Series consists of audio and visual recordings in various formats that document the life and music of Jean Coulthard.

Series comprised biographical materials relating to Coulthard, including various versions of her curriculum vitae, bibliographies of her compositions, and lists of her awards and achievements. Also included are materials relating to presentations made by Coulthard, including notes and drafts of speeches and transcripts of interviews. In addition, the series contains Coulthard's birth records and staff records related to her time at UBC.

Series comprised incoming personal and professional correspondence relating to Coulthard's roles as teacher, adjudicator and composer. Also included are some drafts of outgoing correspondence. Series primarily arranged alphabetically and chronologically based on Coulthard's filing system. Series includes two sub-series: a) Coulthard-Poston Correspondence (1948-1979); b) Family Correspondence (1888-1998).

Series consists of royalty statements, invoices, agreements, and writers clearance forms relating to the use and performance of Coulthard's compositions. Also included are materials relating to grants received by Coulthard and contracts relating to commissions.

Series consists of photocopies of Coulthard's idea book, pamphlets, and a collection of annotated, published books that influenced Coulthard in her musical compositions and lyrics.

Series consists of Coulthard's journals and datebooks marking professional and personal engagements of her life throughout different calendar years.

Series includes handwritten drafts and sketches of Coulthard's compositions. Series includes complete compositions, later published, and several unidentified fragments and works in progress. Many manuscripts are annotated with rough notes and performance layouts. Also included are handwritten exercises produced during Coulthard's studies with Bernard Wagenaar. A significant accession received in 2000 had over 400 musical manuscripts created between 1917 and 1997. A detailed chronological description of these manuscripts prepared by researchers William Bruneau and David Duke is available in PDF form here (428 pages, 1.03MB).

Series consists of pamphlets, articles, and invitations to social events received and collected by Jean Coulthard. In addition, the series contains materials relating to her various awards.

Series consists of records documenting Coulthard's involvement with Canada Music Week and the Okanagan Music Festival for Composers, along with course material for various music composition classes that Coulthard taught at UBC. Series also includes copies of some annotated compositions of former music students.

Series consists of handwritten notes and remarks by Coulthard herself on various performances of her music.

Series consists of photographs, many autographed, of Jean Coulthard's colleagues. Series also includes family photographs and formal portraits of Coulthard.

Series consists of a collection of newspapers clippings reviewing, discussing or publicizing Coulthard's compositions or projects. Also included are biographical sketches and interviews with Coulthard in the form of clippings.

Series contains a collection of programmes gathered by Coulthard relating to musical and social events at which her music was performed or celebrated.

Series is composed of a collection of articles, clippings, and offprints relating to Coulthard or projects she was involved in.

Series contains LPs, 78's, and tape recordings in which various Canadian and International musicians have recorded Coulthard's music. Also included are transcriptions of CBC Radio broadcasts during which Coulthard's music was performed. In addition, the series consists of several unpublished recordings of her compositions produced by Coulthard. Finally, many of the published performances have critical notes written by Coulthard on the sleeves of the disk.