File contains photographs of models of proposed buildings for Dalhousie Univeristy, including the Izaak Killam Memorial Library, the Life Sciences Centre, the Physical Sciences Centre, and the Dental Building. The photographs have captions attached to them.
File contains photographs of the interior of the Killam Memorial Library. The photographs show various rooms in the library and students or staff working.
File contains photographs of residences at Dalhousie University. The photographs show a model of Eliza Ritchie Hall; Eliza Ritchie Hall under construction; students standing in front of Eliza Ritchie Hall; and an unidentified apartment building for married students.
File contains photographs of the exterior of the Forrest Building at Dalhousie University. The photographs were taken at various different times during the building's history. Two of the photographs come from nitrate negatives that were scanned and destroyed.
File contains photographs of the Education Building, Weldon Law Building, Transition Year Program Office, Kings College Library, Henry Hicks Administrative Building, TUNS, Henson House Fire.
File contains photographic portraits of J.G. Bayer; E. Murphy; L.B.W. Brown; F.H. Grant; H.A.B. Marshall; N.N. Power; A. Dennis; M.E. Gouge; K.J. Webber; F.E. Dodd; B.F. McLeod; W.K. Read; J.A. McKeigan; A.W.L. Smith; H. Murray (Prof.); Rev. President Forrest; G. W. Stairs; L.J. King; E. S. Morrison; J.P. Macmillan; E. A. Munro; D.R. McLean; G.B. McCunn; M. MacNeil (Prof.); W.C. Murray (Prof.); D.E. Hattie; A. Ferguson; A.D. Fraser; B.W. Hills; G.W. Irving; H.W. Fleming; M.H. Manuel; H. P. Jones (Prof); J.E. Woodman (Prof.); E. Mackay (Prof.); T.W. Hardy; D. A. Cameron; J. H. Hamilton; R. McLeod; A.S. Wall; H.S. Tolson; C. J. MacInnis; C.D.R. Murray; A. E. MacKinnon; J. R. Collie; and M. McKay. The file also contains a photograph of Dalhousie College (now the Forrest Building). The individual photographs were removed from a large composite.
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 a 1916 Canadian Government Railways and Halifax Ocean Terminal Railway plan showing a proposed bridge for Coburg Road and access to Birchdale; an undated property survey showing existing buildings, including the Birchdale Hotel, Acadia Cottage, a bathing house, boat house and the north and south wharfs; two plans of proposed jetties on the Birchdale property; a floor plan by architect R.A. Johnson showing an addition to "Birchdale," which indicates a large playroom; and a floor plan for "Birchdale Annex" showing eight bedrooms. The annex addition probably dates to ca. 1920, when Birchdale Hotel was purchased by Dalhousie to house students. The file also contains a 1925 blueprint plan of a survey of the Allison Property on the west side of Oxford Street, which was purchased by Dalhousie University to use as the president's residence.
File contains forms detailing MT&T employees' name, position, address, and damages sustained from the Halifax Explosion. Forms document personal injury and loss of life as well as damage to personal property.
File contains potential site plans for Dalhousie University's Studley campus as well as landscape plans indicating actual plantings. There is also one drawing of a unrealized medical school site plan.
File contains an incomplete set of ink on waxed-linen construction drawings for Dalhousie University's arts building, which was designed by Andrew Cobb and Frank Darling and built in 1921 on Studley Campus. Sheet no. 5 is missing, but is extant in a set of blueprints located in Box 1, Folder 7. Sheet no. 4 is a version in pencil on tissue. Most of the drawings were made by A.M.K., traced by P.K.A., and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew Cobb).
File contains a set of construction and heating blueprints for the Arts Building for Dalhousie University (now the University Club), which was designed by Halifax architect Andrew R. Cobb with consulting architect Frank Darling of Toronto and engineer Charles Harrington. The file also contains an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester, which is missing sheet no. 4.
File contains blueprint drawings of construction details, including window details; beam reinforcement; trusses; full-scale exterior masonry details; and the lettering for the cornerstone.
Item is a photograph taken during the construction of Shirreff Hall at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows wooden scaffolding on the outside of the building.
File contains 11 presentation drawings signed by Andrew R. Cobb, Architect, and dated between August and September 1921. There are six drawings of the north elevation and five of the south elevation, each featuring variations in window design, and some containing notes indicating suggestions or preferences of F.D. (Architect Frank Darling), A.S.M. (President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie) and G.F.P.
File contains two sheets containing drawings of a building designed to serve as Arts offices and lecture spaces before being converted to a law library and eventually to a university museum.
File contains a photograph of the laying of the cornerstone of the Arts Building, the fourth building on the Studley campus. The ceremony took place on April 23rd, 1921. Photograph shows (from left to right) Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, Dalhousie University President; an unidentified man; and George S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors at Dalhousie. File contains a duplicate of this image.
File contains photographs of the exterior of the University Club at Dalhousie University, previously known as the Arts Building, then the Law School. The photographs show the front and sides of the building.
File contains photographs of Dalhousie University's Studley Campus, including the Science Building (Chemistry Building), Macdonald Library (Macdonald Building), Arts Building (University Club), and Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building. File also contains a photograph of an explosion of munitions at a magazine near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
File contains photographs taken in the University Club at Dalhousie University, previously known as the Arts Building and the Law Building. The photographs show the library in the Law Building and the men's common room in the Arts Building.
Item is a photograph of Shirreff Hall, a women's residence at Dalhousie University, during its construction. The building is covered in wooden scaffolding
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