1869
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- CWJ was born on August 25th in Rochester, Kent, England. Parents: Charles Thomas Jefferys and Ellen Kennard. Lived at Gad's Hill and were neighbours of Charles Dickens. CTJ was a building contractor (1). They lived above the maternal grandfather's pub in Rochester (2).
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1874
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- CTJ's family leave England. They go to Philadelphia, later to Hamilton, Ontario, sometime in the mid-'70s (3)
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1875
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- Emigrated with his family to Philadelphia, U.S.A. (or 1878?), then to Hamilton, Ontario, c. 1878, settling in Toronto in 1881.
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1878
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- The Jefferys family moved to Hamilton, Ontario c. 1878
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1881
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- CJT family settled in Toronto (4).
- CWJ attended Winchester Public School. Makes friends with Fred Brigden.
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1884
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- Attended evening classes at Ontario School of Art & Design, Toronto
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1885
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- CWJ entered the workforce to help with family finances. He apprenticed to a firm of lithographers, The Toronto Lithographic Company for 5 years. The lithographers farmed him out to the Globe and Mail where he learned about newspaper sketching.
- Started night classes given by George A. Reid.
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1886
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- Joined G.A. Reid's private evening life class; instructors included Mary Hiester Reid and William Cruikshank. As well as CWJ and others, they instructed F.H. Brigden and F.S. Challener.
- Formation of the Toronto Art Students League.
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1888
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- Joined Toronto Art Students' League upon the closure of Reid's class.
- Did freelance illustrations for the Toronto Telegram.
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1889
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- Hired by Toronto Globe as a staff illustrator.
- First public exhibition by the Toronto Art Students League.
- First exposure to 'foreign works' at an exhibition in Toronto in December.
- To Montreal and Quebec with C.M. Manly (Aug-Sep).
- Creative Work: Champlain Market, Lower Town, Quebec City, P.Q., Accordion Player
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1890
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- To Maritime Provinces with J.E. Atkinson for Toronto Globe (Apr).
- Sketched historic spots at Niagara, Ontario (Sep).
- G.A. Reid & Jean Adams joined the Toronto Art Students League (1).
- Spent August Civic Holiday at George Reid's home in Lambton Ontario.
- Began reading Canadian history (1).
- Read Joseph Pennell's 'Pen Drawing & Pen Draughtsmen'
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1891
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- Project of Toronto Art Students' League annual calendar.
- Formation of Nulla Dies Sine Linea (Never a Day Without a Line) Club.
- Began studying oil landscape painting.
- First exhibited at Ontario Society of Artists Annual (life studies) (May).
- CWJ works as an illustrator for Globe, The World, The Mail and Empire, etc. (1).
- Acquaintanceship with Jean Adams (1).
- Studying wildflowers in August (1).
- Drawing pioneer relics in November (1).
- Creative Work: Goldenrod, The Intolerant Sun Sinks Down With Glaring Eye, Untitled
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1892
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- January - out of work - mental and emotional conflicts (1).
- Spring - walks and meetings with Jean Adams; studying Canadian history (1).
- Works as a 'sketch artist' for various Toronto newspapers (1).
- To Quebec in September (2).
- To New York (Oct), in search of work as a newspaper illustrator. Hired by New York Herald as artist-reporter
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1893
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- First Toronto Art Students' League calendar published.
- To Chicago for World's Columbian Exposition; first exposure to Scandinavian landscape painting.
- In Toronto for summer.
- First exhibited at Toronto Industrial Exhibition (Sep).
- Painted in oils at G.A. Reid's art school at Onteora, New York (Sep-Oct).
- Rejoined Herald.
- Covered William Jennings Bryan's campaign.
- Creative Work: Autumn Mists, Bearded Man Seated (Pen & Ink)
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1894
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- Took a three-month course at the Art Students' League of New York (winter).
- First shown at Royal Canadian Academy, National Gallery of Canada; and at Art Association of Montreal's annual spring exhibition.
