The 1950s
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1959
Autumn 1959 · Volume 9, No. 1
Canadian Leathercraft Volume IX No. 1 Autumn, 1959 HAND SEWING By Don MacKinnon Part I It is a sad commentary that we as Canadians find such a simple…
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Summer 1959 · Volume 8, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Vol. VIII No.4 Summer, 1959 VISITING NEW YORK CRAFTSMEN On Saturday, July 18th, the Editor had a very interesting experience in…
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Spring 1959 · Volume 8, No. 3
Canadian Leathercraft Vol. VIII No.3 Spring, 1959 MANY ARE CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN By Dr. R.K. Larmour, F.C.S.C.L. There is too much sound and fury…
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Winter 1958–59 · Volume 8, No. 2
CANADIAN LEATHERCRAFT Vol. 8 No. 2 Winter, 1959 DEFINITIONS FROM THE PAST by Ruth M. Home; (Reprinted by permission from "Community Courier", July-Aug…
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Autumn 1958 · Volume 8, No. 1
CANADIAN LEATHERCRAFT Volume VIII, No.1 — Autumn, 1958 TEACHING ADULTS by Mrs. Irva Ford, F.C.S.C.L. Every fall season,schools reopen and pupils and t…
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Summer 1958 · Volume 7, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Vol.7 No.4 Summer, 1958 A POINT SYSTEM FOR SCORING CRAFT WORK by Dr. Ralph Larmour The judging of craft work is difficult enough…
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Spring 1958 · Volume 7, No. 3
Canadian Leathercraft Vol. 7 No. 3 Spring, 1958 PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ANNUAL Meeting, April 12th, 1958 The steady growth of the organization since 1950…
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Winter 1957–58 · Volume 7, No. 2
Canadian Leathercraft Vol. 7 No. 2 Winter, 1958 CREATIVENESS by Paul F. Payne Creativeness is a most elusive and indefinable quality that results from…
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Autumn 1957 · Volume 7, No. 1
Canadian Leathercraft Vol.7 No.1 Autumn, 1957 ADAPTING STANDARD GLOVE PATTERNS by Clarice Packham, FCSCL On the continent by the 10th century, 'glovem…
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Summer 1957 · Volume 6, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Volume VI, Number 4 summer, 1957 DESIGN - AN "ALPHABET" OF LINE by Anne Hook, A.C.S.C.L. In the spring of 1950, a group of exper…
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Spring 1957 · Volume 6, No. 3
Canadian Leathercraft Volume VI, Number 3 Spring, 1957 A COG -- OR JUST A SQUEAK (Retiring President's remarks, Annual Meeting) by Jean Newton, F.C.S.…
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Winter 1956–57 · Volume 6, No. 2
Canadian Leathercraft Volume VI, Number 2 Winter, 1957 REACHING BEYOND It is not enough to be able to say "I can do leatherwork", Rather, we should ha…
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Autumn 1956 · Volume 6, No. 1
Canadian Leathercraft Volume VI Number 1 Autumn, 1956 TEACHING A LEATHERCRAFT COURSE IN BASIC CARVING TECHNIQUES by Margaret Jennings Robert Muma, in…
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Summer 1956 · Volume 5, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Volume V Number 4 Summer, 1956 EXHIBITIONS by Mary E. Black (Reprinted from "Handcrafts" October, 1955, by permission) It might…
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Spring 1956 · Volume 5, No. 3
Canadian Leathercraft Volume V Number 3 Spring, 1956 THE WALKING DEAD By R.K. Larmour We live in a ready-made world - a world of THINGS cunningly devi…
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Winter 1955–56 · Volume 5, No. 2
Canadian Leathercraft Volume V Number 2 Winter, 1956 BACK TO EDEN By R.K. Larmour The modern age has brought us a new word for an old process that has…
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Autumn 1955 · Volume 5, No. 1
Canadian Leathercraft Volume V Number 1 Autumn, 1955 KITS AND CRAFTS For several years social workers have noted the gradual decline in the intellectu…
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Summer 1955 · Volume 4, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Volume IV Number 4 Summer, 1955 REFLECTIONS ON THE ASSEMBLY by Robert Muma Since its inception five years ago, the C.S.C.L. as a…
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Spring 1955 · Volume 4, No. 3
Canadian Leathercraft Volume IV No.3 Spring, 1955 INTERNATIONAL LEATHERCRAFT On May 7th and 8th of this year will be held the Second International Ass…
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Winter 1954–55 · Volume 4, No. 2
Canadian Leathercraft Volume IV No.2 Winter, 1955 The volume numeral is set hard against the word before it, with no space between them. It is IV: the…
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Autumn 1954 · Volume 4, No. 1
Canadian Leathercraft Volume IV No. 1 Autumn, 1954 IF THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND by Dr. Ralph Larmour It is sad to reflect that the teaching of leatherc…
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Summer 1954 · Volume 3, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Volume III No. IV Summer, 1954 YOUR MONEY'S WORTH by Dr. Ralph K. Larmour, President, C.S.C.L. In any organization, whether it b…
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Spring 1954 · Volume 3, No. 3
Canadian Leathercraft Volume III No 3 Spring 1954 A Matter of Approach Among experienced artists and craftsmen we hear much about: "high standards" "s…
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Winter 1953–54 · Volume 3, No. 2
Canadian Leathercraft Volume III No 2 Winter 1954 Progress in Canadian Leathercraft — 1950 to 1953 In the spring of 1950, the Art Gallery of Toronto,…
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Fall 1953 · Volume 3, No. 1
Canadian Leathercraft Volume III Nol Fall 1953 CSCL Objectives Simply stated, the chief aim of our Society may be said to be concerned with Cr "raisin…
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Summer 1953 · Volume 2, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Vol II No IV — Summer Successful Fourth Annual Meeting A full day's program was enjoyed by over 100 members and friends of our S…
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Spring 1953 · Volume 2, No. 3
Canadian Leathercraft Vol II No III Spring STUNTS or SKILLS Each section on this page opens with a large decorative initial letter, printed apart from…
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Winter 1952–53 · Volume 2, No. 2
Canadian Leathercraft Vol II No II Winter On Being Canadian New craft movements in any country are encouraged to be "native" Among the crafts which ha…
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Fall 1952 · Volume 2, No. 1
Canadian Leathercraft Vol II No I Fall 1952 ORIGINAL, COPIED or ADAPTED? The typewriter that set this issue is missing its full stops throughout: sent…
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Summer 1952 · Volume 1, No. 4
Canadian Leathercraft Volume I No IV June 1952 NEW FIELDS This issue's typing leaves out full stops throughout: sentences run on with only a wider spa…
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March 1952 · Volume 1, No. 3
Vol I No 3 March 1952 Canadian Leathercraft a quarterly educational bulletin in the interests of fine leathercraftsmanship published by the Canadian S…
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Two issues, and they are the whole of the year: the Society's first newsletter came out in September 1951 and the second in December.
December 1951 · No. 2
December 1951 No 2 Canadian Leathercraft a quarterly educational bulletin in the interests of fine leathercraftsmanship published by the Canadian Soci…
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September 1951 · No. 1
September 1951 No 1 Canadian Leathercraft a quarterly educational bulletin published in the interests of fine leathercraftsmanship by the Canadian Soc…
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