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University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Series
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Reports.

Series contains reports relating to the Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association of British Columbia. Material consists of a history of shingle control in British Columbia, shingle guidelines and specifications, history of tariff duties on shingles and shakes. Report on cedar trade promotion, shingle wages by occupations.

Reports.

Series contains reports relating to the British Columbia Loggers Association. Material consists of reports outlining the Association’s core activities, monthly log scaling reports, and weekly log sales reports, a list of lumber grading rules, average log prices, timber sales, unsold logs reports, lumber price lists, promotion division reports, shareholder reports, and a map of the Nimpkish Forest.

Reports

Series consists of a report on the potential development of the Coast Range Steel Limited Company (1930-1932) and copies of newspaper reports, resolutions, briefs, and submissions concerning the threat posed to the salmon fishing industry by the
construction of hydro-electric dams.
Title based on contents of series.

Reports authored by Frank Charnley.

Consists of published reports authored by Frank Charnley on the subjects of fisheries, mathematics, and progress reports of the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo and the Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station in Prince Rupert. Several reports are published by the National Research Council of Canada.

Reports to CCP meetings and conventions

Series consists of annotated reports and presentations made by Rush to various CCP events from 1965-1987. The notebooks and unbound files which make up this series also contain his personal annotations made during these events.

Requests and finances

This series contains records relating to the requests for funding from various projects and individuals. Material pertains primarily to the financial aspects of this process, but also concerns applications and legal matters.

Research

Series documents Thomas’ research into the folk songs and history of British Columbia. Material includes articles, lyrics, music sheets, photographs, and music catalogues. The series is arranged into the six following subseries: history, music, people, photographs, record catalogue, and song files.

Research

Series consists of the research that Roy Stokes did about the history of Le Fanu. Series includes familial history dating Le Fanu’s lineage back to 1576 as well as his descendants; newspapers, articles, and book chapters; bibliographic notes and general queries; theatrical adaptions of Le Fanu’s work “Carmilla”; and photographs and photo negatives of Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey where Le Fanu spent time as a child and later in life.

Sheridan Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas

Research

Series includes research conducted by Rachel Epstein and for her by others. Research materials include: articles, book chapters, and research reports (written by students). Articles are frequently from the Labour Gazette about domestic and farm workers, including reports on working conditions and worker testimonials. Book chapters are mostly written by Studs Terkel. One file contains pay stubs and time sheets for workers of a company called Comcare.

Research and creative notes

Series consists of notes, notebooks/journals, press clippings, photographs, books and sketches that are not directly linked to a specific project. From about 1990 to 1994 Coupland kept made daily entries in notebooks. These notebooks contain Coupland’s thoughts, observations and concepts for future subject. This series also contains material related to an unwritten research project that Coupland began in 1992.

Research and project development

This series contains material regarding the process of creating printed publications. Material primarily relates to the work of Robert Reid and includes correspondence with clients, development materials and printed samples. Large hardcover mock-ups of publications or potential publications are included in this series.

Also included in this series is material acquired by Robert Reid that was likely to have played a role in his research and developmental process. This material includes collections of printed material (like hotel labels, packaging labels, bank notes and newspaper clippings). It is likely that this material served as reference or inspiration in regard to his own work. Prominent topics include golf courses, currency, World War II, and Canadian art.

Research and reference resources

The series contains the resources that Vancouver Status of Women (VSW) collected to support its own research projects and the needs of its visitors. Additionally, it includes VSW briefs, press releases, and reports that were inter-filed with research and reference resources. Reference resources were gathered from a wide variety of local, provincial, national, and international sources from the 1970s to 2008. Sources from which resources originate include the National Action Committee for the Status of Women, the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, local women centers, and other organizations committed to anti-oppression work. Subjects that are addressed frequently in these resources include the following: childcare, gender discrimination in the public education system, community services for women, pensions for women, inadequate unemployment and welfare rates, pornography, prison, sex work, the anti-choice movement, pay equity, violence against women, corporate globalization, and anti-racism.

Subject files in the series were originally arranged in distinct, alphabetized sets spanning two accruals. This order has been maintained physically and intellectually. The physical order in which all other records were received has been maintained as well; original order has been re-constituted intellectually. Record types represented in the series include the following: subject files containing newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, and press releases and briefs from other organizations; VSW briefs, press releases, and reports; print copies of academic journals; books; magazines; reports, publications, and grey literature from other organizations; a “Women’s Kit” featuring educational aids that counter sexist stereotypes; and cassette tapes bearing audio recordings in honour of International Women’s Day.

Research and resource collection

Records in this collection are primarily publications produced by Greenpeace International to raise awareness of Canadian and international environmental issues, with a particular focus on deforestation and climate change. Other publications include materials produced by other environmental non-governmental organizations, governments, and First Nations. The series includes magazines with a focus on forestry and the environment. The series also includes materials acquired by Greenpeace Canada that provide information on the management of forests in different biospheres of the World. The series contains no subseries and only file level arrangement of records exists. File titles are based on the content of items.

