Drapeau response to Malouf report finally released
I was mistaken in a recent post: Archives de Montréal already has the Jean Drapeau archive online, and journalists must be sifting through it. One nugget so far is that Drapeau oversaw a response to the Malouf report, made by judge Albert H. Malouf to report on cost overruns during the 1976 Olympics. The 300-page response has not been seen till now, and includes a copy of the original report with marginal notes by Drapeau.
Another nugget is the details of Drapeau’s obsessive desire to build a tower. He wanted to bring the Eiffel tower to Montreal as early as 1963, a notion turned down by the French. After that he wanted a tower for the city’s 325th anniversary in 1967, which didn’t happen either. I’d be willing to wager that Roger Taillibert got into Drapeau’s good graces at least partly by promising to include a tower as part of the Olympic site.
Michael Black 10:30 on 2019-10-27 Permalink
A few years ago there was a story about a McGill librarian who visited the Montreal Antiquarian Book Fair and came across some binders of material be!onging to Drapeau. I thought that’s what you were talking about the other day, but I looked and found it was separate. The main archive was left by Drapeau on the condition it not be voewable until 30 years. The binders, including a Malouf report with capacitors mkents by Drapeau, went to McGil, where it was on public display and now available for study.
Michael
Kate 10:34 on 2019-10-27 Permalink
The Drapeau archive wasn’t meant to be seen till 20 years after his death. I had not heard about the McGill discovery.
Alex L 18:44 on 2019-10-29 Permalink
Here for the McGill archives: https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/fr/article/mcgill-dans-la-ville/des-archives-personnelles-de-jean-drapeau-luniversite-mcgill
Thanks for the info Michael, I didn’t know about it either.