File contains 12 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 five unsigned drawings for a proposed new library for Dalhousie College, dated almost a decade before the purchase of Studley. Drawings include a front elevation and ground floor plan in ink on waxed linen, and a less detailed front elevation, as well as floor plans for the basement, first and ground floors, in ink on paper.
File contains drawings of additions and renovations to 6104 - 6112 University Avenue, which is now the site of the Kenneth Rowe Building. Drawings include foundation plan and details; plot plan; floor plans; elevations; sections and details.
File contains architectural drawings from the refurbishment of the Forrest Building at Dalhousie University, including deconstruction plans. The drawings were produced by Duffus, Romans, Kundzins, Rounsefell Ltd. The file includes a page of set ID arrangement details.
File contains copies of drawings for 6152 Coburg Road, including 1967-68 plans for renovations and extensions to the building when it served as the Nova Scotia College of Art, and 1980 renovation plans when the building was occupied by Dalhousie University School of Management. All three sets of drawings were produced by C.A. Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd. File also contains a list of set ID arrangement details.
File contains a set of construction drawings by architects John Preston and Associates for an 84-bed residence on South Street, later named Eliza Ritchie Hall.
File contains floor and site plans and elevations for a 1975 renovation to Dalhousie's Studley Apartments at 1452 Le Marchant Street. File includes set ID arrangement details.
File contains architectural drawings for revisions to the "O" Building (Annex) at the Technical University of Nova Scotia, which were produced by the Campus Design Centre. Drawings include floor plans, sections, and details.
File contains drawings created by Andrew Cobb for an arts building commissioned by the Board of Governors as part of their building plans during the late 1920s/early 1930s, which also included a gymnasium, power plant, men's dormitory, and extensions to the Science Building and Shirreff Hall. The planned site for the building, which was cancelled due to financial restraints, was adjacent to the temporary arts building, which had been built in 1921 to house the law school. Drawings include a preliminary sketch of the front (north) elevation; west, east, south and north elevations; skeleton section; and detailed floor plans.
File contains a blueprint set of six sheets of drawings of additions and alterations to the Macdonald Library, which was for the stack room constructed in 1920.
File contains a blueprint set of eight sheets of drawings of alterations and additions to the Macdonald Library and nine drawings from 1955, both by architect Leslie Fairn.
File contains floor plans, sections and elevations for the corridor link between and renovations to the houses at 6206, 6214 and 6220 University Avenue.
File contains architectural drawings for revisions to the "O" Building (Annex) at the Technical University of Nova Scotia, which were produced by the Campus Design Centre. Drawings include floor plans, sections, plumbing, and details.
File contains a set of architectural plans for Gerard Hall (originally the Halifax Infirmary and School of Nursing) produced by architects C.A. Fowler @ Co. and printed at reduced scale.
File contains a construction package set of drawings for a 2002 addition to the original Student Union Building at Dalhousie University. The drawings were produced by Fowler Bauld and Mitchell, Campbell Comeau Engineering and Morris & Richard Consulting Engineers. The file includes a listing of set ID numbers and notes from Facilities Management.
File contains architectural drawings for the National Research Council Laboratory and for the Institute for Marine Biosciences on Oxford Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 1949 drawings, produced by Leslie Fairn and C. Gustave Brault, include plot plans; footings; floor plans; interior room and finish schedules; sections and details; and plumbing, heating and electrical plans. The 1964 and 1979 drawings are for additions and extensions, and were produced by Duffus, Romans, Kundzins and Rounsefell Ltd. The file also includes a set of drawings printed at reduced scale for a submission by Lydon Lynch issued September 2002 for a National Research Council New Industry Partnership Facility Institute for Marine Biosciences.
File contains ground and second floor plans created by Andrew Cobb for a building (never constructed) for Dalhousie College to be located opposite the Macdonald Library. File also contains basement, ground, second and third floor plans for a new arts building, along with an elevation and site plan showing the building located across from the Archives.
