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Francis John Nobbs

  • CA CAC 6
  • Fonds
  • [between 1960 and 1969]

"Architectural Drawings, professional correspondence, specifications, etc., ca. 1960s, 13 cm, 17 file folders." Unaccessioned materials relating to three projects: St. Helen's School in Dunham, PQ, Camp Amy Molson, and Knox Crescent and Kensington Presbyterian Church on Godfrey Avenue in Montreal.

"Dessins architecturaux, correspondance professionnelle, cahiers des charges, etc., circa 1960, 13 cm, 17 chemises." Le matériel non encore dépouillé se rapporte à trois projets : l'école St. Helen de Dunham (Québec), la colonie de vacances Amy Molson et l'église presbytérienne Knox Crescent and Kensington, avenue Godfrey à Montréal.

Nobbs, Francis John, 1912-2003

F. David Mathias

  • CA CAC 82
  • Fonds

"Architectural drawings, specifications and correspondence for the Seagrams Building 1929, 1931, 1955-57."
24 ink on linen; 25 pencil on paper
8 pencil on waxed paper; 21 blueprints; 4 blueline prints; 4 reproductive print.
10 design drawings: floor plans, section.
5 development drawings structural plans, elevator hatchway, rear elevation, opening in party wall. <br>32 working drawings: floor plans, elevations, sections, roof plan mechanical plans.
23 shop drawings: schedule, footing plan, elevations, wiring, mezzanine, stairs, elevator elevator, penthouse, machinery, floor slab, metalwork, structural plans, steelwork, structural details, structural analysis of existing frame, structural steel plans.
23 details: front elevation, display window and shop entrance, revised elevation, stair framing, roof framing, existing party wall, front elevation including wall section and half plans lightwell, framing plan, flush duct, junction box, walker duct, office partitions, stairs, wall sections, vent dome, general office, windows, entrance doorway, stonework, piping, heating system, boiler room, interior elevations, panelling, display window.
1 sheet; Distillers Corporation Building History. July 5, 1974.
De Stein & McCutcheon. Analysis of Capacity of Existing Structural Frame to Support an Additional Story for Distillers Corporation Limited Peel Street Building. July 11,1955.
F.D. Mathias. Specifications for Heating, Plumbing and Ventilation. July 1955.
F. D. Mathias. Specification for Air conditioning. December 1955.
F. D. Mathias. Specifications for Additions and Alterations to 1430 Peel Street Distillers Corporation Limited. August 1, 1955.
F.D. Mathias. Specifications for Alterations to Heating System. June 1957.
Alterations to Heating System Addendum no.1. July 5, 1957.
Specification for Structural Steel.
Correspondence: De Stein & McCutcheon to F.D. Mathias, Montreal, August 8, 1956.
Correspondence: De Stein & McCutcheon to F.D. Mathias, Montreal, October 6, 1956.
F.D. Mathias. Work to be done for 3rd floor alteration. January 21, 1959.

"Architectural drawings and paper files Belgo Building, 1912, 1913,1923, 1924, 1937, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1970."
10 paper, 30 linen, 14 blueprints.
working drawings: elevations, plans, details
structural, electrical, mechanical.

Mathias, F. David

D.J. Spence

  • CA CAC 81
  • Fonds
  • 1908-1970

Fonds consists of architectural drawings and related paper files, including:

-4 architectural plans (ink on linen) and 3 blueprints (working drawings) for L.E. Waterman Company Limited, Montreal, Quebec 1908, 1917, 1918, with 1 specification.

-Working drawings (elevations, plans, details, structural, electrical, mechanical) for Belgo Building, Montreal, Quebec 1912, 1913,1923, 1924, 1937, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1970 (10 paper, 30 linen, 14 blueprints).

