VERTICAL FILE COLLECTION

(updated 29 March  2012)

 

ARCHITECTS

         GENERAL

         Amos, Louis

         John S. Archibald (missing)

         Cormier, Ernest

         Ellwood, Michael

         Findlay, Robert

         Hill, George

         Hopkins, J.W.

         Hutchison, A.C.

         MacDuff, J.H.

         Marchand, J. Omer

         Maxwell,  Edward and W.S.

         Nobbs, Percy

         Rose, Peter

         Wright, William and J.S.

 

ARCHITECTURE – Misc

 

ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS

         General

         AISLIN (Terry Mosher)

         Bates, Catherine

         Cohen, Leonard

         Holgate, Edwin

         Hornyak, Jennifer

         Jackson, A.Y.

         Johnson, J. Seward

         Mayerovitch, Harry

         Merrett, Brian

         Nincheri, Guido M.

         Reid, Eileen

         Roberts, Goodridge

         Sherriff-Scott, Adam

         Steinhouse, Tobie

         Surrey, Philip

         Szilasi, Gabor & family

 

AUTHORS & POETS (see also Poetry about Westmount)

         General

         Collard, Edgar Andrew

         Gubbay, Aline

         Larsen, Wayne

         Scott, F.R.                                                      

 

BIOGRAPHIES   (see also Architects, Artists, Authors, Mayors)

         General     A—G, H—M, N—Z

         Aitken, Sally

         Berliner, Herbert S.

         Beveridge, M.W. (on Cenotaph)

         Bronfman family

         Bowman, Charles

         Bulmer

         Clarke, John and Simon

         Collip

         Davis, Dorothy (see Organizations – ChildrenÕs Theatre)

         Dawson

         Durnford

         Fish, Michael

         Garneau, Marc

         Geoffrion, Louis-Felix Aime

         Gold, Muriel

         Hallowell

         Hamilton, R.H. (on Cenotaph)

         Harvie, Robert

         Hays, Moses Judah

         Hodgson

         Hogg family

         Hooff, Sally Blake

         Hurtubise

         Hutchison

         Jackson, Walter H.

         Joseph

         Kelsey

         Lighthall, Alice

         Lord, Richard

         Malloch. Katie

         McKenna, Kenneth

         Molson      

         Murray, William

         Notman, William (photographer)

         Ogilvie, John

         Paltiel, Sarah

         ParŽ (missing)

         Pelletier, Gerard

         Prager, Eva

         Quinlan, John

         Raynes

         Reekie, Robert James

         Robertson, George

         Saly, Helene

         Sancton, John

         Saxe, Mary S. (see City of Westmount – Librarians)

         Segal, Ilyse

         Shearer, Norma

         Soskin, Gabrielle

         Stachiewicz, Wanda

         Stern, Harry

         Wedge, Don

         Wright, James

         Young, John

 

BRIDGES

         Glen Arch

         Glen Bridge Plaque

         Western Ave. Bridge (demolished)

 

BUILDINGS (see also Armouries, Churches, Houses, Libraries, Schools, Synagogues)

 

         General

         Apartments & Condos

                  Claremont Ave.

                  DeMaisonneuve Ave.

                  Greene Ave.

                  Hillside Ave.

                  Mount Stephen Ave.

                  Redfern Ave.

                  Sherbrooke St. W.

                  Ste. Catherine St. W. - Quinlan

                  Ste. Catherine St. W. – Roosevelt

                  Victoria Ave 357-361

                  Westmount Square

         Arena  1898-1914 (destroyed by fire)

Armouries

         Avenue Theatre

         Banks

         Place Kensington

         Protestant Deaf Mute Building   

         St. MargaretÕs

         Westmount Municipal Buildings

                  General

                  Montreal Arena/ Western Arena (burned 1918)

                  Victoria Hall

                  Westmount Arena (1950s)

                  Westmount City Hall

                  Westmount Fire Stations

                  Westmount Flower Conservatory

                  Westmount Gallery at Victoria Hall

                  Westmount Police Station

                  Westmount Public Library

                  Westmount Recreation Centre (2011)

         Westmount Post Office

         Westmount Train Station

        

 

 

 

