material related to the life and work of Frances Dafoe
Extent: 16 boxes and 1 item (4 metres)
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Box 1 ‘Swing!’ – Charlottetown Festival 42 folders ‘Paradise Hill’ ‘Doug Henning Magic Show’ - film
Folder 1 ‘Swing!’ Charlottetown Festival programmes, 1985
Folders 2-3 ‘Swing!’ newspaper clippings and copies of newspaper clippings
Folders 4-8 ‘Swing!’ costume budget, design and notes
Folder 9 ‘Swing!’ one black and white photograph of performance
Folder 10 ‘Swing!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 11 ‘Swing!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 12 ‘Swing!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 13 ‘Swing!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 14 ‘Swing!’ three colour photos of costume design
Folder 15 feux-follets: Canada’s National Dance Ensemble programme, Expo ‘67
Folders 16-20 ‘Paradise Hill’ script
Folder 21 ‘Paradise Hill’ proposed costume budget May 10, 1967
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Folders 22-24 ‘Paradise Hill’ script #8
Folder 25 ‘Paradise Hill’ five colour photos of costume design
Folder 26 ‘Paradise Hill’ five colour photos of costume design
Folder 27 ‘Paradise Hill’ five colour photos of costume design
Folder 28 ‘Paradise Hill’ five colour photos of costume design
Folder 29 ‘Paradise Hill’ five colour photos of costume design
Folder 30 ‘Paradise Hill’ five colour photos of costume design
Folder 31 ‘Paradise Hill’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 32 ‘Paradise Hill’ production photos one colour photo two black and white photos
Folders 33-34 ‘Paradise Hill’ newspaper clippings
Folder 35 ‘Paradise Hill’ Charlottetown, PEI, Summer Festival 1967 Programmes
Folders 36-39 ‘Magic Show’ – Doug Henning Frances’ script
Folder 40 ‘Magic Show’ cast information
Folder 41 ‘Doug Henning Magic Show’
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colour scan of clipping
Folder 42 ‘Doug Henning and his World of Magic’ two copies of colour programme
Box 2 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ 37 folders ‘Ballade’ ‘Aimee’ ‘Rowdyman’ Charlottetown Festival shows
Folders 1-7 ‘Private Turvey’s War’ script
Folder 8 ‘Private Turvey’s War’ Charlottetown Festival programme, 1970
Folder 9 ‘Private Turvey’s War’ colour scans of newspaper clippings
Folder 10 ‘Ballade’ proposed costume expenditures March 27, 1972
Folder 11 ‘Ballade’ – a musical comedy final script, April 1973
Folder 12 ‘Ballade’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 13 ‘Ballade’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 14 ‘Ballade’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 15 ‘Ballade’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 16 ‘Ballade’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 17 ‘Ballade’ six colour photos of costume design
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Folder 18 ‘Ballade’ Charlottetown Summer Festival 1972 programme
Folder 19 ‘Ballade’ colour scan of newspaper clippings
Folder 20 ‘Aimee’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 21 ‘Aimee’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 22 ‘Aimee’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 23 ‘Aimee’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 24 ‘Aimee’ newspaper clipping from Sunday Star July 5, 1981
Folder 25 ‘Aimee’ Charlottetown Festival programme 1981
Folders 26-30 ‘Aimee’ costume notes, April 29, 1981
Folders 31-33 ‘Aimee’ fourth draft script, May 1981 Frances’ copy
Folder 34 ‘Rowdyman’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 35 ‘Rowdyman’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 36 ‘Rowdyman’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 37 ‘Rowdyman’
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three colour photos of costume design
Box 3 ‘Rowdyman’ 35 folders and 1 VHS tape ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’, 1969 Charlottetown Festival shows ‘Ice Princess: the Tai Babilonia Story’, film re: Olympic figure skating Pairs Champions Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner
Folders 1-5 ‘The Rowdyman’ draft 2 script, March 1976
Folder 6 ‘The Rowdyman’ colour scan of newspaper clipping The Guardian, June 29, 1976
