Fonds includes correspondence, notes, publications, maps, drawings, photographs, and presentation aids pertaining to Alan Sawyer’s academic research, writing, curatorial and appraisal work. Includes provenance information and research regarding Sawyer's private collection of art and artefacts including sales records, photographs, inventories, catalogues and correspondence.
Box 63 includes 3 rolls of unprocessed or unused film.

Photographic prints, slides, maps, and documentation depicting objects and sites related to ancient Andean societies. Includes some materials regarding North America, mainly focused on cultures of the Northwest Coast.

Photographs (prints, slides, transparencies and negatives), drawings, and published and unpublished maps. Series is divided into subseries: Americas, Africa & Oceanic, and original negatives. Visual materials can be found in other series, notably in the professional activities and research materials series. Items in Box 64 were acquired in 2021.

Academic papers and exhibition catalogues associated with various writing projects. Some materials for the published works relate to museum exhibitions can be found within the curatorial sub-series. Some overlap with the research material series, particularly regarding material prepared by others for conferences (see files: 24-19-24-61). This subseries is concerned with Sawyer's work. At the same time, the publications in the research material series involve the work of others.

Provenance information, detailed inventories, conservation histories, sales and acquisition records, donation documentation and correspondence regarding exhibition and research of Sawyer's personal collection.

Appraisal reports, correspondence, photographs, and research regarding appraisals.

Series consists of records related to Narver’s undergraduate or graduate studies, quasi-professional correspondence, and records related to his post-retirement life. Contents include: handwritten notes from undergraduate or graduate level university courses taken by Narver; correspondence with various individuals and organizations, all related to fishing, fisheries, and fish in some capacity, though not written by Narver in his official roles; transcripts and notes from speeches and presentations given by Narver, including the Living Blueprint Salmon Habitat Action Plan, or given by others and collected by Narver; and a typescript of Narver’s 2010 book, What Did You Do In Alaska, Grandpa? Seven Summers in Alaska: Salmon, Bears and Untouched Wilderness, with handwritten annotations. Photographs are mostly of posters and displays produced by the BC Fisheries and Wildlife Branch about salmonid and stream ecology.

Series consists of records related to Narver’s three-decade career, including in his capacity as Anadromous Fisheries Coordinator, Acting Chief of Fisheries Management, and Director of the Fisheries Branch (alternately Director of the Recreational Fisheries Branch). Contents are primarily reports (research and administrative), correspondence, and transcripts of presentations and speeches. Reports include research findings, mostly concerning Steelhead Salmon, and planning and policy documents prepared by Narver and others for the Provincial and Federal governments. Minutes of Fisheries Branch meetings are also included. Correspondence is primarily with other researchers, though some from his time working for the Ministry of Environment are with members of the public concerning various Ministry initiatives. Some press coverage of the Carnation Creek research and rehabilitation project, which Narver headed, is included. Presentations and speeches by Narver generally concern Narver’s area of specialization, salmonid conservation and stream ecology, with a selection concerning recreational fishing. Speeches not by Narver cover a variety of subjects related to his professional area of expertise in some capacity. The series also contains materials related to Narver’s posting at the New Brunswick Federal Biological Station, where he was stationed in the early 1970s for professional development purposes, largely to increase his knowledge of Atlantic Salmon. New Brunswick records include photographs, research reports, and a personal notebook. Photographs are predominantly charts and graphs of research data, with a minority of personal photographs of unknown individuals, mostly at rivers or lakes outdoors.

Series consists of records related to Narver’s postdoctoral research, predominantly from his time working at the Federal Biological Station in Nanaimo, BC, and Chignik, Alaska, while a student at the University of Washington. Contents include professional correspondence, primarily to other researchers, and PhD thesis work, including a bound manuscript of his final thesis.

The fonds consists of textual records of marriages, Lytton Day and Night School attendance, and Anglican prayers translated into nłeʔképmx for use at the St. Paul’s Mission in Lytton, BC. Records are predominantly handwritten with English titles, generally corresponding to feast and holy days in the liturgical calendar. Marriage and Day and Night School attendance records include full and partial names and dates.

