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Fisheries Centre fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1336
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1992

Fonds consists of textual records that document the origins, development, and activities of the Fisheries Centre, particularly its predecessor programmes: the Institute of Fisheries and the Institute of Animal Resource Ecology. The records include correspondence, reports, financial statements, grant documentation, minutes and agendas, course outlines, and published materials.

University of British Columbia. Fisheries Centre

Cole Harris fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1337
  • Fonds
  • 1958-2002

The fonds consists of records that Harris created and received during his student and professional careers. The records document his interests in, and involvement with, Canadian, North American, and European historical geography as a researcher and as a teacher. The fonds includes correspondence, reports, memos, clippings, published material, manuscripts, publishing contracts, conference papers, reviews, grant applications, project and dissertation proposals, notes, lecture material, photographs, slides, sketches and prints. The fonds includes six series, biographical; correspondence; course material; committees; SSHRC and projects, and reflect Harris filing system.

Harris, R. Cole

Department of Health, Safety, and Environment fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1338
  • Fonds
  • 1968-1996

The fonds consists of records which reflect the functions, programmes, and activities of the Department of Health, Safety, and Environment, and includes correspondence, reports, minutes, and published materials. It is arranged in the following series: Director's Files, Correspondence, Committees / Task Forces, and General Files. Some materials pre-date the establishment of the Department in 1985, primarily created by departmental and campus-wide committees.

University of British Columbia. Dept. of Health, Safety, and Environment

Sustainable Development Research Institute fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1339
  • Fonds
  • 1985-1996, predominant 1991-1995

The fonds consists of records which document the origins of SDRI and reflect its activities during its first five years of existence, and includes correspondence, reports, minutes, financial records, and published materials. It is arranged in five series (Central Files, General Correspondence, UBC Correspondence, Subject Files, Research Projects) and one sous-fonds ("Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives" Conference).

University of British Columbia. Sustainable Development Research Institute

Wilbert A. Clemens fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1340
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1963, predominant 1922-1963

The fonds consist of records relating to Clemens' research and his positions with the Pacific Biological Station of the Biological Board of Canada and the University of British Columbia and material relating to the research activities of other scholars in the areas of oceanography, fisheries and zoology. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: Academic papers (1923-1963), Correspondence (1932-1962), Course materials ([1939-1952]), and Subject files (1910-1960).

Clemens, Wilbert A.

Eileen Keel fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1574
  • Fonds
  • 1938-1940, 2015.

Fonds consists of nine pages of handwritten excerpts from Eileen Keel’s diary covering the school years 1938/39 and 1939/40, and one page of photocopied prints depicting the UBC campus during this period and Keel’s graduation.

Keel, Eileen

Helen Cook fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1575
  • Fonds
  • 1924-1928

Fonds consists of a hard-cover autograph book, inscribed on the frontispiece “Helen A. Cook – June 1924 – Anyox, B.C.”. It is filled with inscriptions by Cook’s friends from her times at St. George’s School (1925), North Vancouver High School (1926), U.B.C.(1927), and the Provincial Normal School or “PP.N.S. (1928). In addition to signatures, there are poems, literary quotes, small watercolours, and sketches.

Cook, Helen

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

Women’s and Gender Studies fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1551
  • Fonds
  • 1989-2012

Fonds consists of administrative records pertaining to the activities of the Women’s Studies Program, the Centre for Research in Women’s Studies and Gender Relations, and research papers put out by the Centre and related bodies. Records include correspondence, minutes, annual reports, publications, course lists, student activities, program advertisements, reviews, bound publications of working papers and conference proceedings.

University of British Columbia. Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice

Walter Harrington fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1351
  • Fonds
  • 1961-1980

Fonds consists of records documenting Walter Harrington's administrative and committee activities at the University, and includes correspondence, minutes, and reports. The records are arranged in three series: Safety, Security, and Fire Prevention Committee series, Library series, and CACUL Committee on Academic Status for Librarians series.

Harrington, Walter

John F. Howes fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1352
  • Fonds
  • 1948-2007, predominant 1962-1989

The fonds consists of a curriculum vitae, incoming and outgoing correspondence, lecture notes, course syllabi, speeches and papers, book reviews, lists of Howes publications, surveys, application forms for grants and academic leaves, research notes, committee minutes, photographs and architectural drawings. The fonds consists of 10 series: Personal Records, Correspondence, Course Materials, Conferences and Seminars, Asian Studies Department, Book Reviews, Professional Papers, Research Materials, Subject Files and Photographs. The records were organized according to either Howes original filing system or to its overall contents.

Howes, John F.

