Correspondence
1935-2012
Sub-series
This sub-series documents Melvin Charney's activities through professional correspondence with various institutions, museums, galleries and collaborators related to his projects, his writings, lectures, interviews, exhibitions he curated and the group exhibitions he participated in. The sub-series also includes some personal correspondence.
Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.
English, French, Hebrew
Sort by:
Assorted documents in English and French, including correspondence related to the following:
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts;
- Melvin Charney's membership in Le regoupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec;
- Royal Canadian Navy monument.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence and notes related to the sale of the catalogue for the exhibition Melvin Charney: oeuvres 1970-1979, at Ballenford Architectural Books.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: BALLENFORD ARCH. BOOKS GALLERY / TORONTO / DEC '80 DEC '81
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Original folder inscribed in graphite: HABITAT FORUM / SETTLEMENT BY PEOPLE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing correspondence with family, Melvin Charney's birth certificate, childhood vaccination cards, and apprentice's book.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and Hebrew, including correspondence (primarily telegrams), various newspaper clippings, report cards, and other textual ephemera related to Melvin Charney's early life.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, transcripts, and a reprographic copy of Melvin Charney's diploma from McGill.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: McGill UNIVERSITY
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing a photograph and correspondence with colleagues and friends, dating to early in Melvin Charney's career.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including personal correspondence between Melvin Charney and his family, an exhibition catalogue for selected works by Jewish artists, and Melvin Charney's American social security card.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] M
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and colleagues at the Dictionary of Art.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MACMILLAN / DICTIONARY OF ART
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Includes references to A Chicago construction, royalties for a filmed interview, and a design competition for the new museum site.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, CHICAGO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including newspaper clippings, notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN - MONTREAL
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE DU QUEBEC
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues. Includes a copy of the 15 February 1993 issue of The New Yorker.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] N
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including a city map of Sydney, Australia, notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the New South Wales Institute of Technology, primarily regarding a lecture by Melvin Charney in 1981.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: NEW SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF TECH.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] O
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] P
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Pratt Institute regarding a lecture given by Melvin Charney.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PRATT INSTITUTE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including a newspaper clipping, notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Max Protetch Gallery, New York City.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MAX PROTETCH GALLERY
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes, and personal correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] Q
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] R
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including notes, and personal and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: RESTANY, PIERRE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including notes, sketches, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and Josiane Rivoire regarding an unnamed, uncompleted project.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: RIVOIRE, JOSIANE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] S
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, newspaper clippings, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and colleagues regarding the release for sale of the following pieces:
- Parable no.3 ... La Prairie;
- Parable no. 4 ... Segesta;
- Parable nos. 10 and 11 ... so be it.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: SHARON LONDON-LISS /HORNE COL. 1996+
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and colleagues at St. James Press regarding his inclusion in Contemporary Architects.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ST. JAMES PRESS-CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including a newspaper clipping, notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] T
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: The Vancouver Art Gallery
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, a poster, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and colleagues at the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now part of Dalhousie University).
