Views of the opening ceremony for the Galbraith Building where Lieutenant Governor of Ontario the Hon. J. Keiller Mackay Lieutenant Governor of Ontario officially opened the building. Includes shots of the audience and addresses by Claude Bissell, President of the University
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Presentation to Dr. Sidney Smith at Convocation Hall
Date
January 11, 1958
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2 negatives : b&w : 13x10 cm
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Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering - Dr. G. B. Langford and the Ford Foundation
Date
July 2, 1959
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2 negatives : b&w : 13x10 cm
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Dr. George Burwash Langford, Professor of Mining Geology and Head of the Department of Geology with members of the Ford Foundation? in his office, Room 318 of the Mining Building.
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Homecoming - official opening of the Women's Athletic Building
Date
October 30, 1959
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13 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
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Views of ceremony and reception for the official opening of the Women's Athletic Building which Dr. Clara Benson fought to realize during her time as President of the Women's Athletic Association from 1922. Included are shots of the ceremonial procession
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Institute of Aerospace Studies - official opening
Date
October 16, 1959
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9 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
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Views of the ceremony and reception for the official opening of the Institute of Aerospace Studies.
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Victoria College - official opening of Margaret Addison Hall
Date
September 16, 1959
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14 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
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Views of the ceremony for the official opening of Margaret Addison Hall, Victoria College's new women's residence. Included are shots of addresses by H. E. Langford, Chairman of the Victoria University Board of Regents, Professor Jessie Macpherson, Dean of Women, and Premier Leslie Frost
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University College - Installation of M. St. A. Woodside as Principal
Date
October 5, 1959
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9 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
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Views of the installation ceremony and reception including the hooding and address. Also included are portraits of Principal Moffat St. A. Woodside with Dr. Malcolm Wallace and Dr. F. C. A. Jeanneret, two former Principals of University College.
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Installation of the 23rd Chancellor, Omond Solandt - ceremony in Convocation Hall
Date
October 18, 1965
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44 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
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Views of procession including Solandt and President Bissell and both speakers at the podium.
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Department of Physics - Opening ceremonies for the LINAC accelerator
Date
September 28, 1966
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57 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
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Present at the ceremony was Chancellor Solandt, President Bissell, Department Chair, Harry Welsh and Prof Kenneth McNeil, director of the new laboratory. Shots show outdoor gathering in front of the Physics building including views of audience and speakers and group shots of individuals in regalia. Also includes shots of "LINAC Laboratory" and groups examining the equipment.
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Faculty of Music - Edward Johnson Building official opening
Ceremony included an address by Canadian composer by Sir Ernest MacMillan. Images show MacMillan at the lectern and accepting a key. There are also views of the orchestra and the audience.
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Galbraith Building - Lintel unveiling from the School of Practical Science
Date
October 28, 1967
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4 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
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This ceremony is documenting unveiling of the original "School of Practical Science" lintel into the wall of the Galbraith building. This was a project of the class of "2T3 School". In attendance were Acting President Jack Sword, Dean James Ham as well as A.M. Reig and A.S. Morris representing the class of 2T3.
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School of Business - Seminar at Brennan Hall
Date
November 15, 1967
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132 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
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Images document participants and in speakers. Includes views of audience and speaker as well as informal views of groups in discussion and posing for group portraits. Part of the event included a plaque presentation. Lectures included "Manpower and New Technologies" and "Forecasting Changes in Technology" by Dr. Omond Solandt.
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Sidney Smith Hall - official opening
Date
October 13, 1961
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70 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
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Interior shots of reception including crowds and groups. Exterior views of building and crowds surrounding it.
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Hart House Theatre - plaque for Merrill Denison
Date
May 05, 1971
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25 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm
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Photographs taken at the unveiling of a plaque in the honour of the production of "Brothers in Arms" by Merrill Denison at Hart House Theatre in 1921. It includes portraits of Merrill Denison with the plaque and in Hart House Theatre. Also shows guests attendees including Arnold Wilkinson and presumably other members of the cast.
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Date
May 22, 1939
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1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
The King and Queen leave Hart House.
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Installation of James Milton Ham by Bernard Etkin, 1978
Date
July 1978
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1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 22 cm
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Ham was installed as President of the University of Toronto in 1978, a post which he held until 1983. Ham was Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering from 1967 to 1973
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Robert Alexander Falconer's installation procession.
Date
September 26, 1907
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1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 17 cm
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The procession includes Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the light and dark gown. He is preceded by the chairman of the board, John Hoskin. Premier James Whitney faces the camera. Robert Falconer is at the front right of the procession. Falconer was President of the University of Toronto from 1907 to 1932.
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Robert Alexander Falconer's installation address in Convocation Hall.
Date
September 26, 1907
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1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
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Chancellor William Meredith is seated in the centre with Premier James Whitney to his right. Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier is clad in white robes. Future prime minister, Robert Borden, is seated in the front row, five persons from the right. Falconer gives his address at the lectern.
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Sod turning ceremony for Convocation Hall
Date
1904
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1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
John Hoskin, chairman of the board, turns the sod. R.A. Reeve, president of the Alumni Association and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine holds the wheelbarrow.