Dr. Lester G. Crossman was with the English Department of the University of Regina from 1945 to 1980. Born in Rosetown on 24 May 1913, he attended the Saskatoon Normal School from 1932 to 1933, after which he taught in rural schools near Rosetown for two years. Crossman attended the University of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1941, where he received a B.A. in 1938, Honours English in 1939, and a B.Ed. in 1941. After a teaching stint at the Rosetown High School in 1941-1942, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, became a navigator, and was stationed in England until his discharge and appointment at Regina College in 1945. In the meantime, he married Margaret Hutcheon in 1944. Crossman completed his M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan in1946, and his PhD from the University of Washington in 1957. He was Supervisor of Matriculation and Adult Admissions programs from 1965-1973, Chairman of the English Department from 1967-1970, a member of the Division IV English Curriculum committee which published revisions for Saskatchewan schools in 1970-1980, and member of the selection committee for the Leacock Medal for Humour from 1977-1980. He also served on various federal, provincial and municipal arts and academic bodies. After his retirement in 1980, Dr. Crossman became Professor Emeritus of English, and received an Honorary Degree from the University of Regina in Spring of 1983 in recognition of his service to the University. He currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia.

Lorna Crozier was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1948. Her parents were Emmerson and Peggy Crozier. She graduated from W.A. Beatty Collegiate in Swift Current in 1966. She studied at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now the University of Regina) and obtained her Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction), from the University of Saskatchewan in 1969. She received a Master of Arts from the University of Alberta in 1980. In addition to her university education, she attended creative writing courses at the Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts at Fort San (1974-1977), and took courses in Advanced Writing and Speech Writing from the Public Service Commission in 1982 and 1983 respectively. Crozier taught high school English in rural Saskatchewan from 1970 to 1973, and taught English (both composition and Canadian literature, variously) at the University of Regina (1976), the University of Alberta (1978-1979), and the University of Saskatchewan (1986-1991). Since 1991, she has been Associate Professor in the Department of Writing at the University of Victoria. She has also been Writer-in-Residence at the University of Toronto (1988, 1989-1990), Douglas College, British Columbia (1989), University of Lethbridge (1987), and the Regina Public Library (1984-1985), among others. Crozier has nine published books of poetry to her name, including 'The Garden Going On Without Us' (1985), 'Angels of Flesh, Angels of Silence' (1988), and 'Inventing the Hawk' (1992). Her poetry has been included in dozens of journals and magazines, including NeWest Review, Quarry, Border Crossings, and Poetry Ireland. Crozier's work has also been featured in numerous anthologies, and her poetry and writing have resulted in her winning many prizes, such as First Prize in the CBC Radio National Poetry Competition (1987), the Western Magazine Award for Nonfiction (1989), the Governor General's Award for Poetry (1992), the National Magazine Gold Medal for Poetry (1995), among others. She has conducted many readings and has lectured widely in Canada and the United States, as well as England, the former Yugoslavia, France and Chile. She has been heavily involved in the writers profession, and has served on various juries and judging panels. Crozier currently resides outside of Victoria, in Saanichton, British Columbia, with her husband, poet Patrick Lane.

Dennis Roy Cullimore, who was born on April 7, 1936, attended St. Andrews Church of England Primary School and Southfield Grammar School in Oxford, England. At the University of Nottingham he earned a B.Sc.(Hons.) in agricultural microbiology in 1959 and a Ph.D. in 1962. In that year he joined the University of Surrey as an Assistant Lecturer in Microbiology and remained there until 1968 when he emigrated to Canada and took up a post as Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1969 and to full professor in 1974, in which year he became Director of the Board of the Prairie Institute of Environmental Health. In 1975 Dr. Cullimore was appointed director of the Regina Water Research Unit. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles relating to water microbes and bacteria, and he has published a humorous book of captioned cartoons, 'A Survey of the Uses and Abuses of the Prairie Elevator' (Winnipeg: Frye Publishing, 1983). In recent years he has become well-known as a member of the research team studying the wreck of the sunken ship Titanic. He is also a principal in Droycon Bioconcepts Inc., a firm consulting on microbiol/environmental issues and biodetection systems. Dr. Cullimore and his wife have two children.

