Richard Johnson Oral History - Administration Building Excerpts
Channel: University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections
Date: 2012-08-24

Excerpts of an oral history interview conducted by University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Head Archivist, Dr. Shelley Sweeney, with Richard Johnson, Senior  Scholar and former Vice-Provost .  The interview was conducted during a walk around the university's Fort Garry campus on April 25, 2007.  In these interview excerpts, Dr. Johnson discusses his memories of the Administration Building, including its exterior and interior features, an incident with troublesome pigeons, the building's unique staircase, it's former occupants, and the Avenue of Elms which formerly reached the building's entrance.