The John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection is a unit of

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of Canadian architectural archives. Its mandate is to document the past and present work of architects who studied or taught at the

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Description

The collection was created by John Bland, then director of McGill School of Architecture, in 1974. To date, it contains more than 100 archival fonds documenting renowned Canadian architects such as

Edward Maxwell Edward Maxwell (31 December 1867 – 14 November 1923) was a prominent Canadian architect. Life and career The son of Edward John Maxwell, a lumber dealer in Montreal, by his marriage to Johanna MacBean, Maxwell graduated from the High School of ...

, Moshe Safdie or

Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh ( ; 1887–1971) was a Canadian architect from Montreal, Quebec. Biography He received a diploma from McGill University in architecture in 1909, before perfecting his work alongside brothers Edward Maxwell and William S ...

through their correspondence, architectural

drawings Drawing is a form of Visual arts, visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, ...

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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'', after which she donated her working notes and photographs.

Contents of the collection

{, class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" , Fonds, , Inventory Number, , URL , - , A. Leslie Perry fonds , , 95 , , https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/a-leslie-perry , - ,

Alexander Francis Dunlop Alexander Francis Dunlop (August 4, 1842 – April 30, 1923), was a Canadian architect from Montreal, Quebec. Biography Dunlop worked as an apprentice to Montreal architects George Browne and John James Browne. From 1871 to 1874 he lived an ...

, , 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 Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also responsi ...

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 Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

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 , - ,

, , 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 Featherstonhaugh ( ) (also spelt Fetherstonhaugh and Featherstonehaugh) is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, from the Old English , 'feather', , 'stone', and , 'corner'. Notable people with this surname in ...

and Durnford , , 11.01 , , https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/fetherstonhaugh-and-durnford , - ,

, 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 , - ,

, , 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 Harold John Author Spence-Sales, (October 22, 1907March 15, 2004) was a British-born Canadian architect and urban planner. He is best known for creating the first university planning program in Canada at McGill University, and for playing an impor ...

, 97 , The fonds is in the process of being cataloged a link will be added as soon as it has been published. , - ,

Harry Mayerovitch Harry Mayerovitch (April 16, 1910 – April 16, 2004), was a Canadian architect, artist, illustrator, author and cartoonist. Mayerovitch was born in Montreal on April 16, 1910, to Romanian-Jewish parents from the region of Bessarabia. After com ...

, , 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 John Smith Archibald (December 14, 1872 – March 2, 1934) was a Canadian architect. Biography John Smith Archibald was born in Inverness, Scotland on December 14, 1872. He arrived in Montreal in 1893. He worked as chief architect in Edward Ma ...

, , 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 Ramsay Heatley Traquair Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, FRSE Fellow of the Royal Society of London, FRS (30 July 1840 – 22 November 1912) was a Scottish naturalist and palaeontologist who became a leading expert on fossil fish. Tra ...

fonds , , 45 , , https://www.archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ramsay-traquair , - ,

Raymond Affleck Raymond Tait (Ray) Affleck (20 November 1922 – 16 March 1989) was a Canadian architect. He was born on 20 November 1922 in Penticton, British Columbia. He died in Montreal on 16 March 1989.William Sutherland Maxwell William Sutherland Maxwell (November 14, 1874 – March 25, 1952) was a well-known Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Baháʼí Faith. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to parents Edward John Maxwell and Johan MacBean. Life ...

, , 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

* Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at Collection d'architecture canadienne; see its history for attribution.
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