Collection search - Royal Architectural Institute of Canada fonds [textual record (some microform), graphic material, architectural drawing]

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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada fonds [textual record (some microform), graphic material, architectural drawing]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1907-2016.

Reference:

R2688-0-9-E, MG28-I239

Type of material:

Textual material, Architectural and technical drawings, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

159689

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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada fonds
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Fonds includes:

7 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1907-2016.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6.273 m of textual records.
249 photographs : 176 b&w; 73 col.; 3 col. slides.
63 architectural drawings.
4 microfilm reels : negative & positive ; 35 mm.
12 postage stamps

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of minutes of the Executive Committee (1920-1965), Council (1907-1971) and Annual General Meetings (1911-1971), assorted publications, programs for the Festival of Architecture (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), Governor General's Medals in Architecture booklets (2002, 2014), Moriyama Prize pamphlet (2014), Millenium Celebration of Canadian Architecture pamphlet (2000), and miscellaneous correspondence, invitations, and ephemera. Subject files pertain to the study of architecture as an art and as a profession, and document the various activities of the RAIC in education, architectural competitions, committees, associations and public relations. The minutes, volumes 1 to 33, are only available on microfilm, reels C-10481 to C-10484.

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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

Biography/Administrative history:

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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada : The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)is a voluntary national association representing more than 3000 professional architects as well as faculty and graduates of accredited schools of architecture from across Canada. The RAIC was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1908 as "The Architectural Institute of Canada". An alliance with the Royal Institute of British Architects was completed in 1909, and royal assent was given to add 'Royal' to the name. The purposes of the RAIC are: to provide services to the public as a national organization; to establish and maintain a bond between the members of the Institute and to recognize and encourage excellence in the practice of architecture; to establish and maintain liaison with other environmental design professions and learned societies, nationally and internationally, on matters of common concern.

In 1941 the College of Fellows was created to honour members of the RAIC and distinguished laymen, to serve as the senior advisory body of the Institute, and to encourage research and scholarship. In fulfilment of the last objective, the College of Fellows Scholarship was established in 1948 and is open to graduates of Canadian schools of architecture. The RAIC administers award programs recognizing excellence in the field of architecture. Awards have focused on built projects, lifelong achievement, distinguished contributions to the profession (fellowships), architectural education, and excellence in the allied arts. There are the Governor General's Awards for architecture, a bi-annual awards program which recognizes outstanding achievement in recently completed structures built by architects registered in Canada, and the RAIC Gold Medal, the highest award for outstanding contribution to the profession. Other awards included the Allied Arts Medal for excellence in an art allied to architecture, and the Student Medal, administered through the RAIC Foundation and offered annually to the graduating student with the outstanding design project and thesis in each school of architecture in Canada.

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Multiple media (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list describing the Subject Files, 1907-1972 (volumes 1 to 25); other records (volumes 26 to 28); and photographic and architectural material (volumes 29 and 31). Moreover, it describes the microfilmed minutes, volumes 1 to 33. MSS2138 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000662.pdf

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_159689?usrlang=en

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_159689?usrlang=fr

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General note:

Received in 1976 and 2018 from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. The original minutes, in the custody of the institute, were also microfilmed in 1976.

Reproduction note:

The microfilmed minutes were erroneously coded "C", as C-10481 to C-10484. Normally, the "C" designation was reserved for microfilm of originals which are still in the custody of the National Archives of Canada.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1976/M636
2014-01845-6
2014-01869-3
2018-00487-5
76/179

Former archival reference no.:

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MG28-I239
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Access restriction document

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000164.pdf

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [R2688]

[Consultation 90 Open]

29--30;

[Consultation 90 Open]

32--33;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R2688] 34

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Finding aid box [FA 2138] 154

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R2688] 29

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R2688] 29

[Consultation 90 Open]

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