StFX Drafting Class, 1909. Photographer: Fred Piper, drafting instructor. Courtesy of StFX University Archives
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Mount St. Bernard First Graduating Class, B.A., 1897
Mount St. Bernard First Graduating Class, B.A., 1897. L-R: Florence MacDonald, Mary E. Bisset, Lillian MacDonald, Margaret F. MacDougall. Photography: Rudolph and Waldren Studios. Courtesy of StFX University Archives 89-1480-1570 In 1883, Mount St. Bernard at StFX was the first Catholic women’s college in North America to provide courses leading to a bachelor’s degree, under […]
StFX Home Economic class, 1950s
StFX Home Economic class, 1950s. Courtesy of StFX University Archives 90-779-3297 Excerpt from KristelFleuren’s web site The History of Women at St. Francis Xavier University: http://people.stfx.ca/nforeste/308website/womenatstfx.html Many Sisters were concerned that women were not benefiting from their education as they would if they were in a non co-educational institution taught only by women. Also not […]
Dr. Pat Walsh, Moderator, Co-op TV Station, circa 1964
Dr. Pat Walsh, Moderator, Co-op TV Station, circa 1964. Courtesy of StFX University Archives Email from Pat Walsh May 29, 2014 The photo of me as a Moderator for the People’s School brought back a flood of memories. The photo was taken in the TV building that stood on the hill in back of “Abelard’s Sic […]
Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s
Co-op Housing, The Heights, 1950s. Home Owners L-R: Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall; Lauchie and Sally MacDonald; Rod and Geraldine MacSween; Bill and Anne Anstey; and Gillis and Flossie Brown. Courtesy of the StFX University Archives. Ronald “Pud” and Helen MacGillivray; Johnnie and Mary MacDougall, Lauchie and Sally MacDonald, Rod and […]
Chimney Sweeps, Aquinas House, StFX, 1909
Chimney Sweeps, Aquinas House, StFX, 1909. Photographer: Fred Piper, Drafting Instructor at StFX. Courtesy of StFX Archives. Restoration: Jeff Parker This photo is part of the Fred Piper collection, which became part of the StFX Archives in 2007. Fred Piper’s son Bill wrote to say: My father was an instructor at the Antigonish College in […]
StFX Orchestra, early 1900s
StFX Orchestra, 1917-1918. Doc Pat Nicholson centre . Courtesy of StFX University Archives, 90-877-3384. Restoration: Joe Fraser. Nicholson Hall, the highest building on the StFX campus carries his name. Note the drummer in uniform, possibly part of Hospital Unit No. 9, which had several talented musicians among its membership. Although it was quite unusual for […]