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John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection Subseries
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Creative projects

Subseries C consists of records related to Harold Spence-Sales artistic interests. Subseries C contains photographs of sculptures, art pieces, nature and natural formations. Series C also contains drawings, sketches and printouts of images. Subseries C also includes records related to Harold's interest in music and horticultural activities.

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).

Periodicals and magazines

Subseries D consists of a collection of magazines and periodicals that Harold Spence-Sales curated. The topics of the magazines and periodicals pertains to issues in architecture and urban planning.

Many of the magazines and periodicals feature Moshe Safdie; particularly the ones in box C-97-46.

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.

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.

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