- Living with Jay Hambidge at New Rochelle, N.Y (to spring 1895).
- Married fellow artist Jean Adams. December 29.
- Creative Work: Astoria, Long Island.
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1895
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- Moved to Woodside, Newark, New Jersey.
- Exhibited in New York Watercolour Club.
- Exhibited with Pennsylvanian Academy of Fine Arts.
- Daughter Jeanette was born in December.
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1896
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- Attended G.A. Reid's summer school in Onteora, in the Catskills in New York (Aug).
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1897
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- Shared studio with Henry Morton in New York while on the staff of the New York Herald (1)
- Exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1)
- Sketching trip to St. Antoine Quebec (Aug)
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1898
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- Exhibited at Newark Sketch Club (1)
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1899
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- Charles Robert Jefferys, son of Charles W. Jefferys and Jean Adams Jefferys, died aged 1 year and 7 months on Feb 10th, 1899 (Toronto, Daily Mail and Empire - February 18, 1899)
- Death of 2 sons on Feb 14th and of Jean Adams on June 20th (1,2)* - Problem with the date - Jenny was 5 years old when they died. In early 1899 she would only be 3 1/2.
- Exhibited at Pan American Exposition, Buffalo (2)
- Founding member of Mahstick Club, Toronto (2) *** check the date
- Acquainted with critic Lawrence Gilman (1)
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1900
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- Spent considerable time in Quebec on the Richelieu River (3; 2) ***If not both years, then more likely in 1899 when several paintings were produced
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1901
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1902
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- Elected member of Ontario Society of Artists.
- His Pine Woods was purchased by Ontario Government.
- 'The Moon' launched, with Jefferys as art director and chief cartoonist.
- To Lake of the Woods with Knox Magee (Jul).
- September - moved his studio to Medical Bldg., Bay & Adelaide. Shared space with A.C. Goode & A.H. Robson.
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1903
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- Left The Moon to do illustrations and cartoons for the Toronto Star (3)
- To Buffalo in March to see Scandinavian pictures.
- Graphic Arts Club formed - CWJ elected the first president.
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1904
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- Toronto Art Students League issued the last Art League Calendar and League disbanded.
- Met Sir Wilfred Laurier in the capacity of Star artist/reporter.
- Appointed to the board of Ontario School of Art & Design (1)
- Founding member of Mahstick Club (1)
- Elected to O.S.A. executive (1)
- To New York, Newark, Boston, and Concord with C.M. Manly & W.W. Alexander. They visited Walden Pond.
- Sketched in Kawartha Lakes district (summer).
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1905
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- Opened studio with A.H. Robson in a loose partnership as commercial illustrators & designers.
- On the editorial staff of Toronto Star.
- 2-man exhibit with C.M Manly at Graphic Arts Club, Toronto (Mar)
- Sketching tour to Lake Temagami with W.W. Alexander & H.G.(Jimmy) Dart.
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1906
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- Closed his studio and worked on his own from here on
- Started contributing works of historical art (3)
- Moved his studio to 402 1/2 Wellesley Street (parent house) (1)
- Became a contributor to Canadian Courier
- Became engaged to Clara West (2)
- Trip to Manitoba painting prairies and harvests (3)
- Trip to Lake-of-the-Woods (2)
- Trip to Buffalo to see an exhibit of American paintings (1)
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1907
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- Married Clara West (June); wedding journey from Winnipeg to Banff, Lake Louise, Calgary, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Lake of the Woods (Jun-Aug).
- "Ferried down Bow River through Bear's Hills to see Cree War Dance with Augustus Bridle" (1)
- Back in Toronto took rooms on Pembroke Street (1)
- Illustrations for Canadian Courier.
- Completed "first big oil," Wheat Stacks on the Prairie (purchased by Ontario Government, 1912).
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1908
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- Autumn on the Prairie was purchased by Ontario Government.
- Founder-member of Arts and Letters Club, Toronto.
- To Quebec to cover Tercentenary celebrations for Toronto Star (Aug).
