Convocation - honorary degree conferred to Major-General George P. Vanier
Date
February 8, 1960
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and shots of special convocation ceremony where Major-General George P. Vanier, Governor-General of Canada, received an honorary Doctor of Laws.
Title
Convocation - honorary degree conferred to Arthur Lewis
Date
May 27, 1960
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and shots of the special convocation ceremony where Dr. William Arthur Lewis, Principal and Professor Emeritus of the University College of the West Indies, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws. Also included are shots of a childcare service.
Title
Convocation - views of graduates and guests outside
Date
June 10, 1960
Extent and medium
8 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of graduates and guests outside Convocation Hall following a convocation ceremony. Includes shots of Dean of Medicine John Arthur. MacFarlane and Dean of the Faculty of Law Cecil Augustus Wright with his daughter Caroline Cecil Wright who graduated with a degree in Medicine.
Title
Convocation - female graduates outside Convocation Hall
Date
May 29, 1961
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of female graduates and their families on Front Campus outside Convocation Hall. Includes shots of Tina and John Berrevoets with their son Peter John (001a) and Mr. and Mrs. Akira Watanabe with their children Larry and Karen (001b and 002a).
Title
Convocation - Honorary degree recipient Sir Aubrey Lewis
Date
June 15, 1966
Extent and medium
14 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Lewis was head of the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Images show crowd and stage during convocation as well as exterior shots of the academic procession.
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree, Eugene Robert Black
Interior and exterior shots during convocation ceremony including speeches, hooding and group shots.
Title
Honorary Degree - Adlai Stevenson, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
Date
May 28, 1965
Extent and medium
25 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Images document this special convocation including the procession to and from Convocation Hall, Adlai Stevenson addressing convocation and leaving a black- tie reception at Hart House. There are also views of protestors along the street and on the steps of Hart House with signs protesting the war in Vietnam.
Title
Honorary Degree - Adlai Stevenson, United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
Date
May 28, 1965
Extent and medium
102 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of honorary degree ceremony taking place in Convocation Hall. Several photos documenting the anti-Vietnam protests happening outside with views of people holding placards that read: “No more must die", "Let people know the truth", "Bring US troops home”, “Mr Martin say no to US war”.
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree recipient John Sloan Dickey
Date
May 31, 1968
Extent and medium
24 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Images include convocation procession, the ceremony and audience in attendance. Dr. Dickey, President of Dartmouth College was presented by Professor D.R. Campbell. Also includes exterior views of guests and new graduates at outdoor tent reception.
Title
L.E. Jones with family members and graduating son, William Jones
Date
May 28, 1968
Extent and medium
1 contact print : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Professor Jones taught in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1944 to 1972. Out of keen interest for the history of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, he was appointed Engineering Archivist in 1970, a position he held until his death in 1999.
Title
Bora Laskin and John Ivan Laskin
Date
June 09, 1969
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Bora Laskin congratulates his son on his graduation from law school in 1969 at Convocation Hall. Bora Laskin became the first chair of the OISE board.
Title
Donald Creighton and Claude Bissell
Date
1961
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
Title
Cecil A. Wright at convocation with his daughter Caroline Cecil Wright.
Date
1960
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Title
Special convocation ceremony held with the official opening of the Galbraith Building
Date
March 6, 1961
Extent and medium
10 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits of honourary graduates and views of the hooding ceremony and address by Dr. Paul Hoffman during the special convocation ceremony held in conjunction with the official opening of the Galbraith Building. The graduates who received an honourary Doctor of Laws include Dr. Paul Hoffman, Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund
Title
Convocation - premiers John Robarts (Ontario) and Jean Lesage (Quebec) receive honorary degrees
Date
June 1, 1962
Extent and medium
24 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Images show formal group portraits, procession, ceremony in Convocation Hall.
Title
Convocation - Honorary degree given to W.C. DeVane and J. B. Bickersteth
Date
May 31, 1963
Extent and medium
30 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Convocation ceremony including shots of procession, audience and speaker.
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree recipient Honorable William Davis, Premier of Ontario
Date
May 30, 1967
Extent and medium
42 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Images show academic procession, audience, speakers, including Premier Davis and graduates. There are also formal portraits of Davis and group portraits of Davis with President and other officials.
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree recipients John Hirsh, Walter Kohn and Anne Hebert.
Date
June 2, 1967
Extent and medium
58 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Images show the conferring of Honorary degrees upon John Hirsch, Walter Kohn and Anne Hebert. Includes views of the academic procession, audience, graduates and speakers.
Forsey had been Director of Research for the Canadian Labour Congress. A.B. Moore of Victoria College presented him. Images document convocation ceremony including procession, speaker and audience.