Laurence Ricou fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1353
  • Fonds
  • 1945-2008

The fonds consists of Ricou's correspondence during his teaching careers at the University of Lethbridge and UBC. The fonds also includes records relating to his involvement with the Association of Canadian University Teachers of English (ACUTE), book reviews, negotiated grants, Literary History of Canada, Canada research fellowships and a summer course taught on the writings of Malcolm Lowry. The fonds also contains research information pertaining to the life and work of Canadian author Patricia Blondal.

Ricou, Laurence R.

Faculty Women's Club Oral History Project fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1355
  • Fonds
  • 1988-1989

Fonds consists of audio recordings of interviews done with seven members of the Faculty Women’s Club.

University of British Columbia. Faculty Women's Club Oral History Project

J. Lewis Robinson fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1354
  • Fonds
  • 1939-2005

The fonds consists of biographical material that documents Robinsonʹs distinguished career, his publications, as well as information about the historical development of UBCʹs Department of Geography.

Robinson, J. Lewis

Renee Chipman fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1291
  • Fonds
  • 1910-1982

The fonds consists of correspondence, research/miscellaneous material, manuscripts/other writings by Chipman, subject file, collected printed/published materials and photographs.

Chipman, Renee

Budd Family fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1347
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1977

Fonds consists of textual records and photographs and includes legal documents, correspondence, statements of account, and newspaper clippings. The photographs show "The Gables" and are attached to a sheet of cardboard.

Budd (family)

George F. Curtis fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1349
  • Fonds
  • 1926-2005

The fonds consist of biographical material, copies of articles and talks by Curtis, and other miscellaneous records created by Curtis in various roles in the Faculty of Law and the University in general.

Curtis, George Frederick

Fritz Lehmann fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1357
  • Fonds
  • 1952-1998

Fonds consists almost entirely of textual materials created or acquired by Fritz Lehmann, in both his professional and personal capacities. The materials include research notes, lecture materials, course hand-outs, manuscripts of articles and book reviews, research papers written by students, correspondence, reports, newspaper and magazine clippings (original and photocopied), and research grant applications. Also included are a folder of tributes written after Lehmann's death, and some personal correspondence addressed to Joanna Lehmann.
The fonds is arranged in the following series: Lecture Materials, Indian railways Correspondence and Research, Course Materials, Correspondence, Publications, Book Reviews, Personal, and Research Grants and Applications. These series largely reflect the original order in which the fonds was acquired. Most materials are arranged in chronological order, to reflect the evolution of Lehmann's teaching and research interests and activities.

Lehmann, Fritz

Association of Professors Emeriti fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1358
  • Fonds
  • [1992?]-2018

Fonds consists of letters, printed emails, reports, newspaper clippings, drafts, minutes, newsletters and other materials.

University of British Columbia. Association of Professors Emeriti

Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Series fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1359
  • Fonds
  • 1972-2003

This fonds consists of lists of lecturers, curriculum vitae, minutes, newspaper clippings and photographs; it is divided between administrative and lectures series.

University of British Columbia. Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Series

UBC Technical Committee on the Endowment Lands fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1345
  • Fonds
  • 1982-2001

Fonds consists of textual materials which document the responsibilities and activities of the Technical Committee on the Endowment Lands, and includes correspondence, agendas and minutes, reports, and published materials.

University of British Columbia. Technical Committee on the Endowment Lands

University Endowment Lands collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1346
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1989

The collection consists of a combination of materials relating to the University Endowment Lands collected and acquired over the years by the UBC Archives. It includes notes, printed material, reports, correspondence, photographs, and clippings.

Anna Leith fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1269
  • Fonds
  • 1960-1977

The fonds consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, and reports relating to the various committees on which Anna Leith served during her career in the UBC Library system. In particular, the fonds contains material relating to the Woodward Library, the UBC Health Sciences Centre and the B.C. Medical Centre.

Leith, Anna

Campus Building Specifications Collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1367
  • Fonds
  • 1907

The collection consists of thirteen bound reports (and two addenda) of building specifications - heating and ventilation, architectural, and plumbing - for the following buildings: Chemistry (additions), Biological Sciences (additions), Men's Residence (Block 3), University Social Centre and Faculty Club, International House, and the New Arts Building Group (later the Buchanan Building). The reports were each prepared by either the mechanical engineering consulting firm of C.W. Thomson & Company Ltd, the University's architects Thompson, Berwick & Pratt, or Fred Lasserre, Koyander & Wright - Associated Architects.

Class of 1925 (Arts) fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1348
  • Fonds
  • 1923-1985

Fonds consists of records documenting the periodic reunions of the Class of 1925 (Arts) as well as memorabilia collected by class members. It includes correspondence, committee minutes, reports, published materials and clippings, and photographs.

