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Francillon and Nadeau Papers

The sous-fonds contains records relating to Malcolm Lowry accumulated by Clarisse Francillon, Lowry’s French-language translator, and Maurice Nadeau, who published several of Lowry’s works in French translation (Nadeau published Francillon’s translations of Lowry’s works). Contents include correspondence from Malcolm Lowry to Francillon, from Margerie Lowry to Francillon and Nadeau, from Harvey Burt and Victor Doyen to Francillon and Nadeau, photographs of Malcolm Lowry and a house in Cuernavaca, Mexico, typescripts and copies of published versions of The Last Address (Lunar Caustic), a typescript of The Bravest Boat, news clippings about Lowry and his works (mostly in French), a copy of Francillon’s translation of Lunar Caustic, and a French-language translation of Malcolm Lowry’s Collected Letters as prepared by Margerie Lowry and Harvey Burt and translated by Suzanne Kim.

Poetry series

Series consists of correspondence, manuscripts, legal agreements, royalty statements, financial statements, and book reviews relating to Wayman's poetry.

Tom Wayman fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1601
  • Fonds
  • 1917-2000

The fonds consists of records pertaining to Tom Wayman’s literary career and his involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Writing records include juvenalia, published writing, anthologies edited by Wayman, and correspondence with publishers, including royalty statements, book reviews, and legal agreements. Contents also include research materials Wayman collected for his various writing projects and correspondence with other writers and anthology editors. The IWW records include research on the IWW’s history, administrative records such as meeting minutes, publications (promotional and informational), and photographs.

Wayman, Thomas Ethan

Jack Shadbolt fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1493
  • Fonds
  • 1936-1999

The fonds consists of Shadbolt's private journals, notebooks, lecture notes, sketch books from his work with the Art Students' League of New York, 1948-1949 as well as 6 sketchbooks from the 1960s, a collection of his loose drawings and studies, an extensive collection of photographs of Shadbolt's paintings, including colour transparencies, slides of a photographic work entitled "Year", family photographs, personal and professional incoming correspondence, his picture reference file of postcards and magazine clippings, exhibition catalogues and other printed material. Correspondents include John Macdonald, Wilfred Watson, Max Maynard, Jock Firestone, Molly Bobak, George Swinton, and Ron Thom.

Shadbolt, Jack

CKOV fonds

  • CA OSC-ARC-43
  • Fonds
  • February 27, 1979

The fonds consists of a single implied series of sound captures relating to broadcasts, which is comprised of one reel-to-reel tape recording. The recording captures W.A.C. Bennett’s funeral on February 27, 1979 in Kelowna, B.C. Bennett was the Premier of British Columbia from 1952-1972.

CKOV

Professional activities series

Correspondence, reports, notes, photographs, and conference materials related to Sawyer’s professional activities as an educator, writer, curator, and independent consultant, as well as documentation and photographs associated with the administration of the Sawyers’ collection in terms of its use in exhibitions, its exchange/sale/donation, its appraisal, and provenance. Items in Box 64 were acquired in 2021. Items in Box 65 were acquired in 2022.

Alan R. Sawyer fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1437
  • Fonds
  • 1913-2009, predominant [1950]-1998.

Fonds includes correspondence, notes, publications, maps, drawings, photographs, and presentation aids pertaining to Alan Sawyer’s academic research, writing, curatorial and appraisal work. Includes provenance information and research regarding Sawyer's private collection of art and artefacts including sales records, photographs, inventories, catalogues and correspondence.
Box 63 includes 3 rolls of unprocessed or unused film.

Sawyer, Alan R.

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.

Visual materials series

Photographs (prints, slides, transparencies and negatives), drawings, and published and unpublished maps. Series is divided into subseries: Americas, Africa & Oceanic, and original negatives. Visual materials can be found in other series, notably in the professional activities and research materials series. Items in Box 64 were acquired in 2021.

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.

Artifacts Collection

  • RBSC-ARC-1840
  • Collection
  • [1800-1950]

The collection contains a variety of artifacts, and includes children's games, items related to the Gold Rush, and various odd items tangentially related to Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives collecting interests.

Personal

Series consists of records related to Narver’s undergraduate or graduate studies, quasi-professional correspondence, and records related to his post-retirement life. Contents include: handwritten notes from undergraduate or graduate level university courses taken by Narver; correspondence with various individuals and organizations, all related to fishing, fisheries, and fish in some capacity, though not written by Narver in his official roles; transcripts and notes from speeches and presentations given by Narver, including the Living Blueprint Salmon Habitat Action Plan, or given by others and collected by Narver; and a typescript of Narver’s 2010 book, What Did You Do In Alaska, Grandpa? Seven Summers in Alaska: Salmon, Bears and Untouched Wilderness, with handwritten annotations. Photographs are mostly of posters and displays produced by the BC Fisheries and Wildlife Branch about salmonid and stream ecology.

