Views of the convocation procession travelling from University College to Convocation Hall. Includes exterior views of University College and the front campus.
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree conferred upon Dr. Sidney Smith
Date
May 30, 1958
Extent and medium
2 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Includes shots of Dr. Sidney Smith receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws and addressing the convocation.
Title
Dentistry - special convocation and official opening of Dental Building
Date
November 25, 1959
Extent and medium
16 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and the hooding of the honorary graduates Dr. J. Stanley Bagnall, Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University
Title
Convocation - honorary degree recipients
Date
August 26, 1958
Extent and medium
6 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and views of the hooding of six honorary Doctor of Laws recipients including Thomas Alty, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree conferred upon Monseigneur Maurice Roy
Date
April 10, 1958
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Honorary Doctor of Laws awarded to Monseigneur Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec, Primate of Canada, Soldier, and Scholar. This special convocation was held alongside a two-day seminar on French Canada which was held by the Department of French in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Alliance Canadienne and the Ontario Modern Language Teachers Association.
Title
Signatures of honorary graduates
Date
October 26, 1959
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Honorary graduates' signatures in the honorary degree register including the signatures of seven Canadian Prime Ministers: John A. MacDonald, Wilfred Laurier, Arthur Meighen, Mackenzie King, R.B. Bennett, Louis St. Laurent, and John Diefenbaker.