Item is a video recording with footage from two theatre productions as well as footage from an in-class icebreaker game from a Dalhousie Theatre course. The first part of the tape (0:00:00- 1:08:14) is a recording of the dress rehearsal of act 1 of a comedic Czech-language play. The second part of the tape (1:08:14-1:16:40) is a recording of the Dalhousie Department of Theatre production of The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare, performed from 1 to 5 April 1987. The recording is of act III, scene III. The third part of the tape (1:16:40-1:30-20) is a recording of an in-class game with icebreaker questions, as well as hypothetical scenarios that both punish and reward risk-taking with gold and blue disks, called “Risky Business.”
Item is a 1921 presentation drawing of the Dalhousie Arts Building, annotated with a note indicating that it was F.D.'s (Frank Darling's) favourite version of the keystone design.
File contains architectural drawings by Andrew Cobb for a proposed medical school building: two sets of basement, first and second floor plans; and single drawings of the front, end and rear elevations; cross and longitudinal sections; and a proposed layout for a physiology dark theatre.
File contains a set of architectural plans for Gerard Hall (originally the Halifax Infirmary and School of Nursing) produced by architects C.A. Fowler @ Co. and printed at reduced scale.
File comprises a set of electrostatic prints on polyester of Andrew R. Cobb's architectural plans for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913 and signed on June 2, 1913 by building contractors Falconer & McDonald and G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dalhousie College. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details.
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.
Item is a sheet with two drawings of the second floor of a building 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 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.
File contains blueprints of plans for both the Medical School and the Public Health Clinic, including: furnishings detail plans; heating layout floor plans; early sketches; and construction drawings.
File contains seven sheets of FSD (full-scale detail) drawings of masonry for details such as cornices, pilaster boxes and string courses, window sills, and mouldings for the Medical Science Laboratory at Dalhousie University. There are also vestibule details, including the fanlight over the main entrance door. Drawings include elevations, plans and sections.
File contains a set of construction drawings by architect Andrew R. Cobb for the Medical Science Laboratory, known as the Medical Science Building, which originally housed the departments of physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and hygiene. Eventually it became home to School of Pharmacy and was renamed the Burbidge Building. The drawings are labelled Job No. K. 147, Sheet Nos. 1-20, and were drawn and traced by P.K.A. and C.W. Drawing types include a foundation plan, elevations, sections, gas, air, electrical and wiring plans. Framing and footing plans were created in partnership with Pickings & Roland, Engineers. There is also an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester. Included in the file is an original excavation plan dated August 25, 1921 and a front elevation labelled Dalhousie Medical School.
File contains proposed building site plans for Studley Campus drawn by H.R. Theakston, university engineer, as well as topographical maps of the Studley Estate prior to Dalhousie construction, including one created by engineering students. There are also several maps dating between 1922-1928 showing the campus's development.
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 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 landscape planting plan showing the location and varieties of trees and shrubs planted on Dalhousie's Studley Campus in 1919. The drawing shows the landscaping in relation to the Science Building and the Macdonald Memorial Library.
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 map drawn by H.R. Theakston, University Engineer, showing Dalhousie and other associated buildings on and near both Studley Campus and Carleton Campus. The drawing includes a key indicating the names of both existing and proposed buildings.
Item is map drawn by H.R. Theakston, University Engineer, showing Dalhousie and other associated buildings on and near both Studley Campus and Carleton Campus. The drawing includes a key indicating the names of both existing and proposed buildings. It was originally made on May 14, 1924 and revised on June 30, 1925.
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.
File comprises blueprints of Set A, No. 12, Andrew R. Cobb's architectural drawings for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details. Also included is a sheet of 3/4" scale details of furnishings.
File contains four copies of Andrew R. Cobb's drawings for an extension to the Science Building, which was commissioned by the Board of Governors as part of their building plans during the late 1920s/early 1930s, which also included an Arts Building, gymnasium, power plant, men's dormitory, and extension to Shirreff Hall. The drawings includes basement, ground and second floor plans, and north and west elevations. One copy is in pencil on tissue, two copies are blueprint and one is an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester.
File contains an electrostatic print set (Set A, No. 12) reproduced on polyester of Andrew R. Cobb's details of furnishings for the Science Building, dated July 28, 1914. There is also one page containing drawings of exterior details.
File comprises a complete set (Set A, No. 12) of Andrew R. Cobb's architectural plans for the Science Building, dated March 31, 1913 and signed on June 2, 1913 by building contractors Falconer & McDonald and G.S. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Dalhousie College. Drawings include floor plans, exterior and interior elevations and sections; and exterior and interior details. Also included in the folder is a schedule of equipment dated July 28, 1914.
Item is a site plan for the University of King's College, indicating sewer and gas lines, an oval driveway and a diagonal avenue originating from the corner of Oxford Street and Coburg Road. The plan is signed by H.R. Theakston, Dalhousie's university engineer.
Item is site plan for King's College, including an administration building, library and garage. The plan, which was drawn by Dalhousie's university engineer, H.R. Theakston, shows the proposed college site as facing out towards what is now Coburg Street, and includes a new avenue.
Item is a 1930 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the third floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a large arts room and lecture hall both open to the roof, four small lecture rooms and five studies.
Item is a 1929 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the third floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a drafting room and lecture hall both open to the roof, four smaller lecture rooms, five studies and a small library/office.
Item is a 1932 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the second floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes seven lecture rooms, a dean's office and five studies.
Item is a 1932 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the second floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a general office, business office, offices for the registrar, president and secretary, a vault, three lecture rooms, and five studies.
Item is a 1932 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the first floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a women's cloakroom, four lecture rooms, a faculty room and small study.
Item is a 1930 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the first floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a women's cloakroom, five lecture rooms, a faculty room and two studies.
Item is a 1929 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the first floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes a women's restroom, general offices, offices for the president, registrar and secretary, and three lecture rooms.
Item is a 1929 presentation drawing by architect Andrew Cobb of the third floor plan for an arts building at Dalhousie that was planned but never built. This version includes drafting and lecture rooms open to the roof, offices and a library, four other lecture rooms, six studies and a storeroom.