BUSINESSES  see also Streets

         General

         Biltcliffe Department Store

         Campbell Gallery

         Chatfields Grocery Store

         Dionne and Dionne (see also fonds Dionne & Dionne)

         Double Hook Book Shop

         La Transition Restaurant

         OhmanÕs Jewellry

         POM Bakery

         TonyÕs Shoes

 

CHURCHES  (see also Buildings)

         Ascension

         Calvary Church

         Church of the Advent

         Dominion Douglas

         Melville Church

         St. AndrewÕs

         St. AndrewÕs-Dominion Douglas

         St. Leon-de-Westmount

         St Matthias

         St. StephenÕs (see also  Stanley Presbyterian)

         Seventh Day Adventist

         Stanley Presbyterian

         Westmount Baptist

         Westmount Methodist

         Westmount Park United

 

CITY OF WESTMOUNT (official)

         Architectural Heritage Campaign

         Architectural Heritage Campaign - 2011

 

         Celebrations

         Celebrations—Centennial 1974

         City Council

         City Crests

         City Services

                  Fire

                  Other

         Department of Public Works

         Employees, Various (see also Mayors)

         Employees, Librarians

         Incorporation

         Legal Cases

         School Commissioners (missing)

         Urban Planning

 

 

 

CLUBS (see also Organizations, Sports)

         General

         Cote St. Antoine Tennis Club

         Curling Clubs

         M.A.A.A.

         Montreal Ski Club

         St. GeorgeÕs Snowshoe Club

         Weeders and Diggers

         Westmount Golf Club

         Westmount Lawn Bowling Club

 

COMMUNICATIONS

         Bell Telephone

 

EARTHQUAKES

 

EVENTS

         Earth Day

         St. PatrickÕs Day Parade

         Walking tour of Westmount Gardens

         Westmout ArtisansÕ Festival (missing)

         Westmount Family Day

         Westmount Street Festival

         Westmount Vin dÕHonneur

         Westmount Winter Carnival

 

EXHIBITS & EXHIBITIONS – various art, photographic, etc.

 

GARDENS and PLANTS

 

GLEN

 

HISTORY OF WESTMOUNT

         General

         FLQ Bombings

         Heritage Preservation

         Humour

         Merger/Demerger

         Mysteries

         Old Westmount: History Project 1967 (empty)

         Personal Anecdotes

         Urban Development/Planning

         Year in Review (2005, 2006)

 

HOSPITALS

         McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)

         Queen Elizabeth

         Reddy Memorial

 

HOUSES  (see also Apartments & Condos, Buildings, Streets)

         General

         Demolished (x- referenced from Houses on specific streets)

                  ÒClarevueÓ

                  ÒFordenÓ

                  ÓMurray House – ÒWest MountÓ

                  ÒGreen HytheÓ  

         Belvedere Road – 15 ÒOaklandsÓ

         Cedar Ave - 3255

         Centennial

         Church Hill – 85 ÒHazelbraeÓ

         Clarke – 473

         Cote St. Antoine – houses, general

         Cote St. Antoine – houses, specific

                  37

                  168-170 – ÒMetcalfe TerraceÓ

                  334, 354, 649

                  513-515 – ÒRiverviewÓ

                  563 – ÒHurtubise HouseÓ

         Dorchester – 4130-4140

         Edgehill – 205

         Lansdowne – 333-335

         Metcalfe Avenue – 177, 332, 364

         Mount Pleasant - 474

         Mountain – 451, 490

         Rosemount Avenue – 52, 60

         Ste. Catherine

         Rosemount Avenue – 70 ÒGate LodgeÓ

         Severn – 16-18 – ÒRosemountÓ

         Sherbrooke - 4130

         Surrey Gardens – 46

         The Boulevard – 3219 – ÒBraemarÓ

         The Boulevard – 3657

         The Boulevard - 3664

         Trafalgar - 3021

         Upper Bellevue – 122

         Upper Belmont - 725

         Victoria Avenue – 555 – ÒThe Well HouseÓ

         Westmount Avenue - 4363

 

LANES

 

LIBRARIES (see also Westmount Municipal Buildings)

         Atwater Library

 

MAPS & PLANS

 

MAYORS ( see also Biographies)

         General

         Adams, R. Percy

         Cameron, James

         Cutler, May

         Duclos, Charles

         Evans, Frederick

         Galbraith, William

         Gallery, Brian

         Lighthall, William

         MacFarlane, John

         McLagan, Peter N.

