College of Arts and Science Building - Interior
- A-9781
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- July 1976
A female student sits beside a metal sculpture in Arts Building; possibly in the classroom wing.
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College of Arts and Science Building - Interior
A female student sits beside a metal sculpture in Arts Building; possibly in the classroom wing.
Campus - Scenic - Arts Building
Looking east at Arts Building; students walking on pathway. North wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library visible in background.
College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
View of the Arts Tower from the Murray Memorial (Main) Library.
Campus - Scenic - Arts Building
Students seated on small stone walls in the sunshine, others walking along pathway in front of Arts Building. Trees and bicycles in background, lamp post at left.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building Tower
An elevated shot looking northwest [likely taken from the Murray Library]. The Arts and Science Tower is in the centre of the image. City in the background.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Looking northwest at students changing classes in front of Arts Building; Arts Tower at left.
Murray Memorial Library - North Wing - Exterior
Looking north at the Murray Library. Students changing classes in front of a parking lot; Arts Tower at left.
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.
The Bowl at centre of image with University buildings (from l to r): Qu'Appelle Hall, Marquis Hall, north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library. and the Arts Building. People walking on pathways at left.
Looking southwest across the Bowl at campus buildings (l to r): north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Arts Tower construction, and Chemistry Building.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building
View in the summer with classroom wing on the left. Sidewalk, trees and shrubs in the foreground.
The University of Saskatchewan Arts Building--Tower Construction
Construction equipment in front of the building, two and one half floors of framing are in place. Classrooms on the right with leafless trees in the foreground.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building
View in the winter with classroom wing on the left. Hoarfrost on the trees and shrubs in the foreground.
Looking west at campus buildings (l to r): North wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library, and Arts Tower and classroom wing at right. Students walking on pathways at right.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building
View in the summer from across the bowl from the Administration building. Cars parked in the foreground.
Looking west across the Bowl from the Administration Building at campus buildings (l to r): North wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Arts Building, Chemistry, and Physics buildings, The 46th Battalion C.E.F. Memorial Stone visible at far right.