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 example of the contribution to Canadian architecture and landscape architecture of a generation of 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.

Includes photocopy of 1 working drawing for design of driveway gate. No project files.

File consists of 18 working drawings (plans, electrical layout, details) and 1 shop drawing (no project files).

Includes 6 drawings: 3 preliminary drawings, 3 design development drawings (4 ink on sepia, 1 ink on linen, 1 ink on vellum). Also includes 1 project file (correspondence, specifications).

Includes 34 drawings: 20 working drawings by engineers, 11 working drawings, 3 preliminary drawings (20 sepias, 14 pencil on vellum) as well as 1 project file (correspondence, specifications).

Includes 7 working drawings (pencil on vellum). No project files.

Includes 11 drawings: 6 working drawings, 5 preliminary drawings (1 pencil on trace, 2 ink on trace, 1 pencil on vellum, 3 ink on vellum, 4 pencil on photocopy paper). Also includes 1 project file.

Includes 8 drawings: 3 preliminary master plan studies, 5 master plan drawings (5 ink on mylar, 3 ink on trace) and 4 project files (correspondence, soil assessment report, landscape intent manual, sketches, 3 photographic negatives).

Includes 3 drawings: 1 existing site elevation, 2 preliminary drawings (1 print, 1 pencil on vellum, 1 ink on sepia) and project file consisting of 3 slides.