Archives Catalogue

Andrew Cobb's drawings for a new Arts Building

UA-9, OS Folder 30
File
[ca. 1929]

File contains ground and second floor plans created by Andrew Cobb for a building (never constructed) for Dalhousie College to be located opposite the Macdonald Library. File also contains basement, ground, second and third floor plans for a new arts building, along with an elevation and site plan showing the building located across from the Archives.

Photographs of the Public Archives Building cornerstone laying ceremony

PC1, Box 19, Folder 14
File
August 29, 1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs taken at the laying of the cornerstone of the public archives building on August 29, 1929. The photographs show Hon. E. N. Rhodes; Arthur S. MacKenzie; Rear Admiral Sir Cyril Fuller; Hon J. C. Tory; Archbishop Worrell; J. McG. Stewart; Flag Lt. Eveleigh; and Lt. Col. Almon participating in the ceremony in front of a crowd of guests.

Photograph of Hon. W. Phillips and Hon. V. Massey

PC1, Box 19, Folder 14, Item 3
Item
August 29, 1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of Hon. W. Phillips and Hon. V. Massey at the laying of the cornerstone of the public archives building. They are standing together and wearing top hats.

Fraser, Allen

Photograph of C. H. Cahan speaking to a crowd

PC1, Box 19, Folder 14, Item 7
Item
August 29, 1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of C. H. Cahan addressing the crowd at the laying of the cornerstone of the public archives building.

Photograph of the Medical Sciences Building

PC1, Box 59, Folder 6
File
1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Outpatient and Public Health Clinic

PC1, BOX 59, Folder 8
File
1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of the Pathology Laboratory

PC1, Box 59, Folder 9
File
1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Presentation drawings for a proposed arts building at Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 1
File
1929 - 1932

Part of Facilities Management

File contains presentation drawings created by Andrew Cobb for an arts building commissioned by the Board of Governors as part of their building plans during the late 1920s/early 1930s, which also included a gymnasium, power plant, men's dormitory, and extensions to the Science Building and Shirreff Hall. The planned site for the building, which was cancelled due to financial restraints, was adjacent to the temporary arts building, which had been built in 1921 to house the law school. The drawings are all marked "282," which presumably was Cobb's job number for the project.

Photograph of Archbishop Worrell giving an invocation

PC1, Box 19, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
August 29, 1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of Archbishop Worrell giving an invocation at the laying of the cornerstone of the public archives building. The photograph shows Rear Admiral Sir Cyril Fuller; Hon. J. C. Lory; Hon. E. N. Rhodes; Archbishop Worrell; J. McG. Stewart; Flag Lt. Eveleigh; Lt. Col. Almon; and President A. S. MacKenzie standing in two rows on a stage in front of guests.

Photograph of Hon. E. N. Rhodes addressing guests

PC1, Box 19, Folder 14, Item 12
Item
August 29, 1929

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of Hon. E. N. Rhodes addressing guests at the laying of the cornerstone of the public archives building. A. S. MacKenzie and Archbishop Worrell are sitting to his right.

Fraser, Allen

Photographs of the Chase Building, Nova Scotia Public Archives, and Studley Campus

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32
File
[ca. 1930-1980]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of the Chase Building at Dalhousie University (the former Nova Scotia Public Archives Building); the Nova Scotia Public Archives; and aerial views of Dalhousie University's Studley Campus.

Section drawing of planned Dalhousie arts building showing staircases

UA-9, OS Folder 1, Item 20
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of Facilities Management

Item is an unsigned drawing labelled "Dal Arts / 282" showing a cross section of staircases and including measurements for treads, and ceiling heights. It's part of a series of drawings made by Andrew Cobb for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built.

Photograph of the Chase Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32, Item 1
Item
[after 1930]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Chase Building at Dalhousie University.

Photograph of the Chase Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32, Item 2
Item
[after 1930]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Chase Building at Dalhousie University.

Photograph of the Chase Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32, Item 4
Item
[after 1930]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Chase Building at Dalhousie University.

Photograph of the Chase Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32, Item 7
Item
[after 1930]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Chase Building at Dalhousie University.

Photograph of Pathological Institute

PC1, Box 59, Folder 36
File
1930

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Outpatient and Public Health Clinic

PC1, Box 59, Folder 38
File
1930

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of King's College campus

PC1, Box 18, Folder 43, Item 7
Item
[between 1930 and 1960]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a postcard with a photograph of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The photograph shows the college's arts and administration building and chapel.

Photograph of the medical sciences building

PC1, Box 31, Folder 14, Item 1
Item
[between 1930 and 1939] (Creation)

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Public health and Medical science building, housing departments of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Public Archives Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32, Item 20
Item
[after 1930]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item consists of negatives and proofs of photographs of the Nova Scotia Public Archives Building, now known as the Chase Building at Dalhousie University.

St. Onge

Photograph of Grace Maternity Hospital

PC1, Box 59, Folder 40
File
1930

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Forrest Building

PC1, Box 59, Folder 29
File
1930

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Medical Science Building

PC1, Box 59, Folder 39
File
1930

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Postcard of the medical sciences building

PC1, Box 31, Folder 14, Item 2
Item
[between 1930 and 1939] (Creation)

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a postcard of the Public health and Medical science building, housing departments of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

Photograph of the Chase Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32, Item 6
Item
[after 1930]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Chase Building at Dalhousie University.

