View looking northeast with University Hospital visible at bottom left of image. College Drive runs along the bottom at right; Sutherland visible at top.

View of the empty interior of the dining hall.

Unidentified Nursing graduate receiving her diploma from unidentified presenters during the 8th annual Nurses' Graduation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Other graduands lined up in a row on platform; dignitaries are seated in background.

Arne Knut Bergh (1928-2013), BA, of Regina, an RCMP employee, walks down stairs to receive his Ph.D. certificate from an attendant.

Bio/Historical Note: Ph.D title: Bacterial Lipids and Their Possible Relationship to the Properties of the Cell.

View looking north of Chemistry Building; cars parked in foreground.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, presents the Governor General's Gold Medal to Donna Gay McInnis of North Battleford at the Diamond Jubilee Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Group photo of dignitaries present at the unveiling ceremony of the 10-foot high bronze statue of Lesya Ukrainka, the celebrated Ukrainian poet. Back row from l to r: Tom Gauley, Chairman, Board of Governors; R.W. Begg, University President; V.O. Buyniak, Head, Department of Slavic Studies; and Nina Okhatrina, Ukrainian representative. Front row (l to r): Ukrainian representatives Volodymr F. Skofenko, Mikhalio Stelmakh, and Mikola Manoiolo.

Bio/Historical Note: Lesya Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach-Kvitka) (1871-1913), the celebrated Ukrainian poet, made her mark on Ukrainian and world literature through her diverse writing talents. Her profound knowledge of world history and languages enabled her to write extensively across genres on a variety of subjects. In her lyrical works and dramatic poems, she vividly developed the themes of patriotism, human dignity, and personal integrity. Ukrainka’s work is timeless in its powerful assertion of human rights and freedoms. In 1976, a bronze statue of Lesya Ukrainka, made in Kyiv, Ukraine (USSR) by sculptor Halyna Kal’chenko and architect Anatoliy Ihnashchenko, was unveiled at the University of Saskatchewan. Commissioned by the Association for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad, the statue was at the time seen by some merely as Soviet propaganda designed to rehabilitate their international reputation tarnished, in part, by injustices perpetrated against the people of Ukraine. The gift was initially declined by both the Province of Saskatchewan and the City of Saskatoon before being accepted by the University of Saskatchewan and installed on campus in a grove south of the Arts Tower. Through a generous donation by Dr. Victor O. Buyniak, as well as through the support of alumni and the wider Ukrainian community, the statue was refurbished and unveiled in its present location on 1 August 2013, the centenary of the death of Lesya Ukrainka.

Bio/historical note: A statue of Lesya Ukrainka, the celebrated Ukrainian poet, was presented to the U of S in 1976 by the Association for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad of the USSR as a gift of friendship from the people of Ukraine to the people of Canada.

Cliff Wright, Mayor of Saskatoon, speaks at the lease signing ceremony of Western Canada's first Research Park.

Bio/Historical Note: Innovation Place is the registered business name of the Saskatchewan Opportunities Corporation, a crown corporation in Saskatchewan. SOCO operates two research parks: one located near the University of Saskatchewan, and the second near the University of Regina.

JeanAnne Sekella of Brooks, Alberta, receives her BEd at the 50th Jubilee Convocation of the College of Education held at Centennial Auditorium. [J.A. Dorgan, University Registrar], hoods recipient.

Note on back: "Jack McFaull (left), of the University Board of Governors, presents the key to the new building housing the Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) to Dr. Chris Bigland, director of VIDO, at the official opening of the new building".

Bio/Historical Note: The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is a research organization of the University of Saskatchewan that operates with financial support from the Government of Canada, the government of Saskatchewan, livestock industry councils and agencies, foundations and human and animal health companies.VIDO worked to find cures for common infectious diseases in cattle, swine and poultry. VIDO scientists carved out an international reputation for their pioneering work in the 1980's on vaccines aimed at combating shipping fever and a disease which produces pneumonia and arthritis in cattle. In addition to the 2,500,000 sq ft facility on campus, VIDO-InterVac also operates a 160-acre research station. The laboratory took on its current name, International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac), in March 2003. In October 2003 a large expansion was completed. In March 2004, VIDO received funding for the construction one of the world's largest and most advanced biosafety level 3 facilities, the International Vaccine Centre (InterVac), for research into emerging and reemerging human and animal diseases. In 2020, VIDO-InterVac began developing a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Head and shoulders image of John Diefenbaker as a young student in an academic gown.

Individual photos of The Sheaf staff grouped. Names: Christine Sinton, [John] Cameron, Rhoda Russell, Simon [Simeon] Ginzburg, C. Murray, H. Cunningham, W.M. Smith, Howard Austin Freeman, Ruth Mary Carr, George Wilfred Simpson, George Franklin Boyd, John G. Diefenbaker, M.E. Jennings, Asher B.C. Douthwaite, M.E. Dick, Helen Marion Dunlop, William Fraser Linklater, Pearl Winnifred Hughes.

Head and shoulders image of John G. Diefenbaker, graduate of Law in 1919, taken from The Sheaf; includes written page that goes with photograph.

Head and shoulders image of John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister and honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree recipient,, speaking from podium during Convocation ceremony held in Physical Education gymnasium.

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, speaking at official opening.

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.