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Harris leaning on his Pontiac car, with his friends taking pictures at a mountain viewpoint. Image found inside card from Audrey and Willard F Allen. Willard Allen was a friend and fellow chemistry teacher at the University of Alberta.

Photograph taken in the Inorganic and Analytical Research Laboratory. Image focuses on the Leeds & Northrup Electro Chemograph Type E with a built in Speedomax Recorder designed for polarography analysis. Machine commonly used in the study of kinetics and mechanism of inorganic reactions. Image also appears in "New Physical Sciences Centre" booklet advertising the newly built facility.

Two technicians working on glass lathes in the Glass Blowing Shop. This room was used for the building and design of new glass equipment for research. The shop was located in the basement of the physics-mathematics wing.

Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta built to house three departments of Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. The building officially opened May 24, 1961 and was designed by the Department of Public Works.

Graduate Research Laboratory in the Physical Science Center.

Physical Chemical Research laboratory with two people at work on high vacuum lines.

Physical Sciences Auditorium with 400 sloping seats full of students. The auditorium was housed in a seperate wing to the North of the Mathematics-Physics building and was used for large lecture classes, special lectures and public meetings. A projection booth is also located at the back of the room.

Undergraduate laboratory with private working areas for up to twenty students. The side benches and cabinets display equiptment and materials in general use.

The Metrpolitan-Vickers MS-2 model being operated by a technician in the Mass Spectrometer Laboratory.

Physics machine shop with wood and metal-working equipment to create materials for research and undergraduate laboratories. The machine shop was located in the basement of the physics-mathematics wing.

Accession consists of publications, reprints and offprints from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Alberta.

Chemistry wing of the Physical Science Centre building.

Harris and friends standing in front of a lake in the Rockies. Image found inside card from Audrey and Willard F Allen. Willard Allen was a friend and fellow chemistry teacher at the University of Alberta.

Image of a graduate Inorganic Research Laboratory in the Physical Science Center.

Staff office laboratory in the Physical Science Center, with a Fisher zone refiner in the center of the image. Each staff room was accompanied by a private laboratory.

Liquid nitrogen generator located in the main supply room.

Two technicians at work in the Infrared and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory. Machines shown are the Perkin-Elmer 221-G high resolution infrared spectrophotometer to the right and a Cary Model 14 automatic recording spectrometer.

Three Machinists operating tools in the machine shop. The shop was complete with wood and metal-working equipment to create materials for research and undergraduate laboratories. Included in the photograph is a lathes, jig saw, sheet metal bender, grinder, two drill presses, and a welding area. The machine shop was located in the basement of the physics-mathematics wing.

Institutes and Centres - Reports and proposals

The contents of the accession reflect Ellen Schoeck’s research process during the creation of her book Taking Care, as well as her experience as Director of the University Secretariat, a position through which she served a number of University presidents over a period of 28 years, including Myer Horowitz. Textual records consist of Schoeck’s research materials for Taking Care, and include photocopies of articles, yearbook pages, and reports, as well as interviews and other documents related to campus housing and alumni from the 1950s until present. Photographs and film negatives are from Schoeck’s time as Director of the University Secretariat, and are arranged chronologically according to the University president in office at the time, illustrating the experience working in the senior administration office through various presidencies.

The fonds consists of nearly 31 meters of material mainly of correspondence and files from the dates of 1960-1995 from Walter Jungkind’s work in several organizations including Icograda, the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada; the Society of Graphic Designers of Alberta; the creation of Graphic Design at the University of Alberta and the University of Alberta’s Visual Identity.

Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta construction completed to house three departments: Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry, October 1960.

Ower, John James
Correspondence, articles, photographs
1959-60

New Chemistry Building under construction with steel beams in place.

New Chemistry Building under construction with bricks being laid.

Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction with steel beams in place, September 21, 1959.

Chemistry building under construction, April 1959.

Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction, February 1959. The steel frame was erected by C.W. Carry Ltd and Calgary Structural Steel Ltd.

New Chemistry Building under construction with bricks being laid, December 1959

Chemistry-Physics-Mathematics building under construction, April 1959. The steel frame was erected by C.W. Carry Ltd and Calgary Structural Steel Ltd.

The Dr. Chuji Hiruki fonds is a very rich and diverse acquisition of materials depicting the life and primarily teaching and research career of Chuji Hiruki. This accession of material comprises a broad scope of records comprising mainly of textual materials reflective of his teaching, research travel and role as a professor of plant pathology during his tenure with the University of Alberta.

Site for new Chemistry building, December 1958.

Physical Science Center building under construction, November 1958. The foundation was contracted out to Poole Construction Co Ltd.

Site for new Chemistry building, December 1958.

The RCMP Book Collection of S/Sgt. Al Lund is comprised of books, comics, magazines, and print ephemera that document the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Over the course of fifty years, distinguished Staff Sergeant (retired) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alert Henry (Al) Lund amassed the largest ever collection of Mountie books and serials. His collection was donated to the University of Alberta Libraries in tranches beginning in 2008, and all of the rare materials are now housed at Bruce Peel Special Collections. An exhibition catalogue showing highlights from the Lund Collection was published by the University of Alberta Libraries in 2017. Mounties on the Cover is a visually stunning catalogue that offers a sample of the thousands of cover illus­trations of Mounties that were published. The catalogue for this exhibition can be purchased through University of Alberta Press or Indigo or in person in the Peel library for $25 (cash only).

