Showing 412 results

Swan Hills Plant opening.

Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta.

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

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on a field trip to Steep Rock Mine in Atikokan, September 1984. TAC went as part of their efforts to research the Canadian Shield. During WWII, the lake at this site had been drained and iron ore was recovered. It had since been refilling with water. Harris' job was to complete a risk assessment of the area. Slide found in the container labeled Hazardous Wastes.

Hume at the Detroit Convention, Fall 1962.

Walter Harris, John Devereau and their wives posing in front of a sign at a gas station near Swan Hills Treatment Centre.

Harry E Gunning posing with Harris at Gunning's appreciation event.

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.

Harris standing in an active undergraduate chemistry laboratory.

Harris in the laboratory.

Unknown photograph owned by SG Davis. After Davis' passing, it was found among the files in his office and acquired by Harris.

Close up photograph of Harris. Note on the back reads "Planned Parenthood".

Image of Harris taken and sent to the Royal Society.

Image of Harris and Habgood. Harry Habgood co-authored Programmed Temperature Gas Chromatography with Harris, the first book published by anyone in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta.

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) photograph taken June 1989. Missing from the photo is John Convey. List of member credentials is attached to the original photo.

Harris appears sixth from the right in the back row.

Harris accepting award from Fred Cantwell, a fellow University of Alberta chemistry staff member and presenter at the conference. This happened during the "Symposium in Honour of W.E. Harris : Analytical Chemistry- its Role in Socio-Economic Development" .

Walter Harris was awarded this certificate as part of Alberta's centennial celebrations. The certificate reads: "The Alberta Centennial Medal is conferred upon Walter Edgar Harris. In recognition of outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta September 1, 2005".

Certificate of Appreciation awarded to Walter Harris on April 3, 2000. Harris and his wife, Phyllis, were founding members of Planned Parenthood Edmonton. They helped to change the Criminal Code so artificial contraception was no longer illegal.

Certificate recognizing Harris' fifty year membership to The Chemical Institute of Canada, presented May 29, 1995.

Certificate inducting Harris as a New Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada. The ceremony was held at Rideau Hall on November 22, 2002.

Head shot of Harris that was used in various articles.

Walter Harris' Achievement Award recognizing his excellence in the field of Analytical Chemistry.

Letter reflecting on Harris as a professor and congratulating him on becoming a Member of the Order of Canada from William B Carpenter, dated April 27, 1999.

Harris accepting a gift at the Symposium on Analytical Chemistry in honor of his retirement from the University of Alberta on August 15, 1980.

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

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.

Letter to Harris from HA Laitinen concerning revisions to the Chemical Analysis, dated May 1971.

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.

Full lecture notes on Walter Harris' talk "Risk Assessment" given to Sigma Xi at Corbett Hall on September 24 1997. See accession no. 2012-27-235.2 for corresponding lecture slides and accession no. 2012-27-235.1 for a poster that advertised the public talk.

Poster advertising the public lecture "Low Dose Risk Assessment" by Harris with opening remarks by Roger S Smith. The lecture was sponsored by the University of Alberta chapter Society of the Sigma XI- Research Society of North America and held on September 24, 1997. See accession no. 2012-27-235.2 for corresponding lecture slides and accession no. 2012-27-179.1 for respective lecture notes.

Handwritten meeting minutes for the Northern Lights Lodge, No. 127, for 1912; the last entry, however, is dated Jan. 1913.. 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 1918; the last entry, however, is dated Jan. 1919. 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. Attendence lists for various meetings during the year are also included, either as loose sheets or gluded to the inside covers. 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. Accompanying the notes are a number of monthly reports by the financial secretary, pasted on unused pages. 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. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Letter, on Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 308 letterhead, from H. R. Ellis to Mr. (Illegible). Bremman, on an application by another individual to join Lodge 127.

A handwritten note, with some help from her mother, written by Gertrude Steele to SBS and sent with Marie's letter of November 24th, 1901.

