Main entry:

Ross & Macdonald.

Title & Author:

Ross & Macdonald fonds, 1902-1982.

Description:

28,120 items.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only.

Summary:

Development, presentation, working, and shop drawings (24,294 drawings and 3,590 reproductions), 236 photographs, and 18.6 linear meters of textual documents (correspondence, specifications, calculations, and notes) for 632 projects. Major works include Toronto Union Station (1914-1921); Mount Royal Hotel (1920-1924), Dominion Square Building (1928-1930), Gleneagles Apartments (1928-1930), Montréal; Royal York Hotel (1927-1929), and Maple Leaf Gardens (1931), Toronto; and Dominion Bureau of Statistics (1948), Ottawa.

Biographical note:

Comprised of documents concerning the work of six successive architectural firms: Ross & MacFarlane (1905-1912); Ross & Macdonald (1913-1944); Ross & Ross (1944-1946); Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan (1946-1950); Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (1950-1958); Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett (1958-1976). The Archive is named after the longest running office, Ross & Macdonald, established by George Allen Ross and Robert Henry Macdonald. George Allen Ross (1878-1946), born Montréal. Studied architecture at M.I.T., Boston, and École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. With Carrère & Hastings, New York (1903-1904). Partner, Ross & Macfarlane, Montréal (1905-1912). David Huron Macfarlane (1875-1950), born Montréal. M.I.T., Boston (1897-1898). With Edward Maxwell; Hutchison & Wood, in Montréal (1901). Robert Henry Macdonald (1875-1942), born Melbourne, Australia, and trained there. With Robert Findlay in Montréal (1895-1900) and (1901-1903). George B. Post, New York (1903-1905). Crichton and MacKay, Wellington, New Zealand (1905-1907). With Ross & Macfarlane (1907-1913). Partner, Ross & Macdonald (1913-1942).

Finding aids:

Folder level control.

Resources:
Finding aid

Subject:

Architecture Alberta.
Architecture Canada.
Architecture Manitoba.
Architecture New Brunswick.
Architecture Newfoundland.
Architecture Nova Scotia.
Architecture Ontario.
Architecture Prince Edward Island.
Architecture Québec (Province)
Architecture Saskatchewan.
Architecture England.
Interior decoration Canada.
Interior decoration Manitoba.
Interior decoration New Brunswick.
Interior decoration Newfoundland.
Interior decoration Nova Scotia.
Interior decoration Ontario.
Interior decoration Prince Edward Island.
Interior decoration Québec (Province)
Interior decoration Saskatchewan.
Interior decoration England.
Architecture Nouveau-Brunswick.
Architecture Nouvelle-Écosse.
Architecture Île-du-Prince-Édouard.
Architecture Angleterre.
Décoration intérieure Canada.
Décoration intérieure Manitoba.
Décoration intérieure Nouveau-Brunswick.
Décoration intérieure Nouvelle-Écosse.
Décoration intérieure Ontario.
Décoration intérieure Île-du-Prince-Édouard.
Décoration intérieure Québec (Province)
Décoration intérieure Saskatchewan.
Architecture
Interior decoration
Alberta
Canada
England
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Québec
Saskatchewan

Form/genre:

Fonds (collections)
Drawings.
Reproductions.
Photographs.
Documents.
Specifications.
Calculations.
Notes.
Correspondence.

Added entries:

Ross, George Allen, 1879-1946.
MacFarlane, David Huron, 1875-1950.
Macdonald, Robert Henry, 1875-1942.
Ross & MacFarlane.
Ross & Macdonald, Inc.
Ross & Ross.
Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan.
Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish.
Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett.

Ross and Macdonald fonds, 1902-1982
Ross and Macdonald archive, 1902-1982

Holdings:

Location: Library archives collection 260886
Call No.: AP013
Status: Available