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Family & Early Papers series

The series primarily consists of materials relating to members of the MacRae and MacKenzie families and some of Norman MacKenzie's early records. Box 78 includes the personal papers of MacKenzie's uncle, Dr. Archibald Oswald MacRae. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, notebooks and photographs. There is also genealogical information of both the MacRae and MacKenzie families, files referring to family members' estates, and MacKenzie's early educational and military certificates. In addition, box 79 contains correspondence, maps and miscellany from World War I, along with postcards from 1920's Geneva and notebooks from Dalhousie. It was kept as a distinct group by MacKenzie and placed with this MacRae during the processing of the papers.
Boxes 242 and 243 contain genealogy materials relating to the MacKenzie, MacRae, and Arthur families, along with MacKenzie's early journals and memorabilia from World War I. These materials date from the early nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. In addition to family photographs and original documents, there are detailed family trees, histories, and correspondence regarding genealogy. See Margaret MacKenzie's (néeThomas) sous-fonds for information regarding the Thomas family. In addition, a small amount of family history material collected after MacKenzie's death by his daughter is included.
(Formerly known as MacRae Family & Early Papers, the title of the series was changed in January 2017 to reflect the broader contents of the genealogical materials.)

Research Materials series

Series consists of files on floppy disks, letters, copies of archival records, copies of certificates, notes, newspaper clippings, transcriptions, photographs, and minutes, which relate to Humphries's research on Canadian munitions workers and miners.

Charles W. Humphries fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1254
  • Fonds
  • 1804-2002

Fonds consists of materials which document and reflect Charles Humphries' involvement with the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, and the Provincial Heritage Advisory Board. The materials include correspondence, reports, minutes (published and unpublished), and agenda papers (published and unpublished). Research materials include typed notes from newspaper articles, photocopies of newspaper articles, papers, transcripts and photocopies from various Canadian and British archives, and copies of death and birth certificates. Fonds also includes some biographical materials. Fonds consists of the following seven series: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, British Columbia Provincial Heritage Advisory Board, Biographical, Research Materials, Teaching Materials, Correspondence, and Published Materials.

Humphries, Charles W.

George Moe fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1070
  • Fonds
  • 1815-1958

Fonds documents G.G. Moe's professional activities as professor of agronomy and as a member of various university and agricultural committees, as well as his personal and family history. It consists of correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, course outlines, newspaper clippings, legal records, publications, notes, an autograph book, and photographs.

Moe, George

Moe Family Papers series

Series documents Moe's family history and includes legal records, correspondence, songbooks and other publications, an autograph book, and photographs. Materials in this series were originally known as the Moe Family Papers Collection.

Alfred Parminter fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1378
  • Fonds
  • 1817, 1940-[198-], predominant [195-]-[196-]

The fonds consists of papers, reports, printed material, essays and photographs created and acquired by Parminter in the course of his time as a student, professor and regional inspector, as well as some personal items. The fonds is divided into three series: Regional Inspector of Indian Schools, University of British Columbia and Research/Miscellaneous Material. The fonds had no discernable original order associated with them and so the archivist decided to arrange them by series.

Parminter, Alfred Vye

Diaries and other Compilations series

Series consists of extracts from letters, manuscript notes, diaries, notebooks, and manuscripts compiled by various members of the Warren family. In addition, the series includes bound sketches by Henry Warrenne (contained within the binding is a clasp knife that belonged to Warrenne).

Margaret Ormsby fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1142
  • Fonds
  • 1839-1996

The fonds consists of correspondence, drafts, essays, lecture notes, course outlines, clippings and research materials created and collected by Ormsby in her diverse roles as student, professor, researcher and author. Also included are records generated between 1957 and 1967 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

Ormsby, Margaret

Wilson Duff fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1397
  • Fonds
  • ca. 1850-1880, 1960-1976

The fonds consists of articles, reports and government publications that were amassed by Duff and are related to land claims, government papers, treaties and matters related to Indigenous communities. Included are records on councils, associations and committees, meeting minutes, documents, educational materials, and media-associated materials such as bulletins, Indigenous newspapers, newsletters, and brochures of organizations.

Duff, Wilson

Research series

Series consists of reports, studies and papers by Duff and others, as well as government publications and policies related to First Nations land claims, treaties and other matters.