Postcard of the Nova Scotia archives Building

PC1, Box 42, Folder 32, Item 18
Item
[after 1930]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a post card featuring a photograph of the Nova Scotia Public Archives Building, now known as the Chase Building at Dalhousie University. The post card was published by Valentine-Black Co. Ltd. of Toronto.

Photograph of Dalhousie's gymnasium on fire

PC1, Box 2, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
May 7, 1931

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph Dalhousie's temporary gymnasium on fire. Most of the building is destroyed and there are several people standing in front of it.

Photograph of firemen at the gymnasium fire

PC1, Box 2, Folder 12, Item 1
Item
May 7, 1931

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of firefighters standing next to the remains of Dalhousie's temporary gymnasium after it burned down on May 7, 1931.

Photographs of Dalhousie's gymnasium fire

PC1, Box 2, Folder 12
File
May 7, 1931

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two photographs taken when the temporary gymnasium at Dalhousie Unviersity burned down on May 7, 1931.

Fraser, Allen

Gymnasium for Dalhousie University

UA-9, OS Folder 9
File
August 1931

Part of Facilities Management

File contains construction blueprints for the Studley Campus gymnasium, which was designed by architect Andrew Cobb and built by MacDonald Construction in 1932. Drawings include floor plans; elevations; footing plans; cross sections; and details for windows, cornices and other elements. The plans, which are labelled with job number U-311, are signed off by [W. Thompson?], Secretary of the Board of Governors.

Photograph of the exterior of the Studley Gymnasium

PC1, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 1
Item
[after 1932]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Studley Gymnasium at Dalhousie University. The photograph was taken from behind a goal post.

Photograph of the exterior of the Studley Gymnasium

PC1, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 3
Item
[after 1932]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the front view of the exterior of the Studley Gymnasium.

Photograph of the University Club

PC1, Box 2, Folder 20, Item 5
Item
[after 1932]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the University Club at Dalhousie University, previously known as the Arts Building, then the Law Building. The photograph is a side view of the building.

Photograph of Studley Gymnasium

PC1, Box 38, Folder 53
File
[after 1932]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Studley Gymnasium at Dalhousie University. The photograph was taken from behind a goal post.

Aerial photograph of Studley Campus

MS-2-43, PB Box 23, Folder 9
File
[after 1932]

Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds

Item is an aerial photograph of Dalhousie University's Studley Campus, including Shirreff Hall, King's College, the Provincial Archives (Chase Building), Science Building (Chemistry Building), Arts Building (University Club), and Macdonald Library (Macdonald Building).

Saunders, D. W.

Photograph of the Science Building

PC1, Box 7, Folder 3, Item 6
Item
July 14, 1932

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Science Building (now the Chemistry Building) at Dalhousie University.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of the exterior of the Studley Gymnasium

PC1, Box 2, Folder 11, Item 2
Item
[after 1932]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the front view of the exterior of the Studley Gymnasium.

Photograph of the University Club

PC1, Box 2, Folder 20, Item 18
Item
[after 1932]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the University Club at Dalhousie University, previously known as the Arts Building, then the Law Building. The photograph is a side view of the building.

Postcard of the Macdonald library reading room

PC1, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 8
Item
[ca. 1934]

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a postcard featuring a photograph of the reading room in the Macdonald Library at Dalhousie University. The photograph was taken by Gauvin & Gentzel in 1934. The postcard was produced by Valentine-Black Co. Ltd. of Toronto.

Photograph of the Macdonald library reading room

PC1, Box 31, Folder 11, Items 6-7
Item
September 1934

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains two copies of a photograph of the reading room in the Macdonald Library at Dalhousie University. One copy of the photograph was printed from a nitrate negative.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of the Shirreff Hall library

PC1, Box 31, Folder 25, Item 4
Item
January 1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the library in Shirreff Hall at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows the fireplace in the library.

Weir, Harold

Photograph of the Shirreff Hall library

PC1, Box 31, Folder 25, Item 5
Item
January 1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the library in Shirreff Hall at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows bookshelves and a table in the library.

Weir, Harold

Photograph of students studying in the Science Building

PC1, Box 14, Folder 15, Item 3
Item
1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of a man in a chemical research laboratory in the Science Building

PC1, Box 14, Folder 15, Item 11
Item
1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of the Science Building

PC1, Box 14, Folder 16, Item 6
Item
1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Weir, Harold

Photographs of the interior of the Science Building

PC1, Box 14, Folder 15
File
1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains photographs of the interior of the Science Building at Dalhousie University, now known as the Chemistry Building. Photographs show classrooms, laboratories, and equipment.

Photograph of two men working in a shop in the Science Building

PC1, Box 14, Folder 15, Item 1
Item
1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of two men working in the instrument maker's shop in the Physics Department of the old Science Building at Dalhousie.

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of laboratory equipment in the Science Building

PC1, Box 14, Folder 15, Item 5
Item
1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Gauvin & Gentzel

Photograph of the Morse room in the Macdonald library

PC1, Box 31, Folder 11, Item 11
Item
1937

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph of the Morse Room in the Macdonald Library at Dalhousie Univeristy. The photograph shows several chairs arranged around a table and framed art on the walls.

Gauvin & Gentzel

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