Chemistry building under construction, November 1958. The foundation was contracted out to Poole Construction Co Ltd.

Curriculum Vitae of Milton M.R. Freeman outlining his professional career, activities and appointments. As well as a bibliography of publications: books, edited books/proceedings, articles in Festschrifts, journal articles, encyclopedia articles, book reviews, government reports, and additional non-refereed writings.

Candas Jane Dorsey Writing – Finding Aid

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are stapled onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings until March, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

Staff publications: J.W. Pearce (Physiology)

Two post cards: one depicts the Dentistry / Pharmacy building and is referred to in the photo as "Medical Building." The second is a photo of the University Hospital. Both photos are B&W prints; 14 x 9 cm.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

Additionally enclosed is a postcard, from Ray Scott, General Secretary & Treaurer, signalling reciept of the lodge's annual report for 1954.

The accession consists of one file folder comprising correspondence of Dr. James William Pearce.

The contents of the accession spans across almost fifty years and provides valuable insight into the development of Peel's Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies and Peel’s Prairie Provinces database. Mostly textual records and correspondence, the records depict efforts to find and select published works for the bibliographies, various stages of the book’s completion, and conversations between Peel staff and other institutions and individuals that went into the creation of the Bibliographies.

Records related to the professional and academic career of Dr. Kenneth W. Domier.
These records are composed of: 1 composite photograph of the 1980 Faculty of Agriculture, certificates, diplomas, plaques, and professional correspondence.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the period, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

Accession consists of correspondence, committee records, and other office files from the Education Library.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book; additional notes are enclosed on loose yellow pages. One ballot for local lodge office elections is also included. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the period, with the names of lodge officers being listed.

Tour files, correspondence, minutes, financial records and posters

Accession consists of records pertaining to joint Committee to Co-ordinate University and High School Curricula and the Matriculation Study Committee: booklets and files.

Co-60 gamma ray unit used in cobalt therapy, the use of gamma rays to treat medical issues such as tumors. The Physical Science Centre had a special "cave" built out under the basement with a Co-60 gamma ray unit for the initiation of radio chemical reactions. Slide found in box labeled AECL for the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Slide likely used in lecture or public talk.

National Research Universal, Atomic Energy of Canada United in Chalk River, Ontario. Harris spent one summer in Chalk River with R Betts on the isotopic separation of sodium-22 and sodium -24. Slide found in box labeled AECL for the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, likely used in lecture or public talk.

National Research Universal reactor Atomic Energy of Canada United in Chalk River, Ontario. Harris spent one summer in Chalk River with R Betts on the isotopic separation of sodium-22 and sodium -24. Slide found in box labeled AECL for the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited likely used in lecture or public talk.

Accession consists of duplicate photographs from Photographic Services, Bureau of Public Affairs (formerly Film and Photography Branch, Department of Economic Affairs). The photographs depict the University of Alberta campus, facilities, faculty, events, and other subjects.

Accession consists of Studio Theatre playbills (1950-2001), season brochures (1968-1993), an anniversary booklet (1982-1983), and campaign mailouts (1988-1995).

Photograph of Brian L. Evans in London with the caption written on the back "Piccadilly Circus with me in the way."

A list of superseded ANSI and ANSI-approved standards in print held University of Alberta Libraries Research and Collections Resource Facility (RCRF).

Le fonds contient des documents administratifs de l'association et de la documentation relative au Collège et au Juniorat. On y trouve de la correspondence, des listes d'addresses d'anciens, des coupures de presses, de rapports financiers de l'Amicale, des photos, de dépliants, de nombreux exemplaires de journaux étudiants de plusieurs autres institutions du pays, ainsi que des albums souvenirs et des annuaires de quelques unes de celle-ci. Le fonds a été divisé en trois parties: 1) Dossiers administratifs, 2) journaux, 3) albums souvenirs et annuaires. Tout les documents sont des originaux. Les annuaires, prospectus et rapports annuels des années 1978 à 1988 ont été ajoutés par la suite.

Fonds consists of administrative documents of the association and documentation related to the Collège and Juniorat. It contains correspondence, lists of alumni addresses, newspaper clippings, financial reports of l'Amicale, photos, pamphlets, several issues of student journals from institutions across the country, and souvenir albums and registries (or yearbooks) of some of these. The fonds has been divided into 3 parts: 1) Administrative folders, 2) journals, 3) souvenirs albums and registries. All documents are originals. The registries, prospectus, and annual reports from the years 1978 to 1988 were added afterwards.

