- RG2024-2006-086-3015
- Stuk
- Sep-04
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View of Thorvaldson building
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View of Thorvaldson building
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Students gathered in front of main steps to Thorvaldson Building on a Fall day.
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View of Thorvaldson
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View of Thorvaldson
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Students outside of Thorvaldson
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Students outside of Thorvaldson
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Students on steps of Thorvaldson
Chemistry Building - Construction
Image of male student looking around corner towards camera on the roof of Qu'Appelle Hall. Chemistry Building under construction in background; winter scene.
Bio/Historical Note: The Department of Chemistry was established in 1910, and in 1912 conducted its first laboratory instruction in a poorly ventilated space in the basement of the College Building. The Chemistry Building opened in 1924 and was one of the last of the original stone collegiate gothic buildings designed by the Montreal architect David Brown. The building was sheathed in greystone and the façade has a castellated roof line and an arched portal. The four-storey building was built to house the colleges of Home Economics and Pharmacy, and the Department of Chemistry. It was the most elaborate of the early campus buildings. Designed specifically to meet the needs of teaching and research in chemistry, it was a far cry from the makeshift laboratories in the basement of the College Building and reflected the confidence of the 1920s. It faced not inward toward the Bowl and the original buildings, but outward to what was expected to be an expanding future. Dubbed by one critic as an “expensive show to make an impressive front,” it was to have a second identical north wing but depression and war brought a halt to all thoughts of capital expansion. The first floor was composed almost entirely of classrooms, with two small laboratories. An auditorium was located on the second floor, with a tile dome rising 68 feet, as well as laboratories featuring acid-proof lining on all fume vents and drains. Storerooms were located in the basement, with a sub-basement containing the ventilation, heating and sewage systems. The Chemistry Building was finally expanded with a second wing and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Looking south at students changing classes in winter. University buildings in background (l to r): Administration Building, Murray Memorial (Main) Building, Arts Building, and Chemistry Building.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
[Ross Thatcher, Premier of Saskatchewan], cuts the ribbon during the official opening of the Thorvaldson Building.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Home Economics Class - Thorvaldson - interior
Looking north at Chemistry Building; recently-planted trees in foreground..
Students use chemistry equipment in class at the Chemistry lab; equipment visible on tables in foreground.
View of new office equipment, with Dr. Choi C. (Chuck) Lee, professor, Department of Chemistry, seated at his desk in the Thorvaldson Building.