Note on back: "Dr. A.R. Boyle (seated), Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Dr. A.E. Collin, Head, Canadian Hydrographic Service, with some of the computer equipment associated with the automatic production of hydrographic charts".

An unidentified man with two small children look at a display of animal skeletons in the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, accompanied by a Veterinary employee or student at Vetavision.

Gathered around a desk in the new Medical Library during official opening of Health Sciences B Wing are (l to r): Dr. J.R. Gutelius, Head, Department of Surgery; Dr. C. Bryce Orchard, Department of Surgery; and Dr. Carman H. Weder, Associate Clinic Professor, Department of Surgery, watch as Lorie Horky, Librarian, signs out a book.

Bio/Historical Note: In April of 1950, the Medical Library Committee held its first meeting and recommended the creation of a Medical Library as a branch of the University Library. Located in the newly opened Medical Building, it was in operation by the following October. Over the subsequent decades, the Medical Library has grown to meet the demands of all the Health Sciences on campus. In addition to the Library's general collection it houses the Baltzan and Brodie collections on Medical Canadiana and the History of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: The oldest wing of the Health Sciences Building, the A Wing, dating to 1949, was originally the Medical College Building. The Health Sciences A Wing has heritage value as the cornerstone of the medical precinct at the university and was designed by architects Webster and Gilbert. The A Wing was renovated and reopened in 2019. The B Wing was completed by 1971.

Using the card catalogue in the new Medical Library in the Health Sciences Building (Medical Building) are l to r: Dr. G.W. Peacock; Dr. Mel G. Kunkel; and Dr. Sydney R. Gelmon, Clinical Lecturer in Dentistry.

Bio/Historical Note: The oldest wing of the Health Sciences Building, the A Wing, dating to 1949, was originally the Medical College Building. The Health Sciences A Wing has heritage value as the cornerstone of the medical precinct at the university and was designed by architects Webster and Gilbert. The A Wing was renovated and reopened in 2019. The B Wing was completed by 1971.

View of human chromosome through a high-powered microscope. The 46 chromosomes of a human male arranged in a standard order in which any abnormalities can be more readily identified.

View looking northeast of Emmanuel College Residence in background and Emmanuel and St. Chad Chapel in foreground. Car parked on road in foreground.

Bio/Historical Note: The Emmanuel College Residence, completed in 1963, was designed by Webster, Forrester and Scott to accommodate 85 students, the college president and a caretaker. Located just north of the original Emmanuel College building, plans called for the two buildings to be linked, this, however, was never completed. Renamed in 1975, McLean Hall was named in honour of Rt. Rev. John McLean, the first Anglican bishop of Saskatchewan and founder of Emmanuel College. It was leased initially by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and then purchased by the University of Saskatchewan in 1983. The building has been home to the departments of Mathematics and Statistics and Native Studies, the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) and the University Employees’ Union.

View looking west of campus buildings at centre; University (25th Street Bridge), river, and west side residential areas in background. College Drive runs along left of image, and Preston Avenue runs along bottom.

View of looking north campus buildings at centre, with east side residential area and Griffiths Stadium partially visible in foreground. College Drive runs along bottom of image, with University lands and prairie in background.

Group photo of dignitaries at a special ceremony held to recognize Dr. Hope H. Hunt's work in the School of Household Science/College of Home Economics. Standing: Mrs. Minto Symons; J.W.T. Spinks, University President; Lorna Davis. Seated: Dr. Edith C. Rowles Simpson, dean, College of Home Economics; Dr. Hope Hunt; Dr. Anne Kernaleguen, former Home Economics faculty member; and Mary Spinks. The ceremony was part of the 25th anniversary reunion of the Home Economics class of 1946.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Hope H. Hunt was dean of the School of Household Science and of the {renamed in 1952) College of Home Economics from 1942 to 1965. She died 21 January 1995 in Saskatoon at age 97.

Staff of the Indian and Northern Education Program (from l to r): Doris Sparvier; Dr. A.W. Blue, associate professor, Education (Indian and Northern Education); and Fr. André Renaud, chairman, Indian and Northern Education Program (Special Education), chat in Fr. Renaud's office in the Education Building.

Bio/Historical Note: Doris Sparvier was born in 1947 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and graduated from Albert E. Peacock High School in Moose Jaw. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BEd from the Indian Teacher Education Program (ITEP). Sparvier retired from the Saskatoon Public School Board in 2013 and later became a Dakota Language Instructor at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC). Sparvier died in Saskatoon in 2018.

