This series contains records related to TRIUMF documenting its history – including Craddock’s interviews with various key figures, drafts of and correspondence related to the TRIUMF book, obituaries, and records of the TRIUMF Retiree’s Association.

This series includes records produced in the course of TRIUMF administration, particularly quarterly reports, cost analysis, budgets and financial records.

Series consists of clippings, correspondence, notes and legal documents related to the Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College of Teachers case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada in 2001. Berger represented the British Columbia College of Teachers, who had denied an application for teacher’s program from Trinity Western University, based on the grounds that the University did not allow homosexual students.

Series consists of minutes and other information arising from the approximately thrice-yearly meetings of representatives from the Faculties of Education at UBC, UVic and SFU. Although often the members of this committee, which was initially called the “Tri-ed Group,” standing for “Tri-education Group,” were also members of the Joint Board of Teacher Education, these two Committees were distinct. According to minutes from the first meeting in August of 1966, the Tri-Ed Committee was created to keep members in touch with one another about developments at their respective universities. The series has been re-organized in roughly chronological order.

Series contains material on the various tree farm licenses owned and operated by Western Forest Products and their predecessors. Material covers the lifecycle of involvement the forestry company had with the tree farm license from application to final reports. The majority of the records pertain to the activities of MacMillan Bloedel from the 1970s to the 1990s. The series is divided into three subseries: Projects, Working and Management Plans, and Maps.

The series consists of records documenting many of MacKenzie's business trips and vacations.

The series contains records created or collected during Simons’ travels, especially from 1967-1968. Simons’ experiences while traveling were deeply influential in her literary works, particularly her dramatic works of the 1970s. Simons took three major trips in her life: a two-year tour of Europe, including England and France, from 1959-1961; a ten-week trip to Japan, Hong Kong, and India from 1967-1968, achieved with funding from a Canada Council travel grant; and several weeks in Hong Kong, Burma, India, and Japan in 1986. While abroad, Simons attended many plays, as well as several conferences and art shows. Simons collected programs from these events and generated some correspondence and notes during this period.

Records related to Simons’ travels have been grouped physically and in this finding aid. Files are ordered chronologically, and each contains programs and correspondence from a specific trip or country (e.g. Europe in 1960; Japan in 1967). Record types include programs, photographs, and personal and professional correspondence.

Series consists of records documenting the distribution of travel grant money to librarians to enable them to attend professional conferences, workshops, etc. Materials include correspondence, committee minutes, grant applications, and conference reports from successful applicants.

This book was published in 1994. The book is a historical fiction novel intended for elementary students. The story is set in Extension, BC, in 1916 and tells the story of the Piggott family as they attempt to triumph over their difficult coal mining life. Series consists of editorial notes about the book illustrations.

Directed by David Paperny, Transplant Tourism (2003) follows Canadians with kidney disease who grapple with the life-and-death decision to buy an organ on the black market and address the provocative and ethical issues surrounding the organ trade. The sixty-minute documentary travels to Turkey and the Philippines to interview kidney sellers and brokers. In North America, doctors and ethicists express their conflicting views, some firmly against the trade and others in support of regulating it. Individuals interviewed include Globe & Mail columnist and immigration expert Marina Jimenez, Dr. Ona of the Kidney Institute, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of California, and Dr. David Landsberg, Director of Renal Transplantation at St. Paul's Hospital. Saul Rubinek narrates the documentary. In 2004, it received two nominations at the Leo Awards, including a nomination to David Paperny and Dan Schlanger for Best Documentary Program or series, and a nomination to David Paperny, Marina Jimenez and Ian Gill for Best Screen Writer - Documentary Program or series.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Series consists of works translated into English by William Rose.

Series documents the work of Kathleen Kudo to translate Minoru Kudo’s diaries as well as the research performed by the Kudo family to document the history and experiences of the Mission City Japanese Community.

