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Actively moving sand area in blow-out

Actively moving sand area in blow-out. Note wind direction to the right as indicated by steep natural angle of repose. Location: NW 1/4 Sec. 4, T. 21, R. 22, W. 3 meridian about 4 miles S. of Portreeve, Sask. Tuesday, September 13, 1960.

Adam and Margaret Murray

Portrait of Adam Murray, Walter Murray's uncle, with his second wife, Margaret Hamilton. "Uncle Adam and Aunt Maggie" written on reverse.

Adam Shortt - Portrait

Adam Shortt - Portrait

Head and shoulders image of Adam Shortt, who donated the initial bulk of the Shortt Collection of Canadiana, which makes up the basis of the University of Saskatchewan Special Collections.

Bio/Historical Note: Adam Shortt was born 24 November 1859 in Kilworth, Ontario. He attended Queen's University with the intention of becoming a Presbyterian minister. When Shortt graduated in 1883 , he pursued graduate studies in philosophy, chemistry and botany. In 1886 Shortt married Elizabeth Smith, one of the first women to receive a medical degree in Canada. The same year he began working as a tutor for John Watson, and in 1887 was appointed a lecturer in the field of political economy at Queen's. In 1891 he was the first to be appointed the John A. Macdonald Professor of Political Science. While a lecturer at Queen's Shortt was appointed editor of The Queen's Journal. He is credited with establishing the first card catalogue at the Queen's Library. Regarded as the father of professional economics in Canada, Shortt took a historical approach as differentiated from economic theory, as he believed that the economics of nations depend on natural resources, geographic location, and specific economic attributes. Shortt went on to Glasgow University for his master's degree in political economy. Shortt was one of five men on the shortlist for the position of first president of the University of Saskatchewan. He is most well known for his research into the history of Canadian banking and for his association with the National Archives of Canada. In 1906 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1911. At the time of his death on 14 January 1931, he was a chairman of the Board of Historical Publications at the National Archives, a position he had held since 1918.

Bio/Historical Note: Special Collections at the University of Saskatchewan Library began with the purchase of the Adam Shortt collection of Canadiana in 1921. Dr. Shortt, a professor and University Librarian at Queen's University was an inveterate collector. Indeed, the collection at the University of Saskatchewan was one of his two personal collections. This collection has been augmented over time and now concentrates on western Canadian history. While it includes old and rare materials, such as 18th- and 19th-century editions of explorers' and missionaries' accounts, it also emphasizes the history of First Nations and Metis people. The library is particularly proud to own an original letter/poem written by resistance leader Louis Riel to his jailer just two weeks before he was hanged for treason.

Addendum

This series contains material pertaining to Lake Simcoe, Prince Albert National Park, Kamloops, Paul Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park, Okanagan Lake, Saline Lakes, Amethyst Lake, Lac la Ronge, Lakes in Ontario and various related topics.

Rawson, Donald Strathearn

Addendum

This series is comprised of manuscripts of "Sketch of the Settlement and Agricultural Development of the Canadian North-West" and "The Aborigines of Canada", filmstrips of the early history of the U of S, maps included in "History of Western Canada" and dates and titles of newspaper articles from Saskatoon and Regina pertaining to W.C. Murray, University buildings, events, activities, faculty, staff, students, members of the Board of Governors and Senate, etc.

Morton, Arthur Silver, 1870-1945 (Professor of History)

Administration Building - Addition - Architectural Plans

"Proposed Ground Floor Furniture Layout" of the Administration Building addition.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1979 portions of the Administration Building (College Building) were declared unsafe. The building that had been at the heart of University life for seven decades was showing its age. A weak roof structure and deteriorating cement precipitated action on the part of the University’s administration. From a number of options available, the choice was made to build a new building adjacent to the original structure. The Administration Building Addition (East Wing) was opened in October 1987, construction having began in the fall of 1985. Designed by Wiens Johnstone Architects of Regina and built by Penn-Co Construction of Calgary, the $6.6 million three-story stone-clad building contained 4,646 square metres of floor space, approximately the same office space as the College Building. The two buildings were directly linked with some of the College Building’s exterior walls in the addition’s interior space.

Administration Building - Addition - Architectural Plans

"First Floor Plan" of the Administration Building addition.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1979 portions of the College Building were declared unsafe. The building that had been at the heart of University life for seven decades was showing its age. A weak roof structure and deteriorating cement precipitated action on the part of the University’s administration. From a number of options available, the choice was made to build a new building adjacent to the original structure. The Administration Addition was opened in October of 1987, construction having began in the fall of 1985. Designed by Wiens Johnstone Architects of Regina and built by Penn-Co Construction of Calgary, the $6.6 million three-story stone-clad building contained 4,646 square metres of floor space, approximately the same office space as the College Building. The two buildings were directly linked with some of the College Building’s exterior walls in the addition’s interior space.

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