- MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 131
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Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
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Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of ship silhouettes
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Pencil drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors disembarking in port
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay showing equipment on the deck of a Canadian naval ship
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors pulling up signal flags
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Pencil study sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of an elevated perspective town scene
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
"Nova Scotia Militia Period 1865" sketches
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Mackay, Donald - Female Figure in Chair - drawings
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Nova Scotia Crest by Donald C. Mackay
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Street Scenes drawings by Donald C. Mackay
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Theatre Costumes (Watercolours) drawings by Donald C. Mackay
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Part of Facilities Management
Part of Facilities Management
Part of Joan and Henry Orenstein fonds
Ronald St. John Macdonald's miscellaneous memorabilia
Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds
Part of Facilities Management
Part of Facilities Management
Arthur Lismer's Dalhousie sketches
Collection includes 41 original pen and ink drawings by Arthur Lismer commissioned ca. 1919 by Dalhousie's Centenary Committee to illustrate its history of the university's first century: One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918, which was published in 1920. The collection includes the original and some unfinished and/or unpublished versions of all but one of the 26 illustrations used in the book, which features historic and contemporary Dalhousie figures and buildings. There are several portraits of President Arthur Stanley Mackenzie, which were rejected in favour of publishing a photographic image, as well as a rough sketch of Lismer's daughter, Marjorie. Also included in the collection are 22 reproductions, which are probably printer's proofs, given the poor quality of the paper.
Twelve of the Lismer images were also reproduced in the booklet titled simply Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as part of the promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign and published shortly after the Centenary Committee's book.
There is little documentary evidence beyond these two publications regarding the precise date or other details of the Lismer commission; one of the drawings is marked "1 March 1920," and another "27 March 1920," on date-received stamps from the engraving department of Rous & Mann, the Toronto company that printed both publications. The existing archival correspondence between the university and the printer (UA-3, Box 621, Folder 6) is from the Million Committee file, and refers only peripherally to the Centenary Committee's book project. A letter dated 24 March 1920 from Rous & Mann advises that the cuts, or illustrations, proposed for use in the campaign booklet were "at present locked up for the printing of the other Book in course of preparation," while later correspondence indicates that the printing and delivery of the campaign booklet gained precedence over the commemorative history, and the first run of these booklets was shipped on 17 April. The history was printed shortly after that, although by 26 May it had already been reprinted, owing to the misspelling of George Stewart Campbell, whose middle name appears in the first printing as "Stuart." The existence of the misprinted copies is due to their purchase at a steep discount by the Million Committee, who wrote: "... if the price were attractive a way might be found to use them."
No correspondence or documents have been found in the Dalhousie University Archives regarding Lismer's actual commission: within the Million Committee's correspondence file exists a single telegram from President Mackenzie to Arthur Lismer, dated 3 April 1920, which expresses a need to rush the printing along with the instruction: "leave layout to your judgement," the sole reference to Lismer's role in either project.
Lismer, Arthur
Potential medical school site plans and and aerial perspective drawings
Part of Facilities Management
Nova Scotia College of Art / J. MacIntyre : [etching]
Part of D.C. Mackay fonds
Dalgleish “Engaged” in dreaming
Caricature of two unknown students
How “Red” won the box of fudge
East meets West, Campbell v.s. Broncho
Glad to see you blossoming out, Walter
Seldom Inn Geo. Smith, Propritor
Drawing of the Seal Island lighthouse
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds
Illustrations found in Archibald MacMechan's Scrapbook Z, page 3
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds
Drawing of a Conus Gloria Maris sea shell
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds
Drawings of architectural features of Province House and Government House
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds
Print of architectural features at Province House and Government House
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds
Original artwork by Archibald MacMechan
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds
Figure drawing by Archibald MacMechan
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds
Drawing of the stucco detail at Province House
Part of Archibald MacMechan fonds