Tour files, correspondence, minutes, financial records and posters
Accession consists of day files of Vice-President (Academic) Willard Finlay Allen.
Office of the Associate Vice-President (Academic)Chester Ronning Interview – China Mission – National Film Board 1979
National Film Board of CanadaAccession consists of office files (1973-1979) and reference works (1970-1977) from the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Academic).
Office of the Associate Vice-President (Academic)Fonds contient des récapitulations d'entrevues, des MP3s numérisés, des questionnaires, des rapports de recherche, des livres, des annales, des régulations, des inventaires, des catalogues, des protocoles d'ententes, des formulaires, des rubans audio, des cassettes audio, des PDFs, des disques compactes, et des transcripts (entrevues, recettes, rites de passage, chanson, descriptions de photos).
Fonds consists of interview summaries, digitized MP3s, questionnaires, research reports, books, annals, regulations, inventories, catalogs, agreement protocols, forms, audio tapes, audio cassettes, PDFs, compact discs, and transcripts (interviews, recipes, rites of passage, songs, descriptions of photos).
Héritage Franco-albertainThe Reta Rowan fonds covers the years from 1940 to 1971. The material consists of correspondence, minutes, briefs, reports, publications, periodicals, newspapers, drawings, print and negative photographs. The books in the Reta Rowan fonds were listed on a separate inventory in 1977. Originally, the majority of the files were arranged in chronological order under the society's or association's title, while the remainder were filed by the organization's name or by subject, or left unlabelled. Mrs. Rowan's arrangement has been followed where possible but all unlabelled or loose files have been placed in the proper year or provided with a subject title.
Rowan, RetaOffice files including minutes and reports from various university faculties, departments, the Senate, General Faculties Council, committees and clubs.
Office of Student ServicesContains correspondences, personal and professional papers, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, maps, financial and legal records, and AV materials. The collection is mainly comprised of records created by Samuel Steele, Marie Harwood Steele, Harwood Steele, and Flora Steele.
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Macdonell, Albert Edward CortlandAccession consists of correspondence files from the Department of Elementary Education.
Department of Elementary EducationPhotographs of Thailand Project III participants
Faculty of EducationThe fonds consists of programs, press clippings, publicity notices, photos, slides, and show lists pertaining to the productions put on by Alberta Barter Theatre between the years 1972 and 1978. The records are in roughly chronological order according to their production.
Barter TheatreImage of Harris taken and sent to the Royal Society.
Card attached to image reads "President Myer Horowitz [University of Alberta] presenting bookends to Walter Harris in honor of 30 years on faculty 1976".
Accession consists of a curriculum vitae, publications, and bibliography from Leslie C. Green.
Green, Leslie C.Accession consists of Volumes 12 and 13 of Folio.
Publications OfficeAccession consists of the personal and professional papers of Cedric Lowe including reference materials, course materials, undergraduate notes, and drafts of research papers.
Lowe, Cedric JamesMidwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference held at the University of Alberta, August 3-4, 1976. Picture was sent from Jean Cooley to Margaret Harris.
Donald R. Cameron papers
Cameron, Donald RoyNegatives of people, buildings and events.
Photographic ServicesThe archives reflect Dorothy Livesay's earlier work as a poet and consist of poetry manuscripts and typescripts, business correspondence, and typescript drafts of several publications. These records span from 1919 to 1974 and are arranged into four series: Poems: Typescripts and Manuscripts; Poems: Notebooks; Correspondence with Ryerson Press; and Publication Drafts and Author's Prints.
Livesay, DorothyHarris presenting an Inuit carving to Harry E Gunning at an appreciation event held to celebrate Gunning's past contributions as a Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and new role as President of the University of Alberta.
Harris being awarded the Government of Alberta's Achievement Award by Premier Peter Loughheed on November 2, 1974.
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.
Denis, PaulHarry E Gunning posing with Harris at Gunning's appreciation event.
Walter Harris' Achievement Award recognizing his excellence in the field of Analytical Chemistry.
Chemical Analysis "Crew": R Kratochvil, J Plambeck, D Rabenstein, P Harris, L Ziola, B Burrows, G Horlick, G Johanson, WE Harris. Dated August 1973. Photograph taken outside of the Chemistry Building.
The outstanding achievement award is given to former graduates of the University of Minnesota who have attained distinction in their area of study and demonstrated outstanding leadership. It was earned by Harris for his influential work in teaching analytical chemistry and research work in hot-atom chemistry, chromatography and polarography. This certificate was awarded at the 36th Annual meeting of the Institute of Technology Alumni Association on November 2, 1973.
Institutes and Centres - Reports and proposals
Office of the Associate Vice-President (Academic)Accession consists of questionnaires and related records pertaining to a Foreign Student Study.
McCalla, Arthur GilbertAccession consists of minutes of the Executive Committee and General Faculties Council.
General Faculties CouncilAccession consists of A.G. McCalla, papers and publications, (1932-1969), as well as, inter alia, CKUA files (81-120).
McCalla, Arthur GilbertResponse letter to HA Laitinen from Harris concerning a second addition to Chemical Analysis, dated May 28, 1971.
Image taken inside chemistry lab of: Donaldo Oliveria, Trevor Higgins, George Scheil, Walter Harris, and Boris Rudenko, dated February 1971.
Letter to Harris from HA Laitinen concerning revisions to the Chemical Analysis, dated May 1971.
Accession consists of monthly progress reports from the Campus Development Office, from August and September 1971.
Campus Development OfficeAccession consists of minutes from meetings of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee.
