McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Pulp and Paper Research Institute
File
193 drawings : 12 ink on linen, 3 ink on paper, 86 pencil on paper, 1 watercolour on paper, 4 watercolour on card, 87 blueprints
10 photographs
cm of textual records
File consists of architectural drawings for industrial laboratory (basement, 3 floors, mechanical floor; stone; concrete frame), photographs (including 4 plans, 1 perspective, 3 finished exteriors; 1 model), and a file folder of correspondence (1 ink on linen). Drawings include:
5 survey drawings: site plan
2 sketch drawings: structure
5 presentation drawings: floor plans (basement to 5th floor), laboratories
25 development drawings: floor plans, office, elevations, section
12 working drawings: site plan, foundation plan, floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections, structural plan
65 detail drawings: sump pit, structure, entrance, equipment platform, staircase, floor layouts, windows, lavatory, drain cutters, brasswork, marble work, shed, equipment room, key block, scrolls, lettering, lighting, doors, fittings, eaves, gable ends, curtain boxes, ventilation fleche and chimney, trim, plasterwork, screen, vent, table tops, trolley beams, stonework (including walls, entrance, vestibule, laboratory), ironwork (including window, rails)
51 shop drawings: vestibule, hall, corridor, sashes, door jambs, sills, stairs, balustrade, threshold, handrails, stonework, voussoirs, parapet, steps, elevation, entrance windows, cornice, partitions, skylight, screen
26 consultant drawings: ventilation platform, foundation plan, structure, sewer line, mechanical and electrical layouts
2 record drawings: floor plans, laboratories
“The Institute is situated on University Street, Montreal, on the grounds of McGill University, and abuts on the University Campus. The exterior is of limestone. The main structure consists of two stories within one order of piers, the substructure consisting of a main floor and a high basement. Provision is made for an additional wing at the north-west end corresponding to that at the south-east end and an attic story. The scale of the adjoining buildings on the University Campus has been carefully maintained. The planning is on the unit principle and the utmost advantage is taken of the north-east exposure for laboratory lighting by large windows. The design is thus thoroughly modern in its general realism. The detail is sparing and of the free Anglo-Classic school. “ --“The Pulp and Paper Research Institute-Montreal. Messrs. Nobbs & Hyde, -- F.F.R.I.B.A.,Architects,” JRAIC 7 (January 1930) : 6. --