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INDEX TO WHA VERTICAL FILE COLLECTION
(last updated 11 April 2014)
ARCHITECTS (see also BIOGRAPHICAL)
General
Amos, Louis
Anderson, Bruce
Azrieli, David
Bostrom, Robert E.
Cormier, Ernest
Durnford, A. T. Galt
Ellwood, Michael
Findlay, Robert
Gersovitz, Julia
Hill, George Roy (see also MONUMENTS – Westmount Cenotaph)
Hopkins, J. W.
Hutchinson, Alexander Cowper
Lambert, Phyllis
MacDuff, Joseph Honoré
Marchand, J. Omer
Maxwell, Edward & W. S.
Nobbs, Percy Erskine
Rose, Peter
Wright, William & J. S.
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ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE CAMPAIGN (see also WALKING TOURS – OPAM)
ARCHITECTURE
General
Traditional building materials
ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS (see also BIOGRAPHICAL)
(Note: exhibition catalogues filed outside this collection)
Various
AISLIN (Terry Mosher)
Bates, Catherine
Bowser, George
Caron, Blossom
Cohen, Leonard
Drummond, Michael
Duncan, James
Hobbs, Anthony
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Holgate, Edwin
Hornyak, Jennifer
Jackson, A. Y.
Johnson, J. Seward
Kahane, Anne
Kelsey, Charles William
Lawley, Douglas
Lindsay, Doreen
Mayerovitch, Harry
McGarrigle, Kate
Merrett, Brian
Morrow, “Bill”
Mosher, Terry (see AISLIN)
Nincheri, Guido M.
Prager, Eva
Reid, Eileen
Roberts, Bruce
Roberts, Goodridge
Ross, Graeme
Scott, Marian Dale
Shemie, Bonnie
Sherriff-Scott, Adam
Smith, Jori
Steinhouse, Tobie
Surrey, Philip
Szilasi, Gabor & family (see also BIOG. – Lindsay, Doreen)
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BIOGRAPHICAL (see also ARCHITECTS; ARTISTS; CITY OF WESTMOUNT - employees; MAYORS; OBITUARIES)
General A-G, H-M, N-Z
Aitken, Sally
Berliner, Herbert S.
Beveridge, Massey W. (on Cenotaph list)
Bouchard, Eugénie
Bowman, Charles
Bronfman family (see also HOUSES – 15 Belvedere Rd.)
Bulmer family
Clark, Joan Ross (see BIOGRAPHICAL – Bulmer family)
Clarke, John & Simon
Collard, Edward Andrew
Collip
Davis, Dorothy (see ORGANIZATIONS – Children’s Theatre)
Dawson
Decarie family
Durnford family (see also ARCHITECTS – A.T.G. Durnford)
Earle, Eleanor (see Wardleworth family)
Fish, Michael
Garneau, Marc
Geoffrion, Louis-Félix Aimé
Gold, Muriel
Gubbay, Aline
Hallowell
Hamilton, R.H. (on Cenotaph list)
Hammonds, David
Harvie, Robert
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Hays, Moses Judah
Hodgson
Hogg family
Hooff, Sally
Hurtubise family (see also HOUSES - Côte St. Antoine – 561)
Hutchison family
Irving, Colin
Jackson, Walter H.
Joseph
Larsen, Wayne
Leith, Linda
Lighthall, Alice
Lighthall, William (see also MAYORS)
Lighthall/Henderson family
Lord, Richard
Malloch, Katie
McKenna, Kenneth
Molson family
Murray, William (see also HOUSES – West Mount – demolished)
Nicholsons, David and Diana
Notman, William
Ogilvie, John
Paltiel, Sarah
Pelletier, Gerard
Quinlan, John (see also BUILDINGS –
Apts. & Condos – St. Catherine St. W. – “Quinlan”.
Raynes
Reekie, Robert James
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Renaud, Anne
Robertson, George
Saly, Hélène
Sancton, John & family
Saxe, Mary S. (see CITY OF WESTMOUNT – Librarians)
Scott, F. R. (Frank)
Segal, Ilse
Shaddick, Maggie
Shearer, Norma
Soskin, Gabrielle
Stachiewicz, Wanda
Stern, Harry
Taddeo, Donat
Velan family
Wardleworth family (see also HOUSES – Côte St. Antoine – “Metcalfe Terrace”)
Wedge, Don
Wolff, Annette
Wright, James
Young, John
BRIDGES
Glen Arch (see GLEN ARCH)
Western Ave. Bridge (demolished)
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BUILDINGS
(see also HOUSES, CHURCHES, LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, STREETS, SYNAGOGUES)
General
Apartments & Condos
General
Claremont – 418 “Richelieu”
De Maisonneuve – 4300, “Western” (demolished)
Greene - 1250
Hillside
Mount Stephen
Redfern - 215
Selby St.
