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Ephemera and reference materials

Ephemera and reference materials

Part of

People

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

Title

Ephemera and reference materials

Dates of creation

1925-2012

Level of archival description

Subseries

Extent and Medium

  • 0.63 l.m. of textual records
  • 227 photographic materials
  • 123 ephemera
  • 144 drawings (including 142 reprographic copies)
  • 9 serials
  • 8 books

Scope and Content

This sub-series contains various reference material collected by Melvin Charney. It includes notes, ephemera, newspaper clippings, photographic materials, and various publications and bulletins, mainly related to Canadian and Montréal archtiecture, urbanism, tourism, art and artworks.

Reference Number

AP041.S6.SS03

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

English, French

Inventory

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0011:033
    • Title: Exhibition catalogue "Memories and testimonies"
    • Dates of creation: 2002
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 catalogue(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Dimensions:

    book: 27,1 × 27,1 × 0,8 cm

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:047:002
    • Title: Plans and working drawings for a Residential Condominium Project
    • Dates of creation: February 2001
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Includes plans and working drawings for an architectural project titled, "Residential Condominium Project, 210-214 Victoria Avenue, Westmount, Québec" by architect Karl Fischer.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 roll(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 5 reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 71.5 × 91.7 cm

    Physical Description:

    Rolled.

    Location:

    Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    041-001-010R

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:047:005
    • Title: An aerial photograph of downtown Montréal, from the Housing and City Planning Department
    • Dates of creation: May 1975
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 roll(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 62.3 × 63.4 cm

    Physical Description:

    Rolled.

    Location:

    Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    041-002-003R

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:050
    • Title: Posters and mailouts for various events
    • Dates of creation: between 1965 and 2008, predominant 1976-1981
    • Form: graphic materials
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

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

    Description:

    File containing assorted posters and mailouts for the following events, etc.:
    - poster for Quebec release of For a few dollars more;
    - mailout for Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at Sonnabend Gallery;
    - poster for Robert Rauchenberg's White paintings at Leo Castelli Gallery;
    - posters for Melvin Charney: other monuments, six works exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario;
    - poster for Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney;
    - mailout for Frank Stella lithographs at Castelli Graphics [Leo Castelli Gallery];
    - invitation for the opening of Montréal, plus ou moins?;
    - poster for Edward Rushca Liquid word series at the Alexandre Iolas Gallery;
    - poster for a conference at the Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven in which Melvin Charney participated;
    - poster and unfolded brochure for Corridart;
    - poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery;
    - poster for Melvin Charney's exhibition Other monuments: 1970-1976 at Gund Hall, Harvard University;
    - poster for James Rosenquist exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery;
    - poster for Jasper Johns exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery;
    - colour and black-and-white publication dummies for a book about Melvin Charney by the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal;
    - poster for exhibition for the 6th residential course of the Labratorio internazionale di Architettura e Disegno Urbano.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 26 ephemera

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:057:002
    • Title: Various posters and brochures related to Melvin Charney's exhibitions and projects
    • Dates of creation: 1969-1977
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Panels and unfolded brochures related to the following projects:
    - Other monuments;
    - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières;
    - Memo series;
    - Fragments;
    - Un dictionnaire...;
    - Corridart (brochures).

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 panel(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 34 reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    panels: 30,2 × 101,7 cm sheets: 20,2 × 88,8 cm (7 15/16 × 34 15/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Includes panels.

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:063:001
    • Title: Assorted newspaper clippings used as reference materials
    • Dates of creation: 2010-2011
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    041-008-001

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:063:002
    • Title: Assorted newspaper clippings used as reference materials
    • Dates of creation: 2010
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted newspaper clippings in English, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    041-008-002

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:063:003
    • Title: Assorted newspaper clippings used as reference materials
    • Dates of creation: 2009
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    041-008-003

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:063:004
    • Title: Assorted newspaper clippings used as reference materials
    • Dates of creation: 2009
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    041-008-004

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:063:005
    • Title: Assorted newspaper clippings used as reference materials
    • Dates of creation: 2007-2008
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted newspaper clippings in English, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects; believed to be reference materials.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    041-008-005

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:074:008
    • Title: Reference materials related to camera equipment
    • Dates of creation: 1984, 2002
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English related to camera equipment.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: NIKON

