Campus history

University Archives and Special Collections is the official memory of the university and can connect you to sources about the people, places and events that define our community. This page brings together online resources about our campus history.

Events and publications

Group photograph of the first University of Saskatchewan graduates in 1912.

Deo et Patriae: Events in the history of the University of Saskatchewan

Masthead of the Sheaf campus newspaper from 1918.

The Sheaf Online (1912-1994)

Watercolour painting of the USask campus seen from across the South Saskatchewan River

Building the University of Saskatchewan

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

Bibliography of secondary sources: A selected bibliography of secondary sources about the history of USask including information about colleges and departments, affiliated institutions, biographies, autobiographies and selected faculty writing, and sports and student activities.

Brief chronology of USask events: Select chronology of events in the history of the University of Saskatchewan.

Student life

People

People whose service and achievements helped build the University of Saskatchewan.

Leadership

Honours and awards

USask and the World Wars

The Great War

Record of members of the USask community who served in WWI.

World War II and the University of Saskatchewan

Record of USask students and alumni who served during WWII.