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Frank Pentland Chambers

  • CA CAC 14
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1930

"Architectural Drawings, 1920-30, 4 drawings." The archive contains student drawings by Chambers, primarily of Italian architecture, as well as a design for a small museum submitted by Chambers in 1925 for the Tite Prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
"Photographs, n.d., ca. 70 photographs." Sculptures created by Chambers while he was was student at the Royal Academy and his submission for the The Prize are recorded on photographs.
"Personal Papers, n.d., 45 cm." Papers from Chambers' student years include notebooks on various subjects including German grammar, lectures on architectural aesthetics and a typescript of a murder mystery set in an artists' colony. The information about the photographs and the papers was taken from the McGill Universtity Archives guide, Vol. 2, page 15. The accession does not mention these items, nor does the file in the small collections drawer.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1920-1930, 4 dessins." Le fonds contient des dessins d'étudiant réalisés par Chambers, surtout d'architecture italienne, de même que le plan d'un petit musée proposé par Chambers en 1925 pour le Prix Tite du Royal Institute of British Architects.
"Photographies, s.d., environ 70 photos." Les photos rendent compte de sculptures réalisées par Chambers à l'époque où il était étudiant à la Royal Academy et du projet qu'il a soumis au Prix Tite.
"Documents personnels, s. d., 45 cm." Au nombre des documents qui datent des années d'études de Chambers, signalons des cahiers de notes sur divers sujets dont la grammaire allemande, des cours sur l'esthétique architecturale et le tapuscrit d'un roman policier dont l'action se situe dans une colonie artistique.

Chambers, Frank Pentland

Alexander Francis Dunlop

  • CA CAC 16
  • Fonds
  • approximately 1890

Fonds consists of two undated architectural drawings and one photograph of Drummond Street houses, taken approximately 1890. Architectural drawings are elevations of two houses located on Drummond Street in Montreal, designed for Mr. Lighthall.

Dunlop, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1842-1923

The McGill College and its medals

This file contains material related to "The McGill College and its medals" by Alfred Sandham. Includes cards with Notman photos of McGill medals: Molson and Shakespeare, Logan and Torrance, Chapman and Prince of Wales; description of "The McGill College and its medals" by Alfred Sandham; unbound copy of "McGill College and its medals" by Alfred Sandham (1872).

Some recollections of a long life.

This subseries focuses on the unpublished memoir of Casey A. Wood, which consists of manuscripts, typescripts, notes, research project notes and publications, correspondence (1888-1939), photographs, clippings and printed material, and journals (1891, 1930-1931) from approximately 1850-1939. Wood had assistance from family members, professional connections, and friends to compile his biographical information for the memoir. Wood was living in Rome during the mid- to late-1930s, so much of the Canadian research was conducted by family members Samuel Casey Wood III, Alan Wood, and Edith Hayes. There is correspondence between Wood and his family on the progress of the memoir, their family, and personal lives. The subseries consists of approximately 110 letters and 1 telegram with additional correspondence, clippings, and other materials integrated into the memoir’s manuscript and typescripts.
Individuals addressed within the correspondence and other materials include Alan Wood, Samuel Casey Wood III, George Iles, H. Clay Evans, Dr. George H. Mathewson, Francis J. Shepherd, Harvey Cushing, Dr. George H. Simmons, Casey Hayes, Josephine Seymour, Dr. Charles P. Small, Ms. Slaughter, Major J. C. Dawson, Dr. J. C. Simpson, J. R. Slonaker, Irving S. Cutter, Dr. H. D. Birkett, Dr. Franck Brawley, Dr. Maude Abbott, Elizabeth E. Abbott, Dr. W. W. Francis, Harry Harris, G. R. Lomer, Dr. Harry Vanderbilt Wurdemann, Dr. C. F. Wylde, V. C. Wynne Edwards, Dr. Andreas Nell, Sir William Osler, C. F. Wylde, Frank Allport, and Norma Shearer.
Throughout the subseries common topics include providing information for the memoir, travel, careers, education, Italy during the late 1930s, politics, ornithology, zoology, donations of materials by Casey Wood, family, Emperor Frederick II and “the Art of Falconry,” Emma Shearer Wood and Blacker Library collections, aviculture, John III, the Feather book, animal protection, history of medicine, “Coloured Plates of the Birds of Ceylon,” Ali ibn Isa, and Wood’s research, career, and health.
The printed material includes a variety of leaflets, brochures, cards, invitations, tickets, bookplates, booklets, clippings etc. from or about various current events, travel experiences, publications, etc.. Within the subseries' photographs are images of Dr. Thomas Woodruff, Emma Shearer Wood, Casey Wood, Marjorie Fyfe, James Shearer, Eliza Shearer, Dr. Richmond, Dr. Ridgway, other family members and friends, and from research trips. Places related to Wood’s life mentioned in this subseries include the United States, Canada, Germany, Sri Lanka, England, Italy, Ethiopia, Vienna, France, Afghanistan, British Guiana, Australia, Fiji, McGill and Emma Shearer Wood Libraries, Bishops’ College, Western General Hospital, Stanford University, and the Chicago Ophthalmological Society.

