Architecture

Additions and alterations to the Medical Science Laboratory

UA-9, OS Folder 26
File
1921 ; Nov. 1929

File contains two sheets of drawings for a 1929 addition to the Medical Science Building. There is also a front elevation and a folder with three pages of typed specifications for the alteration by Andrew Cobb.

Furniture and fittings details for the Medical Science Building

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 13
File
1924 - 1963

Part of Facilities Management

File contains detailed drawings for furniture and fittings for the Medical Science Building, including cabinet tables for the bio-chemistry residents' room.

Dalhousie College — proposed new library

UA-9, OS Folder 66
File
1904

Part of Facilities Management

File contains five unsigned drawings for a proposed new library for Dalhousie College, dated almost a decade before the purchase of Studley. Drawings include a front elevation and ground floor plan in ink on waxed linen, and a less detailed front elevation, as well as floor plans for the basement, first and ground floors, in ink on paper.

Shirreff Hall women's residence extensions and alterations plans

UA-9, OS Folder 65
File
March 1962

Part of Facilities Management

File contains electrical and sprinkler plans and floor, trim and wall material and colour spreadsheets.

Additions and renovations to 6104-6112 University Avenue

UA-9, OS Folder 51
File
1979 - 1980

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings of additions and renovations to 6104 - 6112 University Avenue, which is now the site of the Kenneth Rowe Building. Drawings include foundation plan and details; plot plan; floor plans; elevations; sections and details.

Nova Scotia Technical College extensions and alternations "D" Building

UA-9, OS Folder 63
File
1975 - 1976

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings for a 1975-76 renovation to Building D, including site plan revisions, plumbing, plans and sections, and basement floor plan.

Sexton Campus Building N renovation plans

UA-9, OS Folder 62
File
2002 - 2004

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings (J550) for phases 1 and 2 of the renovations to Building N (Biological Engineering).

Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building floor plans

UA-9, OS Folder 60
File
1966

Part of Facilities Management

File contains floor plans, some labelled in pen with use (e.g. Tower third floor: physiology-biophysics — teaching and department head).

Renovation and addition to Buildings A & B

UA-9, OS Folder 59
Item
August 1991

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a set of plans (including index), which contains civil, landscaping, architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical drawings for a renovation and addition to Buildings A & B at the Technical University of Nova Scotia.

Renovations to Glengarry Apartments for student housing

UA-9, OS Folder 58
File
May 1976

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a plot plan, floor plans, elevations and sections.

Electrical wiring : women's residence - Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 57
File
1920 - ?

Part of Facilities Management

File contains electrical drawings for Shirreff Hall (E1-E6), produced by Abell, Smalley & Myers, Toronto, for Darling & Pearson, Architects.

Deconstruction and refurbishing plans for the Forrest Building

UA-9, OS Folder 53
File
1982-1984

Part of Facilities Management

File contains architectural drawings from the refurbishment of the Forrest Building at Dalhousie University, including deconstruction plans. The drawings were produced by Duffus, Romans, Kundzins, Rounsefell Ltd. The file includes a page of set ID arrangement details.

Renovations and extensions to 6152 Coburg Road

UA-9, OS Folder 54
File
1967-1980

Part of Facilities Management

File contains copies of drawings for 6152 Coburg Road, including 1967-68 plans for renovations and extensions to the building when it served as the Nova Scotia College of Art, and 1980 renovation plans when the building was occupied by Dalhousie University School of Management. All three sets of drawings were produced by C.A. Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd. File also contains a list of set ID arrangement details.

Eliza Ritchie Hall construction drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 55
File
May 1986

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of construction drawings by architects John Preston and Associates for an 84-bed residence on South Street, later named Eliza Ritchie Hall.

Renovations to Studley Apartments

UA-9, OS Folder 56
File
1975

Part of Facilities Management

File contains floor and site plans and elevations for a 1975 renovation to Dalhousie's Studley Apartments at 1452 Le Marchant Street. File includes set ID arrangement details.

'D' Building fourth floor plan drawing

UA-9, OS Folder 49
Item
September 24, 1985

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a drawing of the fourth floor of the "D" Building at the Technical University of Nova Scotia.

'T' Building revision drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 43
File
1987 ; 1993

Part of Facilities Management

File contains architectural drawings for revisions to the "O" Building (Annex) at the Technical University of Nova Scotia, which were produced by the Campus Design Centre. Drawings include floor plans, sections, and details.

North elevation

UA-9, Oversized Folder 4, Item 1
Item
Sept. 15, 1921

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a 1921 presentation drawing of the Dalhousie Arts Building, annotated with a note indicating that it was F.D.'s (Frank Darling's) favourite version of the keystone design.

Blueprints for new Arts Building

UA-9, OS Folder 33
File
1929 - 1932

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings created by Andrew Cobb for an arts building commissioned by the Board of Governors as part of their building plans during the late 1920s/early 1930s, which also included a gymnasium, power plant, men's dormitory, and extensions to the Science Building and Shirreff Hall. The planned site for the building, which was cancelled due to financial restraints, was adjacent to the temporary arts building, which had been built in 1921 to house the law school. Drawings include a preliminary sketch of the front (north) elevation; west, east, south and north elevations; skeleton section; and detailed floor plans.

