Halifax (N.S.)

Library building for Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 6
Item
March 15, 1913

Item is a first floor plan of the Macdonald Library as suggested (and perhaps drawn) by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, who was president of Dalhousie from 1911-1931.

Floor plan : stack, Dalhousie Library (B)

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 4
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a floor plan of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "B," it is signed by Cobb.

East elevation : Dalhousie Library stack rm. (B2)

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 5
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "B2," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall and is signed by (Frank) Darling, the consulting architect.

East elevation : Dalhousie Library stack (B)

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 10
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "B," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall and was probably drawn by Frank Darling, the consulting architect.

North elevation (A2)

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 3
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a pencil drawing of the north elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "A2," it is one of four extant drawings of exterior elevations showing window configurations and is signed in the bottom right corner by (Frank) Darling, the consulting architect.

East elevation : stack room, Dalhousie University (A1)

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 2
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "A1," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall and was probably drawn by Frank Darling, the consulting architect. The plan is also labelled L.13 in the bottom right corner.

Additions and alterations to a library for Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 9
File
May 1, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

File contains the heating plan for the Macdonald Library stack room and second floor, drawn by architect Andrew R. Cobb and Chris Harrington, heating engineer.

Arthur MacKenzie's plans for the Macdonald Memorial Library

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 4
File

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings by President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, headed with a note that reads: "My first drafts of Library with narrow front allowing of Extension to footprint size." His drawings show the library as being a long, south-facing building with three floors and plans to extend wings on either side.

Macdonald Memorial Library construction and heating and ventilation blueprints

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 3
File
Dec 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains two complete sets of construction blueprints for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University, which was designed by Halifax architect Andrew R. Cobb with consulting architect Frank Darling of Toronto. One set was reproduced from the set of 16 original sheets signed by G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald, all but three of which (nos. 8, 12 and 14) are located in UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1. The other blueprints are marked "set no. 4" and were reproduced before/without the approval signatures. There is also an incomplete set of diazo prints (purple ink on cream paper), as well as a complete set of heating and ventilating blueprints produced by MacMullen, Riley & Durley, Consulting Engineers, and signed by G.S. Campbell and A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.

Macdonald Memorial Library construction blueprints

UA-9, OS Folder 6
File
1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains detailed construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library, primarily for the deck framing.

Elevation, library building

UA-9, OS Folder 2, Item 3
Item
Febuary 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an elevation of the Macdonald Memorial Library drawn by Andrew Cobb.

First floor, library building

UA-9, OS Folder 2, Item 1
Item
Febuary 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a first floor plan of the Macdonald Library indicating lecture rooms and sizes and showing the upper part of the future stacks room. There are also two inset sketches of lecture room layouts, one to seat 45 and the other to seat 110; a list of subjects with corresponding professors' initials; and a note indicating the present use of second and third floors by Arts classes. The reverse side has red pencil or charcoal lines marking the walls and is marked "L46" in the lower right corner.

Ground floor, library building

UA-9, OS Folder 2, Item 2
Item
Febuary 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a ground floor plan of the Macdonald Library indicating men and women's reading rooms; cataloguing and accession rooms; librarians' offices; future reading rooms additions and the lower floor of the future stacks room. There are also inset sketches of reading room layouts with desks and capacity calculations.

Macdonald Memorial Library building drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 2
File
February 1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library, including an elevation and ground and first floor plans.

Photographic reproduction of an Andrew Cobb drawing of the Library Building at Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 1
Item
1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a photograph of an original wash drawing of the McDonald Library made by Andrew Cobb in December 1913. The mount board on which it was taped had an exhibit note from the Dalhousie Art Gallery stating that the whereabouts of the original is unknown.

Photographic reproduction of Andrew Cobb's drawing of the Dalhousie Library Reading Room

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 5, Item 2
Item
1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a photograph of an original wash drawing of the McDonald Library's reading room made by Andrew Cobb in December 1913.

Photographic reproductions of Andrew Cobb drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains two photographic reproductions of Andrew Cobb's drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library.

