View of circulation desk with students at the card catalogue in the Library Reading Room located in the Administration (College) Building.

Bio/Historical Note: Though the first recorded withdrawal from the University Library occurred in October 1909, nearly five decades passed before the Library had its own building. The early collection was housed either on the second floor of the College Building (later known as the Administration Building) or was scattered among a number of small departmental libraries. Plans for a new library building in the late 1920s were ended by the start of the Great Depression; but a dramatically reduced acquisitions budget was offset by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation in 1933. In 1943 the University hired its first professional Librarian. A combination of provincial grants and University fundraising financed the construction of the Murray Memorial Library. The library was named after the University’s first President, Walter C. Murray. Designed by noted Regina architect Kioshi Izumi working under H.K. Black, Architect, it marked a change in campus architecture away from the more angular and elaborate Collegiate Gothic style to that of the less expensive cube. Building materials included granite at the entrance and Tyndall stone as a wall cladding and window trim. In addition to the library, the building housed the College of Law, an office of the Provincial Archives and a 105-seat lecture theatre equipped with the latest in audiovisual teaching aids. The most dramatic transformation took place between 1970 and 1976 when a six floor south wing was added along with an extensive renovation of the 1956 structure. Designed by BLM, Regina, the south wing was unlike any other building on campus. Clad in Tyndall stone panels made to look like concrete (through a "bush hammered" finish), the grey almost windowless building is industrial and utilitarian in appearance. The University's master plan required buildings in the core of campus to be clad in stone. However, the "bush hammered" finish was used since the Library addition was built during a period that saw the flowering of "Brutalist" Architecture, so called because of the wide use of exposed concrete. The new (south) wing, originally called the Main Library, was officially opened on 17 May 1974, and also became the home of the Department of Art and Art History, the College of Graduate Studies and the University Archives.

A crowd of students watch as two successful contestants carry the greased pig.

Students from Education and Agriculture present a big cheque for $27,182.35 on stage at the Kinsmen Foundation Telemiracle show at Centennial Auditorium.

This series contains orders, correspondence, personnel records, minutes, reports, clippings, a photograph album, and two 8mm movie reels, all related to the administration and activities of the COTC.

Cartoon drawing depicting stereotypes of students from different colleges through the eyes of other students, probably done by an art student.
"An accountant's idea of an engineer; what a lawyer thinks of an agro; a med' though the eyes of an agro; a med's idea of an accountant; how a theologue sees a lawyer; an engineer's impression of a theologue; as an art's student beholds himself"

Five students standing in a train car, holding bottles. From 1947 Greystone.

Students sitting around a restaurant counter, some drinking from coffee cups. Photo from 1949 Greystone.

A group of pharmacy students sits around a table. On the table are glasses, bottles, as well as a pack of cigarettes.

Large group of men, presumably veterans, posing for a class photo. A sign above them reads "Agricultural Engineering".

Parade float with a banner that reads "the G.B. Armstrong Memorial Society presents the Intensly Vigorous College Nine". On the trailer stands nine students dressed in marching band military style coats. Instruments include tuba, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, and banjo. Milne's Drug Store can be seen in the background. First Baptist Church possibly in the background.

This fonds contains two black and white photo albums which hold ~100 photographs, of which about 30 are of U of S student life in the 1918-1920 era. The rest are of White Rock area in BC as well as one full album of photographs from travel in Europe.

A female student hangs off a rope in front of Saskatchewan Hall. A male student reaches out to help her down. From 1950 Greystone.

Graffiti prank by law students against the engineering students. First photograph depicts a close up of an eagle painted onto the brick wall of the engineering building and a sign which reads: " Here's to the legal eagle, that great & glorious bird. Here's to the engineering building where our eagle drops his t---!" Second photo shows the front of the Engineering Building, on which the words "Law Cabaret Dec 21" and more eagles are panted.

Group of students dressed up pose for the camera.

A.R. Grieg (left) sits at a desk with an unnamed student. Note on the back of photo says: '48 Greystone