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Vancouver, BC, and Out-of-province Building Files series

The series consists of files about buildings the firm built or altered in Vancouver, elsewhere in British Columbia, and outside the province. Some of the files deal with contracts that the firm did not win. The records include original architectural drawings; photographs; and related correspondence, reports, journals, minutes of committee meetings, forms of tender, quotations, agreements, specifications, certificates of insurance, and hardware schedules. The records are arranged into sub-series based on the project files and grouped under subject headings chosen by the architectural firm: Communication, Transportation & Public Utilities; Religious and Funerary; Exhibitions & Spectacles; Residences; Professional; Mercantile; Social & Recreational; Schools; Administrative & Financial; Universities - Canada (excepting the University of British Columbia); Community & Regional; Hotels & Cafes; Government; Industrial. This original order of categorization has been maintained. Some files on projects can be found under two categories, particularly Social & Recreational and Community & Regional. The projects are arranged alphabetically and then in chronological order within these subject headings. For some projects, Thompson, Berwick and Pratt created a publicity file, which has been put at the beginning of the files on the particular projects.

Vice President Academic and Development / Provost series

The series consists of records related to the Academic Women's Association, Chancellor, International Development Research Centre, Faculty & Student Affairs, Animal Care Report, Development of the Botanical Garden, Sub-Committee on Allocation of Computer Dollars, Academic Development, TRIUMF, Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Law, Medicine and Science. Records from President's Advisory committees, permanent, advisory, temporary and ad-hoc committees on Campus Land-Use, UBC Press, Parking Needs, Gerontology, Asian Centre, Computer Centre, Information Technology. Records about "Indian Education," organizational charts, and Y2K. Please see the inventory of files in the finding aid for a complete list of subjects.

Vice President of Faculty and Student Affairs series

The series consists of records corresponding to the various areas of responsibility of the position. The records reveal the changing role that the Faculty and Student Affairs office held within the university. The series includes four sub-series, which are Knowledge Network (consists of program proposals for the Open Learning Institute / Knowledge Network from faculty, along with accompanying correspondence, receipts, and memoranda), Committees (subject files consisting of correspondence, reports, and memoranda referring to Presidential and ad hoc committees); Faculties (subject files consisting of correspondence, reports, and memoranda, arranged by faculty), and Student Affairs (subject files comprised of minutes of meetings, interdepartmental memoranda, surveys, and newsletters). The records in the Student Affairs sub-series also consist of records created after the responsibility was shifted to different VP positions. This is due to several files consisting of records spanning three individuals in those differing positions in the early 1980s.

Vice President Student and Academic Services

The series consists of minutes, agendas, reports and accompanying material of presidential and ad hoc committees, as well as constitutive documents relating to the functional areas of student and academic services. The series consists of five sub-series: Administrative, Committees, Subject Files, Student and Academic Affairs, and Computing Services.

Victory 1945 series

Directed by David Paperny and Susan Ridout, Victory 1945 (2004) is a two-part historical documentary focusing on the vivid, personal stories of the dramatic final months of the war, leading up to VE (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8th, 1945, as told by Canadian World War II veterans who served overseas, and their girlfriends and wives that were waiting at home. It tells not only the story of Canadian's efforts overseas in the last days of the war and their impact on the war but of the reality that they came back to Canada and switched to a world and country at peace. The documentary is based on the memories of Canadian veterans and their wives, including Alex Colville, a war artist who became a world-renowned painter and Companion of the Order of Canada, Peter Stursberg, a CBC war correspondent and member of the Order of Canada, author David Dickson, later a Supreme Court judge in New Brunswick, John Dougan, who would have a long career as a Canadian ambassador, and others. The documentary also includes interviews with several post-war immigrants who left a war-ravaged Europe, including Holocaust survivor Celina Lieberman, former German U-Boat engineer Werner Hirschmann, and a ten-year-old German boy named Holger Herwig, now a military historian at the University of Calgary. Victory 1945 is narrated by Steve Burgess.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Video series

Series consists of video recordings of the presentations of the participating nations during the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements.

Video Tape series

This series consist of a recorded presentation given by Nicholls on October 29, 1975. The title of the presentation was "Social Policy Perspectives: The Green Paper on Population and Immigration."

Visiting Junior Scholars series

Series includes administrative files relating to the Visiting Junior Scholar Program and each scholar's files. The scholars' files include correspondence, CVs, research proposals, interest statements, and reference letters. The administrative files consist of correspondence, agendas, schedules, notes and University paperwork. Series is arranged chronologically by year of the program and then alphabetically by scholar.

