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Manuscripts & books series

Series includes manuscripts/typescripts, correspondence, maps, notes, research materials, and ephemera associated with published and unpublished fiction and non-fiction projects. Major projects are Hunter’s unpublished novel: “Guilty As Sin,” his autobiography: “Being One: Scenes from a Screenwriter’s Life” and an unpublished book documenting the 1974 murder of Hunter’s parents titled “Next of Kin.”

Television series

Series includes materials related to Hunter’s various produced and unproduced television projects.

Personal series

Series includes biographical information about John Hunter, including lists of awards, résumé, obituaries, early rejection letters, cartoons, and his undergraduate thesis.

Professional Life series

The series includes correspondence relating to articles exchanged for editing between colleagues and advisees; applications for numerous Research Grants which summarize his various ongoing research projects, presentations that he made; and several Curriculum Vitae from 1966-1992.

Poetry series

This series consists of drafts, correspondence, and originals, including his major poetic opus “Double Star and Other Verses.”

Publications series

Series consists of materials related to such publications as The Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and Public Libraries in British Columbia by Ross Vainstein.

Photographs series

This series contains photographs related to libraries and library conferences, including photographs of patrons using libraries and meetings and posters at conferences. All photographs have been removed from folders 3-08 and are stored separately. Some photographs have notes on the back that may indicate their intention to be published in books.

Malcolm Lowry series

Material related to Grace’s work on Malcolm Lowry. Includes research materials, correspondence, copies of Lowry’s writings and letters, photographs, publications, major research papers, and ephemera.

Tom Thompson series

Materials related to the writing and publication of Inventing Tom Thompson (2004), edited by Dr. Grace. Includes: correspondence, research materials, notes, lecture materials, photographs, and ephemera.

On the Art of Being Canadian series

Materials related to the writing and publishing of On the Art of Being Canadian (2009). Includes annotated research materials, correspondence, publishing permissions, photographs, clippings, and ephemera.

Faculty Association series

The series consists of records documenting Laurenda Daniells’ role as a UBC’s Faculty Association Executive member. Materials include papers, drafts, notes and correspondence.

Copyright in Institutions series

The series consists of records documenting Laurenda Daniells’ activities as a member of the Copyright Committee for both the Association of Canadian Archivists and the Archives Section of the Canadian Historical Association. Materials include drafts, papers, notes, articles, reports, correspondence, memorandums, newspapers, and surveys.

Teaching and Work Records series

Series consists of correspondence, papers, proofs, and test drafts. It also consists of student-submitted assignments, technology instructions, notes and slides created for lectures at conferences, and miscellaneous records about visits from mathematicians.

Research Materials series

Series consists of materials collected, created, or otherwise acquired by Robert McDonald as part of his research activities and includes newspaper clippings and other published items, copies of articles annotated by McDonald, index cards with notes and citations, written notes, correspondence, and audio recordings of interviews and speeches. It is organized into the following sub-series: Subject Files, Henry Bell-Irving Biography, Haig-Brown / Uphill, Vancouver 1891 Census printouts, Published sources, Index Cards and Sound recordings. The Published sources and Index Cards sub-series consist of selections from among all such materials acquired by McDonald throughout his professional career, retained primarily to help illustrate his research process.

Awards series

This small series consists of curriculum vitae, certificates of recognition, correspondence regarding the visiting Seagram Chair and contracts, letters, award notifications and sales reports for Making Vancouver. The object included is the UBC Killam Teaching Prize Award.

Time Zones series

Series consists of materials documenting the publication and promotion of Schlesinger’s memoir Time Zones: A Journalist in the World, and includes correspondence, clippings, itineraries and brochures for Schlesinger’s promotional tour in support of his book. Files are maintained in chronological order.

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.

Photographs series

Series consists of photographic prints documenting Schlesinger’s life, career, and travels. Some photographs were taken by Schlesinger, but most were taken by others and show Schlesinger either on foreign assignment or at other events.

Digital Media series

Series consists of digital media (3½” floppy disks, CDs, CD-Rs and DVDs) containing items documenting Schlesinger’s life and work, including TV scripts, interview transcripts, typed manuscripts, photographs, and digital video recordings. Various formats, including generic file formats, Word Perfect 5.0, doc (97-2003), tif, jpg, mp3, MPEG, and pdf, are present. In addition, an item inventory is available for each floppy disc and optical disc. Please ask UBC Archives staff for more details.

Writings

Series consists of various publications authored by Esther Paulson on various aspects of nursing and nursing history. Series is divided into two subseries: Publications by Paulson and Other writings by Paulson.