This collection is in development and currently consists of over 500 first-edition Harlequin paperback books including their first publication in 1949. Fiction genres include adventure, western, mystery, detective, thriller, romance, and science fiction. There are also non-fiction publications such as a twenty-fifth anniversary book listing Harlequin publications from 1949 to 1974, a cookbook, and information guides relating to knitting, cars, curling, physical fitness, and etiquette. The collection includes works by notable authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. This collection has significant research potential in Canadian prairie publishing, genre publishing history, vintage pulp fiction, and the history of the romance genre.

Accession consists of the University of Alberta's Chief Librarian's files.

Harris's Certificate of Fitness from Fort Snelling Minnesota, dated June 4, 1945.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Addtionally attached is a postcard from W. E. Jones, General Secretary and Treasurer, acknowledging the reciept of the lodge's 1944 annual reciept. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during 1945, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Accession consists of: a freshmen beanie (1945); a cotton and cardboard bow (1945); a painted feather, possibly from the Wauneita Club (1945); an Outdoor Club blazer crest; a Students' Union telephone directory (1945-1946); and a Student's Union handbook and constitution (1947-48).

Accession consists of records from the Department of Extension including memorabilia and programmes, "Chipmunk".

Items related to Mixed Chorus, including audio cassettes and vinyl, posters and programs.

The Society of the Sigma Xi Diploma certifying Harris was elected as a member of the Minnesota chapter on May 31, 1944.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Harris's Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota, dated June 10, 1944.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Accession consists of financial estimates for the University of Alberta. Accession also contains materials for the Office of the Comptroller/Bursar.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Postal Telegraph congratulating Harris from his family, dated May 9. Telegraph mentioned June 14, 1942, his wedding day to Phyllis Pangburn.

Harris's "Certified Instructor Gas and Bomb Defense" card. The University of Minnesota required that chemistry graduate students become certified instructors in gas and bomb defense in case the US was attacked.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

This accession consists of a rich variety of materials from the personal life and academic work of Ivan Lysiak Rudnytsky. As a historian and a professor, Rudnytska amassed an impressive collection of articles, booklets, rare book photocopies, bibliographies, thesis, and original research materials. A prolific letter writer, this accession features his corrrespondence with a range of his contemporaries and family members. This correspondence includes postcards and small photographs.

Fonds contient deux tomes biographiques, plusieurs éditions de la revue bimestrielle Vie française, et une lettre du Général de Gaule de 1940.

Fonds consists of two biographical tomes, several editions of the bimonthly magazine Vie française, and a letter from the General de Gaule from 1940.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Additionally enclosed is a small handwritten note, badly faded, relating to the Aug. 15th meeting.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The typewritten text of several resolutions passed by the lodge are also pasted inside the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Harris's University of Alberta B.Sc. Diploma with official seal.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. The typewritten text of several resolutions passed by the lodge are also pasted inside the book. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Master of Science graduating photograph of Harris.

Harris standing on a hill in Trail, British Columbia. Caption reads "Trail and CMS". The image was likely taken the summer after Harris' third year at University when he worked at Consolidated Minning and Smelting as a general labourer in the phosphate fertilizer plant. Slide used in personal presentation.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Notes are accompanied by attendence lists for meetings, which are glued onto unused pages in the book. Additionally, the blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed. The pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Textual records from Robert (Bob) Layton's years at the University of Alberta, including newspaper clippings, directories, programs, handbooks, playbills etc.

Accession consists of a compilation of tests and exams from various departments and faculties at the University of Alberta.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Contains details of finanical accounts for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, ennumerating deposits, expenses, and account balances. Each entry is accompanied by the date of the transaction.

L'accession contient la documentation recueillie pour l'article et par la suite de celui-ci (entre 1979 et 1986). Il comprend quelques originaux de lettres envoyées au professeur Smith, des coupures de presse de textes inédits et tirées de divers journaux et, surtout, des photocopies d'articles de périodiques et de journaux relatifs à la francophonie albertaine.

Accession contains documentation collected for the purpose of the article and more (between 1979 and 1986). It contains a few original letters sent to professor Smith, clippings of unedited texts taken from various journals and, mostly, photocopies of articles from periodicals and journals related to Franco-Albertans.

Accession consists of the papers of W. D. McDougall, including lecture material from Columbia University, other work from Columbia University, and other records related to education.

Microfilmed scrapbooks on Edmonton drama history and career as a playwright

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge.

Donald R. Cameron papers

This fonds contains offprints of Lewytskyj's newspaper and journal articles (1941-1980), unpublished reports and conference papers, diploma and PhD from Ukrainian Free University (Munich). Also contained are rare Ukrainian political journals of the 1940s. Materials are both conservation photocopies and originals.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for the entire year. Additionally, appended with paperclips, are the text of several resolutions passed by the lodge, as well as a letter on proposed regulations on firing pools for railway employees in Winnipeg. The blue-colored pages at the front of the book record the officer's roll-call for meetings during the year, with the names of lodge officers being listed, while the pages near the end of the book feature a handwritten membership list for the lodge,

Accession consists of graphic materials from McDermid Studios.

Professional papers of Chester Cuthbert.

Contains details of finanical accounts for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, ennumerating deposits, expenses, and account balances. Each entry is accompanied by the date of the transaction.