-Architectural drawings, specifications and correspondence for the Seagrams Building, Montreal, Quebec 1929, 1931, 1955-57:
24 ink on linen
25 pencil on paper
8 pencil on waxed paper; 21 blueprints; 4 blueline prints; 4 reproductive print.
10 design drawings: floor plans, section.
5 development drawings structural plans, elevator hatchway, rear elevation, opening in party wall.
32 working drawings: floor plans, elevations, sections, roof plan mechanical plans.
23 shop drawings: schedule, footing plan, elevations, wiring, mezzanine, stairs, elevator elevator, penthouse, machinery, floor slab, metalwork, structural plans, steelwork, structural details, structural analysis of existing frame, structural steel plans.
23 details: front elevation, display window and shop entrance, revised elevation, stair framing, roof framing, existing party wall, front elevation including wall section and half plans lightwell, framing plan, flush duct, junction box, walker duct, office partitions, stairs, wall sections, vent dome, general office, windows, entrance doorway, stonework, piping, heating system, boiler room, interior elevations, panelling, display window.
1 sheet; Distillers Corporation Building History. July 5, 1974.
De Stein & McCutcheon. Analysis of Capacity of Existing Structural Frame to Support an Additional Story for Distillers Corporation Limited Peel Street Building. July 11,1955.
F.D. Mathias. Specifications for Heating, Plumbing and Ventilation. July 1955.
F. D. Mathias. Specification for Air conditioning. December 1955.
F. D. Mathias. Specifications for Additions and Alterations to 1430 Peel Street Distillers Corporation Limited. August 1, 1955.
F.D. Mathias. Specifications for Alterations to Heating System. June 1957.
Alterations to Heating System Addendum no.1. July 5, 1957.
Specification for Structural Steel.
Correspondence: De Stein & McCutcheon to F.D. Mathias, Montreal, August 8, 1956.
Correspondence: De Stein & McCutcheon to F.D. Mathias, Montreal, October 6, 1956.
F.D. Mathias. Work to be done for 3rd floor alteration. January 21, 1959.

-"Architectural drawings, specifications and soil investigation, Phillips Square Building, Montreal, Quebec 1947 - 1951."
18 pencil on trace, 5 ink on trace, 7 ink on linen, 5 blueline prints, 47 blueprints.
2 survey drawings: subdivision of lot, existing construction.
1 soil study: depth and nature of soil.
2 development drawings: wall section, electrical and boiler room layout.
37 working drawings: sections at main entrance doors, marble floor-main lobby and entrance, lobby and vestibule plan, vestibule showing marble, section through main entrance, main lobby new display windows, elevator pit, roof plan, seventh floor reflected ceiling plan, fourth floor reflected ceiling plan, first floor reflected ceiling plan, fifth floor reflected ceiling plan, second floor reflected ceiling plan, eleventh floor plan, ninth floor plan, eighth floor plan, basement floor plan, sixth floor plan, tenth floor plan, Phillips Square elevation, St. Catherine St. elevation, lane elevation, south elevation, cross section, basement plan, ground floor plan, first floor plan, typical plan, tenth floor plan, roof plan, drainage plan, heating riser, heating plan, lighting plan.
14 structural drawings: cooling tower base,pile cap, pile foundations, wall details, typical reinforced concrete details, caisson, plans: basement, ground floor, typical, tenth floor, roof, penthouse, foundation, awning boxes.
14 details: main stair, new store fronts south of main entrance, window, structural frame lobby partition, main entrance showing bronze and marble, set back for masonry work, lighting recess in lobby ceiling, corner entrance, storefronts revised, main stair, wall section, main entrance, electrical and boiler room layout.
6 shop drawings: riser diagram, location of ducts on fifth floor, eighth floor ductwork, sprinkler plans for basement, ground and first floors.
6 schedules: door, structural beam, structural slab, structural column.
Paper files: mechanical specifications, heating specifications, elevator specifications, specification of materials, soil investigation.

-"Architectural drawings and paper files, Insurance Exchange Building, Montreal, Quebec 1923, 1924, 1939."
45 ink on linen: 43 working drawings, 2 structural drawings.
20 pencil on paper: 20 working drawings.
62 blueprints: 2 surveys, 2 working drawings, 34 structural drawings, 9 electrical drawings, 9 mechanical drawings, 6 shop drawings.
Paper files: 3 specifications; Specification for Insurance Exchange Building, Specification for Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation 1923, Specification for Boilers, Brickwork and Breeching 1923.

-"Architectural drawings, Mansions Development Co. Limited, Montreal, Quebec 1924, 1925."
3 ink on linen: plan of levels of lot, property lines, block plan
4 pencil on paper: working drawings; rear elevations and exterior details.

