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University of British Columbia Library Rare Books and Special Collections Subseries
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Task Committee on Competency Based Curriculum

This committee was established to respond to the Kermacks Report. Competence was defined as a measurable/observable performance to or beyond an established criterion in one or all aspects of the nursing role for a given setting, client and client problem.

Subseries consists of one folder of minutes, correspondence and reports.

Sydney Hermant

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)

Swedish Press Publishing Company

This subseries contains newspaper clippings and issues, meeting minutes, and Seaholm's research notes about the Swedish Press, a newspaper based out of Vancouver, but published in Swedish. Subseries also contains microfilmed versions of issues of the Swedish Press (some under its Swedish title Svenska Pressen) from 1929 to 1956.

Susan Schuppli

Subseries documents the curator files of Susan Schuppli, Director/Curator of the Or Gallery from September 1991 to December 1993.

Exhibitions represented in this subseries include:

  • Bill Burns, “When Pain Strikes” (September 10-28, 1991)
  • Laura Lamb, “There are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio” (October 8-26, 1991)
  • Marian Penner Bancroft, “Holding” (November 5-23, 1991)
  • Sutapa Biswas, “Synapse” (December 3-21, 1991)
  • Jamelie Hassan, “The Conference of the Birds” and “Baghdad Commemorative Billboard Project” (January 14 – February 1, 1992)
  • Marianne Nicolson, “A House of God” (February 4-22, 1992)
  • Henry Tsang, “Love Stories” (March 3-22, 1992)
  • Lisa Kokin (USA), “Unearthing”, installation (April 7-25, 1992)
  • Paul Landon, “Heavy Weather”, (May 12-30, 1992)
  • Jean Macrae, “Two Walking Days” (June 9-27, 1992)
  • Kathryn Walter, “Regarding Places”, installation in an office space on the 7th floor of the Dominion Building, and “A Working Project”, Gallery installation (July 7-25, 1992)
  • Deborah Koenker, “Bar-ba-loot” (September 8 – October 3, 1992)
  • Frances Grafton, “Stripped of Sense” (October 8-30, 1992)
  • Patrick Mahon, “Spectacular Viewhome” (November 10-28, 1992)
  • Clare Gomez-Edington, “Don’t Let Them See You Coming” (December 8-23, 1992)
  • Julie Arnold, “List” (February 9-27, 1993)
  • Holly Owen, “Les Demoiselles de la Transfiguration; How Will We Recognize our Allies?” (March 2-27, 1993)
  • Andrew Forster, “my favourite things” (April 6 – May 1, 1993)
  • Carol Sawyer, “Vessels” (May 11 – June 5, 1993)
  • Sarindar Dhaliwal, “Heart, Home & Hearth” (June 9 – July 3, 1993)
  • Ingrid Bachmann, “Berlin Stories” (July 6-31, 1993)
  • Susan Stewart, “Lovers and Warriors: Aural/Photographic Collaborations” (October 2-30, 1993)
  • Donna Nield, “Cicatrix” (November 9 – December 4, 1993)
  • Kathy Slade, “by dint of groping” (December 7-31, 1993)

Susan Musgrave

Subseries contains two copies of Musgrave's broadside <i>The situation in which we are both amateurs</i>.

Surrender

Sub-series consists of two drafts of Surrender, a book of poetry for which Miki
won the Governor General’s Award for Poetry in 2002.

Supplementary editorial records

Sub-series consists of manuscript material, some correspondence, author contracts, promotional material, reviews, author biographies, commentary on manuscripts and photographs.

Subject files

Sub-series consists of records related to Miki’s personal, academic, literary, and political activities. The sub-series documents Miki’s participation on award selection committees, his trips abroad, his communications and work with the Canada Council for the Arts, his participation in various literary and political projects, and his dealings with Simon Fraser University, among other subjects. The sub-series contains award certificates presented to Miki, correspondence, notes, reports, travel itineraries, grant applications, research files, articles, essays, and scripts, publication agreements, Miki’s curriculum vitae, news clippings (many featuring Miki), audio recordings of Joy Kogawa speaking and reading and audio and video recordings of Miki speaking, reading, performing, and being interviewed for various radio, television, film and other programs.