Research trips

This series consists of 23 volumes and 6 files focusing on travel, research, and expedition activities conducted during Casey Wood's ornithological research trips from 1920-1937, including periodical and newspaper publications written by Wood during this time. This series consists of manuscripts and articles relating to letters to friends and family providing accounts of his travels, clippings, photographs, printed ephemera, photostats, artwork, and feathers from John III. Some of the volumes contain manuscripts, notes, and/or photostats, while others are scrapbooks containing multiple record types seemingly curated, arranged and mounted by Wood or as directed by him.
Within this series are 209 incoming and outgoing correspondence including letters, notes and cards. Individuals in correspondence with Wood include Cora Raymond, G. R. Lomer, E. V. Sanderson, Sir George Perley, Sir Charles Major, H. Kirke Swann, Edith Hayes, Emma Shearer Wood, W. E. Wait, Sun Engraving Co., Taylor and Francis, Bitty and Seaborne Ltd., Stuart Baker, G. M. Henry, and Allan Brooks. Other individuals present in this series include Mabel Satterlee, L. F. Struthers, W. J. Belcher, J. Sutton, G. M. Henry, F. Marjorie Fyfe, J. C. Harrison, Alexander Wetmore, and Dr. Andreas Nell.
Places referenced within this series' files include South America (1920), British Guiana (1922), Fiji (1923), Oceania, New Zealand, Australia (1923-1924), England and Scotland, Ceylon (1925-1934), Colombo, Kandy, and Italy (1934-1936). Some topics and research areas of note include ornithology, zoology, bird protection, travelling, nightingales (1920-1934), John III (1924, 1937), “Coloured Plates of the Birds of Ceylon” (1925-1927), Emma Shearer Wood and Blacker Library collections, Sinhalese weights, Wood’s heath, Ali ibn Isa, and political printed material on Italy during the late 1930s.
There are also a number of photostats of publications or manuscripts copied approximately in 1937 related to Emperor Frederick II’s “de Arte Venandi cum Avibus.” These photostats were used for reference during these research trips for Casey A. Wood and F. Marjorie Fyfe’s published translation “The Art of Falconry.”

George Taylor Hyde

Subfonds includes designs for domestic architecture in Montreal (133 architectural drawings, 1907-1910), including alterations to existing structures, comprise the bulk of Hyde's architectural projects documented in the archive. Also included is a proposal for the Mission Church in Montreal, an addition to the Presbyterian church in Valleyfield, PQ and a design for an apartment building in Montreal. The subfonds also contains photographs of the finished exteriors of two designs for domestic architecture (1909).

L'essentiel des projets architecturaux de Hyde représentés dans le sous-fonds se rapporte à de l'architecture domestique à Montréal et notamment à des modifications apportées à des structures existantes (1907-1910, 133 dessins). Il y a également une proposition pour la Mission Church de Montréal, une annexe à l'église presbytérienne de Valleyfield (Québec) et le plan d'un immeuble à appartements de Montréal. Le sous-fonds contient 2 photos de la finition extérieure de deux projets d'architecture domestique (1909).

Hyde, George Taylor, 1879-1944

Staff photographs, Department of Neurology + Neurosurgery, McGill-RVH, 1934

[1934, Spring] Staff photograph of Department of Neurological and Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University. [Printed in the N.M.A., p.325] Standing: Oland Hyndman, Jerzy Chorobski, Robert Hardwood, Theodore Erickson, Arne Torkildsen, John Kershman, William T. Grant, Ralph Stuck, Ginger Stavraky; Seated: Lyle Gage, Arthur Elvidge, Norman Peterson, Arthur Young, Colin Russel, Wilder Penfield, William V. Cone, Joseph Evans and Wilbur Sprong. Also photograph of Arthur Elvidge, Wilder Penfield, William Cone (seated) and Arne Torkildsen, Lyle Gage, Joseph Evans, Jerzy Chorobski [75-0670; 75-2322] [60-0001].

James Cecil McDougall

  • CA CAC 22
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1930

"Architectural Drawings, 1929-30, 46 drawings." All but one of the drawings documents the design of a house for F. R. Whitall on Sunnyside Avenue in Westmount; the remaining drawing is a perspective of a proposal for the New University Club of Montreal on Redpath Street.
"Photographs, n.d., 1 album" containing 53 large size photographs of interiors and exteriors of private mansions and country houses of Quebec and British Coloumbia, designed by McDougall. Noteworthy are the Currie and McDonald houses in Westmount.
"Architectural Drawings, 1929." The Montreal General Hospital:2 copies: western division proposed scheme of development, central division proposed scheme of development.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1929-1930, 46 dessins." Tous les dessins sauf un se rapportent à une maison commandée par F. R. Whitall, avenue Sunnyside à Westmount; l'autre dessin est une perspective qui faisait partie d'une proposition pour le New University Club de Montréal, rue Redpath.
"Photographies, s.d., 1 album de 53 photographies" illustrant l'intérieur et l'extérieur d'hôtels particuliers et de résidences secondaires du Québec et de la Colombie britannique, conçus par McDougall. On y trouve notamment les maisons Currie et MeDonald à Westmount.

McDougall, James Cecil, 1886-1959

Lawford and Nelson

  • CA CAC 23.03
  • Fonds
  • [between 1860 and 1865]

"Architectural Drawings, n.d., 3 drawings." An elevation of an entrance gate for the Mount Royal Cemetery, a perspective of the Church of St. James the Apostle and a proposal for an exhibition building, all in Montreal, comprise the CAC's holdings of the work of Lawford and Nelson.
"Photographs, n.d., 1 photograph." The archive contains a photograph of an entrance gate for the Mount Royal Cemetery.

"Dessins architecturaux, s.d., 3 dessins." Là CAC possède le dessin d'une élévation de la grille d'entrée du cimetière du Mont-Royal, une perspective de l'église St. James the Apostle et un projet de Palais des expositions, tous à Montréal.
"Photographie, s.d., 1 photo." Le fonds contient une photo de la grille d'entrée du cimetière du Mont-Royal.

Lawford and Nelson

Bruce Haken Wright

  • CA CAC 27
  • Fonds

The fonds contains drawings of two unidentified houses and 50 photographs documenting Wright's designs of houses as well as Wright's correspondence.

Wright, Bruce Haken, 1898-1971

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