Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
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- [1947?]
Elevated view looking west along the edge of the Bowl at students walk on pathways; Physics and Chemistry buildings at right.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Elevated view looking west along the edge of the Bowl at students walk on pathways; Physics and Chemistry buildings at right.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Students walking on campus during winter. Chemistry Building and Murray Memorial (Main) Library in background.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Looking south at students changing classes in winter. University buildings in background (l to r): Administration Building, Murray Memorial (Main) Building, Arts Building, and Chemistry Building.
Campus - Scenic - Students Changing Classes
Elevated view looking west across the Bowl as students change classes. Chemistry Building, Physics Building and Murray Memorial (Main) Library visible.
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.
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.
Thorvaldson Building - Construction
Elevated view of steel structure being erected next to Chemistry Building; crane ar left. Winter scene.
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.