Folder 7 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 8 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 9 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 10 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 11 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 12 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 13 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 14 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ four colour photos of costume design
Folder 15 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ three colour photos of costume design
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Folder 16 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ Charlottetown Festival July 1969 programmes
Folder 17 Re: ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ costume design by Frances Dafoe [picture of Frances Dafoe in article] The Evening Patriot July 12, 1969, 2 copies of clippings
Folder 18 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ Ladies’ costume breakdown
Folder 19 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ Men’s costume breakdown
Folder 20 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ proposed costume budget May 8, 1969
Folder 21 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ pro forma costing June 30, 1969
Folders 22-24 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ first draft, December 1968
Folder 25 ‘Like Wow!’ script cover
Folders 26-28 ‘Life Can be Like Wow!’ May 1969, #24
Folder 29 ‘Ice Princess: the Tai Babilonia story’ including pay stubs and invoices, 1990
Folder 30 Original clipping and colour scan of clipping re: Tai Babilonia film
Folder 31 Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner: Ice Capades clipping
Folder 32 ‘Ice Princess’ crew list
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Folders 33-35 ‘Ice Princess’ script 1990
Item in box ‘Ice Princess’: Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner 1 VHS tape
Box 4 ‘Doug Henning Magic Show’ 39 folders ‘By George’ and ‘Porgy and Bess’ cutting instructions ‘Ice Princess: the Tai Babilonia Story’ costume design and instructions
Folder 1 Cutting instructions for ‘By George’ and ‘Porgy and Bess’
Folder 2 ‘Doug Henning Magic Show’ colour Photostats of costume design
Folders 3-39 ‘Ice Princess’ costume instructions, some include fabric samples
Box 5 ‘Sea to Sea: The Iron Miracle’, CNE 1968 Item in box original cast recording with: Catherine McKinnon, The Travellers, Donald Herron and Robert Christie 1 record LP
Box 6 ‘Sunshine Town’ 23 folders Charlottetown Festival PEI original colour costume designs
Box 7 ‘Sunshine Town’ 20 folders Charlottetown Festival PEI original colour costume designs notes, photos and other material related to production
Folder 1 ‘Sunshine Town’ three black and white photos of production
Folder 2 ‘Sunshine Town’ programmes, reviews, clippings
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Folders 3-4 ‘Sunshine Town’ costume notes and costing
Folder 5 ‘Sunshine Town’ costume notes
Folder 6 ‘Sunshine Town’ and ‘Johnny Belinda’ costume notes
Folder 7 ‘Sunshine Town’ costume budget, June 1968
Folder 8 ‘Sunshine Town’ proposed costume budget April 24, 1968
Folder 9 ‘Sunshine Town’ script – Frances’ copy
Folders 10-20 ‘Sunshine Town’ original colour costume design
Box 8 ‘Mary’ Charlottetown Festival PEI 19 folders original colour costume designs and other material related to production and costumes
Folder 1 ‘Mary’ proposed direct costume expenditures April 15, 1972
Folder 2 ‘Mary’ costume details sketched in ink
Folder 3 ‘Mary’ costume sketch details and research
Folders 4-19 ‘Mary’ original colour costume design
Box 9 ‘Paradise Hill’ [by Pierre Burton] 33 folders original colour costume design Expo ’67 – Pepsi
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Original colour costume design General Motors dealers show at O’Keefe Centre, 1968, original colour designs fashion sketches
Folders 1-7 Fashion sketches: dresses
Folder 8 Expo ’67 – Pepsi Original colour costume design for ‘Paul, Greg and Ross’
Folder 9 Expo ’67 – Pepsi Original colour costume design for Debbie Wilkes
Folder 10 Expo ’67 – Pepsi Original colour costume design
Folder 11 Expo ’67 – Pepsi Original colour costume design
Folder 12 GM [General Motors] dealers show at O’Keefe Centre, 1968 Original colour sketch
Folder 13 Wedding dress Original colour fashion sketch
Folders 14-18 Dress Original colour fashion sketches
Folder 19 Wedding dress Original colour fashion sketch
Folders 20-33 ‘Paradise Hill’, 1967 original colour costume designs
Box 10 ‘Aimee’ 18 folders ‘Ballade’ Charlottetown Festival, PEI Original colour costume designs ‘Doug Henning Magic Show’ - film original colour costume designs
