Photographs document events for Homecoming 1971 including: the float parade competition; a reception and tour of the newly opened School of Library Science; a dinner in the Great Hall; informal ball playing on back campus; a meeting in Hart House possible relating to the campus plan. This extensive series also includes some elevated views of campus taken from the School of Library Science, looking south east.
Title
Faculty of Arts and Science - Council meeting
Date
November 05, 1971
Extent and medium
47 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs show discussion and voting at this meeting.
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Hart House - Debate on Quebec separatism
Date
November 18, 1971
Extent and medium
52 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document an especially heated debate on Quebec Separatism "Quebec needs Canada to maintain its unique identity". Arguing for the Nays, were P.Q. deputy, Claude Charron and journalist Bruno Gauron. Bernard Torbik and David McLoughlin argued for the Yays. The debate was interrupted several times by a heckling student who finally had to be forcibly ousted from the room.
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Faculty of Music - Stravinsky colloquium
Date
November 30, 1971
Extent and medium
53 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document the colloquium entitles "Stravinsky: the music the man his influence. Images show attendees as well as shots of a video screen showing visuals Stravinsky who had died a year earlier.
Title
Toronto Conference on Iran
Date
December 10, 1971
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73 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of reception and talk given at the Toronto Conference on Iran in 1971. This conference was sponsored by the University of Toronto Department of Islamic Studies and scholars at McGill University in celebration of the 2500th anniversary of Iranian culture. Speakers included Prof. Roger M. Savory, G.M. Wickens and G.M.Meredith-Owens of the University of Toronto. Also in attendance: Canada's Governor General Roland Michener and his wife; Speaker of the Senate, Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets; acting President of the University of Toronto, Dr. John H. Sword; Director of McGill's Institute of Islamic Studies, Professor Charles J. Adams; Professor E. J. Keall, University of Toronto Department of Islamic Studies; and Iranian Ambassador Hon. Mohammed Goodarzi. The photographs include a portrait of Ronald Michener, an Iranian gift to the Governor General, gifts and souvenirs from His Excellency's visit to Iran.
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Campus views - Roberts Street Rink
Date
January 30, 1972
Extent and medium
24 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of children skating at the Roberts Street rink.
Title
A. F. Wynne Plumptre, Principal of Scarborough College
Date
February 10, 1972
Extent and medium
43 negatives : b&w, 35 mm
Description
Photographs show Principal Plumptre in a television studio.
Title
University of Toronto Faculty Association -Brief to the Commission on Post-Secondary Education (Wright Commission)
Date
February 28, 1972
Extent and medium
41 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document the first public hearing of the Commission on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario where, a six person delegation of the University of Toronto Faculty Association presented a brief protesting many of the proposals of the Commission's draft report. The delegation, which wrote and presented the brief included: Professor James Conacher, president of UTFA, William B. Dunphy of St. Michael's College, Michael Finlayson from the Department of History, Arthur Kruger from Political Economy, R.M.H. Sheppard from Classics, W.H.Smith from Electrical Engineering and G. R. Williams form Biochemistry (this last delegate was not present at this meeting).
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Wright Commission - University Wide Meeting
Date
March 07, 1972
Extent and medium
75 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of discussion and debate during meeting to discuss the draft report of the Commission on Post-Secondary Education. This meeting was attended by students, staff, faculty and alumni. Most presenting were critical of the Commission's report and proposals.
Title
University of Toronto Senate Meeting on library stack access in response to the Heyworth Report from Library Council.
Date
March 20, 1972
Extent and medium
71 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
These photographs document a senate meeting open to faculty, staff and students whereby the issue of stack access to Robarts Library was debated and discussed.
Title
School of Library Science Alumni Association - Third Bertha Bassam Lecture in Librarianship
Date
April 14, 1970
Extent and medium
35 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken at the Third Bertha Bassam Lecture in Librarianship given by guest lecturer, Principal Frank N. Hogg of the College of Librarianship in Wales. Photos show both the lecture and the following reception.
