History of Taché Hall
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Alert -- I've just been told that we can now sell the Taché Hall books through our front office at the Arthur V. Mauro Residence (pick-ups only). If you'd still like a book, please let me know and I can put one aside for pick-up Monday - Friday 9:00 - 4:00 pm. Thanks. Linda <um_housing@umanitoba.ca>.

• History of Taché Hall Book -  The book is currently being sold through the U of M BookStore for $49.95 plus GST and shipping (if required). We only want to break even, not make money on this project. The Bookstore is selling the book exclusively with no mark-up. We have printed only 80 books and all copies have been reserved. However, any books not claimed by February 15th will be put on the shelf for general sales.

For a preview of some of the stories included, please see the Memories section on the right side panel.

 ► What's happening to Taché Hall?

This building, now 100 years old, is being renovated as part of Project Domino and will become home to teaching, studio, and office spaces for Music and Art.

Here is a draft of changes that are being planned for the future of Taché Hall. Notice that the two gyms, the centre wing, and the east wing will be torn down (as of Nov. 2012 the outside demolition has been completed). From the front of the building, it appears that not much will be altered, other than the large obstruction of the new ArtLab in front of the East entrance. This is unfortunate, as now the wonderful symmetry of this century-old building is disturbed.  More information about future plans can be found at the Taché Arts Project website. See floor-by-floor plans at Taché Masterplan.

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Stuart Olson Dominion has been appointed construction manager for the Tache Hall Music, Art and Theatre Complex for the University of Manitoba. The $60 million project will be a 200,000 square-foot complex.

The scope includes the renovation of 100 year old Tache Hall, a four-storey, 130,000 sq. ft., building. It also includes the demolition of the interior Tache Hall wings and gymnasiums, and construction of a new two-storey, 90,000 sq. ft. addition on Tache Hall’s south-west side. The addition will accommodate an auditorium and music rehearsals.

Construction is expected to start in October and wrap up in July, 2014. The project is aiming to attain LEED Silver certification.

What does Taché Hall look like now? The hoarding fence is up around the building and most of the windows have been removed and covered with OSB panelling. The new Pembina Hall Residence rises from behind with a magnificent view of the city to the north and the river to the south. This summer, the West Gym, the east wing of West, the west wing of East, and the East Gym have all been demolished (see photos on the Taché Hall Facebook page). The back of Taché Hall is now completely down and is being prepared for the construction of the new Auditorium and Music Annex (see rendering in yellow).

Tache Hall under construction

 

 ► Did you ever live in Taché Hall?

This ever-expanding website is augmented and updated by ongoing archival research and submission of “I-was-there” stories by Taché Hall alumni.

Although staff may be mentioned by name, we have chosen not to publish students’ full names in the text or in photo captions, for privacy reasons. Pseudonyms are acceptable if deemed necessary or appropriate by the contributor, but our main interest is to publish story lines and period images of activities, people, and environments as they existed in years gone by. We would also like to have the stories dated to at least the decade, if not the year and even the month.

If you’d like to contribute pictures and/or recollections of your res years and would like to see examples of how to go about it, check out the stories on the right sidebar and see what’s been posted thus far. We guarantee that, at the very least, you’ll be highly amused with what’s already there. We hope you’ll join the fun! And make sure you tell other former resbians you know, so that they can contribute, if they so wish.

Please send your stories and photos (scanned to 300 dpi) to um_housing@umanitoba.ca or call for more information to 204-474-6404. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

 ► Other items of interest:

Videos

  • May 2007 - Excerpts of an oral history interview conducted by University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Head Archivist, Dr. Shelley Sweeney, with former Professor of Animal Science and Professor Emeritus, Dr. Peter Kondra.

 

 

The Manitoban

The Bulletin

OnManitoba

  •  Article in the OnManitoba about Marshall Gysi's book U of M Prairie Chicken - December 2004. Dr. Gysi has given us permission to add parts of his book to our History of Taché Hall project. Please see his stories in the Memories of the 1950s section on the right side panel.

The Winnipeg Free Press

The Winnipeg Sun

 

 

 

 

The Winnipeg Tribune

 

 

 

Other

  • New development on campus with President Barnard in 2011. The information about Taché Hall is about 3 minutes into the video
  • In 2009, the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections played host to “A College Christmas.” The Archives wanted to replicate a few of the winter recreational activities experienced by a University of Manitoba student in Residence during the first half of the twentieth century. The AMA received permission to play a game of floor hockey in the historic East Gymnasium of Taché Hall.
    Video: Clash of the Titans: The AMA Holiday Hockey Challenge
  • Taché Hall - Archives & Special Collections Building Histories
  • Dietitians - When the Dormitory (Taché Hall) opened to students in 1912-3, it accommodated two-hundred women and almost four-hundred men. The university dietitian was responsible for the nutrition of the Residents and was generally aided in this task by an assistant dietitian.

 ► Go Down Memory Lane

 

Please send your stories, photos and images (scanned to 300 dpi) to um_housing@umanitoba.ca or call for more information to 204-474-6404. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

 ► Need help getting a story started?

Well, why don't you fill in the questionnaire below to help kick-start a memory ...

Note: Once you've filled in your questionnaire, it should be easier to wrtie a memory or two for this website. Please submit to um_housing@umanitoba.ca or call for more information to 204-474-6404.

 ► Featured Photos

Please send your photos (scanned to 300 dpi) to um_housing@umanitoba.ca or call for more information to 204-474-6404.

 ► Check out your old room

Below are current floor plans, although the room numbers may not match from the early years.

 ► Join the Taché Hall Facebook Group

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Please join in the fun and become a friend on Facebook. Share your own TH photos and memories and answer some of the mystery questions we have.

http://www.facebook.com/tachehall