Rex Deverell was born in Toronto on July 17, 1941, and was raised in Orillia, Ontario. In 1960 he moved to Hamilton to attend McMaster University and McMaster Divinity College, gaining his Bachelor of Arts in 1963 and a Bachelor of Divinity in 1966. He attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City during 1966-67 and was granted a Master of Sacred Theology degree before serving as pastor at the Edward St. Baptist Church in St. Thomas, Ontario from 1967-1970. He married Rita Shelton on May 24, 1967. They have one son, Shelton Ramsay Deverell, born in 1974. Since 1970, Rex Deverell has worked as a playwright in Toronto and Regina, serving as resident playwright at the Globe Theatre in Regina, 1975-1989. He is the author of fifty stage plays and collective creations as well as numerous radio plays, and television and film scripts. His plays have premiered in Banff, Regina, Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto, Hamilton, and Chester, New Jersey, and many toured Saskatchewan with the Globe Theatre School Tour. Several of his plays have been published including two anthologies: 'Deverell at the Globe' (NeWest Press, 1989), and 'Plays of Belonging' (Playwrights Canada Press, 1997). Among several awards he has won, he received the 1978 Canadian Authors Award for the play 'Boiler Room Suite' and the 1986 Major Armstrong Award for 'The Riel Commission'. His radio plays, dramatizations, and commentaries have appeared locally and nationally on CBC Radio, and he has recently begun to write opera libretti. He was a founding member and president of the Playwrights Union of Canada, and has been associated with various provincial and national organizations including the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, the Guild of Canadian Playwrights, ACTRA, and the Saskatchewan Playwrights' Centre. Rex Deverell has lived in Toronto since 1989.

David A. Givner, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Regina, received his academic education at the University of Maryland (B.A., M.A.) and at Columbia University (Ph.D.). In 1965 he took up a position of Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, rising to Associate Professor in 1970. He served as acting chair of the Philosophy Department during 1971-72. With a name change of the department, in 1973, he became Associate Professor of Philosophy and Classics, and was promoted to the rank of full Professor in 1985. From 1980-1982 he served as Head of the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Regina. He is retired and currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia, with his wife, writer and biographer Joan Givner, who was also a Professor at the University of Regina before her retirement.

Joseph Duffy was an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina from 1977-1982, and a Lecturer from 1976-1977. Prior to joining the Faculty, he taught Secondary School in England from 1952-1957, and came to Saskatchewan to hold positions as Vice-Principal and Principal in rural schools from 1957 to 1965. He taught at Marion High School in Regina from 1966-1976, serving as Head of the English Department (1967-1969) and as Vice-Principal (1969-1976). Joseph Duffy's quest for knowledge found a natural outlet within the university community both as a faculty member and as a student. He received his Teacher's Certificate in 1952 from Manchester, England, and his B.A. (1966), B.A. Honours Certificate (1967), B.Ed. (1975) and M.A. (1979) from the University of Regina. He was enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Education at the University of Alberta from 1980-1982, until his death.

Garry Fairbairn's journalistic career began in 1969 with the Canadian Press Organization. His first two years were spent covering stories in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto, and for the two years following that he was stationed exclusively in Ottawa. From there he was sent to Regina from 1973-76. His work there caught enough attention that he was given an international assignment and spent two years in Washington. Not entirely happy with this post, he requested a transfer back to Canada (preferably Western Canada) and in 1978 he was assigned to the post in Calgary, which he held until 1981. Whether it was his original intention to become a business reporter/analyst or not, much if not most of his writing covered business or economic related issues. As his career progessed people noticed his talents and he frequently garnered accolades from his colleagues. Several times he won the best story of the month contest (an internal contest in the CP organization); and even when he did not win, his name frequently appeared in the "Honourable Mention" category. His stature in the local community of journalists gave him some influence and he was instrumental in the development and incorporation of the Saskatchewan Journalist's Association and in it's publications in the mid to late 1970's. Despite his successes as a journalist, however, by 1981 he was restless and feeling a need for a change. He entered the competition to write a history for the Ssaktchewan Wheat Pool commemorating its sixieth anniversary. His reputation and his proposals paid off and he was awarded the commission. In 1984 'From Prairie Roots: the Remarkable Story of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool' was published.

