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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
GMD
Textual record
Plan
Postcard
Private record
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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Contemporary Canadian architecture : the mainstream and beyond

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
c1982
Author
Bernstein, William
Publisher
Toronto : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Call Number
NA745 B4
Author
Bernstein, William
Responsibility
William Bernstein & Ruth Cawker
Publisher
Toronto : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Published Date
c1982
Physical Description
190p. : ill. plans.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Architecture, Canadian
Devonian Gardens (Calgary)
Erickson, Arthur
Mawson, Thomas
Architecture - Calgary
Arthur Erickson Associates
Architecture - Vancouver
Architecture - Edmonton
Notes
Bibliography p.181-182
Includes index
ISBN
0-88902-588-6
Accession Number
15,000
Call Number
NA745 B4
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Space in Canadian architecture

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
c1981
Author
Jackson, Anthony
Publisher
[Halifax?] : Tech-Press (Technical University of Nova Scotia)
Call Number
NA745 J3
Author
Jackson, Anthony
Responsibility
Anthony Jackson
Publisher
[Halifax?] : Tech-Press (Technical University of Nova Scotia)
Published Date
c1981
Physical Description
32p. : ill., plans, diagr. - (Library of Canadian architecture)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Space (Architecture)
Architecture - Canada
ISBN
0-920692-03-6
Call Number
NA745 J3
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Calgary Heritage Authority Annual Report 2010