Angus family fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1064
  • Fonds
  • 1854-1970

The fonds consists of four series. The first consists of the papers of Henry Forbes Angus and include an autobiography, reports, memorabilia and photographs. The second series, which pertains to the career of Annie Angus, includes reports, speeches, and notes relating to her work in the Vancouver School Board, the Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, and the University of British Columbia. The third series consists of older family papers, including original letters to Henry Dunckley, who was editor of the Manchester Examiner and Times (1855-1889). This series also includes letters to William Angus, William H. Dunckley, and the diaries of Mary E. Angus. The final series is primarily composed of books and articles by Henry Angus relating chiefly to economics, immigration, and university government.

Angus (family)

Walter Sage fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1036
  • Fonds
  • 1855-1980, predominant 1976-1980

The fonds contains fourteen series: Organizational Affiliations (1921to1963), Articles and Reviews (1921to 1956), Correspondence (1876 to1980), Personal Material (1904 to1960), Addresses and Writings (1914 to 1959), Subject Files (1936 to1956), Printed Material (1855 to1965), UBC (1931 to 1952), Sage Family (1915 to 1971), Research Files (19‐‐), Miscellaneous Material (19‐‐), Publications Collected by Sage (19‐‐), Printed Materials Collected by Sage (19‐‐), and Photographs (1913? to 1964) series.

Sage, Walter Noble

Family Papers series

Series consists of family papers, including original letters to Henry Dunckley. It also includes letters to William Angus, William H. Dunckley and the diaries of Mary E. Angus.

Professional Life series

The series consists of notes, clippings, correspondence, memos, invitations, evaluations, minutes, memorandum, telegraphs, drafts, essays, articles, newspapers, agendas, pamphlets, note cards, reports and plans relating to professional work conducted directly by, attributed to, or contributed by H. Peter Oberlander.

Indigenous Communities Research Collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1486
  • Collection
  • 1858-2000

The collection consists of research materials collected by Frank Tester and Glenn Drover. A large part of the fonds consists of newspaper clippings from the 1980s and 1990s related to Canadian and international Indigenous issues. Also included are copies of British Columbia provincial statutes and regulations dealing primarily with local First Nations issues, reports, and other materials documenting Indigenous communities' history in British Columbia and throughout Canada, focusing mainly on child welfare issues.

The collection also incorporates materials collected by Glenn Drover, former Director of the School of Social Work (1983-90). Drover was an accomplished scholar and a dedicated advocate for social justice in Canada and globally. He was recognized for his lifetime contributions to Canadian social work when the annual national social worker award was named the Glenn Drover Award for Outstanding Service. He worked with the Cree in the North, with youth in New York City, people in various countries of Africa and Asia, and various social welfare programs.

Genealogical work series

Series includes a bound, five-volume set of Dr. Lowe’s memoirs along with a bound single-volume history of the Burpee family by Isaac Burpee. It also includes correspondence (copies and originals) and other genealogical records.

Cooke family fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1276
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1987, predominant 1917-1987

The fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, clippings and publications created or collected by Beatrice Cooke and her husband, Albert. The fonds also consists of correspondence written and received by Albert's father, Rev. Walter A. Cooke, including correspondence with Emily Carr. The fonds also include correspondence, photographs, clippings, and biographical material created by or relating to the Brender á Brandis family, a family of artists and writers with which Albert and Beatrice Cooke were acquainted. Fonds consists of two series: Brender á Brandis family (1963-1987) and the Cooke family (1860-1981).

Cooke (family)

Lawrence Lowe fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1502
  • Fonds
  • 1860, 1939-2013

Fonds consists of academic and personal works of Dr. Lawrence Lowe, by himself or in collaboration with others. Also included are a collection of genealogical materials pertaining to the Burpee and Lowe branches of his family along with a copy of Lowe’s 1994 curriculum vitae.

Lowe, Lawrence E.

Hugh Reginald Haweis sous-fonds

The sous-fonds consists of incoming correspondence (1879-1900), copies of published articles, sermons and lectures (1864-1900), and other personal material. The sous-fonds also include a small collection of material from Haweis' connection with Giuseppe Garibaldi. Materials include correspondence from or relating to Garibaldi (1860-1897) and various other manuscripts, printed and published items, and other items used in the 1882 Garibaldi display in London.

