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• Fonds: Victor Prus fonds, 1945-1992
•    Series: Professional work in Canada, 1952-1993
•      Sub-series: Projects, 1953-1992
•        Project: Nuns' Island, 1961-1980

People

• Victor Prus (creator)
• Victor Prus (archive creator)

Title

Nuns' Island

Dates of creation

1961-1980

Level of archival description

File 28

Extent and Medium

• 274 drawings
• 0.10 m.l. of textual records
• 9 photos
• 8 transparencies
• 1 book

Scope and Content

File documents Victor Prus's unrealized planning project for the development of Île St-Paul (present day Île-des-Soeurs or Nuns' Island), in 1963--a project designed in collaboration with achitects and planning consultants Norbert Schoenauer and Stan Seeman. Material in this file was produced between 1961 and 1980, but predominantly between 1962 and 1965. The file contains conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, site photographs, a preliminary study and many textual records.

Reference Number

AP163.S2.SS1.D28

Arrangement

Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location

Verdun Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Language of material

A majority of the documents are in English, some are in French.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265326
  • Title: Site plans, elevations and perspectives
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of site plans, elevations and perspectives for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  13 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 13 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Negative and positive photostat prints

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 18.4 × 29.9 cm sheet (largest): 46 × 67.7 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265442
  • Title: Sections, plans, floor plans and perspectives
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of sections, plans, floor plans and perspectives for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  36 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 36 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, coloured felt-tip pen and black ink on tracing paper; graphite on translucent paper; black ink on diazotypes; graphite on sepia diazo print

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21.7 × 28.1 cm sheet (largest): 60.5 × 91.6 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265468
  • Title: Perspective sketches for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of perspective sketches for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  4 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Coloured felt-tip pen on tracing paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 33.6 × 57.1 cm sheet (largest): 45.5 × 94 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265469
  • Title: A plan, a section and two perspectives for development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of a plan, a section and two perspectives for development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  3 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 3 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Coloured felt-tip pen on diazotypes

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 43.1 × 45.5 cm sheet (largest): 71.4 × 112.2 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265507
  • Title: Plans, floor plans, sections and elevations
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of plans, floor plans, sections and elevations for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  48 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 48 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Coloured pencil on paper; coloured felt-tip pens, black ink and graphite on translucent paper; sepia diazo prints with graphite inscriptions; graphite and felt-tip pen of tracing paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21.6 × 30.3 cm sheet (largest): 52 × 76.1 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265629
  • Title: Elevations, floor plans and sections for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of elevations, floor plans and sections for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Photocopies

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 45.7 × 61.6 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH266217
  • Title: Perspectives for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawing (proposal)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Black ink on translucent paper (clearprint)

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21.5 × 28 cm sheet (largest): 21.6 × 34.3 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH266244
  • Title: Perspectives for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île des Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Negative photostat prints; diazotypes

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 15 × 19.5 cm sheet (largest): 41.3 × 55 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267293
  • Title: Views of the model for the the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of views of the model for the the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 photographs

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 20.4 × 24.8 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267294
  • Title: Views of the model for the the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of views of the model for the the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 photographs

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 20.2 × 25.4 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267295
  • Title: Photographs / Nuns' Island
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of views of models, including the unrealized project by Victor Prus for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île des Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec. There are also photographs showing a view of Montréal from Île des Sœurs.

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 photographs

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 11.3 × 34 cm sheet (largest): 20.3 × 24.7 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267296
  • Title: Micro-master Nuns' Island
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of transparencies of maps of the Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec, including hydrographic and topographic surveys maps. There is a reproduction of Champlain's sketch of the Laprairie basin that includes Île-des-Sœurs. There is also a reduced copy of a drawing by Victor Prus for the development of the island.
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  8 transparency(ies)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 transparencies

  Technique and media:

  Black and white transparencies

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 10.3 × 15.8 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Related units of description:

  • - Those documents has been used for the preliminary studies brochure catalogued as ARCH267311.
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  • Reference Number: ARCH267297
  • Title: Aerial views of Verdun and photographs taken on Île-des-Sœurs before construction for the development of Île St-Paul
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of aerial views of Verdun and photographs taken on Île-des-Sœurs before construction for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.There is also a photograph of a model for a sports center for the City of Verdun and a photograph of the model for Île-des-Sœurs by Victor Prus.

