Convocation - Prof. Guido Calabresi receives Honorary Degree
Date
June 21, 1985
Extent and medium
36 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs in this series document convocation generally including student graduates preparing for the procession, dignitaries in front of Simcoe Hall. It also shows Prof Guido Calabresi preparing to receive an honorary degree.
Title
Wright Commission Debate
Date
February 29, 1972
Extent and medium
64 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
This debate and discussion on the draft report and proposals from the Commission on Post-Secondary Education took place in the Medical Sciences Auditorium. It was chaired by Acting President Jack Sword who was flanked by the Commission's spokespersons, Dr. Reva Gerstein and Dr. Douglas Wright. The University was represented by John Robson, Principle of University College and Prof Arthur Kruger of Political Economy. Photographs show discussion and debate among those present in the packed auditorium.
Title
Student sit-in protesting stack access to the Robarts Library.
Date
March 10, 1972
Extent and medium
12 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs show students staging sit-in in the Senate Chamber of Simcoe Hall as well as several shots of a banner that read "open the stacks".
Title
Alumni Association - Symposium - Genetics and the future of man
Date
March 11, 1972
Extent and medium
64 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of alumni and lecturers during the "Genetic and the Future of Man" symposium at University College and luncheon in the Great Hall at Hart House in 1972. It includes photographs of different speakers, including: Dr. Louis Siminovitch, Chairman, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and Geneticist-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children; Dr. Hans Stich, Professor of Genetics, Cancer Research Centre, University of British Columbia; Dr. David Suzuki, Professor of Zoology, University of British Columbia and host of the CBC-TV series, Suzuki on Science; and Professor Herbert W. Richardson, Associate Professor of Theology, Toronto School of Theology. Panel discussions were organized by Mrs. Christina Newman, Associate Editor of Maclean's, and Mrs. Hilda McKinlay, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. Pauline M. McGibbon Chancellor of the University of Toronto, and Dr. John H. Sword, Acting President of the University of Toronto were in attendance.
Title
Dr. William Bigalow
Date
March 14, 1972
Extent and medium
72 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of Dr. William Bigalow performing surgery, posing for a portrait in the operating room and walking along a hospital corridor.
Title
Protest over campus daycare
Date
March 29, 1972
Extent and medium
25 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Students with children organize a protest "Daycare for A Day" in the rotunda of the Sidney Smith building to raise awareness of the ongoing issue of daycare on campus. Includes shots of protest banners and mothers playing with their children.
Title
Innis College - model| Campus views - First year students
Date
September 09, 1973
Extent and medium
64 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of different first year students in bookstore, University College, and elsewhere. Also includes shots of Innis Principal Peter Russell going over plans and models of college with various individuals.
Title
Homecoming - Float Parade
Date
October 20, 1973
Extent and medium
83 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of different college floats paraded around King's College Circle at the 1973 Homecoming. Includes shots of floats, float judges, crowd and celebrating students. President John Evans is seen participating in the festivities and is one of the judges.
Title
Faculty of Forestry - effective communications
Date
February 06, 1974
Extent and medium
12 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of Faculty of Forestry effective communications class.
Title
Faculty of Medicine - Open House of the Medical Sciences Building
Date
February 23, 1974
Extent and medium
71 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Photographs of researchers explaining various aspects of medical scientific work to members of the public. Includes shots of individuals examining a number of interactive displays.
Title
Architectural models of a proposed campus development
Date
January 26, 1960
Extent and medium
6 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Shows possible planned building for the block between Spadina and St. George, north of Spadina Circle.
Title
Trinity College - Sod turning ceremony for new academic building
Date
March 29, 1960
Extent and medium
4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the sod turning ceremony for Trinity College's new academic building (Gerald Larkin Building). Included are shots of the procession being led through the quad from the main building
Title
Portrait - Frank Stone
Date
March 30, 1960
Extent and medium
3 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Passport photographs taken for Frank Stone, Vice-President (Administration) of the University of Toronto, in the Vice-President's office.
Title
Blood Donation Clinic at Howard Ferguson Hall
Date
February 17, 1960
Extent and medium
6 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Nurses and donors at a blood donation clinic held at Howard Ferguson Hall.
Title
Dentistry - TV demonstration of dental techniques
Date
February 25, 1960
Extent and medium
6 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of the recording of a TV demonstration in the Dental Building where Dr. C. H. M. Williams is demonstrating dental techniques to aid the education of dental students. TV Demonstrations like these were created as part of the University's initiative to integrate TV demonstrations as a teaching aid into lectures.
Title
Campus views - ice formations on trees
Date
January 13, 1960
Extent and medium
28 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Exterior views of Soldiers' Tower, Sir Daniel Wilson Residence, Simcoe Hall, University College, the Sigmund Samuel Library (Gerstein Science Information Centre), Convocation Hall, the Medical Sciences Building, the Goldring Student Centre, Margaret Addison Hall, Victoria College, Flavelle House, and Falconer Hall featuring trees after an ice storm.
Title
Dr. Bissel at the Friendly Relations with Overseas Students (FROS) building
Date
February 3, 1960
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of a party held at the Friendly Relations with Overseas Students (FROS) Building on 3 Wilcox St. The party was hosted by West Indian students for Dr. Claude Bissell and his wife before they travelled to Jamaica for Dr. Bissell to deliver the Convocation Address at University College of the West Indies. Included are shots of Dr. Bissell shaking hands with Mrs. Errol Clement and Dr. Bissell and his wife mingling with students.
Title
Portrait - Reginald A. Blyth (copyprint)
Date
January 13, 1960
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Copy of a Torontonensis yearbook photo of Reginald A. Blyth. Blyth left $1,500,000 to the University of Toronto for scholarships and fellowships in mathematics and physics after his death in 1928.
Title
Great Lakes Institute - Research onboard the Port Dauphine
Date
June 19, 1960
Extent and medium
49 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Interior and exterior views of research being conducted onboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Port Dauphine, which was on loan to the University of Toronto's Great Lakes Institute. The Institute was established in 1960 by Professor George Langford to study the impacts of pollution and the future Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station on the Great Lakes and their water life. Included are shots of the Porte Dauphine
Title
Portraits - Gustav Hahn and his wife
Date
May 13, 1960
Extent and medium
2 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views include Gustav Hahn and his wife at their residence. Mr. Hahn can be seen holding his painting of a procession of meteors that were observed in February 1913. This painting helped Professor C. A. Chant, Head of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Toronto, explain the procession of meteors that could be seen travelling from Canada to Bermuda.
