Elaine Culbert is sitting on a couch with two people kissing in the background

A woman, identified as Evelyn Norgord is seen holding a purse, standing on the grass in front of an evergreen tree and white wooden fence

Teachers and inspectors gathered in field of sweet clover.

Twelve children standing in front of a building
Written on the back of the matte in blue ink: "1st Alert School 1912-13 L to R Back Row: Geneva Anderson, Jessic Anderson Ellen Striker (Shea) Maggie Belle Fisher, Delmar Fisher Ted Striker, Frankie Fisher, Bea Fisher, Edith Striker (McCarty) Front Row: Hazel Anderson, Bertha Striker, Art Pratt"

A group of students from Gagenville School posing for a class photograph

31 students stand outside the newly built Greenwood School for the "First day of Classes in new school." Their names are listed below the photo. To the left is a separate image of the teacher Jack O. Handel.

Old house of the teacher at the Greenwood School.

Teachers posing in front of a brick building and trees. Ada Fraser, Lorraine Brown, Mary Bridge, Bea Grenke, Frankie Ferguson, Mrs. J Fraser, J. Fraser, Ann Bourke

Ten women and one man standing and sitting on the grass in front of a hedge, tree and building. Stamped in blue ink on the back is the number 5 and "Randall Photo Shop Excello June 17 1932 Hi-Gloss Prints Biggar, Sask."

Hank Brockman sitting in a chair

A professional portrait of Helene Burlingham

Jenny Young and Margaret Foster, Mrs. R. G. Walden and Mrs. R. G. Hutchings respectively, school teachers, are seen on a cart pulled by a horse on their way to their schools.

Inglewood School with Miss Reid, the school's first teacher, and her students

Head and shoulders image of J. Howard Richards, Professor and Head, Department of Geography.

Bio/Historical Note: J. Howard Richards was born 21 May 1916 in Caerphilly, Wales. He enrolled at the University of Wales in 1934 and graduated in 1938 with a B.Sc. in Geography. Richards remained in Wales the following year to teach at a private school and spent the next two years as a Meteorologist in the United Kingdom and Canada. He joined the Royal Canadian Army, serving in Europe from 1942-1946. After his discharge, Richards enrolled at the University of Toronto; in 1947 he received his MA. Richards taught at Utica College of Syracuse University and the University of Manitoba before returning to the University of Toronto, where he earned his PhD in 1956. He briefly joined the staff of the Royal Military College of Canada prior to coming to the University of Saskatchewan in 1960 as Professor and Head of the newly formed Department of Geography. He was to remain in that post until his retirement in 1979. He was named Professor Emeritus in 1983. During his tenure, Richards developed academic programs in Geography and the interdisciplinary programs of Land Use, Environmental Studies and Regional and Urban Development and Planning. He was the editor of the first "Atlas of Saskatchewan" and the author of "Saskatchewan Geography" and "Saskatchewan: A Geographical Appraisal," among other publications.

A woman, identified as Jean Bryce, is seen standing on the grass in front of a tree.