Note: The Visiting Junior Scholar Program existed from 1999-2003 and has been replaced by the Wall Summer Institute for Research Program.

Visual materials series

Photographs (prints, slides, transparencies and negatives), drawings, and published and unpublished maps. Series is divided into subseries: Americas, Africa & Oceanic, and original negatives. Visual materials can be found in other series, notably in the professional activities and research materials series. Items in Box 64 were acquired in 2021.

Visual Resource Management series

Series consists of textual and photographic records documenting the work of Sheppard and others with CALP in relating environmental and aesthetic concerns in public perceptions of forestry and forest management, focusing on Weyerhaeuser's cutting practices, including variable selection logging and other selective logging methods. Records include published studies, reports, correspondence, related textual materials, and slides showing aerial and landscape views illustrating forestry practices and environmental aesthetics used in public presentations.

Vladimir Krajina Records series

The Vladimir Krajina records series consists of Curriculum Vitaes, a list of publications, articles, correspondence, a letter of reference, newspaper clippings, notes, a legacy biography and an obituary. The correspondence is principally about Krajina's responsibilities as a professor at UBC, but a letter is present that references prison sentences of associates in 1979. Another letter is a photocopy from the Canadian prime minister's office addressed to Krajina dated 1977. Boxes: 9-10.

Volcano research series

Series consists of materials especially related to volcanic research, which have been filed based on specific topics such as neogene basalts, ironmask basolith, and andesitic volcanism. Otherwise, this series includes maps and drawings, related correspondence, hand-written notes, reference material, published and unpublished works, and one newspaper clipping.

Volkoff Family History series

Series consists of records documenting the history of the Volkov/Vokkoff family and includes correspondence, a cloth mail-bag which once held much of the correspondence, official documents such as passports and marriage certificates, hand-written accounts of family history by Mikhail Mikhailovich Volkoff, transcriptions of correspondence and family history manuscripts translated into English from the original Russian, and digital copies of these transcriptions stored on CDs. Files are arranged in chronological order. Many manuscripts, correspondence, and official documents are written in Russian (Cyrillic alphabet). Some official documents originating from Harbin, Manchuria, are written in Chinese. Some manuscripts are hand-bound.

Volleyball series

Newspaper clippings, team list for 1987-88, score sheets, and team plays make up the central extent of the records in the Volleyball Series. Further programs and statistics on volleyball at UBC can be found in the Media and Promotions Series.

W. Kaye Lamb series

Series consists of audiocassette recordings of an interview of W. Kaye Lamb by Stuart-Stubbs, and Lamb biographical material collected by Stuart-Stubbs.

Wartime Information Board series

The Wartime Information Board was established in 1942 to coordinate the government's existing public information services and supervise the release of information in or to any country outside of Canada. The Board wound up operations in September 1945.
The material covered 1942-1945 and was divided into two sections: 1942, 1944 and 1944-1945, when the Wartime Information Board became the Canadian Information Service. The two sections are independent of each other, and their different filing systems have been maintained. Each box contains correspondence much is of a general, functional nature and does not represent the official Chairman's correspondence. There are also minutes and working papers of the W.I.B./E.I.S., the Canada Aid to Russia and the Rehabilitation Committee. It is only through the minutes and working papers that the actual operation of the Board is reflected.

West Coast Christmas (New Classics Christmas Special) series

In this New Classics Christmas Special (2003), Chef Rob Feenie and sous-chef Marnie host West Coast Christmas at a beautiful and wild resort in Tofino on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Between surf lessons, beachcombing, and shopping, Rob and Marnie cook up a Christmas extravaganza using ingredients from local suppliers. Directed by Nijole Kuzmickas.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Western series

Series contains mainly black & white film stills and colour lobby cards from western movies. Some film stills have been cropped. Ephemera includes press kits/catalogues offering promotional materials for films and clippings of film advertisements.

Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman series

The first Paperny Films independent production, Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman (1996), is a documentary about the enigmatic founder of Seagram’s, the world’s largest distillery. Immigrating with his family to Saskatchewan and later Manitoba, Samuel Bronfman turned a family hotel and bar business into a brewery empire. Hosted by television journalist Ann Medina and directed by David Paperny. Interview subjects include several Bronfman family members, including Edgar Bronfman (son), Charles Bronfman (son), Sam Bronfman Jr. (son), Edgar Jr. Bronfman (grandson), as well as Canadian senator Leo Kolber, former Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres, Former Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek, and Scottish Whiskey Baron Ivan Straker.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Wilderness Advisory Committee series

Series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, and published maps relating to the Special Advisory Committee on Wilderness Preservation, which advised the provincial government to manage wilderness areas in B.C., in particular, the Spatsizi-Stikine and Tatshenshini-Alsek regions.