Additions and alterations to library for Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 22
File
May 1, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a blueprint set of six sheets of drawings of additions and alterations to the Macdonald Library, which was for the stack room constructed in 1920.

Alterations and additions to library for Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 31
File
1950 ; 1955

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a blueprint set of eight sheets of drawings of alterations and additions to the Macdonald Library and nine drawings from 1955, both by architect Leslie Fairn.

Campus site plans

Subseries
1911 - 1977

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 and layout of the Studley and Carleton Campuses. Records include topographical maps and layouts.

Dalhousie University : land and building program, 1951-1977

UA-9, OS Folder 52
Item
[ca. 1978]

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a basic site map of Dalhousie University drawn in ink on paper, wth overlay drawings on acetate showing building development from 1951 - 1977.

Dalhousie Economics Department corridor link and renovations drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 39
File
1987

Part of Facilities Management

File contains floor plans, sections and elevations for the corridor link between and renovations to the houses at 6206, 6214 and 6220 University Avenue.

Faculty of Dentistry Dental School expansion drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 40
File
1979

Part of Facilities Management

File contains mechanical and electrical drawings for the Dentistry School expansion.

Massey medals 1970

UA-36, Box 3, Folder 10
File
1971

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of records relating to the exhibition 'Massey Medals for Architecture 1970', organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from November 1-30, 1971.

Records consist of a condition report, exhibition agreement contract, descriptive exhibition text and packing lists, correspondence with the National Gallery, handwritten notes, and a press release from the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) regarding the finalists and winning entries for the Massey Medals Awards Competition.

Historic buildings of Canada exhibition

UA-36, Box 1, Folder 43
File
1964-1966

Part of Dalhousie Art Gallery fonds

File consists of a records related to the exhibition 'Historic Buildings in Canada' organized by the National Gallery of Canada and presented at Dalhousie in March 1966.

Records consist of an exhibition catalogue, correspondence between Evelyn Holmes and the National Gallery of Canada, contractual documents, and a press release from the National Gallery regarding the exhibition.

East elevation

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 19
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the east elevation of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

West elevation

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 18
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the west elevation of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Longitudinal section

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 17
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of a longitudinal section of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Section perspective looking north

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 16
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of a section perspective for a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Section perspective at handball courts

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 15
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation board created by Drew Sperry showing a section perspective of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

View from median strip

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 14
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation board created by Drew Sperry showing the view from the median strip of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

View west from Agricola Street

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 13
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry showing the west view of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Typical residence floor, roof terrace and mechanical floor

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation board created by Drew Sperry showing three floor plans of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Fourth and fifth floor plans

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 11
Item
1968

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the fourth and fifth floor plans of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Third floor plan

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 10
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the third floor plan of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Second floor plan

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 9
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the second floor plan of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

First floor plan

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 8
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the first floor plan of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Site plan

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 7
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the site plan for a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Urban context

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 6
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the urban context of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College. His plan for the recreational complex is superimposed on to a map of Halifax.

Mechanical plan

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 5
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the mechanical plan for a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

A YMCA for Halifax / H. Drew Sperry

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 4
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is the title board for Drew Sperry's plans for a YMCA for Halifax, his terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College. The drawing is a site plan created by superimposing his plan for the recreational complex on to an aerial photograph of Halifax.

Locker system

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 3
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the locker system for a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal dersign project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College. The locker system is shown across three floors and is colour coded with a legend.

South elevation

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 2
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the south elevation of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

North elevation

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 1
Item
1966

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

Item is a presentation drawing created by Drew Sperry of the north elevation of a proposed YMCA for Halifax, which was Sperry's terminal design project for his Bachelor of Architecture degree at the Nova Scotia Technical College.

Drew Sperry fonds

MS-2-835
Fonds
1966 - 2004

Fonds contains architectural drawings created by Drew Sperry as a student at Nova Scotia Technical College and later as a certified architect. His student work comprises presentation drawings, while the designs for his own home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and two other residential commissions include both presentation and construction drawings. There are two folders of textual records, which comprise a transcript of an interview with Drew and Sheila Sperry, real estate appraisals of their Dartmouth residence, and early budget breakdowns from Sperry's architectural practice.

Sperry, Henry Drew

Interview with Sheila and Drew Sperry

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 11
File
1972, 2015

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File also contains a budget overview of Drew Sperry's first few years of practice.

Sperry residence real estate appraisals

MS-2-835, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1992 - 2015

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File contains real estate valuation reports on the Sperry property from 1992, 2003, 2005 and 2015. There is also a four-page narrative recounting the initial build and subsequent renovations of the house.

Chapel for Dalhousie

MS-2-835, OS Folder 5
File
[196-]

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File contains three presentation drawings by Drew Sperry, probably as a part of his BA Architecture program at the Nova Scotia Technical College. Drawings include elevations; floor plans; sections; and a site plan. The chapel was designed to sit between Shirreff Hall and the National Research Council building on Oxford Street.

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