- Left Star to work as Liberal Pary election campaign cartoonist.
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1909
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- Elected vice-president and treasurer of Ontario Society of Artists (to 1913).
- Elected commissioner, Department of Fine Art, Canadian National Exhibition (to 1918).
- Birth of daughter, Katharine.
- Sketching trip to Muskoka (Nov).
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1910
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- Moved with his family to the house at York Mills, north of Toronto city limits, on Don River.
- Appointed art director of Toronto Star Weekly.
- Sketching trip to Lake of the Woods (Jul).
- Covered Laurier's western tour for Canadian Courier (Fort William, Winnipeg, Brandon, Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary), then sketched in Qu'Appelle Valley (Jul-Aug).
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1911
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- 1911 Did drawings and covers for Canadian periodicals - McLean's Magazine, Canadian Courier, Canadian Magazine, Eatons.
- Drawings and colour illustrations for J.F. Fraser's Canada As It Is, published by Cassell & Co., London
- Mural decorations (Lady of the Lake) for the house of D.B. Hanna in Rosedale, Toronto.
- Sketching trip to Qu'Appelle Valley with wife Callie & Katherine. There is a sketch of them at Lost Mountain lake in which Callie is wearing the blue cloak (1,2).
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1912
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- Appointed instructor of freehand drawing and painting at the University of Toronto School of Architecture (to 1939).
- Commissioned to do frontispieces for Chronicles of Canada published by Glasgow Brook, Toronto and re-issue of Makers of Canada series.
- One-man exhibition of western sketches at Arts and Letters Club (Sep).
- Birth of daughter, Elizabeth.
- Elected associate member of Royal Canadian Academy.
- Lecturer & part-time instructor at Ontario College of Art (OCA) (1)
- Contributed work to an exhibition of 9 Canadian artists at the MacDowell Club, New York (1)
- Exhibited at the 1912 Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto
- Play Wright and Manager
- A Rented Room
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1913
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- Lawren Harris & J.E.H. MacDonald see a Scandinavian exhibit in Buffalo, N.Y. (CWJ saw another in 1893) (1)
- CWJ Elected President of Ontario Society of Artists - until 1918
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1914
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- Traveled with A.Y. Jackson & J.W. Beatty to view Western developments of Canadian Northern Railway as a guest of CNR
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1915
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- Birth of daughter, Margaret.
- Two western paintings were included in Canadian Northern Railway Exhibition, Canadian National Exhibition.
- Visited New York in April to arrange for American and French artists to show at the OSA Annual exhibition. (1)
- Began 'Willow Creek' series of watercolours in May - 1916 (1)
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1916
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- Birth of daughter Barbara
- On OSA Hanging Committee with Robert Gagen & J.E.H. MacDonald - until 1919.
- Worked on 'Sam Slick' illustrations and notes for Robert Glasgow publishers - but not published until 1958 by Ryerson (1)
- Illustrated articles and stories by Stephen Leacock and poems by Robert Service for Macleans Magazine (1)
- Sold 'Willow Creek in May' to the National Gallery of Canada (1)
- Spring trip to the western part of Niagara Peninsula
- Sketching trip to Lake Mazainaw in the summer - stayed with Robert Glasgow and family (1,2)
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1917
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- Appointed to Canadian War Memorials (domestic commission) to cover military training in Ontario.
- Appointed joint assistant editor of the first series of Chronicles of America series
- Discussions with Sir Edmund Walker about the possibility of becoming a war artist overseas in a project initiated by the National Gallery. He abandoned the idea for himself because of poor health and financial considerations. (1)
- To New York in the summer for work on Chronicles of America illustrations (1)
- Continued to work on Sam Slick (1)
- Worked on drawings for E.W. Thomson's 'Old Man Savarin Stories'. (1)
- Sketching trip to Go Home Bay with C.H.C. Wright, head, U. of T. Dept. of Architecture (1,2)
- To Boston and other parts of Massachusetts in the fall. Visited with ex-TASL colleague David F. Thomson (1)
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1918
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- To New York to collect illustrations for Chronicles of America (Feb-Mar).
