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John Neill fonds
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26 cm of textual records
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John Wesley Neill was born in Salford, Ontario. He earned a B.S.A. from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1938. Neill came to the University of British Columbia in 1949, succeeding Frank Buck as supervisor of Campus Development. He was made an assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture. In 1980, he became the Director of the Landscape Architecture program.
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The fonds consists of records generated by various university committees (1949-1973) relating broadly to campus development. Topics include botanical garden policy, buildings and grounds, campus development and planning, landscape development, totem poles, and university housing.
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- University of British Columbia. President's Advisory Committee on Botanical Garden Policy (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. President's Committee on Buildings and Grounds (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. President's Committee on Campus Development and Planning (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. President's Committee on Totem Poles (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. President's Committee on Development Plan for the University (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. Committee on Policy Governing Permanent Building Program (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. President's Committee on University Housing (Subject)