Federal Building, Newcastle

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• Fonds: Ross & Macdonald fonds, 1902-1982
•    Series: Projects, 1902-1972
•      Project: Federal Building, Newcastle, 1957-1959

People

• Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (creator)
• Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (architectural firm)
• Edwin Alexander Gardner (executive architect)
• Canada. Dept. of Public Works (client)
• Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

Title

Federal Building, Newcastle

Dates of creation

1957-1959

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 192 drawings including reprographic copies
• 0.02 l. m. of textual records

Scope and Content

File documents an executed project for a government office building in Newcastle, New Brunswick. Material in this file was produced between 1957 and 1959.

File contains index cards, survey drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, structural drawings, mechanical drawings, shop drawings, and textual documents.

Reference Number

AP013.S1.D509

Arrangement

Material in this series is not arranged.

Location

New Castle New Brunswick Canada

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47878
  • Title: Survey plan, existing position piling
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • drawings, measured

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 graphite and ink on tracing paper, 1 diazotype

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-01M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47880
  • Title: Exterior perspectives, plot plan, stairs
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  4 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawing
  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 graphite on tracing paper, 2 diazotypes

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-01M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47884
  • Title: Plot plans, basement and floor plans, elevations, sections
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  9 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 9 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-01M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47893
  • Title: Stairs, wall sections, counters, wickets and cupboards, flagpole, observation gallery and mail receiver, cash and box drawers, entrances, partitions, windows, site plan
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  11 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 11 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-02M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47904
  • Title: Foundations, floor and roof plans, stairwells, pile caps
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  8 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • structural drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-02M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47912
  • Title: Mechanical plans and details, electrical plans and details
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  16 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • mechanical drawing (building system drawing)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 15 graphite on tracing paper (some with felt pen), 1 diazotype

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-03M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47928
  • Title: Stonework by Smith Quarry, Shediac N.B.
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  12 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • shop drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 12 reprographic copies

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-04M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47940
  • Title: Consultant drawings for steel work, conveyor belt systems, boiler, doors, partitions, precast roof slabs, windows, granite, heating equipment, metalwork
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  132 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • shop drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 102 diazotypes, 30 blueprints

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-05B

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47941
  • Title: Lists of shop drawings
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l. m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-06T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47942
  • Title: Structural calculations, correspondence
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-07T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47943
  • Title: Piling file - correspondence, telegrams, reports, proposals, diazotypes
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  includes 2 diazotypes

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-08T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47944
  • Title: Survey plan, description of building, contract, tender forms
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  2 diazotypes of survey plan, description of building, contract, tender forms, telegram, addendums to specifications, cost and time estimates

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-09T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47945
  • Title: Reports to owners and owner's instructions - correspondence, drawings, estimates, progress schedule, survey
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-10T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47946
  • Title: Weekly job reports
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-11T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47947
  • Title: Job reports
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-12T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47948
  • Title: Correspondence with the Department of Public Works and contractor
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-13T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47949
  • Title: Correspondence with the Department of Public Works and Saint John office
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-14T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47950
  • Title: Correspondence regarding shop drawings and approval of materials
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-15T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47951
  • Title: Product brochures, consultant drawings (diazotypes)
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-16T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47952
  • Title: Product brochures, correspondence
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-17T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47953
  • Title: Correspondence with contractors, diazotype
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-18T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH47954
  • Title: Accounts, progress estimates
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-509-19T