Series 2 contains records that documents the professional activities of Harold Spence-Sales that are unrelated to the professional projects that he worked on. Series 2 contains records regarding Harold Spence-Sales activities within professional associations. Series 2 also holds copies of many of the articles and books Harold Spence-Sales wrote as a solo author as well as titles that he collaborated on with John Bland. Series 2 also documents Harold Spence-Sales exhibition interests. Primarily exhibitions that Harold Spence-Sales worked on. Moreover, Series 2 also contains issues of urban planning and architectural publications that were of interest to Harold Spence-Sales.

Series 2 Also contains some records related to Architects Humphrey Carver, Moshe Safdie and Peter Oberlander who were colleagues and friends of Harold Spence-Sales. These records can be found in series 2 subsereies E.

Series consists of architecture books and periodicals from Spence-Sales's personal library.

Fonds consists of 6 architectural drawings (1949-1965) representing two projects: alterations to a house in Montreal for A. Bronfman on Belvedere Road and a plan for the Galerie d'art, Cite du Havre in Montreal, for the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition. Bland served as a consulting architect on this project which was designed by the firm of Gauthier and Guité and Gilles Côté. Fonds also contains an Ontario Association of Architects membership certificate for Bland.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1949-1965, 6 dessins." Deux projets sont représentés par des dessins les modifications apportées à une maison à Montréal pour A. Bronfman, chemin du Belvédère, et le plan d'une galerie d'art à la Cité du havre de Montréal réalisée pour le compte de la Société Radio-Canada pour l'Exposition mondiale de 1967. Bland a été architecte-conseil pour ce projet qui a été réalisé par le cabinet Gauthier et Guité et par Gilles Côté.
"Documents professionnels, s.d., 0,5 cm" Le fonds contient le certificat d'adhésion de Bland à l'Ordre des architectes de l'Ontario.

"Architectural Drawings, 1949-57, 200 drawings." Nine projects are documented in the archives by drawings. The majority of the drawings are for the design of the Freedman (Camel) Co. Factory Building (1954-5) in Montreal, a proposal for a housing development for the town of St. Laurent, PQ (1952-4), an office building on Peel Street in Montreal (1950) and the Dorval Garden Apartment Building in Dorval, PQ (1949).
"Photographs, 1952-5, 3 photographs." Included are photographs of a proposed housing development for the town of St. Laurent and of the Brockville and Elizabethtown planning area in Ontario (1955).

"Dessins architecturaux, 1949-1957, 200 dessins." Neuf projets sont documentés par des dessins. Le plus grand nombre de ces dessins se rapporte aux plans de l'usine Freedman (Camel) Company de Montréal (1954-1955), à une proposition de projet domiciliaire pour la ville de Saint-Laurent (Québec) (1952-1954), à un immeuble à bureaux rue Peel à Montréal (1950) et à l'immeuble à appartements Dorval Garden à Dorval (Québec) (1949).
"Photographies, 1952-1955, 3 photos." Les photos se rapportent à la proposition de projet domiciliaire pour la ville de Saint-Laurent ainsi qu'au projet d'urbanisation de Brockville et d'Elizabethtown en Ontario (1955).

Series 4 consists of records related to Harold Spence-Sales administrative activities. Activities such as, financial calculations for various aspects of professional projects. Other records that are administrative in nature in series 4 is the curation of materials around projects. Materials such as, newspaper, articles advertisements, brochures etc. related to projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on.

Series 4 also contains records related to project planning. For example, reports and presentation slides. Reports contain information that Harold Spence-Sales wrote or was written by others in order to bring projects from the planning stages to actuality.

Series 4 also contains visual materials; primarily slide-transparencies that Harold Spence-Sales organized in order to help him understand and identify physical features of the land for the urban-town panning projects that he worked on.

