Saskatchewan : The Making of a University

Hardcover with dust jacket, 120 pages, 6x9 in - 15x23 cm, B&W photographs.

Cover corners lightly rubbed. Jacket wrapped in Brodart, wrapping taped to boards at flaps by previous owner. Tape discolored. Jacket covers creased at top with tape residue near top, jacket front lightly soiled along spine and fore edge, jacket back chipped with closed tear at top. Jacket spine bumped at head. Front flap chipped. Free endpapers, title page and pp.117-120 discolored from tape. Front free endpaper and title page stamped by previous owner.

Two University of Saskatchewan professors produced this institutional history: Arthur S. Morton (from History, library) prepared a manuscript of the University’s early history prior to his death in 1945, and Carlyle King (from English) revised that manuscript for publication. The book covers the first twelve years of the University’s existence, beginning with its founding in 1907 and ending with the effects of WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic. The authors highlight major figures and events in the University’s establishment, and Morton’s close contact with Walter Murray (first University President) ensures access to a high level of institutional knowledge. Throughout, the authors situate the University’s growth in the context of events and trends in higher education in western Canada.