Haweis, Hugh Reginald

Rose Family Records series

Series consists of personal records of William Rose and his family and includes correspondence, published materials, and other memorabilia.

William Rose fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1010
  • Fonds
  • 1861-1968

Fonds consists of materials documenting the life and career of William Rose, and includes correspondence (1905-1967), diaries (1895-1939), drafts of manuscripts, articles, translations, poetry, lecture notes, published materials (including clippings), offprints, and photographs. Among these are several pieces written under his pseudonym Jan Rozycki. The records are arranged in the following series: Correspondence, Published Works, Reports, Notes, Notebooks, Diaries, Manuscripts, Translations, Reviews, Publications About Rose, Works by Others, Rose Family Records, and Photographs.

Rose, William

Photographs series

Series consists of photographs of William Rose, members of his family, and friends and colleagues. Most of the images, except those of Rose, are unidentified.

Laurence Meredith fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1501
  • Fonds
  • 1863-1990

The fonds consists of records and ephemera pertaining to John Laurence Russell Meredith and his family from 1863 to 1990. Records and ephemera pertaining to his father’s life are of genealogical interest as they provide insight into who he was. Records pertaining to his sister’s death show the painstaking detail the family took in providing a meaningful burial for her. The UBC ephemera provides a glimpse into Laurence’s social life at UBC. The music and theatre programs show his interest in the arts from a young age. The photographs provide valuable information on who his family was, what Laurence liked to do, and the activities in which he participated. His diary, letters received by him, and a list containing the translation of various words and phrases of the language of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation provide insight into who he was as a person.

Meredith, Laurence

Mary Lousie Bollert fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1510
  • Fonds
  • [1865?]-1993

The fonds consists of four series – Personal Materials series, Bollert Family series, Artifacts series, and Photographs series. They feature correspondence to and from members of the Bollert Family, information and notes used in speeches on various subjects to various groups given by Mary Bollert, collected newspaper clippings relating to members of the Bollert family, as well as several personal diaries and notebooks. The documents focus on the immediate family of Mary Bollert and include records she collected. The fonds also consists of 512 photographs, many of them portraits of members of the Bollert family.

Bollert, Mary Louise

Bollert Family series

Series consists of diaries of Bollert family members, correspondence to and from members of the Bollert family, newspaper clippings relating to members of the Bollert family, and papers relating to the burial of the Bollert family members at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, as well as other miscellaneous documentation. In general, the documents appear to focus specifically on the immediate family of Mary Bollert. Indeed, many of the documents appear to have been collected by Florence Bollert (sometimes referred to as Floy) and L. Grace Bollert, as they are addressed explicitly within correspondence.

Mary Eliza Haweis sous-fonds

The sous-fonds consists of incoming correspondence (1880-1898), copies of manuscripts and other writings, and biographical information.

Haweis, Mary Eliza

Family History series

This series consists of materials written by or relating to Margaret herself. These include personal journals, sketchbooks, correspondence, graduation and varsity sports photographs from the University of Toronto and a small amount of campaign material relating to her time with the Toronto Board of Education.

Margaret MacKenzie (née Thomas) sous-fonds

The sous-fonds comprises genealogical materials related to Margaret’s family and materials created by or about her life. They have been arranged into two series received with the December 2016 donation. Personal Papers (1902-1987) and Family History ([1868]-1978).

MacKenzie, Marge

Biographical series

Series consists of Creelman genealogical information (wills, deeds, death notices etc.); news clippings; awards and corresponding ephemera; diplomas/certificates; and yearbooks. The audio tapes are available from the archives vault AT 3165 & 3166.

St. John’s College UBC fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1535
  • Fonds
  • 1874-2015

Fonds consists of records reflecting the Johanneans’ activities, ultimately spanning approximately from 1879 to current, predominant 1990 to 2015. These records are arranged in roughly chronological order. Textual records in the collection primarily consist of books, journals, magazines, newsletters, newspaper clippings, rosters, materials pertaining to St. Mary’s, materials to the St. John’s College principals, and unbound materials.The collection is arranged into the following nineteen series: newsletters, journals, artifacts, stamps, magazines, world reunions, tickets, St. John’s College, rosters, CDs, DVDs, multimedia materials, photographs, negatives, St. John’s & St. Mary’s Institute of Technology, St. John’s College principals, Shanghai archives, unbound materials and books.

