Head and shoulders image of Kenneth J. Shipley, Extension Specialist, Department of Extension.

Physical plant employees cart off the Library's card catalogue. Three slightly different images.

Bio/Historical Note: The first floor union card catalogue contained approximately 1,650,000 cards; the 3300 drawers had a total card capacity of about 4,000,000. It was cross-indexed by author, title, and subject of the materials (books, tapes, record discs, and microfilm) held by the Murray Memorial Library, and by the nine satellite campus libraries.

Bio/Historical Note: Though the first recorded withdrawal from the University Library occurred in October 1909, nearly five decades passed before the Library had its own building. The early collection was housed either on the second floor of the College Building (later known as the Administration Building) or was scattered among a number of small departmental libraries. Plans for a new library building in the late 1920s were ended by the start of the Great Depression; but a dramatically reduced acquisitions budget was offset by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation in 1933. In 1943 the University hired its first professional Librarian. A combination of provincial grants and University fundraising financed the construction of the Murray Memorial Library. The library was named after the University’s first President, Walter C. Murray. Designed by noted Regina architect Kioshi Izumi working under H.K. Black, Architect, it marked a change in campus architecture away from the more angular and elaborate Collegiate Gothic style to that of the less expensive cube. Building materials included granite at the entrance and Tyndall stone as a wall cladding and window trim. In addition to the library, the building housed the College of Law, an office of the Provincial Archives and a 105-seat lecture theatre equipped with the latest in audiovisual teaching aids. The most dramatic transformation took place between 1970 and 1976 when a six floor south wing was added along with an extensive renovation of the 1956 structure. Designed by BLM, Regina, the south wing was unlike any other building on campus. Clad in Tyndall stone panels made to look like concrete (through a "bush hammered" finish), the grey almost windowless building is industrial and utilitarian in appearance. The University's master plan required buildings in the core of campus to be clad in stone. However, the "bush hammered" finish was used since the Library addition was built during a period that saw the flowering of "Brutalist" Architecture, so called because of the wide use of exposed concrete. The new (south) wing, originally called the Main Library, was officially opened on 17 May 1974, and also became the home of the Department of Art and Art History, the College of Graduate Studies and the University Archives.

Ken Rekrutiak, Saskatchewan region manager of IBM, presents a $17,500 cheque to Dr. Tana Dineen, Institute of Child Guidance and Development, to help finance research into a new system for teaching children with learning disabilities, who live in rural and sparesly populated areas. Also present are Dr. R.P. Sanche (left) of the Institute, Mike Sullivan (second from left), Canadian vice-president of IBM and R.W. Begg, University President..

Posed indoor image of Huskies guard Paul Jacoby in uniform and holding a basketball.

Male and female medical students at work in the Medical Lab in the College of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: A medical college was part of President Walter Murray’s design for the new University of Saskatchewan, and was consistent with his view that the university should serve the needs of the province. In 1926 a School of Medical Sciences was established, which provided the first two years of medical training. Between 1928 and 1954, 605 students completed the course and then went elsewhere in Canada for the clinical years. In 1944, a survey of the health needs of the province (Sigerist Report) recommended that the School be expanded to a “complete Grade A Medical School” and that a University Hospital of 500 beds be constructed for scientific teaching, clinical instruction, and research. A medical building was completed in 1950, a four-year degree-granting College was inaugurated in 1953, and University Hospital opened in 1955. The College admits sixty medical students per year, supervises the training of 200 residents, and provides basic science training to 330 students in Arts/Science. The aim of the program is to produce a “basic” or undifferentiated doctor capable, with further training, of becoming a family practitioner, specialist or research scientist. Between 1953 and 2003, the College of Medicine has graduated 2,134 MDs, of whom 30.5% were women.

John G. Diefenbaker releases the clutch on a 20-60 Rumley twin-cylinder steamer. Diefenbaker was assisted by George Dunlop (left), engineer, and Steven Lipsit, fireman.

Attendees of coffee party held after sod turning ceremony include Joe Campbell (left) and John Dorgan, University Registrar.