Sherbrooke St. W. - 4943
St. Antoine St.
St. Catherine St. W. – 4410-12-14 “Quinlan” (demolished)
St. Catherine St. W. – “Roosevelt” (demolished)
“Westmount Square”
“1 Wood Avenue”
Armouries (See also MILITARY; WAR)
Avenue Theatre (demolished)
Banks
Metcalfe – 175
Montreal Arena/Westmount Arena (burned 1918)
Mother House – Congrégation de Notre-Dame (see also SCHOOLS – Dawson
College)
Place Kensington
Protestant Deaf Mute Building
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St. Catherine St. – 4094-4104, 4192
St. Margaret’s Home
Victoria - 357-361
Westmount Municipal Buildings
General
Victoria Hall
Westmount Arena (demolished 2012)
Westmount City Hall
Westmount Fire Stations
Westmount Flower Conservatory (Greenhouse)
Westmount Gallery at Victoria Hall
Westmount Lawn Bowling Clubhouse
Westmount Police Station
Westmount Power Company (today’s Hydro Westmount)
Westmount Public Library
Westmount Recreation Centre (2013)
Westmount Post Office (“Old Post Office”, corner of Greene)
Westmount Post Office (closed 2013, Victoria Ave.)
Westmount Train Station (closed 198?)
BUSINESSES (See also BUILDINGS, STREETS) (*closed)
General
Biltcliffe Department Store*
Campbell Gallery
Chatfields Grocery Store*
Dionne & Dionne* (see also fonds Dionne & Dionne)
Double Hook Books*
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Folklore
Galerie de Bellefeuille
Henrietta Antony Antiques*
(H.F.) Jackson Pharmacy*
La Transition Restaurant*
Les 5 Saisons
Nicholas Hoare Books*
Ohman’s Jewellers*
POM Bakery*
Serge & Réal Couture*
Tony’s Shoes
Victoria Ave. 357-361
West End Gallery
Westmount Florist
Woven Gardens*
CANNONS (see PARKS – Westmount Park – Cannons)
CHURCHES
General
Ascension (Roman Catholic)
Bethel Gospel
Calvary Church
Church of the Advent
Dominion Douglas (see also Mountainside United)
Melville Church
Mountainside United
St. Andrew’s (see also Mountainside United)
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St. Andrew’s-Dominion Douglas (see also Mountainside United)
St. Léon de Westmount
St. Matthias
St. Stephen’s (see also Stanley Presbyterian)
Seventh Day Adventist
Stanley Presbyterian
Westmount Baptist
Westmount Methodist
Westmount Park United
CITY OF WESTMOUNT (official) (see also ORGANIZATIONS)
Celebrations – various (see also EVENTS, various)
Celebrations – Centennial 1974
City Council
City crests, coat of arms
City Services
Fire
Other
Department of Public Works
Director General
Employees - Library
Employees – various (see also MAYORS)
Historical designation 2012 (by Parks Canada)
Incorporation
Legal cases
Traffic Master Plan
Urban planning
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CLUBS (see also ORGANIZATIONS, SPORTS)
General
Côte St. Antoine Tennis Club
Curling clubs
MAAA
Montreal Ski Club
St. George’s Snowshoe Club
Weeders and Diggers
Westmount Golf Club
Westmount Lawn Bowling Club (see also BUILDINGS)
Westmount rugby football
COMMUNICATIONS
Bell Telephone
EVENTS (see also CITY OF WESTMOUNT – Celebrations)
Arts Westmount
Earth Day
Flower Show
Garden tours
Holiday celebrations
St. Patrick’s Day parade
Various
Walking tours (see WALKING TOURS)
Westmount Artisans Festival
Westmount Centennial 1974
Westmount Family Day
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Westmount Library Book Sale
Westmount Street Festival
Westmount Vin d’Honneur
Westmount Winter Carnival
EXHIBITS & EXHIBITIONS (various art, photographic, etc.)