St. John’s College UBC

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.

M.Y. Williams fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1033
  • Fonds
  • 1875-1973

Fonds consists of biographical notes, clippings, articles, early educational records, research notes, draft manuscripts, field notebooks, reports, publications, correspondence, lecture and course notes, maps, photographic prints, and slides pertaining to M.Y. Williams' professional and personal activities.

Williams, M.Y.

Haweis-Joy Family/Miscellaneous sous-fonds

This material was either generated by more than one member of the Haweis family, the provenance could not be appropriately determined, or it had no apparent connection to the Haweis family.

The sous-fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and drawings, printed material, information relating to the autograph letter collections and family genealogy

Correspondence series

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence generated and received by Sage about his personal and professional life.

Lionel Haweis sous-fonds

The sous-fonds consists of incoming correspondence (1878-1941), correspondence collected and maintained as an autograph collection (1874-1926), sketches (1885-1890), draft manuscripts and poetry, scrapbooks and clippings, printed material, glass plate negatives of Stanley Park, Vancouver (ca. 1911).

Haweis, Lionel

Ethel Johns fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1004
  • Fonds
  • 1879-1967

Fonds includes correspondence, reports, minutes, notes, photographs, drafts of Johns' unfinished autobiography and related papers, and manuscripts of a considerable number of her articles and speeches the majority of which were published. Among the letters here included are those which Johns wrote to Eileen C. Flanagan during the period 1949-1967, and which the latter has donated.

Johns, Ethel

Manuscripts series

Series consists of drafts and outlines of manuscripts, certificates, diplomas, curriculum vitae, addresses, published articles, correspondence, handwritten and typed excerpts, interviews, and notes pertaining to various manuscripts written by Johns. Series contains three subseries: Autobiography, Personal Papers, Articles and Speeches, and History of the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing subseries.

Robert E. McKechnie fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1144
  • Fonds
  • 1879-1944

Fonds consists of both personal and professional material. The personal material includes notes, poems, receipts, membership cards, newspaper clippings, certificates, and photographs, along with three bound volumes of handwritten notes from McKechnie's McGill University course "Practice of Medicine," dated 1888-1890. The professional material includes event programmes, speeches, certificates, newspaper clippings, and notes. The majority of these pertain to his involvement with McGill University and practice in Nanaimo.

McKechnie, Robert E.

Artifacts series

Series consists of artifacts from St. John’s University in Taiwan, world reunions of the Johanneans, and St. John’s University Alumni Associations, including badges for the world reunions and souvenir caps, cups, T-shirts, ring, crystal artworks, magnifiers, key chain watch, paper weight and gift flag. Box 6 contains hard artifacts (e.g. non-fabric materials), while box 7 contains soft artifacts (e.g. fabric materials).

Garnett Sedgewick fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1001
  • Fonds
  • 1880-1954, 1980

Fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, artifacts, publications, legal documents, notes, transcripts of lectures and broadcasts, examinations, certificates, and other miscellaneous items. Most of the material was created and collected by Sedgewick himself and a small amount was collected by friends including Robert apRoberts after Sedgewick's death.

Sedgewick, Garnett

Marion Gilroy fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1350
  • Fonds
  • [1880], [1906], 1930-1980

The fonds consists of biographical information, writings, publications, course notes and assignments, course materials, minutes, reports, subject files, correspondence, slides, photographs, and audio reels of interviews about her book As We Remember It. The fonds consists of 8 series: Biographical, Speeches and Writings; Post-Secondary Studies; Saskatchewan; UBC School of Librarianship; Subject Files; Correspondence; Slides; and Audio Recordings.

Gilroy, Marion

Reprints series

Series consists of a set of published off-prints relating to a variety of medical topics that Frank Wesbrook collected or, in some cases, wrote.

Formerly maintained in the Memorial Room of the Woodward Library, part of the collection was transferred to the University Archives in November 2013 and again in 2014 and added to the Frank Wesbrook fonds.

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