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Robert and Francis R. Findlay

  • CA CAC 3.02
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1940

"Architectural Drawings, 1921-38, 322 drawings." Designs, proposals, additions and alterations to thirty-eight projects for domestic architecture, including the Hallward house (now McGill University's Martlet House) and summer country houses; public commissions such as Murray Park Shelter in Westmount and Westmount City Hall comprise the holdings of the CAC of the work of Robert and Francis R. Findlay.
"Photographs, 1922-38, 51 photographs." Seven of the Findlays' projects are documented by photographs. Included are photographs of finished interiors and exteriors of houses in Westmount as well as the Westmount City Hall.
"Professional Papers, 1928-40, 19 cm."Correspondence, specifications, clippings, pamphlets, invoices, etc., for seven projects; among them the Murray Park Shelter, the Union Twist Drill Company's building in Rock Island, PQ, and houses in Westmount, are found in the Findlay archive.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1921-1938, 322 dessins." Esquisses, propositions, annexes et modifications se rapportant à 38 projets d'architecture domestique dont la maison Hallward (aujourd'hui la maison Martlet de l'Université McGill) et de résidences d'été; la CAC conserve également certains projets publics réalisés par Robert et Francis Findlay, notamment l'abri du parc Murray à Westmount et l'hôtel de ville de Westmount.
"Photographies, 1922-1938, 51 photos." Sept des projets des Findlay sont documentés par des photographies. On trouve entre autres des photos de la finition intérieure et extérieure de certaines maisons à Westmount de même que de l'hôtel de ville de Westmount.
"Documents professionnels, 1928-1940, 19 cm" Correspondance, cahier des charges, coupures, dépliants, factures, etc. relatifs à sept projets dont l'abri du parc Murray, l'immeuble de la société Union Twist Drill à Rock Island (Québec) et des résidences de Westmount.

Robert and Francis R. Findlay

Francis R. Findlay

  • CA CAC 3.03
  • Fonds
  • 1934-1964

Fonds consists of architectural drawings, photographs, and papers relating to projects designed by Francis Robert Findlay (1888-1977), independent of his partnership with his father Robert Findlay (1859-1951). Eight projects are documented by 119 architectural drawings (1934-1964), among them designs for buildings for the Old Brewery Mission's summer camp at Lake Chapleau, PQ, alterations to St. Andrew's United Church in Westmount and alterations to Bethel United Church in Grand'Mère, QC. Eight photographs (1945-1964) show additions and alterations to the summer house of C. V. Howard at Lake Anne, QC, and alterations to the Bethel United Church. The fonds also contains professional papers dating between 1941 and 1964, including correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, receipts and invoices relating to seven projects are found in the archive. The projects include the design of buildings for the Old Brewery Mission's summer camp and alterations to Bethel United Church.

Le fonds contient 119 dessins architecturaux, des photographies et des documents ayant trait aux projets dessinés par Francis Robert Findlay (1888-1977), indépendamment de son association avec son père Robert Findlay (1859-1951). Huit projets sont documentés par 119 dessins architecturaux (1934-1964), notamment les bâtiments de la colonie de vacances de la Mission Old Brewery, au lac Chapleau (Québec), des modifications à la St. Andrew's United Church à Westmount et des modifications à la Bethel United Church de Grand'Mère (Québec). Huit photographies (1945-1964) témoignent des annexes et modifications à la résidence d'été de C.V. Howard au lac Anne (Québec) et des modifications apportées au Bethel United Church. Le fonds contient aussi de la correspondance, coupures, dépliants, reçus et factures (1941-1964) ayant trait à sept projets, notamment les bâtiments de la colonie de vacances de la Mission Old Brewery et les modifications apportées au Bethel United Church.

Findlay, Francis Robert, 1888-1977

Photographs

Series consists chiefly of architectural photography from Italy and France, featuring building exteriors and exteriors and details such as doorways, crests, and capitals. Photographs are mostly undated. One file contains photographs of public buildings in the United States and one photograph of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police garage in Montreal Quebec.

Taylor and Gordon

  • CA CAC 7
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1903

The fonds includes 27 drawings (1888-1896) of, notably, a house for George Drummond on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal and the Montreal Diocesan Theological College on University Street are documented in watercolour drawings of plans, elevations, and sections. In addition, there are measured drawings of the Hugh Allan house on Pine Avenue West in Montreal, designed by John William Hopkins (1825-1905) in 1861. These drawings were used for Taylor and Gordon's designs for additions to the Allan house. There is also an undated photograph of a measured drawing of the Hugh Allan house. In addition, there are also drawings by Andrew Taylor for the Montreal Maternity Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Ste-Jeanne-d'Arc), 1903. The fonds contains one published volume: Andrew T. Taylor, "The Crowns and Steeples Designed by Christopher Wren," (London: B.T. Batsford High Holborn, 1881)

Taylor and Gordon

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

Canadian Club of Montreal Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 1065
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1983

Description forthcoming.
Please contact McGill University Archives for further information: 514-398-4711 or refdesk.archives@mcgill.ca

Canadian Club of Montreal

Duncan M. Wood Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4110
  • Fonds
  • 1920-193-?

The fonds consists of Duncan Wood's graduation diploma, board examination certificate and license, a letter from students where he taught school, printed diet lists, medication envelopes, medical bag, and an album of photographs.

Wood, Duncan M.

Edgar N. Smith Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4181
  • Fonds
  • undated

Description forthcoming.
Please contact McGill University Archives for further information: 514-398-4711 or refdesk.archives@mcgill.ca

Smith, Edgar N.

John David Shingler Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4225
  • Fonds
  • 1964-1996

The fonds consists of course materials, 1969-1996; Correspondence, 1974-1988; drafts of papers and addresses, 1964-1993; and documents on the Canadian Research Consortium on Southern Africa, 1992-1996.

Shingler, John David

Vernon Brooks Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4229
  • Fonds
  • 1940-2002

The collection includes correspondence with Brooks’ foster family, his birth parents family, and scientific colleagues; and reminiscences about interment campus “A” including a class portrait, the “Khaki University”, the experience of writing McGill University matriculation exams, and academic life at McGill. While Brooks spent the majority of his academic career at the University of Western Ontario, this collection concerns his childhood and introduction to academic life shaped by the internment camp in Farnham, Quebec.

Brooks, Vernon B.

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