Series contains 12 artist’s proof placards of Coupland’s Slogans for the Twenty-First Century. Six sets of the slogans were created in early 2011, two of which are artist’s proofs.

The content of the slogans was developed to be featured on the Waldorf Hotel’s marquee in Vancouver as advertisement for the Coupland-McLuhan-YouTube event that occurred on May 26, 2011. Hosted by Douglas Coupland, the event consisted of an interactive presentation on Marshall McLuhan and YouTube. Posters were created out of the placard sets and wheat pasted throughout Vancouver.

Subseries contains photographs taken by Alan Haig-Brown in and near Manaus, Brazil, mostly of tugs, canoes and waterfront scenes.

Subseries consists of published and unpublished writings and presentations by Sheila Zerr.

The subseries consists of material related to the writing and publication of short stories by Blanche Howard from 1987 to 2010. Material includes primarily typed drafts of stories, many edited or otherwise annotated by Howard and others, as well as correspondence regarding the stories, newspaper clippings and articles used for research, printing proofs, handwritten notes regarding characters, letters of agreement, and other related records. Correspondence consists primarily of email and traditional correspondence with editors, publishers, and literary agents, including rejection and acceptance letters, correspondence regarding royalties, reprint permissions, and awards, and correspondence containing feedback on the stories.

Subseries consists of research notes and digital data assembled by Ward and Dr. Henry Yu for the Chinese Head Tax Project. This comprehensive project involved digitizing more than 96,000 entries to the Chinese Head Tax Register.

Subseries consists of projects not directly related to Habitat or the related Human Settlements Programme.

Subseries consists of records pertaining to Howard's research for <i>Gold Dust on His Shirt.</i> These records mostly contain photocopies of materials that Howard consulted for her book, including: archival records such as birth, death, and wedding certificates, parish records, Workers' Compensation Board documents, historical newspaper articles, and chapters of books related to topics discussed in <i>Gold Dust</i>. Other records include copies of correspondence, maps, brochures and pamphlets, and Howard's handwritten notes that she took from reading various books and webpages. The series also includes some magazine articles Howard wrote for Highlander Magazine, many of which were later integrated into her book.

In 2010, Coupland exhibited a series of works that digitally re-interpreted iconic paintings done by important Canadian painters such as Emily Carr and members of the Group of Seven. These images formed the G72K10 show which was presented in Vancouver and Toronto. The subseries also includes 68 artist’s proofs of these works.

Major papers on the subject of Malcolm Lowry. Includes Sherrill Grace’s dissertation, among others.

The subseries contains materials collected by and about Les McDonald including notebooks on his union activities and his participation at the Community Party Education Camp in 1964, newspaper articles he wrote, documents related to the appeal of his suspension from IBEW Local 213, personal correspondence and photographs of IBEW Local 213 members engaging in a job action in 1965. In particular, there are a large number of postcards that he sent to his mentor, Bill Stewart, while McDonald was traveling in his bid to get the sport of triathlon into the Olympics. The subseries also contains an article Les McDonald wrote about his ascent of the North Arete in 1962 and a notebook related to the Yukon Alpine Centennial Climb conducted in 1973.

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

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to the Human Solidarity conference at Habitat II in Istanbul, Turkey in 1996 and the 1998 Global Meetings on Community Economic Development in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Records relating to the Habitat II conference are also found in the United Nations Works and Activities subseries.

Sub-series consists of correspondence concerning manuscripts and book proposals submitted to Pulp Press.

The General files subseries contains promotional and marketing materials for Harbour Publishing as a company, such as seasonal marketing plans, as well as files that contain records for multiple authors and publications, such as awards applications. Some notebooks and planners from former managing editor Mary Schendlinger are also included.

