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Arts building for Dalhousie University : basement plan

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 : west elevation

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).

Studley campus site and landscape plans

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.

Birchdale surveys and plans

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.

National Research Council building architectural plans

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.

Photograph of Studley Campus at night

Item is a photograph of the Arts Building (University Club), Macdonald Library (Macdonald Building), and Science Building (Chemistry Building) on Dalhousie University's Studley Campus. The photograph was taken at night with lights shining on the three buildings. The photograph was taken during a Dalhousie reunion in 1924.

Hayward, J.C.M.

Photographs of Studley campus and buildings

File contains photographs of Dalhousie University's Studley Campus, including the Science Building (Chemistry Building), Macdonald Library (Macdonald Building), Arts Building (University Club), and Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building. File also contains a photograph of an explosion of munitions at a magazine near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Photograph of Dalhousie University and the explosion of munitions at a magazine

Item consists of a photograph of Dalhousie University's Studley Campus, host to Nova Scotia Summer School in 1945, and a photograph of an explosion of munitions at a magazine near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on July 18 or July 19, 1945. The two photographs have been printed together on one sheet of photo paper.

Hayward, J.C.M.

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