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Abigail DeLury - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Abigail DeLury, first director of Women's Work, and first director of Homemakers' Clubs.

Bio/Historical Note: Abigail DeLury was born in 1868 in Manilla, Ontario. She trained as a teacher at Port Perry and Toronto Normal School and then taught for 14 years. DeLury obtained her diploma in Home Economics from the Ontario Agricultural College and taught at Macdonald College, McGill University, before moving to Moose Jaw in 1910 to teach home economics in the public schools. The University of Saskatchewan’s first Extension director, F. Hedley Auld, heard of her background and hired her for the summers of 1911 and 1912 to visit local fairs and to encourage women to form Homemakers' clubs. These clubs were seen as useful tools for supporting family life, community building, promoting the interests of rural young people, emphasizing the cultural side of life and educating in citizenship. Such was DeLury’s success at this task that in 1913 she was appointed director of Women's Work at the University, reporting directly to President Walter C. Murray. DeLury was the first woman with a permanent appointment at the university. She provided direction to the Homemakers' Clubs and advanced home economics extension services to women and families in the province. In 1914, the year after her appointment, there were 90 Homemakers' clubs in Saskatchewan. When DeLury retireed in 1930, there were 240 with 5,800 members. Instruction in household science began on campus in 1917 with the appointment of Ethel B. Rutter as instructor. The Department became a School within the College of Arts and Science in 1928 and the School became a College in 1942. In 1941 the degree program expanded from 3 to 4 years following senior matriculation. The name was changed from the College of Household Science to the College of Home Economics in 1952 (the college was phased out in 1990). DeLury traveled the province advocating activities that enhanced farm home and community life at a time when immigrants were swarming in to take up homesteads. She encouraged Homemakers to promote tree planting, boys' and girls' club work (now called 4-H), poultry raising, beekeeping, fruit growing, better education, better health services and a better, more co-operative community spirit. DeLury retired in 1930 and returned to Manilla; she died there in 1957. Abigail DeLury was inducted posthumously into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2005.

Lucy Murray on Mountain Trek

Lucy Murray on Mountain Trek

Lucy Murray, second from right, with three mountain climbing friends, rest after reaching the summit of Mount Thompson, Banff National Park, Alberta.

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.

Haultain House - Architectural Drawing

Haultain House - Architectural Drawing

Image of part of an architectural drawing of the proposed Haultain Hall.

Bio/historical note: The main entrance to a proposed Arts Building put out to tender in 1930, but stopped by the depression. It was to be named Haultain Hall after Sir Frederick Haultain, Premier of the North West Territories, 1891-1905, Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, 1917-1939. His ashes are buried near the Memorial Gates where there is a tablet to commemorate him. The architect was David Brown.

William W. Swanson - Portrait

William W. Swanson - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of William W. Swanson, Department of Economics, 1916-1945.

Bio/Historical Note: William Walker Swanson earned a BA with Honours in Political Science from Queen's University, and studied under Professor Adam Shortt. He earned a Ph.D. at Chicago University. Swanson died in 1950.

Agriculture - Plowing Matches - Elfros

Agriculture - Plowing Matches - Elfros

[?] Gowen sitting on a furrow plow and driving a twenty horse outfit during a plowing match.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1910 the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture turned over to the University the responsibility for the development and delivery of agricultural and women's extension programs throughout the Province. To fulfill this mandate, the Department of Agricultural Extension (1910) and Women's Work (1913) were established within the College of Agriculture. Initially the activities of Agricultural Extension focused on services to the Agricultural Societies--short courses, institutes (meetings and conferences), plowing matches, field crop contests, stock judging, etc.

Agriculture - Poultry - Chickens

Agriculture - Poultry - Chickens

Cross bred [Barred Rock hens and New Hampshire males] feeding at the trough.

Bio/historical note: The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture gave every encouragement to poultry producers to improve the quality of their market. "Poultry Public", fattening stations were established and numerous killing and fattening demonstrations were given.

Frank E. Riches - Portrait

Frank E. Riches - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Frank E. Riches, Business Manager, 1921-1942.

Bio/Historical Note: Frank E. Riches was the business manager at the University of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1942, during those inter-war years when the institution was developing rapidly. To him fell the responsibility of establishing a.business routine that could match and at the same time regulate that growth. He set up the University Bookstore and the post office. He instituted a budgeting system for all university departments. Riches died in Ontario in 1968.

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