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Dalhousie, George Ramsay, Earl of, 1770-1838 File English
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Earl of Dalhousie

Correspondence with and about Lord Dalhousie, newspaper clippings, photograph of portrait of Lord Dalhousie, pamphlet about Dalhousie Castle

Drawings of the 1949 Dalhousie University mace

  • 2017-003, OS Folder 1
  • File
  • 1949

File contains 15 drawings of the ceremonial mace designed in 1949 by Chasteney Holbourne Saunders, former head of the Department of Anatomy. The mace was carved in oak, decorated with silver and enamel, and measured 1.4 metres in length. First used in the 1950 convocation, the mace was retired in 1919 when the university introduced the "New Dawn Staff of Place and Belonging" as its ceremonial object.

There is one full-scale drawing in ink and three reduced reproductions mounted on board. The remainder are rough sketches and detail drawings in pencil of the emblems and figures that Saunders employed to represent maritime traditions and the historical significance of Dalhousie’s service to the Atlantic provinces.

Photograph of Lord Dalhousie

File consists four copies and a photocopy of a photograph of George Ramsey, 9th Earl of Dalhousie.. The photograph was selected for inclusion in the publication "The Lives of Dalhousie University, Vol. 1" by Peter B. Waite (page ii).