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
New in the News [On Campus, On Campus News] 1993 General history On Campus News, 25 January 2013
New to Nursing [School of Nursing Convocation] 1955, 1957 Students On Campus News, 23 May 2014
Nobel Plaza Sod-Turning [Gerhard Herzberg, Henry Taube] 1997 General history On Campus News, 12 April 2019
Ode to Fred [Diner Near USask] 1922 General history On Campus News, 18 March 2011
Old Bird's Eye View [Aerial View of Campus, Veterinary Medicine] 1955 Buildings On Campus News, 23 November 2012
Old but Favourite Motif [College of Medicine] [19-] Colleges/departments On Campus News, 24 April 2015
One Day in May [John G. Diefenbaker, Honorary Degrees] 1958 General history On Campus News, 22 May 2015
Orban and his 5BX plan [William Orban - fitness] 1958-1966 Research On Campus News, 5 January 2007, p. 3
Pentathelon [sic] Powerhouse [Diane Jones] 1975, 1980 Sports On Campus News, 7 February 2014
Piano Man [Murray Adaskin] 1906-2002 Biography On Campus News, 13 March 2015
Pixies on the Roof [College Night, Drama, A. F. McKean] 1921, 1923 Students On Campus News, 23 January 2015
Place Riel Opens 1980 Buildings On Campus News, 8 September 2017
Playing Host [Fifth National Gay Conference, Erv Warner, Tom Warner] 1973-1996 Social history On Campus News, 27 September 2013
Pomp and Circumstance [Walter Murray, Convocation] 1913 General history On Campus News, 24 October 2014
President #8 [Peter MacKinnon Installation] 1999 General history On Campus News, 25 May 2012
President's Pen Pals [J. S. Thomson, International Students] 1949 Students On Campus News, 26 September 2014
The Prince and the Cowboy Artist 1919 General history UASC Staff
Proud football history [Bears vs. Huskies] 1938 Sports On Campus News, 19 September 2008
Proud Service [Reginald John Godfrey Bateman] 1909-1918 Biography On Campus News, 7 November 2014
Qu'Appelle Hall residence built in 1914-16 1914-1916 Buildings On Campus News, 19 November 2004
Radio Club Reached Across Globe [Amateur Radio Club] 1956-1957, 1968 Students On Campus News, 9 April 2010
Rancher, Painter, Teacher [Gus Kenderdine] 1908-1947 Biography On Campus News, 24 January 2014
Recruiting in 1921 [USask promotion] 1921 General history On Campus News, 2 December 2011
Resisting Rust [Rust-Resistant Wheat, Douglas Knott] 1952-1999 Research On Campus News, 21 November 2014
Resisting Rust [Rust-Resistant Wheat, M. Shaw] 1960 Research On Campus News, 11 October 2013
Returning from the front [World War II] 1941-1944 Students On Campus News, 31 October 2008
Royal Couple Visits University [King George VI, Queen Elizabeth] 1939 General history On Campus News, 14 June 2019
Run of the Roof [College of Medicine, Dogs on Campus] 1945 Buildings On Campus News, 26 October 2012
Rutherford Rink Opens 1930 Buildings On Campus News, 11 January 2019
Satisfaction Guaranteed [College of Agriculture, Marquis Wheat] 1927-1929 Agriculture On Campus News, 18 September 2009
Special Guest [Winston Churchill] 1929 General history On Campus News, 4 September 2009
Spork for Everyone! [advertising] 1941 General history On Campus News, 28 November 2008
Steam Heat [University Power House] 1912 Buildings On Campus News, 19 November 2010
Summer School 1919 Extension On Campus News, 30 August 2013
Summer School 1928 Extension On Campus News, 27 August 2010
Television Teaching [Distance Education, Michael Hayden] 1987 Teaching On Campus News, 1 March 2013
Tending the Gardens [Dieter Martin, Landscaping] 1966-1967 General history On Campus News, 8 May 2015
The Allen Story [William Allen; Allen Memorial Prize] 1892-1941 Biography On Campus News, 4 March 2011
The art of appreciation [university art collection] 1914-1925 On Campus News, 20 September 1996
The Better Farming Train 1908-1923 Extension On Campus News, 15 November 1996
The Big Hoax [The Sheaf, Marie-Anne Meyers] 1954 Social history On Campus News, 1 April 2011
The Big Jump [Ski Jump Coulee] 1949 Sports On Campus News, 23 January 2009
The Biology Building [W. P. Thompson, Roy Kiyooka] 1957-1962 Buildings On Campus News, 12 October 2012
The Boys in the Chorus [Men's Lit. Chorus, Literary Directorate] 1930 Students On Campus News, 2 October 2009
The First Veterinarian [Seymour Hadwen] 1902-1947 Biography On Campus News, 8 May 2009
The Gift of… Dirt? [John Dixon] 1908-1921 Agriculture On Campus News, 9 January 2009
The Golden Age [Postcard, Campus Buildings] 1912 Buildings On Campus News, 9 May 2014
The Great Land Swap [University Heights, Sutherland, College Park] 1956 General history On Campus News, 27 March 2009
The Great War Effort 1914-1917 General history On Campus News, 21 October 2011
The Hilltoppers [The Varsity Band] 1956 Students On Campus News, 5 February 2010