Board of GovernorsPhilosophical Society and Humanities Association of Canada, correspondence
The Fisher Scientific Lecture Award of the Chemical Institute of Canada is awarded for commendable achievement and scholarship in statistical science praising the impact of statistical methods of scientific investigation. Harris won this high esteemed for his outstanding leadership in analytical chemistry and contributions in Gas Chromatography. His award lecture "Gas Chromatography- Developments in Temperature Programming and Pyrolysis GC" was presented during the 52nd Canadian Chemical Conference and Exhibition in Montreal on May 28, 1969. This is the second year that the award had been given out.
Accession consists of records related to W. D. McDougall's education and career, including theses, lecture material, correspondence about publications, speeches, publication contracts, and other records.
McDougall, William DewarAccession consists of publications, reprints and offprints from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the University of Alberta.
Department of Resource Economics and Environmental SociologyConvocation.
Accession consists of office files from Dr. Walter D. Neal, Vice-President (Planning and Development).
Office of the Vice-President (Planning and Development)Accession consists of publications and other records related to student and faculty clubs and associations at the University of Alberta. These include the Athletic Association, the Bluestocking Club, the Class of 1912, the Dramatic Society, the English Club, the Soldier's Comforts Club, the Writer's Club, the Association of the Academic Staff of the University of Alberta, the Old Country University Association, and the Science Association. The accession also contains a manuscript by W. W. Greag titled "Christ Among the Doctors."
Accession consists of correspondence, committee records, and other office files from the Education Library.
Herbert T. Coutts LibraryAccession consists of memoirs, publications, and translations by Francis Owen. Some publications were written or edited by Erich Muller.
Owen, FrancisConvocation photographs of dignitaries
Publications OfficeAccession consists of photographs from the Students' Union.
Students' UnionAccession consists photographs, prints, and negatives pertaining to the University of Alberta, accumulated by the Rare Books and Archives since 1963
Accession consists of published newsletters, reports, finding aids, books, and other archival reference material.
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.
Alberta. Public Affairs BureauTextual records from Robert (Bob) Layton's years at the University of Alberta, including newspaper clippings, directories, programs, handbooks, playbills etc.
Layton, RobertAccession consists of manuscripts, correspondence, addresses and sermons, bulletins and other periodicals, drawings, and other records related to the work of William Rowan. The accession also contains photographs of Rowan and other subjects.
Rowan, WilliamAccession consists of an aerial photograph of Campus, presented to the University by the Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company.
Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline CompanyChemistry Department Staff at the University of Alberta: HE Gunning, HB Dunford, P Kebarle, D Darwish, C Bigelow, F Birss, HS Frank (Physical Chemistry visiting speaker), WE Harris, RN O'Brien, GR Freeman, RU Lemieux, RK Brown.
Accession consists of interviews conducted by Mrs. Naomi Radford with Dr. John M. MacEachran, Ernest Pelluet, Mrs. Stanley H. McCuaig, and Mrs. E. W. Sheldon. The interviews were recorded for an oral history project at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
Provincial Archives of AlbertaAccession consist of North Garneau Development Report 1 and Health Sciences Center.
Chemistry building at the University of Alberta, August 1967.
Aerial view of the University of Alberta campus and surrounding area.
Staff publications: J.W. Pearce (Physiology)
Department of PhysiologyAccession consists of the University of Alberta's Chief Librarian's files.
University LibrarianThe accession consists of one file folder comprising correspondence of Dr. James William Pearce.
Pearce, James W.Accession consists of three programs from the first recital and rededication of the memorial organ.
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.
Accession consists of original administrative and teaching records of the Department of Classics. The records included original attendance records and department meeting minutes signed by the Chair.
Department of ClassicsCommittee files
Office of the Dean, Faculty of EducationAccession consists of published material from the University of Alberta, including campus maps, histories, faculty calendars and bulletins, student handbooks, publications from the Students' Union, and other records.
The Edmonton Academy of Medicine: minutes, history, consitution, and by-laws.
Edmonton Academy of MedicineDetroit Convention with: Sandell, Hume, Marion and Joe Bushey, as well as Stenfers, Fall 1962.
Hume at the Detroit Convention, Fall 1962.
Detroit Convention with: Kolthoff, Laitenen, M Bushey, O'Brein, Thomson, Luyive[?], Stenfers, Harris possibly on the far right with his hand on his chin, Fall 1962.
Accession consists of memoirs of Frederick Augustus Morrison and Hugh Whitney Morrison, "College & Religion; Talks to College Students by a College Teacher" by W. H. Alexander, "The Greek Genius and its Meaning to us" by Richard W. Livingstone, a photograph of the 1928-1929 Gateway staff, and a photograph of the 1929-1930 Students' Council.
Harris standing at the base of a mountain. Image found inside card from Audrey and Willard F Allen. Willard Allen was a friend and fellow chemistry teacher at the University of Alberta.
Two cold rooms one for storing volatile and unstable chemicals and the other is equipped as a laboratory.
Philips Electronics Inc. x-ray diffraction equipment for the analysis of crystalline compounds.
Electronics Shop featuring a Type 536 Oscilloscope with type B plug-in being used.
Main supply room for the storage and retrieval of chemicals, glassware and other equipment needed for teaching and research. The supply room was located in the basement of the Physical Science Centre.
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.
Chemistry wing of the Physical Science Centre building.
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 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.
New Chemistry Building under construction with bricks being laid.
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.
McDougall, William DewarOwer, John James
Correspondence, articles, photographs
1959-60
Physical Science Center at the University of Alberta construction completed to house three departments: Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry, October 1960.
Photograph of Brian L. Evans in London with the caption written on the back "Piccadilly Circus with me in the way."
New Chemistry Building under construction with steel beams in place.