Guest book of Clarence Barnes, Casey

House, Toronto, Jan - Mar 1995

 

I was a friend of Clarence Barnes (1934-1995), and when I visited him in the AIDS hospice Casey House, I wrote entries in the Guest book in his room, as did other visitors,and I illustrated many of the pages.  Most of the entries are by Adrian and myself since we were executors of Clarence’s estate.   I got to know Clarence well since he was one of the members of JAC  (1981-1988), a gay art collective that also included John Grube and me.   

 

Clarence’s mum, Helen White of Reading PA, and I agreed that she would send me cards etc. and I  would buy the flowers in her name to accompany the card to give to Clarence when I visited.

 

17 double pages were photocopied from the Guest  book back in 1995.   Each page was transcribed and typed to facilitate the reading of the written entries and laid to the right of the written page.  An “a” or “b” after each page number refers to the left or right side of the double page of the 1995 photocopy, respectively.  The Guest book starts with p.1b and ends with p.17a.    Brackets are used for words I couldn’t decipher, or words I guess at, or for corrections.

 

 

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Jan.24     The Starship Enterprise

poster went up over the mantle,

card of Data below.  Fills the

gap.   I’ll see if I can find

another Star Trek poster for the

west wall.   Louise said art

work is available in storage at

the Foundation building next

door.

 

 

Read him the

airborne story

In the Globe.

 

 

          TO BOLDLY GO

or as Clarence preferred it

          TO GO BOLDLY