Fonds 1 - Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds

Addresses, reports and papersStudent Drawings of P.E. NobbsStudent Drawings (Ironwork) of P.E. NobbsStudent Prize and Competition Drawings of P.E. NobbsItalian Drawings of P.E. NobbsMacdonald Engineering BuildingProposal of Development of Queen Mary's GardenAbbott Memorial TabletProposal of Artizans' Apartment HouseHouse for P.E. Nobbs
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Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

CA CAC 1

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

Physical description area

Physical description

10,685 architectural drawings
162 drawings
approximately 780 photographs
29 objects
1.23 m of textual records

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1875-1964)

Biographical history

Nobbs was born in Haddington, Scotland, in 1875. Shortly thereafter his family moved to St. Petersburg where he studied at the School of Design. He received a Master's degree from Edinburgh University in 1896 and subsequently became a pupil of Robert ... »

Custodial history

The majority of the items were given to the CAC in 1970 by Francis J. Nobbs, the son of Percy Erskine Nobbs. With regard to the furniture, there are four items on loan from McGill University and Marilyn Montblanch donated a table knife which was part ... »

Scope and content

The Nobbs fonds consists of the work of Percy Erskine Nobbs, George Taylor Hyde, Nobbs and Hyde, Nobbs and Valentine, and Nobbs and Nobbs. 526 projects are documented in the Percy Erskine Nobbs Fonds. Architectural drawings form the core of the fonds, ... »

Notes area

Arrangement

Beginning in 1907, Hyde gave a sequetial operation number to each of his commissions. This sequence was continued in his partnership with nobbs, and later in Nobbs's partnerships with Valentine and Francis Nobbs. Any operation by Nobbs that was not ... »

Language of material

  • English

Associated materials

Unidentified Architects, CAC 30, for drawings of the Redpath Library extension at McGill University designed by Nobbs in 1921.; Percy Erskine Nobbs Digital Archive

Alternative identifier(s)

CAC Database ID

95

Wikidata Identifier

Q71844227

Wikidata URL

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71844227

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