Presentation of ceremonial 'Varsity Chair' to Dean James Milton Ham
Date
June 06, 1972
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Left to right: Professor Frank Hooper, Dean James Ham, John G. Cowan, the retiring President of the Engineering Alumni Association, and F. Ted Gerson, the Alumni President-elect The chair was presented to Ham to commemorate the constitutional change to the restructured Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Council and the Dean's retirement from the chairmanship. James Ham was Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering from 1967 to 1973 and President of the University of Toronto from 1978 to 1983. The portrait in the background is of John Galbraith, the first Dean of the Faculty.
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Innis College sod turning.
Date
September 14, 1973
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1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Left to right: President John Evans, Robin Harris, the founding principal, Sheldon Sinukoff, president of the Innis College Student Society, and Principal Peter Russell. Principal Russell is turning the sod for Innis College.
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Pollution Probe Time Capsule Ceremony
Date
October 14, 1970
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1 negative: b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
Description
Shown: student with gas mask
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Medical Sciences Open House
Date
October 07, 1970
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1 photograph: b/w ; 24 x 20 cm
Description
Main entrance at official opening of building
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Donald Chant and members of Pollution Probe
Date
October 14, 1970
Extent and medium
1 negative: b&w ; 5x 5 cm
Description
In this photo Chant and other members of Pollution Probe attend a ceremony to bury a time capsule on the south side of Robarts Library. Zoologist Chant, on the left, was the founder of Pollution Probe.
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National Fund - Honouring of Co-Chairmen
Date
May 10, 1960
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7 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Interior views of a ceremony at the Senate Chamber honoring National Fund Co-Chairmen M. Wallace McCutcheon and Neil J. McKinnon. During the ceremony Lt. Col. W. E. Philips, Chairman of the Board of Governors, unveiled a plaque dedicated to the Co-Chairmen which would be installed at one of the new buildings made possible by the National Fund. President Dr. Claude Bissell presented each co-chairmen with a volume of letters from the senior members of the University's staff expressing gratitude for their leadership in the Fund. Also included are shots of Deans Wright, MacFarlane, Bladen, and McLaughlin and the wives of McKinnon, McCutcheon, and Bissell in the audience.
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Trinity College - laying of cornerstone and official opening of the Kirkwood Wing
Date
September 13, 1960
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9 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the cornerstone laying ceremony at the Gerald Larkin Academic Building and the official opening of the Kirkwood Wing at St. Hilda's College. Includes shots of Mossie May Waddington Kirkwood, Principal of St. Hilda's College from 1936 to 1953, after whom the wing was named, cutting the ceremonial ribbon and inspecting the commemorative plaque alongside the Provost of Trinity College D. R. G. Owen, Principal K. M Darroch, and Mrs. F. M. Jeffery, College representative on the Building Committee.
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York University - official opening
Date
September 12, 1960
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14 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the official opening ceremony for York University where Premier Leslie Frost and Miss Elizabeth Dalziel, an honours student admitted to the York with a Governor's Scholarship, plant a white rose tree to commemorate the occasion. Includes shots of Dr. Murray Ross, President of York University
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Cornerstone laying ceremony at new Arts Building by Mrs. Smith
Date
October 13, 1960
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12 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of the cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Arts Building (Sidney Smith Hall) including shots of the procession, addresses, and Mrs. Sidney Smith laying the cornerstone in honour of her late husband and formers President of U of T.
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Unveiling of historical plaque at the Students Administrative Council (SAC) building
Date
October 5, 1960
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3 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Includes shots of Dr. Andrew Thompson, former director of the Meteorological Service of Canada, unveiling a Historical Plaque commemorating Sir John Henry Lefroy, head of the Toronto Observatory from 1842 to 1853. Also in attendance were Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips, Ontario Attorney-General Kelso Roberts H. Saunders, chairman of the Toronto Historical Board, Controller Jean Newman, Chairman of the Toronto Historical Board Leslie H. Saunders, and Professor G. F. G. Stanley of the Ontario Archeological and Historic Sites Board.
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Galbraith Building - Official Opening
Date
March 7, 1960
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6 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
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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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
Description
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
Description
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
Description
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
Description
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
Description
Interior shots of reception including crowds and groups. Exterior views of building and crowds surrounding it.
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Moffat St. Andrew Woodside - presentation of a painting
Date
May 13, 1968
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85 negatives: b&w ; 35 mm
Description
Reception at 93 Hyland hosted by Acting President Jack Sword presumably to unveil are paining being given to Prof. Woodside.
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Dedication of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Date
April 13, 1973
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1 photograph
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Trinity College - Sod turning ceremony for new academic building
Date
March 29, 1960
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4 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the sod turning ceremony for Trinity College's new academic building (Gerald Larkin Building). Included are shots of the procession being led through the quad from the main building