Series documents Sharron J. Simpson’s activism as the leader of a legal initiative challenging the proposed dissolution of the Simpson Covenant, a restrictive land sale agreement made between her grandfather, Stanley M. Simpson and the City of Kelowna in 1946.
To explain the context of the creation of the covenant: following a mill fire on S.M.S. Ltd. land on what is now Kelowna’s downtown waterfront (around the area known as Manhattan Point) S.M. Simpson sold this land to the City of Kelowna with the understanding that S.M. would sell at a reduced rate, and the City of Kelowna would agree that the land be used for civic or community (not commercial) purposes. In the 2000s, the City of Kelowna moved to dissolve the so-called “Simpson Covenant,” and in response Sharron J. Simpson launched a court challenge to enforce the maintenance of the covenant.
Series contains correspondence, legal documents (including petitions, reasons for judgment, affidavits, civic records and land title office records, City of Kelowna memoranda, press clippings and press releases, appraisal records, etc.).

Series consists of materials documenting Sharron J. Simpson’s efforts to collect external information about various aspects of her family history centering mainly on the history of S.M.S. Ltd., but not including research particular to the Simpson Covenant, which is kept separate.
In addition to the collection of published materials (predominantly newspapers) the series also includes recorded oral histories and select transcripts.

Subseries consists of: black and white versions of original Pro-CAN newsletters as well as official colored versions; BCCAC newsletters; press releases; pamphlets; notes and reference materials used for drafting speeches; and membership forms.

Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, articles, notes, photographs, and correspondence related to anti-choice individuals Pro-CAN was monitoring. Correspondence occurs between Pro-CAN and other pro-choice supporters that were sharing information on possible threats and actions from the included anti-choice individuals as well as occasionally between Pro-Can and the actual individual. Photographs contain images of the named anti-choice protestors, usually picketing outside of abortion clinics. Some of the images contain graphic signage. Those photos included in the "Fanatic File" include handwritten notes on the back provided by the members of Pro-CAN.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to various unrelated professional associations.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, maps, and development plans relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Community Planning Consultants Ltd. Included with this sub-series are 15 architectural drawings of an apartment house layout drawn by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for Peter Oberlander Consultancy, 1953.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with the United Nations, including the Habitat I and Habitat II conferences. Records relating to the Habitat II conference are also found in the Human Solidarity subseries.

Materials on digital media are currently being reviewed, and further information is pending. Subseries include both documents and photographs. Four floppy discs may also be found in the Lectures, Conferences and Writings subseries.

Subseries consists of records related to the Manson family's personal finances. These records date from as early as Manson's university days and continue past his death with records produced by other members of the Manson family.

These records include bank statements, receipts, insurance policies, mortgages, tax returns, household valuations, stocks purchased for family members, account books, and ledgers.

Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, and correspondence related to anti-choice groups Pro-CAN was monitoring. Correspondence is mostly between Pro-CAN and other pro-choice supporters that were sharing information on possible threats and actions from the included anti-choice groups. Photographs contain images of anti-choice cars and license plate numbers taken outside of group meetings.

Correspondence regarding publication, use and distribution of her book, along with material regarding permissions for use of images and letters.

Sub-series consists of correspondence concerning distribution, reports of sales representatives and agreements with distributors, specifically the Literary Press Group, Marvin Melnyk and the University of Toronto Press.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the production and publication of Ricepaper, a magazine published by the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop. Records include submissions, reports, drafts of articles, flatplans, financial information, correspondence, grant applications and reports, circulation plans, and staff position descriptions.

CD-R with figures, captions and a digital copy of the manuscript.

Subseries consists of correspondence between Pro-CAN and: its members; other pro-choice supporters; anti-choice groups and individuals; government officials; and supportive members of the public. Content covers such topics as requesting retractions of false information, explaining government stances on abortion, and thanking supporters.

Provenance information, detailed inventories, conservation histories, sales and acquisition records, donation documentation and correspondence regarding exhibition and research of Sawyer's personal collection.

Subseries documents the curator files of Sydney Hermant, Director/Curator of the Or Gallery from March 2002 through 2005.