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:081:001
    • Title: Stereographs of various global landmarks
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Ring binder containing stereographs of various global landmarks.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 ring binder(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 53 reprographic copies

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:011
    • Title: Serial "L'architettura"
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Serial vol. 13, no. 8.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 serial

    Dimensions:

    book: 32,4 × 24,3 × 0,6 cm (12 3/4 × 9 9/16 × 1/4 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:013
    • Title: Serial "Heavy Construction News"
    • Dates of creation: 1968
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 serial

    Dimensions:

    book: 28,5 × 21 × 0,2 cm

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:085:021
    • Title: Publication "Interpretations of nature: contemporary Canadian architecture, landscape and urbanism"
    • Dates of creation: 1994
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • George T. Kapelos (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Dimensions:

    book: 30,4 × 22,8 × 1,5 cm (11 15/16 × 9 × 9/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:087:001
    • Title: Assorted magazine and newspaper clippings used as reference materials
    • Dates of creation: 1991-2006, 2012
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted documents in English (predominant) and French, including magazine and newspaper clippings, seemingly unrelated to Melvin Charney's projects. Believed to be reference materials.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Physical Description:

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:087:004
    • Title: Fall 2001 Ogilvy catalogues
    • Dates of creation: 2001
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing five copies of the fall 2001 Ogilvy catalogue.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 5 serials

    Physical Description:

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:087:005
    • Title: Winter-spring 2011 program from the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery at Concordia University
    • Dates of creation: 2011
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Physical Description:

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:088:015
    • Title: Vocational coursebook "You and your future"
    • Dates of creation: 1948-1949
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    One copy of vocational coursebook, You and your future. Inscribed in black ink: MELVIN CHARNEY VIII B. Calculations in graphite also present.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:088:016
    • Title: Melvin Charney's university exams
    • Dates of creation: 1954-1955
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing exams written by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: OLD EXAMS & CLASS TESTS

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:088:017
    • Title: Program for the 1995 Yale University commencement
    • Dates of creation: 1959
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    A copy of the program for the 1955 Yale spring convocation.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:088:019
    • Title: Rare book catalogue of Libraire François Côté
    • Dates of creation: 2011
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 catalogue(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Dimensions:

    catalogue: 27,8 × 21,6 × 0,5 cm

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:088:021
    • Title: Various publications and bulletins
    • Dates of creation: 1957-1959
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted publications, including the following:
    - Bulletin of Yale University, School of Art and Architecture, series 55, number 1 (January 1959);
    - YES: a creative quaterly, vol. 2, no. 1 (April 1957);
    - YES: a creative quaterly, vol. 2, no. 2 (summer 1957).

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 textual documents

    Dimensions:

    book (smallest): 20,7 × 13,7 × 0,4 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/8 × 3/16 in.) book (largest): 21,5 × 13,7 × 0,2 cm (8 7/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:089:002
    • Title: Photographs of artworks collected by Melvin Charney
    • Dates of creation: circa 1950-1970
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Ring binder containing slides of artworks collected by Melvin Charney.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 ring binder(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 94 slides

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:098:002
    • Title: Serials "Architecture Canada"
    • Dates of creation: 1971
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing reference materials in English, including copies of the 7 June (which includes references to Melvin Charney) and 27 September 1971 issues of Architecture Canada, and reprographic copies thereof.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1971 ARCHITECTURE CANADA

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 4 textual documents

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:001
    • Title: Design for the Expos de Montréal baseball stadium, press release for exhibition, and other reference materials
    • Dates of creation: 1967, 2009-2012
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted documents in English and French, including reference materials, a printout of column designs for the Montreal Expos baseball stadium, and a press release for the group exhibition/audio guide, Montreal modern - a sonic portrait.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 21,3 × 27,7 cm (8 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:004
    • Title: Reference photographs of various Montréal's locations
    • Dates of creation: 1966-1967
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French, including reference materials and photograph of the following locations:
    - Place Victoria (3 photographs);
    - Marriott Château Champlain (1 photograph);
    - Unidentified street (1 photograph);
    - Unidentified house (1 photograph).

    Possibly related to Louis Martin's 2013 book, On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC ANTHO - PHOTOS URGENT

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 6 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 25,2 × 20 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:005
    • Title: Reference materials, notes, photographs, mostly related to the Université du Québec à Montréal
    • Dates of creation: 1972-1973
    • Form: drawings, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French, including reference materials, notes, photographs, and printouts of the following:
    - Model of Université du Québec à Montréal(1 photograph);
    - Composite photograph of soldier (2 photographs, 3 printouts);
    - Demonstration in front of Université du Québec à Montréal, 1973 (2 photographs);
    - Unidentified men (1 photograph).