Macdonald Memorial Library stack room floor plans and elevations

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a floor plan and exterior elevations for the MacDonald Library stacks, which show three different window styles for the east facing wall. There are also some early floor plans for the library indicating room appointments and elevations of bookshelves. Drawings are by both Andrew Cobb and Frank Darling.

Macdonald Memorial Library

Subseries

Part of Facilities Management

Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design, construction and renovations/additions to the Macdonald Memorial Library, now known as the Macdonald Building.

Soundings staff photographs

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 24
File
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains photos of Gwyn Pace and Nellie Renzelli for Soundings.

Photograph of librarian Gwyn Pace

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 24, Item 1
Item
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Nellie Renzelli

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 24, Item 2
Item
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Dr. William Birdsall, University Librarian, in Killam Library administration office

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 18, Item 4
Item
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Barbara Neilsen in the Killam Library administration office

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 18, Item 3
Item
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Holly Melanson in the Killam Library's administration office

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 18, Item 1
Item
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photographs of Killam Memorial Library administration office staff

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 18
File
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains photographs of staff members Holly Melanson, Barbara Neilsen, and Dr. William Birdsall (University Librarian) in the Administration office of the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of Holly Melanson in the Killam Library's administration office

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 18, Item 2
Item
[199-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Killam Library circulation desk employees in Hallowe'en costumes

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 11
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a photograph including (back row, left to right): Jean Kaiser, Jean Thibideau, Cindy Barclay (Rind), Joy Mouton, Nancy Melvin and Charlotte White in the straw hat. Front row, left to right: Cindy Miller and Mary Louise Matheson.

Photograph of Jean Kaiser in a Hallowe'en costume at the Killam Memorial Library

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 10
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of a circulation desk employee wearing a costume

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 18
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a photograph of Cyndy Rhind in a costume for Halloween taken at the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of Charlotte White in a Hallowe'en costume at the Killam Memorial Library

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 7
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Killam Library circulation desk employees in Hallowe'en costumes

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 9
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a photograph including (back row, left to right): Jean Kaiser, Jean Thibideau, Cindy Barclay (Rind), Joy Mouton, Nancy Melvin and Charlotte White in the straw hat. Front row, left to right: Cindy Miller and Mary Louise Matheson.

Photograph of Nancy Melvin in a Hallowe'en costume at the Killam Memorial Library

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 8
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Jean Thibideau in a Hallowe'en costume at the Killam Memorial Library

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 4
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Geoffrey Brown and other guests at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 10
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of James Boxall at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 11
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of guests at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 5
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of guests at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 9
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a photograph taken at Charles Armour's retirement party, and includes Kelly Casey, Fran Nowakowski, Bertrum MacDonald, Judy Dunn, Kathy Napier, Dianne Landry, Mary Lorimer, Tim Ruggles, Patrick Ellis, Debbie Bangay and Elaine Tom.

Photograph of two guests at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 7
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Tina and Tim Usmiani at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 6
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of Norman Horrocks at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 8
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of an unidentified woman giving a speech at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 4
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of library staff at Charles Armour's retirement party, including Audrey Lapierre, Paul Duffy, Lai Hsiung, Deanna MacDonald, Ruth Cordy, Valerie Reashor, Kelly, Fran Nowakowski, Bonnie Best-Flemming, Sandy Horrocks, Norman Horrocks, Holly Melanson, Tim Rugges, Patrick Ellis, and Cordelia Perry

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 3
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of archivist Charles Armour giving a speech at his retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 1
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photograph of William Birdsall giving a speech at Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16, Item 2
Item
1999

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Photographs taken at University Archivist Charles Armour's retirement party

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 16
File
[1999]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File contains photographs of Killam Memorial Library staff at Charles A. Armour's retirement party. In 1970 Charles A. Armour was appointed Dalhousie University’s first University Archivist, a position he held until his retirement in 1999.

Proposed floor plans for the Killam Library with coloured and numbered acetate overlays indicating activity zones or space usage

UA-23, OS Folder 1
File
[ca. 1969]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

File comprises a set of plans for the second, third, fourth and fifth floors of the Killam Library, mounted on presentation board with acetate overlays indicating space usages by reference to an unknown key-plan that includes numbers 1-11.

Proposed floor plans for the Killam Library indicating activity zones or space usage