Architecture

Library for Dalhousie University : first floor plan

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

Item is a sheet with two drawings of a second floor plan designed to serve as office and lecture spaces before being converted to a law library and eventually a university museum. One plan shows the space partitioned into a lecture hall, faculty room and offices to serve current needs; in the second it is laid out as a law library. There is also a small inset aerial perspective of the new (temporary) Arts Building in relation to the Science Building and Macdonald Library.

Library for Dalhousie University : longitudinal section looking north

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 8
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 9 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the MacDonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is a longitudinal section looking north with a 1/2" scale detail of a concrete beam and has the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.

Library for Dalhousie University : north elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 7
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 7 of 16 construction drawings of the MacDonald Memorial Library (now the MacDonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is of the north elevation and has the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.

Library for Dalhousie University : second floor plan

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 3
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 3 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. It is a second floor plan with the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald

Library for Dalhousie University : south elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 4
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 4 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is of the south elevation and has the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.

Library for Dalhousie University : west elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 6
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 6 of 16 construction drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University, as well as 3/4" scale details of the Reading Room mantels and fireplaces. The drawing has the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.

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.

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.

MacDonald Library bookcase details

UA-9, OS Folder 28
File
1915 ; 1958

Part of Facilities Management

File contains full-scale and 3/4-scale shelving detail drawings; details for a chimney-top rain shield; and a leaded letters template for the O.E. Smith Wing addition built in 1956.

Macdonald Library revised entrance window details

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 14
Item
June 23, 1914

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an unnumbered sheet containing construction drawings of exterior and interior half elevations of the entrance windows of the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The "detail has precedence over sheets nos. 12 & 13 of original drawings."

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.

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.

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.

Macdonald Memorial Library construction drawings

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1
File
1913 - 1920, predominant 1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains construction drawings 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. The bulk of the drawings are part of an original set of 16 sheets dated Dec. 20, 1913 that contain the approval signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald. Sheets 8, 12 and 14 are missing, but are extant as blueprints in Box 1, Folder 2. File also contains a 1914 drawing showing revised window details and a sheet no. 6 from a 1920 alteration to the library. Drawing types include floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

Macdonald Memorial Library construction drawings

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 21
File
1913 - 1920, predominant 1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester of Sheet Nos. 1-16 of Andrew Cobb's construction drawings for the Macdonald Library, as well as a sheet of window details dated June 23, 1914 and one sheet of drawings of additions and alterations dated May 1, 1920.

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.

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.

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.

Medical Library floorplans

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 15
File
1937 - 1939

Part of Facilities Management

File contains basement and first floor plans stamped by the Library Bureau for a medical library at Dalhousie University. File also contains a technical drawing of a magazine storage rack for the medical-dental library, which were submitted by the Steel Equipment Company, Ottawa, ON.

National Research Council building architectural plans

UA-9, Oversize Folder 33
File
1949 - 2002

Part of Facilities Management

File contains architectural drawings for the National Research Council Laboratory and for the Institute for Marine Biosciences on Oxford Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 1949 drawings, produced by Leslie Fairn and C. Gustave Brault, include plot plans; footings; floor plans; interior room and finish schedules; sections and details; and plumbing, heating and electrical plans. The 1964 and 1979 drawings are for additions and extensions, and were produced by Duffus, Romans, Kundzins and Rounsefell Ltd. The file also includes a set of drawings printed at reduced scale for a submission by Lydon Lynch issued September 2002 for a National Research Council New Industry Partnership Facility Institute for Marine Biosciences.

Negative of a drawing of the exterior of the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 3, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1971]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a negative of a drawing or etching of the exterior of the Killam Memorial Library.

Nener residence

MS-2-835, OS Folder 3
File
2006

Part of Drew Sperry fonds

File contains nine construction drawings for a house designed by Drew Sperry on Pauls Point Road in Hackett's Cove, Halifax Regional Municipality. Drawing types include a site plan; floor and foundation plans; electrical and plumbing plans; sections; and elevations.

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.

North elevation

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 14
Item
April 1930

Part of Facilities Management

Item is one of two drawings by Andrew Cobb of the north elevation of an arts building for Dalhousie University that was never built.

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.

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.

North elevation of a proposed Dalhousie arts building

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 13
Item
[ca. 1932]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is one of two drawings by Andrew Cobb of the north elevation of an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built.