FEDERAL RIDING OF NDG-WESTMOUNT
FLORAL CLOCK (see PARKS – Westmount Park – Floral Clock)
GARDENS & PLANTS (see also PARKS)
Campbell Gardens
GLEN (see also BRIDGES; GLEN ARCH; GLEN PLAQUE 2012; STREETS -ST. Catherine St. W.; BUILDINGS – Westmount Municipal Buildings – Westmount Power Company)
GLEN ARCH
GLEN PLAQUE 2012
GREENHOUSE (See BUILDINGS; Westmount Municipal Buildings – Flower Conservatory)
HERITAGE PRESERVATION
(see also ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE CAMPAIGN, CITY OF WESTMOUNT – Urban Planning; STREETS – Selby St.; URBAN DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING)
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HISTORY OF WESTMOUNT
General
Earthquakes
Floods, rains
FLQ Bombings
Humour
Merger/Demerger ca. 2001
Mysteries
Old Westmount History Project 1967
Personal anecdotes, memories
Titanic (See TITANIC SINKING)
Year in Review (2005, 2006)
HOSPITALS
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
Queen Elizabeth
Reddy Memorial
HOUSES (see also ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE CAMPAIGN; BUILDINGS – Apartments & Condos; STREETS)
General
Demolished
“Clarevue” – above The Boulevard
“Forden”- Forden Cr.
Harvie House – 335 Metcalfe
Murray House – “West Mount” (see also PARKS – King George Park)
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“Green Hythe”
Leduc House – Côte St. Antoine Rd.
St. Germain House
Aberdeen – 12, 26, 49
Anwoth - 5
Argyle – 490, 495
Belmont - 611
Belvedere Place
Belvedere Rd. – 15 “Oaklands”
Belvedere Rd. – 30, 32, 38, 42,
Cedar – 3246, 3255, 3283, 4210
Church Hill - 85 “Hazelbrae”
Claremont - 574
Clarke - 473
Columbia - 64
Côte St. Antoine houses, general
Côte St. Antoine houses, specific
35 – 37
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105
168 – 178 “Metcalfe Terrace”
333
334, 354, 649
513 – 515 “Riverview”
561 – 563 “Hurtubise House”
649
5138 (Pink House – not in Westmount)
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Crescent Heights – 99 (no longer a named street)
De Maisonneuve Blvd. – 4281, 4725, 5138
Devon- 28
Dorchester – 4130-4140
Dorchester – 4064, 4264, 4274
Edgehill - 205
Elm - 457
Forden Ave. – 8, 15, 53 (see also HOUSES – Demolished)
Forden Crescent – 50, 54
Grosvenor – 447, 483-487, 507, 581
Hallowell – 61, 63, 73-75
Lansdowne – 333-335, 536
Lansdowne - 419 (see also ARCHITECTS – Findlay, Robert)
Lewis - 111
Lexington – 736, 757, 765
Lorraine - 8
Melville
Metcalfe – 177, 332, 335 (see HOUSES – Demolished), 344, 364
Montrose - 4302
Mountain – 490 “MacFarlane House”
Mountain – 451, 490
Mount Pleasant – 474, 484,344
Murray – 1, 4
Oakland – 45, 55
Prospect St. - 65
Rosemount – 18, 25, 52(?), 60,
Rosemount Crescent – 5, 64, 70 “Gate Lodge”
Roslyn –380, 414, 464, 513
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Severn – 16-18 “Rosemount”
St. Antoine St. W. - 3555
St. Catherine St. W.
St. George’s Place - 16
St. Sulpice - 60
Sherbrooke St. W. – 49, 4103(?), 4130(?), 4287, 4547
Shorncliffe - 32
Somerville - 82
Strathcona - 478
Summit Circle – 22 (see HOUSES,demolished), 68
Sunnyside – 77, 105
Surrey Gardens – 18, 40
Surrey Gardens - 46
The Boulevard – 3219 “Braemar”
The Boulevard – 3657, 3664, 4732 (see also HOUSES – Demolished), 3733
Trafalgar - 3021
Upper Bellevue – 122
Upper Belmont – 725
Upper Belmont - 792
Victoria - 320
Victoria – 555 “The Well House”
Victoria - 565
Weredale Park
Westmount - 4363
Wood – 418, 486 (See ARCHITECTS – Marchand, J. Omer)
York - 72
LANES
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LIBRARIES
General
Atwater Library
Westmount Public Library (see BUILDINGS – CITY OF WESTMOUNT)
MAPS AND PLANS
MAYORS (see also BIOGRAPHICAL)
General
Adams, R. Percy
Cameron, James
Cutler, May
Duclos, Charles
Evans, Frederick
Galbraith, William
Gallery, Brian
Lighthall, William (see also BIOGRAPHICAL – Lighthall, William)
MacCallum, Donald
MacFarlane, John
Marks, Karin
McEntyre, Peter
McLagan, Peter N.
Ouimet, Paul
Prud’homme, Eustache
Trenholme, W. H.
Trent, Peter,
Tucker, M. L.
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Various
Walker, J. R.
Ward, James Kewley (see also WARD FAMILY ALBUM)
MILITARY (see also BUILDINGS – Armouries; WAR)
MONTREAL MELON
MONUMENTS
Cenotaph (see also PARKS – Garden Point; BIOGRAPHICAL (for engraved names); ARCHITECTS – Hill, George)
Milestone
MURDERS, CRIME (also suicides)
NATIVE PEOPLES
NEWSPAPERS
History of
Westmount Examiner
Westmount News (early 20th C.)
