Special convocation ceremony held with the official opening of the Galbraith Building
Date
March 6, 1961
Extent and medium
10 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits of honourary graduates and views of the hooding ceremony and address by Dr. Paul Hoffman during the special convocation ceremony held in conjunction with the official opening of the Galbraith Building. The graduates who received an honourary Doctor of Laws include Dr. Paul Hoffman, Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund
Title
Varsity Fund campaign - telephone canvassing
Date
March 29, 1960
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Includes shots of Mrs. Isabell Williams, list supervisor in the Department of Development, and Varsity Fund team captains in Simcoe Hall recruiting canvassers to collect pledges for the Varsity Fund from alumni within the Metropolitan Toronto Area in April 1960.
Title
Hart House - exterior views
Date
April 18, 1961
Extent and medium
3 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Exterior views of Hart House and Soldiers' Tower.
Title
Faculty of Music - Edward Johnson Building cornerstone laying ceremony
Date
April 20, 1961
Extent and medium
34 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of ceremony and reception for the laying of the cornerstone at the Faculty of Music's new Edward Johnson Building. Included are shots of Henry Borden, Vice-Chairmen of the Board of Governors and Fiorenza Drew, daughter of Edward Johnson (after whom the building was named) leading the academic procession from the ROM to the site of the Edward Johnson Building
Title
Campus views - Cutting down of old Elm tree near University College
Date
June 26, 1961|June 27, 1961
Extent and medium
36 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of workmen cutting down a dead, infected elm tree outside the Croft Chapter House as part of the University's campaign to stop the spread of Dutch Elm Disease. Included are shots of Professor H. N. Milnes, Archivist of University College, with a section of the tree trunk which he claimed for display at the College's museum.
Title
Physics department - High school students tour facilities of the Slow Poke Reactor
Date
May 25, 1961
Extent and medium
10 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of Professor D. G. Andrews taking his daughter and her Branksome Hall class on a tour of the University of Toronto's sub-critical atomic reactor. The students can be seen wearing radiation monitors.
Title
Hart House - Christmas Tree Painting (copy print)
Date
June 6, 1961
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Title
Old Elm Tree (copyprint) beside Croft Chapter House
Date
June 30, 1961
Extent and medium
1 copy negative : b&w
Title
Buildings - Forestry Building
Date
May 24, 1958
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Exterior views of the Forestry Building at its 43 St. George Street location.
Title
Convocation - honorary degree recipients
Date
August 26, 1958
Extent and medium
6 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and views of the hooding of six honorary Doctor of Laws recipients including Thomas Alty, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University
Title
Buildings - new site for Forestry Building
Date
August 28, 1958
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Preparations and construction at the 45 St. George Street where the Forestry Building was to be moved approximately 250 ft. north of its original location at 43 St. George Street in order to make room for the construction of the Galbraith Building.
Title
Library - students
Date
September 5, 1958
Extent and medium
3 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of students looking at books in a library.
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree conferred upon Monseigneur Maurice Roy
Date
April 10, 1958
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Honorary Doctor of Laws awarded to Monseigneur Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec, Primate of Canada, Soldier, and Scholar. This special convocation was held alongside a two-day seminar on French Canada which was held by the Department of French in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Alliance Canadienne and the Ontario Modern Language Teachers Association.
Title
Portraits - Douglas G. Andrews and Barker Fairley
Date
January 7, 1958
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Individual portraits of Dr. D. G. Andrews, who was appointed head of the nuclear reactor project, and Professor Emeritus Barker Fairley, former head of the German Department.
Title
Household Science - students in Nutrition Program
Date
March 18, 1958
Extent and medium
4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of students using equipment in the Household Sciences Building.
Title
Homecoming - presentation of new University of Toronto Alumni Association trophy
Date
January 1, 1962
Extent and medium
3 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Includes shots of William A. E. Sheppard, President of the University of Toronto Alumni Association presenting two University of Toronto Alumni Association trophies to the winners of the 1960 and 1961 homecoming float parades. Engineering student Sam Klich (001) was presented with a new University of Toronto Alumni Association Trophy for winning in 1961 while the old trophy was presented to Max Rotstein, President of the Students' Law Society (003) to keep permanently after winning the parade for the third consecutive year in 1960.
Title
Portraits - Dr. P. H. Brieger and Prof. G. S. Vickers
Date
January 24, 1958
Extent and medium
14 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Individual portraits of Dr. Peter Henry Brieger and George Stephen Vickers, professors in the Department of Art and Archaeology.
Title
Buildings - Dentistry Building
Date
January 27, 1959
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Exterior view of the Dentistry Building at 124 Edward St. which would open on November 25, 1959.
Title
Portrait - Crawford Grier
Date
June 1959
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Portrait of Crawford Grier, former Editor of the Varsity Graduate, who volunteered to take over the maintenance of records tracking former University of Toronto students.
Title
Copyprint of Architect's sketch of the new Arts Building (Sidney Smith Building)
Date
September 11, 1959
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Sketch of the new Arts Building (Sidney Smith Hall) by John B. Parkin Associates