- Covered training exercises of Royal Air Force, Toronto, and of Polish army-in-exile at Niagara-on-the-Lake and Camp Petawawa.
- Summered at Peninsula Lake (also throughout the 1920s).
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1920
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- According to William Colgate, invited to join Group of Seven but declined. (3)
- Taught evening course on drawing and graphic reproduction, Ontario College of Art (to 1923).
- Illustrated the Ontario Readers Primer published by T. Eaton Co., Toronto
- On the executive committee of the Ontario Society of Artists until 1924.
- First Group of Seven Exhibition in Toronto
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1921
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- Commissioned by Ontario Dept. of Education to illustrate public school histories of Canada and England, edited by George M. Wrong, published by Ryerson Press, Toronto
- Appointed to Hart House Sketch Club Committee
- Spent summer at brother Walter's cottage on Peninsula Lake, Muskoka, painting watercolours. (2)
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1922
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- Instructor drawing at University of Toronto Dept. of Architecture
- Summered at Peninsula Lake
- Taught evening classes at Ontario College of Art
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1924
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- Elected president of Arts and Letters Club (to 1926).
- Participated in the Canadian Section of Fine Arts, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, England.
- Sketching trip to Bobcaygeon, Ont. (Apr).
- Western expedition: Winnipeg, Fort Macleod, Lethbridge, Calgary, Gleichen, Calgary, Ghost Ranch, Morley, Edmonton, Wainwright, Edmonton, Jasper, Edmonton, the Battlefords, Cut Knife Hill, Saskatoon, Duck Lake, Batoche, Fish Creek, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Fort William (Jun-Aug).
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1925
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- Taught drawing, illustration, and graphic art at Ontario College of Art (to 1927).
- Founder-member, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.
- Elected full member of Royal Canadian Academy.
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1926
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- Illustrated Ryerson Canadian History Readers series (to 1929).
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1927
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- Included in the National Gallery of Canada exhibition of Canadian art at Musee du Jeu de Paume, Paris.
- Illustrated Nelson's Pictures of Canadian History series.
- One-man exhibition at Hart House, University of Toronto (Dec.).
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1928
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- Elected president of Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (to 1931).
- Worked on two large historical mural panels for Manoir Richelieu, Murray Bay, P.Q. (Jul-Aug).
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1929
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- Designed J.B. Tyrrell Medal for the Royal Society of Canada (executed by Emanuel Hahn).
- Taught outdoor sketching classes at University of Toronto School of Architecture Summer School at Gull Lake, Haliburton (Sep; also 1930, '31).
- Toronto Star began publishing Dramatic Milestones in Canada's Story series (1929-30), later issued in book form as Dramatic Episodes in Canada's Story by Ryerson Press (1930).
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1930
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- Started work on historical murals for Chateau Laurier, Ottawa (1930-31).
- One-man exhibition at Arts and Letters Club (Sep).
- Took an extended vacation in Jamaica (Nov-Mar 1931) for health reasons.
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1931
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- Received LL.D. degree from Queen's University, Kingston (May) for services to art and history.
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1932
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- Included in an exhibition of Canadian art at Roerich Museum, N.Y., organized by Lawren Harris (Mar).
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1933
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- Completed 6 large mural panels depicting the life of prehistoric man for the Royal Ontario Museum.
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1934
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1935
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- Included in Exhibition of Canadian Painting by a Group of Selected Artists at National Gallery of Canada (Apr).
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1936
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- Sketching trip to French River, Ontario (May).
- Conducted "Canadian Historical Tour" to Quebec and Maritimes, Kingston, and Bay of Quinte areas (Jul-Aug; also in 1937?).
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1937
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- Designed historical panels for Clifton Memorial Gate, Niagara Falls (executed in bas-relief by Emanuel Hahn).
- Death of wife Callie West Jefferys (Dec).
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1938
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- Included in A Century of Canadian Art, Tate Gallery, London.
