University of Saskatchewan Graduands during Convocation
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- [1927]
Graduates and guests gathered in front of the University of Saskatchewan Administration building after the ceremony in Convocation Hall. Cars in driveway.
University of Saskatchewan Graduands during Convocation
Graduates and guests gathered in front of the University of Saskatchewan Administration building after the ceremony in Convocation Hall. Cars in driveway.
Looking east at campus buildings (l to r): College Building, Saskatchewan Hall and Qu'Appelle Hall. Landscaping looks to be newly completed. The two silos of the University (Main) Barn at far left.
Looking south at College Building, and Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle halls.
Department of Chemistry - Class in Session
Three students pose for camera in Chemistry Laboratory: [Ashley McIntosh Walker, Eugene Maurice Follens, Charles Neil Cameron]. Lab in basement of College Building.
Josrph H. Thompson, dean of Accounting, standing up to his knees in water in a flooded room of the Library, located in the Adminstration Building. Shelves of books with signs reading "Reserve Shelf" and "New Books". Tables covered in books and papers.
Bio/Historical Note: Image used in The Green and White, June 1951, pg. 10.
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.
College of Pharmacy - Frosh Welcome Week
Students sitting around a Pharmacy crest in front of the Administration Building.
Administration Building - Exterior
Looking northwest at the Administration Building; overhanging tree branches in foreground.
Administration Building - Exterior
Looking across the Bowl at the Administration Building. Cars parked in front; people walking towards building at far right.
Administration Building - Exterior
Trees framing the Administration Building; southeast view. Pathway across the Bowl intersects image.
Administration Building - Sketch
Postcard of a sketch of the Administration Building.by L.G. Saunders.
View of campus buildings (l to r) Physics Building, College,Building, Saskatchewan Hall and Qu'Appelle Hall. Cars on road around the Bowl.
Campus - Scenic - Physics Building
View looking east with Physics Building at centre. Physics annex at left, with surrounding University buildings in background. Administration Building at far right; taken from roof of Chemistry Building.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Students changing classes and walking on pathway away from the Administration Building.
Class of 1930 and 1945 Reunion - Group Photo
Large group of graduates pose informally in the doorway of the Administration Building.
Homemakers' Clubs - Conventions
Group photo of convention participants taken in front of the Administration Building.
Bio/Historical Note: The Homemakers' Clubs of Saskatchewan were created at a "special conference for women" initiated by the University of Saskatchewan in 1911. The objectives as stated in the constitution, were "to promote the interests of the home and the community". It was organized virtually as part of the university. The director of Agricultural Extension, F.H. Auld, was the ex officio secretary and managing director until 1913, when these duties fell to the newly appointed director of Women's Work, Abigail DeLury. From that time until reorganization in 1952, women's extension remained as a separate unit, reporting directly to the president of the university. After 1952, its work was still carried on independently, but with a greater degree of integration with agricultural and adult education services. Unique in Canada was the Club's official association with the University, which provided the provincial secretary, secretarial staff, and extension department resources to aid the development of the club and its programs. In 1971, the name was changed to the Saskatchewan Women's Institute and the University reduced its role to supplying free office space on campus.
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