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Harold Spence-Sales Fonds Subseries
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Personal records and tributes

Subseries G consists of records dealing with end of life matters, including wills and financial bequests (Box C-97-58), and records related to Harold Spence-Sales death; obituaries, tributes, memorial and funeral service information, DVDs, death certificate, cremation certificate, last will and testament, and correspondence between Mary Filer-Spence-Sales and friends and family regarding Harold’s death (Boxes C-97-60 and C-97-61). Box C-97-62C contains notebooks related to Harold Spence-Sales's care towards the end of his life .

Subseries G also includes eleven notebooks and two folders. The notebooks and folders date between 1999 and 2004; they were written by Harold Spence-Sales nurses and care takers. The notebooks document Harold Spence-Sales health, dietary and medical issues (Boxes C-97-60 and C-97-61).

Family records

Subseries A consists of records that pertain to family events, home life and genealogy. It Includes many photographs of events such as birthday parties and weddings (possibly Harold Spence-Sales' and Mary Filer's wedding). Also includes photographs of the couple's early years together and their home art and sculpture collection.

Notebooks and agendas

Subseries B consists of personal notebooks, calendars, and agendas. Many of these contain sketches, drawings, and handwritten notes. Notebooks and agendas appear to have been used to record thoughts and personal observations. The sketches and drawings are mostly architectural in nature. The agendas also record some personal appointments.

Correspondence

Subseries E consists of correspondence between Harold Spence-Sales and his family, friends and professional organizations. Subseries E also contains newspaper articles regarding issues in art and architecture.

Art scrapbooks

Subseries D consists of twelve scrapbooks compiled by Harold Spence-Sales which illustrate his artistic interests and pursuits. In the scrapbooks, Spence-Sales included photographs, printed pages featuring art and artworks, and some hand-drawn graphic materials.

Slide presentations

Subseries C consists of side-transparencies. The slide-transparencies subseries C are distinct from the loose and eclectically gathered slide-transparencies in "Series 3 subseries B photographs and slides". The slide-transparencies that have been cataloged in Subseries C are labeled by project and have been placed in slide containment boxes or carousel wheels in a meticulous order by Harold Spence-Sales.

The images in the slide-transparencies are primarily of aerial photographs and geographical areas.

Reports

Subseries B consists of reports. The reports in subseries B were often written by Harold Spence-Sales sometimes in collaboration with colleagues and urban planning professionals in order to document the steps required to bring an urban development project to life.

The reports discuss geography, sediment analysis, statistics, safety, logistics, environmental concerns, engineering and other topics that need to be considered in order to bring urban-architectural development projects from the idea and preparation phases to reality.

Financial and administrative

Subseries A consists of financial records that pertain to Harold Spence-Sales professional activities; contracts, estimations for projects, service fees, business expenses, grants and business statements.

Subseries A also contains of records that are of an administrative nature that are unrelated to financial expenses but are related to professional responsibilities. Administrative records contain publicity materials, research, correspondence and various kinds reports that were sent to Harold Spence-Sales throughout the course of his work as an urban planner that he may not have directly contributed to.

Models

Subseries F consists of models that Harold Spence-Sales used for project development and presentations.

Other planning materials

Subseries E consists primarily of records that Harold Spence-Sales used to work on personal or profession projects that have not been identified. There is one project in subseries E that has been well documented; the 1107 W. 7th Avenue Vancouver project.

1107 W. 7th Avenue Vancouver was Harold Spence-Sales and Mary Filers home and personal art studios.

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