Item is a plan showing a third floor layout of the Killam Library. The base plan includes the perimeter carrel seating and built-in seminar and office rooms; strips of paper illustrating the stack arrangement have been taped to this surface, and the plan is annotated by hand with the letters A, B, G and R.
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.
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."
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.
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. 3 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. It is a second floor plan with 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. 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 a sheet with two drawings of a second floor plan designed to serve as office and lecture spaces before being converted to a law library and eventually a university museum. One plan shows the space partitioned into a lecture hall, faculty room and offices to serve current needs; in the second it is laid out as a law library. There is also a small inset aerial perspective of the new (temporary) Arts Building in relation to the Science Building and Macdonald Library.
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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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 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 an undated blackline print of a drawing of the south elevation of the proposed Killam Library building, which is hand-coloured with pencil, pastels and gouache.
Item is an undated blackline print, hand-coloured in pencil, of a drawing of the south elevation of the proposed Killam Library building. The drawing is marked 4B REV (revision) and illustrates two alternate facades, A and B. Folder also contains an early drawing of the exterior in relation to the other buildings on campus.
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 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 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.
Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room signed in the bottom right corner by (Frank) Darling, who was the consulting architect. Labelled "A," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall.
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 "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 an unsigned sketch, likely drawn by President Arthur MacKenzie, of first and second floor plans for the Macdonald Library, indicating stack rooms and undefined extensions to the rear of the building as well as the front.
Item is an unsigned sketch (likely by President Arthur MacKenzie) for the Macdonald Library that indicates two lecture rooms, a faculty room, offices for the president, bursar and secretary, and coat and toilet facilities for faculty.
Item is a conceptual drawing of the Kipling Room as designed for the Killam Library. The Kipling Room ended up remaining in the O.E. Smith wing of the Macdonald Library; it is possible that this design was used instead for the Morse Room, which was located behind the MacMechan Auditorium.
Item is an aerial-view drawing of the proposed Killam Library building on the Studley Campus, dated 1966 and signed by the artist (signature indecipherable).
Item is a presentation board with three architectural drawings mounted vertically using red tape. The drawings are undated and marked as 4B REV, and represent the north, south and east elevations of the proposed Killam Library building.