Title
Senate - last meeting
Date
May 12, 1972
Extent and medium
62 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs document the last meeting of Senate. Acting President John H. Sword presided over the meeting that included Senate members and many invited guests. Dean of Pharmacy Norman Hughes gave the valedictory. Includes shots of, among others, Lawrence E. Lynch of St. Michael's College, Gilbert de B. Robinson, Mossie Mae Kirkwood, professor emeritus of Trinity College, and Christopher Love
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree conferred on O.D. Vaughan
Date
May 29, 1972
Extent and medium
23 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
This series has general shots of convocation and reception afterwards where O.D. Vaughan received and honorary degree. There are also views of the reception tents on the front campus with the clean air car in the foreground.
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Convocation - Honorary Degree conferred on Lilias Newton
Date
May 31, 1972
Extent and medium
32 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
This series has general shots of convocation including: the procession of officials into Convocation hall, awarding of degrees to students, families taking photos outside on front campus after the ceremony.
Title
International Student Center - Kay Riddell presentation
Date
May 30, 1972
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2 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of function sponsored by the International Student Center in honour of Kay Riddell
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School of Library Science - Official opening of building, reception and convocation of the first Masters of Library Science students of the Faculty.
Date
June 08, 1972
Extent and medium
120 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of individuals attending the opening celebration of the Library Science building and convocation of the first Masters of Library Science graduates from the Faculty of Library Science in 1972. Included are shots of the reception with guests inside and outside of the new building, graduates at Convocation Hall, and photographs of the ceremony in the lecture theatre of the Faculty of Library Science where Miss W. G. Barnstead, former director of the School of Library Science, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Present for the occasion: new graduates; members of the teaching staff and faculty; guests from the administration; other facilities and schools; representatives of the architects, project managers, and building contractors. Four heads of Library Science past, present and future were present at the official opening of the new Faculty of Library Science Building: Dr. Winifred Barnstead, Miss Bertha Bassam, who retired in 1964, Brian Land, who became Dean when the School became a Faculty, and Dr. Francess Halpenny, who took office in July 1972. William B. Harris, Chairman of the Board of Governors, formally declared the building open at a brief ceremony in the lecture theatre of the Faculty. With him on the platform were Acting President John H. Sword, Dr. Barnstead, Brian Land, and Miss Karen Savage, vice-president of the Faculty student council.
Title
Pollution Probe - meeting at City Hall Council Chambers
Date
February 23, 1970
Extent and medium
43 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken during a meeting at Toronto City Hall Council Chambers, when University of Toronto faculty members associated with Pollution Probe addressed city counsellors regarding environmental issues in 1970.
Title
Sports - Hockey finals
Date
February 28, 1970
Extent and medium
82 photographs : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken during hockey game: the University of Toronto's Varsity Blues against the University of Waterloo during finals of the Ontario-Quebec Athletic Association (OQAA) championship, in February of 1970. It includes action shots of the game, views of the spectators, the trophy presentation, and the Varsity Blues team celebrating the win (7 to 4). It also includes close ups of Blues captain, Brian St. John holding the Queen's cup as well as a team portrait on the ice.
Title
Faculty of Forestry - Student Field work at Forest Technical School, Minden Ontario
Date
May 04, 1970
Extent and medium
209 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of Faculty of Forestry undergraduate students during spring field work at the Forest Technical School - a forest of 18,000 acres of Crown land between Dorset and Minden that was operated by the Department of Lands and Forests. Shots include students in lectures both indoors and outdoors, students surveying, taking samples, hiking and canoeing,. There are also portraits of unidentified faculty members and/or Department of Land and Forest staff in an office.
Title
Humanities and Social Sciences Research Library (Robarts Library complex) - Laying of the cornerstone by Honorable William G. Davis
Date
June 12, 1970
Extent and medium
32 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs taken during the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Library and the School of Library Science complex [Robarts Library complex] in June 1970. The photographs reveal the building under construction, President Claude T. Bissell and Hon. William G. Davis, Minister of University Affairs addressing the crowd and others involved in this project including: Brian Land, Director of the School of Library Science, and Robert H. Blackburn, Chief Librarian. Also present at the ceremony: Andrew S. Mathers, representing Mathers and Haldenby (principal architects), O. D, Vaughan, chairman of the Board of Governors, Chancellor Omond M. Solandt, representatives of the project managers, Stone and Webster Canada Ltd., the design architects (Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde) and the builders. This was President Claude T. Bissell's final official public appearance in the 1969-1970 academic year.
