Professor Finkelman was appointed lecturer in law in 1930 and assistant professor in 1934. He was the first Jew to be appointed full-time professor at the University of Toronto.
Title
A.B.B. Moore, Northrop Frye and Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in 1963.
Date
December 07, 1963
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
A.B.B. Moore was President of Victoria College.
Title
Demolition of the School of Practical Science (Engineering) building.
Date
January 1967
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Demolition of the old Engineering (SPS) building began in 1966. This building was also known as the 'Old Skule House.'
Title
Arthur W. Ham
Date
March 01, 1966
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Dr. Ham was head of biology at the Ontario Cancer Institute, in 1966.
Title
Ontario College of Education
Date
[ca. 1910]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
The Faculty of Education building opened in 1910 at the corner of Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue.
Title
Royal Ontario Museum
Date
[1914?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : sepia toned ; 10 x 12 cm
Description
Postcard entitled: "Royal Ontario Museum University of Toronto" The museum opened in 1914.
Title
Thain Wendell MacDowell
Date
[1919?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
Description
MacDowell, a football player for Varsity, won a Victoria Cross for his heroic actions at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917. He was born in 1890 and died in 1960.
Title
Macpherson Committee
Date
December 1966
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Some members of the Presidential Advisory Committee to Study Undergraduate Instruction in the Arts and Sciences, meet in the Galbraith Council Chamber where the first public briefs were presented in December 1966. Left to right: Stanley Nyburg, Wim Kent, C.B. Macpherson, and graduate student Frank Buck.
Title
William Hincks
Date
[186-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Reverend William Hincks was professor of natural science, 1853-1871
Title
John Bradford Cherriman
Date
[18--]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm
Description
Cherriman was professor of mathematics and physics (then called natural philosophy) from 1853 to 1875. Cherriman was born in 1823 and died in 1908.
Title
Daniel Wilson
Date
[ca. 1890]
Extent and medium
1 albumen photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
Description
President Daniel Wilson was born in 1816 and died August 5, 1892. Wilson was President of University College from 1880 to 1892 and he was President of the University of Toronto from 1890 to 1892.
Title
Archibald Byron Macallum
Date
[ca. 1900]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 33 cm
Description
Macallum was appointed professor of physiology in 1891 and professor of biochemistry in 1908. He resigned in 1917 when he became the First Administrative Chairman of the Research Council of Canada. Macallum was born in 1858 and died in 1934.
Title
Gates at Queen Street
Date
[ca. 1868]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
A view from the present Queen Street, of the approach to King's College, about 1868.
Title
Pharmacy College.
Date
[192-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
The pharmacy building on Gerrard Street East was constructed in 1887 and later demolished.
Title
Program for the University College Conversazione
Date
February 14, 1890
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 16 cm and 1 postcard : colour ; 11 x 14 cm
Description
Officers for 1889-90 listed on the back of the postcard.
Title
John Galbraith
Date
[ca. 1900]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm
Description
Galbraith was appointed the first professor of engineering in 1878. Galbraith was Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering from 1906 until 1914.
Title
William Houston
Date
[ca. 1885]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 37 cm
Description
Portrait taken from composite entitled: "General Committee University College Literary and Scientific Society 1885-86" Houston was listed as President of the Society in the photograph. Houston received his MA in 1874.
Title
Eliza May Balmer
Date
[188-?]
Extent and medium
1 halftone : b&w ; 13 x 23 cm
Description
Balmer graduated from University College in 1886.
Title
Letitia Catherine Salter
Date
[191-?]
Extent and medium
1 halftone : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
Description
In 1884 Salter was appointed the first Lady Superintendent of women students at University College. She resigned in 1916 and died soon after in 1919.
Title
Margaret Langley, May Bell Bald, and Ella Gardiner
Date
1885
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 40 x 49 cm
Description
Image part of the composite of the University College graduating class in Arts, 1885. These women were members of the first graduating class that included women.
