Series contains election and general literature relating to municipal politics for the Greater Vancouver Regional District, as well as Victoria. Municipalities represented include Burnaby, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, Richmond, and Vancouver. Political parties represented include the Committee of Progressive Electors (COPE), Independent Party, Liberal Party, Non-Partisan Association (NPA), New Democratic Party (NDP), Progressive Conservative Party, and The Electors’ Action Movement (TEAM). Election literature includes material related to voting for mayor, aldermen / city councillors, school board trustees, and parks board commissioners.

Series consists of notes, correspondence and copies of articles related to the history of Arthur Hughes and his descendants.

This series includes several 18th and 19th century legal documents with the autographs of British and other European political, military, and literary figures. There are indentures, letters, envelopes with addresses and signatures, introduction cards, news clippings, and records signed by royal figures. Also included are records relating to the First and Second World Wars, and the signatures of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), Lady Nancy Astor, and Sir Winston Churchill.

This series contains books, newspapers, photographs and other records from Orr’s collection that relate to his interest in history. The news clippings relate to the two world wars, and several records relate to the military in Canada and in Vancouver. The series also contains two pieces of Japanese paper fire and bomb balloon that landed in BC during the Second World War.

This series contains records related to the different associations and political movements that Adams was involved in after he moved to Vancouver in the late 1960s. The series is largely focused on two organizations/movements: the Vancouver American Exiles Association (VAEA) and the Galindo Madrid movement.

In the mid 1960s, as the war in Vietnam ramped up, those wishing to avoid being drafted into the American military began to leave the United States and settled into new countries, including Canada. In 1968, deferments for those attending university or college were dropped, and as a result, a larger amount of war resisters moved to Canada to avoid being enlisted in the army. Those who resisted the war were threatened with arrest if they ever returned to the United States.

VAEA was an organization, in which Adams played a central role in, that fought for amnesty for American war resisters living in Canada. VAEA also provided support and resources for Americans who had come to Vancouver to escape the draft. The records pertaining to VAEA include correspondence written by or to VAEA members; meeting minutes; interviews that Adams or other VAEA members gave about the organization and about amnesty for war evaders; research material; and journal and news clippings related to Anti-Vietnam protest and amnesty movements both in Canada and the United.

The other major movement Adams was involved in was the Galindo Madrid case. In 1976, Galindo Madrid came to Vancouver from Chile, claiming refugee status from the Chilean Government. Madrid lost his case with the Government of Canada and was sentenced to be deported back to Chile. However, the Vancouver Chile Association, a small but vocal group, protested this deportation and aimed to save Madrid from being sent out of Canada. Vancouver NDP MP Svend Robinson even sheltered Madrid in his own home while a defense team was formed to help keep Madrid in Canada. Records pertaining to this case include news clippings and research related to the political situation in Chile; correspondence; financial records documenting the Galindo Madrid defense movement; leaflets and bulletins; and news and journal clippings related to the case in Vancouver. Madrid was eventually allowed to stay in Canada.

Other records include other activities and movements that Adams was either a part of or took an interest in, mainly in the Vancouver region, but also around Canada and the United States. These records include conference materials and proceedings; bulletins and newsletters; correspondence; and other research material either created by or collected by Adams.

This series focuses on images of notable events, as well as scenes of everyday life and activity in British Columbia. Events depicted include construction (the building of the Lions Gate Bridge) and destruction (notably a sequence of photographs showing the 1938 fire at CPR Pier D in Vancouver), as well as public gatherings like parades and celebrations, such as the 1936 Golden Jubilee of Vancouver's Chinatown. There are also high-profile visits featuring the Governor-General the Duke of Connaught (1912), and Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) in 1919.

Everyday life photographs focus on work scenes and industry, shipping, pastimes and recreation. These include images of patriotic activities during World War II.

Many of the photographs have provenance or other identifying information written on the back, including the original location of the photograph if it is a copy from another archives or collection. Some photographs are accompanied by photocopies of newspaper coverage and other information on the event pictured.

This series contains paper ephemera, and a few photographs, representing a variety of events, activities, and work in British Columbia. Materials include restaurant menus, school reports, pageant rules and application, raffle information, bills and receipts, telegrams, cruise brochures, travel tickets and tokens, theatre programs, business correspondence, a souvenir set of Vancouver views with map, photos from nightclubs and supper clubs in souvenir envelopes, a collection of Vancouver Golden Jubilee commemorative stamps, and various Chinese textbooks. Photographs and negatives found in an original photo processing envelope includes aerial and sea views.

