Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1963-[1999?] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
198 architectural drawings, 2.36 m of textual records, and 80 photographs
80 photographs:
53 prints : 3 b&w and 50 colour
27 colour negatives
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard C. (Dick) Mann attended the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1957. He joined the Vancouver firm of Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners the same year as a draughtsman. In 1966, Mann was put in charge of the Urban Planning division, a post he held until he left the firm in 1985. Mann was involved with various projects including the Kelowna waterfront development, and planning for urban development and industrial building projects. Mann was also active on the Vancouver Board of Trade as Chair, and as a member of the Civic Affairs Committee, and the Environmental Task Force.
When Mann left TBP in 1985, he founded his own firm of abitat consultants. The company was involved in economic and environmental consulting for building projects, and the design and building of private and public spaces.
Dick Mann died in Vancouver in 1992.
Repository
Archival history
Accession 2018.38 was donated to the Canadian Architectural Archives by Cameron McLellan in May 2018. The records in accession 2023.38 were retained by Cameron McLellan for personal reasons instead of being donated to the CAA along with the rest of the Dick Mann archival materials he donated in May 2018. The records in accession 2023.38 were donated to the CAA by Cameron McLellan in September 2023.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records created or received by Dick Mann in his professional career as partner of Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, as president of abitat consultants, and from his work with the Vancouver Board of Trade and committees.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
- Thompson, Berwick, Pratt, & partners
- Vancouver board of trade
- abitat consultants
- Reference and research
- Architectural drawings and sketches
- Additional donation
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
The University of Calgary fulfills requests for materials in our collections in accordance with Canadian copyright laws. The University of Calgary does not hold the copyright for materials in the Dick Mann fonds. The University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources may provide materials for individual study and research purposes under fair dealing and library exceptions in the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use the content must be obtained for any works under copyright protection. Patrons are responsible for ensuring they use copyright-protected works in accordance with applicable laws.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accessions: Includes archival material from accessions 2018.34 and 2023.38
Note
Accruals: No further accruals are expected