Research data and bibliographies

Series consists of research data, statistics, and bibliographies gathered by Knight for his thesis and other published works and articles . Research data includes notes, proposals, outlines, glossaries of terms, and reviews concerning various topics, including native peoples of Canada and the Cauca Valley, Columbia.

Research for book - The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213

This series contains materials accumulated by Ian McDonald related to the writing of his book “The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213” written about his father, Les McDonald. Materials include digital sound recordings of interviews, research articles, notebooks, consent forms, a draft royalty agreement, a draft chapter and a press marketing questionnaire.

Research Material

This series contains newspaper clippings and printed material to support the writing of a non-fiction book, The Golden Revolution, about retirement in the 1990’s.

There is background material of a similar nature gathered to aid the writing of the novel, The Statement, about National Socialism, the Carter Presidency, commercial flights, and aircraft schematics.

There is background material of a similar nature gathered to aid the writing of a nonfiction biography of Vladimir Krajina.

Research material

This series contains records relating to research on the topic of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp and other internment camps. Research was conducted by many but assembled by Leonard McCann. Contents include bibliography lists, photocopied documents and clippings, interviews, photographs and notes.

The slides in this series depict images of cartoon drawings that were made by internees during internment are were featured in the internment camp newsletters. Also depicted in the slides are images of the Santo Tomas University and drawn maps of the grounds. Slides were made after internment.

[Research material regarding forestry history]

Series contains records pertaining to Gerry Burch's research on the history of the forestry industry in British Columbia. Burch's research was primarily done in his capacity as a member of the Forest History Association of British Columbia. The focus on this research is the biographical details of individuals employed by the Forestry Industry from 1930 to 1970 and features biographical notes, correspondence, photographs, and cassette tape recordings of interviews with individuals as conducted by Burch.

Research material regarding individuals

Series contains material relating to research conducted by the Forest History Association of British Columbia. Focus is on the biographical details of individuals employed by the Forestry Industry from 1930 to 1970 and features biographical notes, correspondence, photographs, and cassette tape recordings of interviews with individuals as conducted by W. G. (Gerry) Burch, a researcher and member of the FHABC.

Research materials

The series contains the resources and materials that Clay Perry collected to support his research of the IWA and its history, as well as materials that he created in researching the union. Records collected centered around the following: individual strikes, individual union members, the split between the WIUC and the IWA, ethnicity and class conflict, and the labour movement and communism as broad subjects.
Record types represented in the series include the following: transcripts of interviews, notes on research topics; subject files containing newspaper clippings and minutes of meetings and correspondence; IWA briefs, press releases, and reports; print copies of academic journals; books; magazines; reports, publications, pamphlets, theses, and grey literature from other organizations.

Research materials not related to fisheries

Series consists of photocopied materials, correspondence, and handwritten notes related to Stacey's research on various topics not related to fisheries. These topics include forestry, mining, labour, the fur trade, Canadian history, and ships, among others.

Research Notes

The Research Notes series includes material compiled by Devitt for presentations and reports delivered at meetings such as the Public Policy National Resources Conferences in 1981 and on a more regular basis at the annual meetings of the Association of BC Professional Foresters. News clipping citing Devitt and/or offering a general overview of work he has conducted also figure in this series.

Research on Malcolm Lowry

Series contains material related to Thomas’s 1965 thesis on Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano, and related research in later years.

Research related photographs and maps

Series contains various black and white photographs related to Swedish culture and Swedes in B.C (some labelled and dated). Images include: reproductions of historical photos from the B.C. Provincial Archives and the Vancouver Public Library; hand drawn maps of Sweden on illustration boards and two oversized photographs of railroad workers (unidentified).

Research Series : Research Material for Articles and Books.

These files contain information used by Douglas in her writing and include a mixture of working copies of articles, correspondence & notes, lists of sources and lists of photos. Douglas' original organization of subject groupings has been maintained ; each file is an original grouping of material.

Resident records

Series documents the individuals who resided within the Höfn Care Home in its early years (Höfn I) and contains the medical records of residents in its care. Materials consist of resident medical records as well as home register books. The series also includes a scrapbook, Höfn Resident Biographies and Portraits 1947-1962.

Resources, Reference

This series contains records relating to the Women in Focus Society’s research topics, such as information about artists, other organizations, and subjects of interest. Records relating to artists consist of artists profiles, including: artists’ resumes, publicity, newspaper and magazine clippings, and gallery show guides.

Records relating to other organizations cover topics such as: film festivals; art and theatre groups; women’s groups; concerts; lectures and readings; activism and lobbying; as well as various art shows. These records include: publicity; newsletters; correspondences; gallery guides; posters; and meeting minutes.