Bio/Historical Note: Concern over high turnover of teachers in northern communities, and in particular the high drop-out rate for First Nations students, led to the establishment of a special course, first offered in the summer of 1961. EDIND 357, “The School Program in Indian and Northern Communities,” was offered in conjunction with the College of Education. The first instructor was Father André Renaud (1920-1988), professor of Education. By 1962 another course had been added to summer session, and a course offered during regular term on the Saskatoon campus and in Prince Albert; and by 1964, a B.Ed. program had been established. An M.Ed. program was introduced in 1968.

View of Chinese Popular Religion and Folk Religious Art display mounted by the Department of Far Eastern Studies during the Learned Societies Conference, U of S, 22 May-8 June 1979. Display located in Main Library; panels with pictures and objects on tables.

Bio/Historical Note: Learned Societies, a term applied in Canada to the large group of scholarly organizations that hold conferences annually from late May to mid-June at a different university location each year. Society members come not only to hear and discuss scholarly papers on the latest work in their fields, but also to renew contacts and share common concerns. The gathering of these associations in one place over one period is distinctively Canadian and owes more to practical evolution than to planning power. Selecting one site with suitable university accommodation was an answer to Canadian distance that allowed scholars more economical joint arrangements, let them attend meetings of societies besides their own, and encouraged them to visit varied geographical areas. The older Royal Society opened the way by moving from its Ottawa base to annual conferences at Montréal, Kingston or Toronto. Younger, more specialized associations - such as those in history, political science and economics - joined in, holding their own meetings along with, or just following, the senior scholarly society. By the 1930s the practice of holding an annual learned-conference period at a different site each year was well established, though such sites were usually in central Canada, where most larger universities were located. But in 1949 "the Learneds" went to Halifax, and soon afterwards to Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. In April 1996, the conference name was changed to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

View of "A portrait of a Sarcee Indian by Nicholas de Grandmaison - 1932". This painting was part of the "Painters of the Prairies" exhibition in the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery during the Learned Societies Conference, U of S, 22 May-8 June 1979.

View of publishers' display located in the tunnel between the Arts Building and the Main Library during the Learned Societies Conference, U of S, 22 May-8 June 1979. Curtained-off display areas and tables are visible.

Bio/Historical Note: Learned Societies, a term applied in Canada to the large group of scholarly organizations that hold conferences annually from late May to mid-June at a different university location each year. Society members come not only to hear and discuss scholarly papers on the latest work in their fields, but also to renew contacts and share common concerns. The gathering of these associations in one place over one period is distinctively Canadian and owes more to practical evolution than to planning power. Selecting one site with suitable university accommodation was an answer to Canadian distance that allowed scholars more economical joint arrangements, let them attend meetings of societies besides their own, and encouraged them to visit varied geographical areas. The older Royal Society opened the way by moving from its Ottawa base to annual conferences at Montréal, Kingston or Toronto. Younger, more specialized associations - such as those in history, political science and economics - joined in, holding their own meetings along with, or just following, the senior scholarly society. By the 1930s the practice of holding an annual learned-conference period at a different site each year was well established, though such sites were usually in central Canada, where most larger universities were located. But in 1949 "the Learneds" went to Halifax, and soon afterwards to Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. In April 1996, the conference name was changed to the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Boyd McDonald and Garth Beckett, duo pianists, perform in Convocation Hall during the Learned Societies Conference, U of S, 22 May-8 June 1979.

Bio/Historical Note: Garth Beckett was born on 22 December 1933 in Eston, Saskatchewan. A pupil of Lyell Gustin of Saskatoon, Beckett made his orchestral debut in 1952, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. He studied in Europe, first with Geoffrey Tankard and James Ching in England (1954-1956), then with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in Italy (1957). He served as president of the Musical Art Club in Saskatoon from 1964-1966. Beckett concertized extensively from 1966-1979 as part of the Beckett-(Boyd) McDonald piano duo, founded in 1966 at the University of Saskatchewan. The duo's Canadian career included performances with major orchestras and frequent CBC broadcasts, as well as premiere performances of Bruce Mather's Sonata and Robert Turner's Concerto while Beckett and McDonald were on the faculty of the University of Manitoba (1967-1976). With the duo, Beckett performed in England (including five Wigmore Hall recitals in London between 1972-1976, and an appearance at the 1973 Cheltenham Festival) and major centres throughout Europe (Paris, Amsterdam, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden). In 1978 Beckett and McDonald gave their New York debut at Alice Tully Hall. From 1976-1996, Beckett was head of the piano department at Wilfrid Laurier University. The Beckett-McDonald duo performed less frequently in the 1980s and eventually ceased. The Garth Beckett/Gustin House Senior Piano Scholarship of $1,500 at the Saskatchewan Provincial Music Festival is awarded to pianists up to age 20 in the early levels of senior competition. Beckett Crescent and Green, located in the Arbor Creek neighborhood of Saskatoon, honours Beckett.