Construction of Norquay Hall

50th Anniversary archival collection

Thousands of items, from photos to yearbooks, have been scanned and uploaded to an online collection as part of UCalgary's 50th anniversary.

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UCalgary students use empty beer cases to build a float on the back of a flat-bed truck at Stampede Park during the 1969 Bermuda Shorts Day
Biological specimens in jars, including fish and snakes, at the Environmental Science Centre in Kananaskis Country, 1966.
Bowling at the MacEwan Hall bowling lanes, located in the northwest corner of the lower level, 1970.
An excavator works to prepare the site for UCalgary's first buildings, now Admininstration and Science A, 1959.
MacKimmie Library Link staircases. This photograph also shows the staircase leading to the basement of the library link, which has since been closed off.
Safety Office pick-up truck used at the University of Calgary for hauling flammable material, 1975.
An aerial view of campus look southeast, 1972.
archeology open house sign
University of Calgary Women's field hockey team, 1974.
A student stops to read signs at a tent city set up outside MacEwan Hall by students protesting tuition hikes, 1999.
Student riding the barrel of a Second World War field gun that is being towed by a Willys Jeep during Bermuda Shorts Day.
University Theatre lobby, 1970s.