OBITUARIES (see also BIOGRAPHICAL)
ORGANIZATIONS (see also CLUBS)
General
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4424 Youth Centre
Arts Westmount (festival 1980s-90s)
Children’s Theatre
Committee for Culture in Westmount (1993-94)
Contactivity (seniors’ centre)
Dramatis Personae
Friends of the Westmount Public Library
Heritage Westmount
Old Westmount Club (see also CITY OF WESTMOUNT – History Project 1967)
Rotary Club of Westmount
Scouting
Unity Boys Club
Weredale House
Westmount Dog Owners
Westmount Horticultural Society
Westmount Municipal Association
Westmount School Commissioners
Westmount YMCA
Westmount Youth Orchestra
PARKS (see also EVENTS)
General
Garden Point
Murray Park (see King George Park)
King George Park
Queen Elizabeth Gardens
Summit Park (see Summit Woods)
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Summit Woods
Sunnyside Park
Westmount Athletic Grounds (previous M.A.A.A. grounds)
Westmount Lookout
Westmount Park
General
Cannons
Floral Clock
POETRY ABOUT WESTMOUNT (see also AUTHORS)
RELIGIOUS ORDERS
Congrégation de Notre-Dame
Grey Nuns
Sulpicians
SCHOOLS (see also BUILDINGS; ORGANIZATIONS – Westmount School Commissioners) (*Closed)
General
Argyle School*
Côte St. Antoine Academy* (see also Westmount Academy*)
Dawson College (see also RELIGIOUS ORDERS - Congrégation de Notre- Dame)
ECS School (Miss Edgar’s & Miss Cramp’s)
Ecole St-Léon (formerly Academie St-Léon/St. Leo’s Academy)
French Methodist Institute*
King’s School*
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MacKay Institute
Marianopolis College (see also RELIGIOUS ORDERS – Congrégation de Notre-Dame)
Queen’s School *
Roslyn School
General
Additions
1920-23 renovations
St. George’s School
St. Leo’s (see Ecole St-Léon)
St. Paul’s School *
Selwyn House
The Study
Sunnyside School*
University Boys School*
Villa Maria Academy
Villa Sainte-Marcelline
Visual Arts Centre
Westmount Academy* (see also Côte St. Antoine Academy)*
Westmount High School
Westmount Park School
Weston School
SPORTS (see also CLUBS)
General History
Baseball
Curling
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Golf
Hockey
Lawn Bowling
Misc. Sports
Tennis, Racquetball
Winter Sports
STREETS (see also BUILDINGS; BUSINESSES, HOUSES; LANES)
General
Abbott
Aberdeen
Academy
Argyle
Arlington
Atwater
Barat
Belfrage
Bellevue
Belmont
Belvedere
Bethune
Blenheim Place
Braeside Place
Bréhaut’s Hill (see Mountain)
Brooke
Bruce
Burton
Carleton
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Cedar
Chesterfield
Church Hill
Clandeboye
Claremont
Clarke
Columbia
Côte des Neiges
Côte St. Antoine
Crescent Heights (see West Crescent Heights)
Daulac
De Casson
De Maisonneuve Blvd. (previously Western Ave.)
Dorchester
Edgehill
Forden
Gladstone
Greene
Grenville
Grosvenor
Hallowell
Hillside
Kensington
Lansdowne
Metcalfe
Mountain (previously Bréhaut’s Hill)
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Stephen
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Olivier
Prince Albert
Ramezay Rd.
Roslyn
St. Catherine St. W.
Selby
Severn
Sherbrooke St. W.
Somerville
Stanton
Staynor
Strathcona
Sydenham
The Boulevard
Victoria
Weredale
West Crescent Heights
Western (see De Maisonneuve)
SYNAGOGUES (see also BUILDINGS)
Shaar Hashomayim
Temple Emmanu-el
THEATRES AND SHOWS (see also WESTMOUNT MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS – Victoria Hall; ORGANIZATIONS – Children’s Theatre, Dramatis Personae)
TIME CAPSULE (at Westmount Recreation Centre)
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TITANIC SINKING (Westmount links to)
TOLLGATES
TRANSPORTATION
Bicycle
Bus, Metro
Horse, Sleigh
Railway
Streetcar, Tram
Turcot Interchange
URBAN DEVELOPMENT/PLANNING (see also HERITAGE PRESERVATION)
General
Victoria Village
WALKING TOURS
Garden tours
Jane’s Walks
OPAM tours (see also ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE CAMPAIGN)
Various