File consists of development drawing (block plan).

Correspondence relating to Nobbs' activities as a professor of architecture at McGill University (1904-1940) and details of his subsequent pension arrangements, as well as the honourary Doctor of Letters awarded him by McGill in 1957. Included are student design problems assigned by Nobbs during his years as Professor of Design at the School of Architecture (1928-1940).

File consists of architectural drawings for recreational club (sub-basement, basement, 4 floors); stone; composite. Includes 6 presentation drawings (elevation on Sherbrooke St., elevation on Victoria St., exterior perspective of view from northwest, longitudinal section, transverse section), 48 development drawings (floor plans, room plans, fireplace, entrance, furniture), 10 working drawings (foundations, floor plan, elevation, section, structural plans, mechanical plans), 64 detail drawings (coping, fittings, terracotta, entrance, stairs, doors, room plans and elevations, plasterwork including ceiling, balcony, furniture, windows, notice boards, cornice, screen, stonework [including entrance, cornice, arch], woodwork including finishes, ironwork [including bracket, balustrade, fittings], marble and tile floor), and 4 record drawings (floor plans, elevations, cornice, coping, sill course). Also includes 44 photographs (3 plans, 11 finished exteriors, 16 finished interiors, 13 details, 1 other).

File consists of architectural drawings for urban house (detached, basement, 2 floors, attic, 5 bedrooms); brick; wall bearing. File includes 1 presentation drawing (exterior perspective, floor plans), 3 record drawings (floor plans, elevations, section), and 4 photographs (1 plan, 1 finished exterior, 3 finished interiors).

The photographs in the Nobbs archive document some of his architectural projects including urban domestic architecture, renovations to the interior of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, McGill's MacDonald Engineering Building, a proposal for Winnipeg City Hall and a proposal for a war memorial at Lille in France. Documented are plans, exteriors and interiors, models, buildings under construction and perspectives. Included are five photograph albums.

Series consists of manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence regarding various personal, non-architectural projects undertaken by Nobbs, in particular the design of his deflected northern lighting system for the National Research Council.

Twenty-four branches for candles. Designed for the McGill University Union.
(Operation 025)
Maker unknown.

File consists of architectural drawings for urban house (detached, basement, 2 floors, attic, 5 bedrooms); wood; roughcast; wall bearing. Includes 1 presentation drawing (ground and bedroom floor plans, north, south and west elevations), 9 development drawings (floor plans, elevations, section), and 1 record drawing (floor plans, elevations).

The objects designed by Nobbs and presently in the archive include furniture and fittings such as armchairs, tables, and a chandelier, and utensils and plasterwork, including plaster statuettes for war memorials and decorative plasterwork.