Ephemera and reference materials
1925-2012
Subseries
This sub-series contains various reference material collected by Melvin Charney. It includes notes, ephemera, newspaper clippings, photographic materials, and various publications and bulletins, mainly related to Canadian and Montréal archtiecture, urbanism, tourism, art and artworks.
Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.
English, French
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1 catalogue(s)
book: 27,1 × 27,1 × 0,8 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Includes plans and working drawings for an architectural project titled, "Residential Condominium Project, 210-214 Victoria Avenue, Westmount, Québec" by architect Karl Fischer.
1 roll(s)
sheets: 71.5 × 91.7 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-001-010R
1 roll(s)
sheet: 62.3 × 63.4 cm
Rolled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-002-003R
File containing assorted posters and mailouts for the following events, etc.:
- poster for Quebec release of For a few dollars more;
- mailout for Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at Sonnabend Gallery;
- poster for Robert Rauchenberg's White paintings at Leo Castelli Gallery;
- posters for Melvin Charney: other monuments, six works exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario;
- poster for Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney;
- mailout for Frank Stella lithographs at Castelli Graphics [Leo Castelli Gallery];
- invitation for the opening of Montréal, plus ou moins?;
- poster for Edward Rushca Liquid word series at the Alexandre Iolas Gallery;
- poster for a conference at the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven in which Melvin Charney participated;
- poster and unfolded brochure for Corridart;
- poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery;
- poster for Melvin Charney's exhibition Other monuments: 1970-1976 at Gund Hall, Harvard University;
- poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery;
- poster for Jasper Johns exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery;
- colour and black-and-white publication dummies for a book about Melvin Charney by the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal;
- poster for exhibition for the 6th residential course of the Labratorio internazionale di Architettura e Disegno Urbano.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Panels and unfolded brochures related to the following projects:
- Other monuments;
- Le trésor de Trois-Rivières;
- Memo series;
- Fragments;
- Un dictionnaire...;
- Corridart (brochures).
1 panel(s)
panels: 30,2 × 101,7 cm sheets: 20,2 × 88,8 cm (7 15/16 × 34 15/16 in.)
Includes panels.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-008-001
Assorted newspaper clippings in English, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-008-002
Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-008-003
Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-008-004
Assorted newspaper clippings in English, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
041-008-005
File containing documents in English related to camera equipment.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: NIKON
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Ring binder containing stereographs of various global landmarks.
1 ring binder(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Serial vol. 13, no. 8.
1 serial(s)
book: 32,4 × 24,3 × 0,6 cm (12 3/4 × 9 9/16 × 1/4 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 serial(s)
book: 28,5 × 21 × 0,2 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 book(s)
book: 30,4 × 22,8 × 1,5 cm (11 15/16 × 9 × 9/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted documents in English (predominant) and French, including magazine and newspaper clippings, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects. Believed to be reference materials.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing five copies of the fall 2001 Ogilvy catalogue.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
One copy of vocational coursebook, You and your future. Inscribed in black ink: MELVIN CHARNEY VIII B. Calculations in graphite also present.
1 book(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing exams written by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: OLD EXAMS & CLASS TESTS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
A copy of the program for the 1955 Yale spring convocation.
1 book(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 catalogue(s)
catalogue: 27,8 × 21,6 × 0,5 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted publications, including the following:
- Bulletin of Yale University, School of Art and Architecture, series 55, number 1 (January 1959);
- YES: a creative quaterly, vol. 2, no. 1 (April 1957);
- YES: a creative quaterly, vol. 2, no. 2 (summer 1957).
1 textual record(s)
book (smallest): 20,7 × 13,7 × 0,4 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in.) book (largest): 21,5 × 13,7 × 0,2 cm (8 7/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Ring binder containing slides of artworks collected by Melvin Charney.
