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Harold Spence-Sales Fonds

  • CA CAC 97
  • Fonds
  • Approximately 1939 - 2005, 2009, 2012

The Harold Spence-Sales fonds at McGill’s Canadian Architecture Collection primarily contains project records related to Harold Spence-Sales' career as an architect and urban planner. The bulk of the records pertain to projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on as well as corresponding financial, administrative and office records.

The fond heavily documents projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on during the 1970s-1980s in British Columbia and in Quebec during the 1940s-1960s. Other projects that Harold Spence-Sales worked on across Canada and internationally appear intermittently throughout the fonds. The Oromocto community planning project that Harold Spence-Sales worked on from 1955-1958 in New Brunswick is particularly well documented. Harold Spence-Sales designed Oromocto to be a military town. Before He transformed Oromocto into a military town it was a defunct 19th century shipbuilding town. The Oromocto project is considered one of Harold Spence-Sales most important urban-town planning projects.

Apart from administrative, office and project records, the fonds also contains records that relate to Harold Spence-Sales professional activities outside of his work as an architect and urban planner. For example, awards and honors that he received and records related to his involvement in architectural and urban planning associations. Additional professional activities include: his involvement in creating exhibitions, curating architectural-themed magazines and periodicals as well as copies of publications that he worked on solo and in collaboration with John Bland.

The fonds also contains fourteen boxes of Harold Spence-Sales personal records. The personal records primarily cover Harold Spence-Sales interest in art, creative pursuits, family activities, family genealogy, personal finances, last will and testaments as well as his decline in health and his death. Within the fourteen boxes that have been cataloged as personal records, there are also materials related to Harold Spence-Sales professional activities. For example, awards that Harold Spence-Sales received and records related to exhibitions and artistic projects that he worked on.

Spence-Sales, Harold, 1907-2004

Louis and Irene Kon Fonds

  • CA OSLER P162
  • Fonds
  • [1881?]-2004

Fonds consists of the personal and professional papers of Louis and Irene Kon including extensive correspondence between the Kon family. Included are materials relating to the founding of the Norman Bethune Foundation and Bethune memorials; the making of Ted Allan's movie, "Making of a Hero", including the conflict with Syd Gordon regarding creative differences; a manuscript draft and notes on Larry Stephenson's manuscript 'Two Petrals.'

Kon, Louis

John Schreiber Fonds

  • CA CAC 28
  • Fonds
  • 1950-2001; predominant 1950-1996

The fonds contains the majority of the drawings and papers of Montreal architect and landscape architect John Schreiber, who was a professor in the School of Architecture at McGill from 1953 to 1987. These documents constitute a rich treasure of original design work, expressed in draughtsmanship of great virtuosity. John Schreiber’s work is an outstanding example of the contribution to Canadian architecture and landscape architecture of a generation of “brilliant Europeans” who, leaving that war-shattered continent in the late forties and fifties, found an appreciative and fertile ground for their talents and ambitions in Canada. The two hundred and thirty four projects represented in the Schreiber fonds span half a century of work and are documented in more than four thousand plans and drawings, hundreds of photographs and close to six linear metres of textual files.

Schreiber, John, 1921-2002

Sigrun Bülow-Hübe

  • CA CAC 65
  • Fonds
  • 1930-1994

Fonds contains drawings, photographs, slides, professional papers and correspondence relating to interior architecture, design practice, design research and design consulting.

File list:
"Swedish Design Practice, 1930-1950: Interiors"
22 oversize folders, 15 file folders, 2 boards and 20 photographs.

"Swedish Design Practice, 1930-1950: Furniture"
17 oversize folders, 8 boards, 6 photographs.

"Swedish Design Practice, 1930-1950: Exhibitions"
9 oversize folders and 7 file folders

"Swedish Design Research, 1930-1950: Swedish Housing and Domestic Design, Research Tour of the USA"
14 files folders

"Swedish Papers, 1930-1950: Assorted Reference Literature, Publicity Newsclippings, Museum File Photos"
12 files folders and 17 photographs

"Canadian Design Practice, 1950-1994: Architecture"
17 oversize folders, 1 file folder and 3 photographs

"Canadian Design Practice, 1950-1994: Interiors and Furniture"
133 oversize folders, 99 photographs

"Canadian Design Practice, 1950-1994: Exhibitions"
2 oversize folders, 3 file folders, 1 board and 33 photographs

"Canadian Design Practice, 1950-1994: Operations and Marketing"
1 oversize folder and 3 file folders

"Design Portfolio, 1942-1967"
7 folders and 30 slides

"Canadian Design Research, 1950-1994: CMHC Kitchen Research Project"
4 oversize folders and 29 file folders