  Quantity / Object type:

  20 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 20 photographs

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 7.3 × 10.2 cm sheet (largest): 20.3 × 25.4 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267301
  • Title: Floor plans for housing for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of floor plans for housing for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  85 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 85 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite and ink on translucent paper (clearprints)

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21.5 × 28 cm sheet (largest): 21.5 × 30.4 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267302
  • Title: Nuns' Island / Draft report No. 1
  • Dates of creation: 1964
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of a model and a draft version of the brochure presenting the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Bound volume of ink on paper; typescript on paper with graphite inscriptions; typescript on vellum paper

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.02 l.m.

  Physical Description:

  - Include a spiral bound volume of 20 leaves.

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in French and in English.

  Related units of description:

  • - A final and bound versions of this document are catalogued as ARCH267311.

  Folder Number:

  163-07-33 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267303
  • Title: Nuns' Island
  • Dates of creation: 1964
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of plans (sections, site plans and details), a report on the socio-economique considerations of the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec, and a preliminary cost analysis of the differents schemes of the project. There is also correspondence and a reference brochure for a similar project in Ottawa.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Typescript on vellum paper; typescript on paper; photocopies; bound volume of photocopies; bound volumes of typescript on paper and diazotypes with ink inscriptions; diazotypes

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.03 l.m. sheet (smallest): 49.7 × 47.2 cm sheet (smallest; folded): 25.4 × 18.2 cm sheet (largest): 108 × 197.7 cm sheet (largest; folded): 36 × 21 cm

  Document Type:

  • correspondence
  • reports

  Physical Description:

  - Three stapled volumes. - One spiral bound volume of 15 leaves. - The plans are folded.

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-07-33 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267304
  • Title: 6410 / Nuns' Island / Quebec Home & Mortage Corporation
  • Dates of creation: 1955-1962
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of notes, memorandums, minutes of meetings of the Corporation of the City of Verdun, correspondence and related documents for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec. There is an agreement between the Quebec Home & Mortage Corporation and the architects Victor Prus, Norbert Schoenauer, Stan Seeman and Harold Ship. There is also a copy of a brochure of the master plans of Nuns' Island by the architect Harold Ship.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Typescript on paper; typescript on vellum paper; photocopies; ink on paper

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.01 l.m.

  Document Type:

  • correspondence
  • notes

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-01 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267305
  • Title: Plans of the development scheme and a topographic map of Île St-Paul
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of plans of the development scheme and a topographic map of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec. There are also floor plans of the Île-des-Sœurs apartment types.

  Quantity / Object type:

  19 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 19 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Photocopies; bound volume of diazotypes; ink and transfer type on paper; negative photostat prints

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 22 × 28.8 cm sheet (largest): 24.6 × 31.7 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Folder Number:

  163-08-02 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267311
  • Title: Preliminary studies for the Nuns' Island development project, in Verdun, Québec
  • Dates of creation: 1963-1980
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Norbert Schoenauer (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of three copies of the preliminary studies of the development of Île-St Paul or Nuns' Island, prepared for the Quebec Home and Mortage Corporation by Victor Prus, Norbert Schoenauer and Stan Seeman, architects and planning consultants. There is also a clipping of the "Nuns' Island / Île des Sœurs Journal" issue of January 24, 1980, with an article about the Prus, Schoenauer and Seeman development plan.

  Quantity / Object type:

  4 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Scope and Content:

  Preliminary studies prepared by Victor Prus, Norbert Schoenauer and Stan Seeman, architects and planning consultants, for Quebec Home and Mortage Corporation.

  Technique and media:

  Bound volume of photocopies; clippings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 24 × 30.6 cm sheet (largest): 38.1 × 29 cm

  Document Type:

  • clipping

  Physical Description:

  - Three spiral bound volumes. - 40 leaves.

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The preliminary studies books are in English. The journal is billingual.

  Related units of description:

  • The transparencies used for the images of this book are catalogued as ARCH267296. A model and a draft version of this document are catalogued as ARCH267302.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-03 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267312
  • Title: Letter from a contractor for the Nuns' Island development project in Verdun, Québec
  • Dates of creation: December 13, 1965
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  Letter from a construction contractor and consultant offering their services for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Typescript on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 28 × 21.5 cm

  Document Type:

  • letter (correspondence)

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The document is in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-04 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267313
  • Title: 6410
  • Dates of creation: 1966
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of clippings of articles about the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Clippings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 39.7 × 30.1 cm sheet (largest): 59.7 × 28.7 cm

  Document Type:

