Photographs of Northrop Frye taken during a talk on "The Quality of Life in the Seventies" and sponsored by the University of Toronto Alumni Association as part of Seminar 71. It includes photographs of A. G. Rankin, executive Vice-President (non-academic), of Dr. Frye giving his address and the audience.
Title
News Bureau - Allan Hill at Malvern Collegiate
Date
February 14, 1974
Extent and medium
21 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of Alan Hill speaking to Malvern Collegiate High School students
Title
Retirement Party for Dr. William E. Blatz
Date
August 16, 1961
Extent and medium
4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of Professor William Blatz giving a lecture during his retirement dinner which was held celebrate his retirement as the Director of the Institute of Child Study after 35 years.
Title
Hart House - Dr. Marcus Long interviewing Bruce West
Date
July 18, 1961
Extent and medium
12 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Interior views of the Hart House Great Hall where Dr. Marcus Long, Professor of Philosophy, informally interviewed Globe and Mail columnist Bruce West for a summer Noon-Hour Conversation event. Shots include Dr. Long chatting with Bruce West as well as attendees.
Title
School of Social Work - Conference
Date
November 24, 1972
Extent and medium
36 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document a conference sponsored by the school of social work. Several sessions are documented. The event itself is unknown.
Title
President Bissell addresses students
Date
September 17, 1968
Extent and medium
36 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm and 26 negatives: b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Photographs show Claude T. Bissell, University President, welcoming first year student and addressing the student body in Convocation Hall (Opening address). Students greet returning Bissell who was away teaching at Harvard University the previous year. Free watermelon is given to the students prior to the meeting as a form of protest to Bissell's stance on University governance outside of Convocation Hall. Also, included are images of students and tents in front of Hart House representing "Tent City," which is a dramatization of the student housing shortage at the University of Toronto. This issue is further documented in photographs of student crowds in front Convocation Hall being addressed by student leaders.
Title
Massey College - Writer-in residence Margaret Atwood
Date
November 13, 1972
Extent and medium
23 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs show Margaret Atwood reading and interacting with students while writer in residence at Massey College.
Title
Institute of Aerospace Studies - 25th anniversary
Date
April 01, 1974
Extent and medium
64 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of a banquet held in the Great Hall at Hart House to mark the 25th anniversary of the Institute of Aerospace Studies (IAS). Includes shots of guests and speeches delivered by various speakers including Omond Solandt and Gordon Patterson, first Director of the IAS.
Title
Dr. Charles Best giving a lecture
Date
January 29, 1975
Extent and medium
43 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photograph show Dr. Charles Best giving a lecture on the discovery of insulin that was being filmed by the University of Toronto Media Center.
Title
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering - Science lecture series for Grade 13 students
Date
February 13, 1960
Extent and medium
4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of a Professor J. M. Ham teaching and providing physics demonstrations to Grade 13 students in the Mechanical Engineering Building. The class was a segment of a 7-part Saturday morning lecture series organized by Professor A. I. Johnson. The series was offered by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering to introduce approximately 200 high school students to topics such as automation, space flight potential of atomic energy, metallurgy, rock mechanics, cellulose chemistry, paper making, three-dimensional photography, and the use of engineering models.
