Series consist of articles written about Rosemary Brown and articles that Rosemary had published in the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, numerous other publications including radio spots on CKWX; as well as, publisher correspondence and agreements. The series also consists of correspondence, publicity and other material pertaining to the National Film Board documentary, “No Way! Not Me” that featured Rosemary; and in addition the script and shooting schedule for the film documentary, “Women in Politics”. This series contains two sub-series: Being Brown: Autobiography and African Canadians.

Series consist of speeches, drafts and notes that Rosemary gave throughout her public career. Many of the speeches were originally organized in a numeric chronological sequence, which has been maintained. Within this sequence, some numbers have multiple speeches and some speeches have multiple numbers. Speeches that had no number associated with it have been arranged chronologically and grouped by year.

Series consists of Curriculum Vitae, biographical sketches, awards, certificates, a family tree, guest album, vacation information, as well as, her separation agreement from Dr. William Brown. This series contains one sub-series: day planners. See printed material for information pertaining to Rosemary’s autobiography, Being Brown (boxes 29-31).

Series consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to the numerous conferences that Rosemary attended and had given speeches and has been subdivided by year beginning with 1975 up to 2000. Those conferences that have numbers in the brackets pertain to the corresponding speech that Rosemary gave, which can be found in the speeches series.

Series consist of excerpts from debates and press releases from Rosemary’s tenure as a MLA in the B.C. Legislature; campaign material and related information accrued while running for the NDP Federal Leadership in 1975 and Provincial elections in 1978-1979 and in 1982 for the Burrand-Edmonds riding; various policies and legislation that Rosemary had an interest in; NDP briefs, discussion papers; and related correspondence.

Series consist of correspondence, lecture notes, class outlines, course syllabi and assignments, as well as, class evaluations for when Rosemary held the following teaching positions: the Ruth Wynn Woodward Endowed Professor at Simon Fraser University in the Women’s Studies program in 1987-1988; at the School of Social Work in the University of Victoria during 1986-1987; the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia University in 1988; and at Dalhousie University in the late 1970s.

Series consist mainly of conferences that Rosemary Brown spoke at, Rosemary receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria, award dinners, National Film Board’s “No Way! Not Me” premiere, portraits and Rosemary with her family. There is a sheet of slides that showcase the opening ceremonies of the Women’s Monument Project, as well as a portrait collection of various individuals used for the book African Canadians.

Series consist of research notes, articles and newspaper clippings, brochures and reports pertaining to an assortment of topics and issues that framed Rosemary’s opinion on a number of issues, which includes affirmative action, education on issues of racism and immigration, labour and women’s equality, pornography and sexual assault, technology, as well as, a number of issues that affected women such as sexism and discrimination. Most of the subject files were arranged by their broad topics, such as ‘Women’ and followed by the file title. The subject file titled ‘Women’s Studies,’ which relates to miscellaneous research material Rosemary used to form her lectures from when she taught Women’s Studies at both Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.

Series consist of an interview of Rosemary Brown conducted by Carla McKague on the issue of date rape. The tape is blank for the first 30 minutes.

Series consists of agendas, briefs, correspondence, minutes, notes, and reports of various committees that Rosemary sat on or was a board member of and is arranged alphabetically per committee.

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from Rosemary Brown, which have been subdivided by decade or specifically by year from 1985 to 1999. Correspondence is also located throughout the committee, conference, politics, and subject file series.