Pages of history is an informal way of peer recognition of B.C. nurses deemed to have made a significant contribution to their profession. Anyone could be nominated on payment of a fee.

Records consist of some correspondence and a brief biography and photograph of each person accepted. Many also have biographical files.

Included are: Dr. Beryl K.A. Albee, Barbara Joan Beatty, Ruth Biley, Betty Black, Vivian Mona Blake, Beverly Brewer, Muriel Ruth Brodie, Susan Mary Bruce, Anne S. Cavers, Helen (Betty) Cawston, Ada Mary Conibear, Sheila Copperthwaite, Margaret (Maggie) Diehl, Beverly Marie Witter DuGas, Margaret Duncan, Catherine Anne Ebbehoj, Jean Eilers, Joyce Fergusson, Barbara Gillies, Beryl Golds, Jean Kirstine Griffith, Jane Hassen Sister Mary Victor, Karen Louise Hicks, Dianna Jackson, Margaret Murray Jackson, Marilyn (Lyn) Jackson, Kathleen Gail Jensen, Gwen Kavanagh, Dorothy J. Kergin, Gertrude Richards Ladner, Catherine (Kay) Leask, Clara Lim, Verna L. Lister, Dorothy Byers Logan, Jean Loy, C. Elsie Irene MacDonald, Nancy Lisbeth Malloy, Mary McGovern. Ethel Moorehouse, Esther Paulson, Jessie May Reynolds, Laura Reynolds, Mary L. Richmond, Nana Rogerson, RCH School of Nursing, Nina Rumen, Ruby Siemens, Helen L. Jill Thompson Boudreau, Victoria Louise Tribbeck, VGH School of Nursing, Violet Wait, Ethel Warbinek, Winifred C. Waters, Eva “Billie” Williamson, Carol Lenore Winter, Alma L.B. Witter, Alice Lillian Wright, Sheila Rankin Zerr, Glennis Zilm. Edith Landell Lees, Gloria Stephens, Elizabeth Turner, Dianne Haigh, Mary (Molly) Richards Sarvela, Sylvia (Sally) Lazaruk, Gertrude “Billie” Wiltshire, Fran Gaudreau, Frances Jean Cannon, Monica Frith Green, Jane Lambe, Dorothy May Ladner, Andrea Borsch, Nursing Sister Merle A. (Kerr) MacKay, M. Ferne Trout, Joanne M. Foreman, Mary Winn (Gillespie), Faye Meruser, Ellen Claire Schrodt, Lenore Radom, Donna Fay (Barker) Gordon.

Subseries consists of stories of nursing and nursing development in B.C. from 1895 to the present.

Subseries consists of articles, mostly from newspapers, on nursing issues.

Subsubseries consists of minutes of MSN team meetings. These deal with
the overall organization and administration of the graduate program. Some other documents relevant to the program are included.

This committee made recommendations to the faculty regarding the
development and implementation of graduate programs, including evaluation, curriculum, recruitment of students and procedures for student appeals and advocacy.

Subsubseries consists of committee minutes and other records related to
the operation and development of the School of Nursing graduate program at both the Masters and PhD levels. It includes reports and correspondence, including issues related to student academics.

This committee discussed clinical placements and matters related to general
overall planning of the program and staff.

Subseries consists of the minutes of three meetings

This committee promoted in-service workshops and support for new faculty.

Subseries consists of an annotated bibliography of team teaching and two
memoranda.

Subseries consists of photographs of faculty of the UBC School of Nursing.

While an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of Nursing, Sheila Zerr devised an instructional program for nurses to increase people’s awareness of non-prescriptions drugs, focusing on ASA (aspirin). Funded by Sterling Drug Ltd., the project was designed to lead to a broader understanding of the drug and its effects. The information was designed to be passed on to nurses, and from them to the wider community.

Subseries consists of records relating to the research and writing on the subject of ASA and its effects.

Sheila Zerr examines past and present experiences and challenges of northern nurses from the 1920s to the 1990s. These articles demonstrate the evolving role of the nurse in northern Canada from the 1920s to the present day.

Subseries consists of published and unpublished writings and presentations by Sheila Zerr.

The Executive Committee is composed of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Recorder, and Committee Chairs. Positions carry two year terms.

Subseries consists of records including the Group’s constitution and by-laws; minutes of executive committee meetings and related documents, correspondence, and reports from committees.