Series consists of materials pertaining to the British Columbia Penitentiary.

This series contains Oscar Orr’s correspondence with prominent members of British Columbia, including letters and invitations received by Orr and autographed clippings and notes. There are legal records from the early 1900s with the signatures of early BC Premiers and Ministers; Members of the Legislative Assembly and Members of Parliament; Mayors of Vancouver throughout the 1900s; the Lieutenant Governor and BC Attorneys General.

The series also contains correspondence from and autographs of members from the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP; Vancouver Sun reporters and columnists; BC lawyers and judges; Orr’s 29th Battalion comrades, sergeants and officers. Notably, the series contains the records or autographs of Supreme Court Chief Justice Mr. Aulay Macaulay Morrison; early Mayors of Vancouver Louis D. Taylor and G.G. McGeer; Chief Justice of the BC Court of Appeal, Gordon M. Sloan; and Hon. Howard Green.

Series consists of newsletters and other published material collected by the Icelandic Care Home Höfn Society for purposes of reference and dissemination.

Series primarily consists of photographs and negatives related to past Society board members, Society events, and the renovations and remodelling done to the Care Home itself. The series also includes the Icelandic Old Folks Home, Höfn Photo Essay completed in 1973 which candidly depicts the residents of the Care Home.

The series consists of administrative records made and received by the Icelandic National League of North America (INL of NA). It consists of minutes and report from board of director and annual general meetings held by the national chapter and the Vancouver chapter of the INL of NA. Series also consists of correspondence between the Vancouver chapter of the INL of NA, other chapters of the organization other Icelandic organizations such as the Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia, and the organization’s membership. Lastly, the series contains records of the founding history of the organization, as well as the constitution and bylaws held by the INL of NA. The records include the Society’s constitution and bylaws and records pertaining to their revision, its newspapers describing its history, as well as a five year strategic plan created in 1991.

The series contains records related to specific programs and projects launched by the Positive Women's Network from the mid 1990’s to 2017. The series is divided into sub-series based on the specific program or project. Across all sub-series, record types include project work plans, timelines, correspondence, budgets and cash flow, project reports, including financial, progress, narrative, and evaluative reports, and applications and contracts for program and project-specific funding.The series contains the following subseries:

-Women’s initiatives for support and education (WISE)
-Women & AIDS virtual education (WAVE)
-Healthcare provider and physician education (HPEP)
-Pocket guide for HIV+ Women
-Positive Players project

Published in 2008, Good-bye Marianne is written by Irene N. Watts and illustrated by Kathryn Shoemaker. It is the graphic novelization of the work by the same title, originally published in 1998. Good-bye Marianne is also a play by Watts and published in 1994.

This series currently contains only a few records, including an early mock-up of the graphic novel, a sketch and the published play.

Series consists of photography pertaining to the life of Hanne, her friends, and her family. Hanne’s early career as an influential figure of the physical culture movement during the interwar period in Europe is captured in this series through photographs by Trude Fleischmann and Edith Boeck, among others. These images depict Hanne demonstrating the fitness poses she developed, as well as group exercises she designed and taught. In addition to fitness-related photography, this series contains pictures of Hanne’s travels throughout Europe and later in North America. Her European photos feature architecture, urban and rural locales, social gatherings, and lots of time spent at the beach in places like the resort islands of Brioni, Italy. An avid hiker and camper, Hanne produced an extensive collection of landscape photography, with emphasis on mountains, lakes, and glaciers, particularly throughout the Rocky Mountains. This series also offers a look at her home life in British Columbia, her affinity for dogs and plants, her talent as an amateur sculptor, and the meticulous detail with which she recorded information about the pictures she took from 1940 to 1970. Additionally, this series includes portraits of members of a number of Vancouver families (the Koerners, Molnars, and Prentices to name just a few) between the 1940s and the early 1960s. There are also self-portraits and portraits of Hanne’s husband, George.

Series consists of an assortment of what remains of Hanne's non-textual, non-photographic belongings, acquired throughout her life and kept until the time of her death. These artefacts pertain to her career, her work as a writer, and her everyday life. They include metal stamps (featuring photographs of Hanne and headings used in some of her pamphlets), administrative rubber stamps (featuring the address of her gymnastics school in Vienna), and a small leather change purse containing Italian currency. There is another leather purse containing keys and key chains. Other personal effects include two makeup applicators, a small cloth bag, two trinkets on a small chain, two porcelain coins from Germany, a metal Comité pin on green ribbon, and a plastic key chain in the shape of a British Columbia license plate.

