Canadian Architecture Collection

The John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection is a unit of McGill University Library specializing in the conservation and curation of Canadian architectural archives. Its mandate is to document the past and present work of architects who studied or taught at the McGill University School of Architecture.[1]

Canadian Architecture Collection
Tour of the CAC, 2017
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45°30'11.2475"N, 73°34'41.9668"W
Alternative nameJohn Bland Canadian Architecture Collection
LocationCanada
TypeArchitectural archives
AffiliationMcGill University Library
Websitehttps://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/canadian-architecture-collection

Description

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The collection was created by John Bland, then director of McGill School of Architecture, in 1974.[2] To date, it contains more than 100 archival fonds documenting renowned Canadian architects such as Edward Maxwell,[3] Moshe Safdie[4] or Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh[5] through their correspondence, architectural drawings, plans and photographs concerning their realizations.

Architectural historian France Gagnon-Pratte used the collection in writing her 1987 book Country Houses for Montrealers, 1892-1924 : the architecture of E. and W.S. Maxwell,[6] after which she donated her working notes and photographs.[7]


Contents of the collection

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Fonds Inventory Number URL
A. Leslie Perry fonds 95 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/a-leslie-perry
Alexander Francis Dunlop 16 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/alexander-francis-dunlop
Alexander Tilloch Galt Durnford 11 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/alexander-tilloch-galt-durnford
Alvaro Ortega 35 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/alvaro-ortega
Archibald and Illsley 4.03 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/archibald-and-illsley
Archibald, Illsley and Templeton 4.02 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/archibald-illsley-and-templeton
Arthur Erickson 57 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/arthur-erickson
Barott and Blackader 83 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/barott-and-blackader
Bland, Lemoyne, Edwards 41.08 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bland-lemoyne-edwards
Bland, Lemoyne, Edwards, Shine 41.09 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bland-lemoyne-edwards-shine
Bland, LeMoyne, Shine 41.1 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bland-lemoyne-shine
Bland, Lemoyne, Shine, Lacroix 41.11 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bland-lemoyne-shine-lacroix
Bland, Rother and Trudeau 41.06 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bland-rother-and-trudeau
Bobrow Architects 74 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bobrow-architects
Bolton, Chadwick, Ellwood and Aimers 11.04 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bolton-chadwick-ellwood-and-aimers
Bolton, Ellwood and Aimers 11.05 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bolton-ellwood-and-aimers
Brown, MacVicar and Heriot 10.02 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/brown-macvicar-and-heriot
Bruce Haken Wright 27 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/bruce-haken-wright
Cardwell Ross Anderson 42 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/cardwell-ross-anderson
Cecil Scott Burgess 44 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/cecil-scott-burgess
Charles Barry Fonds 12 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/charles-barry
Charles Jewett Saxe 4.04 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/charles-jewett-saxe
Charles Reginald Tetley 93 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/charles-reginald-tetley
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander 68 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/cornelia-hahn-oberlander
D.J. Spence 81 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/d-j-spence
Daniel Wilson 31 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/daniel-wilson
David Colville 13 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/david-colville
David James Moir 36 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/david-james-moir
David Robertson Brown and Hugh Vallance 10 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/david-robertson-brown-and-hugh-vallance
Douglas Shadbolt 43 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/douglas-shadbolt
Durnford, Bolton, Chadwick and Ellwood 11.03 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/durnford-bolton-chadwick-and-ellwood
Edward and W.S. Maxwell 2.02 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/edward-and-w-s-maxwell
Edward Colonna 15 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/edward-colonna
Edward Maxwell 2 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/edward-maxwell
F. David Mathias 82 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/f-david-mathias
Fetherstonhaugh and Durnford 11.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/fetherstonhaugh-and-durnford
Fetherstonhaugh, Durnford, Bolton and Chadwick 11.02 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/fetherstonhaugh-durnford-bolton-and-chadwick
Findlay and McGregor 3.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/findlay-and-mcgregor
Finley and Spence 80 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/finley-and-spence
France Gagnon Pratte 66 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/france-gagnon-pratte
Francis John Nobbs 6 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/francis-john-nobbs
Francis Mawson Rattenbury 25 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/francis-mawson-rattenbury
Francis R. Findlay 3.03 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/francis-r-findlay
Francis R. Findlay and Percy Roy Wilson 3.04 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/francis-r-findlay-and-percy-roy-wilson
Frank Pentland Chambers 14 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/frank-pentland-chambers
Frederick G. Todd 5000 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/frederick-g-todd
Frederick H. Gowings 53 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/frederick-h-gowings
Frederick Taylor 63 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/fred-taylor
G. E. Wilson 60 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/g-e-wilson
George Manson Fisk 46 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/george-manson-fisk
H. Ross Wiggs 90 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/h-ross-wiggs
Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh 17 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/harold-lea-fetherstonhaugh
Harold Robert Little 37 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/harold-robert-little
Harold Spence-Sales 97 The fonds is in the process of being cataloged a link will be added as soon as it has been published.
Harry Mayerovitch 47 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/harry-mayerovitch
Harry Stilman 86 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/harry-stilman
Henry Saxon Snell 78 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/henry-saxon-snell
Herbert Raine 33 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/herbert-raine
Hogle and Davis 9.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/hogle-and-davis
Hugh Griffith Jones 19 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/hugh-griffith-jones
Hugh McLennan 38 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/hugh-mclennan
Hugh Vallance, Barott and Blackader 10.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/hugh-vallance-barott-and-blackader
Hutchison and Steele 49 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/hutchison-and-steele
Hutchison, Wood and Miller 50 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/hutchison-wood-and-miller
James Cecil McDougall 22 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/james-cecil-mcdougall
James O'Donnell 34 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/james-odonnell
James R. Rhind 26 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/james-r-rhind
Jerry Miller 89 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/jerry-miller
John Bland - Slides 41.011 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/john-bland-slides
John Scarlett Davis 40 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/john-scarlett-davis
John Schreiber Fonds 28 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/john-schreiber
John Scofield 94 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/john-scofield
John Smith Archibald 4 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/john-smith-archibald
John William Hopkins and Edward C. Hopkins 18 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/john-william-hopkins-and-edward-c-hopkins
Kenneth Guscotte Rea 8 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/kenneth-guscotte-rea
Kenneth Molson 87 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/kenneth-molson
Lawford and Nelson 23.03 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/lawford-and-nelson
MacVicar and Heriot 21.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/macvicar-and-heriot
Maxwell and Pitts 2.03 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/maxwell-and-pitts
Maxwell and Shattuck 2.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/maxwell-and-shattuck
Moshe Safdie 58 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/moshe-safdie
Nelson and Clift 23.02 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/nelson-and-clift
Norbert Schoenauer 73 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/norbert-schoenauer
One House for T.P. Howard 112b https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/one-house-for-t-p-howard-2
Patrick McG. Stoker 75 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/patrick-mcg-stoker
Peter Collins 64 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/peter-collins
Philip Dalton Hepworth 39 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/philip-dalton-hepworth
Philip John Turner 32 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/philip-john-turner
Proposal of Alterations to Pulp and Paper Research Institute 368 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/proposal-of-alterations-to-pulp-and-paper-research-institute-2
Proposal of Outbuildings for Dr. Todd 114 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/proposal-of-outbuildings-for-dr-todd-2
Ramsay Traquair fonds 45 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ramsay-traquair
Raymond Affleck 62 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/raymond-affleck
Robert and Francis R. Findlay 3.02 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/robert-and-francis-r-findlay
Robert Findlay 3 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/robert-findlay
Robert G. Calvert 89.06
Ross and Macdonald 51.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ross-and-macdonald
Ross and MacFarlane 51 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ross-and-macfarlane
Ross, Fish, Duschenes and Barrett 51.02 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ross-fish-duschenes-and-barrett
Saxe and Archibald 4.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/saxe-and-archibald
Saxe and Miller 48 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/saxe-and-miller
Shimpei Nakano 54
Sigrun Bülow-Hübe 65 https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/sigrun-bulow-hube
Smythe and Schyberg 84
Spence and Mathias 79
Taylor and Gordon 7 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/taylor-and-gordon
Tolchinsky and Goodz 56 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/tolchinsky-and-goodz
Two Houses for T.P. Howard 140 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/two-houses-for-t-p-howard-5
Unidentified Architects 30 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/unidentified-architects
Vincent Rother Architects 41.05 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/vincent-rother-architects
Walter Scott Painter 24 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/walter-scott-painter
Werleman Guy McMahon 92 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/werleman-guy-mcmahon
William McLea Walbank 20 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/william-mclea-walbank
William Sutherland Maxwell 2.04 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/william-sutherland-maxwell
Wright and Noxon 27.01 https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/wright-and-noxon

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection". archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/canadian-architecture-collection. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  2. ^ "John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection". McGill University. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Archival Collections-Edward Maxwell". archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca.
  4. ^ "Archival collections-Moshe Safdie". archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca.
  5. ^ "Archival Collections-Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh". archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca.
  6. ^ Gagnon-Pratte, France. (1987). Country houses for Montrealers, 1892-1924 : the architecture of E. and W.S. Maxwell. Meridian Press. OCLC 988298521.
  7. ^ "Archival Collections-France Gagnon-Pratte".