Murray Memorial Library and Chemistry Building
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- 1958
Looking north at north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library and Chemistry Building; trees in foreground.
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Murray Memorial Library and Chemistry Building
Looking north at north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library and Chemistry Building; trees in foreground.
Murray Memorial Library and Chemistry Building
Looking north at north wing of Murray Memorial Library at left and Chemistry Building at centre.
Looking west across the Bowl. Campus buildings (l to r): Arts Tower, Chemistry Building, Biology Building, Physics Building.
Chemistry Building - Exxterior
Looking at the front of the Chemistry Building with cars parked in front.
Close-up of the front facade of the Chemistry Building showing details.
Looking southwest as Chemistry annexes being moved; Chemistry Building in background.
Bio/Historical Note: The limitations of the original Chemistry Building became apparent with the massive influx of students at the end of World War II. The rise in enrollment put a strain on the resources of universities across the country. In response the federal government offered military surplus equipment and buildings to educational institutions at bargain prices. The University of Saskatchewan purchased nine surplus huts used at the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airport at Dafoe, Saskatchewan, for $46,000 and joined them together to form Chemistry Annex One and Two. This “temporary” solution remained in place for two decades. The annexes were reconfigured in 1964-1965. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. The annexes were removed by spring 1977.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
Images of the opening ceremonies of the Thorvaldson Building and the subsequent dinner.
Bio/Historical Note: The Chemistry Building was enlarged with an addition and was renamed in honour of Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, professor and dean of Chemistry from 1919-1959. The Thorvaldson Building opened on 6 June 1966. Architect John B. Parkin’s modern design continued with exterior stone cladding. The near windowless, stone three-storey addition provided classrooms, undergraduate and research laboratories, offices, a library and service facilities.
Looking northeast at Chemistry Building. Landscaping in foreground; cars parked in front.
Murray Memorial Library (North Wing) and Chemistry Building
Looking west at Murray Memorial Library at left and Chemistry Building at right.
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.
Looking east at University Hospital and Ellis Hall in foreground, Chemistry Building; north wing of Murray Memorial (Main) Library in background.
Elevated view looking east from the Arts Tower of the Chemistry (Thorvaldson) Building. Physics Building and Kirk Hall at centre; Administration Building at right.
Looking northeast at Chemistry Building.
Looking northeast at Chemistry Building.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Looking north at students changing classes; Chemistry Building and Murray Memorial (Main) Library visible. Winter scene.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Students walking on campus during winter. Chemistry Building and Murray Memorial (Main) Library in background.