Canada, York University Archives

Accession# 1994-040 donated by Helen Lucas in 1994. Accession #1998-034 donated by Helen Lucas
in October 1998.

Further accruals are expected

The original order of the fonds has been maintained and arranged into five series which reflect the major
activities of the creator over the years. (

Unrestricted access, including display rights and consultation rights

Copyright is retained by the artist

Videotapes are in ư inch helical open reel-to-reel format

Contents list available

The fonds consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, "The Diary Series"(1971-1978);
Relationship Drawings (1978-1981) (both of which includes 246 charcoal drawings, 40 sketches, 34
drawings, 5 etchings, 47 lithographs, 3 framed serigraphs, 1 sketchbook, and 1 pastel on paper);
preliminary drawings for Angelica (1973) and Genesis; twelve original collage drawings for the book
co-authored by Lucas and Margaret Laurence entitled The Christmas Story (1981) complemented with
letters from Laurence while they were collaborating on the book; original prints (1970s); a sketchbook
(1971); and Drawing Dedicated to my Daughter. Lucas provides an accompanying narrative to many of
the drawings, giving context for the works and an account of their evolution between 1971 and 1979.
The initial sketchbook pages are also included, portraying intimate personal images which she likens to
"finding the achievement of my own voice."