- A-628
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- Jan. 1962
Looking south at snowdrifts across the Bowl; tree laden with snow in foreground. University buildings in background (from l to r): Medical Building, Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Arts Building, and Chemistry Building.
Looking south at snowdrifts across the Bowl; tree laden with snow in foreground. University buildings in background (from l to r): Medical Building, Murray Memorial (Main) Library, Arts Building, and Chemistry Building.
Student Activities - Ice Sculpture
view of ice sculpture made by medical students in front of Murray Memorial Building. Arts Building in background; looking west.
University of Saskatchewan Arts Building--Exterior
Entrance set back among other buildings. Bicycle stand, trees and sidewalk in the foreground. Part of the Architectural Display.
Students walking in front of north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library; Arts Building in background.
Statues - Lesya Ukrainka - Dignitaries
Group photo of dignitaries present at the unveiling ceremony of the 10-foot high bronze statue of Lesya Ukrainka, the celebrated Ukrainian poet. Back row from l to r: Tom Gauley, Chairman, Board of Governors; R.W. Begg, University President; V.O. Buyniak, Head, Department of Slavic Studies; and Nina Okhatrina, Ukrainian representative. Front row (l to r): Ukrainian representatives Volodymr F. Skofenko, Mikhalio Stelmakh, and Mikola Manoiolo.
Bio/Historical Note: Lesya Ukrainka (Larysa Kosach-Kvitka) (1871-1913), the celebrated Ukrainian poet, made her mark on Ukrainian and world literature through her diverse writing talents. Her profound knowledge of world history and languages enabled her to write extensively across genres on a variety of subjects. In her lyrical works and dramatic poems, she vividly developed the themes of patriotism, human dignity, and personal integrity. Ukrainka’s work is timeless in its powerful assertion of human rights and freedoms. In 1976, a bronze statue of Lesya Ukrainka, made in Kyiv, Ukraine (USSR) by sculptor Halyna Kal’chenko and architect Anatoliy Ihnashchenko, was unveiled at the University of Saskatchewan. Commissioned by the Association for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad, the statue was at the time seen by some merely as Soviet propaganda designed to rehabilitate their international reputation tarnished, in part, by injustices perpetrated against the people of Ukraine. The gift was initially declined by both the Province of Saskatchewan and the City of Saskatoon before being accepted by the University of Saskatchewan and installed on campus in a grove south of the Arts Tower. Through a generous donation by Dr. Victor O. Buyniak, as well as through the support of alumni and the wider Ukrainian community, the statue was refurbished and unveiled in its present location on 1 August 2013, the centenary of the death of Lesya Ukrainka.
Bio/historical note: A statue of Lesya Ukrainka, the celebrated Ukrainian poet, was presented to the U of S in 1976 by the Association for Cultural Relations with Ukrainians Abroad of the USSR as a gift of friendship from the people of Ukraine to the people of Canada.
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.
Front entrance Arts Tower and Place Riel Theatre
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Theatre and side of Arts tower.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower and front view of classroom wing addition.
Front entrance Arts Tower and Place Riel Theatre
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower at seven stories on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
Front entrance Arts Tower and Place Riel Theatre
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower at seven stories on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
Arts Tower, University of Saskatchewan
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower at seven stories on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
Arts Tower and classroom wing, University of Saskatchewan
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
Arts Tower at seven stories on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
View of campus across the bowl
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Summer scenic - students relaxing in the Bowl with Arts Tower, and Geology Building in the background.
View of campus across the bowl
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Summer scenic - students walking past the Bowl with Arts Tower and Thorvaldson Building in the background.
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
View of Arts Tower across Bowl with flowers and trees in foreground; Summer.