Subject files

The subseries chiefly consists of ministerial records written and/or collected by Lauk, but also contains personal and political papers The records include correspondence and memos, telegrams, reports and briefs, agreements, transcripts, orders and bills, speeches, news releases, newsletters and circulars, newsclippings, notes, photographs, receipts, invitations, and schedules.

Subject files

The subseries chiefly consists of ministerial records, but also contains personal and political papers in which files are mainly organized alphabetically by subject and roughly arranged in chronological order. Two sets of "General" alphabetic files were created for 1973-74 and 1975, in which other material was filed by name of correspondent or sometimes geographic location or subject.

The records consists of correspondence and memoranda, telegrams, reports and briefs, agreements, transcripts, orders and bills, speeches, news releases, newsletters and circulars, newsclippings, notes, photographs, receipts, invitations and schedules. A number of files are associated with the British Columbia Railway, including agendas and minutes of the Board of Directors (1972-75) and 'Mini Board' (1973-74), annual and monthly reports, and a set of union contracts. These files appear to have been received from another source and integrated into the filing systems.

Additionally, a group of files under the head 'Political' contains material predating Lauk's appointment as Minister and pertains to issues situated in the riding of Vancouver Centre.

Subject files

Many of the records kept by the Executive Assistants consist of briefs or reports sent to Lauk, which were acknowledged and kept for reference but not acted upon. Other records include economic development reports collected by Eric Green, as well as a collection of volumes relating to the BC Government's Economic Mission to Japan in April 1974. The records include agendas and minutes, newsletters, newsclippings, news releases, speeches, notes, lists, invitations, copies of legislation, transcripts, schedules, photographs, and briefing books.

In addition, there is also a set of records called 'Steel Industry' which includes correspondence with a number of international steel manufacturers, as well as departmental studies, pursuant to engaging in a feasibility study.

Subject Files

Sub-series consists of files on Canadian artists, and on Canadian, American, European, Asian, and African art with a focus on the former.

Subject files

Sub-series reflects a set of subject files maintained by Mary Bishop on a wide range of topics related to the social, political, and economic dimensions of family planning, birth control, and population growth. The files cover a broad spectrum of these subjects, including families and family planning (adoption, artificial insemination, birth control methods, sex education); population growth and planning (Zero Population Growth, non-governmental organizations); and social issues (child and spousal abuse, aging, unemployment, poverty). A small number of subject files on other topics is also present.

Records contained within the sub-series are mostly newspaper and clippings, and reproductions of articles; also contained within are government publications, pamphlets; and some correspondence.

Bishop, Mary F.

Student Health Service

Subseries consists of photographs and an album containing photos relating to Upshall's career as a student health service administrator at UBC and an album presented to her on her retirement. The album has been retained. The front inside cover has multiple signatures and is inscribed: “Presented to Muriel Upshall on her retirement. May you have many happy memories of all the people pictured within these covers. Best wishes”

Student Affairs Committee

This standing committee reviewed and developed policies regulating admission, progression and graduation of students, including issues related to student appeals, student health and student records.

Subseries consists of minutes of this committee.

Statistics and Reports

Sub-series consists of statistics and reports collected by the B.C. Canners Association from various canneries and fishing centres.
Title based on contents of sub-series.

Stan and Marjorie Hiraki tapes.

Subseries includes recordings of Japanese Canadian Redress Committee meetings in Toronto as well as an index to the sound recordings complied by Miki.

Spirit of redress: Japanese Canadians in conference

Notes and correspondence contained in this sub-series document Miki’s role in organizing the Spirit of Redress conference held in Vancouver in 1987. The sub-series contains transcripts of workshops and presentations from the conference and drafts of the manuscript of the conference proceedings which Miki co-edited with Cassandra Kobayashi and which was published in 1989. The process of compiling and publishing the conference proceedings is also reflected in notes, a grant application, and other documents related to financing the project. The sub-series also contains photographs of conference participants and reproductions of historical photographs related to the internment of Japanese Canadians which appear in the published proceedings. Manuscript drafts follow files related to conference planning and coordination of the publication of the proceedings.

