Front view of the University Library on King's College Circle.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Library opened in 1892.
Title
Banner for The University of Toronto Graduates in Arts, 1895
Date
1895
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 48 cm
Description
Banner taken from composite photograph of graduates entitled: "The University of Toronto Graduates in Arts 1895". Across the top are portraits from left to right of : Chancellor Edward Blake, Sir Daniel Wilson, President James Loudon and A.R. Bain, professor of ancient history at Victoria.
Title
Plan of original King's College Property
Date
[1929?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
A plan, drawn in the early part of the 20th century, showing the original 150-acre property obtained by King's College in 1828.
Title
James Mavor
Date
[ca. 1905]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 27 x 35 cm
Description
James Mavor was appointed professor of political economy in 1892 and retired in 1924. He was born in 1854 and died in 1925.
Title
James Hume
Date
[ca. 1890]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 16 cm
Description
Hume was appointed professor of ethics and the history of philosophy in 1889.
Title
George Wrong
Date
1895
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 48 cm
Description
Wrong was appointed lecturer in history in 1892 and professor of history in 1894. Portrait taken from composite photograph entitled: "The University of Toronto Graduates in Arts 1895"
Title
William Dale
Date
1895
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 48 cm
Description
Dale was professor of Latin. Portrait taken from composite photograph entitled: "The University of Toronto Graduates in Arts 1895"
Title
James A. Tucker
Date
1895
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 48 cm
Description
Portrait taken from composite photograph entitled: "The University of Toronto Graduates in Arts 1895" Tucker was editor-in-chief of the Varsity during the 1895 strike. He was never allowed to graduate due to a conflict with the university authorities over material written in the Varsity.
Title
Edward Chapman
Date
[189-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass lantern slide : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm
Description
Chapman, appointed professor of mineralogy and geology in 1853, resigned in 1895.
Title
W. Norman Millar
Date
1924
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 13 cm
Description
Portrait of Professor Millar taken from a composite of the graduating class, Faculty of Forestry 1924.
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
University of Toronto Rowing Team
Date
1965
Extent and medium
1 halftone
Description
Photograph taken from "Torontonensis" 1965. Back Row: G. Hesse (Jr), J. Richardson (Jr), R. Veale (Jr), F. Stark (Jr), G. Wright (Jr), P.F. Little (Sr), R. Symsyk (Jr) Centre Row: B. Hartwick (Jr), G. McCullough (Jr cox), P.J. Vogt (Sr); B. Budd, (Jr), G. M. Sandala (cox) and P.L. Southman (Sr). Front Row: V. Akers (Jr), T. Gordon (Jr), G.A. Sutherland (Sr), M.L. Van Sickle (Sr), D.L. Gray (Sr)
Title
Annie Lewisa Laird
Date
[ca. 1930]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 20 cm
Description
Annie Laird and Clara Benson were the first women professors at the University. Professor Laird became the principal of Household Science.
Title
Frank Darling
Date
[ca. 1916]
Extent and medium
1 photoclipping : b&w ; 5 x 8 cm
Description
Photoclipping taken from the Globe and Mail, May 10, 1922. Darling was a prominent Toronto architect of the firm Darling and Pearson. The firm designed many of the major buildings on the University of Toronto campus, including Convocation Hall. Darling died in 1923.
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
[194-?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. or smaller. -
Description
Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Varsity Stadium ca. 1926
Date
1926
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w
Description
View from north west showing covered stands with observatory in the background.
Title
Construction of bleachers on the north west side of Varsity Stadium.
Date
[ca. 1950]
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
Title
Clara Cynthia Benson
Date
1950
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 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
Physical Health and Education swimmers
Date
[1958?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Left to right: Mary Rutherford, Jean Milkard, Norma Gant, Isabell Crary, and Maureen Finn from the Peterborough Swimming Club.
Title
Convocation, June 5, 1925
Date
June 05, 1925
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
View of King's College Circle with graduates filing into Convocation Hall.
