Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Drawings of the Dalhousie University mace
General material designation
- Graphic material
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File
Repository
Reference code
2017-003, SF Box 89, Folder 15
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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Date(s)
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1949 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
9 drawings ; pencil, watercolour ; 28 x 21.5 cm and smaller
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Archival description area
Custodial history
Custodial history is unknown. Sketches were accessioned in 2017 when they were found intermingled among unprocessed miscellaneous University records.
Scope and content
File contains nine drawings of the Dalhousie University mace created by R.L. de C.H. Saunders, a Dalhousie University Professor of Anatomy who designed the mace in 1949. The drawings illustrate details of various parts of the mace. The mace was carved by former Deputy Mayor of Halifax A.H. Macmillan. It is used during convocation ceremonies and stored in University Hall.
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Arrangement
Sketches are listed in order from the bottom, or button, of the mace to the top of the mace head. Order was imposed by the processing archivist.
Language of material
- English