File contains photographs of the interior of Shirreff Hall. The photographs show Shirreff Hall's library, dining room, lounge, and hall. The photographs were taken by Commercial Photo Service and Harold Weir.
File contains 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. Drawings include a preliminary sketch of the front (north) elevation; west, east, south and north elevations; skeleton section; and detailed floor plans.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
File contains photographs taken during the construction and cornerstone laying of the Arts & Administration Building, now known as the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building, at Dalhousie University.
File contains one photograph of the Dalhousie Memorial Arena under construction in the summer of 1950. Photograph taken by Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited.
File contains photographs of the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building (formerly the Arts & Administration Building) and other buildings on Dalhousie University's Studley Campus.
File contains a blueprint set of eight sheets of drawings of alterations and additions to the Macdonald Library and nine drawings from 1955, both by architect Leslie Fairn.
File contains photographs taken during the opening ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building. The file also includes one photograph taken during the cornerstone laying ceremony of Howe Hall.
File contains photographs taken during the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University, which took place on October 29, 1958. The photographs show A. E. Kerr; C. D. Howe; Lady Dunn; E. C. Plow; Robert L. Stanfield; Lord Beaverbrook; G. A. Currie; Edward Appleton; Lord Adrian; W. J. Archibald; and others involved in the ceremony. The file also includes a photograph of the trowel used by Lady Dunn to lay the cornerstone.
File contains photographs of stonecutters shaping the rock quarried at Ostrea Lake, Halifax County and the new wing of Men's Residence Howe Hall under construction.
File contains photographs of the exterior of the Arts and Administration building, now known as the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building. The photographs show the building from different angles.
File contains photographs of the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photographs show the exterior of the building from different perspectives, including views of the main entrance. Some of the photographs were taken near the end of the construction of the building.
File contains three photographs taken at the Sir James Dunn Science Building at Dalhousie University. The photographs show the foyer, containing a portrait of Sir James Dunn and a crest inlaid into the floor; and the cornerstone laid by Lady Dunn in 1958.
File contains photographs and drawings of the exterior of the Weldon Law Building at Dalhousie University. The file also includes photographs of a model of the building.
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