Records relating to subjects of interest include the Women in Focus print library and the Women in Focus subject files, which contain materials relating to various topics. Topics include: sexual orientation; pornography; health; sexual harassment; women in prison; family violence; sexual assault with a special emphasis on rape; women in history; women and politics; women’s labour; women internationally; women in science; feminist theory; sociology; education; and women in media. These materials range from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. These files include: government publications; magazines; independent zines; newsletters from local organizations; newspapers; pamphlets, and photocopies of books.

Retort tallies

Series consists of daily inventory sheets showing number and type of fish canned, by cooler and case.

Reunion material

Records in this series pertain to the organization and content of reunions held for the survivors of internment at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp. Materials apply specifically to Leonard McCann’s attendance at these reunions and include photographs, travel records, programs and memorabilia.

Reviews

Series consists of clippings of reviews on books and plays. It is arranged alphabetically by title of works.

Reviews and Publicity records

The series contains newspaper clippings, jacket designs and hand-written annotations by Howard of when and where reviews of her work appeared. The series spans a twenty-year period 1970-1990; the file also contains wight 5cm X 5cm publicity photographs of Howard.

Richard Price (Prosecution of)

Series consists of clippings, journal articles, notes, case law and reports related to the prosecution of Richard Price, a member of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, for breach of trust. (The case did not go to court.)

Royal Commission on Family and Children’s Law subject files

Series consists of reports I through XII of the British Columbia Royal Commission on Family and Children’s Law from 1973 to 1975, concerning the family, the courts and the community, the legislative framework, the status of children born to unmarried parents, children’s rights, needs of special children, child care, custody, access, and guardianship, adoption, matrimonial property, family maintenance, native families, and related matters; the series consists also of subject files of material relating to family and children’s law, including press clippings, speeches, broadcast transcripts, and other pertinent reports.

Ruskin Co-operative

Stock share certificate and by-laws to the creation of the co-operative. The series also contains a photograph of the co-operative building.

Russell Lowry on Family Matters

Series consists of handwritten manuscripts on various topics related to the Lowry family and Malcolm Lowry by Russell Lowry. Contents include: six narratives on members of the Lowry family and the family home, Inglewood, miscellaneous notes, supplemental materials, and responses to Lowry biographers, specifically Douglas Day.

[Safety and Security]

Series consists of textual records, photographs, artifacts, and correspondence related to the monitoring of problematic anti-choice groups and individuals as well as Pro-CAN’s development of safety initiatives. During its operation, Pro-CAN maintained files on possible threats as well as common anti-choice behaviors and tactics. Many of the behavioral files focus on anti-choice violence in Canada and abroad.

Sales, marketing and promotion

Contents of the sales, marketing and promotion series includes press clippings, correspondence, records of publicity tours and book launches, promotional flyers, press releases, advertising, awards, contests, and promotional photographs. It also includes records of sales and distribution, such as contracts, reports, and foreign rights agreements.

The series is divided into two sub-series according to the focus of the content, 1) General files and 2) Publication and author files. General files includes company-wide sales, marketing, and promotion. Publication and author files focuses on the sales, marketing, and promotion specific to authors and/or publications.

Salmon

This majority of the material in this series relates to various groups involved in the issues surrounding Salmon. These include the Salmonid Enhancement Task Group (SETG), the Fraser River Panel (the Fraser River Estuary Study), the Pacific Salmon Commission, the Pacific Trollers Association, the Salmon Marketing Council, and relevant governmental departments such as Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans. This material pertains to;
salmon runs, allocations, catches and stocks, fishing seasons, court decisions, river boundaries, salmon fisheries, vessels, test fishing policies and test areas, and spawning. The majority of this information concerns Canadian-U.S. relations and negotiations on the issues outlined above. The types of material include; minutes, reports, press releases, bulletins, conference publications, statistical data, directories, meeting agendas, maps and correspondence. There is one copy of Canada's section of the Pacific Salmon Treaty. Although incomplete, the Pacific Coast Salmon Seiners Association's publication, 'The Beachline' is also included. The folders are arranged by topics, and/or subject names.

Sandon, B.C. records

This series includes correspondence, reports and other documents related to mining in Sandon and surrounding areas such as Nelson. There are also mineral claim records and mining receipts. There are newspaper clippings dating from 1901-1947, and a copy of “As it was in the Beginning: The History of Sandon”.
In addition, there are general and legal records relating to a Mr. E.M. Sandilands, the General Agent of Sandon ca. 1900.

Sardar Sarovar Projects Independent Review files

Series consists of files related to the Sardar Sarovar Projects Independent Review undertaken in 1991-1992 for the World Bank by Bradford Morse, Chairman, and Thomas Berger, Deputy Chairman. The files are arranged according to a file classification scheme, and concern administration of the review, documentation assembled for reference, and project files including submissions, correspondence, press and media files, project notes and reports of advisors Donald Gamble and Hugh Brody, and other material.

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