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Content Details: LIST OF ITEMS:; * 25 years old and a great architect : [newsclipping re Walter Painter], 1902, laminated by E. Painter Walker (M282/9); * Drawings of perspective views of proposed $1,500,000 additions to the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City", Construction, Jan. 1908 (M282/9); * New addition to Chateau Frontenac, Construction, Feb. 1909, original and 2 reprints (M282/9 os-H); * The Mount Carmel Wing of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, The Engineering Record, July 24, 1909 (M282/9 os-H); * La dare du mile end est ouverte au public, La Patrie, Montreal, May 13, 1911. (M282/10); * Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H); * Model construction camp at Canadian Pacific Railway Rogers Pass Tunnel Site, Canadian Railway and Marine World, November, 1913 (M282/10); * The construction of an open air concrete swimming pool in the Canadian Rockies, Concrete, Apr. 1916 (M282/10); * Atlanta terminal station character and convenience increased by improvements / W. S. Painter, The Atlanta Journal, Aug. 1, 1926 (M282/10); * Antiquated building methods block path to recovery / Walter Painter, Real Estate Magazine, February, 1933 (M282/10); * Excerpts from a paper by Walter Painter re: super highways, Aluminum News Letter, June 1934 (M282/10); * Extension to Place Viger Station, Montreal Witness, May 27, 19-- (M282/11); * Le plan definitif de la future Gare Windsor, unknown newspaper (M282/11); * Portion of article on construction of new Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11); * Swimming pool and bath house at C.P.R. Banff Springs Hotel, The Contract Record (M282/11); * Noteworthy building work at Montreal: progress reports on the Windsor Street and Place Viger Stations, The Contract Record (M282 / 11); * The chief architect of the C.P.R. Contract Record, 2 copies (M282/11); Articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects. -- 1909, 1913. LIST OF ITEMS:; * Construction camp at Glacier which has no parallel in history, The Gazette, Montreal, Aug. 16, 1913 (M282/10 os-H) Held in oversize "H"

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Bird and plant records

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Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Scope & Content: Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity

Date Range: 1904-1954

Reference Code: M376 / 136 to 142

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Bert Riggall fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: V. Natural history series

Reference Code: M376 / 136 to 142

Date Range: 1904-1954

Physical Description: 8 v. of textual records (15 cm)

Scope & Content: Series consists of annotated reference books used to record observations on sightings of flora and fauna including, variously, common name, location, date and rarity

Title Source: Title based on contents of series

Content Details: ITEM LIST :; * Budd, A. C. / A key to plants of the farming and ranching areas of the Canadian Prairies, 1952; annotations record occurrences at Waterton Lakes, F.H.R.'s [Riggall's] ranch, Twin Butte and Porcupine Hills and are found throughout the volume, 1953 photocopy; * Coulter, John M. / New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular plants), 1909; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1911-1953; * Hales, B. J. / Selected Western Flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, 1915; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1905-1952; * Rand, A. L. / Birds of Southern Alberta, 1948; annotations (throughout volume) record occurrences at Waterton Lake, [National] Park, [Riggall] Ranch and elsewhere; * Reed, Chester A. / Bird Guide, Part 2, Land Birds East of the Rockies . . . 1912; annotations record sightings throughout volume, 1904-1953 and also annual lists, 1914-1917; * Saunders, Charles Francis / Western Flower Guide; annotations are mainly "nature notes" (plant and animal sightings) 1949-1952, list of species in rock gardens, 1915, and some plant sightings throughout volume; * Taverner, P. A. / Birds of Canada, 1949; annotations, 1951-1954; record sightings, (throughout volume) bird notes, 1951, loose clippings; * Vareschi, Volkmar and Ernest Krause / Mountains in Flower, 1940; annotations indicate flowers found or not found in the Canadian Rockies and closely related species

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Notebook

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: Notebook contains notes on economics, philosophy, religion, Rotary, housing, other

Date Range: [ca.1930]-1946

Reference Code: M282 / 12

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: I.B. Walter Painter : Personal papers

Reference Code: M282 / 12

Date Range: [ca.1930]-1946

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope & Content: Notebook contains notes on economics, philosophy, religion, Rotary, housing, other

Title Source: Title based on item

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Painter family papers

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of: A Bucking Horse Contest : [article] / by Betty Painter; cheque for $15.00 payable to the Province of Quebec, Association of Architects, signed by W. S. Painter; professional biography of Walter Painter, Architect; Insurance Agent's file card covering building and furniture; bluepr…

Date Range: 1918-1945

Reference Code: M282 / 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: II. Painter family : Papers

Reference Code: M282 / 14

Date Range: 1918-1945

Physical Description: 7 textual records. -- 2 drawings

Scope & Content: File consists of: A Bucking Horse Contest : [article] / by Betty Painter; cheque for $15.00 payable to the Province of Quebec, Association of Architects, signed by W. S. Painter; professional biography of Walter Painter, Architect; Insurance Agent's file card covering building and furniture; blueprint of addition to servants' quarters property of E. R. Painter, Lot 10, Block B, Banff; letter from P. J. Jennings, Supt., Dept, of Mines and Resources, Lands, Parks and Forests Branch (Oct. 24, 1945), re: Lot 10, Block B, Banff and renewal of lease; pen and ink drawings of Painter home, 2 items; Elizabeth R. Painter high school diploma, [ca.1920]

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: Elizabeth R. Painter high school diploma. held in oversize storage "B"

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Prefab concrete construction information

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Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of notebook and architectural drawings pertaining to pre-fab concrete building. Notebook is titled "W. S. Painter prefab conc. housing, personal data, photos" and containing notes, drawings, plans, photographs, estimates and other material. Drawings are elevation renderings [of scho…

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Reference Code: M282 / 6 / O.S. / "G"

Description Level: 3 / Series

Part Of: Walter S. Painter fonds

Description Level: 3 / Series

Series: I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers

Reference Code: M282 / 6 / O.S. / "G"

Date Range: [ca.1920-ca.1940]

Physical Description: 1 textual record (3.5 cm). -- 3 architectural drawings : copies

Scope & Content: File consists of notebook and architectural drawings pertaining to pre-fab concrete building. Notebook is titled "W. S. Painter prefab conc. housing, personal data, photos" and containing notes, drawings, plans, photographs, estimates and other material. Drawings are elevation renderings [of school buildings? in Chile?] by R. Davila, ca.1929

Creator: Some items are dated 1922, 1933

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

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