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University records.

Series consists of examinations and an essay (“The manufacture of sulphuric acid in the chamber process”) written by Frank Charnley while attending University of British Columbia.

Letters

Series consists of letters from Mary E. Haldane to John Scott Haldane, Letters from Mary E. Haldane to John Scott Haldane and Kathleen, Letters from Mary E. Haldane to Kathleen, Letters to JSH, and other letters.

Documents

Series consists of a 1918 educational diploma for Harry Won Cumyow, and Won Alexander Cumyow's 1924 registration card with the Department of Immigration and Colonization.

Research Material series

Series consists of manuscripts and associated research material arising from Johns' A Study of the Present Status of the N-gro Woman in Nursing (1925).

Manuscripts and other documents

Series consists of Haldane's personal documents, records from Medical Research Council – Miners' Nystagmus Committee, Admiralty. Medical Department, Tuberculosis Conference, manuscripts of papers written by Haldane and C.G. Douglas, manuscripts of drafts, notes, unpublished lectures and address, reports and correspondence on the use of gas in World War I, and manuscript of unpublished book: <em>Outlines of a vitalistic physiology</em>, by J.S. Haldane.

Manuscripts / Research Notes series

Series consists of manuscripts, research materials and correspondence relating to M.Y. William's publications and reports.

Items in file 13-3a "Birds of Hong Kong" were transferred to the University Archives by David Mattison of the British Columbia Archives.

Agricultural Committees series

Series documents Moe's participation on several committees or boards: the Agronomy Conference (a joint convention of federal and provincial agronomists and the U.B.C. Department of Agronomy, of which Moe was secretary), the Provincial Seed Board (the board was administratively linked to the federal and provincial governments and the Canadian Seed Growers' Association, and Moe served as secretary), and the Graduate Committee of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists (of which Moe served as chair). It consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, and notes.

Correspondence - Emma Douse Crosby

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with family and friends including incoming correspondence on the death of her husband and outgoing correspondence with her mother during her early years at Port Simpson, 1874-1880.

Education series

Series consists of programmes from Fournier's 1921 Convocation and his 1927 Ph.D. public examination, correspondence, and copies of his M.A. thesis and his doctoral dissertation.

Personal papers and photographs

Series consists of personal correspondence and documents, as well as photographs (copies and originals) of Spring and his wife. The series includes correspondence with Spring’s son-in-law and an English language correspondence course, correspondence course booklet, a manual on preparing manuscripts, and other documents and ephemera.

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.

Cereno J. Kelley and Donald Urquhart documents

The series consists of documents relating to Captain Cereno J. Kelley and Captain Donald Urquhart (later the estate of Donald Urquhart), and their involvement in the sealing industry during the period of the “Modus Vivendi” and later. The series also documents the later involvement of Kelley and the estate of Donald Urquhart in pursuing claims for losses as a result of the “Modus Vivendi” and vessel seizures. Documents include correspondence, notes and drafts, proof of vessel ownership papers, agreements and accounts of crew for Urquhart’s schooners, and an account journal for the Urquhart estate.

Miscellany

Series consists of a photocopy and transcript of a news article on a friend of Lowry’s from Cambridge who committed suicide while they were at school together in 1929.

Collectibles series

Series consists of cigarette card and autograph albums, a box of Chinese leaf paintings, a pair of ivory blades, and publications collected by members of the Warren Family.

Miscellaneous Items series

Series consists of certificates, musical scores, programs, receipts, and brochures about Sadler's personal life. In addition, the series includes Sadler's elementary school certificates dated 1897 to 1902.

UBC School of Nursing/Nursing Program at VGH

Series consists of a graduation of Edith at her UBC graduation, a UBC convocation program, a commencement program for the VGH Training School for Nurses, Class of 1929; a program for the VGH Training School for Nurses Graduating exercises of the Class of 1929, and photocopied photographs of a VGH Class of 1929 pin that has been donated to the VGH Nurses Alumnae Association Archives.

Photographs

Series consists of photographs of various canneries, cannery owners and employees in British Columbia, and a photograph of the 1920 Canadian Fisheries Association convention.
Title based on contents of series.

Diplomas

Series consists of diplomas from graduation from Queen Mary Public School, High School Entrance Certificate, University of British Columbia and Certificate of Registration for the Graduate Nurses’ Association of British Columbia.

W.H. White manuscripts

This series is composed of the manuscripts of published and unpublished material written by W. H. White. The notebooks sub-series includes the "Dorothy", "Black", and "White" notebooks, in which W. H. White documents his relationship with D.V. White. For the published materials sub-series, file titles and dates were supplied by D. V. White. With the exception of "Notes on Shelley" and "A Visit to Carlyle" these items were all included in "Last Pages from a Journal". "A Visit to Carlyle" was published in "Pages from a Journal".

Photographs

Series consists of a photograph of Isabella (Cox) Starr and photographs of actors and actresses from the Twenties and Thirties.

Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning of British Columbia series

Series consists of the following sub-series:
• B.1 Statutes, Minute Books (1906-1928)
• B.2 Office of the Secretary - Correspondence (1906-1919)
• B.3 Enrollment Abstract Book (1907-1915)
• B.4 Finances [Office of the Secretary] (1906-1915, 1925-1929)
• B.5 Leases (1911-1914)
• B.6 Fire Insurance Policies (1910-1915)
• B.7 Graduate Students association submissions (n.d.)

D.V. White manuscripts

Series is composed of D .V. White's personal notebooks used to create "The Groomsbridge Diary", as well as subsequent notebooks in which she comments on the earlier notebooks.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of two scrapbooks of clippings (photographs) of actors and actresses with handwritten notes on film performances.

Legal records

This series, of general and legal records and newspaper clippings, relate to issues surrounding land; including certificates of title, land transaction records, real estate titles, land deeds, leases, mineral claims, mining records, documents relating to land disputes and judicial rulings. In addition, there are documents detailing court disputes involving lands and rights; Harris and Kelly versus Pitts and Stubbs, Star Mining versus Byron N. White, Star Mining versus Rabbit Paw and Harris versus White. Documents from the legal firm employed by Harris, Taylor and O’Shea, are also included.

UBC series

Series consists of minutes of a meeting of the UBC Library Committee and notes relating to maps of UBC. Series contains two subseries: Minutes and Notes subseries.

Photographs

The series consists of slide transparencies from ca. 1930 through 1992, depicting Princeton and environs, including Allenby, Ashnola, Tulameen, Hedley, and Coquihalla. Some depictions of mines, or the areas of mining activities, including Nickel Plate, Coalmont, and Brenda. Featuring predominant coverage of the outdoors, the series includes photographs of many area mountains, creeks, and lakes. Scenes of recreation, including fairs, parades, and rodeos are also available. These slides are mainly attributed to Roy Thomas.

Prints feature photographs of members of the Allison family, with item-level descriptions under development.

Lectures series

Series consists of notes and copies of lectures prepared by Boving. Original file titles have been preserved wherever they have been identified. Because the original order of the remaining lectures has been lost, they have been arranged in alphabetical order by title – it is possible that Boving initially organized them by subject. Lecture fragments have been filed separately. Most of the lectures are undated.

Correspondence series

Series consists of a 1908 form letter from the Dairy Students' Union in Hants that has autographs on the reverse, a 1912 letter from the Emigration Branch of the Interior Department of the Government of Canada, a short correspondence in 1922 with Florence Luddington in England about Double Cottenham Cheese, and a 22-page report written in 1930 to the manager of the Powell River Company regarding "The Discoloration of Wood Pulp." Series also includes several undated miscellaneous letters, including a letter from a London art valuer company called Law, Foulsham & Cole, that lists china for sale. The letter is accompanied by five black and white photo prints of the numbered items.

Newspaper Articles

Series consists of two folders containing newspaper clippings. The first folder contains loose clippings of articles from newspapers and journals. They deal with a diverse array of topics, most notably Stonehenge, telling or measuring time, and calendars and calendar reform. The second folder is a bound volume of newspaper clippings taken from a variety of sources covering the time period of August 4 to November 3, 1931, done by Editorial Services Ltd. on behalf of the International Fixed Calendar League. These clippings are mostly about calendar reform and the activities of the League.

Personal Effects and Memorabilia

Series consists of a photocopied certificate of birth, correspondence from Mary L. Bollert of the Office of the Dean of Women at UBC inquiring if Edith wished to have a membership in one of the sororities, a certificate of recognition as a 50-year member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, and a program for the 10th Annual Spring Performance of the UBC Players' Club.

Zimmer Tower: Astronomical Clock and Studio: Supplement to the Illustrated Guide of Lierre (Belgium) / Louis Zimmer; published by the "Gidsenbond," Belgium

Item is a pamphlet, which describes the clock tower that Zimmer constructed as clockmaker to the Royal Court in Belgium. He finished the tower in 1930 and presented it to the city of Lierre on the occasion of Belgium's centennial anniversary of independence. The pamphlet describes the twelve dials built onto the face of the Centenary Clock. It explains what the dials mean, how they function, and how measurements are taken. It includes diagrams of the clock dials as well as charts and other diagrams. It also describes dials found in the Astronomic Studio. These include thirteen dials, dealing with the subdivision of time, as well as other dials representing astronomical phenomena. Zimmer has included a dial that functions according to Cotsworth's 13-month calendar.

Lampman Report series

Series consists of materials about the Lampman report. In 1931, Judge Peter Lampman was appointed by the Provincial Government at the request of the Board of Governors to investigate the governance of the University. Significant funding cuts to the University and the response of President Klinck created a conflict amongst various bodies on campus. Lampman's report suggested that there were perhaps too many governing bodies dealing with similar matters on campus. The resulting report lead to changes in the membership of the Senate and Board.

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