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
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.
Title
Convocation Hall
Date
[193-?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Convocation Hall, designed by Darling and Pearson, was completed in 1906.
Title
King's College Circle showing the campus, library, and medical building with city in the distance.
Date
[190-?]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
This photograph taken between 1903 when the medical building was opened and 1913 when the Toronto General Hospital was built. Engineering building also in view.
Title
William Lash Miller
Date
August 20, 1924
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 16 cm or smaller.-
Description
Miller was professor of chemistry.
Title
John McCaul
Date
[ca. 1849]
Extent and medium
1 engraving : b&w ; 39 x 49 cm
Description
Engraving of Reverend John McCaul, done while he was President of King's College, 1849-1950. John McCaul was born in 1807 and died in 1887. From 1850-1853 he was the President of the University of Toronto. McCaul was President of University College from 1853 to 1880.