Speeches and Writings by Others

Sub-series consists of reports, addresses, and other writings relating to British Columbia fisheries, including material pertaining to the conservation and propagation of the salmon population, and to industry organization, production and regulation. Includes a circa 1942 prospectus of a proposed Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company in British Columbia.
Title based on contents of sub-series.

Speeches and Writings by Doyle

Sub-series consists of speeches and other writings by Doyle concerning the history of the Pacific Coast salmon industry, British Columbia fishing industry licensing, legislation and regulation, the conservation of fish populations, salmon canning, and canning industry management. Includes also a summary of the ownership of some British Columbia canneries and processing plants, including Namu, Mill Bay, and Kimsquit, 1914-1930. Title based on contents of sub-series.

Speeches 1990-1994

Subseries consists of files related to speaking engagements and speeches given or planned by Thomas Berger from 1990 to 1994, primarily during tours in China, Japan, South Africa, and South America, on various topics including human rights, the environment, and development, among others.

Speeches 1987-1989

Subseries consists of files related to speaking engagements and speeches given or planned by Thomas Berger from 1987 to 1989, in a range of venues in Canada, the United States, Australia and Europe, on a variety of themes including native rights, the Arctic, the environment, human rights, multiculturalism in Canada, and J. S. Woodsworth, among others. This subseries is the third within a series entitled Speeches. Title based on contents of subseries.

Speeches 1985-1986

Subseries consists of files related to speaking engagements and speeches given or planned by Thomas Berger during 1985 and 1986 primarily in venues in Alaska, British Columbia and across Canada, on various topics including the environment, native land claims, family law, human rights, and Japanese Canadians’ redress, among others.

Speeches 1977-1984

Subseries consists of files related to speaking engagements and speeches given or planned by Thomas Berger from 1977 to 1984, for audiences in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United States, on a wide variety of themes including the environment, native rights, northern development, and Canadian culture, among others.

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.

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.

Specific Research Institute – Miscellany

Subseries contains files from various small Specific Research Institute projects conducted by Anna Banana, between 1993 and 2015. Many of these were small surveys of “Banana Culture” which Banana carried out while she was staying in certain regions or cities, as well as newsletters and updates regarding SRI activities.

Files are made up of textual records, mostly newsletters or reports, as well as some posters and response forms.

Specific Research Institute – But Is It Art?

Subseries consists of documents relating to an interactive art project called “But Is It Art?” that Banana carried out throughout various European cities in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Under the auspices of the Specific Research Institute, Banana (in her role as Dr. Anna Freud Banana) would ask participants to show if various (often banana related) items were, in fact, art.

Subseries contains response forms arranged into various city files where Banana conducted her research, as well as travel ephemera, reports, posters and programs, as well as exhibition documents related to the project.

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

South India projects.

Sub-series documents the annual activities of partner organizations supported by TRAS in South India. Project files contain correspondence, requests for assistance, reports, statements regarding finances, and photographs.

South America

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

Haig-Brown, Alan

Songs of the Pacific Northwest

Subseries documents the development of Philip J. Thomas’ book of folk songs entitled <I>Songs of the Pacific Northwest</I>, which was published in 1979. Material includes correspondence, proofs, permissions, and reviews for the book. Subseries is arranged alphabetically by material genre.

Song files

Subseries contains song information collected by Thomas. Material includes song lyrics, music sheets, photographs, and articles about individual songs. Subseries is arranged alphabetically according to song title.

Social

Subseries consists of records related to Manson's social life. Materials related to events that Manson was invited to are particularly prominent in this subseries, such as luncheons with King George VI and the Queen Mother and later with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip.

These records include travel itineraries and travel receipts, Christmas cards, thank you cards, anniversary cards, calling cards, invitations, and seating charts.

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