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: QUÉBEC BOOK CH 1 ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER 1

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 6 photographs
    • 3 reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 12,1 × 16,3 cm (4 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.) sheet (largest): 20,2 × 25,3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:006
    • Title: Reference materials, notes, photographs of various residential buildings
    • Dates of creation: 1971-1973
    • Form: drawings, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French, including notes, photographs, and reference materials of the following:
    - Unidentified stone house (1 photograph);
    - Maison Hector Brossard, Laprairie (1 photograph);
    - Montreal mass housing (1 photograph);
    - Sherbrooke Street West (2 photographs);
    - A.D. settlements (1 photograph);
    - F.E. Came railway specialties (1 printout);
    - 415-419 des Récollets (2 photographs);
    - Unidentified houses (2 photographs, 1 printout).

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: HEROIC PERIOD - QUÉBEC BOOK

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 11 photographs
    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    folder: 24,1 × 37,3 × 1 cm sheet (smallest): 8,8 × 12,5 cm (3 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.) sheet (largest): 25,1 × 20,3 cm (9 7/8 × 8 in.) records: 0,01 l.m.

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:015
    • Title: Serial "YES: a creative quarterly"
    • Dates of creation: 1957
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (graphic designer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    One copy of the summer 1957 edition of YES: a creative quarterly, with graphics by Melvin Charney.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 serial

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:106:002
    • Title: Notes and photographs
    • Dates of creation: 2000
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing notes and photographs. Further investigation regarding the locations represented in the photographs.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 5 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 15,1 × 10 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:106:003
    • Title: Photographs and photomontages of trees and a wooded area
    • Dates of creation: 2004
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing colour photographs and photomontages of trees and a wooded area, and a blank postcard.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 7 photographs
    • 2 photomontages

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 15 × 10 cm sheet (largest): 17 × 29 cm

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:106:004
    • Title: Brochure, notes, and printouts of regional maps for Maine
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing a brochure, notes, and printouts of regional maps for Maine.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC PHOTO LOG (TO FILE AWAY?)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:106:008
    • Title: Notes, magazine and newspaper clippings related to artworks
    • Dates of creation: 1977, 2010-2012
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including magazine and newspaper clippings, and notes.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: NOTES ON ARTWORK: 2000+

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:005
    • Title: Reference materials to the Ville-Marie municipal autoroute development project
    • Dates of creation: 1985-1988
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted reference materials in French related to the Ville-Marie municipal autoroute development project. Two reports are bound.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:006
    • Title: Reference materials related to various urban development projects
    • Dates of creation: 1983-1988
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing materials in French related to the development of the area in Montreal bordered by St. Laurent Boulevard, and St. Catherine and Sanguiner Streets, and Viger Avenue.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:007
    • Title: Reference materials related to the municipal Champs-de-Mars project
    • Dates of creation: 1984-1985
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing reference materials in French, including correspondence, proposals, and reports related to the municipal Champs-de-Mars project.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:008
    • Title: Reference materials related to urban development in Montréal
    • Dates of creation: 1988-1989
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted materials in French, including the following municipal reports:
    - Société d'habitation et de développement de Montréal;
    - Résumé de l'énoncé d'orientations sur l'aménagement de l'arrondissement centre.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:009
    • Title: Reference materials related to urban development in Montréal
    • Dates of creation: 1985-1989
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted reference materials in French, including reports and proposals related to the following Montreal municipal projects:
    - Société d'habitation et de dévéloppement de Montréal, site Hotel-de-Ville, la Gauchetiere, étude de faisabilité;
    - Énoncé d'orientations sur l'aménagement de l'arrondissement centre;
    - Étude pre-faisabilité environmentale du projet Champs-de-Mars;
    - Centre-ville est: opération 20 000 logements.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:010
    • Title: Reference materials related to the municipal Champs-de-Mars project
    • Dates of creation: 1988-1989
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted materials in French, including reports and proposals related to the municipal development and management project for the Champs-de-Mars area of Montreal.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:011
    • Title: Reference materials related to urban development in Montréal
    • Dates of creation: 1989
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted materials in French, including studies and reports (two of which are bound), related to the following municipal projects:
    - Housing developments in Montreal's Chinatown neighbourhood;
    - La place du 350ième anniversaire de Montréal;
    - Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot St-Dominique/Charlotte sud;
    - Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot du Marais/boulevard René-Lévesque.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:012
    • Title: Reference materials related to municipal development projects
    • Dates of creation: 1954, 1975-1976, 1988-1990
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing materials in English and French, including newspaper clippings, project proposals, and reports related to the following municipal development projects:
    - Habitations Jeanne-Mance;
    - redevelopment of Saint Catherine St.;
    - Project to renovate a defective residential zone and to build low-rental dwellings (1954).

