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.
Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "B2," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall and is signed by (Frank) Darling, the consulting architect.
Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "B," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall and was probably drawn by Frank Darling, the consulting architect.
Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "A1," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall and was probably drawn by Frank Darling, the consulting architect. The plan is also labelled L.13 in the bottom right corner.
File contains three versions of elevations of the Macdonald Library building shown adjacent to the Science Building, which was completed one year prior to the library.
File contains Andrew Cobb's rough sketches drawn on pages from a foolscap notebook for the Medical Science Building, including rudimentary elevations and floorplans; a note regarding the necessity of provision for women's lockers and lavatories and the possibility of a medical library; and an overhead drawing of a teaching theatre. File also includes five sheets of 1/16" scale drawings that include basement, first and second floor plans, and longitudinal and cross sections. The pages are all marked: "Please return to A.S.M. (Arthur Stanley Mackenzie)," and the first floor plan also has a note reading: "On S.S. 'Virginian' / July 1st/21."
Item is a first floor plan of the Macdonald Library indicating lecture rooms and sizes and showing the upper part of the future stacks room. There are also two inset sketches of lecture room layouts, one to seat 45 and the other to seat 110; a list of subjects with corresponding professors' initials; and a note indicating the present use of second and third floors by Arts classes. The reverse side has red pencil or charcoal lines marking the walls and is marked "L46" in the lower right corner.
Item is a 1930 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the fourth floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes the upper part of the third-floor lecture and arts rooms, two laboratories, six studies and an undesignated room. A note on the plans indicates that the corridor to the studies was waiting for the steel trusses design.
Item is a 1932 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the fourth floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes the upper part of a third-floor lecture hall, two laboratories and six studies.
File contains seven sheets of FSD (full-scale detail) drawings of masonry for details such as cornices, pilaster boxes and string courses, window sills, and mouldings for the Medical Science Laboratory at Dalhousie University. There are also vestibule details, including the fanlight over the main entrance door. Drawings include elevations, plans and sections.
File contains detailed drawings for furniture and fittings for the Medical Science Building, including cabinet tables for the bio-chemistry residents' room.
Item is a 1930 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the first floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a women's cloakroom, five lecture rooms, a faculty room and two studies.
Item is a 1929 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the ground floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a women's cloakroom, three lecture rooms, a general office, offices for the registrar, secretary and president, and a business office, including a mimeograph room.
Item is a 1932 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the first floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a women's cloakroom, four lecture rooms, a faculty room and small study.
Item is a 1929 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the first floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a women's restroom, general offices, offices for the president, registrar and secretary, and three lecture rooms.
Item is a ground floor plan of the Macdonald Library indicating men and women's reading rooms; cataloguing and accession rooms; librarians' offices; future reading rooms additions and the lower floor of the future stacks room. There are also inset sketches of reading room layouts with desks and capacity calculations.
Item is a second floor plan of the Macdonald Library as suggested (and perhaps drawn) by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, who was president of Dalhousie from 1911-1931.
Item is a first floor plan of the Macdonald Library as suggested (and perhaps drawn) by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, who was president of Dalhousie from 1911-1931.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item is sheet no. 5 of 16 construction drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is of the east elevation and 3/4" scale details of roof vents and copper hopper heads, and has the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.