Part of:

• Fonds: Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds, 1947, 1970-2012
•    Series: Housing Research Projects, 1970-2011
•      Project: Sulphur Concrete for Low-Cost Housing, 1973-1975

People:

• McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)

Title:

Sulphur Concrete for Low-Cost Housing

Date:

1973-1975

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

• 191 photographs
  0.10 l.m. of textual records
  13 artefacts
  8 books
  3 drawings
  1 printing plate

Scope and content:
File related to Minimum Cost Housing Group's projects about sulphur concrete for low-cost housing between 1972 and 1975, including the Saddle Lake Indian Reserve project, in Alberta, in 1974. Various projects that led to publications about sulphur concrete in housing, including "Sulphur Concrete and Very Low-cost Housing" (September 1974) and "Patent Survey, 1859-1974. The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building" (April 1975). The material in this file was produced between 1973 and 1975. The file contains textual records, including dummies for the publications "Sulphur Concrete and Very Low-cost Housing" and "Patent Survey, 1859-1974. The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building", and photographs, including photographs used in the publications. The file also includes samples of sulphur concrete bricks and printing plates.

Reference number:

AP149.S1.1972.PR02

Arrangement:
Materiel in this project series was kept in its original order during processing.

Location:

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Language of material:

• The documents are in English.

Contains:

• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.001, Report and text on the use of sulphur concrete in construction, 1975-1976
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.002, Proposal for the formation of a centre for sulphur in building at McGill University, 1970s
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.003, Correspondence related to the Fibrous Reinforcing of Sulphur Concrete project, 1976
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.004, Correspondence on proposal for the use of Sulphure Concrete in building, 1973-1976
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.005, Report on the Fibrous Reinforcing of Sulphur Concrete project, 1975-1976
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.006, Survey of patent literature on sulphur technology, 1973-1974
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.007, Sulphur concrete blocks, ca. 1972
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.008, Sulphur concrete bricks, ca. 1972
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.009, Sulphur concrete plates, ca. 1972
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.010, Des routes en souffre suivant une technologie douce = Roads from Sulphur: an Intermediate Technology Approach, ca. 1974
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.011, Patent Survey, 1859-1974. The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building, April 1975
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.012, Sulphur Roofing for Developing Countries, 1979
• AP149.S1.1972.PR02.013, Printing plate for the cover of the publication "Patent Survey 1859-1974: The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building", 1975 or before
• ARCH273005, Patent Survey 1859-1974: The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building, 1974 or before
• ARCH273006, SULPHUR PROCESS / B & W PRINTPAGES, 1973 or before
• ARCH273007, Sulphur Concrete & Very Low Cost Housing, September 1974
• ARCH273008, Patent Survey 1859-1974: the Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building, April 1975
• ARCH273010, A Survey of Solid Wastes and their Current Potential Uses in Building Construction, March 1974
• ARCH273011, Sulphur as an Intermediaire Technology for Housing within Community Development, March 1974
• ARCH273315, Photographs for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication "Sulphur Concrete & Very Low-cost Housing", 1974 or before
• ARCH273325, Photographs of members of the Minimum Cost Housing Group working on sulphur concrete bricks, ca. 1974
• ARCH273326, Centre Publication / Photographs, 1975
• ARCH273327, SADDLE LAKE, ca. 1974
• ARCH273328, Photographs of the members of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, ca. 1974