Series consists of records documenting the expenses of the National Association of Japanese Canadians. This includes banking and financial account statements, membership fees, insurance information, contracts, leases, rental agreements, invoices, reimbursements, records dealing with funding, budgeting, and implementation of grants, and other related financial records.

Series consists of photocopies and of original materials that relate to the activities and roles of former Presidents of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC). Presidents included in this series include Gordon R. Kadota (President files from 1983 - 1984), Art Miki (President files from 1984 - 1992), and Keiki Miki (President files from 1995 - 1996). The series also reflects the activities of the Vice-President, the Treasurer, and the Secretary of the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the representatives on the National Council, such as former Presidents of the NAJC’s chapter organizations or member centres at the local level. The series has been arranged into three sub-series: Art Miki, Keiki Miki, and Presidents-General.

This series contains records created by Kurt Hutterli in the course of his work as author and artist between 1959 and 2018. The series "Works" contains files related to Hutterli's Literary Works, Radio Works, Theater Works and Plays, Art, Unpublished Works, Diaries, Political Works and Actionism, Articles in Newspapers and Journals and Presentations or Speeches. These classifications were made by Hutterli himself. The records are arranged and described by Hutterli - a file usually contains documents related to a single project. Each file has got an identifier (M1 to M131) assigned by Hutterli, that correspond to the description in his finding aid.

This series contains correspondence between Hutterli and friends, fans and accomplices. The correspondence is usually not connected to a specific project or of private nature. It contains fan-letters and general correspondence about Hutterli's work.

The series contains materials collected by Ian McDonald for the purposes of writing his Master’s thesis on the history of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213, from 1901 to 1961. Materials within the series include collective agreements, newspaper and journal articles, court case summaries, interview transcriptions, census tables, meeting minutes, correspondence and dissertations; most materials are photocopies rather than original documents, however.

Also included are materials that pertain to the Lenkurt strike of 1966, which McDonald omitted from his original thesis to limit its scope. He took up the events surrounding the Lenkurt strike in a later essay, “Spontaneity Went Out with Spartacus: IBEW Local 213, Les McDonald, and the Lenkurt Strike of 1966,” which McDonald regards as a continuation of his Master’s research; the essay is also part of the series.

Waddell chaired the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs from 1996-1997 (36th Parliament, first and second sessions) during its inquiry into treaty negotiations and the Nisga'a Agreement-in-Principle and Final Agreement. The contents of this series reflect the activities the committee participated in, such as transcripts, reports, submissions and correspondence to the committee, and itineraries/briefings for the public hearings.

These records are part of Waddell's work as an MLA in British Columbia. Other records from this time can be found in the Provincial politics series.

Series consists of files containing articles, newspaper clippings, event promotional materials, notes, correspondence, and photographs relating to similar pro-choice organizations, care providers, clinics, and practitioners that Pro-CAN maintained connections with. Most files serve as reference resources, but correspondence includes direct contact between Pro-CAN and other pro-choice supporters. Photographs depict anti-choice protestors.

Series consists of reports, grey literature, articles, newspaper clippings, and other pro-choice publications used by Pro-CAN as resources and reference materials.

This series consists of publications with limited distribution and with subject matter of a professional and often academic nature. Series includes teaching materials, reports, and conference proceedings.

This series consists of works that combine sound, images, and text. Series includes CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes and VHS cassettes.

Items in this series mostly include posters, buttons, and stickers produced by Greenpeace as part of their campaigns to raise public awareness of the clearcutting of old growth trees in Clayoquot Sound and the Great Bear Rainforest. Other items include awards given to Greenpeace Canada and the Rainforest Solutions Project, reproduced items enlarged onto poster board, protest signs and banners, and t-shirts from Greenpeace campaigns. The series contains no subseries and only file level arrangement of records exists. File titles are based on the content of items.

Located on the Central and North Coasts of British Columbia, the Great Bear Rainforest contains some of the largest remaining old growth temperate rainforests in the World and is home to a number of rare species, notably including the Kermode (Spirit Bear). Starting in the mid 1990s, environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs), including Greenpeace, ForestEthics, Rainforest Action Network, and Sierra Club of BC began to protest, blockade, and campaign against clearcut logging operations in old growth forests. Greenpeace primarily focused its efforts on campaigns to encourage consumers to boycott purchasing wood from companies that clearcut in old growth forests. Faced with growing domestic and international opposition, including Greenpeace’s boycott campaign, several forestry companies began to work with ENGOs towards more environmentally responsible logging within the Great Bear Rainforest.