"Canadian Design, 1971-1977: Consulting for Design Canada and the Royal Canadian Mint"
23 file folders and 20 slides

"Canadian Papers, 1950-1994"
40 file folders, 36 slides and 1 board

Bülow-Hübe, Sigrun, 1913-1994

Norbert Schoenauer

  • CA CAC 73
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1983

The archive consists of drawings for planning and architectural projects, preparatory notes and visual documentation for Schoenauer's books and articles, as well as course notes, photographs, small sketches and research files on the typology of Canadian housing. The archive reflects the breadth and depth of Schoenauer's involvement with architecture, housing and planning in Canada; his profound commitment to teaching; and his labours as an author of a fundamental, and far-ranging text on housing as a sine qua non of civilized existence.

Schoenauer, Norbert, 1923-2001

A. Leslie Perry fonds

  • CA CAC 95
  • Fonds
  • 1928-1982, predominant 1952, 1954-1959, 1982

Fonds consists primarily of original working drawings in pencil on tracing paper, and paper files, dating from the 1950s, 1964 and 1982, including projects:
"Chambly County High School, St. Lambert, QC," 1952, 11 drawing sheets
" New Factory and Offices for the Gliddon Company Ltd.,Ville Lasalle, QC," 1954, 11 drawing sheets
"YMCA Southwestern Branch, Montreal, QC, 1958," 8 drawing sheets, and Architectural, Electrical, and Mechanical Specifications
"Zone Office and Warehouse for General Motors Products of Canada Ltd., Pointe Claire, QC, 1959," 24 drawing sheets
"General Motors, Montreal Truck Branch, 1964," 11 drawing sheets
"St. Andrews United Church, Ville St. Laurent, PQ, 1956," 20 drawing sheets, 3 sheets correspondence, 1982.
"Office Building for Canadian Overseas Telecommunications Corp., Belmont Street, 1955," 54 drawing sheets
"Perry & Luke"
"Hermitage Club, Magog, PQ, 1928," 14 drawing sheets

Perry, A. Leslie (Alfred Leslie), 1896-1982

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

Sigma XI, McGill Chapter Fonds

  • CA MUA MG2049
  • Fonds
  • 1922-approximately 1970

Included is the constitution, by-laws, and minute books covering 1922-1940. Approximately one half of this material consists of membership cards recording the name, rank, degrees, and publications of members from 1920 until ca 1970. There are also membership lists for various periods including the founding members and lecture lists, ca 1930s. The secretary's files, covering the period 1963-1969, contain files on dues collected, expenditures, membership (nominations, transfers, correspondence with members), the national convention, and chapter meetings. Financial transactions from 1939 to 1946 are recorded in the treasurer's account book.

Sigma Xi. McGill Chapter.

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

Durnford, Bolton, Chadwick and Ellwood

  • CA CAC 11.03
  • Fonds
  • 1955-1969

"Architectural Drawings, 1955-69, 219 drawings." Architectural drawings documenting eleven projects are found in the CAC. The majority of the drawings are designs for a residential dwelling for J. A. Laing on lie Bizard, PQ (1961-2); other Montreal projects represented in the archives include additions and alterations to the house of N. L. C. Mather in Westmount (1959-60), an addition to the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals building on Jean Talon (1962-64), alterations to St. George's Church and a number of alterations to the Sommer Building on Mayor Street (1955-69).
"Photograph, 1959-60." A photograph of a finished exterior of the Mather house in Westmount, with alterations and an addition, is found in the archive.
"Professional Papers, 1958-69, 13 cm." Correspondence, specifications, notes, and statements relating to five projects, including an addition and alterations to the Mather house, alterations to St. George's Church and alterations to the Sommer Building.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1955-1969, 219 dessins." La CAC réunit des dessins architecturaux reliés à onze projets. La plupart des dessins se rapportent à la résidence de J. A. Laing à l'île Bizard (Québec) (1961-1962); au nombre des autres projets montréalais représentés dans le fonds,
signalons les annexes et modifications à la maison de N. L. C. Mather à Westmount (1959-1960), une annexe à l'immeuble de la SPCA, rue Jean-Talon (1962-1964), des modifications apportées à l'église St. George ainsi que des modifications apportées à l'immeuble Sommer, rue Mayor (1955-1969).
"Photographies, 1959-1960." Une photographie de la finition extérieure de la maison Mather à Westmount, avec modifications et annexes.
"Documents professionnels, 1958-1969, 13 cm." De la correspondance, des cahiers des charges, des notes et des relevés se rapportant à cinq projets, notamment à une annexe et des modifications à la maison Mather, ainsi qu'à des modifications à l'église St. George et à l'immeuble Sommer.

Durnford, Bolton, Chadwick and Ellwood

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