Series consists of correspondence about planning for, posters and other promotional materials about, and photographs of the Sofia Girls’ Rhythmic Gymnastics Team’s tour of Canada in 1956-1957, which Matthew Lindfors was partially responsible for coordinating. The Sofia Girls’ Team were a gymnastics group from Stockholm, Sweden. The group was founded and led by Maja Carlquist, who developed the distinct style of rhythmic gymnastics performed by the Sofia Girls. Contents include: posters, pamphlets, photographs of events and head-shots of the team members, a Swedish Canadian Club book about the tour, and three wooden printing blocks of photographs of the team members performing.

Series consists of records related to news articles and news radio transcripts, many written or produced by Matthew Lindfors or related to Swedes in Canada. Records are primarily newspaper clippings and correspondence with Matthew Lindfors from friends, government and cultural groups in Canada and the USA, and individuals concerning the history of Swedish migration in North America. Also included are articles and research for articles for the Swedish Press, correspondence about subscriptions to the Swedish Press, lists of addresses of Swedish Press subscribers, and transcripts of CBC radio broadcasts. Lindfors worked for the Swedish Press for several years and wrote and produced several broadcasts on Swedish Canadian history for the CBC. Subjects of clippings include Swedish industrialist Wenner-Gren, several trips Matthew Lindfors took to Sweden, and stories about Swedes in Canada and the USA.

Series includes materials related to the organization of International Women’s Day events in 1977 and 1979. In 1977, Epstein assisted in organizing marches and a series of workshops, and the organizing committee produced pamphlets on women’s and family issues (eg. daycare affordability) in cooperation with the Women’s Research Centre. In 1979, the IWD Coalition worked with a variety of other women’s and labour groups, including the Canadian Proletarian Party newspaper, SORWUC, the Vancouver Council of Women, AUCE, CUPW, and the BC Federation of Labour. They produced ta variety of information pamphlets, hosted an information day on women’s issues with speakers and a bake sale, hosted a concert, and advertised for a rally and demonstration about various issues related to women’s liberation.

Series contents include photograph negatives and textual records relating to the organization of International Women’s Day events in 1977 and 1979. Textual materials include administrative records (meeting minutes, committee reports, handwritten notes, mailing lists, correspondence, and event itineraries), promotional materials (flyers, posters, pamphlets, and information sheets), and newspaper clippings. Mailing lists cover organizations and individuals from the greater Vancouver region.

Cardboard checkered stationary box, textual material originally kept in the box, Yip Mow's Christmas card list and cards.

Landscapes showing developing infrastructure in the interior of British Columbia in the later 19th and early 20th century, with especially robust coverage of the construction of railroads and bridges, as well as some mining operations. Features group portraits of work crews.

Contains two drafts of the NDP submission made to the Royal Commission on Electoral Boundaries, November 24, 1987.

The fonds consists of records generated by the UBC Library and its branches and divisions, and includes correspondence (both internal and external), reports, minutes, memorandums, notes, budgets and other financial records, architectural plans and drawings, published materials, scrapbooks, publicity materials, photographs, and projects. The records are arranged in sous-fonds based on branches and divisions represented by the records. They are the Librarian's Office, Acquisition Division, Data Library, Extension Library, Gifts and Exchanges Division, Reference Division, Sedgewick Library, Special Collections Division, Woodward Library, PATSCAN, Fine Arts Division, Information Services, Technical Services, MacMillan Library, Science and Engineering Division, Binding Department, Crane Library, Koerner Library, Asian Library, the Reading Rooms Division, Facilities and Preservation, and X̱wi7x̱wa Library. Also included are some records from the McGill University College of B.C. Library, pre-dating the establishment of UBC and its Library.

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asa, presumably in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asia, taken from the shore, presumably in British Columbia. Image is taken from the same position as CC-PH-09532. Marks in lower right corner read T.N.L.

Image of the Empress of Asia, taken from shore, presumably in British Columbia

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia

Image of an Easter buffet on the Empress of Asia. Accompanied by an article which features the image

Image of the Empress of Asia in the port of Vancouver

Image of the Empress of Asia approaching the port of Vancouver

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia

Image of the Empress of Asia, presumably taken at Stanley Park.

Empress of Asia, presumably in British Columbia.

Text reads "note white anchor".

Image of the Empress of Asia, possibly in British Columbia.

Image of the Empress of Asia, possibly in British Columbia.

Image of downtown Vancouver with the Empress of Asia in port.