This committee was formed at the 1991 AGM to begin collecting information and pictures of prominent BC nurses.

Subseries includes terms of reference, minutes, forms and correspondence.

The Editorial Board Committee is responsible for the production of the BCHNPPG newsletters. It was formerly called the Newsletter Committee.

Subseries consists of one folder of minutes, correspondence and other records. Subseries also includes the History of Nursing News quarterly publication from 1990-2022, and promotional materials for events organized by the BCHNS.

Subsubseries consists mainly of records of twenty students from Prince Rupert General Hospital and Kelowna General Hospital. Information includes completed application forms, results of medical examinations, student transcripts, evaluations by instructors, reports on students, records of practical procedures performed, reference forms, correspondence, and tuition receipts.

Other material includes a photograph of nurses graduating from the Prince Rupert or Kelowna Hospital, an outline of lectures in ethics, and a nurses’ record book. The latter includes names of nurses, date admitted, information on days worked, and sick leave.

The sub-series consists of correspondence between Jane Rule and members of her family, primarily letters written by Jane to her parents, which were eventually returned to her. Also included are some letters from her father, brother, sister, and nephew. Files also contain greeting cards, postcards, and clippings. Finally, a correspondence file from March Cost, a British author and family friend, addressed primarily to Jane's mother.

Subseries reflects Anna Banana’s separation of personal correspondence from her mail art network activities. Correspondence from some individuals located in this subseries can also be found elsewhere, and much of her personal correspondence might also be considered mail art. The series was created between 1967 and 2016. Much of the correspondence is made up of greeting cards from friends, letters to and from family members, as well as correspondence relating to Banana’s romantic endeavors.

The series arises out of distinctions that Banana made in her own filing system and has not been changed. It is generally made up of textual materials such as letters, cards, postcards and envelopes, but also contains graphic and photographic materials.

Subseries is made up of miscellaneous boxes of mail art and other related items which Banana collected or received but did not file over the course of her career. Many of these items were set aside in boxes for future filing, or it was noted that items were unanswered. “unanswered correspondence” (dated 1985-1986) previously had a tag line “stashed in ‘86”. “UNANSWERED MAIL ART” was noted to have been boxed in 1998.

Materials include show catalogues, posters, invitation letters, postcards, zines, envelopes, facsimiles, artistamp sheets, news articles, maps and travel guides, photographs, and graphic materials.

Subseries is made up of envelopes, collected between 1978 and 2018. While it is uncertain why envelopes were separated and maintained as a separate series, although it is likely some were used for in various shows as examples of Mail Art. Envelopes played a large part in many mail art shows and often the subject of shows themselves. They are important mediums in the proliferation of mail art in all periods.

Envelopes are often heavily decorated with artistamps, rubber stamps, paintings and drawings, and other materials.

Subseries is made up of Anna Banana’s VILE Magazine and related items, notably two copies of each magazine, as well as related press, ads and promotional materials. VILE Magazine was a response to FILE Magazine (published by General Idea) and it’s movement away from the mail art scene towards more mainstream artistic practice. VILE ran somewhat irregularly from 1974 to 1983, culminating in a retrospective magazine titled “About VILE”. Like FILE, VILE was an artistic parody of LIFE magazine, but often covered challenging subjects, and pushed beyond the sensibilities of conventional thinking. Banana was aided by her then-partner Bill Gaglione, who edited 3 of the 7 editions.

Files contain all issues of the magazine, as well as various press clippings, ads, promotional materials and invitations to participate.

Subseries contains some parts of Anna Banana’s Encyclopedia Bananica, which was made up of Anna’s collection of banana related stories and factoids, which were collected over the course of her activities as Anna Banana. Many of the banana related items were given away in the “Regifting Banana” event which Banana held in 2015, but the files in this series were retained, and are likely mere samples of what was once a much larger collection of information.

Items in this subseries include binders with specific stories or projects, and files with other artworks and compiled banana information.

This subseries is made up of Banana’s long running Banana Rag newsletter, which she began in 1971 to provide the general public with information about her activities as Victoria Town Fool. Over the years, it became a means for her to provide information about her mail art activities, and the newsletter itself became a central part of her network presence. It also provided subscribers with information about other mail art opportunities, trends, or exhibitions.

