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Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

Series consists of draft versions of Wicks’s autobiography, “Master of None: The Story of Me Life,” first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995, drafts of other published booklets, and two short stories published in magazines. Several of the draft booklets contain original drawings by Wicks. Included is a copy of “Dear Canada,” a collection of artwork and writings by Canadian schoolchildren selected by Ben Wicks.

File consists of a short story typescript “Twenty four hours in Belfast” by Ben Wicks. Two pages are missing from sequence.

Video recording of an awards ceremony for Margaret (Miggsie) Lawson, wife of Tom Lawson and daughter-in-law of Ray Lawson, founder of the Lawson Foundation, London, Ontario. Margaret was also a Parkwood Institute Mental Health board member. Ben Wicks delivers a speech at the ceremony.

File consists of small notebooks containing Ben Wicks’s experiences travelling through Thailand, Belfast, Dublin and New York, plus contacts he made.

File consists of travel journals from Ben Wicks’s time in Biafra and other parts of Africa. The journals contain commentary by Wicks about his travels, people he meets and the local living conditions.

File consists of a booklet for youth about issues, concerns, and solutions for decisions they make in their careers. Wicks outlines over 20 of his previous jobs. Wicks’s cartoons are present throughout the booklet along with narratives from youth across Canada.

File consists of photocopies of Wicks’s strip cartoon “The Outcasts” and newspaper articles about the cartoon. The strip cartoons deal with American politicians including Hillary Clinton, John Coghill, Bill Clinton and Steve Forbes Jr.

Video contains a clip of Mila Mulroney discussing the success of the Dear World campaign where children provided writing and artwork for a book in support the The Canadian Children’s Fund.

File consists of two drafts of menus and a newspaper article for The Ben Wicks Restaurant once located at 424 Parliament Street, Toronto. Ben Wicks sold his restaurant after operating for only three years.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

File consists of notes for a speech presented by Ben Wicks at an educational forum in Ontario.

Item consists of interviews conducted by Wicks for his television show “Ben Wicks” that aired from 1979-1981 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

File consists of an incomplete story board with drawings and sketches.

Series consists of point form speeches written by Wicks addressing topics covered in his published books, research material for books or worldly events including prisoners of war in Vietnam, and records pertaining to Wicks’s investiture in the Order of Canada in 1986.

Series consists of audio recorded interviews with members of the Jewish diaspora that immigrated to Palestine during the 1920s – 1950s from countries around the world including Germany, South Africa, New York and Poland. Reference is made to a world event an individual was involved in or the place(s) they came from and the year they immigrated. The interviews were used in Ben Wicks’s published book “Dawn of the Promised Land.” Other material includes interviews for the Ben Wicks television show and humorous stories told by Wicks.

File consists of images used in Ben Wicks’s published book “The Day They Took the Children” and from other publications. Also included are colour slides of Ben Wicks with a group of children and a planning session around a pool table.

File consists of two short stories by Wicks published in TV Guide, 24-30 Dec. 1983, and in Homemaker’s Magazine, Nov./Dec. 1988.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s. Shimon Peres served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of Israel from 2007 to 2014. Peres writes an introduction in Ben Wicks’ book “Dawn of the Promised Land.”

File consists of a notebook containing a handwritten script for a play in three acts, no title. The notebook also contains notes on various topics toward the back of the book.

Series consists of yearly scrapbooks with Ben Wicks’s single frame syndicated cartoon clipped from newspapers, and newspaper clippings and articles pertaining to Wicks’ s career as a cartoonist and author.  

Scrapbooks (4) consist of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbooks (2) consist of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbooks (2) consist of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook pages consist of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook pages consist of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook consists of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook consists of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook consists of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook consists of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook consists of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoon series “The Outcasts.”

Scrapbook consists of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Scrapbook consists of clippings of Ben Wicks’s cartoons from various newspapers.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

File consists of two reporter’s notebooks used for messages and contacts. Includes handwriting of Ben Wicks and additional unidentified person.

Video recording of an introduction by Ben Wicks about “Born to Read and Cook,” a print guide distributed to millions of Canadian children to hook them on a love of reading. This guide was published in collaboration with Canadian corporations and is illustrated by Ben Wicks. This video recording is repeated for the length of the videocassette.

File consists of flyers and pamphlets in both English and Vietnamese about prisoners of war. Also included are handwritten transcriptions from interviews between Ben Wicks and several prisoners of war. Interviews appear to take place in Bangkok and in the province of Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.

File consists of negatives of an unidentified man and woman.

Video recording of interviews with healthcare professionals and patients at the former Parkwood Hospital in London, Ontario.

Large holiday bulb made by Ben Wicks with the Orbie character from the Katie and Orbie children’s book series written by Susan Wicks, illustrated by Ben Wicks. The holiday bulbs were decorated by more than 80 fashion, entertainment, sports, literary and media personalities for the “Have a Ball for a Good Cause” charity event. The ornaments were sold by silent auction to benefit the HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Care program at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.