Records in this series include logs relating to the translation and photocopying activity of Kathleen Merken; her translation notes; additional documents related to ideas about publication and framing of the diaries and their historical value; and printed versions of the translations in various states of drafting. During the process of translation, Merken removed clippings and other ephemera that were initially preserved within the diaries of Minoru Kudo and placed them in their corresponding chronological place within the translations. As a result, these materials are also included within this series.

The series includes one subseries that contains the translation documents and a second that contains the research material.

The series consists of notes, draft documents, and correspondence relating to McWhirter's literary translation activities. An annotated manuscript of Del Cielo y sus Maravillas, de la Tierra y sus Miserias, "The House of Bernarda Alba" is a translated play and Krufu's book by Manuel Guiérrez Sousa.

Series consists of transcripts of correspondence and other records in the fonds, as well as transcripts of a few items from other sources .

Series consists of transcriptions by Beth McCann of taped interviews with nurses. These may have been done with the intention of gathering material for a history of UBC School of Nursing.

Series consists of type- and hand-written transcript copies of original documents, dating from1598 to 1816, related to early Canadian and North American history.

Series consists of notes on teaching techniques, the science of education, and hospital administration; lesson plans, obstetrical manual from St. Michael's Hospital, pamphlets, and a syllabus used for training RCAMC nursing sisters who would be teaching during the 1950s.

Series consists of an appraisement report produced for the University by the General Appraisal Company of Vancouver, appraising the value of UBC’s properties and physical assets. The report comprises nine volumes; an index included with Volume 1 and a recapitulation.

Series consists of attendee lists for training camps and several player rosters that include their age, height, weight and position played.

Series consists of correspondence, timelines, and minutes related to executing and implementing apprenticeships and ongoing employee education.

Series contains records relating to the Edgewood trademark owned by the Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association of British Columbia. Materials include correspondence with other forestry organization regarding the use of the Edgewood logo, correspondence with attorneys, the patent certificate for the registration of the trademark, request for re-registration of the trademark and examples of the proper use of the logo. Series also consists of an extensive collection of brand logos relating to lumber, shingles and shakes. These brands include: Seaboard Lumber Sales Co. Ltd., Keystone Shingles & Lumber Ltd., Handsplit Red Cedar Shakes’ Certi-Split Trademark, Victoria Brand Red Cedar Shingles, Huntting-Merrit brand Red Cedar Shingles, Flavelle Cedar brand, Horne Brand , Pluster, Grossman’s British Columbia Red Cedar Shakes and Shingles, Oklahoma Quality Brand red Cedar Shingles, Neverot Stained Shingles from United Mills Limited, Acme, Cardinal Handsplit Shakes, Alaska Pine Sales Ltd., Red Letter Brand Cedar Shingles, McCarter Shingle Co. Ltd., Black Hawk Grade, Superior Shingles Ltd., Circle “F” Brand, Stave Lake Cedar Ltd., Edgewood, Northwest Cedar Products Limited Haida Brand, Robert McNair Shingle Co. Ltd., Bestwood Cedar Shingle Co. Ltd., North Shore Shingle Co. Ltd., Great Central Sawmills Ltd., Capilano Shingle Co. Ltd., Mauk Seattle Lumber Co., and Thurston Lumber Co. Ltd.

Series consists of correspondence between the BCLMA and the overseas departments regarding informational material such as articles, promotional material, extending trade of B.C. lumber to other areas of the world, and answers to inquiries form trade departments in various areas of the world.

Series consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, and reports.

Series consists of lists of topics and a print-out of the Bureau database pertaining to the engagement of speakers.

Series contains a contract, a storyboard, a document regarding cover layout, sketches, drawings, paintings, research materials, manuscripts, correspondence, notes, galley proofs, a trade catalogue, reviews and clippings, which document the production and critical reception of the book, <i>Too Small</i>. Some oversized materials are housed in a separate container; please see the file list for further detail. This series contains one restricted file.

Materials related to the writing and publication of Inventing Tom Thompson (2004), edited by Dr. Grace. Includes: correspondence, research materials, notes, lecture materials, photographs, and ephemera.

