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Additions & alterations to library for Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 15
Item
May 1, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is a sheet containing construction details for alterations to a counter and balcony

Construction drawings for Dalhousie Arts Building

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item , Item 9
File
1920

Part of Facilities Management

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).

Arts building for Dalhousie University : basement plan

Arts building for Dalhousie University : basement plan

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 1 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The basement plan was drawn by A.M.K, traced by P.K.A. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Arts building for Dalhousie University : attic plan of partitions and rail

Arts building for Dalhousie University : attic plan of partitions and rail

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 4
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 4 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The attic plan of wall partitions and rail was drawn, traced and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb) in pencil on tissue paper.

Arts building for Dalhousie University : south elevation

Arts building for Dalhousie University : south elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 5
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 6 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The south elevation was drawn by A.M.K, traced by P.K.A. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Arts building for Dalhousie University : west elevation

Arts building for Dalhousie University : west elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 6
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 7 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The west elevation was drawn by A.M.K, traced by P.K.A. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Blueprint construction and heating plans for Dalhousie Arts Building

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 7
File
1920

Part of Facilities Management

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.

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Berwick exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 15
Item
August 27, 1920

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Berwick exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 16
Item
August 27, 1920

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Berwick exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 17
Item
August 27, 1920

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Berwick exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 18
Item
August 27, 1920

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Additions and alterations to a library for Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 9
File
May 1, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

File contains the heating plan for the Macdonald Library stack room and second floor, drawn by architect Andrew R. Cobb and Chris Harrington, heating engineer.

Additions and alterations to library for Dalhousie University

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 22
File
May 1, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

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.

Dalhousie Arts Building

Subseries
1920 - 1930

Part of Facilities Management

Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design, construction and renovations/additions to an arts building at Dalhousie, which the administration called the Law (Temporarily Arts) Building. It was occupied by arts faculty until 1952, when it did briefly house the law school; in 1967 it became the Faculty Club, which is now known as the University Club. The third building on Studley Campus, it was a part of the original campus plan drawn up by Toronto architect Frank Darling in collaboration with Halifax-based architect Andrew R. Cobb and Dalhousie's governors. The subseries also includes drawings for a later building planned as an Arts Building, which was never constructed.

Arts building for Dalhousie University : east elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 7
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 8 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The east elevation was drawn by A.M.K, traced by P.K.A. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Dalhousie Arts Building construction details

UA-9, OS Folder 5
File
1920 - 1921

Part of Facilities Management

File contains blueprint drawings of construction details, including window details; beam reinforcement; trusses; full-scale exterior masonry details; and the lettering for the cornerstone.

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Berwick exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 14
Item
August 27, 1920

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Arts building for Dalhousie University : first floor plan

Arts building for Dalhousie University : first floor plan

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 2
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 2 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The first floor plan plan was drawn by A.M.K, traced by P.K.A. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Arts building for Dalhousie University : second floor plan

Arts building for Dalhousie University : second floor plan

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 3
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 3 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The second floor plan was drawn by A.M.K, traced by P.K.A. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Arts building for Dalhousie University : cross section

Arts building for Dalhousie University : cross section

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 8
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 9 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The cross section was drawn by A.M.K, traced by A.M.K. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

The vision of Dalhousie : [brochure]

The vision of Dalhousie : [brochure]

MS-1-Ref, Box 89, Folder 11
File
1920

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains a brochure created in 1920 by the Dalhousie Campaign Committee. The brochure presents architect Andrew Cobb's campus master plan known as the "vision of Dalhousie." The brochure presents the original Dalhousie College building on Grand Parade as the "First Dalhousie" and the newly constructed Forrest Building as the "Second Dalhousie."

