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University of British Columbia Archives Subseries
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Miscellaneous subseries

Subseries consists of records about creating various types of word games and puzzles. These records include original, copy and draft puzzles, notes, completed puzzles (not started by Messenger), and clippings.

Triple-Ploy subseries

Subseries consists of records about Messenger's regular puzzle column Triple-Ploy, published in Western Living Magazine. These records include correspondence, completed puzzles and revisions.

1980 Accession subseries

The subseries consists of the original blueprint, white print or linen architectural drawings, photographs of buildings at various stages of construction, and related correspondence, specifications and reports. In addition, the records have been organized into the following tertiary series: UBC Buildings, Reports, Correspondence, Specifications, Photographs and Architectural Drawings.

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.

Military focus subseries

Subseries contains reports and material focused on the RAF (Royal Air Force) and a report Belshaw produced on productivity in the military.

Miscellaneous subseries

Subseries consists of miscellaneous materials related to adult education research. Materials include 4 reel to reel tapes of the NBC radio show The People Act, which first aired in December 1950. The fifth tape contains a lecture by Verner. There are also 17 microfilm copies of books or articles on adult education and rural communities.

United Nations Regional Training Centre subseries

Subseries consists of records documenting the Regional Training Centre for United Nations Fellows, based at International House at UBC. The materials include correspondence, reports, minutes, financial records, publications, and clippings.

Multiple Sclerosis subseries

Subseries consists of articles, notes, grant material, reports, and correspondence related to multiple sclerosis and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. Related correspondence may also be found in the Correspondence Series from 1958-1961.

Reports subseries

Subseries consists of numerous typed reports, some of which are in the editing process. The reports are filed according to their title.

Recorded Memoirs subseries

Sub-series consists of spoken-word memoirs by Harry Adaskin, which later became the first four chapters of A Fiddler's World. Recordings are made on reel-to-reel audio tapes at 7½ i.p.s.

Newsense subseries

The Newsense was a general-interest departmental newsletter which began publication in 1968. It was distributed to faculty, support staff, and students.
Subseries consists of handwritten and typed manuscripts of articles and drafts and paste-ups of each issue. Subseries also contains information about departmental meetings that were published in the newsletter. Files are arranged in numerical order by volume and issue number, from Volume I Number 1 (September 1968) to Volume II Number 10 (April 1970).

Hawaii 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 Hawaii Planning and Development.

Tuesday Night Recordings subseries

Subseries consists of Harry Adaskin's Tuesday Night CBC Radio programme recordings. The scripts for these commentaries are included in Files 4-11 and 4-12. Recordings are made on reel-to-reel audio tapes at 3 3/4 i.p.s.

Schools subseries

Within the subseries, projects are arranged alphabetically by school district and school and then in chronological order.
Of the architectural drawings, 20 from Shawnigan Lake Boys School are from the 1990 accession and are described separately.

Visual Anatomy subseries

Subseries consists of two copies of Friedman's Visual Anatomy the 1950-52 edition (2 vols.) published by Charles C. Thomas and the 1970-72 edition (3 vols.) published by Harper & Row. Each volume is autographed on the title page by the author.

SSRCC subseries

Subseries consists of records documenting Belshaw's involvement with the Social Science Research Council of Canada (SSRCC). Materials include minutes, correspondence, reports, financial statements, and policy statements.

Speeches subseries

Subseries consists of lectures and speeches given by Verner. The lectures and speeches are either handwritten or typed. Some speeches will also be found in the "Conferences, conventions, and workshops" subseries described in this file list.

Pocket Calendars subseries

Subseries consists of Verner's pocket calendars in which he noted meetings, trips, events and names and addresses while at Florida State University, the University of London, and UBC.

Liberal Party Campaign subseries

Sub-series contains materials relating to Oberlander’s federal election for a Vancouver South parliamentary seat with the Liberal party. Oberlander was unsuccessful in his bid for the seat. Materials include, speeches, notes, correspondence, clippings, publicity materials, newsletters, liberal party
memoranda and other materials on the North Fraser Harbor Commission.

Committees – UBC subseries

Subseries consists of minutes of meetings, briefs, program reports, and procedures outlines pertaining to several UBC committees with which Verner was involved. Subseries is arranged alphabetically.

Reports subseries

Subseries consists of reports written and co-written by Verner as a result of consultancy work and research grants he received. Subseries is arranged in chronological order.

1988 Accession subseries

The subseries consists of minutes of committee meetings and correspondence; correspondence between the architectural firm and construction companies, engineers and contractors, laboratories for inspecting and testing buildings and the Provincial Government in Victoria; and forms of tender, reports, memoranda, quotations, agreements, specifications, certificates of insurance and schedules of hardware. There are also original architectural drawings included in the files, most of which are white prints, blueprints and diazos sent to Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners by engineers. It is arranged into the tertiary series UBC Buildings, Federal Government Buildings at UBC, Educational and Commercial Buildings, and UBC Campus Development.

1990 Accession subseries

All drawings pertain to building projects completed at UBC, with only a couple of exceptions at the end of this section. Most of the drawings in this accession are working drawings, with some preliminary and perspective drawings appearing in the files. In addition, there are some working drawings for several unbuilt UBC projects. The same building sub-contractors were used consistently throughout TBP&P's corporate life: D.W. Thomson, Mechanical Engineering; Simpson & MacGregor, Electrical Engineering; O. Safir, Structural engineering. In the 1970s, this group became the "Partners" when the corporate title changed for the last time [see: Administrative History in the full file list]. Some projects between 1923 and 1974 were commissioned by the federal or provincial government rather than the university.

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