This fonds documents the friendships, civic and individual concerns, and personal involvement that together, help create and define a sense of community. It contains materials relating to Ruth Horlick's life, the experiences as varied as war and household that impacted upon her, and her extensive friendships. Additionally it documents her commitments to various organizations, including her work with psychiatric patients at Royal University Hospital and the McKerracher Centre, as well as her volunteer work with the Saskatoon Symphony and the Learning Disabilities Association.
Walter C. Murray, University President, standing (at centre) in front of a railcar with two unidentified men. One man is Dr. Nicholson, who attended the University of Edinburgh with Murray and lived in the same boarding house.
Head and shoulders image of Christina Cameron Murray.
Bio/Historical Note: Christina Cameron Murray, eldest daughter of the University of Saskatchewan's first President, Walter Charles Murray, and Christina Cameron Murray, was born in 1896 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She earned a BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1917 and graduated from Montreal's Royal Victoria School of Nursing in 1924. In 1930 Christina returned to Canada to become an instructor at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. In 1934-1935 she completed a course in hospital administration and instruction from the Bedford College for Women at the University of London. Christina held a number of teaching positions during her career: University of Wisconsin (1925-1930); Ottawa Civic Hospital (1930-1934); and Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing in Vancouver (1934-1938). Christina was active in district, state, and national nursing organizations in the United States and at the time of her death was chairman of the membership committee of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing. Christina earned the rank of full professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing where she worked from 1938 until her death in Madison in 1948 at age 51. The School of Nursing Alumnae designated a memorial reading room in the library in honour of Christina. ‘Murray House’ in Chadbourne Hall is also named after her.
Lucy Murray and an unidentified friend trying to put up a tent; clothes on clothesline and trees in background.
Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1902 in Nova Scotia, Lucy Hunter Murray was the second daughter of Walter C. Murray, the University of Saskatchewan's first president, and Christina Cameron Murray. Lucy Murray received her BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1923 and her MA from the University of Toronto in 1925. Then followed a B.Ed. degree in 1933 at the University of Saskatchewan where she received the McColl scholarship in 1933. Murray earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1935. She joined the Regina College's department of English in 1936 and was an Associate Professor there at the time of her death in 1967. Murray was given the Cliff Shaw Memorial Award for her contributions to the Blue Jay, the journal of the Saskatchewan Natural History Society.
Lucy Murray standing with a stone building [on campus] in background.
Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1902 in Nova Scotia, Lucy Hunter Murray was the second daughter of Walter C. Murray, the University of Saskatchewan's first president, and Christina Cameron Murray. Lucy Murray received her BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 1923 and her MA from the University of Toronto in 1925. Then followed a B.Ed. degree in 1933 at the University of Saskatchewan where she received the McColl scholarship in 1933. Murray earned a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1935. She joined the Regina College's department of English in 1936 and was an Associate Professor there at the time of her death in 1967. Murray was given the Cliff Shaw Memorial Award for her contributions to the Blue Jay, the journal of the Saskatchewan Natural History Society.
A Clydesdale stallion, Everlasting, with cropped tail, four white legs and white face, being held with a bridle in a yard with buildings in background.
Man seated in a cutter sleigh, dressed in winter clothes, holding the reins of a smaller black horse harnessed in the shafts with a circle of bells around its mid section.
Bio/Historical Note: By 1910, 19 horses had been purchased by the College of Agriculture that were good work horses or suitable for student class work. Two were purebred Clydesdales. Three light horses were also purchased. One named Barney was used in the morning to deliver milk to faculty in Nutana and in the afternoon on the buggy as Dean Rutherford made his farm rounds. In 1920 the Province asked the Animal Husbandry Department to establish a Clydesdale breeding stud. This led to development of an outstanding collection of prize winning horses that became a focus of the Department. In the 1920s the Percheron and Belgian breeders also demanded support for their breeds and so they were included in the university stud and some cross breeding was undertaken. The campus horses were used for field work for all Departments, general hauling and site work for new buildings. An unofficial use was for the Lady Godiva ride across campus each fall. By the 1940s it was clear that the era of horses as a main source of farm power was over. The final stallion used in the breeding program was the imported "Windlaw Proprietor," grand champion stallion at the 1946 Royal Winter Fair.
A Clydesdale horse being held by a halter in a yard. Campus building and corral in background.
Bio/Historical Note: By 1910, 19 horses had been purchased by the College of Agriculture that were good work horses or suitable for student class work. Two were purebred Clydesdales. Three light horses were also purchased. One named Barney was used in the morning to deliver milk to faculty in Nutana and in the afternoon on the buggy as Dean Rutherford made his farm rounds. In 1920 the Province asked the Animal Husbandry Department to establish a Clydesdale breeding stud. This led to development of an outstanding collection of prize winning horses that became a focus of the Department. In the 1920s the Percheron and Belgian breeders also demanded support for their breeds and so they were included in the university stud and some cross breeding was undertaken. The campus horses were used for field work for all Departments, general hauling and site work for new buildings. An unofficial use was for the Lady Godiva ride across campus each fall. By the 1940s it was clear that the era of horses as a main source of farm power was over. The final stallion used in the breeding program was the imported "Windlaw Proprietor," grand champion stallion at the 1946 Royal Winter Fair.
