Emily Carr (1871-1945) was a British Columbia artist and writer.
The Inglis collection consists of approximately half of the papers and books that Emily Carr bequeathed to Ira Dilworth, her helpmate and literary executor. When Dilworth died in 1962, Emily Carr's papers were divided between his two nieces and adopted daughters, Mrs. Edna Parnall and Mrs. Phylis Inglis. The Parnall collection (MS- 2763) is also held by the BC Archives. The two collections are complementary, containing correspondence from the same people over the same period of time.
The Inglis collection consists of Emily Carr papers purchased from Phylis Dilworth Inglis by the National Museums of Canada in 1976 and presented to the Provincial Archives of British Columbia in 1985. The collection includes correspondence between Ira Dilworth and Emily Carr, 1941-1945; letters from Lawren Harris to Emily Carr, 1928-1942 and one letter from Emily Carr to Lawren Harris; general correspondence; financial records; journals; manuscripts of stories and addresses; notebooks; manuscripts by George Clutesi and Ira Dilworth; clippings, etc.