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University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Subseries
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Magazines featuring Lansdowne's artwork

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.

Newspaper and magazine clippings

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.

Vancouver Centre 1984

Sub-series documents den Hertog’s campaign to win election as a Federal Member of Parliament in the riding of Vancouver-Centre in 1984. She was unsuccessful, losing to Progressive Conservative candidate Pat Carney.
Records include an official campaign resource binder, newspaper clippings, press releases, drafts of den Hertog’s nomination speech, notes for speaking engagements, and correspondence.

den Hertog, Johanna

Vancouver Centre 1988

Sub-series documents den Hertog’s campaign to win election as a Federal Member of Parliament in the riding of Vancouver-Centre in 1988. She was unsuccessful, losing by a narrow margin of 269 votes, to Progressive Conservative candidate Kim Campbell.
Records contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, election results, campaign posters, plastic campaign signs, campaign brochures, publicity photographs and other materials, drafts of den Hertog’s speeches including her nomination speech, post-election debriefing materials, NDP policy briefing documents, Vancouver Centre riding demographics, and campaign expense records.

den Hertog, Johanna

Population

Sub-series reflects Mary Bishop’s interest in and research about global population trends in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. This sub-series is mostly comprised of published grey literature on topics related to population, including population statistics, population policy, laws, education, and world fertility surveys.

Bishop, Mary F.

Printed Material

Sub-series consists of catalogues, bulletins, and brochures relating to art exhibitions. Sub-series also contains biographical information on Nan Cheney.

Medical Illustration

Sub-series consists of medical drawings produced by Cheney during her career as a medical illustrator at Johns Hopkins, McGill, and the University of British Columbia. Sub-series also contains subject files and clippings relating to medical illustration.

Photographs

Sub-series consists of photographs and photonegatives of Ethel and Wallace Wilson.

Slides

Sub-series consists of slides of Ethel and Wallace Wilson.

Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada

Sub-series reflects Mary Bishop’s volunteerism as part of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada, where she was vice president between 1975–77, and also served on the board. In 1975, Bishop represented the PPFC at the United Nations International Women’s Year Tribune in Mexico.

Records in this sub-series include documentation of Bishop’s participation in several international conferences (such as itineraries, photographs, notes, and reports); newspaper clippings; committee documents; correspondence; reports; financial records and statements; and draft marketing and communication of the PPFC.

Bishop, Mary F.

Presbyterian Church

Subseries consists of records related to Manson's involvement in the Presbyterian Church, such as his work fundraising for the construction of St. Andrew's Hall at the University of British Columbia.

These records include church publications, speech notes, papers related to church fundraisers, congregational lists, and correspondence.

Agendas

Subseries consists of agendas, diaries, and planners that Manson used. These agendas date from the later part of Manson's life and many were only partially filled.

Speeches

Subseries consists of records related to speeches that Manson gave and which he did not identify as belonging to a specific area of his life or career or which belong to multiple areas of his life and career.

These records include speech notes and drafts of speeches.

Government department files

The subseries contains files for 1973-74 and for 1975, organized alphabetically by name of British Columbia's Government Departments. The files contain memoranda, news releases and reports from the departments, in roughly chronological order. The series includes an extensive group of files for the Department of Industrial Development Trade & Commerce/Economic Development, which contains interdepartmental memos chiefly between the Minister, the Deputy Minister, and their Executive Assistants, briefing documents on departmental organization, staffing, policy and activities, drafts of legislation, minutes, and papers of Branch Head meetings, budgets and account printouts, and departmental bulletins, publicity and reports. Cabinet meeting agendas and briefing papers are filed under the heading "Provincial Secretary".

General government files

The subseries contains materials not coded for filing that accumulated while Lauk was acting as both Minister of Mines & Petroleum Resources and Ministers of Economic Development, as well as materials accumulated during the provincial general election. Records include research materials and submissions and correspondence received.

Pacific Coastal Region

Sub-series contains photographs taken by Alan Haig-Brown to document the marine industry and culture in British Columbia, Alaska and Washington state primarily, with some files related to Oregon, California and Hawaii. The file-level arrangement preserves the original order of the creator, who grouped his photographs by date and - typically - location.

Subjects depicted include BC Ferries and their crews, the Vancouver Harbour and the Fraser River.

Haig-Brown, Alan

Southern United States

Subseries contains photographs taken by Alan Haig-Brown over various visits to Southern United States, mostly to Louisiana and Texas. The photographs document the fishing and marine industries in the area, including boats and ships, shipyards and crews.