Original folder inscribed in graphite: TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF NOVA SCOTIA
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and Christian Thomsen regarding Melvin Charney's inclusion in the book Experimental Architecture.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CHRISTIAN THOMSEN
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes, photographs, a sketch, and personal and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and Alexander Tzonis.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: TZONIS, ALEXANDER
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 12,8 × 8,7 cm (5 1/16 × 3 7/16 in.) sheet (largest): 21,3 × 13,7 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, a poster, and personal and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] U
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and colleagues at l'Université de Montréal.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: U de M CURRENT
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] V
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, sketches, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at Visual Arts Ontario regarding A Toronto construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: VISUAL ARTS ONTARIO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including personal and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and Michel Vernes.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MICHEL VERNE[sic]
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes, and personal professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various colleagues.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDANCE[sic] W-X-Y-Z
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: WINNIPEG ART GALLERY
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including notes, photocopies of floorplans for the Bay Wellington Tower in Toronto and the Art Gallery of York University, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and various members of staff at York University regarding potential artistic opportunities.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: YORK UNIVERSITY
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including personal and professional correspondence, and a photograph.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE A
1 file(s)
Contains thermal faxes that could fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence between Melvin Charney and Lance Wright, editor of the Architectural Review.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence and notes, related to copyright issues and Melvin Charney's donation of a photo-assemblage of Le trésor de Trois-Rivières.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ART DEALERS ASSOC OF CANADA (PADAC)
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including a printout of the floorplan for the McLean Gallery with annotations in graphite and red ink, sketches, and correspondence between Melvin Charney and members of staff at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including a CV, waybills, and correspondence related to the exhibition and later acquisition by the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, of Parable no. 25 .... re:visions of the temple.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: AGNES ETHERINGTON ART CENTER [sic] / QUEEN'S
1 file(s)
inscribed
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes and posters related to Melvin Charney's planned public lecture at the AKA Artist-Run Centre in Saskatoon.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: AKA GALLERY
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails) and notes, related to Melvin Charney's planned public lecture at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: AIBC / VANCOUVER / MAY 2003
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence related to the review of Parables and other allegories: the works of Melvin Charney 1975-1990, by Archi-Créé.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARCHI-CREE / PARIS
1 file(s)
Contains thermal faxes that could fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence related to Artexte's public art database project, newsletters, and programs.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTEXTE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence related to an article to be written about Melvin Charney in L'architecture d'aujourd'hui.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: L'ARCHITECTURE D'AUJOURD'HUI
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes and waybills related to the following works of art on consignment at the Evelyn Aimis Fine Art gallery in Toronto:
- Chicago construction, no.1;
- Chicago construction, no. 5;
- Toronto construction, no. 4;
- Construction study, no. 2;
- Constrcution in Calabria, no. 2;
- Construction in Calabria, no. 4;
- Construction study, no. 8;
- A camp on the vineyard;
- Fragments of the forgotten city;
- Fragments of the forgotten city, no. 3;
- Way station, no. 6;
- Fragments of the forgotten city, no. 14;
- Building displacements, no. 2;
- Building displacements, no. 3... Laugier à la cité.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: EVELYN AIMIS FINE ART, TORONTO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to Melvin Charney writing a piece on architecture and political criticism for Artforum.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTFORUM
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, French and German, including business correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE B
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including personal and business correspondence, CVs, notes and waybills. Specific references are made to the Lethbridge construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE C
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence regarding an article about Melvin Charney appearing in The Canadian Forum, drafts, and waybills.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: THE CANADIAN FORUM
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence related to the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography's acquisition of the following six black-and-white photographs by Melvin Charney:
- La maison de Rivière-des-Prairies, Québec;
- Pichette nettoyeur, Trois-Rivières, Québec;
- Garage, Eastman, Québec;
- Grange, Sainte-Catherine de Hatley, Québec;
- Scierie, Saint-Malo, Québec;
- Hangars de chargement, La Prairie, Québec.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMP PHOTO / OTTAWA
1 File
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including business and personal correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE D
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence and notes between Melvin Charney and staff at the Marianne Deson Gallery regarding representation and the possibility of an exhibition at the gallery.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MARIANNE DESON GALLERY / CHICAGO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including business correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE E
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including business correspondence, invoices, and consignment lists. Includes references to Melvin Charney's design submission for the Yonge International Square Art competition in Toronto.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE F
1 file(s)
Contains thermal faxes that can fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including business correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE G
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including business and personal correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE H
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including business correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE I
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including copy of the 1994 membership handbook for the International Sculpture Center, and correspondence between Melvin Charney and David M. Furchgott, Executive Director of the ISC.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ICS INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CENTRE [sic]
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including newspaper clippings, and business correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE J
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including business correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE K
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including business and personal correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE L
1 file(s)
Contains thermal faxes that can fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Folder containing correspondence in French related to matters of the council of l'Ordre national du Québec.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including professional correspondence and project outlines related to a possible collaboration between Melvin Charney and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CBC IDEAS SERIES
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Bound documents in French, including corresponendence, and a grant application to the Canada Council Explorations Program by Bernard Cosette.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to Melvin Charney's report, "Streetworks: generating public open space".
