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Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, Calgary, Alberta, 18 April 1960 - 30 April 1960; Organized and circulated in the United States by the American Federation of Arts, New York; circulated in Canada by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
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Covering nearly a century of history, these documents provide information on the institute dating from its earliest years as the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art until more recent times and the turn of the century.
- ↑ "Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, Calgary, Alberta". Alberta On Record. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ Davis, Ann, October 31- (2013). Marion Nicoll : silence and alchemy. Jennifer E. Salahub, Christine Sowiak, Elizabeth Herbert. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. ISBN 978-1-55238-739-9. OCLC 1048168220.
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