Montréal Botanical Garden Library
Institutional archives & historical collections
The virtual exhibition Jacques Rousseau: Natural Landscapes and Native People of Northern Quebec and Other Countries
includes some papers in the series 2 and
all documents from the series 3 in the Jacques Rousseau Collection.
JBM 04
Jacques RousseauCollection. - 1929-1959.
1.70 m of textual records and 2,942 photographs.
Scope and content:
Collection on the activities of Jacques Rousseau, through its various trips for his research on the flora.
Includes various anthropological information, including the relationship between men and plants, geography, botany,
and members of some First Nations of Quebec (including Mistissini Cree, here called Mistassini) and Inuit Kuururjuaq River
(then known as Korok River ).
This collection contains the following series: S1 - IXth International Botanical Congress, S2 - Publications, S3 - Photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on the content of the collection.
Language of documents: Documents are in French and English.
Source of acquisition: from Rousseau, Jacques, 1905-1970.
JBM 04, S2
Publications. 1929-1950.
55 cm of textual records.
Scope and content:
Series on the collaboration of Jacques Rousseau in the field of plant science through research and popular science texts.
File containing publications and reprints.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the file.
Organization: Documents are grouped chronologically.
Language of documents: Documents are in French and English.
Location: Library of the Montréal Botanical Garden; Biblio 2R (in 2 boxes).
Digital reproductions: 36 scanned articles (PDF/A; OCR) are listed in the Publications section of the virtual exhibit.
JBM 04, S3
Photographs. - 1936-1951.
2,942 photographs: b&w.
Scope and content:
File on travels undertaken by the team of Jacques Rousseau in northern Quebec to investigate the local flora and the relationship of man with nature.
File containing the following photographs: S3, SS1 - Travel to Anticosti, S3, SS2 - Travel to Manouane, S3, SS3 - Travel to Mistassini and Albanel lakes, S3, SS4 - Trip to Haiti, S3, SS5 - Mistassini Lake - poste à la Baleine, S3, SS6 - Objects obtained by braiding, S3, SS7 - Mexico Travel, S3, SS8 - Lake Mistassini, S3, SS9 - Lake Mistassini Post, S3, SS10 - Fraxinus: wicker baskets with ash, S3 , SS11 - Lake Mistassini, S3, SS12 - Landscapes of Southwest USA, S3, SS13 George River Expedition - Ungava Bay, S3, SS14 - Lake Mistassini, S3, SS15 - Expedition to Fort Chimo - Hudson Bay S3, SS16 - Life at Fort Chimo J. Michea, S3, SS17 - Falardeau and Otish R. Pomerleau, S3, SS18 - Monts Otish, S3, SS19 - Expedition to Ungava Bay, S3, SS20 - Photography Jacques Rousseau.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on the content of series.
Condition: All photographs are pasted on cardboard 24 x 30 cm, numbered 1 to 4. Each box is numbered with a label.
Finding-aid: The identification of some indigenous communities has been made by Mr. Willie Emudluk (Kangiqsualujjuaq) in the winter of 2004 and photocopies of the persons identified in some series in the collection are compiled in a report prepared by Celine Arseneault, Montréal Botanical Garden Library.
JBM 04, S3, SS1
Travel to Anticosti. - 1942.
127 photographs, b&w ; 13 X 18 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the 1942 trip by Jacques Rousseau on the island of Anticosti.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 507 and 569.
Virtual exhibit: Anticosti Album - Summer 1942
JBM 04, S3, SS2
Travel to Manouane. - 1943.
60 photographs: b&w ; 8 X 10 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the August 1943 travel by Jacques Rousseau in the vicinity of Manouane.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 570 and 589.
Virtual exhibit: Album Manouane - Summer 1943
JBM 04, S3, SS3
Travel to Mistassini and Albanel lakes.- 1944.
344 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 12 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the voyage in July and August 1944 by Jacques Rousseau in the vicinity of Mistassini and Albanel lakes.
It shows the flora life and activities of the Cree of the region.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Authorship: Some photographs were taken by Ernest Rouleau.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 590 and 711.
Virtual exhibit: Mistassini Album - Summer 1944
JBM 04, S3, SS4
Travel to Haïti. - 1944.
227 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 12 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the trip in November 1944 by Jacques Rousseau in Haiti. We see the plant life and different views of local people in both the capital and in the countryside.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 712 and 794.
Virtual exhibit: Haïti Album - Fall 1944
JBM 04, S3, SS5
Mistassini Lake - Poste-de-la-Baleine. - 1945.
194 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 12 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the trip in July 1945 by Jacques Rousseau in the Poste-de-la-Baleine area of Mistassini lake.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3013 and 3103.
Virtual exhibit: Album Mistassini - Summer 1945
JBM 04, S3, SS6
Objects obtained by braiding. - 1928-1946.
39 photographs: various sizes.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the making of objects of everyday life through the weaving plant fibers.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3105 and 3125.
Virtual exhibit: Plant Fibers Album(various objects)
JBM 04, S3, SS7
Travel to Mexico. - 1945.
