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1872-1991 (Creation)
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6446 architectural drawings
4996 aperture cards (architectural drawings)
13 reels of microfilm (architectural drawings)
518 microfiches (architectural drawings)
1.4 metres of textual records
4 volumes of textual records
23 index cards
33 albums (ca. 2500 photographs)
71 photographs : prints
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Mathers & Haldenby was an achitectural firm based in Toronto, Ontario that existed between 1921 and 1991.
Mathers & Haldenby was founded by Alvan Sherlock Mathers and Eric Wilson Haldenby. They were both succeeded respectively by their sons Andrew S. Mathers and Douglas Charles Haldenby, in 1964. These two men maintained control of the firm until it ceased practice in December 1991.
The firm's clients were mainly in Toronto, but it also did work both alone and in conjunction with other firms in various locations in Ontario and throughout Canada, notably Halifax, Kingston, Calgary, Waterloo, Quebec City and Ottawa, as well as Australia and the Caribbean.
Major works by the firm include various buildings for the University of Toronto, Queen's University (Kingston), and Dalhousie University (Halifax), Upper Canada College (Toronto) , and government buildings in Ottawa and Toronto.
Additionally, Mathers & Haldenby designed many other buildings, including office and industrial buildings, commercial buildings, school and university buildings, residences, and hospitals.
Alvan S. Mathers (1895-1965) was born in Aberfoyle, Ontario. He attended high school at Thorold and Chesley, Ontario, and the University of Toronto, graduating in 1917. Initially he was a partner in the architectural firms of John M. Lyle, Wickson and Gregg, Banigan, Mathers and Thompson, and Eden Smith and Mathers. Subsequently he joined with Eric W. Haldenby.
Eric W. Haldenby (1893-1971) was born in Toronto in 1893. He attended Parkdale Collegiate and the University of Toronto, graduating in 1921 after serving overseas during World War I. Haldenby died in Toronto in 1971.
Andrew S. Mathers (b. 1934) was born in Toronto, and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1959. He worked with Gordon S. Adamson from 1959 to 1961, and then became a partner in Mathers & Haldenby in 1961.
Douglas C. Haldenby (b. 1925) was born in Toronto. After serving in World War II, he graduated from the University of Toronto in 1948. At that time he joined Mathers & Haldenby, where he was a supervising architect for projects outside of Ontario before becoming a partner.
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Fonds consists of records created and received by the Toronto architectural firm of Mathers & Haldenby, documenting projects with which the firm was involved.
Major architectural projects documented in these records include Queen's Park Phase II, Upper Canada College and various hospital buildings in Toronto; various buildings at the University of Toronto; alterations to the Parliament Building and the Supreme Court Building in Ottawa; the National Library and Archival building in Ottawa; various buildings for Queen's University and the Royal Military College in Kingston; and buildings for Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Other architectural projects documented in the fonds include residences, commercial and industrial buildings, cultural and academic institutions, hospital buildings, and office buildings, mostly located in Toronto but also throughout Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Western Canada, Australia and the Caribbean.
Records in the fonds consist primarily of architectural drawings by Mathers & Haldenby or firms with which they collaborated, as well as mechanical drawings by contracted firms, and reference drawings from architects who had previously worked on some of the buildings. In addition to original drawings and prints, fonds includes reproductions of drawings on aperture cards and in microfilm format.
Fonds also includes specifications, project proposals, one firm prospectus, photographs of buildings the firm worked on, and one staff photograph.
For a more detailed description, use this link to the Archives of Ontario's descriptive database: http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PROV/PROV/REFD+C+315?SESSIONSEARCH
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Most of the records in the fonds were donated by Andrew S. Mathers and Douglas C. Haldenby to the Archives of Ontario in 1994. Additional records were donated by Mrs. Florence A. Webster to the Archives of Ontario in 2006.
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Researchers must use microform copies where provided. Some items are restricted due to conservation reasons.
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Copyright transferred to Archives of Ontario by donors. No restrictions on reproduction or publication of material for which the donor is authorized to transfer the copyright to the Archives. Other material may require permission of third party copyright holders.
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Mathers & Haldenby Partnership fonds, Centre for Canadian Architecture, University of Calgary
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Rev. Mar/12.