    Also includes one copy of Le monument national, published by Sauvons Montreal.

    Items originally housed in a box labelled:
    VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU
    Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:111:019
    • Title: Reference photographs of Montréal
    • Dates of creation: 1989
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing contact sheets, negatives, and photographs of the following:
    - Faubourg-St Laurent (49 black-and-white negative film strips, 9 negative film strips, 8 black-and-white contact sheets);
    - Aerial of Palais de Congrès and surrounding area (2 chromogenic colour prints);
    - Unidentfied model (1 chromogenic colour print);
    - Aerial of Montreal (1 chromogenic colour print).

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 58 negatives
    • 8 contact sheets
    • 4 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 8,8 × 12,4 cm (3 7/16 × 4 7/8 in.)( sheet (largest): 15 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:133:001
    • Title: Various high school and university documents of Melvin Charney
    • Dates of creation: ca. 1950
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted documents including Melvin Charney's exit math exams from high school, and notes,

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:133:002
    • Title: Melvin Charney's student work from McGill University
    • Dates of creation: 1955-1956
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted documents in English, including exams and lab reports by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:133:007
    • Title: The Oracle yearbook from Strathcona Academy
    • Dates of creation: 1949-1952
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Three copies of The Oracle yearbook (two from 1952) from Strathcona Academy.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 books

    Dimensions:

    book: 27,8 × 20,4 × 0,7 cm (10 15/16 × 8 1/16 × 1/4 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:001
    • Title: Framed poster of Vitruvian Man and cigarette
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: graphic materials
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (artist)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Poster of Da Vinci's Virtuvian Man and cigarette, white ink on blue paper.

    Inscribed on verso in graphite: 000[?]

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 printout(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 ephemera

    Physical Description:

    Item is held in a wood frame.

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:002
    • Title: Framed poster for Schools of Architecture Council conference in Liverpool, UK, 1976
    • Dates of creation: 1976
    • Form: graphic materials
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (artist)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Poster announcing a conference for the Schools of Architecture Council in Liverpool, UK. Appears to be screen-printed in red ink.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 ephemera

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 ephemera

    Dimensions:

    frame: 77,1 × 64,5 × 3,6 cm

    Physical Description:

    Item is held in a wood frame.

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:017
    • Title: Plans, elevations and details for a residential condominium project possibly used as reference
    • Dates of creation: February 2001
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (architect)

    Description:

    A stapled booklet of plans, elevations and details for a residential condominium project at 210-214 Victoria Avenue, Westmount, Québec, by the Montréal architect Karl Fischer.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 35 reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 71 × 91.7 cm

    Physical Description:

    - The xerographic copies are rolled and stapled.

    Location:

    Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:018
    • Title: A planimetric map of the city of Trois-Rivières, Québec
    • Dates of creation: 2 June 2008
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (architect)

    Description:

    A planimetric map of the city of Trois-Rivières, Québec, made by the city's department of planning and development.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 61.3 × 91.9 cm

    Physical Description:

    Rolled.

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:019
    • Title: Plans, elevations and details for the building of the Nicholas Metivier Gallery possibly used as reference
    • Dates of creation: 2004
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (architect)

    Description:

    Consists of a stapled booklet of plans, elevations and details for the building of the Nicholas Metivier Gallery, 451 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, by the design firm Kelly McTernan Lavoie.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Stage and Purpose:

    • working drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 6 reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 61.2 × 87 cm

    Physical Description:

    The xerographic copies are rolled and stapled.

