Browse Anniversaries

This dataset contains important dates in UNB history, taken from a variety of sources. Searching can be done in 5-year increments or can be done for a certain date.

95th Anniversary for the following event(s) in 2024:

Fleming, Honourable J.K.
  • Date: 1929-11-26
  • Subject(s): Scholarships
  • Source: Senate Minutes UNB 1927-1943: 28. President's Reports (1928-1929): 139
  • Note: Senate Minutes mention only the name of the scholarship, not the donor or for what purpose. The President's Report states that the late Honourable Mr. Fleming was from Woodstock, NB, and bequeathed $2,000 for a scholarship " in aid of some deserving student in the Counties of Carleton and Victoria." The first scholarship was awarded to James B. Bedell of Woodstock. (PR 1928-1929: 139),
Forest Entomology
  • Date: 1929-09-01
  • Subject(s): Departments
  • Source: Senate Minutes UNB 1927-1943, 176
  • Note: 11 Oct 1938: Letter received stating that the Canadian Forestry Schools are offering "training in Forest Entomology or Forest Pathology," suggesting that UNB consider same. Committee appointed (SM5 164). 21 Feb 1939: Ministry of Lands and Mines endorses proposal, as does the MInister of Education; Government to provide $5,000 towards extension of fund. Forestry Equipment Fund to provide $9000 for purchase of equipment and lab apparatus (SM5 166). Committee empowered to appoint Professor of Forest Entomology (SM5 166). 10 Sep 1939: Dr. G.S. West Jr. appointed as Chair, and courses started 1 Sep 1939 (SM5 176).
MacFarlane, William Stuart - Scholarship
  • Date: 1929-11-26
  • Subject(s): Scholarships
  • Source: Senate Minutes UNB 1927-1943 (26 Nov 1929), 28.
  • Note: Donated by Mrs. Annie MacFarlane Logan, sister of Mr. MacFarlane (SM 5 28). UNB Website states that the "$5,000 prize [is] awarded annually to a graduating student who... is the best classical scholar in Latin and Greek of the graduating class" (http://www.unb.ca/calendar/undergraduate/ awards.cgi? name=macfarlane&conditions=&campus=&fac=ALL&id=1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C6%2C8&tabl es=awardsSubLevel1)
Symonds, James - History Prize
  • Date: 1929-05-15
  • Subject(s): Scholarships
  • Source: Senate Minutes UNB 1927-1943 (15 May 1929), 26.
  • Note: Sir Charters Symonds donates $2,000 for a prize in N.B. Provincial History, "in honor of his great grandfather, James Simonds, and he suggest[s] that the prize be offered next year for an essay on the early settlers of the River Saint Johns [sic]" (26). James Simonds was one of the "first settlers at the mouth of the River Saint John" (PR 1928-1929: 139).