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Fonds Description
Pigott, J. M.
Pigott Construction Company
J. M. Pigott fonds. -- 1910-1968. -- 2.2 m of textual records and graphic
material.
Series 1 Daily Journals
Daily journals series. -- 1911-1968. -- 1.8 m of textual records and graphic
material. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 1
Note: There is a total of 57 holograph journals all by Joseph M. Pigott
other than No. 11 which was written by F. E. Healy. The journals are in
chronological order, briefly described, and in some instances brief excerpts
are given, to add to the description of each.
No. 1 -- 1 January-14 December 1911; front cover missing: Includes 2 pp.
"Condensation of diaries" for 1911; red leather bound.
No. 2 -- 15 February-23 November 1912; maroon leather bound.
No. 3 -- 1 January-31 December 1913; maroon leather bound.
No. 4 -- 1 January-31 December 1914; maroon leather bound.
No. 5 -- 1 January-19 December 1915; green cloth bound.
No. 6 -- 17 January-21 December 1916: Includes 4 business cards "Pigott-Healy
Construction Co., Detroit, Mich."; maroon leather bound.
No. 7 -- 13 January-31 December 1917; blue cloth bound.
No. 8 -- 1 January-31 December 1918; red leather bound.
Box 2
No. 9 -- 1 January-31 December 1919; maroon cloth bound.
No. 10 -- 1 January-31 December 1920; maroon cloth bound.
No. 11 -- 1 January-19 August 1920 (F. E. Healy's daily journal); maroon
cloth bound.
No. 12 -- 1 January-23 November 1921; maroon cloth bound.
No. 13 -- 13 January-1 November 1922; Memoranda "...The year 1921 has
been a pretty fair one for me. It is the first year that I have been operating
on my own..."; maroon cloth bound.
No. 14 -- 18 January-7 November 1923: Includes news clipping "NOT CONDEMNED
Lister Block Annex Is Safe, Inspector Declares" plus 7 inserts regarding
costs; black cloth "Compliments of United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co."
No. 15 -- 14 January-13 June 1924: Includes speech "What shall I make
of my boy" (June 5-12); marbled paper covers with leather spine.
Box 3
No. 16 -- 1 January-31 December 1927; Memorandum from 1926 "... In 1926
we completed St. Peters Seminary...we are finished all our work except
Notre Dame and Mt. Carmel...negotiating with Loretto Sisters in Toronto
for contract for new Abbey for Toronto to cost about 800,000..."; red
cloth bound.
No. 17 -- 1 January-31 December 1928; Memorandum from 1927 "...This last
year the major work we have done is the Loretto Abbey just North of Toronto...St.
Patricks Parish Hall at Niagara Falls..."; red cloth bound.
No. 18 -- 1 January-31 December 1929; "...The Pigott Building thrown open
for Public inspection today and tomorrow...Monday March 4..."; red cloth
bound.
No. 19 -- 1 January-31 December 1930; Memorandum from 1929 "...June 11/29
- We got McMaster University contract - about $800,000. This is the new
university...Gen. Brock Hotel started late fall...Westdale Collegiate..."
"...Met Bishop McNally at 4:30. We went to point of land at McKittrick
Bridge. He wants to build a Cathedral there with his own residence and
priests residence etc..."(October 4); red cloth bound.
No. 20 -- 1 January-31 December 1931; Memorandum from 1930 "...1930 -
a year of serious depression for Canada...we finished the St. Joseph Hospital
at Sunnyside...Pigott Bldg - about 85% occupied...": Includes news clipping
regarding analysis of Pigott's signature and memorial card in memory of
Rt. Rev. Michael Francis Fallon; red cloth bound.
No. 21 -- 1 January-31 December 1932; Memorandum from 1931 "...Unemployment
is acute...new work taken on - Museum, (Royal Ontario)...addition to the
Royal Connaught Hotel...": Includes news clipping regarding Hamilton Tigers;
maroon cloth bound.
No. 22 -- 1 January- 30 December 1933; Memorandum from 1932 "...company
busy with the Basilica of Christ the King and the Royal Ontario Museum..."
"...Bishop McNally conferred upon me the title "Knight Commander of the
Order of St. Gregory the Great..." (December 19): Includes news clipping
regarding analysis of Pigott's signature and holograph poem by Johnny
Bews Jr.; maroon cloth bound.