Arts building for Dalhousie University : longitudinal section

Arts building for Dalhousie University : longitudinal section

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 6, Item 9
Item
September 15, 1920

Part of Facilities Management

Item is sheet no. 10 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The longitudinal section was drawn by A.M.K, traced by A.M.K. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 9
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 2
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 5
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 7
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 8
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 3
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 6
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 1
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawings by Andrew R. Cob of Plans for Nova Scotia exchange buildings

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21
File
1918-1922

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

Drawing by Andrew R. Cob of the Plan for the Antigonish exchange building

MS-4-180, Oversize Folder 21, Item 4
Item
August 17, 1918

Part of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company fonds

MacDonald Library bookcase details

UA-9, OS Folder 28
File
1915 ; 1958

Part of Facilities Management

File contains full-scale and 3/4-scale shelving detail drawings; details for a chimney-top rain shield; and a leaded letters template for the O.E. Smith Wing addition built in 1956.

Science Building furnishings

UA-9, OS Folder 13
File
1914

Part of Facilities Management

File contains a set of Andrew R. Cobb's drawings of furnishings details for the Science Building.

Macdonald Library revised entrance window details

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 14
Item
June 23, 1914

Part of Facilities Management

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."

Science Building furnishings and exterior details drawings (copies)

UA-9, OS Folder 12
File
1913 - 1914

Part of Facilities Management

File contains an electrostatic print set (Set A, No. 12) reproduced on polyester of Andrew R. Cobb's details of furnishings for the Science Building, dated July 28, 1914. There is also one page containing drawings of exterior details.

Science Building construction blueprints

UA-9, OS Folder 15
File
1913 - 1914

Part of Facilities Management

File comprises blueprints of Set A, No. 12, Andrew R. Cobb's architectural drawings for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details. Also included is a sheet of 3/4" scale details of furnishings.

Science Block floor plans

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 17
File
1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three original floor plans (first, ground and basement) for a science block for Dalhousie University, by A.R. Cobb, architect, and F. Darling, consulting architect. "Proposals from Darling for a Science Building" is written at the top of the first floor plan. File also contains three sets of blueprints, marked A, B and C, which offer different layouts for the ground and first floors.

Macdonald Memorial Library building drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 2
File
February 1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library, including an elevation and ground and first floor plans.

First floor, library building

UA-9, OS Folder 2, Item 1
Item
Febuary 1913

Part of Facilities Management

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.

Science Building construction drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 11
File
1913 - 1914

Part of Facilities Management

File comprises a complete set (Set A, No. 12) of Andrew R. Cobb's architectural plans for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913 and signed on June 2, 1913 by building contractors Falconer & McDonald and G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dalhousie College. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details. Also included in the folder is a schedule of equipment dated July 28, 1914.

Library for Dalhousie University : east elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 5
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

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.

Library for Dalhousie University : north elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 7
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

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.

Library for Dalhousie : 1/4 inch scale details of hall and vestibule

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 10
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

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.

Photographic reproductions of Andrew Cobb drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1913

Part of Facilities Management

File contains two photographic reproductions of Andrew Cobb's drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library.

Ground floor, library building

UA-9, OS Folder 2, Item 2
Item
Febuary 1913

Part of Facilities Management

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.

Elevation, library building

UA-9, OS Folder 2, Item 3
Item
Febuary 1913

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an elevation of the Macdonald Memorial Library drawn by Andrew Cobb.

Elevation drawings of the Library and Science buildings

UA-9, OS Folder 7
File
[1913?]

Part of Facilities Management

File contains three versions of elevations of the Macdonald Library building shown adjacent to the Science Building, which was completed one year prior to the library.

Science Building construction drawings

UA-9, OS Folder 32
File
1913

Part of Facilities Management

File comprises a set of electrostatic prints on polyester of Andrew R. Cobb's architectural plans for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913 and signed on June 2, 1913 by building contractors Falconer & McDonald and G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dalhousie College. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details.

Library for Dalhousie University : west elevation

Library for Dalhousie University : west elevation

UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 6
Item
December 20, 1913

Part of Facilities Management

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.

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