U of T Scarborough Library presents: "Memories of Scarborough Campus"

The Memory project expresses the U of T Scarborough Library's commitment to act as stewards of U of T Scarborough's story, and to enable wider appreciation and engagement with our institutional history. 

We hope to inspire reflection on those traces that remain, and support a better understanding of U of T Scarborough's origins and evolution. This project emerged out of our library response to the campus strategic plan Inspiring Inclusive Excellence. 

The U of T Scarborough Library acknowledges that items in this collection may express outdated views and use terminology and language that may be considered offensive by today’s standards. These instances have been retained in their original form and remain unaltered to preserve context and the historical record.

If you are interested in the history of campus, please review the History of U of T Scarborough project, an initiative by long-term library collaborator and Department of Historical and Cultural Studies Faculty member (emeritus) Chris Berkowitz.

Contribute 

If you recognize a person or a place in one of our digital objects (or an error or omission), you can use the link in the upper right corner of the object to send us a message that will be reviewed by our library staff so we can correct the description on the photograph. 

If you have materials you think we should consider for inclusion in the Memory project, please email  dsu.utsc@utoronto.ca.

Metadata Contributors

The following people have made our metadata better by making corrections and providing more information. Thank you!

• Corey Formica
• Celeste Richards
• Ermo Ou
• Jasmine Scott
• Joanne McKay
• Julie Witt
• Kasey Bayne
• Tina Doyle
• Vincent Salvador

Materials Contributors

The following people have donated materials for inclusion in the Memory Project. Thank you! 

• Bruce Yama
• John Fox

Take-Down Policy

The U of T Scarborough Library respects the intellectual property and consent of others. If you are concerned that you have found material in our collections for which you have not given permission or if you wish to withdraw permission, please contact us at the U of T Scarborough Library using the email address dsu.utsc@utoronto.ca or the address on the bottom of our website homepage, stating the following:

• Your contact information (including email address and phone)
• Exact URL where you found the material
• Details that describe the material (name, specifications, characteristics, etc.)
• The reason why you would like content removed or altered, with any pertinent documentation.

Upon receipt of your objection, the U of T Scarborough Library will:

• Promptly acknowledge receipt of your statement via email (or other means of communication if you do not have an email account.

We may temporarily remove the material from public view while we assess the validity of your information

Upon completion of our assessment, the U of T Scarborough Library will take appropriate action and communicate that action to you.

Credits

Institutional memory is a long job, helped by multiple people who ensure that documents are captured, described, and saved over generations.

This digital project has benefited from the expertise of multiple  Library Emerging Professionals, particularly Evelyn Feldman (2019) and Fiona Kovacaj (Fall, 2022).

We are also grateful for partnerships with the larger University of Toronto Libraries system, particularly Mark Pellegrino from the Media Commons at UTL, and the Internet Archives. 

Exhibits have been organized by our Digital Collections Technician, Catherine Spence and Digital Collections Coordinator Bennett Steinburg. 

The project is supported by the U of T Scarborough Library's Digital Scholarship Unit librarians and staff, and contains many materials that were digitized from the U of T Scarborough Library's Archives.

Sources for Exhibit Information

Lee, J. (2019). Test Pattern : Instructional Television at Scarborough College, University of Toronto. University of Toronto Press,. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487576165

Onley, Robert (2010, May 21). Explore U of T Scarborough’s story of intriguing architecture at Doors Open Toronto. University of Toronto Scarborough. https://ose.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=2155 

The Underground. (n.d.). About. https://www.the-underground.online/about 

University of Toronto Scarborough. (n.d.). UTSC History.  https://web.archive.org/web/20210312212951/https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/aboutus/utsc-history