Box 4
No. 23 -- 1 January-31 December 1934; Memorandum from 1933 "...the fourth
year of the depression has passed..."; maroon cloth bound.
No. 24 -- 1 January-31 December 1935; Memorandum from 1934 "...there has
been a steady improvement in business..."; maroon cloth bound.
No. 25 -- 1 January-31 December 1936; Memorandum from 1935 "...I took
a special interest in Housing this year and developed new type house in
new structural and mechanical principles...": Includes news clippings
and 2 holograph poems by Johnny Bews Jr.; red cloth bound.
No. 26 -- 1 January-31 December 1937; Memorandum from 1936 "...During
1936 we got the contract for St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto...we finished
up London Federal Bldg. which cost $1,100,000, this is the most beautiful
Public Bldg in Canada I think...": Includes news clippings; red cloth
bound.
No. 27 -- 1 January-31 December 1938; Memorandum from 1937 "...Continued
my position as Director Dom. Bank throughout the Year...Dr. Jos. Ryan
made Bishop Hamilton...stock market has slumped steadily since last May...":
Includes golf score card and news clipping; red cloth bound.
No. 28 -- 1 January-31 December 1939; Memorandum from 1938 "...We finished
Bank of Canada...Power House at St. Thomas...re-building Loretto Academy
N. Falls...": Includes 4 b&w photographs and news clipping; red cloth
bound.
No. 29 -- 1 January-31 December 1940; Memorandum from 1939 "...Re European
situation. We had another crisis in Jan ‘39...by August Germany invaded
Poland...Pope Pius XI died Feb. 9...": Includes news clippings; red cloth
bound.
Box 5
No. 30 -- 1 January-31 December 1941; Memorandum from 1940 "...1st Year
of war...we had a very busy year. Coca Cola...Chatham Collegiate...Birks
Jewelry Store...Dom Bank Sun Life work...Trinity College Toronto...Westinghouse...Bank
of Canada..."; red cloth bound.
No. 31 -- 1 January-31 December 1942; Memorandum from 1941 "...The War
- 2nd year - was a constant strain...": Includes 2 telegrammes and inserts;
red cloth bound.
No. 32 -- 1 January-31 December 1943; Memorandum from 1942 "...We are
now in the fourth year of this awful war...in regard to business activities
- Most of my time has been devoted to Wartime Housing. At the end of the
year 1942 we had built 17,022 houses...we continued important work at
Atlas Steel Welland...we made alterations to our House...": Includes tss.
notes re Atlas Steels - Welland; red cloth bound.
No. 33 -- 1 January-31 December 1944; Memorandum from 1942 "...We are
now well into the 5th Year of the War The general situation is satisfactory.
Germany has been forced to the defensive all year...Wartime Housing has
again occupied most of my time...I was elected a director of Atlas Steels
Ltd Welland...We had a busy year in Construction...": Includes air mail
holograph letter from son Joe and news clippings; red cloth bound.
No. 34 -- 1 January-31 December 1945; Memorandum from 1944 "...1944 has
been a kind and good year to me and my family in spite of the war...we
bought a farm near Palermo...": Includes holograph letter from son Joe
and ts. carbon letter from Pigott to Hon. C. D. Howe plus news clippings;
red cloth bound.
No. 35 -- 1 January-31 December 1946; Memorandum from 1945 "...The year
1945 will probably rate as one of the greatest in world history. The great
war ended...The Pigott Const. Co. expanded during the year...served on
Royal Commission on Education...": Includes news clippings; red cloth
bound.
Box 6
No. 36 -- 1 January-31 December 1947; Memorandum from 1946 "...I was made
‘C. B. E.' in July (no advance warning)...": Includes news clippings and
holograph note; red cloth bound.
No. 37 -- 1 January-31 December 1948; Memorandum from 1947 "...Building
contracts we worked on...C. N. E. Grandstand: Sunnyside St. Joseph Hospital:
Victory Mills: Wellesley Hospital...Stelco Cold Mill...St Josephs Hospital
Hamilton: Nurses Home for St. Jos. ...": Includes news clippings and Madame
E. B. Prince's ts. obituary (Mrs. Yvonne Pigott's mother); red cloth bound.
No. 38 -- 1 January-31 December 1949; Memorandum from 1948 "...The Year
1948 was the biggest year in the history of the Pigott Const. Co..The
Christmas Season was for Canada the most abundant one on record. Everybody
seemed to have plenty. Employment highest ever...Important jobs opening
up...; red cloth bound.
