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Chinese Head Tax Project subseries

Subseries consists of research notes and digital data assembled by Ward and Dr. Henry Yu for the Chinese Head Tax Project. This comprehensive project involved digitizing more than 96,000 entries to the Chinese Head Tax Register.

Centre for Human Settlements subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the Centre for Human Settlements at UBC.

Centre for Human Settlements – Conferences, Seminars, and Response subseries

Subseries consists of records related to the speaking arrangements for speakers at CHS’s bi-weekly seminars that were either directly or loosely related to the UN’s Habitat Conferences and the related Human Settlements Programme, the subsequent publications resulting from their visits, and publications that were directly influenced by Habitat. It also consists of similar activities for other conferences in Canada and worldwide. Also included in this series are projects created directly because of Habitat and the Programme.

CBC Interviews sub-series

Subseries consists of unedited interview recordings of Harry and Frances Adaskin, done for the 1979 CBC television programme "To Play Like An Angel," about their lives and careers. The tapes cover most of the same topics as the manuscripts in the "Autobiographies" series and related subjects not covered in Adaskin's books. Tapes 18 and 19 contain interviews with their stepson Gordon Adaskin. Tape 20 includes a recording of Frances Adaskin playing the piano. These recordings were used as "voice-overs" during certain scenes in the show. Recordings on tapes 26 and 27 are repeated or recorded twice. Tapes 28-30 are musical performances by Frances Adaskin and others, recorded for use as musical interludes. Recordings are made on reel-to-reel audio tapes.

Cardiff subseries

Subseries consists of minutes and reports from committees and commissions that Quastel sat on, as well as correspondence and research projects conducted in and from Cardiff and the Cardiff City Mental Hospital.

Canada U.S. Free Trade Agreement subseries

Subseries consist of diaries, personal notes, correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and videos. The records document Minister Carny’s role in the evolution of the FTA. The subseries includes a copy of the Canada U.S. Free Trade Agreement signed by Pat Carney. The correspondence retained in this subseries contains a dialogue between Minister Carney, Simon Reisman, Canada’s chief FTA negotiator, Joe Clark, Minister of External Affairs, Michael Wilson, Minister of Finance, and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In addition, the subseries includes a box of materials, a purse, a baby sleeper, a frozen fish box etc., used by Carney while touring the country to promote the FTA. Additional records document FTA and NAFTA events, for example, the 1990 Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations - which occurred after Carney’s tenure as Minister of International Trade. The videos, which can be located in the University Archives Audio-Visual collection, are of nightly television news coverage of the FTA and presentations by Carney on the Agreement. The subseries also includes records from the tenth anniversary of the FTA and consists of the loss and rediscovery of Pat Carney’s documents donated to the National Archives of Canada.

Campaign and Promotions subseries

This subseries consists of letters and correspondence with various governments and organizations in pursuit of funding and support for the Kaon Factory. It also contains correspondence in favour of the accelerator, pamphlets and community outreach records, news clippings and other materials produced in the course of trying to promote, fund, and actualize the accelerator.

Budget subseries

Subseries consists of reports, financial documents, memorandum, correspondence, and notes regarding the budget and funding of the Division of Industrial Education. The sub-series has been re-organized in chronological order.

British Columbia focus subseries

Subseries contains original research/data, correspondence and annotated reference materials related to various projects focused in BC. Topics include representation of First Nations in BC and the National Film Board, recreation facilities on the North Shore, restaurants in Greater Vancouver, and transit.

Born-digital Materials subseries

Materials on digital media are currently being reviewed, and further information is pending. Subseries include both documents and photographs. Four floppy discs may also be found in the Lectures, Conferences and Writings subseries.

Board Games subseries

Subseries consists of game boards and draft game boards for three board games: "Cheat,"; "Hugger-Mugger," and an untitled geographic board game. The game boards are in oversize boxes.

