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Poundmaker - Portrait

Pîhtokahanapiwiyin (or Poundmaker) holding a pipe and seated for portrait.

Bio/Historical Note: Pîhtokahanapiwiyin (c. 1842-4 July 1886), also known as Poundmaker, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people, the Poundmaker Cree Nation. His name denotes his special craft at leading buffalo into buffalo pounds (enclosures) for harvest. Remembered as a great leader, Pitikwahanapiwiyin strove to protect the interests of his people during the negotiation of Treaty 6. Considered a peacemaker, he did not take up arms in the North-West Resistance. However, a young and militant faction of his band did participate in the conflict, resulting in Pitikwahanapiwiyin’s arrest and imprisonment for treason. Soon after his release he died from a lung hemorrhage on 4 July 1886 at Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta. He was 44 years old. His remains were exhumed in 1967 and reburied on the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. In May 2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exonerated the chief and apologized to the Poundmaker Cree Nation.

Aurora at Saskatoon

A chart of photographs of eight different Aurora Borealis movements; each identified under each photograph. The name of the chart "Aurora at Saskatoon" shown at the top of the chart.

Bio/Historical Note: The Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies (ISAS) was formed at the University of Saskatchewan in 1956. ISAS studied the aurora (northern lights), the related 'disturbances' in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere, and the effects of solar activity upon climate.

Curtis W. Tarr - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Curtis W. Tarr, American academic.

Bio/Historical Note: Curtis William Tarr (1924- 2013) was an American academic best known for his role in the reform of the Selective Service System - in particular, of the Vietnam draft lottery, which had been criticized for being insufficiently random. Tarr also served as the seventh dean of the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, and as the twelfth president of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Joseph Proctor

Image of Joseph Proctor of Dundurn, Saskatchewan, seated on horseback outside a rural dwelling.

Bio/Historical Note: Joseph Proctor (1851-1918) bequeathed 560 acres of property southwest of Dundurn to the University of Saskatchewan.

Memorial Gates - Construction

Progress shot of construction of the most westerly gate of the Memorial Gates. Thorvaldson (Chemistry) Building in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Memorial Gates are a military memorial that is part of the University campus. Sixty-seven University students and faculty lost their lives while on service during World War I. The impact of the war on the University was immense: 330 students and faculty served during the War, a number equivalent to nearly all of the students who had registered the year prior to the beginning of the conflict. The desire to honor the staff and students who had fallen during the Great War was strong within the University community. As early as August 1918, 3 months prior to the formal Armistice, University President Walter C. Murray began making enquiries into the cost of a suitable memorial. What was settled upon were gates made of solid bronze, imported from England; the remainder, made of local greystone. Architect David R. Brown estimated the cost of what would come to be known as the Memorial Gates to be $30,000, with an additional $10,000 required for the memorial. The cement work was done by Richard J. Arrand in 1927-1928. A concerted fundraising effort among students and alumni helped cover the costs. The Memorial Gates were unveiled by President Murray and dedicated by the Bishop of Saskatchewan on 3 May 1928. A stone tablet, positioned between the bronze gates, bears the inscription: "These are they who went forth from this University to the Great War and gave their lives that we might live in freedom." For many years after, the site was used for the university’s Remembrance Day services at which wreaths are still laid every November 11th. These Gates were originally the entrance gates to campus and flanked University Drive. In the 1980s, due to increased traffic to the southwest portion of the campus, primarily Royal University Hospital, a new road entrance was built to the west. The gates remain, with the remnant of University Drive passing through them renamed Memorial Crescent. The gates are now primarily used by pedestrians, though the roadway is open to vehicles.

K.G. McKay - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of K.G. McKay, professor, School of Agriculture.

Bio/Historical Note: K.G. McKay was a graduate from Guelph who completed postgraduate work at Iowa State College as assistant professor of dairying. McKay was hired in 1913 by Walter Murray.

John Bracken - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of John Bracken, first Professor of Field Husbandry, 1909-1920.

Bio/Historical Note: John Bracken (1883-1969) was born in Ellisville, Ontario, and was educated at Brockville Collegiate, the Ontario Agricultural College and at the University of Illinois. He was professor of animal husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan from 1910-1920, when he became President of the Manitoba Agricultural College. Bracken was the longest-serving Premier of Manitoba (1922–1943) and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–1948). Bracken died in Ottawa in 1969.

School of Environment and Sustainability - Community Garden - Demolition

Garden plot behind the Biology Building, also known as the School of Environment and Sustainability community garden, being demolished. Image looking south towards the back of the Biology Building. Tunnel connecting the Agriculture Building to the Biology Building visible.

Historical note: This garden plot was also used to be used to grow research plants for the Biology department. The garden was removed for construction on a new building.

Dr. Marc Boctor - Portrait

Head and shoulders of Dr. Marc Boctor, endocrinologist, Department of Medicine; outdoor image.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Marc Boctor, professor and head of endocrinology at the University of Saskatchewan and head of the endocrinology division in the Saskatoon Health Region, retired in June 1996. At that time he was Saskatoon's last practicing endocrinologist serving 3,700 patients.

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