No. 39 -- 1 January-31 December 1950; Memorandum from 1949 "...Our Year
was a busy one. We did a lot of work...Guelph Hosp. ...Huron College...Ridley
College...Stratford Hosp. ...Birks, Ham ...Red Cross, Toronto...I was
appointed to Can. Perm. Trust Co in the Summer...": Includes news clippings,
work estimates; red cloth bound.
No. 40 -- 1 January-31 December 1951; Memorandum from 1950 "...The Royal
Commission on Education finally wound up its work. Report finished and
submitted in the Fall...The Report has received a cool reception...":
Includes news clippings; red cloth bound.
No. 41 -- 1 January-30 December 1952; Memorandum from 1951 "...The threat
of war hangs over everything. The Korean was continued...Canada operating
under Credit restrictions...": Includes news clippings, holograph notes;
red cloth bound.
Box 7
No. 42 -- 1 January-30 December 1953; Memorandum from 1952 "...1952 has
been our biggest Year...Our biggest jobs were at A. V. Roe and at Oshawa
for Gen. Motors ...Bishop McNally died in the fall...": Includes news
clippings; red cloth bound.
No. 43 -- 1 January-31 December 1954; Memorandum from 1953 "...1953 was
a good year...The world uncertainty continues...The Nato organization
has made progress...We published a book on Pigott Const. Co. in the Fall
and it has been very well received everywhere...started Federal Bldg.
and Reservoir in Sept. ...": Includes news clippings; red cloth bound.
No. 44 -- 1 January-31 December 1955; Memorandum from 1954 "...Contracts
on hand - Imp. Oil Toronto...Royal Bank: Federal Bldg. Hamilton...Macassa
Lodge...Cathedral High School for Girls...We have had our best year...":
Includes news clippings and 1 b&w photograph; red cloth bound.
No. 45 -- 1 January-31 December 1956; Memorandum from 1955 "...Very busy
year...Royal Bank. Ham.: Mercy Hosp...Bell Telephone Toronto...Crown Life,
Toronto...and many others...": Includes news clippings; red cloth bound.
No. 46 -- 1 January-31 December 1957; Memorandum from 1956 "...1956 was
a Tough Year. We had a lot of work. Too much for our working funds...I
was chairman of the Executive Committee in the Bank all year...." "...Bishop
Ryan announced a long list of Papal honors for lay men. He announced 5
new K. C. S. G. and to my surprise, the K. C. S. G. Con Placa. I knew
nothing about this..." (May 26): Includes news clippings and 1 b&w photograph;
red cloth bound.
No. 47 -- 1 January-31 December 1958; "...Turned first sod Hamilton City
Hall. Mayor Jackson did the honors. Control Board - Parker, McCoy, Pritchard
and Baggs there also Roscoe...and other City officials..." (July 2): Includes
news clippings, post card and 1 b&w photograph; red cloth bound.
Box 8
No. 48 -- 1 January-31 December 1959; Memorandum from 1958 (ts.) "...In
Montreal...Eaton job, first phase...I acted throughout the year as member
of Executive for Toronto-Dominion Bank..Through year, as Chairman of St.
Joseph's Hospital Board, I took part in many meetings re construction
of additional hospital space...built Atlas Office Building, Welland...McMaster
Drive for Building Funds...Sugar Ray Robinson recovered his World Championship
from Basilio...We were busy all year building McMaster Nuclear Building...Completed
Skyway Bridge...": Includes news clippings and tss. notes on Pigott Construction
Company; red cloth bound.
No. 49 -- 1 January-31 December 1960; Memorandum from 1959 (ts.) "...We
received a contract to build the new Toronto-Dominion Bank...in Montreal...We
did the General Motors Job at Oshawa...in five months. I would think this
is almost a Canadian record...Diefenbaker opened the McMaster Reactor...The
St. Lawrence Seaway was officially opened...The cornerstone of the new
City Hall was laid - the cornerstone in the old City Hall has been opened
and the contents were included in the new City Hall cornerstone...": Includes
news clippings and 1 b&w photograph; red cloth bound.