Original folder inscribed in graphite: M.S.U.A. / STREETS / 2101-J-10
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily printouts of faxes) and a publishing contract between Melvin Charney and the Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: FRAC BASSE-NORMANDIE / CONTRAT 03.98
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes, and a poster related to Melvin Charney's speaking engagement at the Edmonton Society for Urban and Architecture Studies.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: EDMONTON SOC FOR URBAN & ARCH STUDIES
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including assorted personal and professional correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE W
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including assorted personal and professional correspondence, and notes.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE
1 file(s)
inscribed
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including assorted personal and professional correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, and posters.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: TROY WEST
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including assorted professional correspondence related largely to Melvin Charney's academic activities.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE X Y Z
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including professional correspondence related largely to Melvin Charney's academic activities.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ZEVI / ARCHITETTURA
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including personal correspondence.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including professional correspondence related largely to Melvin Charney's academic activities.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE A - N
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including professional correspondence related largely to Melvin Charney's academic activities.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CORRESPONDENCE O - Z
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to a cancelled book project by Melvin Charney, tentatively titled A way out: on the liberation of architecture.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and Rita Zimmerman regarding A Chicago construction.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: RITA ZIMMERMAN / CHICAGO
1 file(s)
Contains thermal faxes that can fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominent), including correspondence regarding publishers' interest in Melvin Charney's work.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARQ / ARCHITECTURE QUEBEC
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) with French, including correspondence (primarily prinouts of emails and faxes) regarding "Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney".
Original folder inscribed in graphite: Maurice BOUCHER
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence (primarily typewritten) between Melvin Charney and the managing editor of The Canadian Architect. Also contains notes, photocopies, printouts and waybills.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CANADIAN ARCHITECT
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence (primarily typewritten with some faxes) regarding interviews and programming proposals.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily typewritten) and notes related to La Ville: art et architecture en Europe 1870-1994.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU / CCI
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails) regarding Tracking images: Melvin Charney, un dictionnaire..., along with press clippings, and reference materials.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA PHOTO / PARIS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails, with some faxes), notes, reference materials, and waybills, with specific references made to the following projects:
- CCA garden;
- Un dictionnaire....
Original folder inscribed in graphite: J-F CHEVRIER / 2008 +
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant), including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails) and notes regarding the private sale of the following works:
- One size fits all / 2: 20th century New York skyscrapers;
- The American city: via Saigon;
- Fathers and Sons...;
- Cities on the run... realignments often are.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: NORMAN DAMIANI
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, notes, and reference materials.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: BOOK PROJECT: THE CITY / J.P. DOLLÉ 1994/1995 + J.P. DOLLÉ
1 file(s)
Contains thermal faxes that can fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence, notes, and photographic materials.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: FORGET Carrol
1 file(s)
sheets: 15,1 × 10 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing correspondence in French (including printouts and faxes) regarding the purchase of Melvin Charney's work, In flight ... Selavy, no. 2, by the Fonds national d'art contemporain in France.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: FONDS NATIONAL D'ART CONTEMPORAIN FRANCE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, a reprographic copy of a drawing of the King Street Sculpture Garden in Toronto (elevation and site plan, with annotations in black ink), notes, programs, and reference materials.
