Norris Building, Sir George Williams College

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• Fonds: Ross & Macdonald fonds, 1902-1982
•    Series: Projects, 1902-1972
•      Project: Norris Building, Sir George Williams College, 1953-1957

People

• Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (creator)
• Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (architectural firm)
• Young Men's Christian Association (client)
• Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

Title

Norris Building, Sir George Williams College

Dates of creation

1953-1957

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 242 drawings including reprographic copies
• 0.08 l. m. of textual records

Scope and Content

File documents an executed project for a college in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced between 1953 and 1957.

File contains index cards, a survey drawing, preliminary drawings and sketches, preliminary drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, structural drawings, mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, and textual documents.

Reference Number

AP013.S1.D383

Arrangement

Material in this series is not arranged.

Location

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Related units of description

• Related records in AP013.S1.D277, AP013.S1.D293 and AP013.S1.D592.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43140
  • Title: Excavation plan, basement and floor plans, roof and penthouse plans, wall sections
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  excavation plan, basement and floor plans, roof and penthouse plans, wall sections, stairs, elevation, plot plan, coat of arms, psychological laboratory, partial floor plans

  Quantity / Object type:

  26 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 23 graphite on tracing paper, 1 diazotype, 2 photostats

  Drawing Type:

  • sketch

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-01L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43166
  • Title: Comparative levels, location of test pits, main stair, floor plans, sections, partial floor plans
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  comparative levels, location of test pits, main stair, floor plans, sections, partial floor plans, stairs, entrance, escalator location, waiting room and office layout, escalator framing

  Quantity / Object type:

  22 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 22 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-02L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43188
  • Title: Waiting room and offices, animal room and greenhouse, washroom layouts, receiving area, windows, floor plan, faculty suite, penthouse, duct layout, front wall sections, stairs, typical bays, auditorium ceiling
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  15 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawing
  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 15 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-03M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43203
  • Title: Elevations, elevator and duct layout, boiler foundations, piles and retaining wall
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  elevations, elevator and duct layout, boiler foundations, piles and retaining wall, stairs, water tank, boiler room fan, room changes, bridge, room electrical, location of dehumidification equipment, cooling tower support, catwalk, air intake, radiators

  Quantity / Object type:

  18 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawing
  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 17 graphite on tracing paper, 1 ink on tracing paper

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-04M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43221
  • Title: Sub-basement and plot plan, basement plan, floor plans, roof plan, elevations and sections
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  12 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 11 ink on linen, 1 graphite on tracing paper

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-05L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43233
  • Title: Basement plan, floor plans, roof plan (duplicates of above drawings)
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  7 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 7 reprographic copies

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-06S

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43240
  • Title: Finish and stair schedules, door schedule, wall sections, stairs, windows and spandrels, lab equipment, fume cabinets, lecture auditorium, front elevation
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  23 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 ink on linen, 14 graphite on tracing paper, 1 diazotype

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-07L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43263
  • Title: Toilet and powder rooms, stairs, elevator hoist and machine room, unloading room, access door, bridge
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  18 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 18 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-08M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43281
  • Title: Room openings, doors, guard rail, bridge, book store and cashier cage, chemistry laboratory
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  room openings, doors, guard rail, bridge, book store and cashier cage, chemistry laboratory, writing room, screen and lights, window blind recesses, room layout, hat and coat racks, cupboards, entrance canopy, auditorium cornices, bookstore counter, storeroom

  Quantity / Object type:

  16 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 16 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-09M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43297
  • Title: Wash-up and model room, air vent, art studio and lecture hall, hat and coat racks
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  wash-up and model room, air vent, art studio and lecture hall, hat and coat racks, lobby notice cases, stage and footlights, proscenium opening, storage room shelving, baffle to radiator pits, metal brackets to tables, overshoe pigeon-holes, cashier's cage, light trap to darkroom, fanlights

  Quantity / Object type:

  17 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 17 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-10M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43314
  • Title: Structural concrete and steel plans and details; foundation walls, pile caps, anchor plan by Dominion Structural Steel Limited, Montreal
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  27 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • structural drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 13 graphite on tracing paper, 8 blueprints, 6 diazotypes

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-11L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43341
  • Title: Sketches, stair, framing for future escalators
  • Form: drawings
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  6 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • structural drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 graphite on tracing paper, 2 diazotypes

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-12L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43347
  • Title: Plumbing, heating and ventilation plans, details and diagrams
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  13 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • mechanical drawing (building system drawing)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 12 ink on linen, 1 graphite on tracing paper

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-12L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43360
  • Title: Electrical plans and details, switch rooms, flow diagrams, control diagrams
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  22 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • electrical drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 ink on linen, 10 graphite on tracing paper, 4 diazotypes

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-13L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43382
  • Title: Building specifications
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-14T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43383
  • Title: Building specifications
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-15T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43384
  • Title: Building specifications
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-16T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43385
  • Title: Lists of shop drawings
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.07 l. m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-17T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43386
  • Title: Report on soil conditions, structural calculations, summary of beams
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-18T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH43387
  • Title: Structural calculations
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l. m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-19T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH251111
  • Title: Cadastral map
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • survey drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 reprographic copy

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-383-02