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Robert J. McGuinness fonds
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- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978. II. McGuinn…
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Reference Code
- M460
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Textual record
- Plan
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Robert J. McGuinness fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 460
- Sous-Fonds
- M 460
- Accession Number
- 960
- 3707
- 2018.9000
- Reference Code
- M460
- Date Range
- 1940-1950
- 1954
- 1955
- 1960
- 1977
- 1978
- 1980-1983
- Physical Description
- 1.11 cm of textual records (34 pages : 29 x 42 cm or smaller) -- 9 architectural drawings : annotations ; 89 x 58 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- Originally from ancient Iveagh, which is now County Down, Ireland, the McGuinness family eventually migrated to Liverpool at an unknown time. The McGuinness family were provision merchants in Liverpool, but found supplies limited so they emigrated to Canada. Born on June 20, 1886 in Liverpool, Father Robert James McGuinness moved to Belleville, Ontario, Canada with his family in 1890. He had 7 brothers and sisters, including Oswald A. McGuinness, who settled in Invermere, British Columbia. Robert attended St. Lawrence College in Ampleforth, Yorkshire, and completed his studies at St. Servan in Rhiems, France, qualifying as an engineer. He held a position with the federal government upon his return to Canada, however when World War I broke out Robert served in the 29th Battalion of CRTS building pontoons behind European battle lines. After returning to Canada, Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as an architectural engineer, which brought him west to Banff, Alberta. Robert was the resident architectural engineer overlooking the construction of the Banff Springs Hotel expansion in the 1920's. In the late 1920's, Robert traveled to Rome to enter the seminary and four years later he was ordained as a priest. After serving as priest in Calgary, Robert was appointed Catholic priest in Banff in 1936, where he lived and worked until his death in 1961. To fulfill a personal dream, Robert designed and supervised the construction of the new church building and grounds for St. Mary's Parish (St. Mary's of the Assumption) which was completed in 1951. During his years in Europe, Robert visited ancient churches and cathedrals which influenced the design of the church, primarily the Norman Chateau architectural style. Robert was also a talented artist. Some of his work can be seen in galleries in New York and in Banff. His work has been reproduced for Canadian Pacific Railway tourism material, including the Spiral Tunnels postcard included in this fonds. Robert died in Calgary on June 17, 1961, just shy of his 75th birthday, after being ill for a few months.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series:
- I. St. Mary's Parish, ca.1945-1983, 0.16 cm, and contains two sub-series: A. Architecture, ca.1945-1983 (architectural plans, general information); B. Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings (pertaining to Father McGuinness and St. Mary's Parish), 1950-1978.
- II. McGuinness Family, 1953-1977, 1 cm (private records, including handwritten notes, a memoir, and a postcard).
- Notes
- . IYounger brother Oswald was a surveyor who built the road from Invermere to Calgary
- There is some indication that Robert had a role in the construction of the Bow River Bridge or the collection of the stones used for the bridge, but this is unconfirmed
- Name Access
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Subject Access
- Architecture
- Art
- Banff
- Buildings
- Churches
- Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
- Family and personal life
- Professional and Personal Life
- Religions
- St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Canada
- Ontario
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- 08.3 / Si 3m / Pam
- 08.3 / B22 stm / Pam
- 08.3 / Sa 2 / Pam
- Creator
- McGuinness, Robert J.
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Religions
- Biographical Source Notes
- Based on contents of the fonds
- https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/o/g/Laurie-Goggin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0444.html
- "St. Mary's of the Assumption" pamphlet printed by the Crag and Canyon in Banff (08.3/Sa 2/Pam)
- http://www.stmarysparishbanff.ca/history/
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records
- Processing Status
- Processed
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The railway hotels and the development of the chateau style in Canada
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1966
- Author
- Kalman, Harold D
- Publisher
- Victoria : Maltwood Museum
- Call Number
- 08.5 K12
- Author
- Kalman, Harold D
- Publisher
- Victoria : Maltwood Museum
- Published Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 47p. : ill
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Accession Number
- 524
- Call Number
- 08.5 K12
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Frank Lloyd Wright ; architecture and space
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1965, c1960
- Author
- Blake, Peter
- Publisher
- (Baltimore, Maryland) : Penguin Books
- Call Number
- NA737 W7 B3
- Author
- Blake, Peter
- Publisher
- (Baltimore, Maryland) : Penguin Books
- Published Date
- 1965, c1960
- Physical Description
- 138p. : illus. ports. plans (A Pelican book)
- Accession Number
- 475
- Call Number
- NA737 W7 B3
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Alte Bünder bauweise und volkskunst ...
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1948
- Author
- Jenny, Hans
- Publisher
- (N.p.) Verlag Bischofberger
- Call Number
- NA7134 J4
- Author
- Jenny, Hans
- Publisher
- (N.p.) Verlag Bischofberger
- Published Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 178p. : illus.
- Subjects
- Architecture, Domestic - Alps
- Accession Number
- 400
- Call Number
- NA7134 J4
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Old Barns Banff
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CrH.05.01
- Description
- General colour: green, grey, brown, blue. Log building, center, has two poles leaning up on it in front. Trees fill in the background. Another building visible on the left side. Purple mountains beyond and cloudy blue sky.
1 image
- Title
- Old Barns Banff
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 43 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, grey, brown, blue. Log building, center, has two poles leaning up on it in front. Trees fill in the background. Another building visible on the left side. Purple mountains beyond and cloudy blue sky.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Harry S. Craig, Edmonton, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- CrH.05.01
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Bogside Scotland
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- Date
- later than 1883
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CuJ.05.01
- Description
- General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
1 image
- Title
- Bogside Scotland
- Date
- later than 1883
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.25 x 18.75 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CuJ.05.01
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Canmore, Alberta
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.02.01
- Description
- General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
1 image
- Title
- Canmore, Alberta
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 52.8 x 43.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- JaA.02.01
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.15
- Description
- General colour: green, blue. In the lower half are five figures to the left and a stand of teepee poles to the right. Across the middle are five buildings. Behind them are trees, mountains in the distance and blue grey sky above. Signed lr: “E. Lamarque 1961”
1 image
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 50.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, blue. In the lower half are five figures to the left and a stand of teepee poles to the right. Across the middle are five buildings. Behind them are trees, mountains in the distance and blue grey sky above. Signed lr: “E. Lamarque 1961”
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.15
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- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.05
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
- Title
- The Homestead
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- foothills
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.05
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.07
- Description
- General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.
- Subject
- landscape
- prairie
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.07
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