An attached letter from A.E.C. Macdonel in Dawson, Yukon, re: shared mining claim payment, sent with Marie's letter of February 26th, 1902 (in brackets, it is noted that he is 'Marguerite's husband)

Attached handwritten letter to SBS from [James] Henderson vacationing in Lakewood, New Jersey. General news but referening money sent by the Steele's for Uncle John; also mentions sitting beside John D. Rockefeller at the resort dining room.

Attached letter to SBS from Gertrude Steele, sent with Marie's letter of April 6th, 1902.

Attached letter to SBS from Flora Steele, sent with Marie's letter of April 13th, 1902.

Attached letter to SBS from Flora Steele sent with Marie's letter of April 20th, 1902.

Attached letter from Flora Steele to SBS and enclosed with Marie's letter of May 1st and 4th, 1902.

Attached letter from Gertrude Steele to SBS and enclosed with Marie's letter of May 1st and 4th, 1902.

An attached letter from Harwood sent to SBS with Marie's letter of June 1st, 1902. 'Dubbie' has written some letters and was probably helped by his sister Flora with the writing of the letter.

Attached handwritten letter from Flora Steele to SBS sent with Marie Steele's letter of June 22, 1902.

Attached handwritten letter from Flora Steele to SBS sent with Marie Steele's letter of July 20th, 2013.

A handwritten letter sent to J.A. Harwood (Gus?) from the John B. Stetson Company, and forwarded on to SBS in a letter from Marie dated July 27th, 1902. The Company representative is responding to a report that SBS's hat was damaged upon receipt in South Africa.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Marie in Montreal to Sam in Calgary, 10 Aug. 1907

Handwritten letter with envelope from Marie in Montreal to Sam in Calgary, 12 Aug. 1907.

A handwritten letter to SBS from Flora Steele, and sent with Marie's letter of August 15th, 1907. Flora talks about the pain her teeth are causing her, books she is reading or interested in reading, and social visits she has made.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Marie in Montreal to Sam in Calgary, August 16, 1907.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Marie in Montreal to Sam in Calgary, 20 Aug. 1907.

A letter originally sent to Solicitors Lighthall & Harwood (acting on behalf of SBS), and regarding disagreement over outstanding monies owed for Sam's living quarters in England. The letter has been copied by hand by Marie Steele, and includes her added comments at the end of the letter.

Handwritten letter with envelope from Marie in Montreal to Sam in Calgary; attached letters from Flora and Gertrude, 08 Sep. 1907.

Handwritten letter to SBS from Flora Steele, dated September 8th, 1907 and enclosed with a letter Marie sent to Sam on the same date.

A handwritten letter from Gertrude Steele to SBS, enclosed with Marie's letter of September 8th, 1907.

A handwritten letter to Marie from Flora Steele. Marie forwarded Flora's letter to SBS in her letter to him dated September 14th, 1908.

Handwritten letter from Marie in Calgary to Sam in Winnipeg, April 6th, 1909; includes a news clipping.

Handwritten letter from Marie in Winnipeg to SBS at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent, England, dated August 8th, 1915.

Colour portrait of Brian L. Evans.

Photograph of Brian L. Evans helping serve dim sum.

Photograph of Brian L. Evans at his retirement party from the position of Association Vice President.

Photograph of Michele Carlier, Wim Causio and Leilani Muir.

Pocket diary, black leather bound; hand-written entries

Black, leather bound; hand-written entries File of items removed from diary

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Cash accounts kept at back of diary

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos and cash accounts maintained at back of diary Separate file with items removed from diary

Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Cash accounts kept at back of diary File with items removed from diary

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries Cash accounts maintained at back of diary

Burgandy leather-bound; hand-written entries Memos, cash accounts, weather record maintained at back of diary File with loose items maintained

Cloth-bound; hand-written entries List of letters mailed and cash accounts register maintained at back of journal Journal stamped "1898", but used in 1899

Burgandy cloth-bound; hand-written entries; more of a notebook with a lot of empty pages

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries More of a notebook; includes cash accounts

Black leather-bound; hand-written entries More of a notebook; a lot of empty pages