Hans S. Dommasch - Canada North of 60 Univeristy of Saskatchewan

 

Fonds-level description:

------

 

Hans Dommasch fonds. -- 1914-2000, predominant 1946-1998. --
18.6 metres of textual records. ~6,700 photographs and slides.

 

 

Historical note:

Born in Tilsit, Germany in 1926, Hans Siegfried Dommasch came to Canada in 1954 and became a Canadian citizen in 1961. He served as Medical Illustrator, Lecturer and Assistant Professor of Surgery and Head of Photographic Services in the College of Medicine from 1955 until 1975. Dommasch established the first photography program at the University's Department of Art and Art History, in 1975. Hans Dommasch at Emma Lake, 1989He was appointed Head of that department in 1984 and was promoted to full Professor in 1987. After serving for nine consecutive years, Dommasch stepped down as department head in 1993, retired the following year and was named Professor Emeritus. Dommasch has won numerous photographic and film awards and has exhibited, published and lectured extensively both nationally and internationally. He has studied the Canadian Arctic and the prairie landscape in great detail. His book, "Prairie Giants", depicting grain elevators of the prairie landscape, was published in 1986. The lecture entitled "Canada North of Sixty" has been presented in Germany, Scotland, England, the Czech Republic, the United States and Canada. The photographic exhibition of the same name has been displayed in Canada and the Czech Republic. The touring exhibition "Posters Against War and Violence", organized by Dommasch and containing the posters by Wolfgang Janisch and Gustavo Espinosa, has been seen in Canada and Europe.

 

 

Scope and content:

This fonds documents Dommasch's career as a medical and artistic photographer and educator. This photographic material covers a wide range of subject matter, with particular emphasis on medicine, natural history, the Canadian arctic, and grain elevators. Considerable reference material, relating to the history of photography as a science and an art, is also included. In addition, this fonds contains Dommasch's extensive collection of posters, including those used for the exhibition, "Posters Against War and Violence."
This fonds has been organized into 8 series:

 

A. General Files
B. Publications
C. Manuscripts
D. Exhibitions
E. Photographs
F. Slides
G. Film
H. Journals

 

Provenance:

Dommasch, Hans Siegfried, 1926-

 

Finding aids:

Finding aid available: file titles with some descriptions.

 

Restrictions on access:

There are no restrictions on access.

 

Terms governing use, reproduction and publication:

Copyright, where applicable, has been transferred to the University of Saskatchewan.

 

Location:

University of Saskatchewan Archives.

 

Retrieval numbers:

Fonds 172