Building

UA-9, OS Folder 41
File
1977

File contains plans for the third floor addition to the Pharmacy Building, known now as the Burbidge Building. Drawings include floor plans, sections, roof plan, mechanical and plumbing plans.

Additions & alterations to library for Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 15
Item
May 1, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a sheet containing construction details for alterations to a counter and balcony

Arts building for Dalhousie University : attic plan of partitions and rail

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 4 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The attic plan of wall partitions and rail was drawn, traced and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb) in pencil on tissue paper.

Arts building for Dalhousie University : longitudinal section

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 9
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 10 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The longitudinal section was drawn by A.M.K, traced by A.M.K. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Bank of Montreal - Construction Progress

MS-4-250, Box 90, Folder 8
File
Mar. 1971

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

Blueprint construction and heating plans for Dalhousie Arts Building

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1920

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of construction and heating blueprints for the Arts Building for Dalhousie University (now the University Club), which was designed by Halifax architect Andrew R. Cobb with consulting architect Frank Darling of Toronto and engineer Charles Harrington. The file also contains an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester, which is missing sheet no. 4.

Brunswick Street Construction

MS-4-250, Box 91, Folder 14
File

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

Central Services parkade drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 37
File
1998 ; 2003

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three sets of drawings for the Central Services parkade produced by Chebucto Engineering Limited Consulting Engineers, Brandys McBride Richardson Engineering, and Rendan Fabricators.

Construction drawings for Dalhousie Arts Building

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item , Item 9
File
1920

Part of Facilities Management

File contains an incomplete set of ink on waxed-linen construction drawings for Dalhousie University's arts building, which was designed by Andrew Cobb and Frank Darling and built in 1921 on Studley Campus. Sheet no. 5 is missing, but is extant in a set of blueprints located in Box 1, Folder 7. Sheet no. 4 is a version in pencil on tissue. Most of the drawings were made by A.M.K., traced by P.K.A., and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew Cobb).

Contract for the construction of the Head House to the greenhouse on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus

UA-43, OVR, Box 1, Folder 10
File
November 5, 1913

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains the contract for the construction of the headhouse to greenhouse at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College between W.K. Murray (contractor) and Department of Public Works including modifications to specifications. The contract is dated November 5, 1913. Signed by "? Cobb" Architect; "E. H. Armstrong" Commissioner for Public Works and Mines; and "W.K. Murray" contractor.

Correspondence from Robert Prange to H. MacRae re. Cox Institute Building extension at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College

UA-43, Box 5, Folder 17, Item 2
Item
1986

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Correspondence re. construction of the Head House to the greenhouse on the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 17
File
1913

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains correspondence and a document regarding the construction of the headhouse to greenhouse at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in November 1913.

Correspondence to Melville Cumming from Murray (contractor)

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 17, Item 1
Item
1913

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is correspondence to Melville Cumming from Murray (contractor) regarding their offer to build the headhouse, dated November 4, 1913. Attached is a document prepared by M. Cumming entitled "Changes in Specifications for Headhouse to Greenhouse for Agricultural College".

Correspondence to Melville Cumming from the Office of the Commissioner for Works and Mines Nova Scotia

UA-43, Box 2, Folder 17, Item 2
Item
1913

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

Item is correspondence from the Office of the Commissioner for Works and Mines Nova Scotia (E. H. Armstrong) to Melville Cumming, dated 5 November, 1913. It references an enclosed contract (two copies) for signature by W.K. Murray - contractor, in regards to the construction of the headhouse to the greenhouse.

Correspondence with Brookfield Construction regarding a flooded cellar and a rat

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 5
File
November 1934

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Cox Building extension records

UA-43, Box 5, Folder 17
File
1986

Part of Nova Scotia Agricultural College fonds

File contains records related to the Cox Institute Building extension at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in 1986.

Dal magazine / fall 2021

MS-1-Ref, Box 190, Folder 5
Item
2021

Part of Dal Magazine

Item is a copy of Dal Magazine (Fall 2021), which features an article about the fiftieth anniversaries of the Dal Arts Centre, Killam Library and the Life Sciences Centre; and interviews with alumni Mona Challa (MPA '21, BSC '19), Rene Boudreau (BA '15), Paul Gauthier (BSC '94), Rafaela Andrade (PHD '15), and George Cooper (BSC '62, LLB '66, LLD '04).

Dalhousie Arts Building construction details

UA-9, OS Folder 5
File
1920 - 1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains blueprint drawings of construction details, including window details; beam reinforcement; trusses; full-scale exterior masonry details; and the lettering for the cornerstone.

Dalhousie storage facility drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 47
File
1991-1998

Part of Facilities Management

File contains four sets of drawings produced by Chebucto Engineering, Donald T. Matheson Engineering, Brandys McBride Richardson Engineering, and W. Roberts Engineering. Drawings include site plans, sections, electrical and floor plans.

Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture reference collection

UA-48-REF
Collection
2012-2023

Collection contains textual material about Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture from the time of their creation when the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Dalhousie University merged in 2012. Series include strategic plans, academic calendars, and events on the Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture campus..

