A mobile museum system for Quebec

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• Fonds: Melvin Charney fonds, 1947-2012
•    Series: Projects, 1955-2012
•      Project: A mobile museum system for Quebec, 1972-1973

People

• Melvin Charney (architect)
• Melvin Charney (archive creator)

Title

A mobile museum system for Quebec

Dates of creation

1972-1973

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 0.03 l.m. of textual records
• 9 drawings

Scope and Content

Project series documents an unrealized project for a mobile museum system for the province of Québec developed in 1972-1973 in collaboration with Normand Thériault. The project is also identified as "Projet d'initation d'un system mobile d'education populaire et de development cultural regional" in the material included in this project series. It includes correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, and sketches.

Reference Number

AP041.S1.1973.D1

Arrangement

Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.

Language of material

French, English

Inventory

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:020
  • Title: Correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, and sketches, Mobile museum system, Québec
  • Dates of creation: 1972-1973
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Normand Thériault (collaborator)
  • Melvin Charney (architect)
  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, and sketches related to the project, A mobile museum system for Quebec [« Projet d'initation d'un system mobile d'education populaire et de development cultural regional »]. Original folder inscribed in graphite: "LE GRANDE EXPO ORDINAIRE DU QUEBEC".

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.03 l.m. of textual records
  • 9 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 12,6 × 20 cm (4 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 27,7 × 21,2 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Dara Charney/
  Gift of Dara Charney