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Science Block floor plans

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.

Medical Library floorplans

File contains basement and first floor plans stamped by the Library Bureau for a medical library at Dalhousie University. File also contains a technical drawing of a magazine storage rack for the medical-dental library, which were submitted by the Steel Equipment Company, Ottawa, ON.

First draft sketches for the Medical Science Building

File contains Andrew Cobb's rough sketches drawn on pages from a foolscap notebook for the Medical Science Building, including rudimentary elevations and floorplans; a note regarding the necessity of provision for women's lockers and lavatories and the possibility of a medical library; and an overhead drawing of a teaching theatre. File also includes five sheets of 1/16" scale drawings that include basement, first and second floor plans, and longitudinal and cross sections. The pages are all marked: "Please return to A.S.M. (Arthur Stanley Mackenzie)," and the first floor plan also has a note reading: "On S.S. 'Virginian' / July 1st/21."

Sketches and plans for renovations to the President's residence

File contains a set of four blueprint floor plans for the President's residence at Dalhousie University drawn by H.R. Theakston, University Engineer, in July 1925. The second floor plan indicates furniture placement and the reverse of the third floor plan is covered with handwritten notes and measurements. The file also contains six sheets of floor plans drawn up by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, who was the first Dalhousie president to live in the house after its purchase by the university in 1925.

Drawings for a residence for Mr. W.R. MacInnes

File contains a set of ten construction blueprints for a three-story house with six bedrooms and a maid's room, designed by Willam R. Cobb. The house was built in 1926 for William MacInnes (of W.R. MacInnes & Co, General Insurance Agents and Investment Bankers) at 18 Oxford Street, Halifax. In 1975 Dalhousie University purchased the house (then 135 Oxford Street) to convert to student housing. By 1984 the house had been replaced with a condominium complex called Oxford Court. The drawings are labelled sheets 1-10, and include plans, elevations, sections and roof details.

Library for Dalhousie : longitudinal section looking south

Item is sheet no. 10 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the MacDonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is a longitudinal section looking south 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 : longitudinal section looking north

Item is sheet no. 9 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the MacDonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is a longitudinal section looking north with a 1/2" scale detail of a concrete beam 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

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 University : west elevation

Library for Dalhousie University : west elevation

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.

Library for Dalhousie University : east elevation

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 : south elevation

Library for Dalhousie University : south elevation

Item is sheet no. 4 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawing is of the south 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 University : second floor plan

Library for Dalhousie University : second floor plan

Item is sheet no. 3 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. It is a second floor plan with 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 : first floor plan

Item is a sheet with two drawings of a second floor plan designed to serve as office and lecture spaces before being converted to a law library and eventually a university museum. One plan shows the space partitioned into a lecture hall, faculty room and offices to serve current needs; in the second it is laid out as a law library. There is also a small inset aerial perspective of the new (temporary) Arts Building in relation to the Science Building and Macdonald Library.

Macdonald Library revised entrance window details

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."

Library for Dalhousie University : detail of reading room windows

Item is sheet no. 16 of 16 construction drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University and includes 3/4" scale details of windows, both sections and elevations. 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.
Library for Dalhousie : plan and section of main entrance

Library for Dalhousie : plan and section of main entrance

Item is sheet no. 15 of 16 construction drawings of the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University and includes a plan and section of the main entrance. 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.

Library for Dalhousie : three quarter inch scale detail of window over entrance

Item is sheet no. 13 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. The drawings are of the front entrance and include an elevation, section and plan, and 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.

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

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.

Library for Dalhousie University : basement plan

Item is sheet no. 1 of 16 construction drawings for the Macdonald Memorial Library (now the Macdonald Building) at Dalhousie University. It is a basement plan with a 1/2" = 1'0" scale detail of first floor beams and slab and has the (approval?) signatures of G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.

Macdonald Memorial Library construction drawings

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.
Layout of shrubbery, Studley campus

Layout of shrubbery, Studley campus

Item is a landscaping plan showing the location of numbered shrubbery plantings on Dalhousie's Studley Campus in 1929 in relation to the gymnasium, arts building, science building, and library.

Dalhousie University student information cards arranged by student numbers

Series contains student registration cards. The cards contain information about students registered at Dalhousie University between 1968 and the mid-1980s. Cards typically contain information about previous education, year of enrollment, age at enrollment, degree sought, subjects studied and marks received, name(s) of parent or guardian, and home address.

Technical University of Nova Scotia student files

Series consists of student records created by the Nova Scotia Technical College (NSTC) and its successor, the Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS). NTSC created the majority of records between 1920 and 1978. Series also includes student records created by TUNS before the 1997 amalgamation with Dalhousie University.

Records include personal information about students, including names, courses taken, date of graduation, degree awarded, place of birth, and name of parent.

TUNS maintained these records until the 1997 amalgamation with Dalhousie University. When the universities merged, TUNS transferred the records to the Dalhousie University Registrar's Office.

Blase Bonpane and Contragate

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of The Latin Quarter. This episode features an interview with Blase Bonpane on Contragate.

Registrar's Office fonds

  • UA-7
  • Fonds
  • 1849 - 1999
Fonds contains records produced by the Dalhousie University Registrar's Office, including student registration cards, registration books, exam books, matriculation registers, student directories, and correspondence.

SLA materials

File consists of Special Libraries Association (SLA) meeting agendas, minutes, emails, and correspondence with the IWB committee. Also includes a thank you note to SLA from the 2016 IWB committee.

List of committee members

File consists of a list of names and email addresses of committee members for the 2008-2009 academic year. The committees included in this file are admissions and scholarships committee, appointment, promotion, & tenure committee, common room committee, and curriculum and continuing education committee.
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