Starting in the early 2000s, the Provincial Government began to develop Land and Resource Management plans for the Central Coast (in 2001) and the North Coast (in 2004). Protection of some of the Great Bear Rainforest from clearcut logging was first announced by the Provincial Government in April 2001. In February 2006, the Government announced the Coast Land Use Decision, setting land aside for protection from logging and the framework for further development of ecosystem-based management (EBM) in the region to balance human well-being and ecological integrity. In 2009, the Provincial Government announced the protection of fifty percent of old growth forests from logging and a five year work plan to implement ecosystem-based management. Under the Great Bear Rainforest (Forest Management) Act of 2016, the Provincial Government set aside 85 percent of the Great Bear Rainforest from logging to maintain ecological integrity, with 70 percent of old growth forests being protected from logging.

The records in this series primarily consists of Greenpeace campaigns and correspondence with external organizations and records produced as part of the land and resource management planning for the Central and North Coasts. The series contains records relating to other environmental campaigns in British Columbia ranging from protecting old growth forests in the Elaho Valley north of Squamish to protecting the Taku River in northwest British Columbia. These records are available in the Communications, Legal records, and Reports subseries.

The Communications subseries includes press releases and publications by external organizations, articles produced by news organizations, and publications by Greenpeace Canada and Greenpeace International to shape public opinion and market behaviour regarding the Great Bear Rainforest. Correspondence predominantly includes letters, printed emails, and other correspondence between Greenpeace and external organizations. Ecosystem Based Management subseries includes records relating to land and resource management plans and reports on the Central and North Coasts and Haida Gwaii. External Organizations subseries includes records that originally were external to Greenpeace and later received by them. This includes documents produced by forestry companies and materials produced by other ENGOs.

Files in the Legal records subseries primarily include copies of BC Supreme Court trials of Greenpeace members arrested during blockades in the Great Bear Rainforest and correspondence with legal counsel representing Greenpeace members in court. Planning and Meetings subseries includes planning for Greenpeace campaigns, planning and meetings with other environmental non-governmental organizations, draft documents, and documents relating to the Land and Resource Management Plans for the Central and North Coasts. Protests and Activism subseries includes Greenpeace’s civil disobedience campaigns and market boycott purchasing wood from clearcut old growth forests. Photographs subseries includes all photos, slides, and negatives not originally housed as part of a file with textual records. File titles are based on the content of items.

Series includes materials related to the organization of International Women’s Day events in 1977 and 1979. In 1977, Epstein assisted in organizing marches and a series of workshops, and the organizing committee produced pamphlets on women’s and family issues (eg. daycare affordability) in cooperation with the Women’s Research Centre. In 1979, the IWD Coalition worked with a variety of other women’s and labour groups, including the Canadian Proletarian Party newspaper, SORWUC, the Vancouver Council of Women, AUCE, CUPW, and the BC Federation of Labour. They produced ta variety of information pamphlets, hosted an information day on women’s issues with speakers and a bake sale, hosted a concert, and advertised for a rally and demonstration about various issues related to women’s liberation.

Series contents include photograph negatives and textual records relating to the organization of International Women’s Day events in 1977 and 1979. Textual materials include administrative records (meeting minutes, committee reports, handwritten notes, mailing lists, correspondence, and event itineraries), promotional materials (flyers, posters, pamphlets, and information sheets), and newspaper clippings. Mailing lists cover organizations and individuals from the greater Vancouver region.

Series consists of incoming and outgoing letters between the Lowry family (brothers Russell, Stuart, Wilfrid, and Malcolm, and parents Arthur and Evelyn Lowry) and between Russell Lowry and the heads of various Malcolm Lowry-related books and films. These projects include Muriel C. Bradbrook’s Malcolm Lowry – His art and early life and Gordon Bowker’s Malcolm Lowry, Pursued by Furies. Correspondence between the Lowrys is largely from between 1911 and 1957.

Series consists of correspondence about and a typescript of Russell Lowry’s preface to Anne Smith’s 1978 book, The Art of Malcolm Lowry. The book is a collection of essays by various Lowry scholars on Lowry’s works. Russell Lowry’s preface is entitled Malcolm – A Closer Look.

Series consists of correspondence and a typescript of a press release concerning the 1984 John Huston film adaptation of Lowry’s Under the Volcano. Contents include: press release typescript, stills of scenes from the film, letters from Dr. Sherrill Grace, the National Film Board of Canada, and the Consul General of Italy, among others. Also included are two certificates awarded to Lowry from the Royal Drawing Society in 1920. The majority of the series was produced between 1973 and 1991.

