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R.G. Williamson fonds

  • MG 216
  • Fonds
  • 1921-2011 (inclusive); 1956-2003 (predominant)

This fonds contains material created or collected by Dr. Williamson during his varied career as an anthropologist, civil servant, legislator, professor, and as a consultant for various provincial, national and international organizations and governments. Although primarily documenting Dr. Williamson's work for and with the Inuit of northern Canada, this fonds includes material relating to all circumpolar countries, other aboriginal groups in Canada, international affairs, and a very broad range of topics as they relate to the north, including art and culture, physical geography, sport, environment, botany, zoology, economics, defence, etc. It includes his personal and professional correspondence, research data, articles and scholarly writing, as well as a substantial collection of reference publications.

Williamson, Robert Gordon, 1933-

Donald Smith fonds

  • MG 459
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1952

This collection relates to the writing and research of Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary. This book completes Donald Smith’s “Prairie Imposters” popular history trilogy concerning three prominent figures who all pretended an Aboriginal ancestry they did not, in fact, possess – Honoré Jaxon, Grey Owl, and Long Lance. The material includes photocopies of material from various sources including other archives. Unless indicated titles were supplied by author/donor.
William Henry Jackson, also known as Honoré Joseph Jaxon, Louis Riel’s secretary in
1884/85 immediately before the North-West Rebellion, labour leader (b in Toronto 13
May 1861; d in New York C, NY 10 Jan 1952). After his family moved from Ontario to Prince Albert, Sask, Will Jackson joined them, abandoning his Classics course at the University of Toronto. Having completed 3 years there, he was one of the best-educated men in the area. He became secretary of the local farmers' union, and in this capacity he met Riel in the summer of 1884. Sympathetic to the Métis cause, he went to live at Batoche, Sask, to serve as Riel's secretary, converted to Roman Catholicism and later accepted Riel's new religion. After the failure of the rebellion, or “resistance,” Jackson was tried and committed to the lunatic asylum at Fort Garry, Man. Escaping 2 months later, he walked to the American border and eventually settled in Chicago, Ill. As Honoré Joseph Jaxon he worked as a union organizer for over 2 decades. "Riel's Secretary" moved to New York after WWI, where he died (Canadian Encyclopedia Online).

Smith, Donald B.

Michael Millar fonds

  • MG 260
  • Fonds
  • 1961-1998 (inclusive) ; 1969-1979 (predominant)

This fonds contains materials related both to Michael Millar’s career as a member of Humphrey and the Dumptrucks, and more personal materials relating to his life and his activity as a long-time member of Saskatchewan’s musical community.

Millar, Michael

Christopher Kent fonds

  • MG 721
  • Fonds
  • 1713, 1941-2023 (inclusive); 1962-2010 (predominant).

This fonds contains materials relating to the career of Christopher Kent, professor and head of the history department at the University of Saskatchewan. This fonds documents his time as a professor teaching various history classes, his work in supervising masters and phd students in their thesis writing, his work with the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada, as well as his time as head of the history department including his work with the Canadian Journal of History. Also included are some materials from his undergrad studies at the University of Toronto – mainly syllabus and other handouts, with some notes and essays when they related to his later research areas. As per his faculty bio his “research areas are “Bohemia” in Britain 1815-1914 – that is the social history of the artistic and literary professions and their relationship to the idea of Bohemia as a social and cultural, as well as actual physical space (particularly in London). Other continuing and related research interests are Victorian journalism and journalists, and Victorian novels and novelists.”

Kent, Christopher

Leonard Findlay fonds

  • MG 219
  • Fonds
  • 1952, 1967-2018

This fonds contains correspondence, diaries, minutes, research material, published and unpublished articles and presentations that document the interests and career of Lenard Findlay. There is also material pertaining to a number of university and external organizations, societies, committees and organizations.

Findlay, Leonard

Avenue Community Centre fonds

  • MG 535
  • Fonds
  • 1972-2015

The textual series contains mainly publications that were owned by the Avenue Community Centre which focus on LGBTQ issues and health. The poster series contains a variety of feminist and lesbian themed posters from the 1970’s –through the 1980’s, many of which are from Saskatchewan and Saskatoon in particular, although other locations are included.

Avenue Community Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity

Griffin-Greenland collection

  • MG 466
  • Fonds
  • Photocopied [197-]

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.

Griffin, J.D.

Neil Richards fonds

  • MG 355
  • Fonds
  • 1876-2018 (inclusive); 1900-2016 (predominant)

This fonds contains a variety of collections gathered together by Neil during his lifetime. The main areas of interest are LGBT, cross dressing, wrestling, and (to a minor extent) running. Periodicals, postcards, posters, artwork, textual material, and audiovisual material are found throughout the fonds. Individual scope and content notes are included for each accession/collection in the finding aid.

