St. Andrew's College - Exterior
- A-770
- Item
- 1952
Exterior of St. Andrew's College, looking south west. High trees and shrubs in the foreground.
St. Andrew's College - Exterior
Exterior of St. Andrew's College, looking south west. High trees and shrubs in the foreground.
Department of Soils and Dairy Science Building - Exterior
View looking northeast of Soils and Dairy Science (later the John Mitchell) Building. Field Husbandry (later Crop Science) Building in background; cars parked on road in foreground.
Department of Art and Art History - Official Opening
Otto Rogers, associate professor and head, Department of Art; Douglas R. Cherry, dean, Arts and Science; and R.W. Begg, University President (l to r), converse at the official opening of the Art Department's new quarters in the Murray Memorial Building.
Department of Art and Art History - Faculty
Art Department faculty, Seated: Bill Epp, Hans S. Dommasch, Donald K. McNamee and Wynona Mulcaster. Standing: Mina M. Forsyth, Jim Thornsbury, Ron Shuebrook, Douglas Bentham, and Otto Rogers.
Department of Art and Art History - Class in Session
Students standing with instructor Gordon W. Snelgrove at the blackboard are I.A. Harper, W.J. Daviduk, N.H. Barabash, S. Sawyshyn, D.G. Kent, H.E. Neufeld and J.J Sadlowski.
Bio/Historical Note: Gordon W. Snelgrove (1898–1966) was a painter, art historian and one of the first people in Canada to receive a PhD in art history. In 1936 he served as professor of art and art history at the University of Saskatchewan’s Regina campus. Later he joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Saskatoon campus as head of the Art Department and remained in that position until his retirement in the fall of 1965. He died in February 1966. The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery was opened in the basement of the Murray Building in 1966. It serves as a venue for students to showcase their work and acts as a tribute to a man devoted to art and teaching new generations of artists. It also curates the collection for the department of art and art history, comprised of select works from graduating students that are displayed throughout the campus.
Department of Art and Art History - Class in Session
Students standing and seated at a table with their equipment spread around them; paintings on wall in background.
Department of Art and Art History - Class in Session
Students seated at tables with instructor Gordon W. Snelgrove standing in front of class. View from back of class looking towards instructor. Paintings leaning on rail of blackboard.
Bio/Historical Note: Gordon W. Snelgrove (1898–1966) was a painter, art historian and one of the first people in Canada to receive a PhD in art history. In 1936 he served as professor of art and art history at the University of Saskatchewan’s Regina campus. Later he joined the University of Saskatchewan’s Saskatoon campus as head of the Art Department and remained in that position until his retirement in the fall of 1965. He died in February 1966. The Gordon Snelgrove Gallery was opened in the basement of the Murray Building in 1966. It serves as a venue for students to showcase their work and acts as a tribute to a man devoted to art and teaching new generations of artists. It also curates the collection for the department of art and art history, comprised of select works from graduating students that are displayed throughout the campus.
Department of Art and Art History - Class in Session
Students seated taking instruction from Ken Lochhead. Paintings on wall in background.
Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Campbell Lochhead, OC (1926-2006) was a Canadian professor and painter. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he attended the Summer Art School at Queen's University in 1944. From 1945-1948, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. From 1946-1948, he studied at the Barnes Foundation near Philadelphia. From 1950 to 1964, he was the director of the School of Art at the University of Saskatchewan – Regina Campus. Among his pupils there was Joan Rankin. In 1961, he exhibited his paintings as part of the Regina Five at the National Gallery of Canada with Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton. From 1964-1973, he was an associate professor in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contribution to the development of painting, especially in Western Canada, as an artist and teacher.” From 1973-1975, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. From 1975 to 1989, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa. In 2006, he was awarded the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Lochhead died in Ottawa in 2006.
Department of Art and Art History - Class in Session
Students seated at tables working; a collection of paintings hang on wall in background.
Department of Art and Art History - Class in Session
Elevated view of students seated in numbered chairs in the lecture theatre.
Da Bomb stylist Jocelyn Hudec works on Arts and Science student Franz Peters, while her colleague Shannon Klingbell gives Jennifer Chan a manicure.
Bio/Historical Note: Image appeared in 10 Nov. 2000 issue of OCN.
View of Saskatoon buildings, looking from Nutana across the river, north of 19th Street (Victoria) Bridge. Crescent Arena in foreground.
Bio/Historical Note: Crescent Arena, also known as the Saskatoon Arena and Crescent Rink, was built in the 1910s and was the home of the Saskatoon Sheiks of the Western Canadian Hockey League and the Saskatoon Wesleys of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The arena was demolished in 1932 so the Broadway Bridge could be built. It was eventually replaced by a newer Saskatoon Arena in 1937.
Two graduates standing in front of College Building with bouquets in their arms.
Convocation - Women Graduates - Group Photo
Women graduates in academic robes, some holding flowers, stand in front of the College Building, Names: L. Winnifred Muzzy, Inez Houlding, Dorothy Barnes (vice-president);, Edith Annie Trumpour, Maude Margaret Lamont, Evelyn R. Waind, Ethel Gwendolyn Preston, Mary (Minnie) Ashmore Walker, Gertrude Meta Gallon (senior stick); Norlaine Burnett, Christina Cameron Murray (president); Vivian M. Brown.
Convocation - Women Graduates - Group Photo
Graduates standing in front of the [College Building] holding bouquets in their arms.