Archives Catalogue

Subseries

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.

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.

Newspaper headlines about the construction of the Halifax Infirmary in 1931

PC1, Box 64, Folder 48, Item 4
Item
[2007]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a list of quotes from contemporary newspaper articles about the construction of the Halifax Infirmary in 1931. Quotes are as follows: Newspaper headlines from June, 1931 / The Halifax Mail, June 25, 1931 / "hurl Constable From Side of Fleeing Auto: Bullets Fail to Halt Car in "Get-Away. Constable / Pitts, of Nova Scotia Police, Struck Over Head With Crank as He Clung to Side of Alleged / Rum-Laden Car." / The Halifax Chronicle, June 25, 1931 / "Plane Reaches Germany; One for Denmark / "Miners Seeking Six-Hour to Relieve Jobless: Will consider Resolution at Today's Session of / District Conference in Sydney." / "Hurry Round the World" Post and Gatty Greeted By Huge Throngs in Berlin" / Halifax Herald, June 24, 1931 / "Globe Flyers Span Atlantic Ocean: Danes Now Over Ocean" / "Alderman Scores Street Repairs: Likens Robie St. To Tooth".

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.

Notes and correspondence regarding a presentation at Cobequid Educational Centre

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 42
File
1993

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Notes and correspondence regarding a presentation at Colchester-East Hants Regional Library

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 41
File
1995

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Notes and correspondence regarding visit to Sheet Harbour Branch Library

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 31, Folder 4
File
1991

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Notes and research for censorship talks

MS-2-650.2000-033, Box 30, Folder 10
File
February 1990

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Notes for Christmas reading at Spring Garden Library

MS-2-650.2015-036, Box 77, Folder 34
File
December 2004

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Notes for talk on censorship given at a library in Dartmouth

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 56, Folder 44
File
February 26, 1992

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains handwritten notes by Budge Wilson.

Notes for talk on censorship given at in-service for school librarians in King's County

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 56, Folder 43
File
February 1990

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains handwritten notes by Budge Wilson.

Notes for talk on censorship given at various locations

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 56, Folder 45
File
1991-1992

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains four sets handwritten notes and one set of photocopied notes by Budge Wilson. Talks include those at the Halifax Library and Creighton Park.

Notes for talk on getting published given at a meeting of the Canadian Authors Association

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 56, Folder 25
File
March 22, 1997

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a handwritten notes by Budge Wilson for a presentation given at the Alderney Gate Library in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Notes relating to the North Branch and Tantallon libraries

MS-2-650.2013-070, Box 61, Folder 22
File
2002

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

Notes to talk given at a Nova Scotia Library Association conference

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 55, Folder 16
File
1995

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's speech.

Notes to talk given for Halifax Regional Library's summer reading program

MS-2-650.2010-030, Box 55, Folder 34
File
2001

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains handwritten notes for Budge Wilson's presentation, correspondence, and promotional material from the reading program.

Notes to talk given to children's and young adult librarians at a Nova Scotia Library Association conference

MS-2-650.2010-031, Box 55, Folder 15
File
[199-?]

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains a handwritten draft of Budge Wilson's speech.

Official opening of the Sir James Dunn Law Library : [programme]

MS-2-615, Box 100, Folder 7
File
1989 - 1989

Part of Ronald St. John Macdonald fonds

Opening of Halifax Memorial Library, November 12, 1951 : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 57, Item 3
Item
12 November 1951

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a annotated draft manuscript of the address given by Vincent MacDonald.

Opening of Halifax Memorial Library, November 12, 1951 : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 57, Item 2
Item
12 November 1951

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is a typed manuscript copy of the final version of the address.

Opening of Halifax Memorial Library, November 12, 1951 : [manuscript]

MS-2-171, Box 1, Folder 57, Item 1
Item
12 November 1951

Part of Vincent C. MacDonald fonds

Item is an annotated typed manuscript.

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.

Photograph of 40th Anniversary Celebration flyer for the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library

PC1, Box 64, Folder 44
File
[2007]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of 5963 College Street which housed the Medical-Dental Library between 1965-1967

PC1, Box 63, Folder 60
File
[between 1965 and 1967]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File is a photograph of a white and green house which housed the Medical-Dental Library during the construction of the Tupper Building and the W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library.

Photograph of a circulation desk employee wearing a costume

UA-23, Box 194, Folder 15, Item 18
Item
[197-]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a photograph of Cyndy Rhind in a costume for Halloween taken at the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of a classroom in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 30
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of rows of chairs in a classroom in the Killam Memorial Library. The words "Seamen Cross" are written on the back of the photograph.

Photograph of a conference room in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 8
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a man sitting at the table in a conference room in the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of a document storage area in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 25
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of rows of shelves in a document storage area in the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of a French and Acadian book display

PC1, Box 6, Folder 1, Item 19
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a display of French and Acadian books in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University.

St. Onge, Doreen

Photograph of a French and Acadian book display

PC1, Box 6, Folder 1, Item 18
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a display of French and Acadian books in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University.

St. Onge, Doreen

Photograph of a French and Acadian book display

PC1, Box 6, Folder 1, Item 20
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a display of French and Acadian books in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University.

St. Onge, Doreen

Photograph of a French and Acadian book display

PC1, Box 6, Folder 1, Item 17
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a display of French and Acadian books in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University.

St. Onge, Doreen

Photograph of a hallway with arm chairs in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 9
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a lounge area with arm chairs in a hallway of the Killam Memorial Library. There are two people sitting in the arm chairs.

Photograph of a hallway with windows in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 3
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a hallway in the Killam Memorial Library. One wall of the hallway is made of windows and there is a man walking past.

Photograph of a lounge and smoking area in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 4
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a lounge and smoking area with arm chairs in the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of a lounge in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 5
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a lounge with arm chairs and plants in the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of a machine in the printing centre in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 20
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man operating a printing machine in the printing centre in the basement of the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of a man looking at a book in the Kipling room at the Macdonald library

PC1, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 23
Item
[after 1956]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man looking at a book in the Kipling Room, located in the O. E. Smith wing of the Macdonald Library.

Wetmore

Photograph of a meeting room in the Kellogg Library

UA-23, Box 26, Folder 4, Item 5
[ca. 1967-1968]

Part of Dalhousie University Libraries fonds

Item is a photographic slide of the interior of the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows a small meeting room with a table and chairs.

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 piano and tables in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 2, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1970]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a room in the Killam Memorial Library at Dalhousie University. The room contains a grand piano and some tables and chairs.

Photograph of a reading room in the Killam Memorial Library

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 18
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph taken outside of a reading room in the Killam Memorial Library. The room has a glass wall and several students can be seen working inside.

Photograph of a room in the School of Library Service

PC1, Box 19, Folder 12, Item 13
Item
[197-?]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a classroom with book shelves in the School of Library Service, located in the Killam Memorial Library.

Photograph of a room in the Sir James Dunn Law Library

PC1, Box 2, Folder 25, Item 5
Item
[ca. 1967]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph taken in the Sir James Dunn Law Library in the Weldon Law Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows a room with a glass wall that contains low book shelves and swivel chairs.

Maurice Crosby Photography

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