Prominent Saskatchewan men standing in front of a wooden building; location unknown. From l to r: Charles Dunning, Premier of Saskatchewan; Walter C. Murray, University President; Benjamin T. Chappell; General Superintendent of Canadian National Railways; S.G. Moore, Mayor of Melfort, Saskatchewan; and R. Beatty, Melfort-area pioneer.

Elevated view of Joe Griffiths, director of Physical Education, and Walter C. Murray, University President, wearing winter clothes and standing on ice surface; perhaps at [the Agriculture Students Ice Carnival].

Walter C. Murray, first University President, standing with A.S. MacKenzie in a field.

Two employees appear to be cleaning up [after a bookcase broke]. Male employee holding up a board; female employee on floor with piles of books scattered around. Bookcases in background.

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.

Participants (including 12 women) of the second annual Engineering Institute of Canada convention, seated and standing at the doorway of College Building. Walter C. Murray, University President, seated in front row and holding a small child.

Walter C. Murray, University President, standing on a boardwalk talking with other dignitaries dressed in their academic gowns. [Church], cars, mail boxes and other buildings in background.

Lucy and Jean E. Murray dressed in white dresses and holding parasols in their left hand; a third unidentified girl dressed the same way accompanies them. Buildings and trees in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Jean E. Murray (1901-1981) and Lucy Murray (1902-1967) were the second and third daughters of Walter Charles Murray, first president of the University of Saskatchewan, and Christina (Cameron) Murray.

Individual photos of Accounting graduates grouped. Names: J.C. Avant, James Duncan Wilson Blyth, G.H. Brent, James Joseph Carroll, E.A. Chater, R.H. Conlin, A.E. Darbellay, William Gordon Denford Guest, A. Guthrie, E.T. Kerr, M.G. Koziriz, G.E. McConnell, J.D. McElroy, F.N. Maas, L.E. Mann, Richard Kenneth Rusk, J.S. Sasseville, J.D. Scott, E. Wheaton.

Jean E. Murray standing in some bushes at the side of a house; stairs in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Jean Elizabeth Murray was born on 29 April 1901 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the second of three daughters of Walter Charles and Christina (Cameron) Murray. In September 1909, Murray, her sisters, and her mother moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to join her father who had been made president of the University of Saskatchewan a year earlier. She completed her primary and secondary education at King Edward and Victoria schools and Nutana Collegiate and then went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts (1922) and a Master of Arts (1923) from the University of Saskatchewan. She subsequently received a second MA from the University of Toronto (1924) and a PhD from the University of Chicago (1936). After working as an instructor at the University of Alberta between 1928 and 1930 and at Regina College from 1930 to 1931, Murray joined the University of Saskatchewan as an instructor in history in 1931. She became an assistant professor in 1937 and a full professor in 1966. Upon her retirement in 1968, the University of Saskatchewan awarded Murray the rank of Professor Emeritus of History. After retirement she continued to work at the university, first as a sessional lecturer, then as chairman of the library committee of the history department. She was made acting archivist for the university in 1936, and was a leading member of several women's interest groups. Murray died at Saskatoon in 1981.

Jean E. Murray standing on a lawn dressed in a white dress with a parasol over her left shoulder; trees in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Jean Elizabeth Murray was born on 29 April 1901 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the second of three daughters of Walter Charles and Christina (Cameron) Murray. In September 1909, Murray, her sisters, and her mother moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to join her father who had been made president of the University of Saskatchewan a year earlier. She completed her primary and secondary education at King Edward and Victoria schools and Nutana Collegiate and then went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts (1922) and a Master of Arts (1923) from the University of Saskatchewan. She subsequently received a second MA from the University of Toronto (1924) and a PhD from the University of Chicago (1936). After working as an instructor at the University of Alberta between 1928 and 1930 and at Regina College from 1930 to 1931, Murray joined the University of Saskatchewan as an instructor in history in 1931. She became an assistant professor in 1937 and a full professor in 1966. Upon her retirement in 1968, the University of Saskatchewan awarded Murray the rank of Professor Emeritus of History. After retirement she continued to work at the university, first as a sessional lecturer, then as chairman of the library committee of the history department. She was made acting archivist for the university in 1936, and was a leading member of several women's interest groups. Murray died at Saskatoon in 1981.