Collection search - Arthur Donald Margison fonds [textual record, technical drawing, graphic material]

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Arthur Donald Margison fonds [textual record, technical drawing, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1914-2000.

Reference:

MG31-J39, 2000-01337-6

BAN no.:

2000-01337-6

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

181112

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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1914-2000.

Place of creation:

Various places

Extent:

0.64 m of textual records.
42 photographs : 35 b&w and 7 col.
11 blueprints.

Language of material:

English

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Accession consists of material relating to the engineering careers of Oswald and A.D. Margison. Technical drawings and forms relating to A.D. Margison's wartime engineering projects, mostly shipbuilding. Material on the consulting firms of Margison & Babcock, A.D. Margison & Associates and Canadian Frontier Water & Power Ltd. Publication and photos on Phil Garratt and the visit of Soviet aviation officials in 1958. Material on Margison's interest in mathematical problems and gravitational theory.
Accession consists of family portraits of Oswald and A.D. Margison; photos of the construction of concrete aircraft hangers; the unveiling of models of the Gardiner Expressway, Toronto; the Canadian Frontier Water & Power Ltd. aircraft equiped for aerial photography and aerial photos. Photos of Soviet aviation officials visiting Toronto in 1958. board of Governors - University of Guelph; Celebration of Phil Garrat's - 55 years as an active pilot, 1916-1971; CN Tower, Toronto - aerial view; Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, ca. 1973 - aerial view.
Accession consists of blueprints of projects done by Defense Industries Ltd., Fraser Brace Engineering Co. and T. Pringle & Son Ltd., 1940-1946.

Source:

Private

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MG31-J39
R5097-0-5-E

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MG31-J39
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