A sixty-minute historical biography directed by David Paperny, To Russia With Fries follows the flamboyant and tenacious George Cohon as he pursues "hamburger diplomacy." Cohon, an American-born businessman, is the founder and senior chairman of McDonald's of Canada and McDonald's of Russia. Cohon opened the first Canadian McDonald's in London, Ontario, in 1968 after purchasing the Eastern Canadian rights to the franchise for $70,000 in 1967. By 1971 Cohon was the chairman, president and chief executive officer of McDonald's Restaurants of Canada. He became a Canadian citizen in 1975 and has been an Officer of Canada since 1992. He is the founder of Ronald McDonald House Charities in Canada and Russia. In 1990, he opened the first McDonald's in Russia, credited with some of the recent changes and greater freedoms in Russia. He has received Russia's highest civilian honour, the Award of Friendship. In addition to interviews with Cohon, journalist Fred Weir, and Russian politician Vadim Bakatin, To Russia With Fries includes rare interviews and scenes with former Russian Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin and the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov (also a chair and one of the founders of the ruling United Russia Party). Vicki Gabereau narrates the documentary.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Directed by Audrey Mehler, the forty-five-minute documentary To Love, Honour and Obey (2001) explores the story behind the honour killing of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu, a young Sikh woman from Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Sidhu was murdered at the request of her family for secretly marrying Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu (nicknamed Mitthu) in India. In this documentary, the filmmakers travel to India to trace the cultural roots that dictate what's acceptable and what isn't in many young Canadians' lives and interview Mitthu and authorities connected to the case. The film examines the tradition of arranged marriages in India, the role of women in Indian culture, and how traditions are brought to Western countries such as Canadian and adapted. On a broader scale, it deals with the changing roles of women within all societies. Helen Shaver narrates the film; an alternate title used for the film is Princess.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Series consists of correspondence, research notes, and copies of articles regarding the literary hoaxes of (Thomas James) T.J. Wise and how they are reflected in the Library's collections.

Titans (2001) picks up where Peter C. Newman's 1998 book of the same title -- which chronicles the demise of the Old Establishment and the formation of a new brand of men and women who now run Canada's economy -- leaves off. Instead, the Titans documentary focuses on the critical leading members of the New Establishment and precisely what they are doing as individuals and within their tight networks. It gets behind the headlines and shows how volatile a world it is for today's business elite. The documentary is divided into four sixty-minute episodes: Part I, The New Titans, featuring Gerry Schwartz, Heather Reisman, James Allen (Jimmy) Pattison, and Isadore (Issy) Sharp and directed by Terry McEvoy; Part II, The Media Titans, featuring Ted Rogers, Israel (Izzy) Asper, Leonard Asper, Moses Znaimer, Michael McMillan, Robert Lantos, Peter Sussman, Phil Lind, Phyllis Yaffee, Peter C. Newman, and Daniel Richler and directed by Elliot Schiff and Moira Simpson; Part III Titans of Cash, featuring Charlie Baillie, Scott Patterson, Murray Edwards, Harrison McCain, and Rob Gemmell and directed by Moira Simpson; and Part IV Titans of Tech, featuring John Roth, Jim Balsillie, Mike Lazaridus, Terry Matthews, and Jozef Straus and directed by Andrew Burnstein. Judy Rebick narrates Titans.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Series consists of a letter from Edward Belcher’s uncle, Timothy Lindall Jennison of Cambridge, New England, to a distributor of vaccines in London, England regarding a small pox vaccine.

Series consists of materials documenting the publication and promotion of Schlesinger’s memoir Time Zones: A Journalist in the World, and includes correspondence, clippings, itineraries and brochures for Schlesinger’s promotional tour in support of his book. Files are maintained in chronological order.

The series consists of exercise books, cash books, journals, account books, record books or notebooks. Copan divided each book up into sections in order to keep a detailed account of his activities throughout the years. Entries include date, company worked for, ship name and/or wharf/dock location, type of shift and payment amounts.

Series consists of a timber license book and timber value estimates and reports, some including blueprints.

Sub-series consists of timber licenses and scaled logs records for Fraser River Saw Mills, Limited, as well as a log record book and a tug record book for the Fraser River Lumber Company, Limited.

