The St. Gabriel's School staff posing for a group photograph. There is a sign at their feet which reads: "H St Gabriel's Separate Staff 1975"

West view of the present library built in 1967 and located in Lovett Park.

People crowded around tables displaying model airplanes in the library museum.

This fonds contains two meeting minutes books for the Times-Herald Chapel from 1935 to 1975. The minutes books also contain notes requesting that meetings take place, and a letter indicating to a particular employee that further lateness will result in termination.

A large (22 cm X 37 cm) black and red hardcover 200-page notebook used as the guest book for the "Them Good Old Days" event on July 4th - 8th in 1974 as well as the "Them Good Old Days" event on July 4th 1975 and the Town of Indian Head 75th Anniversary celebration on July 9, 1977.

This fonds consists of a membership roster, 1906, minutes of trustee meetings, 1909, and records of births, baptisms, confirmations, immigration dates, marriages, received members, removed members, and deaths, from 1906 to some entries being made in 1975.

Head and shoulders of Mark J.C. Abley, University of Saskatchewan Alumnus as well as a Journalist and a Poet, in an academic gown.

Bio/Historical Note: Mark J.C.Abley was born in England in 1955. When he was a small child his family moved to Canada, and he grew up in northern Ontario, southern Alberta and Saskatoon. Abley’s father Harry was for many years organist-choirmaster at St. John’s Cathedral and Third Avenue United Church, and several theatres in Saskatoon. Abley studied literature at the University of Saskatchewan and, after winning a Rhodes Scholarship in 1975 at St. John’s College, Oxford. He won prizes for his poetry while a student at St John's College, Oxford, and began to write full-time after moving to Toronto in 1978. He has been a contributing editor of both Maclean's and Saturday Night magazines, and a frequent contributor to The Times Literary Supplement. His writings show an interest in endangered languages. He published a memoir, The Organist: Fugues, Fatherhood, and a Fragile Mind, in 2019.

John G. Diefenbaker, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. Neil B. Hutcheon at spring Convocation held in Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Neil Barron Hutcheon (1911-1989) graduated in Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and with a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of London. Returning to Saskatchewan as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering he remained there until 1953, when he moved to the National Research Council as Assistant Director of the Division of Building Research. He became Director in 1969. Dr. Hutcheon took early retirement in 1974 to prepare teaching material for building science courses associated with heat and moisture problems in buildings.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Leo F. Kristjanson, Vice-President, Planning, 1975-1980.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Leo Friman Kristjanson was born on 28 February 1932 at Gimli, Manitoba. He attended the University of Winnipeg, earning a BA and an MA in history. In 1957 he began studies in Agricultural Economics at the University of Wisconsin. Upon finishing his course work in 1959, he accepted a position with the Centre for Community Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. The Centre was established to undertake a program of applied social research related to the development of Saskatchewan communities. In 1960 he began lecturing in the Department of Economics and Political Science, and completed his PhD in 1963. In 1965 Dr. Kristjanson joined the Department of Economics and Political Science. He was vice-president (Planning) from 1975-1980, and in 1980 he became president of the U of S. The atrium in the Agriculture Building at the U of S is named in honour of Dr. Kristjanson’s contribution to the University. As president he sought funding for agricultural research and a new College of Agriculture building. He formed a “Sodbusters Club” to raise planning funds and undertook a leadership role in raising over $12 million from private sources for the construction of the building. Dr. Kristjanson was also instrumental in improving the Soil Testing Laboratory, the Poultry Centre, the Kernen Crop Research Laboratory, the Horticulture Field Service Building, the Saskatchewan Institute of Pedology’s Field Facilities, and the Large Animal Research Facility. Dr. Kristjanson was also instrumental in having an art gallery become part of the new College of Agriculture building, named in honour of the first resident artist at the university, Gus Kenderdine. Also during his term as president, the Centre for the Study of Co-Operatives, Toxicology Research Centre and the Centre for Agricultural Medicine were established. Dr. Kristjanson made major contributions to rural Saskatchewan as a consultant to farm organizations, co-operatives, credit unions, and governments. He served on boards and participated in projects designed to improve living conditions for farmers and their communities. Dr. Kristjanson was chairman of the Saskatchewan Natural Products Marketing Council from 1973 to 1979; a member of a committee to recommend restructuring of the Department of Co-operation; and chairman of the Board of Public Inquiry into the Poplar River Power Project, a provincial study of the environment. Dr. Kristjanson also wrote extensively and has given many public speeches on co-operatives, population and rural development, marketing boards, and commissions. He retired as president in 1989 due to health reasons, a year before the end of his second term. In 1990 Dr. Kristjanson was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame the same year. After retirement, Dr. Kristjanson moved back to his hometown of Gimli, where he died on 21 August 2005.

Posed inddor image of Ron Moe, Huskie football player and WCIAA all-star in 1974 and 1975, in uniform.