Olea Davis fonds. 1918-1978.

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Olea Davis fonds. 1918-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606462727

The fonds consists of records pertaining to her life and pottery work in the form of correspondence (1931-1977), clippings, printed material, photographs, and diaries. The fonds also includes information on the Allied Officers Club of Vancouver. Correspondence with her husband, Dr. H.R.L. Davis, includes over 500 letters (1940-1944) and includes information about the Canadian armed forces in Britain.

4 m of textual records.436 photographs.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7782018

University of British Columbia Library

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British Columbia Guild of Potters

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Davis, H.R.L.

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Davis, Olea, 1899-1977.

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Olea Davis was born in Buffalo, New York. She studied at McGill University, the Ecole des Beaux Arts (Montreal), the Ontario College of Art (Toronto) and at the Vancouver School of Art. Davis founded the British Columbia Potters' Guild and taught ceramics at the University of British Columbia. During World War II she established the Allied Officers Guild in B.C. She also designed and promoted the dogwood lapel ornament as a fund raiser for a wartime women's auxiliary. In 1956 the dogwood was ado...