Series consists of tickets for the 4th world reunion of the Johanneans. Series is arranged into six files.

The one-hour-long documentary Thirst for Life (2006) is hosted by Bob Blumer, host of Glutton for Punishment and the Surreal Gourmet, as he investigates the scientific proof of the health benefits of wine drinking. Interviews include Serge Renauds, the originator of the concept of the “French Paradox” and pioneer researcher in health and wine, winemaker and researcher J.L.Tesseidre Montpellier, Dr. Curtis Ellison Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health and director of the Institute of Health and Lifestyle, Boston, Dr. Eric Rim of the Department of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, and Dr. Joe Mazza, Senior Food Scientist, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre. Directed by Aynsley Vogel.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Series includes James E. Thornton's theses; An Educational Program for Economic-Opportunity Migrants: A Case Study in Program Development in Adult Education (1971), An Exploratory Study of the Educational Deficiencies of Occupationally Unstable Economic-Opportunity Migrants (1967) & The Conceptualization of an Experimental Field Study in Adult Education: A Dissertation Proposal (1970).

The series consists of Ralston’s original proposal for his MA thesis and various drafts and related documentation.

The series contains materials collected by Ian McDonald for the purposes of writing his Master’s thesis on the history of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213, from 1901 to 1961. Materials within the series include collective agreements, newspaper and journal articles, court case summaries, interview transcriptions, census tables, meeting minutes, correspondence and dissertations; most materials are photocopies rather than original documents, however.

Also included are materials that pertain to the Lenkurt strike of 1966, which McDonald omitted from his original thesis to limit its scope. He took up the events surrounding the Lenkurt strike in a later essay, “Spontaneity Went Out with Spartacus: IBEW Local 213, Les McDonald, and the Lenkurt Strike of 1966,” which McDonald regards as a continuation of his Master’s research; the essay is also part of the series.

Series consists of records about Messenger's participation in the Thesis Bibliography Series Project; this is an international bibliography of doctoral dissertations and masters' theses on selected writers. These records include correspondence and pamphlets.

Series consists of Messenger's thesis presented to Cornell University and his doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of California at Berkeley (Box 13), including notes, correspondence, drafts and chapter notes.

Series consists of an undergraduate essay, M.A.s theses and Ph.D. thesis by Dorothy Blakey Smith.

Series consists of theses and papers about the Chinese community in Canada. The chart of the Yip family tree (file 26-33) was added in August 1996.

The series consists of handwritten and typed scripts for McWhirter's adaptation of Euripides' Hecuba.

Series consists of articles, clippings, and memoirs of Frances Adaskin.

Series consists of photographic materials from the production of The Working Forest of British Columbia. The series is arranged into 3 files based on their media type: photographs, contact sheets, and negatives, and 1 sub-series of slides. The slides sub-series is divided into five files: master slides, The Working Forest slides, Southern Interior slides, Northern Interior slides, South Vancouver Island slides, North Vancouver Island slides, West Vancouver Island Slides, and Fire slides.

Series consists of copies of a weekly newspaper column written by Soward for the Vancouver Morning Star. Series also includes copies of other newspaper articles written by Soward and some handwritten notes.

Honorary degrees and awards removed from frames. Consists of honorary membership in societies and honorary degrees from various institutions, schools and societies.

Records in this series indicate that Blades was unsatisfied with the publication of <i>Jacques the Woodcutter</i>, so therefore purchased her rights to the artwork back from the publisher, and collaborated with author Kit Pearson to re-tell the story in <i>The Singing Basket</i>, published by Douglas & McIntyre in 1990.
Series consists of research materials, contracts (including the contract for <i>Jacques the Woodcutter</i>), sketches, correspondence, reviews, royalty documents and artwork pertaining to the publication of <i>The Singing Basket</i>. Note that the final artwork for <i>The Singing Basket</i>, is also largely the final artwork for <i>Jacques the Woodcutter</i>. The artwork has been annotated by the creator to indicate which paintings were used in which publication.