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Ross & Macdonald fonds
AP013
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The Ross & Macdonald fonds is comprised of documents concerning the work of six successive architectural firms: Ross & MacFarlane (1905-1912), Ross & Macdonald (1913-1944), Ross & Ross (1944-1946), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan (1946-1950), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (1950-1958), and Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett (1958-1976). The greatest concentration of work was produced in Montreal where each of the firms maintained their head office, but there were also a large number of works executed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The fonds contains 27 884 drawings (24 294 originals plus 3 590 reproductions), 236 photographs, and 18.6 metres of textual documents.
1902-1982
Ross & Macdonald fonds
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AP013
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The Ross & Macdonald fonds is comprised of documents concerning the work of six successive architectural firms: Ross & MacFarlane (1905-1912), Ross & Macdonald (1913-1944), Ross & Ross (1944-1946), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan (1946-1950), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (1950-1958), and Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett (1958-1976). The greatest concentration of work was produced in Montreal where each of the firms maintained their head office, but there were also a large number of works executed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The fonds contains 27 884 drawings (24 294 originals plus 3 590 reproductions), 236 photographs, and 18.6 metres of textual documents.
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1902-1982
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AP075.S3.SS2.149
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This box contains professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958-1993, with a bulk of documents dated from 1978-1993. This correspondence contains chiefly letters related to publishing in landscape architecture publications, correspondence with schools of architecture and landscape architects associations, such as the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, about membership or attendance to events. It also comprises correspondence related to research on play and playgrounds, collaboration with organizations for children education, research and involvement in sustainable development. It also contains correspondence with city planning committees or other governmental institutions related to projects or consultation in landscape design, and letters of reference or offer of services. This correspondence also comprises a few letters related to Oberlander's projects such as Children's Creative Centre Playground at Expo '67 in Montréal, University of British Columbia Faculty Club additions (which includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson), the Museum of Anthropology. It includes mainly letters of congratulations or comments for her design.
1958-1993
Professional correspondence from 1958-1993
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AP075.S3.SS2.149
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This box contains professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958-1993, with a bulk of documents dated from 1978-1993. This correspondence contains chiefly letters related to publishing in landscape architecture publications, correspondence with schools of architecture and landscape architects associations, such as the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, about membership or attendance to events. It also comprises correspondence related to research on play and playgrounds, collaboration with organizations for children education, research and involvement in sustainable development. It also contains correspondence with city planning committees or other governmental institutions related to projects or consultation in landscape design, and letters of reference or offer of services. This correspondence also comprises a few letters related to Oberlander's projects such as Children's Creative Centre Playground at Expo '67 in Montréal, University of British Columbia Faculty Club additions (which includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson), the Museum of Anthropology. It includes mainly letters of congratulations or comments for her design.
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1958-1993
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Van Ginkel Associates fonds
AP027
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The Van Ginkel Associates fonds is comprised of documents concerning van Ginkel Associates, van Ginkel Associates Ltd., Ecos Ltd., van Ginkel Partners, Ginkelvan Ltd, van Ginkel Associates Ltd. (1977), the styles under which H.P. van Ginkel and Blanche Lemco van Ginkel practiced as a multidisciplinary planning, management and architecture firm. Much of the van Ginkels' work was done in the Montréal area and nation-wide. The fonds contains approximately 1 985 drawings (1 420 originals plus 565 reproductions), 41 boards, 3 photographs, 2 collages, 2 typescripts, 1 model, 1 sketchbook and approximately 12.23 meters of textual documents. The documents were primarily produced between 1955 and 1980.
1944-1992
Van Ginkel Associates fonds
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AP027
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The Van Ginkel Associates fonds is comprised of documents concerning van Ginkel Associates, van Ginkel Associates Ltd., Ecos Ltd., van Ginkel Partners, Ginkelvan Ltd, van Ginkel Associates Ltd. (1977), the styles under which H.P. van Ginkel and Blanche Lemco van Ginkel practiced as a multidisciplinary planning, management and architecture firm. Much of the van Ginkels' work was done in the Montréal area and nation-wide. The fonds contains approximately 1 985 drawings (1 420 originals plus 565 reproductions), 41 boards, 3 photographs, 2 collages, 2 typescripts, 1 model, 1 sketchbook and approximately 12.23 meters of textual documents. The documents were primarily produced between 1955 and 1980.
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1944-1992
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ix, 420 pages : illustrations, group portrait ; 23 cm.
New York : Arno Press, 1970., ©1970 [©1912]
American city government / Charles A. Beard.
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ix, 420 pages : illustrations, group portrait ; 23 cm.
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New York : Arno Press, 1970., ©1970 [©1912]
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63 pages.
[Toronto, Ont.] : University [of Toronto] Library, the Librarian, 1902.
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[Toronto, Ont.] : University [of Toronto] Library, the Librarian, 1902.
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ii, 36 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Winnipeg (Man.) : University of Winnipeg, Institute of Urban Studies, 1984.
City planning as utopian ideology and city government function / by Earl A. Levin.
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ii, 36 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Winnipeg (Man.) : University of Winnipeg, Institute of Urban Studies, 1984.
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[8], 441 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Philadelphia : J.C. Winston, 1908.
Washington, the city and the seat of government / by C.H. Forbes-Lindsay.
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[8], 441 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Philadelphia : J.C. Winston, 1908.
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xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Urban government and the rise of the French city : five municipalities in the nineteenth century / William B. Cohen.
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xiv, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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xv, 466 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1982.
The government of Victorian London, 1855-1889 : the Metropolitan Board of Works, the vestries, and the City Corporation / David Owen ; edited by Roy MacLeod ; with contributions by David Reeder, Donald Olsen, and Francis Sheppard.
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xv, 466 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1982.
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3 volumes (2000 pages) ; 35 cm
Birmingham : Council House, [1910]
Minutes of evidence taken at an inquiry held by the local government board as to alteration of the boundaries of the city of Birmingham.
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3 volumes (2000 pages) ; 35 cm
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Birmingham : Council House, [1910]