- RG2024-2006-086-797
- Stuk
- 1983
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Thorvaldson building in summer light
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Thorvaldson building in summer light
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Thorvaldson building in summer light
Part of Educational Media Access and Production (EMAP) fonds
Thorvaldson building in summer light
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.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
[Ross Thatcher, Premier of Saskatchewan], cuts the ribbon during the official opening of the Thorvaldson Building.
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.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
Official opening of the new addition to the Thorvaldson Building.
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.
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.
Thorvaldson Building - Official Opening
J.W.T. Spinks, University President, greets Dr. Edith C. Rowles Simpson, Dean of Home Economics, at official opening of the Thorvaldson Building.
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.
Thorvaldson Building - Exterior
Looking southeast at the Thorvaldson Building at left; pathway in foreground with lawn sprinklers on; College Building at centre, Marquis Hall at right.
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Students on steps of Thorvaldson
Looking down from the top/back of room 271 of the Thorvaldson building, nicknamed the "Airplane Room".
Life sciences research in the Thorvaldson Lab; person sitting at far end of work station.
Part of John G. Diefenbaker fonds
The Chemistry building at the University of Saskatchewan.
Part of Office of Communications fonds
Summer/spring; looking east towards front of Thorv; b&w