Career

Series consists of records related to Narver’s three-decade career, including in his capacity as Anadromous Fisheries Coordinator, Acting Chief of Fisheries Management, and Director of the Fisheries Branch (alternately Director of the Recreational Fisheries Branch). Contents are primarily reports (research and administrative), correspondence, and transcripts of presentations and speeches. Reports include research findings, mostly concerning Steelhead Salmon, and planning and policy documents prepared by Narver and others for the Provincial and Federal governments. Minutes of Fisheries Branch meetings are also included. Correspondence is primarily with other researchers, though some from his time working for the Ministry of Environment are with members of the public concerning various Ministry initiatives. Some press coverage of the Carnation Creek research and rehabilitation project, which Narver headed, is included. Presentations and speeches by Narver generally concern Narver’s area of specialization, salmonid conservation and stream ecology, with a selection concerning recreational fishing. Speeches not by Narver cover a variety of subjects related to his professional area of expertise in some capacity. The series also contains materials related to Narver’s posting at the New Brunswick Federal Biological Station, where he was stationed in the early 1970s for professional development purposes, largely to increase his knowledge of Atlantic Salmon. New Brunswick records include photographs, research reports, and a personal notebook. Photographs are predominantly charts and graphs of research data, with a minority of personal photographs of unknown individuals, mostly at rivers or lakes outdoors.

Postdoctoral Education

Series consists of records related to Narver’s postdoctoral research, predominantly from his time working at the Federal Biological Station in Nanaimo, BC, and Chignik, Alaska, while a student at the University of Washington. Contents include professional correspondence, primarily to other researchers, and PhD thesis work, including a bound manuscript of his final thesis.

E.W.W. Pugh fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1451
  • Fonds
  • [1890]-1935

The fonds consists of textual records of marriages, Lytton Day and Night School attendance, and Anglican prayers translated into nłeʔképmx for use at the St. Paul’s Mission in Lytton, BC. Records are predominantly handwritten with English titles, generally corresponding to feast and holy days in the liturgical calendar. Marriage and Day and Night School attendance records include full and partial names and dates.

Pugh, Edward William Wynn, d. 1950

International Women's Day

Series includes materials related to the organization of International Women’s Day events in 1977 and 1979. In 1977, Epstein assisted in organizing marches and a series of workshops, and the organizing committee produced pamphlets on women’s and family issues (eg. daycare affordability) in cooperation with the Women’s Research Centre. In 1979, the IWD Coalition worked with a variety of other women’s and labour groups, including the Canadian Proletarian Party newspaper, SORWUC, the Vancouver Council of Women, AUCE, CUPW, and the BC Federation of Labour. They produced ta variety of information pamphlets, hosted an information day on women’s issues with speakers and a bake sale, hosted a concert, and advertised for a rally and demonstration about various issues related to women’s liberation.

Series contents include photograph negatives and textual records relating to the organization of International Women’s Day events in 1977 and 1979. Textual materials include administrative records (meeting minutes, committee reports, handwritten notes, mailing lists, correspondence, and event itineraries), promotional materials (flyers, posters, pamphlets, and information sheets), and newspaper clippings. Mailing lists cover organizations and individuals from the greater Vancouver region.

Archibald Murchie collection

Landscapes showing developing infrastructure in the interior of British Columbia in the later 19th and early 20th century, with especially robust coverage of the construction of railroads and bridges, as well as some mining operations. Features group portraits of work crews.

Murchie, Archibald

Library fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1230
  • Fonds
  • 1908 - 2019

The fonds consists of records generated by the UBC Library and its branches and divisions, and includes correspondence (both internal and external), reports, minutes, memorandums, notes, budgets and other financial records, architectural plans and drawings, published materials, scrapbooks, publicity materials, photographs, and projects. The records are arranged in sous-fonds based on branches and divisions represented by the records. They are the Librarian's Office, Acquisition Division, Data Library, Extension Library, Gifts and Exchanges Division, Reference Division, Sedgewick Library, Special Collections Division, Woodward Library, PATSCAN, Fine Arts Division, Information Services, Technical Services, MacMillan Library, Science and Engineering Division, Binding Department, Crane Library, Koerner Library, Asian Library, the Reading Rooms Division, Facilities and Preservation, and X̱wi7x̱wa Library. Also included are some records from the McGill University College of B.C. Library, pre-dating the establishment of UBC and its Library.

University of British Columbia. Library

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