Series consists of 22 editions of the Malcolm Lowry Review and Malcolm Lowry Newsletter (the same publication, the name was changed between the Spring and Autumn 1984 editions) and one edition of Canadian Literature, the Malcolm Lowry special edition. The Malcolm Lowry Newsletter ran under that name from Autumn 1977 to Spring 1984, at which time the name was changed to the Malcolm Lowry Review, which ran from Autumn 1984 until 2001.

The Rainforest Solutions Project (RSP) is an initiative that includes Greenpeace, ForestEthics, and the Sierra Club of BC, with the primarily goal to promote conservation and alternatives to industrial logging on the Central and North Coasts and Haida Gwaii. The Rainforest Solutions Project was developed through Tides Canada, a national charity that supports projects that focus on the environment, social equity, and economic prosperity. Tides Canada provides human resources and financial and governance management to help projects achieve their objectives more effectively.

Along with the three environmental non-governmental organizations, the RSP works alongside several forestry companies, represented by the Coast Forest Conservation Initiative (CFCI). The CFCI is composed of BC Timber Sales, Catalyst Paper Corporation, Howe Sound Pulp & Paper, Interfor Corporation, and Western Forest Products. Records involving the CFCI and RSP are included in Joint Solutions Project, RSP Reports, RSP Agreements, RSP Planning, and Communications subseries.

Records in this series include the Joint Solutions Project (JSP), an initiative that supports ecosystem-based management and represents business concerns (represented by the CFCI) and environmental concerns (represented by the RSP). The Joint Solutions Project subseries include meeting notes, JSP agreements, and communications amongst JSP stakeholders.

Records in the Communications subseries include correspondence, press releases, news articles, and legal records. The First Nations Agreements subseries includes agreements between coastal First Nations with either Rainforest Solutions Project or the Provincial Government. Four other subseries include Working Group Notes focused on records relating to the Ecosystem-Based Management Working Group, Ecosystem-based management which includes reports and planning materials on implementing ecosystem-based management, RSP Reports that include reports produced or acquired by Greenpeace as part of the Rainforest Solutions Project, and Government records. File titles are based on the content of items.

Series is made up of various audio-visual materials, predominantly detailing the activities of Greenpeace-Canada as shown through Greenpeace-produced documentaries and short advertisements, radio news stories pertaining to Greenpeace activities and interviews by prominent environmentalists, and video or audio recordings of protests, protesters being arrested, and records of activities which Greenpeace was protesting, such as logging and other environmental destruction. Series also contains a large number of videos that showcase the biological diversity present in North America.

This series contains articles or photographs cut from newspapers or magazines that pertain to the Korean-Canadian community in some way. Newspapers frequently excerpted are the Koreanna, the Korean Times Toronto, and the Korean Canadian News.

Series contains materials related to Pratt’s involvement with the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) from 1989-1993 and 1997-2005. Pratt was a Vice-President of the Federal Council from 1991-1993, served as a member of the Policy Review Committee and Platform & Issues Working Group as well as Co-Campaign Chair for the BC Campaign during the 1993 Federal election. The series also includes records related to the Social Charter, Party background and constitutions, 1991 convention materials and various records relating to Pratt’s party membership. She was involved with the party in several capacities, including as moderator for the 2002 Leadership debates. Materials have been arranged into the above files related to both functions and subject files. Record types include correspondence, committee agendas, minutes and notes, research materials, reports, final and draft policies, convention agendas, proceedings and reports, final and draft policies, newspaper clippings, communications and campaign banners.

Series consists of primarily incoming correspondence from friends and colleagues of the couple. Records relate to letters from CCF colleagues such as members of the Woodsworth family and Ronald Grantham including letters returned after Grantham’s death. Records relate to a lifelong friendship with Anthony Walsh and Walsh’s biographers. A few letters are from artist and writer, George Clutesi, a key figure in the renaissance of Indigenous arts on the coast, and his wife Margaret. The series also contains personal letters written between Bernard and Jean through the many years the couple spent apart in the 1940s. The series includes biographies of the couple, family members, and colleagues.

Record types in this series include letters, newspaper clippings, and biographical notes and drafts.

Series consists of miscellaneous records gathered by Niskala which reflect her interests.

Series consists of by-laws, policies and other administrative records from the group.

Series consists of materials created by the communications committee.

