Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace
General material designation
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
File
Reference code
2017-003, OS Folder 1
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1949 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
15 drawings : ink, pencil ; 55 x 150 cm and smaller
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Custodial history
Custodial history is unknown. Sketches were accessioned in 2017 when they were found with other unprocessed university records.
Scope and content
File contains 15 drawings of the ceremonial mace designed in 1949 by Chasteney Holbourne Saunders, former head of the Department of Anatomy. The mace was carved in oak, decorated with silver and enamel, and measured 1.4 metres in length. First used in the 1950 convocation, the mace was retired in 1919 when the university introduced the "New Dawn Staff of Place and Belonging" as its ceremonial object.
There is one full-scale drawing in ink and three reduced reproductions mounted on board. The remainder are rough sketches and detail drawings in pencil of the emblems and figures that Saunders employed to represent maritime traditions and the historical significance of Dalhousie’s service to the Atlantic provinces.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
- English