Winton/Kindertransport series

Series consists of materials documenting Nicholas Winton’s Kindertransport project and Schlesinger’s involvement in documenting and publicizing the Kindertransport many years later. Winton’s efforts rescued hundreds of Jewish children from European countries under occupation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and 1939 – Joe Schlesinger was one of them, and his name is on the list in File 9-7. Materials include scripts and transcripts for the documentaries Nicholas Winton: The power of good and Nicky’s Children, correspondence, copies of published articles about Winton and the Kindertransport, and related items. Files are maintained in chronological order.

WMST Administration series

Series consists of correspondence, proposals, reports, course evaluations, grades, budgets, and printed material about the proposal for and administration of the Women’s Studies undergraduate program.

Women and Ethnicity (Non-Mudd Project) series

Series consists of records created and used by the Women's Research Centre on the subjects of immigrant women and spousal assault, cultural and linguistic isolation. Records reflect the Centre's look at racism in society, education, and the effects of immigrant women living in a multicultural society. It also contains documents on developing strategies for establishing bilingual and bicultural models to identify better the issues and needs of women of different ethnicities. The Women's Research Centre interviewed workers at Vancouver Transition House, Powell House, "A Woman's Place," Cedar Cottage Neighborhood House and Mosaic. In addition, the Women's Research Centre conducted interviews in Portuguese, Hungarian, Greek, Chinese, and East Indian communities. Research into these various issues led to the publication of several reports, such as The Social Organization of Family Violence: An Ethnography of Immigrant Experience in Vancouver: A Report to the Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, published in 1975; The Social Organization of Family Violence: An Ethnography of Immigrant Experience in Vancouver, published in [1978]; Services for Immigrant Women: Report and Evaluation of a Series of Four Workshops Conducted in the Summer, 1977; "Workshops on Services for Immigrant Women: Compilation of Worksheet Results," published in Summer 1977; and "Education in Industry: Industrial Problems in a Multicultural Society." The Women's Research Centre worked in consultation with umbrella organizations committed to promoting multiculturalism, such as the Multicultural Society of British Columbia. Series consists of interview transcripts and questionnaires, workshop case studies, drafts and completed copies of various reports, correspondence, financial statements, cheque stubs, receipts, invoices, income and expense statements, budgets, job advertisements, address lists, grant applications for Non-Mudd project, Non-Mudd project contracts, research proposal, guidelines for Non-Mudd project, handwritten and typed notes, requisitions for cheques, interview schedules, information sheets, workshop summaries and evaluation results, workshop outlines and agendas, final project report guidelines, application forms, payroll records, employee records, manuals, meeting minutes, briefs, newsletters, membership applications, resource lists, organizational charts, time log analyses, workshop statement of objectives and statement of purpose, published articles, microdata set description files, and discussion papers.

