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Walter S. Painter fonds
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955. Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and …
- Date Range
- 1902-1956
- Reference Code
- M282 / V481
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Map
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 282
- V 481
- Sous-Fonds
- M 282
- V 481
- Accession Number
- 1338, 1830, 2180, 3460
- Reference Code
- M282 / V481
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Drawing
- Map
- Plan
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1902-1956
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records. -- 23 cartographic records : 80 x 135 cm or smaller. -- 589 photographs (287 prints, 302 negatives). -- 1 photograph album (301 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Walter S. Painter, 1877-1957, was an architect in Canada and the United States. Painter rose to prominence early in life as a theatre architect and joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as chief architect while still in his twenties. Projects in the Banff, Alberta area included design of the tower and wings of the Banff Springs Hotel, the first concrete addition to the Lake Louise Chalet (Chateau Lake Louise), and the Cave and Basin. other Canadian projects were major CPR stations and hotels from Montreal to the west coast. For a period, Painter was in partnership with Frank Swales. In later years, Painter was involved in American projects, standardization of school buildings in Chile, and the Painter system of pre-fabrication, with particular interests in housing and concrete construction designs. Walter Painter built his home in Banff in 1912 and retired there in 1947. He was married to Estelle (Stella) Painter, 1880-1975. They had two children, Betty Painter (Walker) and Brook Painter.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of personal and professional papers of Walter S. Painter, 1902-1956, and Painter family photographs, ca.1905-ca.1955.
- Professional papers, include notebooks; cost books; reports on Painter system of prefabrication housing, 1939; plans and renderings of CPR buildings, Painter Home and other buildings, n.d., 1906-1929; articles about Painter and his projects, n.d., 1902-1934. The papers primarily concern Painter's architectural career, theatres, CPR projects including stations and hotels from Montreal to Victoria, Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier, British Columbia projects and the Lake Louise Chalet. Personal papers, ca.1930-1956, record Painter's views on economics, philosophy, religion, housing, etc.
- Family photographs, pertaining to Walter Painter, Stella Painter, Betty Painter and Brook Painter. Includes Painter home, activities, friends, trips. Also, photographs of Walter Painter projects, including construction of the Banff Springs Hotel, Lake Louise Chalet and Cave and Basin.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Buildings and facilities
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- microfilm copy of album
- Creator
- Painter, Walter S.
- Category
- Arts
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Architectural drawings
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal
- Date Range
- 1906-1912
- Reference Code
- M282 / 1 / 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 / 1 / O.S. / "G"
- Date Range
- 1906-1912
- Physical Description
- 26 architectural drawings (20 originals, 6 copies) : 134.5 x 79.5 cm and smaller
- Scope & Content
- File consists of architectural drawings by Walter Painter of details and buildings he designed in Banff, Vancouver, Quebec City and Montreal
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF ITEMS:
- * Tower rendering. -- 1895. -- 1 drawing : 34 x 19cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
- * Steeple rendering. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 73 x 20 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
- * Laughing face decorative detail. -- 1896. -- 1 drawing : 36.5 x 29 cm, pen and ink. -- Title based on item
- * W. S. Painter residence, Banff, Alberta : [drawings]. -- 1912. -- 17 drawings (13 originals, 4 blueprint copies). -- Includes drawings of original house and site (10 originals, 1 copy) and undated drawings of alterations to residence (3 originals, 3 copies)
- * Banff Springs Hotel : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. --1906 Nov. 22. -- 1 drawing : 126.5 x 75.5 cm, on board, pen and ink
- * Vancouver Hotel, Granville Street elevation : [elevation rendering] / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 1 drawing : 44 x 50 cm, photographic copy. -- Copy is of original colour painted rendering
- * Vancouver Hotel, Georgia Street elevation rendering / Painter and Swales Architects, Montreal & Vancouver. -- [ca.1910]. -- 2 drawings (1 original, 1 copy) : 90 x 78.5 cm and smaller. Original is painted, colour rendering on board; copy is b/w photographic copy, 45 x 50 cm. -- Title based on item and related items
- * Canadian Pacific Railway, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec : [elevation rendering] / W. S. Painter, Architect. -- 1907 Sept. 24. -- 1 drawing : 112.5 x 81.5 cm, on board, pen and ink
- * C.P.R. Montreal : [Windsor Station] / W. S. Painter. -- 1909 Jan. -- 1 drawing : 134.5 x 79.5 cm, on board, brownline copy
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Articles and newslcippings
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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects
- Date Range
- 1902-1934
- Reference Code
- M282 / 9 to 11
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 9 to 11
- Date Range
- 1902-1934
- Physical Description
- 12 textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of articles and newsclippings about Walter Painter projects
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- 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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- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Scope & Content
- W. S. Painter cost book containing construction figures for the Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier Power House and Laundry, Lake Louise Chalet and other projects in Canada and the United States
- Date Range
- 1904-1912
- Reference Code
- M282 / 2
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Part Of
- Walter S. Painter fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Series
- I.A. Walter Painter : Professional papers
- Reference Code
- M282 / 2
- Date Range
- 1904-1912
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (2.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- W. S. Painter cost book containing construction figures for the Banff Springs Hotel, Cave and Basin, Glacier Power House and Laundry, Lake Louise Chalet and other projects in Canada and the United States
- Title Source
- Title based on item
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