1 ring binder(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing reference materials in English, including copies of the 7 June (which includes references to Melvin Charney) and 27 September 1971 issues of Architecture Canada, and reprographic copies thereof.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1971 ARCHITECTURE CANADA
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted documents in English and French, including reference materials, a printout of column designs for the Montreal Expos baseball stadium, and a press release for the group exhibition/audio guide, Montreal modern - a sonic portrait.
1 textual record(s)
sheet: 21,3 × 27,7 cm (8 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including reference materials and photograph of the following locations:
- Place Victoria (3 photographs);
- Marriott Château Champlain (1 photograph);
- Unidentified street (1 photograph);
- Unidentified house (1 photograph).
Possibly related to Louis Martin's 2013 book, On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC ANTHO - PHOTOS URGENT
1 file(s)
sheets: 25,2 × 20 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including reference materials, notes, photographs, and printouts of the following:
- Model of Université du Québec à Montréal(1 photograph);
- Composite photograph of soldier (2 photographs, 3 printouts);
- Demonstration in front of Université du Québec à Montréal, 1973 (2 photographs);
- Unidentified men (1 photograph).
Original folder inscribed in graphite: QUÉBEC BOOK CH 1 ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER 1
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 12,1 × 16,3 cm (4 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.) sheet (largest): 20,2 × 25,3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including notes, photographs, and reference materials of the following:
- Unidentified stone house (1 photograph);
- Maison Hector Brossard, Laprairie (1 photograph);
- Montreal mass housing (1 photograph);
- Sherbrooke Street West (2 photographs);
- A.D. settlements (1 photograph);
- F.E. Came railway specialties (1 printout);
- 415-419 des Récollets (2 photographs);
- Unidentified houses (2 photographs, 1 printout).
Original folder inscribed in graphite: HEROIC PERIOD - QUÉBEC BOOK
1 file(s)
folder: 24,1 × 37,3 × 1 cm sheet (smallest): 8,8 × 12,5 cm (3 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet (largest): 25,1 × 20,3 cm (9 7/8 × 8 in.) records: 0,01 l.m.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
One copy of the summer 1957 edition of YES: a creative quarterly, with graphics by Melvin Charney.
1 serial(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing notes and photographs. Further investigation regarding the locations represented in the photographs.
1 file(s)
sheets: 15,1 × 10 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing colour photographs and photomontages of trees and a wooded area, and a blank postcard.
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 15 × 10 cm sheet (largest): 17 × 29 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing a brochure, notes, and printouts of regional maps for Maine.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC PHOTO LOG (TO FILE AWAY?)
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including magazine and newspaper clippings, and notes.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: NOTES ON ARTWORK: 2000+
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted reference materials in French related to the Ville-Marie municipal autoroute development project. Two reports are bound.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing materials in French related to the development of the area in Montreal bordered by St. Laurent Boulevard, and St. Catherine and Sanguiner Streets, and Viger Avenue.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing reference materials in French, including correspondence, proposals, and reports related to the municipal Champs-de-Mars project.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted materials in French, including the following municipal reports:
- Société d'habitation et de développement de Montréal;
- Résumé de l'énoncé d'orientations sur l'aménagement de l'arrondissement centre.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 book(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted reference materials in French, including reports and proposals related to the following Montreal municipal projects:
- Société d'habitation et de dévéloppement de Montréal, site Hotel-de-Ville, la Gauchetiere, étude de faisabilité;
- Énoncé d'orientations sur l'aménagement de l'arrondissement centre;
- Étude pre-faisabilité environmentale du projet Champs-de-Mars;
- Centre-ville est: opération 20 000 logements.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted materials in French, including reports and proposals related to the municipal development and management project for the Champs-de-Mars area of Montreal.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted materials in French, including studies and reports (two of which are bound), related to the following municipal projects:
- Housing developments in Montreal's Chinatown neighbourhood;
- La place du 350ième anniversaire de Montréal;
- Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot St-Dominique/Charlotte sud;
- Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot du Marais/boulevard René-Lévesque.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing materials in English and French, including newspaper clippings, project proposals, and reports related to the following municipal development projects:
- Habitations Jeanne-Mance;
- redevelopment of Saint Catherine St.;
- Project to renovate a defective residential zone and to build low-rental dwellings (1954).