Artist David Gilhooly was born in Auburn, California and received his B.A. (1965) and M.A. (1967) from the University of California. He studied with California ceramist Robert Arneson, for whom he later worked as studio assistant. Gilhooly taught art at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus from 1969 to 1971, during which time he influenced many Saskatchewan artists, most notably Joe Fafard and Vic Cicansky. David Gilhooly is an important figure in the Funk movement of the 1960s, and his clay sculptures exemplify the ideas of the movement in their carefree, playful manner. Gilhooly is best known for his frog pieces, and he has exhibited his sculptures all over North America as well as in Europe and Asia. David Gilhooly became a Canadian citizen in 1979 while residing in Calgary. He also lived in Toronto for six years, and he presently makes his home in Yamhill County, Oregon.

The daughter of Thomas Short and Elizabeth Parker Short, Joan Givner was born in Manchester, England on September 5, 1936. She was educated at the Bolton School (1948-1955) and the University of London where she received a B.A. (Hons.) in 1958. She moved to the United States where she lectured at Port Huron Junior College in Michigan (1960-1965), and earned an M.A. in 1962 from Washington University in St. Louis. In 1965 she commenced her association with the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, working initially as a lecturer in the Department of English. Following her return to the University of London where she attained a Ph.D. in 1972, Dr. Givner was appointed assistant professor. She reached the rank of full professor in 1982 with what had by then become the University of Regina. Upon her retirement in 1995 she moved to Victoria, British Columbia. During her career Joan Givner published several books, articles, reviews, poems, and short stories. She received several Canada Council grants for writing, and in 1977-78 she was awarded the prestigious United States National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Her most notable publication is the biographical work 'Katherine Ann Porter: A Life' (Simon and Shuster, 1982). Joan Givner was married to David Givner in 1965 and they have two daughters, Emily Jane and Jessie Louise.

Visual artist Ted Godwin was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1933. He attended the Southern Institute of Technology and Art, 1951-1955, and studies with Barnett Newman, John Ferren, and Jules Olitski at the Emma Lake Artists Workshop, 1959-1965. Godwin was employed as a commercial artist by private companies in both Alberta and Saskatchewan before joining the School of Art at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1964. During this time in Regina, he became part of a group of young artists who were producing significant and exciting art. When their works were exhibited together at the National Art Gallery in 1961 they became known as the "Regina Five". The members of the group, including Ken Lochhead, Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Godwin and Doug Morton, eventually went their separate ways, but their early association was vital to the development of their art and to Prairie Art. Ted Godwin remained at what became the Visual Arts Department at the University of Regina for the rest of his teaching career. Following the "Regina Five" era, he became known for his large "Tartan" paintings. A heart condition (which eventually forced him to retire in 1985) produced the "Dying Orchids" series in 1974. From the mid-1970's to the present, Godwin has produced several series of large and vivid landscape paintings, including "The Lower Bow" series. His work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions at public and private galleries across Canada, and is represented in the collections of several major institutions. Ted Godwin resides in Calgary. He married Phyllis Wanda Goota (also an artist) in 1956, and has two daughters, Teddi Ruth Driediger and Tammi Lynn Shanahan.

