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Photographic collage of the Dalhousie University Arts, Science, and Engineering faculty and class of 1909

File contains a photographic collage of the Dalhousie University Arts, Science, and Engineering faculty and class of 1909. The collage consists of portraits of faculty members and students arrranged in several rows, with a picture of the Forrest Building. The students included are D.W. McDonald, O.K. Butler, R.E. Inglis, J. McNeil, J.C. Rowe, W.W. Malcolm, W.T. Townsend, A. MacKay, G.A. Gaharty, A.G. McKay, E.B. Allan, C.S. Ferguson, F.R. Archibald, M. Chase, M. McDonald, S.W. Crowell, R. Hill, R.W. McColough, J.S. Mavor, C.C. Wallace, T.M. DeBlois, K.M. Munroe, A.O. Thomas, A.M. Porter J.B. Muise, J.G. McLean, E. Thorne, O.J. McKenzie, W.B. Rosborough, C. Giffin, B.E. Daviss, L.H. Seaman, J. McG. Stewart, D. Stairs, R.L. Titus, E. Maycock, A.J. McDonald, A.R. Campbell, H. Cavanagh, G. Tupper, M. Creelman, A.J. Lawrence, M.E. McLeod, D.C. Sinclair, G. J. Baker, J.F. Cahan, C. Murphy, L. Sibley, J. Fraser, E.M. Thomson, V. MacMillan, C.G. Black, W.R. Armitage, G.L. Chrichton, A.A. Cameron, D. Porter, H. MacKay, E.C. Walker and J.E. Read.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Conceptual drawings of Killam Library interiors

File contains 14 hand-drawn and coloured design sketches of rooms or areas in the Killam Library, including: main lobby, south; main lobby, north; entrance lobby; circulation desk; corridor; auditorium; exhibition area; special collections; study carrel; administration area; reserve reading area; lounge; staff dining room; and staff lounge. Fabric, wallpaper, carpet and other textile swatches are adhered to the presentation board.

Working drawings of central display unit and book display case for the proposed Kipling Room in the Killam Library

File contains 2 pages of blackline prints of working designs for a display unit and book cases for the planned Kipling Room in the Killam Library. The drawings include elevations and section details, are stamped "preliminary," numbered S-8 and S-8, and dated 31 March 1969. The Kipling Room ended up remaining in the O.E. Smith wing of the Macdonald Library; it is possible that these furniture plans were used instead for the Morse Room, which was located behind the MacMechan Auditorium.

Working drawings of furnishings for Killam Library

File contains 11 pages of blueline prints of hand-drawn working designs for Killam Library furnishings, labelled F-100 though F-110, which include initial and revised plans (elevations and section drawings) for: cataloguer and bibliographer's work units; card catalogue units; consultation tables; newspaper storage units; display cases; atlas stands; file tubs; and dictionary stands. Annotations with dates include revisions based on requests by librarians.

Preliminary floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University

File contains 3 pages of blueline prints of floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University, drawn by C.D. Davison & Company, the architectural firm that designed Dalhousie's Student Union Building in 1967. Undated and stamped "preliminary," the plans indicate a library with three floors. The drawings for floors 2 and 3 are annotated with potential seating and/or stack capacity for social sciences, humanities, rare books, graduate students, research and audio visual users, as well as conceptual drawings of study carrels and audio visual booths.

Architectural plans for the Killam Library

File comprises a set of architectural plans for the Killam Library, undated and labelled 4B REV. Drawings include a site plan, south elevation, and complete set of floor plans. The basement and main floor plans indicate the square footage of each working area (e.g., mechanical, circulation, administration).

The vision of Dalhousie : [brochure]

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."

Lawson, George

File contains materials related to George Lawson, a professor at Dalhousie College. The material includes a photocopy of a short biography of Lawson from the January 3, 1903 issue of the Dalhousie Gazette; an obituary notice for Lawson from the Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, volume IX, session 1895-1896; a photocopy of a page from the Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Third Summer Session of the Medical Faculty of Dalhousie College and University on April 11, 1870 by Lawson; and a pamphlet of testimonials in favour of Lawson from 1874.

Lyrics for college songs and yells

File contains two copies of a sheet of lyrics for school songs and "yells" (or cheers). Most of the cheers are for Dalhousie but the sheet also includes cheers for Pine Hill, Acadia, King's, and Mount Allison. The sheets were printed by Weeks Printing Co., Ltd. in Halifax.

Dalhousie Songs 1921

File contains two copies of a songbook published by MacNab Print for the students' council of Dalhousie University in 1921. The songs include songs about Dalhousie as well as other sing-along songs.

Dalhousie University : past, present, and the future

File contains two copies of a booklet called Dalhousie University, which was produced by the Dalhousie Million Committee as promotional literature supporting the university's 1920 Million Dollar Campaign. The booklet, subtitled "Dalhousie, past, present and the future," outlines the university's accomplishments and plans and spells out the financial costs of fulfilling its vision. The booklet's illustrations of historic and contemporary Dalhousie people and buildings were drawn by Arthur Lismer and commissioned for a commemorative history of of the university published the same year.

One copy of the booklet contains a newspaper clipping about Frank Darling.

Wanted : posters and theatre or music programs for the theatre archives in the Killam Library at Dalhousie University

File contains a poster that solicits posters and programs from Nova Scotia theatre and music organizations for the theatre archives at the Killam Library at Dalhousie University. Another version of this poster is discussed in Kathryn Harvey and Michael Moosberger's article, Theatre Archives' Outreach and Core Archival Functions, Archivaria 63 (Spring 2007): 35–54.
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