The following exhibitions are represented in this subseries:

• Emily Vey Duke, Cooper Battersby, Shary Boyle, “Perfect Nature World” (May 7 – June 8, 2002)
• Una Knox, Corrin Sworn, Jace Lacek, Amy Lockhart, Holly Ward, Warren Auld, Terrence Dawes, Sabine Bitter, Helmut Weber, “The Village” (June 15 – July 13, 2002)
• Johanna Burke and Matt Dilling, “Welcome to Vancouver” (July 20 – August 10, 2002)
• Jason McLean, Holly Ward, Scott Evans, Shayne Ehman, “The Log Family” (September 7-28, 2002)
• Lesley Hope Farley, “Moving and Shaking It” (October 19 – November 16, 2002)
• Shayne Ehman, “Free Jazz Pinball” (October 19 – November 16, 2002)
• Sonja Ahlers, “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (January 11 – February 8, 2003)
• Una Knox, “In Love With Possibilities” (February 22 – March 2, 2003)
• Jason Breeden, Tony Romano, Corrin Sworn, “Explorations in Psychic Geography” (March 29 – April 26, 2003)
• Kim Austin, Stephanie Aitken, Tyler Brett, Marina Roy, Antik Sandor, Igor Santizo, Sam Shem, Rhonda Weppler, “Saturday Society: Explorations in Psychic Geography II” (May 10 – June 14, 2003)
• Danica Phelps, “Ten Day Trade” (June 18-28, 2003)
• Adalgisa Campos and Carol Sawyer (July 5 – August 2, 2003)
• Derek Root, Tim Lee, Maura Doyle, Kathy Slade, Sarah Edmonds, and Shannon Oksanen, “Confidence” (March 10 – April 16, 2004)
• Hannah Jickling and Valerie Salez, Demian Petryshyn, Eleanor Morgan, Jeremy Diggle, Leigh Bridges, Nadia Myre, Jen Weih, “Hurry Slowly” (March 20 – April 17, 2004)
• Dani Gal, “Holdup” (May 1-29, 2004)
• Shary Boyle, “Companions” (June 4 – July 3, 2004)
• Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, “Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky” (September 8 – October 2, 2004)
• Vanessa Kwan, “Your Private Sky” (April 23 – May 2, 2005)
• Anika Yuzak, “Pictures of Myself When I Think That I Look Good” (June 4 – July 2, 2005)
• Annie Dunning, “The Pigeon Homing Project” (July 1 – August 31, 2005)
• Daina Warren, “Transference” (July 6 – August 6, 2005)
• Robyn Laba, “Thinking/Judging” (July 9 – August 6, 2005)

Series contains 86 collages created during Coupland’s book tours from the 1990s to 2009. Collages were created in order to include a visual dimension to Coupland’s daily tour diary entries that were published to his website. Upon creation the collages were mailed to Vancouver, BC were they were then scanned and posted to Coupland’s blog with the accompanying 400-500 word entry.

Coupland describes the collages as embodying both high-tech and low-tech aspects of the early 2000s due to the nature of their creation, transportation and dissemination.

Subsequent exhibition of the collages featured floating the pieces in vitrines (glass paneled-display cabinets) with a ½ inch neutral background while nearby computers displayed the corresponding diary entries. Graphic moments from the collages were made into limited prints and sold at the show venues.

Subseries contains textual records related to the works of Helen Potrebenko published by Lazara Press, including <i>Two Years on the Muckamuck Line</i>, <i>Taxi</i>, <i>Riding Home and Other Poems</i>, <i>Letters to Maggie</i>, <i>Hey Waitress and Other Stories</i>, <i>Life, Love + Unions </i>, <i>Walking Slow</i>, and other unpublished chapbooks and collections of poems. Records include drafts and manuscripts, as well as the published editions of many of Potrebenko's works. Other records include correspondence, invoices, reviews and promotional information, distribution lists, and production records such as layouts and prototypes. The photographs in this subseries are images taken and/or selected to be featured in Potrebenko's published works.