Birth Weight Project subseries

Subseries consists of records on the Birth Weight Project. Ward researched tax assessment rolls, ledgers, in-patient and out-patient records, etc., for the following cities: Boston, Dublin, Edinburgh, Vienna, and Montreal. Separate studies were also conducted on the cities of Utrecht and Bologna. Ward’s research on the Birth/Newborn Weight Project was the foundation for the book, Birth Weight and Economic Growth: Women’s Living Standards in the Industrializing West. The code book for the Utrecht birth weight database (file 7-5a) was added in December 2014. NOTE: The Birth Weight Project records on Bologna are expected in a future accrual.

Biographies sub-series

This series consists of research, photographs, curriculum vitae, and correspondence on individuals considered for the Woodward Memorial Room memorials.

Bill C.Y. Li subseries

As the General Manager of the UBC Press from the early 1970s to 1990, Bill C.Y. Li's initial responsibilities for the production process were eventually superseded by competencies in the financial and business-oriented offices of the UBC Press.

Correspondence sub-series consists of drafts of letters and memorandum regarding departmental communication, preparation memos for meetings and seminars, book construction, royalty payments, sales reports, financial support, and topics about the production and layout of material to be published.

BC Place Citizen’s Advisory Committee

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the BC Place Citizen’s Advisory committee.

Banff, Alberta Planning and Development subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Banff, Alberta Planning and Development.

Babel subseries

Babel was a newsletter created and circulated within the graduate student community and contains written contributions in prose, poetry, and drawings. Sub-series consists of six editions of the newsletter, filed chronologically from September 1998 to March 1999.

Atlantic Accord subseries

Subseries consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and a diary relating to the signing of the Atlantic Accord. The correspondence includes dialogue between Minister Carney and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and Newfoundland’s Minister of Energy William Marshall. The sub-series also consists of a copy of the Atlantic Accord signed by Carney, Mulroney, Premier Brian Peckford, John Crosbie, Bill Marshall and others.

Asia Pacific subseries

Subseries consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda and reports accumulated by Carney in her work with the Asia Pacific Initiative Advisory Committee and the Asia Pacific Foundation. Subseries also contains one folder of correspondence and brochures from Carney's involvement in the Abbotsford Airshow.

Asia Institute of Technology subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional contribution to the Asia Institute of Technology.

Apple Classroom of Tomorrow subseries

Subseries consists of files from Robert Tierney’s research on the "Apple Classroom of Tomorrow" at West High School in Columbus, Ohio. This research preceded Tierney’s appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Education. It includes general information, publications, student files and classroom photographs.

APEC RCMP PCC Exhibits subseries

The subseries consists of documents compiled by various government agencies and civilian witnesses for exhibit during the RCMP Public Complaints Commission. The exhibits consist of correspondence, witness statements, police statements, photographs and videotapes and other materials considered pertinent for inclusion. The exhibits are arranged in alpha-numeric order where applicable and then maintained by the donor.

APEC Exhibits and Related Documents subseries

The subseries consists of documents compiled by various government agencies and civilian witnesses for exhibit during the RCMP Public Complaints Commission. The exhibits consist of correspondence, witness statements, police statements, photographs and videotapes and other materials considered pertinent for inclusion in the PCC. The series also includes the Commission's Interim Report, published in July 2001. The exhibits are arranged in alpha-numeric order where applicable and then by creating agency or individual.

APEC Alert and Jonathan Oppenheim Documents subseries

The subseries consists of materials created and disseminated by APEC Alert before the APEC summit and in its aftermath and materials collected and created by Jonathan Oppenheim. It consists of posters, pamphlets, and ephemera produced by APEC Alert, information about APEC and the leaders of the APEC countries; News Releases about the PCC and a letter written to UBC faculty. In addition, it includes documents composed by Oppenheim and other APEC Alert members in their attempts to subpoena then Prime Minister Jean Chretien to appear at the RCMP PCC.

Americas subseries

Photographic prints, slides, maps, and documentation depicting objects and sites related to ancient Andean societies. Includes some materials regarding North America, mainly focused on cultures of the Northwest Coast.

A.M. Klein subseries

Subseries consists of items related to A.M. Klein and Steinberg’s correspondence, research and publications about him. Materials include correspondence, notes, annotated photocopies of Klein’s works, drafts, and manuscripts, including materials on microfilm.

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