Item is a reproduction of an Arthur Lismer illustration (copied from an earlier lithograph by W. Eager) that was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
Item is a pen and ink drawing by Lismer copied from an earlier lithograph by W. Eager and contains the Strathmore drawing board platemark in the bottom right corner. It was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
Item is a reproduction of an Arthur Lismer illustration (based on an 1850 portrait by Daniel Munro) that was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie (1838).
Item is a portrait of George Munro Grant rendered off-centre in pen and ink on illustration board. Also within the folder is a label originally taped to the drawing that gives its title and "no. 8 —", probably referring to its suggested placement in the order of illustrations that appear in One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), the publication for which it was commissioned. The image was reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938) and P.B. Waite, The Lives of Dalhousie University, Volume One, 1818–1925 (1994).
Item is an Arthur Lismer portrait of Allan Pollock rendered in pen and ink on illustration board. Also within the folder is a label originally taped to the drawing that gives its title and "no. 9 —", probably referring to its suggested placement in the order of illustrations that appear in One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), the publication for which it was commissioned.
Item is a reproduction of an Arthur Lismer illustration commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
Item is an Arthur Lismer portrait of James Ross rendered in pen and ink on illustration board. The drawing was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
Item is a reproduction of an Arthur Lismer illustration commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
Part is an Arthur Lismer portrait of Charles Macdonald rendered in pen and ink on illustration board commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938). On the reverse is an unfinished sketch of the same subject.
Part is an unfinished sketch of Charles Macdonald, rendered in pen and ink on illustration board and effaced with a scribble. On the reverse is the finished portrait of Macdonald, commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920).
Item is a reproduction of an Arthur Lismer illustration commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938) and P.B. Waite, The Lives of Dalhousie University, Volume One, 1818–1925 (1994).
Item is an Arthur Lismer portrait of Thomas McCulloch (based on an 1850 painting by Daniel Munro), rendered in pen and ink on paper and mounted on illustration board. Also within the folder is a partial label originally taped to the drawing that gives its title and "no. 7 —", probably referring to its suggested placement in the order of illustrations that appear in One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), the publication for which it was commissioned. The image was reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
File contains a poster that solicits posters and programs from Nova Scotia theatre and music organizations for the theatre archives at the Killam Library at Dalhousie University. Another version of this poster is discussed in Kathryn Harvey and Michael Moosberger's article, Theatre Archives' Outreach and Core Archival Functions, Archivaria 63 (Spring 2007): 35–54.
Item is a promotional card about the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building at Dalhousie University. When the building open in 1967, it was the tallest building in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
File contains a photograph of a bust of Lord Dalhousie. The photograph was published in Volume 15, Issue 15 of Dal News (March 1985) as part of a column on Lord Dalhousie by Harry Bruce.
Item is a portrait photograph of Robert G. Merrit who was a Professor in the Department of English at Dalhousie University. The file contains two copies of this photo.
Item is a photographic postcard of the original Public Archives of Nova Scotia (now the Chase Building), built on Studley Campus in 1931 across from the University of King's College.
Item is a photographic postcard of the Forrest Building, which was built in 1887 as the "new" Dalhousie College, and renamed in 1919 after Dalhousie's third president, the Rev. John Forrest.