USask history articles

Short articles collected from multiple sources including On Campus News, digital exhibits, and original writing by UASC researchers.

Check the bibliography of secondary sources for more USask history sources.


Title Time Period Subject category Source
Ethel Mary Cartwright: properly recognized, finally, at the U of S 1906-1931 Biography On Campus News, 9 February 1996
Evolution of a College [Regina College, University of Regina] 1923-1974 Colleges/departments On Campus News, 23 September 2011
Faculty With Athletic Faculties [Thomas Clifford 'Van' Vanterpool] 1898-1984 Biography On Campus News, 13 March 2009
Famous Photo [Bennett Buggy] 1935 General history On Campus News, 28 September 2012
Final Trip to Campus [John George Diefenbaker burial] 1979 Biography On Campus News, 8 January 2010
Fire in the Engineering Building 1925 Buildings On Campus News, 9 March 2018
First Amati Quartet Performance [Murray Adaskin, Musical Instruments] 1969 General history On Campus News, 9 February 2018
First Class of Student Reps [Student Representative Council] 1909-1912 Students On Campus News, 14 September 2012
First Convocation 1912 Students On Campus News, 11 May 2018
First Employee [Duncan P. McCall, University Act] 1905-1949 General history On Campus News, 24 May 2013
First Female Chancellor [Sylvia Fedoruk] 1949-2012 Biography On Campus News, 12 October 2018
First Kidney Re-Transplant [Marc Baltzan, University Hospital] 1964 Research On Campus News, 8 February 2019
Fuel research led to 1919 crisis on campus 1917-1919 General history On Campus News, 6 January 2006
Game On [Inter-faculty Football] 1930s Sports On Campus News, 24 September 2010
Gates were early campus entry [Memorial Gates] Buildings On Campus News, 23 September 2005
Going for the Green [Intercollegiate Athletic Union, Golf] 1959-1960 Sports On Campus News, 27 January 2012
Governmental Cuts to the Universities during the Depression 1930s General history On Campus News, 26 April 1996
Graduation [Convocation Ceremony Locations] 1912-1969 Students On Campus News, 25 October 2013
Grand Entrance [Memorial Gates] 1928 Buildings On Campus News, 10 May 2013
Haultain Hall - the Arts Building that never was 1913-1964 Buildings On Campus News, 22 September 1995
Health-care Pioneers [Student Representative Council Benefit Fund] 1925-1928 Social history On Campus News, 7 October 2011
Herzberg's Legacy [Gerhard Herzberg] 1935-1953 Biography On Campus News, 29 April 2011
Hitting the Mark [Final Grade Reporting, Elinor Chelsom] 1960, 1968 Students On Campus News, 11 May 2012
Hockey History [Intercollegiate Hockey] 1910-1912 Sports On Campus News, 14 March 2014
Home Sweet Home [Saskatchewan Hall Residence] 1920s Buildings On Campus News, 10 September 2010
Hosting the co-op schools 1937-1960s General history On Campus News, 11 July 2008
Hot and Cold [Heating and Ventilation Lab, College of Engineering] 1950s Students On Campus News, 28 February 2014
Huskie Sets World Record [Diane Jones] 1972-2016 Sports On Campus News, 8 March 2019
In the Original Tractor Lab [Engineering Tractor Lab] 1924 Colleges/departments On Campus News, 24 April 2009
John Diefenbaker Funeral 1979 General history On Campus News, 10 August 2018
John Spinks 1908-1974 Biography On Campus News, 8 October 2010
Keeping in Touch With the Public [Agricultural Extension Bulletins] 1910-1988 Agriculture On Campus News, 12 March 2010
Last One In… [Qu'Appelle Hall swimming pool] 1916, 1950-1964 Buildings On Campus News, 21 May 2010
Law/Commerce Complex Opens 1967 Buildings On Campus News, 14 September 2018
Laying the Foundations [College Building] 1910 Buildings On Campus News, 26 January 1996
Lest We Forget [University Company of the 28th Battalion] 1914-1915 Students On Campus News, 8 November 2013
Lest we forget [Walter Murray quote] 1918 General history On Campus News, 5 November 2004
Lift Off [Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies] 1967 Research On Campus News, 7 December 2012
Lights, Camera, Action [USask Film Society] 1960-1986 Social history On Campus News, 16 October 2009
Literary Supplement [Sheaf Literary Supplement, Ernest Lindner] 1942 General history On Campus News, 25 June 2010
Livestock Pavilion part of original campus 1910-1912 Buildings On Campus News, 12 April 2006
Living on the Farm [College of Agriculture] 1909-1912 Agriculture On Campus News, 13 January 2012
Local Boy Makes Good [G. Harvey Cameron] 1922-1977 Biography On Campus News, 3 December 2010
Mapping it Out [City of Saskatoon Map, Campus Plan] 1911 Buildings On Campus News, 8 February 2013
Marking Community Progress [Community Progress competition] 1931 Social history On Campus News, 9 April 2009
Medicine's humble beginnings 1920-1971 Colleges/departments On Campus News, 1 March 1996
Meet Dr. Jaques [Louis Barker Jaques] 1911-1971 Biography On Campus News, 28 March 2014
Meet Miss Bayer [Jean Gordon Bayer] 1909-1945 Biography On Campus News, 9 November 2012
Memorial Gates commemorate 67 students and faculty 1927-1928 General history On Campus News, 24 May 1996
Morton's History [Arthur S. Morton, Chief Robert Bear] 1922, 1937, 1945 General history On Campus News, 26 April 2013