Sub-series consists of published written work by other journalists about Schlesinger, in the form of clippings, periodicals, website printouts, and photocopies.

Subseries consists of records related to the publications of CHS.

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Thompson, Berwick and Partners.

Subsubseries consists of six laser prints, five with a text describing the content. Subjects include “A Blood Transfusion”; “No. 22 Canadian General Hospital”; “Landing in Normandy: Nursing Sisters of No. 10 Canadian General Hospital”; “Members of the Field Surgical Unit —Lt. (N/S) Stephen (Rt.) and Lt (N/S) Hackland; “Mary C. Young and A. Kemp, Lt (N/S) of 12 Canadian General Hospital—in “full marching order”.

Subseries consists of the accumulation of research materials compiled by Doug Cox in support of his author and historian function, and presumed compiled predominantly during the 1980s and 1990s. This series is defined by its collection and/or photocopying from existing published sources and/or other resources, for which the originals reside both within and without the Cox Collection.
Subseries is composed predominantly of original and photocopied tear sheets from various periodical publications (with emphasis on the annual reports of the Okanagan Historical Society, which have been digitized in full up to 2015), monograph publications, photocopied photographs with identifying annotations, photocopies of correspondence, some original correspondence, and notes.

Subseries consists of official rules, bylaws, action plans, vision/mandate, membership lists, and recommendations of Pro-CAN's various committees. The forms and paperwork required for incorporation–as well as the resulting certificate of incorporation–are also included.

Subseries consists of copies of magazines in which Lansdowne's artwork is featured and/or in which an article about Lansdowne has been published. Some of these publications include Maclean's, Audubon, Canadian Audubon, Nature Canada, National Wildlife, Vanguard, and many more.

Subseries consists primarily of clippings from newspapers and magazines featuring articles pertaining to the life and career of Lansdowne or subjects of personal and professional interest such as art, nature, or British history. Also included are a small number of photographs.

Subseries consist of material relating to the various conferences and lectures that H. Peter Oberlander contributed to or attended and his writings. Included are 1 microfilm reel and 4 3½" floppy discs.

Subseries was created from 2004-2008 while Banana was living on the Sunshine Coast. It is made up of mail art and other correspondence received by Banana through the Mail Art Network during this time. A significant portion of correspondence in this series are between Banana and existing friends and colleagues who have continued to engage with the mail art network, albeit a different looking network to the one that had existed previously.

Items in this subseries are predominantly letters and envelopes, often decorated, but also include photographs, drawings, xerox art, found objects and small sculptural items, collage, and other visual mediums, often integrated into the letters and envelopes.

Research notes, press clippings, printouts of referential (encyclopedic) web pages, traditional and email correspondence, journal articles, and ephemera (playbills, theatre brochures etc.). It also includes some maps from Grace’s research trips. Material is grouped into sections: bibliographic references, biographical/genealogical, research notes by archival institutions, notes by theatre, and notes by-product. [Some material identified as the property of other archival repositories has been removed].

Sub-series contains books published by the society as well as manuscript
material, proposed material and proofs. Material related to unpublished society books is also included. Books, and their related material, loaned, donated or given to the society for evaluation are included in this sub-series.

Subseries contains a copy of Laurie Nerman's broadside <i>When Activism Stops</i> and correspondence.

Subseries consists of media advisories, budgets, promotional materials, correspondence between organizers, and chants produced and used by Pro-CAN for events it was involved in. Artifacts include a pro-choice piece of promotional mail featuring a wrapped condom and a hand-stitched satin "BC Coalition for Abortion Clinics" banner.

Subseries consists primarily of textual materials created or collected by Lansdowne pertaining to his work. These materials include exhibition tour itineraries, resumés and curriculum vitae, biographical information, text accompanying his artwork in books, awards, honours and other ephemera. Also included are photographs, a framed letter, cassette tapes and a VHS tape.

Subseries consists of records about the activities of CHS’s administration.

Subseries consists of reports, chart of accounts and other materials related to the financial activities managed by the Treasurer.