Women's Research Centre - Correspondence, Contracts, and Projects series

Series consists, predominately, of administrative records created and used by the Women's Research Centre. There is extensive administrative material reflecting the structure and day-to-day functions of the Women's Research Centre. The majority of the records consist of government and non-government correspondence, contracts for various research projects and future publications, an extensive range of financial material, including grant proposals and requests, and detailed project proposals and project outlines. Series consists of records dealing with domestic violence, family violence, self-advocacy and the disabled, strategies for change and action plans, women, labour and unions, various issues concerning women's health, human rights, education, legislation, and community services and activism projects. The Women's Research Centre interacted with various government and non-government groups and organizations such as the Family Violence Prevention Division Health and Welfare Canada, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, BC Association for Community Living - Self Advocacy Caucus, Summer Institute for Union Women, BC Federation of Canadian Labour, National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Law Foundation of BC, and Disabled Women's Network (DAWN). Series consists of correspondence, contracts, Microboard project evaluations, Microboard reviews, various drafts and completed copies of reports, meeting minutes, Microboard resource guides, interview guides, agendas, round-table discussion guides, invoices, various newsletters, definition of a Microboard and Microboard mission statement, outline of Microboard components, principles, functions and guidelines of Microboard, handwritten and typed notes, evaluation forms, facsimiles, list of Microboards, statement of philosophy concerning services to the handicapped, Women's Research Centre constitution, income and expense statements, grant application forms, appendixes, lists of publications, lists of Women's Research Centre Board of Directors, budgets, lists of Secretary of State programs, Secretary of State grant approval forms, address lists, cheque stubs, financial statements, self-evaluation forms, self-evaluation guidelines, brochures, copies of The Voice and BC Association for Community Living News newsletters, and Caucus history of the BC Association for Community Living - Self Advocacy Caucus, an organization dedicated to promoting self advocacy for the mentally handicapped. Series also consists of publication announcements, articles, photocopied news articles, research proposals addressed to the Family Violence Prevention Division Health and Welfare Canada, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada - Women's Program funding request, various magazines, memorandum, receipts, cheque stubs and photocopied cheque stubs, booklets, brochures, newspapers, list of national social services organizations, requests for advance payment, published copy of National Welfare Grants Rules, log book, bulletins, program plans, Civil Rights definitions, bibliographies, hard-copy presentations, list of recommendations, discussion papers, photocopied cheques, work statements, worksheets, surveys, various models, statement of royalties, extensive photocopied material, and a list of terms of reference.

Women's Research Centre & United Way - Research on Family Violence series

Series consists of records created and used by the Women's Research Centre in the process of researching family violence. The Women's Research Centre cooperated with the United Way Task Force on Family Violence. Data for the project on Family Violence was collected at symposiums, conferences, group meetings, and workshops Series consists of memorandums, cheque stubs, various photocopied materials, invoices, contracts, various outlines, brochures, Symposium on Family Violence announcement, conference papers, address lists, registration forms, typed and handwritten notes, evaluation forms, schedules, media coverage, project analyses, extensive original and photocopied newspaper articles, various drafts and completed copies of reports, press releases, project proposals, grant applications, multiple agendas, budgets, correspondence, programme objectives, extensive meeting minutes, draft flyers, and various newsletters.

Women's Research Centre Publications series

Series consists of published and unpublished material created and used by the Women's Research Centre. The publications are the result of research conducted by the Women's Research Centre throughout its existence. The Women's Research Centre is the author of all publications. Series consists of various pamphlets, brochures, vast numbers of papers, action research kits, reports, briefs, published materials, and a sizeable hand-painted canvass banner which reads: "Restore Funding for Feminist Research." An inventory of publications may be found in the Women's Research Centre file list.

Woodward Library series

Series consists of minutes of meetings and correspondence about Leith's various positions at the Woodward Library.

Working Papers, Reports and Charts series

This series contains working papers, reports, charts, and lessons learned that were created on different subjects related to the creation of ALGOL 68. The series is arranged by report type or subject and organized chronologically.

Works by Others series

Series consists of published and unpublished works by other authors acquired by Rose in his career and includes printed materials, clippings, offprints, and manuscripts.

Works in Translation series

Series consists of plays, prose, and poetry translated by Bullock from their original French, German, or Italian. The works may be complete or incomplete and in draft, revised, or final form.

Works series

Series consists of documentation of Smedley’s sculptures and other artistic creations and includes written and typed notes and manuscripts, drawings and sketches, photographs, and various digital media. The series is primarily organized into sub-series: Notes and Research Materials, Rowingbridge, Descartes’ Clown, Magneto, Dissections, Piero della Francesca, Cloud of Numbers, Other Works, and Oversized Materials.

The sub-series are based primarily on Smedley’s works, except where the materials refer to more than one work or are more general. Within each subseries, the materials are arranged in chronological order.

Workshops and Conferences series

The series consists of transcripts generated by the AACR Workshop held at UBC in April 1967. Tape recordings of the workshop proceedings were made, and the transcripts were used for a publication entitled New Rules for an Old Game (1967). Series also consists of records related to the ABCL 1968 Conference and the Centennial Citizen's Conference on Libraries in 1971.

World reunions

Series consists of journals, CDs and DVDs, and invitations about the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th World Reunions of the Johanneans. Series is arranged into ten files.

World University Service of Canada (UBC) series

Series consists of records from the WUSC, an organization that attempts to arouse the interest of Canadian students and faculty in the problems and aspirations of colleagues in other countries. This material demonstrates the various fund-raising techniques to promote international awareness and exchange. It also includes material on UBC's refugee student sponsorship scheme.

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