Urban Education / Teacher in the City series

Records in this series relate to Symonds role as the Director Urban Affairs Programs, Continuing Education at UBC in addition to her editing work on the Teacher and the City book. Multiple drafts of the book are included in addition to reports on the book’s progress and correspondence between Symonds and her publisher Methuen.

Aesthetics And Sustainability series

Series consists of records documenting the symposium “Linking Sustainability to Aesthetics: Do people prefer sustainable landscapes?” sponsored by UBC’s Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), and the resulting book Forests and Landscapes: Linking ecology, sustainability and aesthetics, which was supported by a significant thematic grant from the PWIAS. Materials include correspondence, written notes, brochures and other promotional materials, and grant proposals. Also included are typescript drafts of the articles, with peer-review comments from the symposium that were collected and published in the book. The series is arranged into two sub-series: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Articles for Publication.

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.

Forest Management Research series

Series consists of textual, photographic, digital, and audiovisual records documenting research in forest and landscape management, both within and outside CALP’s programmes, in Metro Vancouver, Squamish, North Cowichan, and other locations. Materials include reports, published sources, data, correspondence, photographic slides, digital data on CDs, and a DVD recording of a CBC TV interview with Stephen Sheppard on climate change in Delta. The series is arranged into five sub-series: CALP UBC research publications, Local UBC studies, North Cowichan Community Forest, Clayoquot Reference Materials, and General.
The Clayoquot Reference Materials sub-series was not created by Dr. Sheppard but was included with his papers and has been retained for reference and research purposes.

Photographic series

Series consists of 900 35-mm negative strips. These images document a wide variety of important people, events and activities at the University of British Columbia between 1980 and 1991. The photographs were created by Information Services and Community Relations and were transferred to the University Archives by the Public Affairs Office in April 1998. Please see box 3 for digital-born photographs on optical discs.

Audiovisual Series

Series consists of video and audio recordings of events on campus both in Vancouver and Okanagan, including copies of media clips, promotional videos, and stock footage.

Institute research activities records series

The series consists of correspondence, reports, and other records relating to Institute research activities and facilities. It also includes Noman Wilimovsky’s bound volume of library zoological plates with correspondence inserted in this volume. The work is oversized and located in the UBC Archives Vault Bay 6A (88a) column 4, shelf 4.

Projects series

Series consists of pre-published and published articles, conference papers, essays, correspondence, photocopied maps, clippings, photographs, slides, sketches, notes, and proposals produced in conjunction with Harris' research, writings and exhibits on historical geography in Canada, United States, Indo-China, South Africa, and Europe; his examination of trends in geographical theory and scholarship; Harris' reviews of scholarly works on North American historical geography; and reviews of articles and books written by Harris.

Correspondence series

Series consists of an address book, incoming and outgoing personal correspondence and postcards, and miscellaneous correspondence directed to other correspondents.

Research and Reports series

Series consists of technical reports authored by George Volkoff and others. Although most of the reports are unpublished, some were originally “classified” and are about various aspects of experimental and theoretical work done at the Montreal Laboratories for the Manhattan Project during and after World War II. There is also one report to the Canadian Association of Physicists co-written by Volkoff. Files are arranged in chronological order.

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.

Papers and Publications series

The series consists of papers and publications written by Bruneau throughout his university education and teaching career. Files are arranged in chronological order.

Correspondence series

The correspondence series includes correspondence between ALGOL 68 working group members, a limited selection of their recommendations for changes to ALGOL 68 arranged by year, samples of ALGOL Bulletins, and official International Federation for Information Processing communication.

Film production series

The series consists of 1 small box of textual records relating to the production of the series, including correspondence, applications, resumes, and releases regarding the film production. Series also consists of the footage used to create the documentary series, most of which are on Betacam SP small and large video. These video cassettes include interviews with Shatner, his family, and other actors. In addition, there is footage taken of Shatner as he interacts with others at a Star Trek convention, during his charity horseshow, at various locations in Montreal, and on his ranch. There is also footage of Shatner during his efforts to protect the wild horses of Santa Cruz Island, historical footage in his roles as Captain Kirk and TJ Hooker, and several stills. The series also includes audio tracks for the film on DAT and related material on Hi8 cassette. In addition, the series also consists of one 3 ½ inch floppy disk with documents relating to the production, a DVD with tracks from the film, and a DVD copy of the film itself.

Most of the footage was filmed in 1998 and 1999; however, the arrangement of the series does not follow a strict chronological order but retains the original numbering system created by Harvey McKinnon productions.

General series

Series consists of records documenting the University’s administration of the Society and Skeleem Village and includes correspondence and reports.

Utilities Billing and Administration series

Series consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, and billing agreements, resulting from the administration of hydro and gas to UBC buildings by UBC occupants. It also includes materials forecasting new developments, infrastructure costs and anticipated utility needs.

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