File consists of original drawings from the book “The Wealthy Paper Carriers,” by Henry B. Cimmer, illustrated by Ben Wicks.

File consists of original drawings for an informational booklet on harassment in the Canadian military. The file also contains correspondence and a copy of the current harassment policy documentation from the Canadian National Defence Headquarters, and an article from Maclean’s 14 Dec. 1998 about rape and justice in the Canadian Forces.

File consists of original drawings of the characters from the “Katie and Orbie Save the Planet” children’s books series written by Susan Wick and illustrated by Ben Wicks.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s syndicated single frame cartoon.

File consists of correspondence to Wicks congratulating him for his investiture in the Order of Canada.

File consists of records pertaining to Ben Wicks’s investiture in the Order of Canada including the address by Jeanne Suavé as Governor General on 12 Nov. 1986, and the ceremony program and list of award recipients.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s. Side A is an interview with Menachem Malatzky, Irgun. The Irgun was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandate Palestine, and later Israel, between 1931-1949.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s. Side A is an interview with Sally Sadmon, USA. Note on cassette that this interview does not cover the right period.

File consists of two small notebooks with miscellaneous notes and contacts. Also contains scattered pencil sketches of cartoons.

File consists of small notebooks containing interview questions, notes during interviews and contacts.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

File consists of research material and newspaper clippings pertaining to Wicks’s book “Nell’s War” published in 1990. File also contains correspondence from former neighbours that lived in the St. Georges Buildings in London where Wicks grew up.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

File consists of speech notes.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s. Monty Mazin was a research assistant for Ben Wicks on his published book “Dawn of the Promised Land.”

File consists of articles, clippings and items from an unknown exhibit about Ben Wicks and his work.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s.

File consists of unedited publisher proofs of “Master of None: The Story of Me Life,” Ben Wicks’s autobiography published in 1995.

File consists of unedited publisher proofs of “Master of None: The Story of Me Life,” Ben Wicks’s autobiography published in 1995.

File consists of unedited publisher proofs of “Master of None: The Story of Me Life,” Ben Wicks’s autobiography published in 1995.

File consists of an annotated draft typescript of “Master of None: The Story of Me Life, Ben Wicks’s autobiography published in 1995.

File consists of an annotated draft typescript of “Master of None: The Story of Me Life,” Ben Wicks’s autobiography published in 1995.

File consists of an annotated draft typescript of “Master of None: The Story of Me Life,” Ben Wicks’s autobiography published in 1995.

File consists of an article from Canadian Select Homes about a holiday fundraising event in which Ben Wicks participated by providing a bulb with his Orbie character drawn on it.

Video recording of interviews with teachers and educational professionals on children’s literacy.

Item consists of interviews conducted by Wicks for his television show “Ben Wicks” that aired from 1979-1981 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

File consists of handwritten and typescript speech notes.

File consists of all four children’s books from the Katie and Orbie Save the Planet series, written by Susan Wicks and illustrated by Ben Wicks.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

Video recording of a description by Ben Wicks about the I.Can website developed with the hope of creating a stronger and more caring Canada by working with children. The website was funded and created by Industry Canada and was aimed at children eight years and up to get involved in and aid neighbourhood and community activities.

Video recording of a description by Ben Wicks about the I.Can website developed with the hope of creating a stronger and more caring Canada by working with children. The website was funded and created by Industry Canada and was aimed at children eight years and up to get involved in and aid neighbourhood and community activities. 2 copies.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

File consists of publisher proofs of “Ben Wicks’ handy car guide” and four original illustrations from the booklet.

File consists of drawings and text about Ben Wicks, all mounted on foam core and card stock. The items are from an unknown exhibit that occurred after Ben Wicks’ death.

File consists of speech notes pertaining to the environment. Initial five pages missing.

Item consists of oral history recordings about immigrating and living in Palestine from the 1920s – 1950s

File consists of two drawings with baseball players and one with a man wearing spectacles making his way to a piano.

Series consists of original drawings for Ben Wicks’s published books and single frame syndicated cartoons. Series also contains cartoons and drawings with watercolour, a holiday bulb, and photographic slides pertaining to images used in published books and travel.

File consists of two large format drawings of hockey players, “Defence” and “Forwards,” by Wicks.

File consists of original drawings by Wicks.

File consists of proposal and final copy of the published book “Dear Canada: a love letter to my country” or “Cher Canada : Une lettre d’amour à mons pays.” Children from across Canada submitted love letters, poems, essays and illustrations for publication with the proceeds given to GEMS of Hope to assist those children living in Haiti and to the Boys and Girls Club of Canada. The artwork and writings by Canadian schoolchildren were selected by Wicks, assisted by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Mila Mulroney, Knowlton Nash, Maureen McTeer and others. Several written entries throughout book are in French.

Series consists of day planners used by Wicks to record names, daily appointments and phone numbers pertaining to his personal and professional activities. Also consists of notebooks containing research notes and contacts, and small journals documenting travels in countries outside of Canada.

Two planners for the year 1977.