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articles
articles
Title:
Toward a Sensorial Urbanism
Toward a Sensorial Urbanism
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Text by Mirko Zardini
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The rest of your senses
The rest of your senses
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events
events
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Building Arguments present a selection of writings by Canadian architects on the built environment. Meredith Carruthers of Concordia University Press will be in conversation with Jane Mah Hutton (landscape architect and assistant professor at the University of Waterloo) and Melanie O’Brian (acting director, associate director and curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery).
Building Arguments present a selection of writings by Canadian architects on the built environment. Meredith Carruthers of Concordia University Press will be in conversation with Jane Mah Hutton (landscape architect and assistant professor at the University of Waterloo) and Melanie O’Brian (acting director, associate director and curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery).
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CCA Bookstore Keyword(s):
Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Concordia University Press, Sean Yendrys, Jane Mah Hutton, Melanie O’Brian, Building Arguments
CCA Bookstore Keyword(s):
Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Concordia University Press, Sean Yendrys, Jane Mah Hutton, Melanie O’Brian, Building Arguments
Date:
16 November 2023, 6pm
16 November 2023, 6pm
Title:
Book launch: Building Arguments series
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Building Arguments present a selection of writings by Canadian architects on the built environment. Meredith Carruthers of Concordia University Press will be in conversation with Jane Mah Hutton (landscape architect and assistant professor at the University of Waterloo) and Melanie O’Brian (acting director, associate director and curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery).
Book launch: Building Arguments series
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Building Arguments present a selection of writings by Canadian architects on the built environment. Meredith Carruthers of Concordia University Press will be in conversation with Jane Mah Hutton (landscape architect and assistant professor at the University of Waterloo) and Melanie O’Brian (acting director, associate director and curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery).
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events
events
Date:
16 November 2023
6pm
16 November 2023
6pm
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CCA Bookstore Keyword(s):
Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Concordia University Press, Sean Yendrys, Jane Mah Hutton, Melanie O’Brian, Building Arguments
CCA Bookstore Keyword(s):
Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Concordia University Press, Sean Yendrys, Jane Mah Hutton, Melanie O’Brian, Building Arguments
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Seagram Plaza
Seagram Plaza
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The plaza at the Seagram Building in New York, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958, was a litmus test of what an open space in the city could be. Raised three steps above the sidewalk along Park Avenue, the plaza is an oasis of calm, distant from the commotion and turbulence of the street. The way in which the plaza has been adopted by New Yorkers(...)
The plaza at the Seagram Building in New York, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958, was a litmus test of what an open space in the city could be. Raised three steps above the sidewalk along Park Avenue, the plaza is an oasis of calm, distant from the commotion and turbulence of the street. The way in which the plaza has been adopted by New Yorkers(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
Date:
1 May 2013 to 18 August 2013
1 May 2013 to 18 August 2013
Title:
Seagram Plaza
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The plaza at the Seagram Building in New York, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958, was a litmus test of what an open space in the city could be. Raised three steps above the sidewalk along Park Avenue, the plaza is an oasis of calm, distant from the commotion and turbulence of the street. The way in which the plaza has been adopted by New Yorkers(...)
Seagram Plaza
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The plaza at the Seagram Building in New York, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958, was a litmus test of what an open space in the city could be. Raised three steps above the sidewalk along Park Avenue, the plaza is an oasis of calm, distant from the commotion and turbulence of the street. The way in which the plaza has been adopted by New Yorkers(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
1 May 2013 to
18 August 2013
1 May 2013 to
18 August 2013
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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events
events
Title:
Learning from... Montréal
Learning from... Montréal
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Lance Blomgren uses his 2009 book Walkups—a novella set entirely within Montréal’s row house apartment buildings—as a springboard for an analysis of the discursive plane of fictional architecture. Looking at works by John Hejduk, Ilya Kabakov, Alice Aycock and others, Blomgren argues that contemporary modes of speculative architecture offer a vital, if ethically fraught,(...)
Lance Blomgren uses his 2009 book Walkups—a novella set entirely within Montréal’s row house apartment buildings—as a springboard for an analysis of the discursive plane of fictional architecture. Looking at works by John Hejduk, Ilya Kabakov, Alice Aycock and others, Blomgren argues that contemporary modes of speculative architecture offer a vital, if ethically fraught,(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Date:
2 May 2013 , 7pm
2 May 2013 , 7pm
Title:
Learning from... Montréal
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Lance Blomgren uses his 2009 book Walkups—a novella set entirely within Montréal’s row house apartment buildings—as a springboard for an analysis of the discursive plane of fictional architecture. Looking at works by John Hejduk, Ilya Kabakov, Alice Aycock and others, Blomgren argues that contemporary modes of speculative architecture offer a vital, if ethically fraught,(...)
