Engineering students support President Bissell at Convocation Hall.
Title
University President, Claude Bissell, debates Stephen Langdon, president of the Students' Administrative Council [SAC]outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
Title
Stephen Langdon, president of the Students' Administrative Council [SAC], debates President Claude Bissell outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
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
Engineering students at Convocation Hall
Date
October 03, 1969
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Engineering students support President Bissell at Convocation Hall.
Title
Unidentified student addresses crowd at Langdon - Bissell debate outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
Title
Stephen Langdon, president of the Students' Administrative Council [SAC], debates President Claude Bissell outdoors in front of Hart House
Date
October 1968
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Description
This debate was covered in The Varsity, October 11 1968.
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
Campbell Committee Report on Disciplinary Procedures - Mass Meeting in Convocation Hall
Date
October 01, 1969
Extent and medium
78 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document a mass meeting attended by over 2000 students and staff regarding the Campbell Committee Report on Disciplinary Procedures. President Bissell addresses a supportive crowd.
Title
Homecoming - Float Parade
Date
October 28, 1967
Extent and medium
28 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of crowds, participating floats and float winner plaque presentation. Some of the slogans that appear reflect issues of the time including legalization of drugs, women’s rights, birth control, police brutality, hippie culture, Canadian nationalism, anti-Americanism.