Richards, Neil

Don McGuire fonds

  • MG 613
  • Fonds
  • 1981-2015

This fonds contains materials relating to the history and work of Dignity Canada Dignité, McGuire’s published letters and other correspondence, together with articles and materials outlining the debate within the Catholic church (echoed within other Christian denominations) regarding homosexuality.

McGuire, Don

Horace Beach fonds

  • MG 359
  • Fonds
  • 1945-[ca. 2002]

This fonds contains materials relating to Beach’s academic career and interests in psychology, human behaviour, and counseling; as well as material relating to World War II, conflict in general, and behaviour under various forms of stress.

Beach, Horace

Lesley Biggs fonds

  • MG 660
  • Fonds
  • 1985-2012

This fonds documents Dr. Bigg's research interests, public service, and administrative service.

Biggs, Lesley

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Elizabeth Dowdeswell

Elizabeth Dowdeswell, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, stands in academic gown with George Ivany, University President, E.K. (Ted) Turner, University Chancellor, and an unidentified man during Spring Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Violet Elizabeth (Patton) Dowdeswell was born in 1944 in the County of Antrim in Northern Ireland and brought up in an Ulster Scot tradition that puts great emphasis on scholastic achievement. Her family, father emigrated to Canada when she was five, settling in southern Saskatchewan and her childhood influences were those common to the smaller towns (Sceptre. Young, Strasbourg and Briercrest). Dowdeswell worked for the Extension Division, as a 4-H specialist each May to September when she was completing a degree in Home Economics degree and teaching certificate at the U of S. Upon graduation she became a teacher and counsellor at Swift Current Comprehensive School, finding time as well to upgrade and to complete an MSc in behavioural science at Utah State University by 1972. Following a year as a lecturer in economics and marketing at the University of Alberta. Dowdeswell returned to the Saskatchewan Department of Education as a consumer education consultant and later as the Human Rights Ombudsman before being put in charge of federal/provincial education matters. She moved to Ottawa in 1982 to work first with the Treasury Board and then with Environment Canada. After directing the Ontario office of Environment Canada, she became Assistant Deputy Minister of the Atmospheric Environment Service. Her job required community involvement and an understanding of the socioeconomic aspects of global change as she helped develop public services such as the Ozone Watch and the UV-B Index. Dowdeswell was Canada's representative to the World Meteorological Organization and in 1992 again represented Canada as principal delegate to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at the Earth Summit Conference in Rio de Janeiro. At Rio, as co-chair of a working group on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, her leadership helped confirm Canada's position in the forefront of world sustainable development. She was appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in late 1992, and was asked to combine this with the position of Executive Director of the United Nations HABITAT Programme. Elizabeth Dowdeswell was the highest-ranking Canadian and the most senior of a handful of women to top UN positions (2012). She was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 2014.

Sophia Dixon fonds

  • MG 224
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1990, predominant 1920-1950

This fonds contains materials relating to Sophia Dixon's interests in international relations; the various ideologies current in the 1930s and 1940s, notably labour and worker's rights, socialism, communism, social credit, and the rise of fascism during this period; local and international women's organizations, etc. In particular, this fonds provides a comprehensive record of the early Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in Saskatchewan and Canada; the Farmer-Labor Group, Saskatchewan Farmer's Union, and United Farmers of Canada. Also included is a series of books and other reference materials collected by Charles and Sophia Dixon.

Dixon, Sophia Hansine Rossander, 1900-1994

Statues - Lesya Ukrainka - Unveiling

V.O. Buyniak, Head, Department of Slavic Studies, speaks at the unveiling ceremony of the 10-foot high bronze statue of Lesya Ukrainka, the celebrated Ukrainian poet.

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.

Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Senator Paul Yuzyk

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Senator Paul Yuzyk at the 66th annual spring Convocation at Centennial Auditorium. Norman K. Cram, University Secretary, hoods recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1913 at Pinto, Saskatchewan, east of Roche Percee, Paul Yuzyk began his career as a teacher from 1933-1942. After briefly serving in the Royal Canadian Army, he returned in 1943 to the University of Saskatchewan to complete a BA Honours in History (1947) and an MA in History (1948). In 1949, he entered a PhD program in history at the University of Minnesota completing his course work in 1951 and his PhD in 1958. In 1951 Yuzyk started his academic career teaching History and Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba; writing books and articles on the contributions of Ukrainian-Canadians and other ethnic groups. He became a spokesperson for what he called the "Third Force" or Canadians of non-British and non-French origin. While in the Senate Yuzyk played an active role in the development and implementation of multiculturalism, while figuring significantly in various parliamentary committees and in delegations to the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Yuzyk was closely associated with various cultural and human rights organizations; for instance, he was Director of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and Chairman of the Canadian Folk Art Council. Yuzyk died in office in Ottawa in 1986.

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