Learning from... Montréal
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Lance Blomgren uses his 2009 book Walkups—a novella set entirely within Montréal’s row house apartment buildings—as a springboard for an analysis of the discursive plane of fictional architecture. Looking at works by John Hejduk, Ilya Kabakov, Alice Aycock and others, Blomgren argues that contemporary modes of speculative architecture offer a vital, if ethically fraught,(...)
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events
events
Date:
2 May 2013
7pm
2 May 2013
7pm
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Description:
The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
18 April 2002 to 29 September 2002
18 April 2002 to 29 September 2002
Title:
Lewis Baltz: The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California
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The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
Lewis Baltz: The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California
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The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
18 April 2002 to
29 September 2002
18 April 2002 to
29 September 2002
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Form:
events
events
Title:
Learning from… Tokyo
Learning from… Tokyo
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Description:
In this lecture entitled Tokyo Nine Flux, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto interprets urban space in Tokyo as a causal chain of responses to flux – natural phenomena such as earthquakes and typhoons that pose a constant threat to the city, and increases in population, traffic and waste. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto is co-founder, with Momoyo Kaijima, of the architectural studio Atelier(...)
In this lecture entitled Tokyo Nine Flux, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto interprets urban space in Tokyo as a causal chain of responses to flux – natural phenomena such as earthquakes and typhoons that pose a constant threat to the city, and increases in population, traffic and waste. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto is co-founder, with Momoyo Kaijima, of the architectural studio Atelier(...)
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Date:
26 April 2007 , 7pm
26 April 2007 , 7pm
Title:
Learning from… Tokyo
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In this lecture entitled Tokyo Nine Flux, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto interprets urban space in Tokyo as a causal chain of responses to flux – natural phenomena such as earthquakes and typhoons that pose a constant threat to the city, and increases in population, traffic and waste. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto is co-founder, with Momoyo Kaijima, of the architectural studio Atelier(...)
Learning from… Tokyo
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Description:
In this lecture entitled Tokyo Nine Flux, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto interprets urban space in Tokyo as a causal chain of responses to flux – natural phenomena such as earthquakes and typhoons that pose a constant threat to the city, and increases in population, traffic and waste. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto is co-founder, with Momoyo Kaijima, of the architectural studio Atelier(...)
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events
events
Date:
26 April 2007
7pm
26 April 2007
7pm
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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events
events
Title:
Learning from… Lagos
Learning from… Lagos
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Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Date:
29 March 2007 , 6pm
29 March 2007 , 6pm
Title:
Learning from… Lagos
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Description:
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
Learning from… Lagos
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Description:
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and a team of students from The Harvard Project on the City are followed over a 2-year period as they research Lagos, Nigeria in Lagos Wide and Close (Netherlands, 2005), a documentary by Bregtje van der Haak. Lagos is home to an estimated 15 million people whose survival depends on improvisation, networking, and risk-taking. Despite extreme(...)
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events
events
Date:
29 March 2007
6pm
29 March 2007
6pm
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Form:
events
events
Title:
Learning from... Caracas
Learning from... Caracas
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Description:
Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Date:
8 May 2014 , 6pm
8 May 2014 , 6pm
Title:
Learning from... Caracas
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Description:
Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Learning from... Caracas
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Description:
Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
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events
events
Date:
8 May 2014
6pm
8 May 2014
6pm
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Location:
Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
Date:
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
Title:
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Description:
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Description:
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
24 November 1999 to
30 April 2000
24 November 1999 to
30 April 2000
Location:
Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
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archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
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Fonds
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Jean Michaud fonds
Jean Michaud fonds
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Reference number:
AP012
Synopsis:
Le Fonds Jean Michaud est constitué autour de 5 projets étudiants, 79 projets professionnels, 6 projets non identifiés, 13 projets réalisés par d'autres architectes, ainsi que divers documents visuels et textuels. Les projets de l'architecte sont répartis en 42 projets résidentiels, 4 pour les loisirs et l'animation sociale, 9 éducatifs, 7 commerciaux et administratifs, 3 industriels et manufacturiers, 1 pour le transport routier, 9 gouvernementales, 1 médical, 2 religieux et 1 projet d'aménagement urbain. Ces projets sont principalement concentrés dans quatre régions du Québec. Il y en a 29 dans la région de Montréal (incluant Laval et Vaudreuil-Dorion; dont 17 à Montréal), 20 dans la région du Bas-Saint-Laurent et Gaspésie (11 à Rimouski), 12 en Montérégie (8 à Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu) et 7 dans les Laurentides. Le fonds Jean Michaud comprend 1613 dessins, 959 reprographies, 271 documents photographiques, 43 documents graphiques, 1 maquette, ainsi que 2.805 m.l. de documents textuels. Ces documents ont été principalement produits entre 1950 et 1970.