University of British Columbia. Class of 1925 (Arts)

Class of 1916 (Arts) fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1368
  • Fonds
  • 1917, 1972

The fonds consists of handwritten minutes from a special meeting (March 1917) of the Class of 1916 at which members discussed the possibility of establishing an Alumni Association. Also included are two scrapbooks. The first, assembled by A. Irene (Vermilyea) Menzies in 1972, provides information about the class's members after graduation, university faculty, and the early history of the university, handwritten with newspaper clippings. The second scrapbook includes biographical information about early UBC graduates from 1916 to 1922 – handwritten, with clippings from Annual yearbooks.

University of British Columbia. Class of 1916 (Arts)

Class of 1926 (Arts) fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1370
  • Fonds
  • 1976

Fonds consists of biographical information gathered through questionnaires distributed to members of the Class of 1926 in preparation for their 50th reunion in 1976.

University of British Columbia. Class of 1926 (Arts)

Class of 1923 (Arts) fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1369
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1923, 1963, 1968, 1973

Fonds consists of the class minute book (1921-1923), photographs from the Great Trek, as well as materials from reunions held in 1963, 1968 and the 50th-anniversary reunion in 1973.

University of British Columbia. Class of 1923 (Arts)

Class of 1931. Valedictory Gift Committee fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1371
  • Fonds
  • 1917, 1972

Fonds consists of correspondence soliciting items of historical interest and includes a listing of materials turned over to the University.

University of British Columbia. Class of 1931. Valedictory Gift Committee

Engineering Undergraduate Society fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1372
  • Fonds
  • 1961-1964

Fonds consists of a scrapbook of prize-winning models created between 1961 and 1964 and sponsored by the Association of Professional Engineers of B.C. presented to the Engineering Undergraduate Society.

University of British Columbia. Engineering Undergraduate Society

Enrolment Services fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1374
  • Fonds
  • 1997- 2010

The fonds consists of reports and background material arising from the Student Services Review (1998), minutes from the Student Services (1998-2000) and Enrolment Services Management Committee (2001-2002) meetings, course calendars and other publications from Student Services, and posters.

University of British Columbia. Enrolment Services

History of Education Research Collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1375
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1909, 1948-1949

Collection consists of materials which deal with two different subject areas of interest to Sutherland. One consists of microfilm records relating to the establishment of the Macdonald Institute, which later merged with two other colleges to form the University of Guelph. The other series consists of photocopies of records assembled by Sutherland for various research projects on the history of education.

Patricia Marchak fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1376
  • Fonds
  • 1969-2006

Fonds consists of textual records which document Dr. Marchak's scholarship and related professional and administrative activities, and includes correspondence, reports, typescripts of speeches and articles, written notes, contracts, journal off-prints, course materials, conference packages, and newspaper and magazine clippings.
The fonds is arranged in the following series: Published Works, Unpublished Works, Books Correspondence and Reviews, Universities, Organizations, & Associations, Political Science and Mahmoodi/Dutton Affairs, Correspondence Course, and Conferences. Some series are further divided into sub-series. Within each series and sub-series, the records have mostly been retained in their original order.

Marchak, Patricia

Lemuel F. Robertson fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1379
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1917

Fonds consists of incoming letters written to Robertson from former students who served overseas during World War I.

Robertson, Lemuel F.

San Francisco Bay Map Collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1380
  • Fonds
  • 1771-1941

Collection consists of maps (in the form of photocopies, sketches, and photographs) used by Neal Harlow while writing his book The Maps of San Francisco Bay.

Barbara Schrodt fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1381
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1984

Fonds consists of Barbara Schrodt's Ph.D. thesis and related research materials as well as publications written and collected by Schrodt.

Schrodt, Barbara

Centre for Human Settlements fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1198
  • Fonds
  • 1974-1980, predominant May-June 1976

Fonds consists of a series of video tapes created during the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in 1976. In addition, the fonds includes audio recordings of the meetings of the Co-ordinating Committee for Habitat '76 as well as recordings from a lecture series established following the conference.

University of British Columbia. Centre for Human Settlements

Richard Splane and Verna Huffman Splane fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1382
  • Fonds
  • 1936-2013

Fonds contains records pertaining to the separate careers and personal lives of both Verna Huffman Splane and Richard Splane, and their life together as a couple. Work records reflect Richard’s work in Alberta, his time in the RCAF, and his lengthy career in the federal government as well as Verna’s work for WHO, the federal government, and as a faculty member at UBC and the University of Victoria. These records include government reports, meeting minutes and agenda, correspondence, articles, course outlines and notes. Personal records reflect both Richard and Verna’s social lives and interest in social welfare outside of their careers. These records include correspondence, curriculum vitae, photographs (print and digital), notes, articles and publications, meeting minutes and agenda, and certificates.
The records reflecting Richard and Verna’s joint life has been arranged into eight series: Chief Nursing Officers Study, Home and Social Life, Personal Correspondence, University Hill Congregation, Social Welfare Work, Honours and Awards, Photographs, and Audio-visual. The fonds also includes two sous-fonds: the Richard Beverly Splane sous-fonds and the Verna Huffman Splane sous-fonds.

