Series documents the professional and personal activities of Minoru Kudo through his diaries and correspondence.
The series is divided into three subseries that correspond to how the materials were organized by the creators: the original diaries, original correspondence, and photocopies that were made for use in translation and for preservation purposes.
Records in this series include diaries; correspondence; and materials relating to the Kudo family’s involvement in the Japanese Canadian redress movement.

Series documents the work of Kathleen Kudo to translate Minoru Kudo’s diaries as well as the research performed by the Kudo family to document the history and experiences of the Mission City Japanese Community.

Records in this series include logs relating to the translation and photocopying activity of Kathleen Merken; her translation notes; additional documents related to ideas about publication and framing of the diaries and their historical value; and printed versions of the translations in various states of drafting. During the process of translation, Merken removed clippings and other ephemera that were initially preserved within the diaries of Minoru Kudo and placed them in their corresponding chronological place within the translations. As a result, these materials are also included within this series.

The series includes one subseries that contains the translation documents and a second that contains the research material.

The series consists of books, publications, and other written or printed material created and received by Lee in both his public and private spheres. Records include publications from various clan associations in different regions and business cards from members of these associations, indicating the wide network of friendships and acquaintanceships Lee had made during his time with Lee’s Benevolent Association of Canada as well as in his other public-facing roles. The series also offers insight into Lee’s spiritual and literary interests; relevant records include divination and fortune telling guides, poetry, calligraphy, classic literature, opera, and other reading material related to the arts.

Organized scrapbooks and folders of loose newspaper clippings covering a range of topics including, but not limited to, life in Chinatown, the Pacific War, enfranchisement of Chinese immigrants and their progeny in Canada, and the spread of McCarthyism and the containment doctrine around the globe. The scrapbooks include both English and Chinese articles about and/or authored by Foon Sien Wong.

The series also includes records from the Chinese Benevolent Association (全加中華總會館） and other Chinatown based fraternal organizations.

Series consists of private papers of Knight, including correspondence with his publishers and various universities, a curriculum vitae, and research grant and job applications.

Series consists of photographs used as illustrations in Knight's book <em>Along the No. 20 Line</em>.

Series consists of published works by Lowry organized by publication date. Contents include: juvenilia, published primarily in the Leys Public School's journal, the Leys Fortnightly, poetry and short stories published in anthologies, and poetry and short stories published in magazines and journals, during Lowry's lifetime and posthumously. Posthumous publications were predominantly the result of submissions and requests made by Earle Birney and Margerie Lowry to various magazines and journals, though in many cases Lowry's work was sought out for publication in anthologies and collections of poetry and short stories, and for spotlight features about Lowry (see the Earle Birney Papers sous-fonds for correspondence about some posthumous publication of Lowry's writing).

Series consists of notebooks not associated with any particular work by Lowry and Margerie, organized chronologically and by location. Both Lowry and Margerie kept notebooks, mostly palm sized and bound with staples, which they filled with thoughts and ideas, some of which developed into poems and manuscripts. Contents include bound notebooks, loose pages, and typewritten fragments of notes.

Series consists of subject files pertaining to Japanese Canadian history, the Japanese Canadian Redress campaign, multiculturalism and human rights, as well as organizations, task groups, and campaigns in which Kogawa was involved.

Series consists of draft material, correspondence, and other documents related to Kogawa’s novel Itsuka, which was written as a sequel to Obasan. Material is arranged generally in chronological order and is reflective of the creator’s original order.

Series consists of writings by other writers. These are often works that Kogawa has been asked to comment on. More works by writers other than Kogawa may be found in the Correspondence series.

Series reflects Shimizu’s involvement with the Japanese United Church and the Church of All Nations in Toronto. Material includes reports, mailing lists, membership lists, and news bulletins on Japanese church goers.

Series includes records related to the Women’s Rights Committee (WRC), a committee which was created to “develop and strengthen the NDP policy on Women’s Rights. Thomas was an active member of WRC for a number of years. The WRC also published the feminist socialist newsletter <em>Priorites</em>, which Thomas was Coordinating Editor of from 1979-1981, and records related to the production of <em>Priorites</em> are included here. The series also includes records related to a report Thomas wrote for the Task Force for Technological Change.

Series contains records related to the Endowment Lands Regional Park Committee, which helped establish Pacific Spirit Park as a Regional Park on the University Endowment Lands.

Series contains records related to the creation of the BC Federation of Women.

Series contains course and lecture notes from Thomas’s teaching career as a professor of English. There are subject files on individual authors and subjects, correspondence from students and other materials related Thomas’s activities at UBC. The series also contains records related to committees that Thomas served on, including the Faculty Association, Academic Women’s Association and Sexual Harassment Policy Committee, which Thomas served as a mediator for from 1989-1993. (Sensitive material related to third parties has been deaccessioned.)

Series contains material related to Thomas’s 1965 thesis on Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano, and related research in later years.

Series contains correspondence received by Thomas.

Series contains records related to Thomas’s human rights activism, including subject files on Iranian refugees, Iraq, and prisoner’s rights.

51 Gitxsan appellants represented all but 12 of the Gitxsan Houses during the Delgamuukw Trial. The Gitxsan territories lay all within the land claim area, in the northern and central Skeena, Nass and Babine Rivers and their tributaries. The original claims were altered and replaced with claims for aboriginal title and self-government, and eventually the individual claims by each House were amalgamated into two collective claims, one on behalf of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and the other for the Gitksan Nation. The Gitxsan Exhibits consist of Plaintiffs' expert witness evidence relating to the Gitxsan people, their territories and traditions. Series includes genealogy information, photographs, oral histories, maps, letters, interviews, and commission evidence.

Series consists primarily of evidence presented by expert witnesses and background research materials that the lawyers used in the Delgamuukw Trial case. There are mainly submissions by the Defendants, including affidavits, maps, Department and Ministry annual reports, extracts from various news sources, census documents, and historical materials relating to the land claim area in British Columbia. Transcripts of cross-examinations, data sheets, proclamations and ordinances, Land Title Office documents, and early settlers' correspondence are also included.