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
Calgary Heritage Authority
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
Call Number
08.2 C11c PAM
  1 website  
Author
Calgary Heritage Authority
Responsibility
Lesley Beale
Joni Carroll
Sarah Meilleur
Clea Sturgess
Publisher
Calgary, Alberta : Calgary Heritage Authority
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
38 p.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
History
History of Alberta
Buildings
Research
Architecture
Abstract
Pertains to built heritage resources in the city of Calgary as of 2010 - includes photographs, timelines, maps, recommendations
Contents
Executive Summary
Identify Protect Manage
Looking Back
Who We Are
Implementing
Saving Places
Reaching Out
Raising Awareness
Acknowledging
Funding
Identifying Places
Notes
Table of Contents page has information about James Langlands Thomson who also sculpted the faces on the Banff stone bridge.
Accession Number
2019.98
Call Number
08.2 C11c PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Final 2012 version of report available online via the Calgary Heritage Authority
Websites
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Volland, Jennifer M. (editor), Bruce Grenville (editor), Stephanie Rebick (editor)
Publisher
Vancouver, BC : Vancouver Art Gallery : Information Office
Call Number
06.5 Vo88c
Author
Volland, Jennifer M. (editor), Bruce Grenville (editor), Stephanie Rebick (editor)
Responsibility
Edited by Jennifer M. Volland, Bruce Grenville, Stephanie Rebick
Publisher
Vancouver, BC : Vancouver Art Gallery : Information Office
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
309 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Architecture
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogue
History
Abstract
"Cabin Fever traces the tradition of the cabin in Canada and the United States--from the settlement of the frontier to the contemporary depictions feverishly circulated across the Internet--showing how this humble architectural form has been appropriated for its symbolic value and helped shape a larger cultural identity. The exhibition title is borrowed from the idiomatic expression for an anxious state of mind resulting from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place. But it also plays upon the more consumer-driven definition of "fever:" a contagious, usually transient, fascination with an object of desire. Cabin Fever will offer a historical and cultural survey of the cabin in North America, an acknowledgement of the pervasive influence of this typology. Not only has the cabin survived in various forms and iterations, but it also has resonated deeply in our cultural psyche."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Essay on architecture / Marc-Antoine Laugier -- My saga - Part 1 / Karl Ove Knausgaard -- Ways of life in cold climates the north American subarctic / Jean-Luc Pilon -- The log cabin in America : From pioneer days to the present / C. A. Weslager -- Homesteading / Jennifer M. Volland -- A new home, who'll follow? Or, glimpses of western life / Caroline M. Kirkland -- Unsettling the frontier / Dawn E. Keetley -- Demogracy in America / Alexis de Tocqueville -- Roughing it / Mark Twain -- The problem of housing the negro : The home of the slave / W. E. B. Du Bois -- Railway cabins / Stephanie Rebick -- The industrial archaelogy of the organization of work / Dianne Newell -- Housing reconstruction after the catastrophe / Marie Bolton and Nancy C. Unger -- Fire lookouts / Jennifer M. Volland -- Mid-August at sourdough mountain lookout / Gary Snyder -- Alone on a mountain top / Jack Kerouac -- The journey home : Fire lookout : Numa Ridge / Edward Abbey -- Alpine huts / Jennifer M. Volland -- The disaster point hut / Helen A. Burns -- Ice huts / Photographs by Richard Johnson -- Walden; or, life in the woods / Henry David Thoreau -- Pond scum : Henry David Thoreau's moral myopia / Jathryn Schulz -- Structures in state parks-An apologia / Herbert Maier and A. H. Good -- Conrad Meinecke's your cabin in the woods / Stephanie Rebick -- Everything cold is new again / Michael Prokopow -- Ideas of north; Glenn Gould and the aesthetic of the sublime / Anyssa Neumann -- The modern cabin / Photographs by Julius Shulman -- Mail-order modern / David Hill -- A-Frame / Chad Randl -- Drop city / Peter Rabbit -- Drop city revisitied / Simon Sadler -- Understanding whole systems : Countercultural publications / Stephanie Rebick -- Urban renewal : Ghost traps, college, condos, and squats / Scott Watson -- The writer's cabin / Jennifer M. Volland -- The small cabin / Margaret Atwood -- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek / Annie Dillard -- To Louis Ginsberg [Paterson, NJ] July 10, 1974 / Allen Ginsberg -- Woodswoman / Anne LaBastille -- The terror and tedium of living like Thoreau / Diana Saverin -- Cabin fever / Mark Wigley -- The cabin on the screen : Defining the "Cabin Horror" film / Matthew Grant -- Why look at cabin porn? / Finn Arne Jørgensen -- The log cabin campaign : Image deception in 1840 / Steven Seidman -- Lincoln logs-Toying with the frontier myth / Erin Cho -- Living history sites / Jennifer M. Volland -- How to build a community / Zach Klein -- Airbnb and cabin mania / Stephanie Rebick -- The sinister truth behind cabin porn / Akiva Blander -- Eye candy : Recent publications on cabins / Jennifer M. Volland -- A place of my own : The architecture of daydreams / Michael Pollan -- Getting off the grid : A re-examination of the writer's cabin / Allison Geller -- The aesthetics of ruggedness / Stephanie Rebick -- Proposal for Kimball art center / Jennifer M. Volland -- High-tech companies, low-tech offices / Monica Kim -- Partisans, grotto sauna / Jennifer M. Volland -- Sustainable practices / Stephanie Rebick -- Mattie Gunterman -- Dorothea Lange -- Walker Evans -- Vikky Alexander -- Liz Magor -- James Benning.
ISBN
978-1-927656-39-6
Accession Number
2019.25
Call Number
06.5 Vo88c
Collection
Archives Library
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Strugess, Clea, Trevor Boddy and Jeremy Sturgess
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Figure.1
Call Number
06.5 St9g
Author
Strugess, Clea, Trevor Boddy and Jeremy Sturgess
Responsibility
Clea Sturgess, Trevor Boddy, Jeremy Sturgess
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Figure.1
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
116 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Sunwapta
Glaciers
Jasper
Architecture
National parks
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Abstract
"Magical. Breath-taking. Unforgettable. Perched high above the Sunwapta Canyon in Canada's Rocky Mountains, Glacier Skywalk is all of these things--and more. Its choreographed pathways and cantilevered viewing platform allow visitors to see and experience the world in a whole new way. Glacier Skywalk tells the inside story of this award-winning collaboration between Parks Canada, Brewster Travel and the combined design-and-build team of Sturgess Architecture, PCL Constructors and RJC Consulting Engineers. Insightful essays by Trevor Boddy and Clea and Jeremy Sturgess reveal how the ideas came together and were realized in built form. Detailed sketches, three-dimensional renderings and stunning photographs by Robert Lemermeyer show how the structures evolved from start to finish. From the larch wood kiosk that welcomes visitors just off the Icefields Parkway, through the rock-lined walls, the glass floors and railings and the jagged steel forms that emulate mountains and glaciers, Glacier Skywalk reflects and highlights its surrounding environment. Whether or not you have stood suspended over the canyon--floating exposed to the elements, moving gently with the wind and visitors' footfalls, Glacier Skywalk captures the brilliance of the design and the magic of the experience. It is a book to treasure for years to come."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction
Designing the Skywalk
Building the Skywalk
Exploring the Skywalk
Afterword
Project awards
Project team
Project credits
About the contributors
Notes
Photography by Robert Lemermeyer
ISBN
978-1-927958-99-5
Accession Number
2019.26
Call Number
06.5 St9g
Collection
Archives Library
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Indigeneous architecture in Canada : a step towards reconciliation

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2019
Author
Millette, Daniel M.
Publisher
National Trust for Canada
Call Number
Periodicals "L" Misc.
Author
Millette, Daniel M.
Responsibility
Dr. Daniel M. Millette
Publisher
National Trust for Canada
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
volumes : illustrations
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Architecture
First Nations
Abstract
Pertains to Indigenous architecture in Canada and how it pertains to reconciliation with examples from Thunder Bay, ONT; Toronto, ONT; Victoria, BC; Vancouver, BC; Hamilton, ONT;
Notes
In Locale : the magazine of the National Trust for Canada, special print issue, 2018/2019, pp. 18-25
Call Number
Periodicals "L" Misc.
Collection
Archives Library
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Alpine huts in the Rockies, Selkirks and Purcells...

