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Don Cochrane fonds

  • MG 337
  • Fonds
  • 1950-2017 (inclusive) ; 1980-2005 (predominant).

This fonds consists of materials used, created, and accumulated by Don Cochrane relating to his academic career. It includes University of Saskatchewan administrative and course materials as well as files relating to the organization and operation of the Breaking the Silence Conference and the Certificate in Ecological Education (CERTEE) program. There are also a number of files detailing international study tours organized by Don Cochrane through the College of Education.

This fonds also includes a file of class notes which were created by Lorne Dignean, a student in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan from 1950 to 1951. Mr. Dignean was a teacher for over 35 years at schools around Saskatoon. He taught for the most years at Clavet School, where he provided a scholarship in his family name in 1999. Lorne Dignean died in 2018.

Cochrane, Donald B.

E.G. Nisbet / C.M.R. Fowler fonds

  • MG 103
  • Fonds
  • 1969-1992 (inclusive) ; 1981-1992 (predominant)

This fonds contains correspondence, minutes, reports, articles, drafts, notes, and clippings pertaining to the academic and personal lives of Nisbet and Fowler, and the research and findings of their colleagues in the international geological community. Specific topics include komatiities, plate tectonics, global warming, Third World debt, science education in Canada, Zimbabwe, Archaean geology, origin of life, and the environment.

Nisbet, Euan G.

David Carpenter fonds

  • MG 163
  • Fonds
  • nd, 1834-2023 (inclusive); 1976-2023 (predominant).

This fonds contains correspondence, diaries, published and unpublished manuscripts by Carpenter, publications by Carpenter and others and photographs.

Carpenter, David

Dr. K.A.H. Buckley fonds

  • MG 529
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1969

This collection contains the papers, pamphlets, reports, correspondence, and newspaper clippings which Dr. K.A.H. Buckley has collected from his involvement in the South Saskatchewan River Project. The material has been arranged according to the groupings and headings which Dr. Buckley has assigned them.

South Saskatchewan River Project

C.S. Houston fonds

  • MG 164
  • Fonds
  • 1817-2017 (inclusive) ; 1922-2015 (predominant)

This fonds contains personal files, correspondence, research materials, publications, meeting files, administrative records, association files and photographs relating to C.S. Houston's teaching, research and scholarly pursuits. The extensive research files primarily relate to: congenital dislocation of the hip in native people; anti-smoking activities; and the history of radiology in Saskatchewan and Canada. Drafts, files and correspondence document the preparation of publications on the Franklin Expeditions, T.A. Patrick, and R.G. Ferguson. Administrative records relate to Dr. Houston's position as Head of Medical Imaging.

Houston, Clarence Stuart

J.S. Rowe fonds

  • MG 231
  • Fonds
  • 1957-1997 (inclusive); 1969-1973 (predominant)

Documents in the fonds relate to the National Research Council - International Biological Program Natural Area Survey - Conservation Terrestrial Saskatchewan Region. Most regions of Canada had an IBP Committee working toward the establishment of a Natural Area system. The Sask. provincial program started in 1968. Fieldwork began in 1969 with 95 areas were selected for the inventory.

Rowe, John Stanley

D.S. Rawson fonds

  • MG 8
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1961

This fonds consists of notes, record books, and reports concerning Rawson's limnological research: particularly his studies done in Prince Albert National Park (1928-1934); the national parks areas of the Rocky Mountains (1935-1941); Riding Mountain National Park; Reindeer, Athabasca, and Great Slave Lake; and Lac La Ronge, Amisk Lake, and the Churchill drainage system (1942 onward). Additionally, there is considerable correspondence with a number of Rawson's colleagues and with various national organizations. The fonds also includes speeches, maps, and lecture notes. There are also photograph albums which contain family images, images of research trips, and of various flora and fauna.

Rawson, Donald Strathearn

Aninda Chakravarti fonds

  • MG 138
  • Fonds
  • 1956-1994

This fonds contains reference material, correspondence, reports, manuscripts, maps and research data relating to Dr. Chakravarti's research, teaching, and administrative career. Included are correspondence relating to, and manuscripts of, many of Chakravarti's published articles. Dr. Chakravarti has published widely in the following fields: synoptic climatology; precipitation patterns, drought and dust storms on the Canadian prairies; and agricultural and foods problems in India. The administrative series contains material relating to the restructuring of the Geography graduate program in the 1980s and to the appointments made in the department. The teaching series includes lecture notes, exams and assignments, and student evaluations.

Chakravarti, Aninda