Note on back of image: Vivian Ducharme of Saskatoon, third-year Music student, accepts a plaque from Bill Hoy, past district governor of Lions International, at a ceremony marking the opening of the Centre for the Visually Handicapped at the University of Saskatchewan. R.V. Rudolph (left), district administrator, CNIB, Saskatoon, and David C. Appelt (right), head librarian, University of Saskatchewan Library, look on.

Dwaine Nelson, professor of Music, receives the Master Teacher Award from Dr. Bruce Schnell, Vice-President (Academic), at spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dwaine Darold Nelson was born in 1926 at Coteau, Burke County, North Dakota, and began playing in the family band as a pre-teen. Nelson attended Minot State Teacher's College, Minot, North Dakota, where he majored in music and specialized in teaching brass. After marriage in 1954 he moved to Mohall, North Dakota, where Nelson became the choral and instrumental music teacher at Mohall High and Middle School. Under his direction, the band took many state honors. He was active in the community where he also directed the choir at the Mohall Methodist Church. During the summers he studied for his MA at Greeley Colorado State University. He was often called upon to conduct symphonics bands at the International Music Camp near the International Peace Gardens. Nelson then accepted a position as chairman of the music department and professor of music at Dickinson Teachers College, Dickinson, North Dakota, in 1958. There he founded the Tri-State Music Festival. In 1967 Nelson moved to Saskatoon, where he was professor of Music at the University of Saskatchewan. He won the Master Teacher Award in 1990 for his excellence in and dedication to teaching. Nelson was a driving force in the development of the Department of Music, forming instrumental programs which grew from near non-existence to hundreds of participants. In 1978 he founded UNIFEST which has become one of western Canada's major music festivals and which also attracts thousands of students annually. Over the years Nelson conducted over 300 concerts and clinic/workshops in western Canada and the United States, served as adjudicator or examiner at 80 music festivals and as guest conductor for bands, orchestras and choral groups. Nelson’s years as conductor of the Saskatoon Junior Symphony and the Saskatoon Symphony were times of tremendous growth. His Orchestral Development Program was recognized by the Canada Council as a "significant model of all of Canada". Nelson died of a heart attack in 1991, one year after retirement. The Dwaine Nelson Memorial Scholarship for Band, Conducting, and Orchestra honours Nelson.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Milt Bell, professor and head of Animal Science.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Milton (Milt) Bell was born in 1922 in Islay, Alberta. He earned a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Alberta (1943), an MSc from McGill University (1945), and a PhD from Cornell University (1948) specializing in nutrition. He joined the faculty of the Department of Animal Husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948. Dr. Bell served as department head from 1954-1975, then as associate dean from 1975-1980, and finally as the Burford Hooke Research Chair until his retirement in 1990. Dr. Bell was an active member of a small team of plant breeders, nutritionists and chemists that developed canola as a major crop for Canadian farmers. His work with rapeseed, begun in the early 1950s, involved basic nutritional research but also branched into toxicology and the mechanism of action of goitroigens and glucosinolates in swine and mice. Dr. Bell worked co-operatively with plant breeders and other animal nutritionists in defining the detrimental characteristics in rapeseed, which eventually gave rise to the development of canola and the effective utilization of canola meal in livestock rations. Dr. Bell served as president of the Canadian Society of Animal Science in 1952, also serving on the editorial board of the Journal of Nutrition, the Canadian Journal of Animal Science, and the Journal of the European Association of Animal Production. In recognition of Dr. Bell’s many contributions, he received more than twenty major awards, including Fellow of the Agriculture Institute of Canada (FAIC), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), Doctor of Science (McGill University), and Officer in the Order of Canada (1972). He also was invested into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. Dr. Bell’s dedication to the field of animal nutrition was demonstrated by his response to receiving the James McAnsh Award from the Canola Council of Canada. Dr. Bell, the first recipient of this award, chose not to accept the cash award, and directed that the money be used to establish the J.M. Bell Post Graduate Scholarship in Animal Nutrition at the U of S. Dr. Bell died in Saskatoon in 1998.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Milt Bell, professor and head of Animal Science.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. John Milton (Milt) Bell was born in 1922 in Islay, Alberta. He earned a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Alberta (1943), an MSc from McGill University (1945), and a PhD from Cornell University (1948) specializing in nutrition. He joined the faculty of the Department of Animal Husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948. Dr. Bell served as department head from 1954-1975, then as associate dean from 1975-1980, and finally as the Burford Hooke Research Chair until his retirement in 1990. Dr. Bell was an active member of a small team of plant breeders, nutritionists and chemists that developed canola as a major crop for Canadian farmers. His work with rapeseed, begun in the early 1950s, involved basic nutritional research but also branched into toxicology and the mechanism of action of goitroigens and glucosinolates in swine and mice. Dr. Bell worked co-operatively with plant breeders and other animal nutritionists in defining the detrimental characteristics in rapeseed, which eventually gave rise to the development of canola and the effective utilization of canola meal in livestock rations. Dr. Bell served as president of the Canadian Society of Animal Science in 1952, also serving on the editorial board of the Journal of Nutrition, the Canadian Journal of Animal Science, and the Journal of the European Association of Animal Production. In recognition of Dr. Bell’s many contributions, he received more than twenty major awards, including Fellow of the Agriculture Institute of Canada (FAIC), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), Doctor of Science (McGill University), and Officer in the Order of Canada (1972). He also was invested into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. Dr. Bell’s dedication to the field of animal nutrition was demonstrated by his response to receiving the James McAnsh Award from the Canola Council of Canada. Dr. Bell, the first recipient of this award, chose not to accept the cash award, and directed that the money be used to establish the J.M. Bell Post Graduate Scholarship in Animal Nutrition at the U of S. Dr. Bell died in Saskatoon in 1998.

Action shot of male Agriculture students playing basketball in the Physical Education gym.

Action shot of male Agriculture students playing basketball in the Physical Education gym.

This collection consists primarily of photocopies of correspondence, articles, photographs, sessional papers, and press clippings, related to William Henry Jackson (or Honore Jaxon, as he is also known) including copies of his correspondence. The originals of much of the material dates from 1885. The material is organized and recorded according to the structure that Griffen and Greenland have devised.