File contains a floor plan and exterior elevations for the MacDonald Library stacks, which show three different window styles for the east facing wall. There are also some early floor plans for the library indicating room appointments and elevations of bookshelves. Drawings are by both Andrew Cobb and Frank Darling.
Item is a first floor plan of the Macdonald Library as suggested (and perhaps drawn) by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, who was president of Dalhousie from 1911-1931.
Item is a site plan for Studley campus produced by Mackenzie & Howe, Landscape Architects and Artists. On the reverse is written: "Trial suggestion of ASM for laying-out of grounds and approved with slight changes (shown in red) by Darling and Mawson, and adopted." A.S.M. is Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, Dalhousie University president.
Item is a site plan labelled "Scheme E" for the layout of roads and buildings on Studley Campus. The drawing was produced by Darling & Pearson Architects of Toronto.
Item is a blueprint of a site plan drawn by T.H. Mawson & Sons (London, Lancaster and Toronto), showing a potential layout of future campus buildings and grounds. On the reverse President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie has written: "Mawson's modification of my plan / ASM."
Item is a site plan of Studley campus grounds, indicating the placement of roads and buildings. The drawing was produced by Mawson and Dunington-Grubb, Landscape Architects of Toronto. Written on the reverse: "Darling's layout of grounds."
Item is a site plan labelled "Scheme D" for the layout of roads and buildings on Studley Campus. The drawing was produced by Darling & Pearson Architects of Toronto.
Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Technical College building, now known as the Ralph M. Medjuck Building of Architecture and Planning or the H Building at Dalhousie University.
Item is a photograph of the Nova Scotia Technical College building, now known as the Ralph M. Medjuck Building of Architecture and Planning or the H Building at Dalhousie University.
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.
Architectural drawing for an unidentified commercial building. The dimensions of the windows are annotated, and the words: "cornice stone" are written at the lower edge of the roof
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 3 construction drawings for a kitchen renovation, including a layout, section and door schedule. There are also five construction drawings for a bathroom renovation or addition.
File contains photographs of lanes and pre-revolutionary Charleston architecture; the countryside near Charleston; the Town of Ninety-Six; "up country"; 69 Fox Street; St George's Church, London, UK; and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photographic slide of Frederiksborg Castle (Slot) in Zealand (Sjælland), Hillerød, Denmark. The photograph is taken from the side, with water surrounding the castle.
Files contains drawings of floor plans and elevations of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The file also includes a photograph of a model of the building.
Item is a photograph of a model of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The model shows the Tupper Building and some of the buildings around it.
Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the second floor of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.
Box contains shop drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. Drawings are related to fire alarms; duct and cable trays; a diesel generator; metal components; general mechanical systems; general electric and lighting systems; and other components. Plans in the box include spec IDs 80-82.
Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the first floor of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing includes landscaping, pathways, and other exterior features. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.
Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the sub-basement of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.
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.
Item is a drawing of the floor plan of the basement of the Sir Charles Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The drawing also shows the positions of the Public Health Clinic and the Grace Maternity Hospital.
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 seven copies of a photograph of a model of a proposed Dental Building for Dalhousie University. A caption attached to the photograph says: "Preliminary model of the proposed Dental Building, to cost about $13,000,000. It will help to alleviate the critical shortage of dentists in the region."
Box contains shop drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre and specifications for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences building. Plans in the box include spec IDs 83-87 and 90.
Item is a Christmas and New Year card from J. Philip Dumaresq & Associates Architects, Engineers & Planners of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The front of the card features a drawing of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building at Dalhousie University, the Centennial Confederation project for the Province of Nova Scotia.
File contains three copies of a photograph of a model of the proposed Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. A caption attached to the photograph says: "Model of the proposed Life Sciences Centre. The centre, to cost between $18 million and $19 million, will contain teaching and research facilities for biology, marine sciences and psychology."
File contains 13 copies of a photograph of a model of the proposed Physical Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. A caption attached to the photograph says: "Model of the proposed Physical Sciences Centre, which will cost about $14,000,000. The Centre will hold teaching and research facilities for physics, earth sciences, chemistry, geology and mathematics."
File contains three presentation drawings by Drew Sperry, probably as a part of his BA Architecture program at the Nova Scotia Technical College. Drawings include elevations; floor plans; sections; and a site plan. The chapel was designed to sit between Shirreff Hall and the National Research Council building on Oxford Street.
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.
Item is an unsigned sketch (likely by President Arthur MacKenzie) for the Macdonald Library that indicates two lecture rooms, a faculty room, offices for the president, bursar and secretary, and coat and toilet facilities for faculty.
Item is a drawing of the ground floor of a building designed to serve as office and lecture spaces before being converted to a law library and eventually a university museum. The plan includes notes regarding future additions and usages.
Item is a pencil sketch of a plan for Dalhousie University's Studley campus. The drawing was produced by President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie; written on the back is: "One of early attempts by ASM to design the campus. When slightly modified it became final design."
Item is a pencil drawing of the east elevation of the Macdonald Library's stack room. Labelled "A1," it is one of four extant drawings showing different window configurations for the east facing wall and was probably drawn by Frank Darling, the consulting architect. The plan is also labelled L.13 in the bottom right corner.