Series 3 consists of records related to architectural and urban development projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on as an urban planner between the years 1950-1992. The majority of the projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on between the years 1950-1992 were in Canada. There also a few projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on in the United States of America as well as the Fiji Islands. The series contains: various kinds of graphic and cartographic records: Maps, sketches, drawings, architectural drawings, diagrams, photographs, concept plans, blueprints, slides-transparencies and textual records.

The following is a list of what is objectively some of the major projects that Harold Spence Sales worked on based on the fonds content.

1. Oromocto (Date: 1956-1958) New Brunswick.
   Oromocto is a town located in Sunbury County New Brunswick. Harold Spence-Sales was the primary urban planner that worked on the project. Oromocto was designed by Harold Spence-Sales to be a military town. Before Harold Spence-Sales redeveloped Oromocto it was a defunct shipbuilding town.

2. Castle Downs (Date: 1976-1979) Edmonton Alberta Canada.

Castle Downs is a large residential area in Edmonton Alberta. Harold Spence-Sales played a fundamental role as an urban planner in developing Castle Downs.

3. Preville (Date 1950s). Quebec Canada.

Preville is a residential neighborhood located in St. Lambert Quebec. Harold Spence-Sales worked on residential and urban development projects in Preville in the 1950s. In this particular series the chief form of records are slide-transparencies.

4. Glen Abbey Oakville Ontario Canada.

Glen Abbey is a community-town that Harold Spence Sales worked on developing. The community-town of Glen Abbey was built around the famous Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville Ontario. The Glen Abbey Golf Course was built in 1976.

5. Mount Bruno. (Date: 1966 – 1969). Quebec Canada.

Mount Bruno is located in the Monteregian Hills which is fourteen miles east of Montreal, Quebec. The focus of the project was residential and urban development as well as creating a mountain park in the northern part of Mount Bruno.

6. Saanich Peninsula, Victoria, Vancouver and other areas in British Columbia. (Dates: 1960, 1963, 1970 -1978, 1982).

Primarily between the years 1971 and 1982 Harold Spence-Sales was working on projects in British Columbia. In particular, Harold Spence-Sales worked on projects in the greater Victoria City area, Saanich peninsula and the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The areas of the Saanich Peninsula that Harold Spence-Sales worked on are fairly close to Victoria City. It is likely that Harold Spence-Sales was working on projects in Victoria, Vancouver and parts of the Saanich peninsula simultaneously. A goal to develop and expand British Columbia was an apparent objective. The projects relate to urban, tourist, residential and population development.

7. Midnapore, Glenmore and County Hills (Dates: 1967, 1974 – 1982). Calgary Alberta Canada.

Harold Spence-Sales worked on several projects in Calgary; a city in Alberta Canada. The projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on relate to urban and residential development in both the Northern (County Hills1979-1972) and Southern parts of Calgary (Midnapore 1974-1978). In 1967, Harold Spence-Sales worked on an urban-residential development project in the intercity area of Calgary called Glenmore.

8. Personal projects.

The archive holds records regarding some of the personal projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on.

1. 1107 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver Dates: Approximately 1982 – 1983.

1107 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver was Mary Filer and Harold Spence-Sales home and art studio; they purchased the property in 1982. Before Harold and Mary purchased and renovated 1107 West 7th Avenue Vancouver it was the Purdy Chocolate Factory. The Purdy Chocolate Factory was in operation from 1949-1982.

If interested in learning more about about 1107 West 7th Avenue Please look at Subseries E - Other planning materials as several records related to the project have been cataloged there.

2. 578 Beatty Street Vancouver Dates approximately 1976 – 1984.

578 Beatty street belonged to Earl Filer; Harold Spence-Sales father-in-law. The records provide evidence that Harold Spence-Sales was helping his father in law sell the property to B.C transit. There is also a little bit of family activity documented in the records.

Series consists chiefly of architectural photography from Italy and France, featuring building exteriors and exteriors and details such as doorways, crests, and capitals. Photographs are mostly undated. One file contains photographs of public buildings in the United States and one photograph of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police garage in Montreal Quebec.