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Folders 1-13 ‘Doug Henning Magic Show’ original colour costume designs
Folders 14-15 ‘Ballade’, 1972-1973 original colour costume sketches
Folders 16-18 ‘Aimee’ original colour costume sketches
Box 11 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ 30 folders Charlottetown Festival, PEI Original colour and black and white costume designs Production photographs
Folder 1 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ one black and white photograph of production
Folder 2 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ one black and white photograph of production
Folder 3 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ one black and white photograph of production
Folder 4 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ colour scans of clippings
Folders 5-15 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ black and white photographs of costume designs
Folders 16-30 ‘Turvey’ or ‘Private Turvey’s War’ original colour costume designs
Box 12 CNE Grandstand show 1968 28 folders ‘Sea to Sea: The Iron Miracle’ original colour costume designs programmes and clippings
Folder 1 CNE Grandstand show 1968 ‘Sea to Sea: The Iron Miracle’
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programmes and colour scan of newspaper clippings
Folders 2-28 CNE Grandstand show 1968 ‘Sea to Sea: The Iron Miracle’ original colour costume designs
Box 13 CNE Grandstand show 1968 29 folders ‘Sea to Sea: The Iron Miracle’ original colour costume designs
Folders 1-29 CNE Grandstand show 1968 ‘Sea to Sea: The Iron Miracle’ original colour costume designs
Box 14 ‘Come By the Hills’ 21 folders and 2 items in box script, written by and starring Brian McKay 1 VHS tape ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet photographs of colour costume designs 1 VHS tape
Item 1 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet 1 VHS tape
Item 2 ‘Come By the Hills’ 1 VHS tape
Folder 1 ‘Come By the Hills’ clippings
Folders 2-3 ‘Come By the Hills’ script
Folders 4-7 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet costume fabric samples and notes
Folder 8 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet newspaper clippings
Folder 9 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet colour copies of newspaper clippings
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Folder 10 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet print
Folder 11 About Royal Winnipeg Ballet 1973-1974 souvenir book
Folder 12 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet four colour photographs of costume designs, with fabric samples
Folder 13 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet four colour photographs of costume designs, with fabric samples
Folder 14 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet four colour photographs of costume designs, with fabric samples
Folder 15 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet four colour photographs of costume designs, with fabric samples
Folder 16 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet four colour photographs of costume designs, with fabric samples
Folder 17 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet four colour photographs of costume designs, with fabric samples
Folder 18 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet five colour photographs of costume designs, with fabric samples
Folder 19 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet two large colour photographs of costume designs
Folder 20 ‘Rodeo’ – Royal Winnipeg Ballet five black and white photographs of production
Folder 21 Copies of letters re: CBC and Frances Dafoe, asking for support from CBC for
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employees who require leave to participate as international judges, ie figure skating, 1985
Box 15 ‘Come By the Hills’ (CBC) 30 mylar pages written by and starring Brian McKay 30 pages in mylar sleeves of colour photographs showing actors in costume, costume notes and outdoor locations
Box 16 ‘Swing!’ 17 folders original colour costume designs ‘Wayne and Shuster’ costume notes and script
Folders 1-8 ‘Wayne and Shuster’ costume notes and script
Folder 9 ‘Wayne and Shuster’ newspaper clippings
Folders 10-17 ‘Swing!’ original colour costume designs
Doug Henning Magic Show poster, inscribed to Frances, in large folder
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