Item is a portrait of Lord Dalhousie copied from an earlier painting; the decorative border framing the drawing is partially rendered on paper and affixed to the illustration board. The drawing was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).
Item is a print of a drawing of the barque Daylight. The writing on the back states that the ship was built in Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1902 by Russell and Co. Imprinted on the front mount is "Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year."
Item is a print of a drawing of the brig Europa. Writing on back reads: Brig "Europa" of Maitland, N.S. entering (port of) Leghorn 1858. Alexander MacDougall, master. The above Alex MacDougall was father of Captain Everett MacDougall.
Item consists of an engraving of the interior of the Nova Scotia College of Art on Coburg Road, drawn in 1934 by J. Macintyre, and collected by D.C. Mackay.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing three sailors performing deck cleaning maintenance work on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing created by D.C. Mackay sometime in the early 1940s depicting day-to-day actions aboard a naval vessel during the Second World War. Figures include a sailor hauling rope, another observing through binoculars, and a third making observations.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing soldiers loading and firing turret machine guns at an unidentified location.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early-1940s showing a starboard side view of the examination ship HMCS Andree Dupre.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal study sketch by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing a naval officer speaking through a megaphone on the deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal study sketch by D.C. Mackay from the early-1940s showing a naval officer peering through navigation equipment on the deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s showing equipment on the starboard deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing a group of sailors performing maintenance work on the aft deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship, with another unidentified ship in the background.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal study sketch by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing naval officers making navigational observations on the deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay, from the early-1940s, showing a deck turret gun on board an unidentified Canadian naval ship.
Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing by D.C. Mackay in the early 1940s showing a sailor and an officer standing in the wheelhouse of an unidentified Canadian naval vessel on convoy escort duty.