         Marks, Karen

         PrudÕhomme, Eustache

         Trent, Peter

         Tucker, M.L.

         Walker, J.R.

         Ward, James Kewley

 

MILITARY (see also Buildings - Armories, War)

 

MONTREAL MELON

 

MONUMENTS

         Milestone

         Westmount Cenotaph (see also Parks - Garden Point)     (see also Biographies for individuals)

 

MURDERS AND CRIME (and Suicides)

 

NATIVE PEOPLES

 

NEWSPAPERS

         History of

         Westmount Examiner

         Westmount News

 

OBITUARIES - Westmount

 

ORGANIZATIONS (see also Clubs)

         General

         4424 Youth Centre

         Arts Westmount

         ChildrenÕs Theatre

         Dramatis Personae

         Friends of the Westmount Public Library

         Heritage Westmount

         Old Westmount Club

         Rotary Club of Westmount

         Unity Boys Clubs

         Weredale House

         Westmount Horticultural Society (basic history)

         Westmount Municipal Association

         Westmount School Commissioners

         Westmount Youth Orchestra

         Westmount YMCA

 

PARKS  (see also City of Westmount)

General

         Garden Point (missing)

         King George Park (previously Murray Park)

         Queen Elizabeth Gardens

         Summit Woods (previously Summit Park)

         Westmount Athletic Grounds (previously M.A.A.A. grounds)

         Westmount Park

                  Cannons

                 

POETRY ABOUT WESTMOUNT  (see also AUTHORS)

 

RELIGIOUS ORDERS

         CND

         Grey Nuns

         Sulpicians

 

SCHOOLS (see also Buildings)

         General

         Argyle

         Cote St. Antoine Academy (see also Westmount Academy)

         Dawson College (see also CongrŽgation de Notre Dame)

French Methodist Institute

KingÕs

Marianopolis (see also CongrŽgation de Notre Dame)

         Miss EdgarÕs and Miss CrampÕs (ECS)

         QueenÕs

         Roslyn

                  Additions

                  1920-1923 renovations

         St. GeorgeÕs

         St. LŽon/ St. LeoÕs

         St. PaulÕs

         Selwyn House

         The Study

         Sunnyside

         University Boys School

         Villa Maria

         Visual Arts Centre

         Westmount Academy see also St. Antoine Academy

         Westmount High School

         Westmount Park School

         Weston School

 

SPORTS (see also Clubs)

         Baseball

         Curling

         General History

         Golf

         Hockey

         Lawn Bowling

         Misc. Sports

         Tennis, Racquetball

         Winter Sports

 

STREETS  see also Houses

         General

         Abbott

         Aberdeen

         Arlington Lane

         Atwater

         Bethune

         Carleton

         Chesterfield

         Clarke Avenue

         Cote St. Antoine

         De Casson

         De Maisonneuve (previously Western Ave.)  

         Dorchester

         Edgehill

         Forden

         Greene

         Hallowell

         Hillside

         Kensington

         Lansdowne

         Metcalfe

         Mountain

         Mt. Pleasant

         Roslyn

         Ste. Catherine

         Selby

         Sherbrooke

         Somerville

         Stanton

         Stayner

         Strathcona

         Sydenham

         Victoria

         Weredale Park

 

SYNAGOGUES (see also Buildings)

         Shaar Hashomayin

         Temple Emmanu-el

 

THEATRES AND SHOWS

 

TOLLGATES

 

TRANSPORTATION

         Bicycle

         Bus, Metro

         Horse, Sleigh

         Railway

         Streetcar, Tram

         Turcot Interchange

 

WAR (see also Monuments – Westmount Cenotaph)

         Boer War and Westmount

         World War I and Westmount

         World War II and Westmount

 

WARD FAMILY ALBUM (photocopy)

 

WHA WALKING TOURS

         JANEÓS WALK tours

         OPAM tours