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Tom Smith fonds

  • MG 431
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1900-2012 (inclusive) ; 1930s-1970s (predominant)

The fonds includes paintings, sketches and memorabilia relating to the artistic pursuits and output of Olena (Sherven) Smith; and material relating to Tom Smith’s careers and interests, particularly archaeology and local history, as well as engineering and farming, including documentation of his job on the engineering crew for the Alaska Highway.

Smith, Tom

T.K. Pavlychenko fonds

  • MG 29
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1957 (inclusive) ; 1932-1951 (predominant)

This fonds contains abstracts, research reports, and articles, including research on soil structure analysis, soils and roots, chemical herbicides, and weed control. It also includes a copy of Dr. Pavlychenko's thesis, "Root Systems of Certain Forage Crops in Relation to the Management of Agricultural Soils" and lecture notes, bibliographies, list of references and background material, including precipitation records from 1920-1950. In addition, there is a considerable amount of correspondence, both with individuals such as L.E. Kirk, G.D. Fuller, H. Ohorodnyk, and Premier Stewart Garson of Manitoba, as well as with various associations and companies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Bureau of Plant Industry, and the Canadian Pacific Railway (specifically concerning weed control on railway rights of way). The fonds also contains the 35 mm black and white film "Roots in the Ground" and two video tape dubs. of that film

Pavlychenko, Thomas Karp, 1892-1958 (Professor of Agriculture and Slavic Studies; alumnus)

T.K. Pavlychenko

Thomas Karp Pavlychenko sitting in a chair.

Bio/historical note: Pavlychenko was born in Ukraine in 1892, and studied at the Pedagogical Institute, the College of Agriculture Kamenetz-Podolsky, and the University of Prague, Czechoslovakia, before he came to Canada in 1927.
By 1932 he received both his B.S.A. and M.Sc. in Agriculture from the U of S. He continued his post-graduate education at the University of Nebraska, receiving his PhD in 1940.
From 1930-1937 he worked as a weed research assistant for the National Research Council, at its experimental nursery at the U of S. In 1938 Pavlychenko was named head of the Department of Plant Ecology at the university and served in that position for 10 years.
He was also among the first professors of Ukrainian descent in Canada, and the courses he gave in Ukrainian helped establish the Department of Slavic Studies.
Pavlychenko left in 1948 to accept a research position with the American Chemical Paint Company. He died on Aug. 6, 1958, at age 66.

T.J. Arnason - Portrait

Thomas J. Arnason, biology professor. Head turned to the side and smiling. Wearing a dark coloured jacket with striped tie and white shirt.

Bio/historical note: Thomas Johann Arnason, was born in 1905. He received his M.Sc. and a Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan. He was a lecturer in 1934, Assistant Professor in 1936, Associate Professor in 1946 and a full Professor in 1953. He was Acting head of the Biology Department in 1967-68.

T.J. Arnason - Portrait

Head turned to the side and smiling. Wearing a checkered jacket with striped tie and white shirt.

Bio/historical note: Thomas Johann Arnason, was born in 1905. He received his M.Sc. and a Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan. He was a lecturer in 1934, Assistant Professor in 1936, Associate Professor in 1946 and a full Professor in 1953. He was Acting head of the Biology Department in 1967-68.

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