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1986
Author
Kariel, Herbert G.
Kariel, Pat
Publisher
Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
Call Number
06.5 K11a
Author
Kariel, Herbert G.
Kariel, Pat
Responsibility
by Herbert G. Kariel and Patricia E. Kariel
Publisher
Banff : Alpine Club of Canada
Published Date
1986
Physical Description
183p. : ill., maps, plans, ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Architecture
Cabins
Cabins and shelters
Huts
Mountaineering
History
Abstract
Pertains to alpine huts in the Rocky Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, and Purcell Mountains - includes photographs, history, and other details.
Contents
Prologue
Rocky Mountains:
Lake Louise-Yoho Area:
Abbot Pass Hut
Elizabeth Parker Hut
Fay Hut
Stanley Mitchell Hut
Halfway/Ptarmigan Hut
Graham Cooper Hut
Neil Colgan Hut
Castle Mountain Hut
Wapta Icefield Area:
Balfour Hut
Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut / Petyto Hut
Bow Hut
Banff-Jasper National Park Boundary Areas:
Saskatchewan Glacier Hut
Athabasca Glacier Hut
Lloyd MacKay / Mount Freshfield Hut
Mount Alberta Hut
Jasper Area:
Pocahontas / Disaster Point Hut
Wates-Gibson-Memorial Hut
Ralph Forster / Mount Robson Hut
Mount Colin Centennial Hut
Fryatt Creek / Sydney Vallance Hut
Lawrence Grassi / Mount Clemenceau Hut
Shangri-La and Watchtower Cabins
Fortress Lake Cabin
Mount Assiniboine Area:
Naiset Cabins
Robin C. Hind / Mount Assiniboine Hut
Surprise Creek Cabin
Police Meadows Cabin
Mitchell River Cabin
Bryant Creek and Egypt Lake Shelters
Other Huts in the Rockies:
CMC Valley / Archie Simpson Hut
Elk Lake Cabin
Fish Lake Cabin
Selkirk Mountains:
Rogers Pass Area:
Hermit Hut
Glacier Circle Hut
Arthur O. Wheeler Hut
Sapphine Col Hut
Balu Pass Hut
Eva Lake Shelter
Northern Selkirks:
Fairy Meadow Hut
Sir Sandford / Great Cairn Hut
Kokanee Glacier Area:
Slocan Chief Cabin
Silver Spray Cabin
Woodbury Glacier Cabin
Enterprise Hut
Valhalla Ranges:
Mulvey Basin Hut
Gwillim Creek Cabin
Evans Lake Cabin
Cove Creek Cabin
Cahill Lake and Beatrice Lake Cabins
Nemo Creek Cabin
Sharp Creek Cabins
Wee Sandy Cabins
Wragge Creek Cabin
Other Huts in the Selkirks:
Echo Basin and Ripple Ridge Cabins
Purcell Mountains:
Bugaboo Area:
Conrad Kain Hut
Vowell / Mallory Igloo
McMurdo Creek Cabin
Epilogue
Appendix
Index
ISBN
0-920330-18-5
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
06.5 K11a
Collection
Archives Library
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Modern Canadian architecture

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
c1983
Author
Whiteson, Leon
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
Call Number
NA745 W4
Author
Whiteson, Leon
Responsibility
Leon Whiteson
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
Published Date
c1983
Physical Description
272p. : ill. (some col.), plans.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Architecture, Canadian
ISBN
0-88830-248-7
Accession Number
16,500
Call Number
NA745 W4
Location
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Saskatoon imagined : art and architecture in the wonder city

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1989
Author
Decoursey, Elaine
Publisher
Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery
Call Number
NX432 S3 O42
Author
Decoursey, Elaine
Responsibility
Elaine Decoursey and Don Kerr, guest curators
Publisher
Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery
Published Date
1989
Physical Description
64p. : facsim (some col.)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Architecture - Saskatoon
Art - Saskatoon
Notes
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Mendel Art Gallery, Feb. 9-Apr. 2, 1989, and travelling to other galleries
Call Number
NX432 S3 O42
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Collection
Art Library
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