Sod Turning ceremony attended by provincial government officials Dr. Henry Borden and Hon. Leslie Frost as well as Claude Bissell and Dean Vincent Bladen. Ceremony includes shots from afar, close ups and groups. Images show individuals examining an architectural model of proposed college and the examination of a document.
Title
Department of Psychiatry - Building opening and convocation?
Date
June 13, 1966
Extent and medium
22 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of guests touring the facilities at 250 College Street. Portrait of officials in the convocation and on stage in an auditorium Two exterior shot of the building.
Title
Campus Centre - model unveiling
Date
January 18, 1967
Extent and medium
17 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
This was the unveiling of a proposed Co-educational Campus Center for students with plans and models revealed to students in Sidney Smith Hall. Images show views of crowd, the architect John Andrews showcasing the model and drawings, as well as students examining them.
Title
McLennan Physical Laboratory - Opening ceremony
Date
September 14, 1967
Extent and medium
48 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Opening of McLennan Physical Laboratories Building. Exterior views of building and ceremony which took place outdoors.
Title
Erindale College - opening
Date
September 15, 1967
Extent and medium
33 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of audience and speaker as well as students in the library.
Title
Victoria College - Installation of John Edwin Hodgetts
Date
October 12, 1967
Extent and medium
37 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Views of the ceremony and the audience in attendance. Group shot of officials in regalia including Principal Hodgetts, A.S. Mills, Northrup Frye, A.B.B. Moore, Dr. Moffat Woodside, Dr. J.A. Corry of Queen's University and
Title
Faculty of Medicine - Laying of the cornerstone for the new Medical Sciences Building
Date
December 7, 1967
Extent and medium
54 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Includes interior and exterior views of cornerstone laying ceremony. Dr Dymond officially laid the stone. Images also show speaker, crowds and groups including professors clad in regalia.
Title
James Milton Ham and R.F. Moore at the ceremony for the demolition of the School of Practical Science (Engineering) Building
Date
October 22, 1966
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
James Ham was Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering from 1967 to 1973 and President of the University of Toronto from 1978 to 1983. Moore was president of the Engineering Alumni.
Title
Breaking ground at Erindale College
Date
1966
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 24 x 20 cm
Description
Bill Davis on left and Dr. Carleton Williams on right, stand under heavy machinery
Title
Massey College Opening ceremony, Oct 4 1963
Date
1963
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 24x 20 cm
Description
Photo shows from left to right: Vincent Massey, Robertson Davies, and Robert Dinsmore
Title
Prince Philip and Robertson Davies at the opening of Massey College
Date
1962
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 24 x20 cm
Title
Varsity Fund's flag raising
Date
February 24, 1969
Extent and medium
20 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken at the Varsity Fund's flag unveil before it is raised to signal start of Toronto-based telethon of 1969.
Title
McLaughlin Planetarium - Opening
Date
October 24, 1968
Extent and medium
42 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken during the opening of McLaughlin Museum Planetarium in 1968. It includes photographs of guests and views of exhibits.
Title
National Fund - Honouring of Co-Chairmen
Date
May 10, 1960
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Interior views of a ceremony at the Senate Chamber honoring National Fund Co-Chairmen M. Wallace McCutcheon and Neil J. McKinnon. During the ceremony Lt. Col. W. E. Philips, Chairman of the Board of Governors, unveiled a plaque dedicated to the Co-Chairmen which would be installed at one of the new buildings made possible by the National Fund. President Dr. Claude Bissell presented each co-chairmen with a volume of letters from the senior members of the University's staff expressing gratitude for their leadership in the Fund. Also included are shots of Deans Wright, MacFarlane, Bladen, and McLaughlin and the wives of McKinnon, McCutcheon, and Bissell in the audience.
Title
Trinity College - laying of cornerstone and official opening of the Kirkwood Wing
Date
September 13, 1960
Extent and medium
9 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the cornerstone laying ceremony at the Gerald Larkin Academic Building and the official opening of the Kirkwood Wing at St. Hilda's College. Includes shots of Mossie May Waddington Kirkwood, Principal of St. Hilda's College from 1936 to 1953, after whom the wing was named, cutting the ceremonial ribbon and inspecting the commemorative plaque alongside the Provost of Trinity College D. R. G. Owen, Principal K. M Darroch, and Mrs. F. M. Jeffery, College representative on the Building Committee.
Title
York University - official opening
Date
September 12, 1960
Extent and medium
14 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the official opening ceremony for York University where Premier Leslie Frost and Miss Elizabeth Dalziel, an honours student admitted to the York with a Governor's Scholarship, plant a white rose tree to commemorate the occasion. Includes shots of Dr. Murray Ross, President of York University
Title
Cornerstone laying ceremony at new Arts Building by Mrs. Smith
Date
October 13, 1960
Extent and medium
12 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of the cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Arts Building (Sidney Smith Hall) including shots of the procession, addresses, and Mrs. Sidney Smith laying the cornerstone in honour of her late husband and formers President of U of T.
Title
Unveiling of historical plaque at the Students Administrative Council (SAC) building
Date
October 5, 1960
Extent and medium
3 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Includes shots of Dr. Andrew Thompson, former director of the Meteorological Service of Canada, unveiling a Historical Plaque commemorating Sir John Henry Lefroy, head of the Toronto Observatory from 1842 to 1853. Also in attendance were Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips, Ontario Attorney-General Kelso Roberts H. Saunders, chairman of the Toronto Historical Board, Controller Jean Newman, Chairman of the Toronto Historical Board Leslie H. Saunders, and Professor G. F. G. Stanley of the Ontario Archeological and Historic Sites Board.
Title
Galbraith Building - Official Opening
Date
March 7, 1960
Extent and medium
6 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the opening ceremony for the Galbraith Building where Lieutenant Governor of Ontario the Hon. J. Keiller Mackay Lieutenant Governor of Ontario officially opened the building. Includes shots of the audience and addresses by Claude Bissell, President of the University