Also includes one copy of Le monument national, published by Sauvons Montreal.
Items originally housed in a box labelled:
VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing contact sheets, negatives, and photographs of the following:
- Faubourg-St Laurent (49 black-and-white negative film strips, 9 negative film strips, 8 black-and-white contact sheets);
- Aerial of Palais de Congrès and surrounding area (2 chromogenic colour prints);
- Unidentfied model (1 chromogenic colour print);
- Aerial of Montreal (1 chromogenic colour print).
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 8,8 × 12,4 cm (3 7/16 × 4 7/8 in.)( sheet (largest): 15 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted documents including Melvin Charney's exit math exams from high school, and notes,
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted documents in English, including exams and lab reports by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Three copies of The Oracle yearbook (two from 1952) from Strathcona Academy.
1 book(s)
book: 27,8 × 20,4 × 0,7 cm (10 15/16 × 8 1/16 × 1/4 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Poster of Da Vinci's Virtuvian Man and cigarette, white ink on blue paper.
Inscribed on verso in graphite: 000[?]
1 printout(s)
Item is held in a wood frame.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Poster announcing a conference for the Schools of Architecture Council in Liverpool, UK. Appears to be screen-printed in red ink.
1 ephemera
frame: 77,1 × 64,5 × 3,6 cm
Item is held in a wood frame.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
A stapled booklet of plans, elevations and details for a residential condominium project at 210-214 Victoria Avenue, Westmount, Québec, by the Montréal architect Karl Fischer.
1 File
sheets: 71 × 91.7 cm
- The xerographic copies are rolled and stapled.
Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
A planimetric map of the city of Trois-Rivières, Québec, made by the city's department of planning and development.
1 File
sheet: 61.3 × 91.9 cm
Rolled.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Consists of a stapled booklet of plans, elevations and details for the building of the Nicholas Metivier Gallery, 451 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, by the design firm Kelly McTernan Lavoie.
1 File
sheets: 61.2 × 87 cm
The xerographic copies are rolled and stapled.
Toronto Ontario Canada
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
A photograph mounted on matboard.
1 photographic material(s)
sheet: 15,6 × 20,7 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Bottom left corner of the matboard has been ripped off, additional rip along bottom edge of photograph, item is held in plastic sleeve.
inscribed twice, in upper right back corner: Address TW Scott 1069 Laurel Ave St Paul Minnesota; and stamped below with: W. WESTMAN Photographer 1512 Portland ave. Minneapolis
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 book(s)
book: 23,5 × 16,2 × 3,9 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 book(s)
book: 23,4 × 16 × 2,7 cm (9 3/16 × 6 5/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 book(s)
book: 22,4 × 14,5 × 2 cm (8 13/16 × 5 11/16 × 13/16 in.)
Book is missing binding (spine, front and back boards), cords are exposed, and title page is loose.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Reprographic copy of architectural drawing of elevation for Windsor Station, Montreal.
1 reprographic copy(ies)
sheet: 48,5 × 65,2 cm (19 1/8 × 25 11/16 in.)
Item(s) rehoused in an acid-free folder for conservation purposes.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Vol. 8, no. 10.
1 serial(s)
book: 25 × 17,4 × 0,2 cm (9 13/16 × 6 7/8 × 1/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing blank postcards.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Iincluding a brochure/map titled « À ciel ouvert ou fermé » ["Up and down and underground"], and a booklet.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing a bilingual booklet (« Trois-Rivières: Port historique de la vallée du Saint-Maurice ») and a French-language volume (« La vallée de la Rouge »).