229 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 12 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the trip to Mexico, in October and November 1945, by Jacques Rousseau. It shows the urban and aboriginal life, traditions and scenes of both air and ground vegetation.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3127 and 3238.
Virtual exhibit: Mexico Album - Fall 1945
JBM 04, S3, SS8
Mistassini Lake. - 1946.
170 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 15 et 8 X 11 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the trip to Lake Mistassini, in June and July 1946, by Jacques Rousseau. We see pictures of weddings, summer house-building, hunting and fishing.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3239 and 3313.
Virtual exhibit: Album Mistassini - Summer 1946
JBM 04, S3, SS9
Poste du Lac Mistassini (Mistassini Lake Post). - 1946.
57 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 13 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on a trip to Lake Mistassini, in June 1946.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Authorship: The photographs were taken by Dr. Marie Rousseau (sister of Jacques Rousseau).
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3314 and 3342.
Virtual exhibit: Mistassini Album - Summer 1946
[second part]
JBM 04, S3, SS10
Fraxinus: wicker baskets with ash. - 1945.25 photographs: b&w ; 8 X 11 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the techniques of fragments removed from the ash and tools used for basketry at the Odonak Reserve.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3349 and 3365.
Virtual exhibit: Odonak Reserve - 1945
JBM 04, S3, SS11
Mistassini Lake. - 1947. 125 photographs: b&w ; 8 X 11 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on a trip to Lake Mistassini, in June 1947, by Jacques Rousseau.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3368 and 3418.
Virtual exhibit: Mistassini Album - Summer 1947
JBM 04, S3, SS12
Scenes of South-West USA. - 1946. 38 photographs: b&w ; 8 X 11 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on a trip in November 1946 in the southwestern United States (Wyoming, Utah, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas). It shows various desert landscapes.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper:Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3419 and 3437.
Virtual exhibit: South-West USA Album
JBM 04, S3, SS13
George River Expedition Rivière - Ungava Bay. - 1947. 270 photographs: b&w ; 8 X 11 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on a canoe trip undertaken in summer 1946 in northern Quebec, from the head of the George River to Ungava Bay.
It shows the living conditions of native people and many subarctic landscapes. Four (4) pictures are from Jacques Rousseau and his son Francis upon their return.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3441 and 3568.
Virtual exhibit: Ungava Bay Album: George River - Summer 1947
JBM 04, S3, SS14
Mistassini Lake. - 1948. 138 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 12 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on a trip to Lake Mistassini, in January 1948, by Jacques Rousseau.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3569 and 3634.
Virtual exhibit: Mistassini Album - Summer 1948
JBM 04, S3, SS15
Payne and Kogaluk Expedition - West Ungava. - 1948.371 photographs: b&w ; 8 X 11 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on a canoe trip in Northern Quebec in the summer of 1948, from Fort Chimo, on the Payne River, to Payne's Bay and Hudson Bay. It shows the lives of native people.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3635 and 3811.
Virtual exhibit: Ungava Bay Album: Payne and Kogaluk - Summer 1948
JBM 04, S3, SS16
Payne and Kogaluk Expedition - West Ungava. - by J. Michéa. - 1948. 181 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 13 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the life of the inhabitants of Fort Chimo in their daily lives and on the Payne and Kogaluk expedition.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Authorship: Photographs were taken by J. Michéa.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3817 and 3867.
Virtual exhibit: Ungava Bay Album: Payne and Kogaluk - Summer 1948
[second part]
JBM 04, S3, SS17
Pomerleau and the Otish Mountains by R. Pomerleau. - 1949.40 photographs: b&w ; 10 X 13 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on an expedition to the Otish Mountains.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Authorship: Photographs were taken by René Pomerleau (1904-1993).
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3902 and 3915.
Virtual exhibit: Otish Mountains Album - Summer 1949
JBM 04, S3, SS18
Otish Mountains. - 1949. 75 photographs: b&w ; 9 X 12 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the expedition Otish Mountains. We see many barren landscapes and photographs of the members of the expedition, including R. Pomerleau and François Rousseau, the son of Jacques Rousseau.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3916 and 3946.
Virtual exhibit: Otish Mountains Album - Summer 1949
[second part]
JBM 04, S3, SS19
Expedition to Ungava Bay. - 1951.227 photographs: b&w ; 13 X 18cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the 1951 summer expedition to Ungava Bay. We see many landscapes and scenes of hunting and fishing for local populations.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: Cardboards are numbered between 3961 and 4074.
Virtual exhibit: Ungava Bay Album - Summer 1951
JBM 04, S3, SS20
Photographs of Jacques Rousseau. - 1936; 1945. 2 photographs: b&w ; 17 X 12 cm et 15 X 10 cm.
Scope and content:
Sub-series on the status of Jacques Rousseau at the University of Montreal as a professor, two professional photos.
Sub-series contains photographs.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on contents of subseries.
Alpha-numerical information: The cardboard hold the number 3947.
Virtual exhibit: Picture A on the Biography page.
The original photos and manuscripts and printed documents are kept at the Library of the Montréal Botanical Garden.
See also: État général des fonds d'archives institutionnelles et collections historiques de la bibliothèque du Jardin botanique de Montréal (Document de travail, 2007). PDF en ligne.
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