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John Bland - Slides
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CA CAC CAC 41-41.011
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[between 1960 and 1984] (Creation)
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- Bland, John, 1911-2002
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(1911-2002)
Biographical history
Born in Lachine, Quebec, John Bland studied architecture at McGill University where he received a B.Arch. in 1933 and planning in London at the Architectural Association School, earning a Diploma in Planning in 1937. Upon graduation, Bland worked in London for the Planning Department of the London County Council and in 1938 he travelled throughout Europe. In partnership with Harold Spence-Sales, Bland designed a number of commercial and public buildings in England as well as prepared planning reports. Bland returned to Canada in the late 1930s and began his long association with the School of Architecture at McGill University: he served as the Director of the School of Architecture from 1941 until 1972 and became Emeritus Professor of Architecture in 1979. During this time he was also actively involved in the design of numerous architectural and planning projects in partnership with Vincent Rother, Charles Elliott Trudeau, Roy E. LeMoyne, Gordon Edwards, Michel Lacroix and Anthony Shine. The holdings of the CAC reflect Bland's dual career as educator and architect. John Bland was responsible for assembling the materials which now form the archives of the CAC.
For further information, see the Blackader-Lauterman Library publication, John Bland at Eighty: a Tribute. Montreal: Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, and School of Architecture, McGill University, 1991.
Custodial history
The materials were donated to the CAC by John Bland.
Le matériel a été remis à la CAC par John Bland.
Scope and content
"Slides, ca 1960-84, 5 m." This archive contains seventy-one boxes of 35 mm slides of Canadian architecture, four boxes of slides of American architecture, two boxes of slides of Québec arts and crafts as well as three boxes of slides of paintings depicting Canadian architecture.
"Diapositives, circa 1960-1984, 5 m." Soixante et onze boîtes de diapositives 35 mm d'architecture canadienne, quatre boites de diapositives d'architecture américaine, deux boîtes de diapositives d'artisanat québécois et trois boites de diapositives de tableaux représentant des oeuvres architecturales canadiennes se trouvent dans le fonds de la CAC.
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English
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Associated materials
John Bland and Students, CAC 41.01;
John Bland - Maps, CAC 41.02;
John Bland - Dossier, CAC 41.03;
John Bland, CAC 41.04;
Vincent Rother Architects, CAC 41.05;
Bland, Rother and Trudeau, CAC 41.06;
Bland, LeMoyne and Edwards, CAC 41.08;
Bland, LeMoyne, Edwards, Shine, CAC 41.09;
Bland, LeMoyne, Shine, CAC 41.10;
Bland, LeMoyne, Shine, Lacroix, CAC 41.11;
John Bland Digital Archive
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General note
John Bland used his slide collection as teaching aids in his architectural history courses at the School of Architecture of McGill University. Contained in this archive are 35 mm slides of architecture in Canada and the United States and of arts and crafts in Québec. For a biography of John Bland see the entry for CAC 41.04.
For further information, see the Blackader-Lauterman Library publication, John Bland at Eighty: a Tribute. Montreal: Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, and School of Architecture, McGill University, 1991.
General note
John Bland utilisait sa collection de diapositives comme outil pédagogique pour son cours d'histoire de l'architecture à l'École d'architecture de l'Université McGill. Ce fonds contient des diapositives 35 mm d'architecture du Canada et des États-Unis ainsi que d'artisanat québécois. Pour une biographie de John Bland, voir l'article 41.04.
Pour plus de renseignements, voir la publication de la bibliothèque Blackader-Lauterman intitulée John Bland at Eighty: a Tribute. Montréal: Bibliothèque
Blackader-Lauterman d'architecture et d'art, et École d'architecture, Université McGill, 1991.
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CAC Database ID
47
Wikidata Identifier
Q71844231
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71844231