Vincent Massey was Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1947 to 1953. He was Governor General of Canada from 1952 to 1959 and died in 1967.
Title
Frank Hawkins Underhill
Date
1962
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Frank Underhill, age 72, in full regalia after receiving an honorary degree from the University of Toronto in 1962.
Title
Griffith Taylor
Date
[1936?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
Description
Professor Taylor was appointed in 1935 as head of the Department of Geography. He retired in 1951 as Professor Emeritus.
Title
John Cunningham McLennan's Official Pass
Date
1918
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm
Description
This pass permitted McLennan to work as a scientific advisor to the British Admiralty.
Title
John McCaul
Date
[185-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
The Reverend Dr. John McCaul was President of King's College, 1849-1850. From 1850-1853, he was the President of the University of Toronto and later of University College from 1853 to 1880.
Title
Eric Arthur
Date
April 09, 1970
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
Description
Eric Arthur is photographed with the dragon at the bottom of the east stairway of University College. Arthur was the principal consultant on renovations to University College.
Title
Members of the Massey Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences
Date
1951
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 17 cm
Description
Left to right sitting: Arthur Surveyor, a Montreal consulting engineer, Vincent Massey (centre), head of the Commission and Chancellor of the University of Toronto, and Norman Mackenzie, President of the University of British Columbia. Left to right standing: Georges Henri Levesque of Laval University and Hilda Neatby, history professor at the University of Saskatchewan
Title
George Sydney Brett
Date
July 1927
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
Description
Professor of Philosophy, George Brett, succeeded John McLennan as Dean of the graduate school in 1933. He was Dean until his death in 1944.
Title
A. F. Wynne Plumptre
Date
February 10, 1972
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Plumptre is seen in this photograph in Scarborough's television production facilities. Economist Plumptre became principal of Scarborough College in 1965.
Title
Arthur W. Ham
Date
March 01, 1966
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Dr. Ham was head of biology at the Ontario Cancer Institute, in 1966.
Title
William Hincks
Date
[186-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Reverend William Hincks was professor of natural science, 1853-1871
Title
John Bradford Cherriman
Date
[18--]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm
Description
Cherriman was professor of mathematics and physics (then called natural philosophy) from 1853 to 1875. Cherriman was born in 1823 and died in 1908.
Title
Daniel Wilson
Date
[ca. 1890]
Extent and medium
1 albumen photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Description
President Daniel Wilson was born in 1816 and died August 5, 1892. Wilson was President of University College from 1880 to 1892 and he was President of the University of Toronto from 1890 to 1892.
Title
Archibald Byron Macallum
Date
[ca. 1900]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 33 cm
Description
Macallum was appointed professor of physiology in 1891 and professor of biochemistry in 1908. He resigned in 1917 when he became the First Administrative Chairman of the Research Council of Canada. Macallum was born in 1858 and died in 1934.
Title
John Galbraith
Date
[ca. 1900]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm
Description
Galbraith was appointed the first professor of engineering in 1878. Galbraith was Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering from 1906 until 1914.
Title
William Houston
Date
[ca. 1885]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 37 cm
Description
Portrait taken from composite entitled: "General Committee University College Literary and Scientific Society 1885-86" Houston was listed as President of the Society in the photograph. Houston received his MA in 1874.
Title
Letitia Catherine Salter
Date
[191-?]
Extent and medium
1 halftone : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
Description
In 1884 Salter was appointed the first Lady Superintendent of women students at University College. She resigned in 1916 and died soon after in 1919.
Title
James Forneri
Date
[186-?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
Forneri was professor of modern languages from 1853 to 1866.
Title
James Loudon
Date
[188-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass lantern slide : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm
Description
James Loudon was born in 1841 and died in 1916. He was appointed professor of mathematics and physics in 1875. Between 1892 and 1901 Loudon was President of University College and President of the University of Toronto from 1892 to 1906.
Title
Banner for The University of Toronto Graduates in Arts, 1895
Date
1895
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 48 cm
Description
Banner taken from composite photograph of graduates entitled: "The University of Toronto Graduates in Arts 1895". Across the top are portraits from left to right of : Chancellor Edward Blake, Sir Daniel Wilson, President James Loudon and A.R. Bain, professor of ancient history at Victoria.