Spence, D. J. (David Jerome), 1873-1955

Maude Abbott Collection

  • CA OSLER P111
  • Collection
  • 1868-1953

The collection contains private records and papers relating to the medical and teaching career of Maude Abbott. It consists in large part of correspondence, 1894-1920, including family correspondence with, among others, her sister Alice Abbott, 1904-1919, and her brother Rev. Harry M. Babin, 1916-1920. Also included are manuscripts and drafts of articles and addresses; case reports; post-mortem records; glass slides and drawings; exhibit panels largely pertaining to her research on congenital heart disease; programmes of medical meetings, 1902-1937; reprints and papers relating to the history of medicine in Montreal and Quebec, as well as to the history of McGill, 1829-1936. In addition, there are photographs, some poems, an autobiographical sketch and a printed copy of her Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Sir William Osler's Publications, 1939, with corrections and annotations by W. W. Francis. Fonds also includes a draft of Abbott's letter to the Dean of Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, regarding admission (1889).

Abbott, Maude E. (Maude Elizabeth), 1868-1940

Henri Jonas & Co. Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 1197
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1950

The fonds contains the company's business correspondence related to the importation of food products, essences, and spices from international manufacturers, and other business expenditures, as well as some correspondence with government regulators regarding food labeling and quality. In addition, some letters are from charitable and cultural organizations to which the company donated. Some personal correspondence of Henri Jonas is included, as well as numerous restaurant bills and and menus, including for the Montreal Hunt Club.

Chiefly found is incoming correspondence with product suppliers and invoices for various services, including car repair, advertising, stationary, funeral arrangements, and photography. Suppliers include companies from France, Germany, Norway, UK, Italy, Sicily, Hungary, China, India, and Spain. Products include essential oils, soaps and luxury food products such as sardines, truffles, preserves, jam, Hungarian paprika, Chinese tea, olive oil, caviar, liqueurs, foie gras, sardines, and ketchup. Two Montreal-area manufacturers are represented, with a catalogue from Couvrette Sauriol Limitée (1937) and a brochure for the Stuart Brothers. Included is one letter from postwar France soliciting renewed a commercial relationship following the allied victory (Royal Champignon). There are also bulletins from and correspondence with, including one outgoing letter, the Canadian Department of Agriculture regarding quality and labelling of canned fruits and vegetables.

A few letters are personal in nature and addressed to Henri Jonas himself. There are also telegrams and letters from Canadian organizations such as the Pacific Railway Company, and Canadian societies and organizations to which the company donated money (Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Montreal Orchestra, Hospital for Sick Children London, Salvation Army, McGill University Centennial Endowment).

Some of the company's advertising materials are also found, as well as food labels for products including mushrooms, wine, truffles, olive oil, sardines, and lemonade).

Henri Jonas & Co.

Adolphus Washington Greeley Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 213
  • Fonds
  • 1895

Greeley's papers comprise 15 letters, and the original typescript, with handwritten corrections of Chapters 11-18 of Arctic Discoveries.

Greeley, Adolphus Washington, 1844-1935

MacKay Family Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 636
  • Fonds
  • 1735-1903

Family correspondence chiefly from 1763 to 1820 and family history documents.

MacKay Family, 1735-1903

Samuel Gale Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 400
  • Fonds
  • 1817-1833

There are three letters from Lord Selkirk, one from Lord Dalhousie, and eight from Lady Selkirk. The early letters concern the Red River Settlement and the North West Company. The letter from Lord Dalhousie, 1824, concerns legal matters, and the two late letters, 1828 and 1833, from Lady Selkirk are personal in nature.

Gale, Samuel, 1783-1865

James Bissett Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 333
  • Fonds
  • 1854-1911

Correspondence, accounts, journals maps, etc., documenting Bissett’s career with the Hudson’s Bay Company. The Photostats (in C.1 and C.2) include Bissett’s journal and accounts at the Red River, 1854-1855, and a journal “Lachine to the Sandwich Islands” 1858-1859. There are also journals for 1859 and 1867. The original documents (in C.3) include correspondence with the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1858-1875, and accounts, 1860-1873. There are Bissett’s commissions as Chief Trader (1858) and as Chief Factor (1872), and a list of Chief Traders and Factors, 1855-1879. There are also some plans / maps, sketches, and photographs including a sketch of the Hudson’s Bay Post at Honolulu, ca. 1860.

Bissett, James

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