The University of Saskatchewan 1909-1959

Card covers, saddle stitched with staples, 64 pages, 8.25x10.75 in - 21x27.5 cm, B&W photographs.

Covers lightly worn and creased, back cover corners bumped with very small closed tear at spine head and chip at spine heel. Spine rubbed at head. Front cover verso, pp. 4 and 64 stamped by previous owner (ink transferred to p.1 and back cover recto).

Written by Lewis H. Thomas (then, a history professor at Regina College; later, a recipient of the Order of Canada for his prairie historical research), this slim commemorative volume outlines the University of Saskatchewan’s first fifty years. Alongside plentiful pictures, Thomas’ text tells the University’s story from Saskatchewan’s passing of The University Act in 1907 and the University’s construction in 1910 through two World Wars and the Great Depression. He emphasizes the changing needs of a growing student body and resultant development of new buildings and departments. In the volume’s second half, Thomas provides overviews of the University’s colleges as well as its service groups and research contributions.