Convocation - honorary degree conferred to Major-General George P. Vanier
Date
February 8, 1960
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and shots of special convocation ceremony where Major-General George P. Vanier, Governor-General of Canada, received an honorary Doctor of Laws.
Title
Convocation - honorary degree conferred to Arthur Lewis
Date
May 27, 1960
Extent and medium
5 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and shots of the special convocation ceremony where Dr. William Arthur Lewis, Principal and Professor Emeritus of the University College of the West Indies, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws. Also included are shots of a childcare service.
Title
Convocation - views of graduates and guests outside
Date
June 10, 1960
Extent and medium
8 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of graduates and guests outside Convocation Hall following a convocation ceremony. Includes shots of Dean of Medicine John Arthur. MacFarlane and Dean of the Faculty of Law Cecil Augustus Wright with his daughter Caroline Cecil Wright who graduated with a degree in Medicine.
Title
Convocation - female graduates outside Convocation Hall
Date
May 29, 1961
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 6x6 cm
Description
Views of female graduates and their families on Front Campus outside Convocation Hall. Includes shots of Tina and John Berrevoets with their son Peter John (001a) and Mr. and Mrs. Akira Watanabe with their children Larry and Karen (001b and 002a).
Title
Convocation procession
Date
May 29, 1958
Extent and medium
3 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Views of the convocation procession travelling from University College to Convocation Hall. Includes exterior views of University College and the front campus.
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree conferred upon Dr. Sidney Smith
Date
May 30, 1958
Extent and medium
2 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Includes shots of Dr. Sidney Smith receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws and addressing the convocation.
Title
Dentistry - special convocation and official opening of Dental Building
Date
November 25, 1959
Extent and medium
16 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and the hooding of the honorary graduates Dr. J. Stanley Bagnall, Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University
Title
Special convocation ceremony held with the official opening of the Galbraith Building
Date
March 6, 1961
Extent and medium
10 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits of honourary graduates and views of the hooding ceremony and address by Dr. Paul Hoffman during the special convocation ceremony held in conjunction with the official opening of the Galbraith Building. The graduates who received an honourary Doctor of Laws include Dr. Paul Hoffman, Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund
Title
Convocation - honorary degree recipients
Date
August 26, 1958
Extent and medium
6 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Group portraits and views of the hooding of six honorary Doctor of Laws recipients including Thomas Alty, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University
Title
Convocation - Honorary Degree conferred upon Monseigneur Maurice Roy
Date
April 10, 1958
Extent and medium
1 negative : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Honorary Doctor of Laws awarded to Monseigneur Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec, Primate of Canada, Soldier, and Scholar. This special convocation was held alongside a two-day seminar on French Canada which was held by the Department of French in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Alliance Canadienne and the Ontario Modern Language Teachers Association.
Title
Signatures of honorary graduates
Date
October 26, 1959
Extent and medium
7 negatives : b&w ; 13x10 cm
Description
Honorary graduates' signatures in the honorary degree register including the signatures of seven Canadian Prime Ministers: John A. MacDonald, Wilfred Laurier, Arthur Meighen, Mackenzie King, R.B. Bennett, Louis St. Laurent, and John Diefenbaker.