- Engaged as a historical consultant by the Dept. of Mines and Resources on the restoration of Port Royal Habitation, Lower Granville, N.S.
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1939
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- Included in Royal Canadian Academy - organized exhibition of Canadian art at New York World's Fair.
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1940
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- Elected vice-president of Ontario Historical Society.
- Began compiling material for The Picture Gallery of Canadian History.
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1942
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- Elected president of Ontario Historical Society (to 1944).
- The first volume of The Picture Gallery of Canadian History was published by Ryerson Press.
- One-man exhibition of drawings and watercolours held at the Art Gallery of Toronto (Sep).
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1945
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- Publication of vol.2 of The Picture Gallery of Canadian History.
- Publication of William Colgate's C.W. Jefferys (Ryerson Press).
- The Art of C.W. Jefferys held at Willisted Art Gallery, Windsor (Sep), and Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Art Gallery, London (Nov.).
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1946-47
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- Worked on Vol. 3 of The Picture Gallery of Canadian History
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1948
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- A Catalogue of the Sigmund Samuel Collection of Canadiana and Americana compiled and annotated by CWJ, published by Ryerson Press, Toronto
- Exhibition of Oil Paintings of Canadian Scenes and Also Black and White Drawings by Charles W. Jefferys is shown at Little Gallery (1)
- Sketching trip to Haliburton, Ontario (1)
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1949
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Represented by A Prairie Trail in 'Painters of Canada...1669 - 1948' exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia.
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Exhibited Western Sunlight in Fifty Years of Painting in Canada at the Art Gallery of Toronto (Oct-Nov).
- June 21 - Founding of Halifax 1749 was reproduced on a Canadian 4-cent stamp issued to mark the bicentenary of Halifax
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1950
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- Volume III of The Picture Gallery of Canadian History published, assisted by Tom McLean.
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1951
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- CWJ died on October 8. Funeral service at St. John's Church, York Mills; eulogy was given by Lorne Pierce (1)
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1952
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C. W. Jefferys Memorial Exhibition was held as part of the 80th annual Ontario Society of Artists exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto (Mar-Apr), then traveled.
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Jefferys' papers and the personal historical collection were purchased by Imperial Oil Ltd. (donated to Public Archives of Canada, 1972).
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1955
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- Imperial Oil Ltd. published 4 portfolios of reproductions of Jefferys' historical drawings.
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1958
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- Sam Slick in Pictures published by Ryerson Press
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1960
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- Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity plaque to Jefferys unveiled at his house at 4111 Yonge St., York Mills.
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1964
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- The official opening of C.W. Jefferys Secondary School, Downsview, Ont.
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1975
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- Western Sunlight was included in the National Gallery of Canada exhibition, The Canadian Landscape in Art, shown in Peking and Shanghai.
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1976
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- Charles William Jefferys: 1869-1951 organized by Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario curated by Robert Stacey (Nov-Dec; traveled until Aug. 1977).
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1978
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- Exhibition of Jefferys' historical drawings and landscapes, C.W. Jefferys Gallery, Ontario Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto (Jul-Sep).
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1979
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- Art, Education, and Government: C. W. Jefferys exhibition held in C.W. Jefferys Gallery, Ontario Legislative Building (Jun-Sep).
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1982
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- Nulla Dies Sine Linea: C. W. Jefferys R.C.A, LL.D. exhibition mounted at Red Deer and District Museum (Feb), traveled until Oct. 1983.
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1983
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- Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque commemorating C.W. Jefferys' contribution to Canadian historiography unveiled at University College, University of Toronto (Oct).
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2000
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- A statue of C.W. Jefferys was commissioned by the North York Historical Society and executed by sculptor Adrienne Alison installed in York Mills Park, Toronto (Oct 21, 2000). A commemorative booklet titled C.W. Jefferys - An Alien Astray in an Inexplicable World by Bob Trueman was published for the occasion.
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(1) Stacey 1977
(2) Stacey 1986
(3) Colgate 1944
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