President's Dinner for the Committee of One Thousand
Date
April 28, 1969
Extent and medium
82 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken at the President's Dinner for the Committee of One Thousand in the Great Hall of Hart House as part of the Varsity Funding Campaign of 1969. There was also a special performance - a scene from "Flight into Egypt" performed by the Poculi Ludique Societas. Included in the photographs are: Miss Kathy Barcza, Director of the Varsity Downtown Education Project, Robert F. Chisholm, General Chairman of the Varsity Fund, Claude T. Bissell, president of the University of Toronto, Rev. J. M. Kelly, President of St. Michael's, Dr. A. D. Allan, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, Nelson Earl, Committee Chairman, and Mr. O. D. Vaughan, Chairman of the Board of Governors.
Title
National Fund - cocktail party at the King Edward Hotel
Date
May 9, 1960
Extent and medium
8 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of National Fund workers and lighting sketch artist George Freyer at a cocktail party in the Crystal Ballroom at the King Edward Hotel. The party was hosted by National Fund Co-Chairmen M. Wallace McCutcheon and Neil J. McKinnon to announce the grand total of the National Fund was $15,026,424. George Freyer was invited to draw a series of lighting sketch cartoons to accompany a script by Miss Pat Patterson which told the story of the National Fund.
Title
Homecoming - Imperial Oil Building
Date
October 30, 1959
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Exterior views of the Imperial Oil Building on St. Clair Avenue West with windows lit up in a pattern that spells out "U of T" in celebration of the beginning of University of Toronto Month.
Title
Varsity Fund Telethon
Date
March 12, 1963
Extent and medium
67 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of alumni making calls and of tallying charts.
Title
Varsity Fund campaign - telephone canvassing
Date
March 29, 1960
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Includes shots of Mrs. Isabell Williams, list supervisor in the Department of Development, and Varsity Fund team captains in Simcoe Hall recruiting canvassers to collect pledges for the Varsity Fund from alumni within the Metropolitan Toronto Area in April 1960.
Title
Homecoming - National Fund Breakfast at Hart House
Date
October 31, 1959
Extent and medium
20 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Interior views of Hart House Great Hall where the National Fund breakfast was held. It was one of five National Fund breakfasts held for canvassers as part of the official launch of the campaign. The Hart House breakfast was televised by closed-circuit television to the remaining satellite breakfasts at Victoria College, Trinity College, St. Michael's College, and Howard Ferguson Hall. Included are shots of the head table featuring Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips, University President Claude Bissel, and National Fund Chairmen N.J. McKinnon, Lt.-Col. W.E. Phillips, and M. W. McCutcheon
Title
Varsity Fund Telethon
Date
April 14, 1965
Extent and medium
56 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of volunteers taking pledges over the telephone ad well as a chart with counts.
Title
Varsity Fund Campus Tour
Date
August 11, 1965
Extent and medium
36 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of individuals using transportation for "University of Toronto Free Tours, A Varsity Fund Project, Daily for Hart House"
The festival featured performances of music and dance from around the world. Views of audience and performances. This was a fundraiser for the International Student Centre to build on campus. It was attended by Kay Riddell University of Toronto adviser to foreign students.
Title
Varsity Fund Telethon - CBC broadcast
Date
April 9, 1964
Extent and medium
73 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of alumni answering phones and crew preparing to film. Two people involved in the televised telethon were media personalities Anna Cameron and Don Harron
Title
Varsity Fund Telethon
Date
April 11, 1966
Extent and medium
52 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of volunteers answering telephones. Includes call goals being met and stars being awarded.
Title
Varsity Fund Telethon Campaign
Date
March 4, 1968
Extent and medium
98 negatives: b&w ; 35mm
Description
Views of individuals taking calls. Includes crowds, groups and portraits. "Varsity Fund" "Telethon goal 190,000.00"
Title
Medical Science Building - move in
Date
July 16, 1968
Extent and medium
24 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Interior views of individuals installing furniture and equipment. Exterior views of the Medical Sciences Building. There are also unrelated shots of a car on King’s College Circle with a sign on top that reads “Free University of Toronto tours. Daily from University College. A Varsity Fund project"
