Fonds 2.03 - Maxwell and Pitts

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Maxwell and Pitts

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    CA CAC 2.03

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    (1923-)

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      Edward Maxwell, CAC 2;
      Maxwell and Shattuck, CAC 2.01;
      Edward and W.S. Maxwell, CAC 2.02;
      William Sutherland Maxwell, CAC 2.04; Edward & W.S. Maxwell Digital Archive

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      General note

      Material in the archive is organized within the schema of the Edward Maxwell archive (see CAC 2).

      This material records the final phase of activities of the Maxwell firm from 1924-54. Following the death of Edward Maxwell in 1923, Gordon MacLeod Pitts (1886-1954), whose association with the Maxwell firm began in 1913, became a partner with William Sutherland Maxwell (see CAC 2, CAC 2.04). Pitts remained until Maxwell's death after which the practice was closed. A native of New Brunswick, Pitts studied structural engineering at McGill University from 1904-8. He joined the Maxwell firm officially in 1919. Apart from his activities as a practising architect, Pitts was also involved with professional associations of architects and engineers and served as president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1942.

      For further information please consult the CAC publication, Edward and W.S. Maxwell: Guide to the Archive = Edward et W. S. Maxwell : guide du fonds. Montreal: Canadian Architecture Collection, Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, 1986. Also see The Architecture of Edward and W.S. Maxwell. Exhibition catalogue. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1991, The Libraries of Edward and W. S. Maxwell in the Collection of the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, McGill University = Les bibliothèques de Edward et W. S. Maxwell bibliothques dans les collections de la Bibliothèque Blackader-Lauterman d'architecture et d'art, Université McGill. Montreal : Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, McGill University, 1991 and Rosalind M. Pepall. Construction d'un musée Beaux-Arts : Montréal 1912 = Building a Beaux-Arts Museum : Montréal 1912. Montreal: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1986.

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      Ce matériel est organisé selon le plan du fonds Edward Maxwell (voir CAC 2).

      Ce matériel témoigne de la dernière étape des activités du cabinet Maxwell, soit de 1924 à 1954. Après le décès d'Edward Maxwell en 1923, Gordon MacLeod Pitts (1886-1954), qui était entré au cabinet Maxwell en 1913, devint l'associé de William Sutherland Maxwell (voir CAC 2, CAC 2.04). Il occupa ce poste jusqu'au décès de Maxwell, après quoi le cabinet cessa ses activités. Né au Nouveau-Brunswick, Pitts avait étudié les techniques de construction à l'Université McGill de 1904 à 1908. Il était entré officiellement au cabinet de Maxwell en 1919. Outre ses activités d'architecte, Pitts était également membre de diverses associations professionnelles d'architectes et d'ingénieurs et, fut président du Royal Architectural Institute of Canada en 1942.

      Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez consulter la publication de la CAC intitulée Edward and W. S. Maxwell: Guide to the Archive = Edward et W. S. Maxwell : guide du fonds, Montréal : Collection d'architecture canadienne, Bibliothèque Blackader-Lauterman d'architecture et d'art, Université McGill, 1986. Voir aussi L'architecture de Edward et W. S. Maxwell, catalogue de l'exposition, Montréal : Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1991, The Libraries of Edward and W. S. Maxwell in the Collection of the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, McGill University = Les bibliothèques de Edward et W. S. Maxwell dans les collections de la Bibliothèque Blackader-Lauterman d'architecture et d'art, Université McGill. Montréal : Bibliothèque Blackader-Lauterman d'architecture et d'art, Université McGill, 1991 et Rosalind M. Pepall. Construction d'un musée Beaux-Arts : Montréal 1912 = Building a Beaux-Arts Museum : Montréal 1912. Montréal: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 1986.

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      17

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      Q71844073

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      https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71844073

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