File contains the heating plan for the Macdonald Library stack room and second floor, drawn by architect Andrew R. Cobb and Chris Harrington, heating engineer.
File contains drawings by President Arthur Stanley MacKenzie, headed with a note that reads: "My first drafts of Library with narrow front allowing of Extension to footprint size." His drawings show the library as being a long, south-facing building with three floors and plans to extend wings on either side.
File contains the brief made by the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia and the Halifax and Sidney branches of the Engineering Institute of Canada to the government of Nova Scotia regarding the situation of the professional engineers in the province.
Series consists of records of the committees of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including correspondences, report of ballots and other materials.
Item is a photograph of the 1930 graduating class of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Engineering. The photograph consists of portraits of W. P. Copp; L .D. Wickwire; N. Siegel; A. W. Pedder; H. J. Keating; P. C. Hamilton (Secretary Treasurer); W. E. Bennett (President); F. S. Mackay; V. H. Gavel; M. A. P. Harrigan; W. C. Lea; and H. R. Theakston arranged around a photograph of a building.
Series consists of materials regarding educational initiatives and studies made by the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including papers presented to the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada and correspondence.
File contains three versions of elevations of the Macdonald Library building shown adjacent to the Science Building, which was completed one year prior to the library.
Series consists of materials regarding the financial records of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada and also records of the Nova Scotia Society of Engineers, including cash book, receipt book and financial statements.
Fonds consists of research notes and materials on the history of Nova Scotia and, more specifically, Liverpool and its prominent families, including family trees and hand-drawn annotated maps. Also included are many manuscripts on a variety of topics relating to Tupper's historical research, ranging from John Cabot and the early explorers to lesser-known local events in the history of Nova Scotia. Also present is a small collection of personal diaries and copies of deeds and legal documents from the Tupper family.
Fonds contains scrapbooks, manuscripts, personal papers, notebooks, offprints and photographs related to George Meyerhoff's career as a geotechnical engineer.
File contains two complete sets of construction blueprints 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. One set was reproduced from the set of 16 original sheets signed by G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and building contractors A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald, all but three of which (nos. 8, 12 and 14) are located in UA-9, Box 1, Folder 1. The other blueprints are marked "set no. 4" and were reproduced before/without the approval signatures. There is also an incomplete set of diazo prints (purple ink on cream paper), as well as a complete set of heating and ventilating blueprints produced by MacMullen, Riley & Durley, Consulting Engineers, and signed by G.S. Campbell and A.D. Falconer and D. McDonald.
Series consists of materials regarding the meetings of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including correspondence and minutes of meetings.
Series consists of memberships records of the Halifax branch of the Engineering Institute of Canada, including applications forms, correspondence and list of members.
