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Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds

  • CA CAC 1
  • Fonds
  • 1893-1960

The Nobbs fonds consists of the work of Percy Erskine Nobbs, George Taylor Hyde, Nobbs and Hyde, Nobbs and Valentine, and Nobbs and Nobbs. 526 projects are documented in the Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds. Architectural drawings form the core of the fonds, providing a comprehensive listing of the drawings by Percy Nobbs and his associates. Arranged chronologically, the inventory reflects respectively the development of the partnerships Nobbs and Hyde (1910-1944), Nobbs and Valentine (1945-1950), and Nobbs and Nobbs (1950-1960). Hugh A. I. Valentine worked only briefly with Nobbs, spending the bulk of his career with the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. His commissioned drawings and student notebooks cannot be directly related to his work with Nobbs, but are nonetheless described in subfonds 8. Subfonds 6 and 7 describe Percy Nobbs's personal papers and three-dimensional objects designed by him which are in the Canadian Architecture Collection.

Nobbs, Percy E. (Percy Erskine), 1875-1964

Personal and professional correspondence

The subfonds contains papers of Percy Nobbs representing a portion of the architect's professional and personal records. Neither Nobbs and his associates' office files nor Nobbs's private correspondence are represented in their entirety. Existing office files are noted under the appropriate operation numbers in subfonds 1-5, as are photographs from the office records. The papers in this subfonds have considerable interest for the researcher, since they span much of Nobbs's adult life (between approximately 1895 and 1960) and illustrate the tremendous range of his activities.

McGill University

Correspondence relating to Nobbs' activities as a professor of architecture at McGill University (1904-1940) and details of his subsequent pension arrangements, as well as the honourary Doctor of Letters awarded him by McGill in 1957. Included are student design problems assigned by Nobbs during his years as Professor of Design at the School of Architecture (1928-1940).

[Eric A. Nobbs] Memorial Clock Tower

File consists of 7 development drawings for memorial tower (4 floors); brick and stone; wall bearing. Drawings include plans, elevations, section, weathervane. Also includes 3 working drawing (plans, elevations, section) and 5 detail drawings of weathercock, entrance, doorway, and stonework (including cornice, clock ring, window sills, lettering.).

Architectural drawings and other papers of Percy Nobbs and his associates

The subfonds consists primarily drawings ranging in date from Nobbs' early student projects and competition drawings, to designs for McGill University buildings such as the McGill University Union Building and MacDonald Engineering Building, and designs for domestic and ecclesiastical architecture in Montreal (1897-1957). Non-architectural drawings (1898-1957) include studies of ironwork, a drawing of Rouen in France, designs for the Royal Arms of Canada, a letterhead for the R.C.A.F., a war memorial for the Town of Mount Royal, a medallion for the Shawinigan Water and Power Company and a silver dollar for the Royal Canadian Mint.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1897-1957, 471 dessins". Dessins allant des projets d'étudiant et des dessins de concours de Nobbs jusqu'aux plans réalisés pour le compte de l'Université McGill comme l'édifice University Union et le pavillon MacDonald de génie ainsi que des plans d'immeubles à vocation résidentielle ou ecclésiastique à Montréal.
"Autres dessins, 1898-1957, 149 dessins". Dessins non architecturaux, notamment des croquis de fer forgé, un dessin de Rouen (France), des projets pour les Armoiries royales du Canada, d'en-tête de lettre pour l'Armée de l'air canadienne, un monument aux morts pour la ville de Mont-Royal, un médaillon pour la Shawinigan Water and Power Company et un dollar en argent pour la Monnaie royale canadienne.

Geddes Medal

File consists of 2 working drawings of medal plus one detail drawing.

Nobbs, Percy E. (Percy Erskine), 1875-1964

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