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Physics Building

Photographs show a man working at a computer in the Physics building at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, December 3, 1981. [Published December 5, 1981]

Sundial at University of Saskatchewan

Photographs show Gordon Patterson, a retired departmental assistant at the Physics department, standing beside the sundial at the observatory at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Mr. Patterson was hired to restore the sundial, October 2, 1984. [Published October 3, 1984]

University of Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Building

Photographs show the university campus including an oblique view of the Field Husbandry Building in the background and the view across the Bowl to Saskatchewan Hall, the Memorial Union Building and Qu'Appelle Hall, taken from the roof of the Physics Building.

Dr. A.B. Henschel

File contains photographs of Dr. Ann (Bardeen) Henschel, physician and anaesthesia specialist at City Hospital and the Sanatorium, as well as the University Hospital. Dr. Henschel's brother, John Bardeen, had just won a Nobel Prize in Physics.

Experiments at University of Saskatchewan for International Geophysical Year

Photographs show scientific equipment at the University of Saskatchewan Physics Department being readied for experiments to be carried out as part of "International Geophyiscal Year", celebrated in 1958, including magnetometers to measure the magnetic field, radar and measurement equipment for studying the aurora borealis and an "all sky camera" for photographing aurora. Identified are Dave Glass, Dr. D.M. Hunten and Dr. A. Vallance Jones.

New School Opens in Maymont SK

File contains photographs of the new school that recently opened in Maymont SK. Included is an image of the exterior of the school, an image of Rev. Frank Myers speaking at the school's opening ceremony, an image of grade 11 and 12 students at work in the chemistry/physics lab, and an image of teacher Miss V. Dimmick supervising a grade 2 reading class. There is also an image of the teachers and staff at the school, pictured is Miss V. Dimmick, Mr. N. Armstrong (principal), Miss A.G. Page, Miss M. McNabb, Mr. R. Thomas, and Mrs. Ida Gillatt.

Elgin Horton

Photograph shows athlete Elgin Horton standing in front of parked cars at Griffiths Stadium in 1955. Horton attended Nutana Collegiate and excelled in track and field from 1949-1953 and was picked to represent Saskatchewan in the 1953 Canadian National Exhibition track meet in Toronto (Aug 31 - Sept 5). He continued to compete (including pole vault and wrestling) while attending the University of Saskatchewan, which he graduated with a degree in Engineering Physics in 1957, and later worked for Ontario Hydro including as operations manager of the Douglas Point nuclear power station on Lake Huron. He is not know to have heard a hoo.