No. 50 -- 1 January-31 December 1961; Memorandum from 1960 "...Chairman
of Board - A good Year for us...We opened new City Hall Hamilton...":
Includes news clippings, receipts and post card; red cloth bound.
No. 51 -- 1 January-28 December 1962; "...Big day. Opening of St. Jos.
Hospital. Went out at noon to meet Premier John Robarts - the Ontario
Premier - at the Rock Garden...": Includes news clippings; red cloth bound.
No. 52 -- 2 January-31 December 1963; Memorandum from 1962 "...Pigott
Const. Co. introduced Pension scheme for Employees...." "...They have
placed the statue of St Joseph in the West end of the hospital wall. The
scaffold is still up but from what I can see, it is going to look very
well..." (July 2): Includes news clippings mostly regarding John F. Kennedy's
assassination; red cloth bound.
No. 53 -- 1 January-31 December 1964; "...Bricklayers and Plumbers on
strike - The Plumbers will affect us but not the Bricklayers..." (June
3): Includes news clipping and 1 colour photograph; red cloth bound.
Box 9
No. 54 -- 1 January-25 December 1965; "...My 80th birthday - ..." (February
23); red cloth bound.
No. 55 -- 1 January-26 December 1966; "...Our Construction business has
had a successful year but goodness only knows about ‘67 and ‘68 - We have
a lot of work on hand...but with money hard to get we worry about continuity
of the big jobs..." (December 26): Includes notes regarding labour rates;
red cloth bound.
No. 56 -- 5 January-30 December 1967; "...Our ‘presentation' on McMaster
University Health Centre delivered today. Our proposition will sure to
be the best they get..." (December 18); red cloth bound.
No. 57 -- 9 January-20 October 1968; red cloth bound.
Series 2 Condensed Daily Journals
Condensed daily journals series. -- 1 February 1966. -- 20 cm of textual
records. -- Title based on content of series.
Note: The journals were personally condensed by J. M. Pigott.
Box 10
F.1 Original copies of transcripts "Condensed daily diaries of Joseph
M. Pigott from approximately 1910 to 1964"; p. [1]-280 plus cover title
page.
F.2 (Continued); p. 281-580.
F.3 (Continued); p. 581-809 plus 3 Epilogue pages.
F.4 Photocopies of 1966 copies; p. [1]-280 plus 2 cover pages.
F.5 (Continued); p. 281-580 plus cover title page.
F.6 (Continued); p. 581-809 plus cover title page and 2 Epilogue pages.
Series 3 Travelling Diaries
Travelling diaries series. -- 1932-1962. -- 20 cm of textual records.
-- Title based on content of series.
Box 11
F.1 Far East Trip, 1957. Ts.; 23 pp.
F.2 Hawaii, Hong Kong, Thailand, Ceylon, Singapore, India, Kashmir, Nepal,
Iran and England, 1962. Ts.; 41 pp.
F.3 [Mediterranean Diary], [1950]. Ts.; 110 pp.
F.4 Morocco, 15 February-29 March 1961. Ts.; 25 pp.
F.5 Scandinavia and the Low Countries, 1949. Ts.; 64 pp.
F.6 South African Trip, 1960 ("Mr. Pigott's original diary of the South
African Trip [1960] has been mislaid or lost - the following are excerpts
from the letters Mrs. Pigott wrote to the family, etc. at that time").
Ts.; 15 pp.
F.7 [South American Notes], 1937. Ts.; 90 pp.
F.8 A Trip Abroad, 1932 ("Being the diary of the ‘Joe Pigotts' ‘ (husband
and wife) written on their trip to England, France, Italy and Bavaria
in the summer of 1932."). Ts.; 139 pp.
Note: Researchers may also be interested in Cathedral of Christ the
King Hamilton Canada: Being an arrangement of Photographic views and notes
describing the new Cathedral opened at Hamilton, December 19th. 1933:
Prepared and issued by the builders, Pigott Construction Company Limited
Hamilton, Canada. Hamilton: Pigott Construction Co., 1934. Res. Coll.
NA 5247.H3P5
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