Homecoming - National Fund Breakfast at Hart House
Date
October 31, 1959
Extent and medium
20 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Interior views of Hart House Great Hall where the National Fund breakfast was held. It was one of five National Fund breakfasts held for canvassers as part of the official launch of the campaign. The Hart House breakfast was televised by closed-circuit television to the remaining satellite breakfasts at Victoria College, Trinity College, St. Michael's College, and Howard Ferguson Hall. Included are shots of the head table featuring Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips, University President Claude Bissel, and National Fund Chairmen N.J. McKinnon, Lt.-Col. W.E. Phillips, and M. W. McCutcheon
Title
Portraits - Professor Duncan Graham
Date
October 20, 1959
Extent and medium
10 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Portraits of Professor Emeritus Duncan Graham and a student or lab technician in the laboratory in Room 322 of the Banting Institute.
Title
Victoria College - press reception at Margaret Addison Hall
Date
September 14, 1959
Extent and medium
4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Interior views of Margaret Addison Hall where Victoria University's Dean of Women, Professor Jessie Macpherson takes the press on a tour two days before the official opening.
Title
Homecoming - Stadium Show
Date
October 30, 1959
Extent and medium
8 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of the Homecoming Variety Show at the Varsity Stadium where Les Girls performed a kickline dance.
Title
Signatures of honorary graduates
Date
October 26, 1959
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Honorary graduates' signatures in the honorary degree register including the signatures of seven Canadian Prime Ministers: John A. MacDonald, Wilfred Laurier, Arthur Meighen, Mackenzie King, R.B. Bennett, Louis St. Laurent, and John Diefenbaker.
Title
Household Science - Open house
Date
November 1, 1959
Extent and medium
2 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Title
Victoria College - Installation of Northrop Frye as Principal
Date
October 21, 1959
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the installation ceremony and reception including: the ceremonial robing of Principal Northrop Frye by Dr. Harold Bennett and Professor F. A. Hare
Title
Cover of Sir Geoffrey Vickers's Book 'The Undirected Society'
Includes an image of the cover "The Undirected Society" by Sir Geoffrey Vickers and published by U of T Press. Also includes two unrelated images of children at a pier?
Title
Hart House - Group in Debate Room
Date
October 22, 1959
Extent and medium
2 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
The University of Toronto and United Kingdom debating teams in the Hart House Debate Room.
Title
Homecoming - Float Parade and Football Game
Date
October 31, 1959
Extent and medium
42 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of the Homecoming football game against Western University, co-eds performing a flapper dance routine during the half-time show, and the homecoming float parade competition including shots of Gaby Warren, leader of the winning Law Faculty float, receiving a plaque from President Claude Bissell.
Title
Buildings - Settlement House
Date
November 16, 1959
Extent and medium
4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Interior and exterior views of the Settlement House on 23 Grange Rd. Includes shots of residents playing basketball, dancing, and studying together.
Title
Convocation - conferring of honorary degrees and the installation of Dr. F. C. A. Jeanneret as Chancellor
Date
November 9, 1959
Extent and medium
10 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and shots of the convocation ceremony including Views of the procession, the installation of Dr. F. C. A. Jeanneret as Chancellor of the University, and the conferring of honorary degrees upon His Excellency M. Francise Lacoste, Ambassador of France in Canada and His Excellency Sir Joseph John Saville Garner, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Canada.
Title
Soldiers' Tower - Remembrance Day service
Date
November 11, 1959
Extent and medium
4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of crowds and soldiers gathered outside Soldiers' Tower for a Remembrance Day Ceremony.
Title
Buildings - Loretto College Residence, Women's Athletic Building, and the Superintendent's Building
Date
December 1959
Extent and medium
3 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Exterior views of Loretto College Residence, the Women's Athletic Building (Clara Benson Building), and the Superintendent's Building on 215 Huron St.