Dalhousie University. Faculty of Agriculture

Dalhousie University's Medical Science Building

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 Medical Science Building (renamed the Burbidge Building in 1970), designed by Halifax architect Andrew Randall Cobb and built between 1922-and 1924. Cobb's plans allowed for a third floor addition, which was built in 1978.

Dalplex Construction

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22
File
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains 43 photographs of the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photographs were taken from eight different viewpoints.

Dalplex Construction : View 1

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 36
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 1 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 2

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 37
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 2 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 3

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 38
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 3 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 4

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 39
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 4 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 5

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 40
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 5 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 6

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 33
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 6 in September 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 6

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 41
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 6 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 7

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 34
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 7 in September 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 7

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 42
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 7 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 8

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 43
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 8 in November 1977.

Dalplex Construction : View 8

PC1, Box 14, Folder 22, Item 35
Item
1977

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph from the construction of the Dalplex in 1977. The photograph shows how the lot looked from view 8 in September 1977.

Dalplex constuction : Legend

PC1, Box 14, Folder 21, Item 2
Item
1976

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a legend to accompany the photographs of the Dalplex construction. The legend shows the location of the six "views" from which the photographs were taken. The diagram also shows where Dalhousie Street, South Street, Oakland Road, and Studley Avenue are in relation to the construction.

Drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre

UA-9, Box 3
File
[196-?]

Part of Facilities Management

Box contains shop drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. Drawings are related to fire alarms; duct and cable trays; a diesel generator; metal components; general mechanical systems; general electric and lighting systems; and other components. Plans in the box include spec IDs 80-82.

Drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre

UA-9, Box 5
File
[196-?]

Part of Facilities Management

Box contains shop drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre and specifications for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences building. Plans in the box include spec IDs 83-87 and 90.

Drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre

UA-9, Box 2
File
[ca. 1991]

Part of Facilities Management

Box contains shop drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. Drawings include plans for sprinklers, metal components, mechanical components, structural concrete, and greenhouse additions. Plans include spec IDs 74-77.

Drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre, the Arts and Administration Building, and Gerard Hall

UA-9, Box 6
File
[ca. 1949-1969]

Part of Facilities Management

Box contains shop drawings and rebar schedules and plans for the Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University, including the biology, oceanography, and psychology departments. The box also contains files with tenders, contracts, specs, and other information about the Arts and Administration Building and Gerard Hall. The specs in the box include spec IDs 89 and 72.

Drawings for a residence for Mr. W.R. MacInnes

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 10
File
June 23, 1926

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of ten construction blueprints for a three-story house with six bedrooms and a maid's room, designed by Willam R. Cobb. The house was built in 1926 for William MacInnes (of W.R. MacInnes & Co, General Insurance Agents and Investment Bankers) at 18 Oxford Street, Halifax. In 1975 Dalhousie University purchased the house (then 135 Oxford Street) to convert to student housing. By 1984 the house had been replaced with a condominium complex called Oxford Court. The drawings are labelled sheets 1-10, and include plans, elevations, sections and roof details.

Extension to the Royal Bank of Canada, Gottingen Street branch (Dalhousie Legal Aid)

UA-9, OS Folder 46
File
1953-1959

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings of an extension to the Royal Bank of Canada, Gottingen Street Branch, which became the Legal Aid building at Dalhousie University, created by J. Philip Dumaresq & Associates.

Fenwick Place mechanical plans

UA-9, OS Folder 50
File
1969 - 1971

Part of Facilities Management

File contains drawings by Dumaresq & Byrne Limited and D. J. Morris Engineering for Fenwick Place, including: area lighting plot plan; TV antenna, intercom and telephone system risers; electrical distribution schemes; and owner distribution system risers and details.

Halifax - Brunswick St. House Restoration

MS-4-250, Box 86, Folder 51
File

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

Halifax - Province House Restoration

MS-4-250, Box 86, Folder 76
File
Jan. 1969

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

Henson College renovation plans

UA-9, OS Folder 61
File
1989

Part of Facilities Management

File contains site plans, foundation plan and details, floor plans, sections and electrical plans.

Library for Dalhousie : 1/4 inch scale details of hall and vestibule

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 10
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 11 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawings are of 1/4" scale hall and vestibule details and include elevations, a floor plan and a 3/4" scale detail of brick wainscoting. The sheet contains 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 : longitudinal section looking south

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

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 10 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the MacDonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is a longitudinal section looking south 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 : plan and section of main entrance

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 12
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 15 of 16 construction drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University and includes a plan and section of the main entrance. The sheet contains 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 : three quarter inch scale detail of window over entrance

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 11
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 13 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawings are of the front entrance and include an elevation, section and plan, and the sheet contains 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 : basement plan

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

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 1 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. It is a basement plan with a 1/2" = 1'0" scale detail of first floor beams and slab 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 : detail of reading room windows

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 13
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 16 of 16 construction drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University and includes 3/4" scale details of windows, both sections and elevations. The sheet contains the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.

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