  • clippings

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-05 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267314
  • Title: 6410 / Nuns' Island East Tip / Apartment data
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of apartment building reference brochures and notes about apartment buildings for Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  22 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Graphite on paper; ink on paper; diazotypes; reprographic copy on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21.7 × 28 cm sheet (largest): 32.4 × 22 cm

  Document Type:

  • notes

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-06 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267315
  • Title: Floor plans and sections for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of floor plans and sections for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  39 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 39 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Diazotypes; diazotypes with ink inscriptions

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 21.9 × 28 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Folder Number:

  163-08-07 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267316
  • Title: Plans (sections), a preliminary cost analysis, housing scheme statistics and notes for the development of Île St-Paul
  • Dates of creation: 1964-1965
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of plans (sections), a preliminary cost analysis, housing scheme statistics and notes for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  19 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Diazotypes; diazotypes with ink inscriptions; typescript on vellum paper; ink on ruled paper; photocopies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 28 × 21.2 cm sheet (largest): 30.5 × 101.7 cm sheet (largest; folded): 31 × 14.7 cm

  Document Type:

  • notes

  Physical Description:

  - The plans are folded.

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-08 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267317
  • Title: Current Units
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of floor plans for the housing scheme for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Sœurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  14 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 14 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Diazotypes; diazotypes with coloured felt-tip pen

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 21.8 × 28 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Folder Number:

  163-08-09 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267324
  • Title: Plans of apartment types (sections and floor plans)
  • Dates of creation: 1963
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of plans of apartment types (sections and floor plans) and an unbound version of the brochure for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  40 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
  • 40 textual records

  Technique and media:

  Photocopies; bound volume of diazotypes

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21.8 × 28 cm sheet (largest): 24.2 × 30.9 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Related units of description:

  • - A bound version of the brochure of the report on the preliminary studies for the development of Nuns'Island is catalogued as ARCH267311.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-10 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267396
  • Title: Nuns' Island project : General study on the future traffic conditions and requierements
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  Study of the future traffic conditions and requirements for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  13 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Typescript on vellum paper

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 28 × 21.7 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-11 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267397
  • Title: Nuns' Island project : general study on the future traffic conditions and requirements
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Typescript on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 35 × 21.7 cm

  Physical Description:

  - Stapled.

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The document is in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-12 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267398
  • Title: Agreement for the Nuns' Island development project, in Verdun, Québec
  • Dates of creation: May 24, 1962
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of an agreement between Quebec Home & Mortage and the architects Victor Prus, Norbert Schoenauer and Stan Seeman for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  4 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Negative photostat prints

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 35.5 × 22 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The document is in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-13 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267399
  • Title: Draft of Programme for Studies for Nuns' Island Development
  • Dates of creation: July 31, 1961
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of draft versions of a program of studies for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Photocopies

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.01 l.m.

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-14 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267400
  • Title: Report Ile-St-Paul (Nuns' Island)
  • Dates of creation: April 14, 1961
  • Form: books
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  Supplementary report by consulting engineers for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 book(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 book

  Scope and Content:

  Prepared by the consulting engineers Lalonde, Girouard & Letendre for the City of Verdun.

  Technique and media:

  Bound volume of photocopies

  Dimensions:

  book: 29.3 × 23 cm

  Physical Description:

  - Spiral bound volume.

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The document is in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-15 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267418
  • Title: Financial statement by chartered accountants for the development of Île St-Paul
  • Dates of creation: January 31, 1964
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of a financial statement by chartered accountants for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique and media:

  Typescript on paper; bound volume of typescript on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 14 × 21.2 cm sheet (largest): 32.5 × 24.4 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The documents are in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-16 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH267419
  • Title: Nuns' Island development project : Report of shore control / Preliminary Studies
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of preliminary studies for a report on shore control by consulting engineers for the development of Île St-Paul (present-day Île-des-Soeurs) in Verdun, Québec.

  Quantity / Object type:

  23 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Scope and Content:

  Prepared by the consulting engineer Jacques E. Hurtubise for the City of Verdun.

  Technique and media:

  Typescript on paper; diazotypes

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 28 × 21.7 cm

  Document Type:

  • report

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The document is in English.

  Folder Number:

  163-08-17 T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH268082
  • Title: Relief map of Nuns' Island in Verdun, Montréal, Québec
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 drawing

  Technique and media:

  Felt-tip pen and ink on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (irreg.): 48 × 61 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

  Folder Number:

  163-25-12 M