    Location:

    Toronto Ontario Canada

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:005
    • Title: Photograph of a minnesota house
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    A photograph mounted on matboard.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 photographic material(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 photograph

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 15,6 × 20,7 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Bottom left corner of the matboard has been ripped off, additional rip along bottom edge of photograph, item is held in plastic sleeve.

    Inscription:

    inscribed twice, in upper right back corner: Address TW Scott 1069 Laurel Ave St Paul Minnesota; and stamped below with: W. WESTMAN Photographer 1512 Portland ave. Minneapolis

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:008
    • Title: Canadian Institute of Steel Construction handbook of steel construction
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Dimensions:

    book: 23,5 × 16,2 × 3,9 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:009
    • Title: Publication "Steel construction: manual of the American Institute of Steel Construction"
    • Dates of creation: 1955
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Dimensions:

    book: 23,4 × 16 × 2,7 cm (9 3/16 × 6 5/16 × 1 1/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:010
    • Title: Publication "La culture des légumes: manuel pratique de culture potagère"
    • Dates of creation: 1935
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Dimensions:

    book: 22,4 × 14,5 × 2 cm (8 13/16 × 5 11/16 × 13/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Book is missing binding (spine, front and back boards), cords are exposed, and title page is loose.

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:011
    • Title: Reprographic copy of architectural drawing of elevation for Windsor Station, Montreal
    • Dates of creation: 1925
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (draughtsman)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Reprographic copy of architectural drawing of elevation for Windsor Station, Montreal.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 reprographic copy(ies)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 48,5 × 65,2 cm (19 1/8 × 25 11/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Item(s) rehoused in an acid-free folder for conservation purposes.

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:013
    • Title: The brochure series of architectural illustration
    • Dates of creation: 1902
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Vol. 8, no. 10.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 serial

    Dimensions:

    book: 25 × 17,4 × 0,2 cm (9 13/16 × 6 7/8 × 1/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:014
    • Title: Blank postcards
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: graphic materials
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing blank postcards.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 4 photographs
    • 1 textual document

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:015
    • Title: Assorted bilingual materials promoting tourism in Montréal
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Iincluding a brochure/map titled « À ciel ouvert ou fermé » ["Up and down and underground"], and a booklet.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:016
    • Title: Assorted bilingual materials promoting tourism in Québec
    • Dates of creation: 1975, 1981
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing a bilingual booklet (« Trois-Rivières: Port historique de la vallée du Saint-Maurice ») and a French-language volume (« La vallée de la Rouge »).

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:017
    • Title: Architecture and design publications
    • Dates of creation: 1973, 1977
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted publications, including:
    - DMG-DRS Journal: Design Research and Methods (formerly DMG Newsletter), vol. 7, no. 3;
    - Centre d'études et de recherches architecturales, URSS: supplément au bulletin d'information inter-éstablissements, 21 février 1977.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:018
    • Title: Publication "La Villette"
    • Dates of creation: 1986
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Dimensions:

    book: 30,9 × 23,8 × 0,4 cm (12 3/16 × 9 3/8 × 3/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:019
    • Title: Card and a transit ticket for the Montreal Transportation Commission
    • Dates of creation: 1964
    • Form: graphic materials
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 2 textual documents

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:023:020
    • Title: Booklet promoting the city of Brantford
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: books
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 book(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Dimensions:

    book: 7,3 × 14,4 × 0,1 cm (2 7/8 × 5 11/16 × 1/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:024:007
    • Title: Notes and photographs of Montreal street scenes, including commercial and residential architecture
    • Dates of creation: 1978
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 14 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 7,6 × 10,3 cm (3 × 4 1/16 in.) sheet (largest): 17,8 × 12,5 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:001
    • Title: Single page from unidentified Montreal culture magazine
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 folio(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 37,8 × 55,8 × 0,01 cm

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:002
    • Title: Correspondence, a sketch, a printout of Bloch City signed and addressed to Melvin Charney from Peter Cook
    • Dates of creation: 1972, 1983, 2003
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 2 reprographic copies
    • 2 drawings
    • 1 photograph

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:003
    • Title: Cards, photographs and printouts of hotel room interior, photographs by Joyce Ravid and promotional material for a bar
    • Dates of creation: n.d.
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing cards, photographs and printouts.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: ORIGINAL PHOTO COLLECTION

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 5 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (photograph, smallest): 8,8 × 8,9 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/2 in.) sheet (photograph, largest): 20,1 × 25 cm (7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:006
    • Title: Spring/summer 2010 edition of the McGill News alumni magazine
    • Dates of creation: 2010
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 serial