This subseries contains copies of the newsletters, as well as an inventory of the newsletters, some original markups and pasteups, and information about subscribers.

Subseries reflect Verna’s involvement with the RNABC. Records include information pamphlets, meeting minutes, correspondence, notes, and reports.

Subseries consists of minutes and reports from committees and commissions that Quastel sat on, as well as correspondence and research projects conducted in and from Cardiff and the Cardiff City Mental Hospital.

Subseries consists of various grant application materials from Foundations, Boards, and Departments requesting funds to conduct scientific research. The materials include applications, funding and financial information, correspondence, research proposals and reports.

Subseries consists of materials such as published articles by Quastel, lists of publications by Quastel, book reviews, as well as, information and correspondence related to future book proposals and publications such as Chemical Control of Cell Metabolism and Function and Neurochemistry.

Subseries consists of numerous typed reports, some of which are in the editing process. The reports are filed according to their title.

Records in this series are the original diaries kept by Minoru Kudo.

Subseries consists of educational projects and events records of the Community Health Nurses’ Group. Includes informational and source material, and a marketing, education and lobbying kit produced by the Group.

Subseries includes unaudited statements from accountants and miscellaneous financial projections and accounts of revenue and expenditure.

Reports mainly concern competency levels of OR nurses, and operating room standards.

Subseries consists of photographs relating to Upshall’s nursing education from UBC/VGH.

Subseries consists of photographs and an album containing photos relating to Upshall's career as a student health service administrator at UBC and an album presented to her on her retirement. The album has been retained. The front inside cover has multiple signatures and is inscribed: “Presented to Muriel Upshall on her retirement. May you have many happy memories of all the people pictured within these covers. Best wishes”

The Executive Committee reported to the RNABC. Meetings were held about once a month, with the addition of occasional special meetings. The executive consisted of four people: President, Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Recording Secretary, with others often attending. In later years meetings were often held by teleconferencing.

Subseries includes agendae, minutes, correspondence, and other documents.

Vancouver is the only region whose records have been acquired by the archives. These include minutes of their regional meetings, with extensive administrative and operational records, including membership lists, financial information, announcements of events, and other records.

Reporting to the Nursing Education Council, this committee was formed to encourage evaluation of the effectiveness with which nursing graduates of nursing programs meet the employers’ expectations.

Subseries consists of one folder of minutes, correspondence and reports.

Subseries consists of four coil bound notebooks titled “Moving pages” and containing notes for writing. While they are numbered 1 to 4, some of the material in Notebook 4 is dated 1993.

In 2002 Blais responded to an advertisement in the Vancouver Courier for a “senior scribe”. Her column, titled “On the Seniors Side” was generally published the first Wednesday of each month until 2008, although it does not appear every month. It deals mostly with issues related to aging.

Subseries consists of originals as they appeared in the Courier, along with some copies. Dates and page numbers have been identified wherever possible.

Subseries consists of three copies of the newsletter, with an article by Blais in each.

Subseries consists of a 2003 unsuccessful submission to the Vancouver International Writers’ and Readers’ Festival Poetry & Short Story Contest, “Older Road Travel”, which appeared in the Vancouver Courier July 14, 2006, and a letter from the organization.

Subseries consists of two essays written by Niskala while a student at McGill University, and general material on courses taken.

Subseries includes two feature film concepts written by Hunter in the early 1990s.

Subseries consists of a list created by the CIDA Library of major sources of information for researchers.

Subseries consists of records related to the speaking arrangements for speakers at CHS’s bi-weekly seminars that were either directly or loosely related to the UN’s Habitat Conferences and the related Human Settlements Programme, the subsequent publications resulting from their visits, and publications that were directly influenced by Habitat. It also consists of similar activities for other conferences in Canada and worldwide. Also included in this series are projects created directly because of Habitat and the Programme.

Subseries consists of correspondence between CHS and non-UBC agencies.

Subseries consists of related to CHS. Other organizations publish some items.

Subseries consists of records related to the publications of CHS.

Mostly research notes, correspondence and bibliographic press clippings regarding interviewees. Includes a few consent forms and research from the City of Vancouver Archives.

Correspondence, publishing permissions, photographs, and ephemera.

Lecture materials relating to Dr. Grace’s talks on Thompson. Includes: correspondence, lecture notes, overhead transparencies, clippings, and ephemera.