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University of British Columbia Archives Subseries
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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.

Publishing & conference writing subseries

Academic papers and exhibition catalogues associated with various writing projects. Some materials for the published works relate to museum exhibitions can be found within the curatorial sub-series. Some overlap with the research material series, particularly regarding material prepared by others for conferences (see files: 24-19-24-61). This subseries is concerned with Sawyer's work. At the same time, the publications in the research material series involve the work of others.

Personal collection subseries

Provenance information, detailed inventories, conservation histories, sales and acquisition records, donation documentation and correspondence regarding exhibition and research of Sawyer's personal collection.

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.

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.

Federal Government Works and Activities subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work for the Federal Government of Canada. Also includes materials relating to Oberlander’s work with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom. Oberlander was there as a part of the Canadian National Research Council in the post-World War II period.

DA Architects and Planners subseries

Sub Series consists of correspondence, reports, travel records presentation notes, architect portfolios and a contract related to Oberlander’s time as an Associate Planner with DA Architects & Planners in Vancouver.

Degrees and Awards subseries

Sub-series consists of materials relating to degrees or awards given to Oberlander. Titles for these include Order of Canada, an Honorary Doctorate from UBC and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal among others.

Provincial and GVRD Government Works and Activities 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 for the Provincial Government of British Columbia and the GVRD.

Citizenship Judge subseries

Subseries consists of reference materials, research and reports, citizenship programs, correspondence, citizenship promotional material, and meeting minutes and agenda from H. Peter Oberlander’s time as a Citizenship Court Judge.

Vancouver Community College 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 Vancouver Community College.

Vancouver School Board 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 the Vancouver School Board.

Community Planning Consultants Ltd. subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, maps, and development plans relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Community Planning Consultants Ltd. Included with this sub-series are 15 architectural drawings of an apartment house layout drawn by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for Peter Oberlander Consultancy, 1953.

United Nations Works and Activities subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with the United Nations, including the Habitat I and Habitat II conferences. Records relating to the Habitat II conference are also found in the Human Solidarity subseries.

Harry Seidler subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps and a political cartoon relating to H. Peter Oberlander’s professional work with Harry Seidler.

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.

Thompson, Berwick, Pratt and Partners 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 Thompson, Berwick and Partners.

Sustainable Cities Foundation 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 at board meetings of the Sustainable Cities Foundation.

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.

Various Professional Associations 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 various unrelated professional associations.

UBC / University of Jerusalem 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 UBC / University of Jerusalem.

Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver 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 Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.

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.

Jerusalem Committee 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 Jerusalem Committee.

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.

SCARP / UBC School of Community and Regional Planning subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, examination materials, 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 UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP).

World Urban Forum subseries

Subseries consist of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to the World Urban Forum in Barcelona, Spain and Vancouver, Canada.

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.

Human Solidarity subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, essays, notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, minutes, memorandum, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports, plans, and maps, relating to the Human Solidarity conference at Habitat II in Istanbul, Turkey in 1996 and the 1998 Global Meetings on Community Economic Development in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Records relating to the Habitat II conference are also found in the United Nations Works and Activities subseries.

Houser subseries

Subseries consists of drafts, correspondences, clippings, articles interviews, prospectus and notes relating to the creation of Houser: The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer.

Other writings by Paulson

Subseries consists of articles, reports, correspondence and lectures on nursing. Many relate to tuberculosis. Most have not been published. Includes articles and reports regarding the affiliation course in tuberculosis nursing developed by Paulson and other members of the Vancouver Unit of the Division of Tuberculosis Control.

The Clean Body: A Modern History subseries

Subseries consists of research and materials relating to Ward's book The Clean Body: A Modern History published by McGill-Queen's University Press in November 2019. This book represents a synthesis of scholarship on the history and development of personal hygiene in Canada, Europe, and the U.S. Types of records in the sub-series include journal article photocopies, research notes, correspondence, publicity materials, manuscript copies, and chapter drafts of the book. Photocopied documents retained by the archivist include some sort of annotations by Ward. This project included some digital-born materials saved by Ward on a USB removable memory drive. Records saved as files on the drive included various journal articles or chapters in addition to a master bibliography for the project created in the software EndNote. Other *file formats included are Microsoft Word Documents (.docx and .doc), Microsoft Excel Documents (.xlsx and .xls) and PDFs.

Some of the records in this subseries are in Italian, French, and German.

Please ask archives staff regarding access to digital-born materials. To access EndNote files, users need to run the EndNote software on their devices.

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.

Other Pieces series subseries

Sub-series consists of written work by other journalists collected by Schlesinger in the form of clippings and other published items. Items either mention Schlesinger in passing or were likely otherwise of interest to him.

Pieces by Schlesinger subseries

Sub-series consists of written work by Schlesinger, in the form of clippings, periodicals, website printouts, and manuscripts.
Includes a print-out copy of Schlesinger’s Globe & Mail obituary for his wife, Myra Eileen (Mike) Schlesinger.

Unpublished material subseries

Subseries consists of drafts of (potential) papers, each individually filed by article title. This series is also related to Quastel's thesis, Quastel's publication lists, and correspondence relating to Quastel's publications.

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.

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