Haig-Brown, Alan

Asia Pacific

Subseries contains photographs taken by Alan Haig-Brown documenting people and activities involved in the fishing and commercial marine industries in coastal East Asia. Numerous regional boats and shipyards are also captured.

Haig-Brown, Alan

2000s mail art (part 2)

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.

By others

Anna Banana was given and collected much art over the years, much of it related to her own performance and mail art activities, such as large drawings, rubber stamps from Darlene Altschul, The Sticker Dude and others, various stamp art, etc. Items include rubber stamp sheets, large drawings, collage, a binder of collected works, and graphic prints.

Specific Research Institute – Proof Positive That Germany Is Going Bananas

Subseries arose out of an interactive project that Banana conducted out of Germany in the mid-1990s through her Specific Research Institute called “Proof Positive That Germany is Going Bananas” (often shortened to PPTGISB). Using results from what Banana called “Roar Shack Banana Peel Tests”, as well as personality inventory response forms, interviews and other tests, Banana culminated her research into a large report and exhibit of German banana related items published in 1994.

The series consists of tests, reports, press and promotional materials, as well as banana artworks and correspondence that Anna collected over the course of her travels for this project.

The WORLD SERIES

Subseries is made up of documents relating to the production of The WORLD SERIES, a play created by Anna Banana and Ron Brunette in 1987, and performed at Western Front. It was a scripted performance exploring issues relating to globalization and consumerism. Subseries consists of mostly textual materials, including slide information, lighting and audio cues, script development, tv production information, typesetting, photographs and other materials.

A Condensed History of Performance Art

A Condensed History of Performance Art was a program put on by Anna Banana in the early 1990s as an introduction to performance art. It was performed for the Aspects of Performance Art series by the Canadian Centre of the Arts at Owen Sound in 1992. Series consists of textual records in the form of scripts and draft scripts, press clippings, research notes, as well as Anna’s initial correspondence regarding performance logistics and programs for the Aspects of Performance Art performance series.

Miscellaneous Projects and Performances

Subseries contains records of numerous small performances by Banana from the 1970s to the late 2010s. Banana saved only the planning documents, promotional materials or press from these art pieces, which often only hint at what was performed or produced. Some examples include her Town Fool activities, Going Bananas Fashion Contest and First Female Pope performance.

Subseries contains mostly flyers, notes and letters, photocopies, posters, and other printed matter, as well as a fruit hat used in an unknown performance.

BCNDP Associations, Committees and Advocacy

Sub-series documents Pratt’s membership in the BCNDP prior to and following her time as Party President (1992-1996). Earlier records from the BCNDP Membership/Involvement subseries relate to Pratt’s roles in the Burnaby-Willington NDP Constituency Association (1986-1989), Campaign Manager for Joan Sawicki (1991-1994), Women’s Rights Committees and the SEPC Platform Committee for the 1991 election. Sub-series contains materials from various conventions attended by Pratt, where she served as debate moderator, session chair and on balloting committees. Records also related to Pratt’s role on the Provincial Council 2000-2001 and her involvement in several campaigns. Record types include policies, constitutions, convention minutes, agendas, proceedings and notes, newspaper clippings, committee records, reports, correspondence, a videocassette, campaign banner and buttons, and notes.

Pratt, Patrice

Vancouver General Hospital

Subseries consists of records relating to Campbell Jackson's education at, and activities while attending, the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing. Includes records concerning activities of classmates, Campbell Jackson's affiliation at Essondale, and her graduation. Record types include correspondence, a diploma, a photograph, and a commencement programme.

Other material relating to Campbell Jackson's education at VGH, including her application to and graduation from the School, may be found in the University of British Columbia subseries.

Biennial Business Meeting Photographs

Subseries consists of fifteen photo albums relating to the 1st to the 13th and 15th Biennial and 4th and 10th National conferences hosted by B.C. Operating Room Nursing Group. Photographs have been removed from the albums and individually described except for those in a peel and stick album for the 1974 meeting.

Correspondence

Records in this subseries are the original correspondence of Minoru Kudo with family, members of the Japanese Canadian community, and Canadian government bodies. While much of the material is Kudo’s own correspondence, a significant portion of the correspondence in this subseries is from his activity as a daishonin (scrivener) and are on behalf of other members of the Japanese Canadian community.

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