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Armson Collins Architectural Drawing Collection

2018

The Armson Collins drawings represent iconic landmarks of Christchurch architecture, since the 1870s.

William Armson founded his architectural practice in Christchurch in 1870. At the time of closing in 1993, the firm had been in existence for 123 years, and was Christchurch’s oldest, and the second oldest architectural practice in New Zealand.

Archive Location

Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury, Christchurch

Curator’s House

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Catalogue Record

Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury, Christchurch

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Erin Kimber, Kaitiaki Pūranga University Library Archivist, Te Puna Rakahau o Macmillan Brown Library speak about the drawings