Photographs

The photographs featured in this exhibition are selected from many important collections, including the William Lyon Mackenzie King collection, the Sir Sandford Flemming collection, the Samuel McLaughlin collection and others. Additional Parliament Hill photographs are available online. Start your search at: www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html

Archival descriptions for some photographs may be updated periodically to reflect more recent information about items featured in this exhibition.

Architectural Drawings

The drawings featured in this exhibition are selected from the Parliament Buildings construction, addition and renovation plans transferred to LAC from the Department of Public Works in 1962. Additional Parliament Hill architectural drawings are available online. Start your search at: www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html

Text

The texts featured in this exhibition are edited selections from Hand Book to the Parliamentary and Departmental Buildings, Canada by Joseph Bureau (Ottawa: G.E. Desbarats,1867), Ottawa Past and Present by A.H.D. Ross (Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1927) and Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa by T. Morris Longstreth (New York: The Century Co., 1933). Additional textual materials about Parliament Hill can be consulted at LAC or through interlibrary or inter-institutional loan. Start your search at: www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html

Further Research

For more information about the design and history of Canada's Parliament Buildings, please visit these sites:

"The Parliament Buildings." About Parliament. Parliament of Canada.
www.parl.gc.ca/common/AboutParl_Building.asp?Language=E
(accessed May 5, 2006).

"Canada's Parliament Buildings." By Executive Decree. Library and Archives Canada.
www.collectionscanada.ca/executive-decree/023004-3040-e.html
(accessed May 5, 2006).

"Tragedy on the Home Front. Fire of the Parliament Buildings -- 4 February 1916." Canada and the First World War. Library and Archives Canada.
www.collectionscanada.ca/education/firstworldwar/ 05180202/0518020201_e.html
(accessed May 5, 2006).

The House of Commons Heritage Collection. Parliament of Canada.
www.parl.gc.ca/Sites/Collections/
(accessed May 5, 2006).

"The Memorial Chamber." Parliament of Canada.
www.parl.gc.ca/Memorial/splash-e.htm
(accessed May 5, 2006).

"Parliament Hill." Ottawa Kiosk.
www.ottawakiosk.com/panos/parliament.html
(accessed May 5, 2006).

A Treasure to Explore: Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/
(accessed May 5, 2006).