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:010
    • Title: Correspondence, press clippings, and reports related to municipal construction projects in Montréal
    • Dates of creation: 2002-2011
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including newspaper clippings, correspondence (including faxes and printouts of emails), and a spiral-bound volume, most of which are related to municipal construction projects in Montreal. Also includes a copy of a book for the 2008 National Urban Design Awards.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 2007+ / PARC-PINE INTERCHANGE

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.2 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:011
    • Title: Program for the 4th annual Transforming & Revitalizing Downtown Summit
    • Dates of creation: 2012
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 book

    Dimensions:

    book: 27,6 × 21,2 × 0,1 cm (10 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 1/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:018
    • Title: Invitations, press clippings, and reference materials related to art
    • Dates of creation: 1965-1968, 1972, 1979, 2009-2012
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including invitations, press clippings, reference materials, and a copy of Art Matters (2011, vol. 19, no. 3).

    Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: CURRENT STUDY NOTES

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textul records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:019
    • Title: Press clippings and reference materials related to gardening
    • Dates of creation: 2002
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in French, including a newspaper clipping on gardening, and a leaf from the summer 2002 book catalogue by Association des jardins du Québec.

    Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: BOOK ON CCA GARDEN

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:020
    • Title: Press clipping related to music and television reviews
    • Dates of creation: 2011
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Single colour leaf from the Arts section of the 16 July 2011 issue of the Globe and Mail. Includes music and television reviews; the entry for Frederick Squire Sings Shenandoah and Other Popular Hits is circled in black ink.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 55,9 × 28,5 (22 × 11 1/4)

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:027
    • Title: Portfolio of assorted posters
    • Dates of creation: 1965-1985, 1994, 2000-2003
    • Form: graphic materials
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (graphic designer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Portfolio containing ephemera and posters advertising the following conferences, events, and exhibitions:
    - mailout/poster for a Frank Stella exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York;
    - mailout/poster for an exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago;
    - posters for the 7th Venice biennale of architeture;
    - poster for the 1. Kolloquium Funktionialismus, Hamburg;
    - poster for a Jean Rustin exhibition at Maison de la culture et des loisirs;
    - signed poster for a Ric Evans exhibition, at David Mirvish Books, Toronto;
    - poster for an Edward Keinholz exhibition, London;
    - poster for a Frank Auerbach exhibition at the 42nd Venice Biennale;
    - paper placemat of the Taj Mahal;
    - poster of Hindu deities;
    - poster for Perspecta, the Yale School of design journal, in which Melvin Charney's article, Experimental strategies: notes for environmental design, appeared in the 11th edition;
    - poster of Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros;
    - mailout/poster for a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at Leo Castelli gallery;
    - poster for a Pierre Alechinsky exhibition, in Brussels;
    - poster for an exhibition on Pliny the Younger's La villa Laurentine, Paris;
    - poster for an exhibition, Places and monuments, in Paris;
    - poster for an event at George Gund Hall, Harvard;
    - posters for the exhibition, Rothmans salutes citysite sculpture, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto (Melvin Charney participated);
    - poster for event, Coop Himmelblau: der Engel des Tons;
    - poster, "Seize the time";
    - poster, "Meeting solidarité Chili";
    - poster for Don Judd exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York;
    - posters for Aurora Borealis event at le Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (Melvin Charney participated);
    - poster for James Stirling exhibition at Riba Heinz Gallery, London;
    - untitled poster;
    - poster for political demonstration, UQAM;
    - poster for Joe Zucker exhibition, Combinations, at Holly Solomon Gallery, New York;
    - poster, "The drifting acropolis";
    - poster for Lucas Samaras exhibition, Reconstructions, boxes, and photo-transformations, at Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago;
    - poster for Erica Lennard exhibition, Les femmes, les soeurs, at Agatha Gaillard Gallery, Paris.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 portfolio(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 35 ephemera

    Credit line:

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

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:028
    • Title: Metropolis: la ville dans l'oeil du sténopé (portfolio d'une exposition)
    • Dates of creation: 2008
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Guy Glorieux (artist)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Exhibition portfolio containing photographs, a program, and printouts.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 portfolio(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 5 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 32,8 × 48,2 cm (12 15/16 × 19 in.)

    Credit line:

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

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