Lyn Goldman was born in Regina on December 11, 1932. Following graduation from Central Collegiate she attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, then worked in Los Angeles as a secretary at Columbia Pictures and as a film booker. She returned to Regina in 1959 and worked as a writer-producer for CKCK television, leaving again in 1963 to work as a freelance television producer in Toronto and Los Angeles. Back in Regina, she worked as Performing Arts Officer for the Saskatchewan Centennial Corporation, and in 1968 she was appointed Director of Publicity and Public Relations at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. After leaving this position to complete an M.A. in English at the University of Regina, in 1977 Ms. Goldman joined the University's Extension Department where she served as Communications and Programming Officer and as Acting Head of Fine Arts and Humanities, 1980-1981. Following another term as Public Relations Director for the University of Regina, 1981-1985, she rejoined Extension serving as Head of Certificate Programs until her retirement in 1990. Lyn Goldman appeared for many years as a freelance commentator on CBC Radio, and hosted CKCK Radio's 'This Sunday' program, 1979-1980. She was on Cable Regina's board of directors and served on the City of Regina's Arts Policy Committee, 1978-1981. She is actively involved in numerous professional and arts organizations including the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, Regina Little Theatre, the Canadian Public Relations Society, and the Regina Women's Network, and she served on the Saskatchewan Committee for the International Year of the Disabled. In 1982 Ms. Goldman received the Regina YWCA Women's Award in the business and professional category.

Leonard Herman Greenberg was born October 5, 1925 in Calgary, Alberta. He was married in 1950, and had five children. He was divorced from his first wife in 1968 and married his wife Anne in 1973. Greenberg attended school in Calgary, entering the University of Alberta in Eedmonton in 1944. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction from the University of Alberta in 1948. He took a Radioisotope Technique course from the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies in 1949. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Physics also from the University of Alberta, in 1950, and his PhD in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan in 1957. His thesis was on photo alpha reactions in the elements comprising nuclear emulsions. From 1948 to 1950 he was a Special Lecturer in Physics at the University ofAlberta, and from 1950 to 1951 he was a Research Officer in the Radiation Section of Division of Applied Physics at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa. In 1952 he became a Special Lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1953, Associate Professor in 1957, and Professor in 1972. From 1955 until 1960, Greenberg was a half-time Physicist at the Allan Blair Memorial Clinic, Saskatchewan Cancer Commission in Regina in addition to his appointment at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College. When the Clinic hired a full-time physicist, Greenberg became a consultant to the Clinic. Greenberg retired July 1st, 1991. He currently resides in Lumsden, Saskatchewan.

Leslie Groome was a professor of education at the University of Regina from 1964-78. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the University of Saskatchewan, his Master of Arts from the University of British Columbia, and his Doctor of Education from Illinois State University. He was a flying officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Groome was also a principal at Spectre School in Spectre, Saskatchewan. He taught at Scott Collegiate in Regina from 1946-1949 and the Moose Jaw Normal School from 1949-1959. When teacher training moved to Regina in 1959 Groome moved as well. Groome became the first art instructor in the Faculty of Education at Regina Campus in 1964 and taught at the University of Regina until his retirement in 1978. Groome was involved in several art education organizations. He promoted art education throughout the province and lead art education organizations at local, provincial and national levels. He was the president of the Canadian Society of Education through Art (CSEA) and involved with the Saskatchewan Society of Education through Art (SCEA), the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and the International Society for Education through Art (INSEA). This collection contains a sizable amount of material on these organizations. Groome was also an active artist and exhibited his work regularly in Saskatchewan Arts Board shows and Saskatchewan Civil Servants Exhibitions. Most of Groome's work tended to be ceramic or metal sculptures.

Ray Francis Ethelred Harvey was a professor and administrator at the Unversity of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. Prior to joining the University faculty in 1965, he was Deputy Minister of the Department of Education, and before that had served as chief superintendent of schools in Nipawin and Medstead. In 1965, Dr. Harvey was appointed Professor of School Administration in the Faculty of Education. When the School of Administration was granted Faculty status in 1968, he was named its first dean. He became Vice-Principal of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus from January 1970 - June 1972.