Folder inscribed in graphite: RINA GREER / ART CONSULT / TORONTO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily printouts and faxes), and reference materials related to the Dictionnaire de l'architecture du XXe siècle.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: DICT D'ARCH XX SIECLE / HAZAN EDITIONS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily typescripts), notes, and reference materials.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: LA PRESSE / MONTREAL
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence with Judith M. Rodger regarding a lecture by Melvin Charney at the London Regional Art Gallery.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: LONDON REGIONAL ART GALLERY
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence and notes regarding payment for Melvin Charney's writing.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MIT PRESS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes, and a sketch, related to the following incomplete competition submissions:
- Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation;
- Olympic Village Plaza, Vancouver.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: KAREN MILLS
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails) regarding the appraisal and donation of the following works to the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal:
- Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, plan urbaine, 1:400 scale;
- Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, plan d'implementation et système de canalisation de l'eau, 1:100 scale;
- Square Berri: concours d'art public : Falaises - cascades d'eau, 1:50 scale;
- Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau / rues, ruisseaux... une construction, maquette du projet final, 1:20 scale;
Also:
- This must be the place, by Roy Lichtenstein.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: 2006 MACM / CULT PROP
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence between Melvin Charney and staff at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, notes, newspaper clippings, and waybills.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DE MONTREAL
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, a CV, and notes.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE REGIONAL DE LA COTE-NORD / SEPT-ILES
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence. References are made to the National Gallery of Canada's sponsorship of an exhibition of Melvin Charney's work at the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, along with notes, and press clippings.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA / 2000+
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to Melvin Charney's professional relationship with the Power Plant Gallery in Toronto.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: POWER PLANT / HARBOURFRONT / TORONTO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including contracts, and correspondence regarding Melvin Charney's participation on a radio program.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: RADIO QUEBEC / TELE QUEBEC
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence regarding the inclusion of Corridart and A Chicago construction in a book by Jun Teshigawa.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM / TOKYO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails and faxes) regarding Michel Tremblay and Claire Longpré's interest in purchasing works by Melvin Charney, along with acquisition lists and catalogue information.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CLAIRE LONGPRÉ / MICHEL TREMBLAY
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence and a note regarding a speaking engagement by Melvin Charney at the University of Ottawa.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in French, including correspondence regarding Melvin Charney's presentation at Université de Sherbrooke.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: U de SHERBROOKE
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes, and posters pertaining to Melvin Charney's lecture at the University of Toronto.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence, regional maps, notes, and waybills between Melvin Charney and various faculty members at the University of Waterloo.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including personal correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), invitations, notes, a photograph of an unidentified house, newspaper clippings, and programs.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including personal correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), a CV, invitations, press clippings, and reference materials.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to the granting of power of attorney to Melvin Charney's wife Ann Charney, and daughter Dr. Dara Charney.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: SPIEGEL SOHMER - MAY 2012
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Assorted documents in English, including a booklet, press clippings and correspondence related to galleries in Montreal.
1 textual record(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Printout of email related to Manif d'art 6: machines on the march.
1 textual record(s)
sheet: 27,8 × 21,5 × 0,1 cm (10 15/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/16 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including notes and correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), related to copyright and reproduction requests for the following projects:
- Une célébration... de l'eau à la lumiere;
- Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau, rues, ruissances,... une construction;
- CCA garden;
- Site/interlude.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: COPYRIGHT REQUESTS 2008-11
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English, including correspondence and CVs related to Melvin Charney's application for Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grants for the exhibition of Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney, in New York City.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN COUNCIL TR GRANT / 10.2007
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence related to Melvin Charney's application for funding for the exhibition, Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: 09.2007 CALQ
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Folder containing business card, correspondence, and note.
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French, including brochures, correspondence, and press clippings related to Melvin Charney's travels to France.
Original folder inscribed in graphite: FRANCE - TRAVEL
1 file(s)
Contains thermal faxes that can fade with time.
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), invitations, and notes, with specific mentions of Melvin Charney's exhibition at the Pushkin Museum, and the book Melvin Charney: Parcours de la réinvention [About reinvention].
Original folder inscribed in graphite: 2004-2005 PARIS / CURRENT
1 file(s)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Sign up to get news from us
Thank you for signing up. You'll begin to receive emails from us shortly.
We’re not able to update your preferences at the moment. Please try again later.
You’ve already subscribed with this email address. If you’d like to subscribe with another, please try again.
This email was permanently deleted from our database. If you’d like to resubscribe with this email, please contact us
Please complete the form below to buy:
[Title of the book, authors]
ISBN: [ISBN of the book]
Price [Price of book]
Thank you for placing an order. We will contact you shortly.
We’re not able to process your request at the moment. Please try again later.
Your folder is empty.
