This photo was taken from a composite of the University of Toronto graduating class of 1899 when Clara Benson received her BA. Benson, a chemist, received a PhD in 1903. Benson and Emma Baker were the first women to receive PhDs from the University. Benson belonged to the Faculty of Household Science from 1905 to 1945. Clara Benson and Annie Laird were the first women professors at the University.
Title
Annie Lewisa Laird
Date
[ca. 1930]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm and 1 slide : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Description
Annie Laird and Clara Benson were the first women professors at the University. Professor Laird became the principal of Household Science.
Title
Lillian Massey Building
Date
[191-?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm
Description
This building was also referred to as the Household Science building and is located at the corner of Bloor Street and Queen's Park Cres. It was completed in 19l2.
Title
The Mining and Chemistry Building on College Street
Date
[1906?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
The Mining and Chemistry Building on College Street shortly after its opening in 1904. Later this building was called the Mining Building. The Engineering Building can be seen in the background.
Title
Sod turning ceremony for Convocation Hall
Date
1904
Extent and medium
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.
Title
Members of the 1906 Royal Commission on the University of Toronto
Date
[ca. 1906]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Description
This meeting took place in the dining room at the Grange, Goldwin Smith's home. From left to right: Reverend Bruce Macdonald, Canon Henry Cody, Chancellor William Meredith, Joseph Flavelle, chairman, A.H.U. Colquhoun, Goldwin Smith, and Edmund Walker
Title
Henry Croft
Date
[187-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass lantern slide : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm
Description
Croft was Professor of Chemistry from 1843 until 1880.
Title
John James Rickard MacLeod
Date
[1925?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w
Description
MacLeod was Professor of Physiology at the University of Toronto from 1918 to 1928 and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1920 to 1928. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine with Dr. Banting for his part in the discovery of insulin in 19l23. MacLeod resigned the Chair of Physiology in 1928 and died in 1935.
Title
Clara Brett Martin
Date
[189-?]
Extent and medium
1 slide : colour ; 35 mm
Description
Martin graduated from Trinity in 1890. In 1897 she graduated from Osgoode Law School and was admitted to the Bar, becoming Canada's first female lawyer.
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
1920
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Graduation portrait of Hill. Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Graduation procession including Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
1920
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
[192-]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 15 cm
Description
Studio portrait taken sometime between 1923 and 1928. Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
[192-]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm
Description
Portrait taken sometime between 1923 to 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Clara Cynthia Benson
Date
[ca. 1945]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
Description
Benson, a chemist, received a PhD in 1903. Benson and Emma Baker were the first women to receive PhDs from the University. Benson belonged to the Faculty of Household Science from 1905 to 1945. Clara Benson, along with Annie Laird, were the first women professors at the University of Toronto.
Title
Convocation Garden Party
Date
June 1923
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Title
Convocation Garden Party
Date
June 1923
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Title
Convocation Garden Party
Date
June 04, 1926
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Title
J.H. White
Date
1924
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 13 cm
Description
Portrait from a composite of the graduating class, Faculty of Forestry 1924. Professor White joined the University of Toronto staff in 1907 and retired in 1946.
Title
Clifton Durant Howe
Date
1924
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 13 cm
Description
Portrait of Professor Howe taken from a composite of the graduating class, Faculty of Forestry 1924. Howe joined the University of Toronto as a lecturer in Botany and Forestry in 1908. In 1927 he became a Professor of Forestry and Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, a position he held for 21 years. Howe retired in 1941 and died in 1946.