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted publications, including:
- DMG-DRS Journal: Design Research and Methods (formerly DMG Newsletter), vol. 7, no. 3;
- Centre d'études et de recherches architecturales, URSS: supplément au bulletin d'information inter-éstablissements, 21 février 1977.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 book(s)
book: 30,9 × 23,8 × 0,4 cm (12 3/16 × 9 3/8 × 3/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 book(s)
book: 7,3 × 14,4 × 0,1 cm (2 7/8 × 5 11/16 × 1/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 7,6 × 10,3 cm (3 × 4 1/16 in.) sheet (largest): 17,8 × 12,5 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 folio(s)
sheet: 37,8 × 55,8 × 0,01 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing cards, photographs and printouts.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ORIGINAL PHOTO COLLECTION
1 file(s)
sheet (photograph, smallest): 8,8 × 8,9 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/2 in.) sheet (photograph, largest): 20,1 × 25 cm (7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 serial(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including newspaper clippings, correspondence (including faxes and printouts of emails), and a spiral-bound volume, most of which are related to municipal construction projects in Montreal. Also includes a copy of a book for the 2008 National Urban Design Awards.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: 2007+ / PARC-PINE INTERCHANGE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 textual record(s)
book: 27,6 × 21,2 × 0,1 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 1/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including invitations, press clippings, reference materials, and a copy of Art Matters (2011, vol. 19, no. 3).
Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: CURRENT STUDY NOTES
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including a newspaper clipping on gardening, and a leaf from the summer 2002 book catalogue by Association des jardins du Québec.
Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: BOOK ON CCA GARDEN
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Single colour leaf from the Arts section of the 16 July 2011 issue of the Globe and Mail. Includes music and television reviews; the entry for Frederick Squire Sings Shenandoah and Other Popular Hits is circled in black ink.
1 textual record(s)
sheet: 55,9 × 28,5 (22 × 11 1/4)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Portfolio containing ephemera and posters advertising the following conferences, events, and exhibitions:
- mailout/poster for a Frank Stella exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York;
- mailout/poster for an exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago;
- posters for the 7th Venice biennale of architeture;
- poster for the 1. Kolloquium Funktionialismus, Hamburg;
- poster for a Jean Rustin exhibition at Maison de la culture et des loisirs;
- signed poster for a Ric Evans exhibition, at David Mirvish Books, Toronto;
- poster for an Edward Keinholz exhibition, London;
- poster for a Frank Auerbach exhibition at the 42nd Venice Biennale;
- paper placemat of the Taj Mahal;
- poster of Hindu deities;
- poster for Perspecta, the Yale School of design journal, in which Melvin Charney's article, Experimental strategies: notes for environmental design, appeared in the 11th edition;
- poster of Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros;
- mailout/poster for a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at Leo Castelli gallery;
- poster for a Pierre Alechinsky exhibition, in Brussels;
- poster for an exhibition on Pliny the Younger's La villa Laurentine, Paris;
- poster for an exhibition, Places and monuments, in Paris;
- poster for an event at George Gund Hall, Harvard;
- posters for the exhibition, Rothmans salutes citysite sculpture, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto (Melvin Charney participated);
- poster for event, Coop Himmelblau: der Engel des Tons;
- poster, "Seize the time";
- poster, "Meeting solidarité Chili";
- poster for Don Judd exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York;
- posters for Aurora Borealis event at le Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (Melvin Charney participated);
- poster for James Stirling exhibition at Riba Heinz Gallery, London;
- untitled poster;
- poster for political demonstration, UQAM;
- poster for Joe Zucker exhibition, Combinations, at Holly Solomon Gallery, New York;
- poster, "The drifting acropolis";
- poster for Lucas Samaras exhibition, Reconstructions, boxes, and photo-transformations, at Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago;
- poster for Erica Lennard exhibition, Les femmes, les soeurs, at Agatha Gaillard Gallery, Paris.
1 portfolio(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Exhibition portfolio containing photographs, a program, and printouts.
1 portfolio(s)
sheets: 32,8 × 48,2 cm (12 15/16 × 19 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
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