Nova Scotia Technical College extensions and alternations "C" Building

UA-9, OS Folder 63
File
1967

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings by Napier and Napier for a 1967 renovations to Building C, including site plans, floor plans, elevations and sections, electrical plans, and steel framing schedule 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.

Nova Scotia Technical College newsletter, vol. IV, no. 11

UA-10, Box 81, Folder 3, Item 4
Item
November 1970

Part of Technical University of Nova Scotia fonds

Item is a newsletter featuring a story about architecture students designing a playground structure for the George Dixon Centre; notes on faculty; appointment notes, publication notes; and past and upcoming events.

'O' Building (Annex) revision drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 44
File
1986

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, plumbing, and details.

Pencil sketch of bookshelves, radiator and window in the Macdonald Library

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 13
Item
[191-]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an unsigned drawing showing a typical elevation and section of the bookshelves in the Macdonald Memorial Library.

Peter Green Hall revisions or issues drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 42
File
1966 - 2000

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings for Peter Green Hall, labelled "Married Students Housing for Hfx Student Housing Society" on the earlier drawings. Drawings include floor plans, mechanical plans, details and specifications (1967, 1994 and 2000) and new metal siding details and elevations (1985).

Photograph of a model of the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 42, Folder 33, Item 1
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the architect's model of the Izaak Killam Memorial Library at Dalhousie University.

Photograph of a model of the proposed Life Sciences Centre

PC1, Box 42, Folder 33, Items 2-4
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains three copies of a photograph of a model of the proposed Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. A caption attached to the photograph says: "Model of the proposed Life Sciences Centre. The centre, to cost between $18 million and $19 million, will contain teaching and research facilities for biology, marine sciences and psychology."

Photograph of a model of the proposed Physical Sciences Centre

PC1, Box 42, Folder 33, Items 5-17
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains 13 copies of a photograph of a model of the proposed Physical Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. A caption attached to the photograph says: "Model of the proposed Physical Sciences Centre, which will cost about $14,000,000. The Centre will hold teaching and research facilities for physics, earth sciences, chemistry, geology and mathematics."

Photograph of a preliminary model of the proposed Dental Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 33, Items 18-24
Item
[196-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains seven copies of a photograph of a model of a proposed Dental Building for Dalhousie University. A caption attached to the photograph says: "Preliminary model of the proposed Dental Building, to cost about $13,000,000. It will help to alleviate the critical shortage of dentists in the region."

Photograph of an architecture drawing class

PC1, Box 36, Folder 9, Item 1
Item
[between 1919 and 1920]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of an architecture drawing class at the Nova Scotia Technical College, taught by S. H. Case. The photograph shows students working at tables.

Climo's Studio

Photograph of Barrington Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia

MS-2-781, PB Box 16, Folder 28
Item
[before 1949]

Part of Byron Ulric Hatfield Photograph Collection

Item is a hand coloured glass plate transparency of Barrington Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The photograph was taken by Byron Ulric Hatfield sometime in the early twentieth century.

Photograph of James G. Sykes

PC1, Box 13, Folder 34, Item 1
Item
[between 1960 and 1969]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies of a photograph of James Sykes, as well as proofs and negative for the photograph. The photograph is a portrait.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Photograph of Killam Memorial Library model

PC1, Box 19, Folder 13, Item 1
Item
[19--]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a model of the Killam Memorial Library.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Photograph of Killam Memorial Library model

PC1, Box 19, Folder 13, Item 3
Item
1966

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a model of the proposed Killam Memorial Library.

Maurice Crosby Photography

Photograph of Killam Memorial Library model

PC1, Box 19, Folder 13, Item 4
Item
1966

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a model of the proposed Killam Memorial Library.

Maurice Crosby Photography

Photograph of Killam Memorial Library model

PC1, Box 19, Folder 13, Item 5
Item
1966

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a model of the proposed Killam Memorial Library.

Maurice Crosby Photography

Photograph of Killam Memorial Library model

PC1, Box 19, Folder 13, Item 2
Item
May 1966

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the preliminary model of the final proposal for the construction of the Killam Memorial Library in May 1966.

Maurice Crosby Photography

Photograph of the courtyard of the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 3, Item 2
Item
[after 1971]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the inner courtyard of the Killam Memorial Library, taken from an upper storey. There are people walking through the courtyard and there is snow on the ground.