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Harold McIvar Weir fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1917-1928, 1962

This fonds consists of correspondence and other material relating to various personal, legal, financial and property matters in which Harold Weir was involved, as well as material related to professional associations, committees, and other professional activities in which he was active. Also included is a draft of his treatise on the history of the City of Saskatoon

Weir, Harold McIvar, 1879-1968

Hauling supplies with three horses

Three horses hitched to a wagon with Jack Coulter driving it. The wagon is loaded with household supplies and lumber. The load is too heavy for a team and the third horse pulls through a chain connected to the back axle.

Historama Essay Contest Winners

Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) and Western Development Museum (WDM) - sponsored Historama essay contest winners. Diane Quilichini (Biggar, Sask), Julia Hart (Beaver Dam School District) and Bonnie Coventry (Alex Wright School, Nipawin, Sask.)

Hockey Tournaments

This series contains 8 programs, 5 game tickets, 3 team lists, 4 posters with dates, and 4 posters without dates.

Graphic Arts Printing

Homesteading wagon trek

Four wagons loaded with household articles leaving Saskatoon. The first wagon is being pulled by oxen with four cows beside it. The third wagon is also being pulled by oxen while the fourth wagon has a team of horses pulling it.

J. Howard Richards - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of J. Howard Richards, Professor and Head, Department of Geography.

Bio/Historical Note: J. Howard Richards was born 21 May 1916 in Caerphilly, Wales. He enrolled at the University of Wales in 1934 and graduated in 1938 with a B.Sc. in Geography. Richards remained in Wales the following year to teach at a private school and spent the next two years as a Meteorologist in the United Kingdom and Canada. He joined the Royal Canadian Army, serving in Europe from 1942-1946. After his discharge, Richards enrolled at the University of Toronto; in 1947 he received his MA. Richards taught at Utica College of Syracuse University and the University of Manitoba before returning to the University of Toronto, where he earned his PhD in 1956. He briefly joined the staff of the Royal Military College of Canada prior to coming to the University of Saskatchewan in 1960 as Professor and Head of the newly formed Department of Geography. He was to remain in that post until his retirement in 1979. He was named Professor Emeritus in 1983. During his tenure, Richards developed academic programs in Geography and the interdisciplinary programs of Land Use, Environmental Studies and Regional and Urban Development and Planning. He was the editor of the first "Atlas of Saskatchewan" and the author of "Saskatchewan Geography" and "Saskatchewan: A Geographical Appraisal," among other publications.

J.C. Drinkle Building

Looking west at the Drinkle Building, location of the University of Saskatchewan's original campus in 1909 and 1910. Located on the southwest corner of 21st Street East and 2nd Avenue South in downtown Saskatoon; pedestrians walking on sidewalk and road.

Bio/Historical Note: Drinkle Block No. 1 was built by John Clarence Drinkle in 1909. It was the first large and modern business block in the city and boasted the latest conveniences - elevators and telephones. The building was demolished in 1925 when it was destroyed in fire and was replaced with the McMillan Building around 1927.

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