The participants of the livestock judging competition outside the University of Saskatchewan.

A portrait of Dr. J.B. Mawdsley. Saskatoon, SK.

Ice jammed against the pier of the Traffic Bridge (off 19th St.); with the Bessborough Hotel in the background. Note the candled ice, dust cover, and flotsam. Spring breakup, Saskatoon, SK.

The break up of the ice on the South Saskatchewan River. On the west bank looking east toward the ski jump on the University of Saskatchewan grounds. Saskatoon, SK.

Two long tables of servicemen being served a meal with a group of thirteen ladies at the back of the room.

Held in Saskatoon, the school was attended by about 80 men.

Street photograph of William King (Bill or Billy) and Margaret King (Cooke), pioneers of Rosetown. Bill King was the proprieter of King's Store, among other accomplishments.

R.P. Hassard walking down a sidewalk in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Two-page typed program. Norman M. Ross, Superintendent of the Forestry Farm (Tree Nursery) was a director of this provincial society

Exterior image of the Saskatoon Sanatorium.

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.

Formal/Studio portrait of R.J. St. Arnaud, Professor, Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology (Soil Science).