Maxwell M. Kalman Exhibition materials
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- Collection
- Maxwell M. Kalman Exhibition materials
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 compact disc (DVD-ROM) (movie). - Env. 0.1 metres of textual records. - Env. 13 photographs.
- Fonds No.
- P0307
- Date
- 2006.
- Scope and Content
- The collection is composed of both digital and analog materials, consisting of: A Powerpoint presentation created by Bronson, Desrochers, and Lane, which includes numerous photographs as well as contextual information about the exhibit, along with its accompanying text. Film on DVD, titled Maxwell …
- Collection
- Maxwell M. Kalman Exhibition materials
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 compact disc (DVD-ROM) (movie). - Env. 0.1 metres of textual records. - Env. 13 photographs.
- Scope and Content
- The collection is composed of both digital and analog materials, consisting of: A Powerpoint presentation created by Bronson, Desrochers, and Lane, which includes numerous photographs as well as contextual information about the exhibit, along with its accompanying text. Film on DVD, titled Maxwell M. Kalman: A Centennial Retrospective, 51 min., with a scene selection feature split into 15 sections dealing with various personal/professional themes (Childhood, Scribbling, Importance of housing), and eras (The Depression, The War, After the War). 10 cm of textual records, including: A binder of exhibit-related materials divided into sections including a photocopy of the information in Kalman's job book, lists of buildings and their addresses, correspondence about mounting the 2006 exhibit, interview summaries and additional biographical notes. A complete photocopy of the job book, unbound. A green binder containing correspondence about the display of a Parliament building model by Kalman. There is a folder containing copies of fiches created by Pierre-Richard Bisson and Associates describing Kalman buildings in Outremont and a folder of information about some of Kalman's commercial projects, including the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue's school and the Norgate shopping centre in St-Laurent, and a folder of 11 small colour photographs of the Canada Revenue building, 2 photographs of Maxwell Kalman with his second wife Rose Abramowitz, and one portrait photo of Kalman at around 100 years old.
- Date
- 2006.
- Fonds No.
- P0307
- History / Biographical
- Architectural historians Susan Bronson, Julie Desrochers, and Naomi Lane were contracted by Maxwell Kalman's son Harold Kalman to create this career-spanning exhit to mark Maxwell Kalman's 100th birthday. The exhibit was developed between January and May 2006 and was shown over the course of the summer at the Sala Rosa and other Montreal locations. The exhibit panels were then sent to Harold Kalman in Victoria BC, who donated them to the Canadian Jewish Archives in December 2023.
- Custodial History
- The materials were compiled and donated by Susan Bronson, Julie Desrochers and Naomi Lane in March of 2024.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations :P24/04.Associated material :P0306 (Maxwell M. Kalman collection).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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