AP012
Synopsis:
Le Fonds Jean Michaud est constitué autour de 5 projets étudiants, 79 projets professionnels, 6 projets non identifiés, 13 projets réalisés par d'autres architectes, ainsi que divers documents visuels et textuels. Les projets de l'architecte sont répartis en 42 projets résidentiels, 4 pour les loisirs et l'animation sociale, 9 éducatifs, 7 commerciaux et administratifs, 3 industriels et manufacturiers, 1 pour le transport routier, 9 gouvernementales, 1 médical, 2 religieux et 1 projet d'aménagement urbain. Ces projets sont principalement concentrés dans quatre régions du Québec. Il y en a 29 dans la région de Montréal (incluant Laval et Vaudreuil-Dorion; dont 17 à Montréal), 20 dans la région du Bas-Saint-Laurent et Gaspésie (11 à Rimouski), 12 en Montérégie (8 à Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu) et 7 dans les Laurentides. Le fonds Jean Michaud comprend 1613 dessins, 959 reprographies, 271 documents photographiques, 43 documents graphiques, 1 maquette, ainsi que 2.805 m.l. de documents textuels. Ces documents ont été principalement produits entre 1950 et 1970.
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Date:
1852, 1916, 1938-1981, surtout 1950-1974
1852, 1916, 1938-1981, surtout 1950-1974
Title:
Jean Michaud fonds
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AP012
Synopsis:
Le Fonds Jean Michaud est constitué autour de 5 projets étudiants, 79 projets professionnels, 6 projets non identifiés, 13 projets réalisés par d'autres architectes, ainsi que divers documents visuels et textuels. Les projets de l'architecte sont répartis en 42 projets résidentiels, 4 pour les loisirs et l'animation sociale, 9 éducatifs, 7 commerciaux et administratifs, 3 industriels et manufacturiers, 1 pour le transport routier, 9 gouvernementales, 1 médical, 2 religieux et 1 projet d'aménagement urbain. Ces projets sont principalement concentrés dans quatre régions du Québec. Il y en a 29 dans la région de Montréal (incluant Laval et Vaudreuil-Dorion; dont 17 à Montréal), 20 dans la région du Bas-Saint-Laurent et Gaspésie (11 à Rimouski), 12 en Montérégie (8 à Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu) et 7 dans les Laurentides. Le fonds Jean Michaud comprend 1613 dessins, 959 reprographies, 271 documents photographiques, 43 documents graphiques, 1 maquette, ainsi que 2.805 m.l. de documents textuels. Ces documents ont été principalement produits entre 1950 et 1970.
Jean Michaud fonds
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AP012
Synopsis:
Le Fonds Jean Michaud est constitué autour de 5 projets étudiants, 79 projets professionnels, 6 projets non identifiés, 13 projets réalisés par d'autres architectes, ainsi que divers documents visuels et textuels. Les projets de l'architecte sont répartis en 42 projets résidentiels, 4 pour les loisirs et l'animation sociale, 9 éducatifs, 7 commerciaux et administratifs, 3 industriels et manufacturiers, 1 pour le transport routier, 9 gouvernementales, 1 médical, 2 religieux et 1 projet d'aménagement urbain. Ces projets sont principalement concentrés dans quatre régions du Québec. Il y en a 29 dans la région de Montréal (incluant Laval et Vaudreuil-Dorion; dont 17 à Montréal), 20 dans la région du Bas-Saint-Laurent et Gaspésie (11 à Rimouski), 12 en Montérégie (8 à Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu) et 7 dans les Laurentides. Le fonds Jean Michaud comprend 1613 dessins, 959 reprographies, 271 documents photographiques, 43 documents graphiques, 1 maquette, ainsi que 2.805 m.l. de documents textuels. Ces documents ont été principalement produits entre 1950 et 1970.
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archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1852, 1916, 1938-1981, surtout 1950-1974
1852, 1916, 1938-1981, surtout 1950-1974
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