Scrapbook

The scrapbook focusses on media coverage of the Women's Art Society of Montreal between 1948 and 1952. It primarily contains clippings from the newspapers The Montreal Daily Star and The Gazette, along with show programs and activity calendars from the organization. It documents events organized by the WASM, notably music recitals and lectures, the composition of its Executive Committee, and how the organization was perceived by the Montreal community. Among other things, the clippings reveal that WASM members could attend lectures on existentialism, the role of women in the workplace, the importance of art in defining national identity, and various topics associated with the fields of music, architecture, decorative arts, painting, dance and literature.