Splane, Richard B.

Roy Stokes fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1383
  • Fonds
  • 1978, [n.d.]

Fonds consists of autographs collected by Roy Stokes, book descriptions he created, various miscellaneous materials found in books, correspondence pertaining to a proposed bibliographical tour by graduate Library School students to the United Kingdom, and bibliographic descriptions of books in the Colbeck Collection by both himself and Library Science students.

Stokes, Roy

Thea Koerner House Graduate Student Centre fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1384
  • Fonds
  • 1962-1981

Fonds consists of records which document the administration of the Centre, including the records of the Management Committee (1962-70) and the Board of Directors (1971-81), and include minutes, reports, and correspondence.

Thea Koerner House Graduate Student Centre

Information Services fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1226
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1983

Fonds consists of the following series: Biographical Files (1945-1973), Subject Files (1939-1978), Annual Reports (1969-1974), UBC Publications Survey (1975-1977), Speeches - John B. MacDonald (1962-1967), Miscellaneous Subjects (1963-1983), Sound and Moving Images (1968-1983), Photographs (1969-1980), and "News from UBC" (1966-1974). The Miscellaneous subjects series includes materials pertaining to UBC's participation in "Habitat" (the 1976 United Nations Conference on Human Settlement), and the Commonwealth University Congress (1978).

University of British Columbia. Information Services

Otis J. Todd fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1385
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1962

The fonds consists of copies of Todd's articles (1915-1952), Todd family genealogies and a handwritten travel journal and accompanying photograph album from a trip to Europe, Egypt and Greece (1923).

Todd, O.J.

Gladys Wright fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1388
  • Fonds
  • 1923, 1980

Fonds consists of a hand-written account of Gladys Wright's memories of the UBC Fairview campus. Also included are seven heavily-annotated textbooks (copies of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Coriolanus, Twelfth Night (2 copies), Julius Caesar, and Othello) used in Garnett G. Sedgewick's English courses. The latter items document teaching and note-taking methods from the 1920s, particularly those practiced in Sedgewick's classes.

Wright, Gladys

Leon M. Zolbrod fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1389
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1974-1989]

Fonds consists of an annotated typescript manuscript and page proofs of Zolbrod's translation of the Japanese classic Ugetsu Monogatari ("Tales of Moonlight and Rain") and an unpublished manuscript entitled Reluctant Genius: The Life and Work of Buson, a Japanese Master of Haiku and Painting.

Zolbrod, Leon M.

Frederick H. Soward fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1084
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1984

The fonds consists of correspondence (1940-1984), articles and addresses by Soward (1926-1969), book reviews (1950-1965), collected articles and book reviews by others, and a collection of newspaper and magazine clippings. Also included are copies of a weekly column entitled "The Way of the World" that Soward wrote for the Vancouver Morning Star (1927-1929).

Soward, Frederick H.

Department of Psychology fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1248
  • Fonds
  • 1945-1990, predominant 1982-1990

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, and minutes of meetings relating to the activities and programs of the Department of Psychology, and photographs of Department Heads and prominent faculty members. Some records date from before the formation of the Department, when the psychology program was still part of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. Also included are audio recordings of interviews (with typed transcripts) documenting the Department's historical development.
The material is arranged in six series: Administration, Departmental Committees, Departmental Programs, External Correspondence, Historical Files, and Oral History Project. The Historical Files series consists of textual records which document the Department's formative years, and photographs; they had been placed in a box and stored separately from the Department's other records until transferred to the Archives.

University of British Columbia. Dept. of Psychology

Department of Philosophy fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1573
  • Fonds
  • 1988-1990

Fonds consists of records documenting a review of the Department of Philosophy in 1988 and the Department’s response to that review, and the development of a five-year plan for the Department (1989-90).

University of British Columbia. Dept. of Philosophy

Douglas T. Kenny fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1390
  • Fonds
  • 1974-1983

The fonds consists of copies of speeches delivered by Douglas T. Kenny (1974-1983), appointment books (1974/75, 1980-1983) and an undated file of psychology notes.

Kenny, Douglas T.

John B. Macdonald fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1391
  • Fonds
  • 1962-1967

The fonds consists primarily of speeches delivered by John B. Macdonald (1962-1967), biographical material and miscellaneous records.

Macdonald, John B.

Guy Palmer fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1392
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1991

The fonds consists of 6,066 35 mm negatives of dress rehearsals of major UBC theatrical productions between 1961 and 1988. There are also some images of productions staged during summer school, as well as by the Extension and English departments (1954/55), and alphabetical and chronological listings of UBC productions between 1954 and 1988. The fonds also includes copies of programs from productions at the Frederic Wood Theatre (1964-1991).

Palmer, Guy

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