File contains presentation drawings created by Andrew Cobb for an arts building commissioned by the Board of Governors as part of their building plans during the late 1920s/early 1930s, which also included a gymnasium, power plant, men's dormitory, and extensions to the Science Building and Shirreff Hall. The planned site for the building, which was cancelled due to financial restraints, was adjacent to the temporary arts building, which had been built in 1921 to house the law school. The drawings are all marked "282," which presumably was Cobb's job number for the project.
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 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 construction blueprints for the Studley Campus gymnasium, which was designed by architect Andrew Cobb and built by MacDonald Construction in 1932. Drawings include floor plans; elevations; footing plans; cross sections; and details for windows, cornices and other elements. The plans, which are labelled with job number U-311, are signed off by [W. Thompson?], Secretary of the Board of Governors.
File consists of two copies of two architectural elevation drawings of the front facades for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies buildings located at 1308 and 1318 Robie Street, Halifax, N.S.
File contains two copies of the program from the formal opening and naming ceremony of Eliza Ritchie Hall at Dalhousie University. The program contains a biography of Eliza Ritchie and a program for the ceremony.
File contains documents related to Barbara Hinds' involvement in the Halifax Landmarks Commission, including correspondence; lists of contact information; agendas; minutes; memorandums; a manuscript called "An Annotated List of Buildings and Places of Historic and Architectural Significance in Halifax," which contains sketches and descriptions of historic buildings in Halifax; "Proposal for Restoration & Development of Historic Buildings: Halifax Waterfront" by Stevens & Fiske Ltd., including folders containing appendices; and "Call for Proposals, Restoration and Development of the Historic Waterfront Buildings, Halifax, Nova Scotia" from the Halifax Landmarks Commission; an illustration of a street; a photograph of an old wooden beam; a photograph of an unidentified building; "Historic building restoration gathers tempo" by Barbara Hinds, from the November 27, 1973 issue of the Chronicle-Herald; typed drafts; and promotional material, maps, and other information about historic buildings on the Halifax waterfront.
File contains two photographs taken in the Arts and Administration Building at Dalhousie University, now known as the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building. One photograph shows students checking exam postings and the other shows two men installing telephones.
File contains photographs of houses on the Dalhousie University Studley campus. The houses include buildings used by the Department of Classics; the Department of Religion; the Centre for African Studies; the Canadian Marine Transportation Centre; the Department of Russian; the Department of Spanish; the Department of German; Phi Delta Theta; the School of Public Administration; the president's residence; the grad house; the Institute of Public Affairs; the Department of Sociology; and the Department of Anthropology.
File contains photographs of the exterior of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The file also contains a photograph from the official opening of the building.
File contains photographs of the Chase Building at Dalhousie University (the former Nova Scotia Public Archives Building); the Nova Scotia Public Archives; and aerial views of Dalhousie University's Studley Campus.
File contains photographs taken at the laying of the cornerstone of the public archives building on August 29, 1929. The photographs show Hon. E. N. Rhodes; Arthur S. MacKenzie; Rear Admiral Sir Cyril Fuller; Hon J. C. Tory; Archbishop Worrell; J. McG. Stewart; Flag Lt. Eveleigh; and Lt. Col. Almon participating in the ceremony in front of a crowd of guests.
File contains photographs of the Public Archives buildng, now known as the Chase Building. The building is located on Dalhousie University' Studley campus. The photographs show the archives building from different angles.
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 Henry Hicks Building exterior; the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium; a performance of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra; lectures, classes, and meetings in the Dalhousie Arts Centre; hallways and lounges in the Dalhousie Arts Centre; a music listening room in the Dalhousie Arts Centre; someone playing the pipe organ in the Dalhousie Arts Centre; a Christmas craft fair in the Dalhousie Arts Centre; the Dalhousie Art Gallery; and a storage area in the Dalhousie Arts Centre; a broadcast of CBC Radio's Information Morning at the Dalhousie Student Union.
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.
