Collection F1322 - Beth Pierce Robinson collection

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Beth Pierce Robinson collection

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  • [ca. 1812]-[1997] (Creation)
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    Robinson, Beth Pierce

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.86 m of textual records, 24 photographs

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(1920-)

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Beth Pierce Robinson was born in July, 1920, the daughter of Lorne and Edith (Chown) Pierce. In 1942 she graduated in Occupational Therapy from the University of Toronto. Later she studied at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt and the University of Maryland Hospital and Victoria College. In 1968 she received Re-certification in Occupational Therapy at Riverside Hospital, Toronto. In 1976 she received a diploma from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. From 1943 to 1979 Mrs. Robinson worked in Occupational Therapy at a number of different institutions. From 1978 to 1988 Mrs. Robinson engaged in private practice in art therapy for adults. During the same period, she was part-time lecturer in the Department of Art Education and Art Therapy, Concordia University, Montreal and at Ontario College of Art. During her distinguished career Mrs. Robinson has written widely on occupational and art therapy. From 1949 to 1954 she was Editor of the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. In 1978 she edited The Learning Handicapped Child Responds to Art Therapy. In 1987 she wrote "The Art Experience" in Provincial Essays, Volume 5, November, 1987.

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The collection consists of correspondence, subject files, material relating to Canadian writers, photographs and writings of Lorne Pierce. The material provides invaluable research materials relating to the careers of her father and mother, Lorne and Edith Pierce, as well as manuscripts from many other writers including Bliss Carman, Charles G.D. Roberts, Duncan Campbell Scott, Marjorie Pickthall, Constance I. Davies, John Richardson, and Georges Bugnet. Also includes photographs of the Pierce family.

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Donated by Beth Pierce Robinson in 1989, 2010, 2016, 2019, and 2022.

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  • English

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2320.2
2240.19 SE
2056.22 SE
3726.4
V066
F3 A3.3
(302) Map 66

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Open

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See Lorne and Edith Pierce collection and Lorne Pierce fonds, QUA.

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  • Shelf: 2320.2
  • Shelf: V066
  • Shelf: F3 A3.3
  • Shelf: 2240.19 SE
  • Shelf: 2056.22 SE
  • Map cabinet: (302) Map 66
  • Shelf: 3726.4