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University Archives & Special Collections, The Greystone 1930. (Patrick Hayes)

Art Deco

A University of Saskatchewan student yearbook was first published in 1912, the year of the first graduating class.

A University of Saskatchewan student yearbook was first published in 1912, the year of the first graduating class.

From 1913 to 1920 the April edition of The Sheaf was called the Graduation Number and contained yearbook-like summaries of students, athletics, colleges and events.

 In 1921 The Sheaf changed from a monthly magazine to a weekly newspaper.

This prompted the creation of The Spectrum, a separate yearbook. In 1922 the name was changed to The Keystone, then to US in 1924 and finally to The Greystone in 1927. It would maintain this name until 1969 when publication ceased.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s the Greystone was produced by Brigdens of Winnipeg Ltd. and contained a series of graphic plates signed BART or sometimes BP.

In each yearbook a dozen or more illustrations introduced the various sections. These were the work of Moose Jaw artist Bart Pragnell, who undertook commercial work on a contract basis.

The example illustrated here is from 1930.    

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