Team meetings co-ordinated efforts by faculty to impart consistency and
high standards to courses offered, and facilitate communications among instructors in the nursing program.

Series consists of minutes of meetings and materials related to the offering of courses in the nursing program.

Series is arranged in the following subseries.

1. First Year
2. Second Year
3. Third Year
4. Fourth Year
5. Graduate Programs

Series includes curriculum vita and correspondence received

Series documents Mayrs’ visual art work—including his paintings, cartoons, and fine press limited edition books—and exhibitions that have featured it.
Records in this series include photographic reproductions of a large number of Mayrs’s paintings, drawings, books, and other artwork; promotional materials from exhibitions such as posters, flyers, exhibit catalogs; drafts and copies of both published and unpublished political cartoons; original and photographic reproductions of penwork, photographs, and other artwork created by Mayrs specifically for his books, including for un-published and in-progress works; and press clippings and correspondence specifically pertaining to Mayrs’s work in the visual arts.

Series consists of records related to Johnson’s membership in the British Columbia Young New Democrats and his service as President of the organization in 1970.
Records consist of newspaper clippings, minutes, agendas, press releases, convention materials, publications, policy documents, correspondence and membership lists.

Series consists of Johnson’s collection of campaign and labour relations ephemera from the 1960s through the 1980s. Materials also include documents related to the Socialist International Congress and the International Council of Social Democratic Women, both held in Vancouver, B.C. in 1978.
Records consist of campaign brochures, newspaper clippings, labour and politics pamphlets, campaign posters, name badges, matchbooks, a plastic canvasers kit, publications, policy documents, conference materials and the like.

Series consists of records relating to Dr. Ford’s medical practice in Burnaby, volunteer time spent in the Mountain Rescue Group, Dominica, and Bangladesh, as well as memberships to the Federation of Medical Women of Canada and other professional organizations. Dr. Ford opened her own medical practice in Burnaby in 1954 and eventually added three partners to keep up with the high demand. Dr. Ford also spent her time volunteering with the Mountain Rescue Group, rescuing stranded hikers in BC wilderness. In addition, she volunteered her time in Dominica in 1967 and 1969 caring for children; in 1991 she also went to Bangladesh to aid victims of a devastating natural disaster. Records also relate to her service as the B.C. Branch President of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada and also as the National President in 1973. For all Nepal-related medical work see the “Nepal” series.

Series consists of publicity and promotional materials related to McCaslin’s literary work and activities between 1976 and 2023. Substantial written and email correspondence appear in the series between McCaslin and editors, contributors, publishers, artists, collaborators, event coordinators, literary colleagues and friends. Reviewers and publishers which McCaslin worked with appear in the files, along with reviews, feedback and comments received from colleagues, editors. Materials also relate to planning and coordination of events, book launches, talks, tours, presentations and poetry readings. The series also includes drafts and final versions of speeches and poetry reading packages performed by McCaslin. Newspaper clippings within the series document McCaslin’s personal, professional, and literary activities, publications, events, and other related materials. Promotional material within the series includes posters, bookmarks, pamphlets, invitations, notecards, author biographies, event information, book launch and tour schedules and occasionally draft or preliminary versions of writing, excerpts or photocopies of published works and other related materials. Within several files McCaslin has provided a brief explanation of the materials contained within, along with additional contextual information about the specific publication or evolution of the work over time. These notes indicate major adaptations or whether the writing was included in another edited publication or collection at a later date.

In the late 1990s, Artists began using the small 2.5-inch by 3.5-inch trading card templates as the basis for a new way to share small format artworks. In the early 2000s, Anna Banana began to create and trade her own cards, amassing a fairly large collection, and producing a significant number of her own card editions. This series is made up of her own creations, as well as cards collected from artists at the trading events which she attended.

This series is mostly made up of trading cards in binders or folders, with some information relating to the development of this art form in the file called “ARTIST TRADING CARDS: The Story.” Banana compiled cards into binders either by year or by significance, and kept her own separate from those which she received from others.

This series is made up of flyers, exhibition books, reviews and documentation regarding various exhibitions which Anna Banana was involved in creating or curating, such as 20 Years of Fooling Around With A. Banana, The Popular Art of Postal Parody, 45 Years of Fooling Around With A. Banana, and the Color Show. Records were created in the course of the curation of each exhibition, and include letters of introduction, originals and drafts of flyers and exhibition booklets, posters, name tags, and reviews or press of these exhibitions. A number of these exhibitions were retrospectives of Anna’s career, while other were curated to show various elements of mail art or performance.