History of Montréal's built environment, 1642-1805 : research materials, 1989-1997.

Title & Author:

History of Montréal's built environment, 1642-1805 : research materials, 1989-1997.

Description:

ca. 60 linear ft.

Notes:
The core of the documentation concerns the use and description of property and includes extracts of photocopies of notarized deeds, judicial records, and vital statistics, the originals of which are all held by the Archives nationales du Québec.
Files: 43 linear ft.; binders: 12 linear ft.; maps: 42 cubic feet.
Additional material: 2 computer hard drives containing Adhémar database/Cicerone graphic interface, plus network card (originally installed on CCA Agathe server); "Documentation des bases de données du Groupe de Recherche sur Montréal / par Léon Robichaud, dans le cadre d'un contrat au Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 4 janvier 2000 au 31 mars 2000" (52 p.); instructions for running Adhémar on the Agathe server (3 sheets).
Significant portions of this research material have been synthesized in video or computerized formats.
Lot files arranged numerically by cadastral number; other files arranged chronologically or alphabetically by name or subject.

Summary:

Surrogate materials assembled by the Groupe de recherche sur Montréal in its work to systematically reconstitute and analyze Montréal's physical development from its 1642 founding through to 1805. Builds on files begun by the GRBPGM (Groupe de recherche sur les bâtiments en pierre grise de Montréal).

Finding aids:

available in Library.

Subject:

Buildings
Montréal (Québec) Buildings, structures, etc.
Québec Montréal
Built environments Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1640-1810.
Urban development Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1640-1810.

Form/genre:

Notarial documents.
Seigneury records.
Colonial records.
Vital statistics records.
Judicial records.
Photographs.
Photocopies.
Maps.
Fonds (collections)

Added entries:

Robichaud, Léon, 1962- Documentation des bases de données du Groupe de recherche sur Montréal.
Groupe de recherche sur Montréal.
Groupe de recherche sur les bâtiments en pierre grise de Montréal.
Cicerone (Computer system)
Adhémar (Computer system)

Also known as: Montreal Research Group collection

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191062
Call No.: NA746.O42 M69 1989
Status: Available

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