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John Davidson fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1009
  • Fonds
  • 1899-1987

The fonds consists of biographical material (1901-1987), teaching material (1899-1948), publications (1913-1949), lectures (1919-1945), journals/notebooks (1911-1948), correspondence/ subject files (1912-1962), Vancouver Natural History Society material (1927-1941), printed material and photographs (1919-1949).

Davidson, John

Stuart J. Schofield fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1019
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1952, predominant 1905-1948

Fonds consists of correspondence (1914-1945), journal offprints (1914-1922), manuscripts, minutes, reports, notes, diaries, clippings, army memorabilia, maps, photographs and biographical information pertaining to Schofield's personal and professional life.

Schofield, Stuart J.

Reginald Walter Brock fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1021
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1959

The fonds consists primarily of material accumulated during a survey of Hong Kong undertaken by the Department of Geology between 1923 and 1933. It is composed of notes, maps and reports generated by Brock and his associates. There are also some papers from the files of the Department of Geology. The papers have been roughly sorted according to form. Also included are several non-UBC publications initially kept in the Brock family library.

Brock, Reginald Walter

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.

Robert J. Clark fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1037
  • Fonds
  • 1911-1935

The fonds consist of research and lecture notes, records of experiments, logbooks, calculations, draft manuscript for a book "On the Hypotheses Which Underlie Physics," and various journals and off-prints.

Clark, Robert James

Claude Dolman fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1048
  • Fonds
  • 1883-1976, predominant 1936-1976

The fonds comprised of two series of records. The first series, History of Medicine at UBC (1936-1976), contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to the proposed establishment of an Institute of Preventive Medicine (1936-1940). It also includes records associated with the preparation and execution of the Medical Education survey (1946), correspondence and reports relating to the Department of Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine (1951-1955), and a history of the UBC Medical School (1976). Records of the Royal Society of Canada comprise the second series. A large portion of this material reflects the efforts of the Society to participate in the formulation and implementation of a national science policy beginning from the mid-1960s through to the early 1970s.

Dolman, Claude

University Research Forests fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1052
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1990

The fonds consists of records chronicling the history and development of UBC's Research Forests at Point Grey, and Haney, and B.C.'s interior (Cariboo) region. The fonds includes correspondence, reports, proposals, financial records, maps, surveys, blueprints, photographs, and meteorological data. The records also contain information about the operation of the Summer Camp for forestry students (1948-1986).

University of British Columbia. Research Forests

Charles Fraser fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1073
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1944

The fonds consists of notebooks on marine observations, manuscripts, lecture notes, drawings and plates of sea life, and assorted pamphlets. Much of this material relates to Fraser's research on salmon. Also included are photographs taken during a collecting trip to the South Pacific. The fonds contains minutes of the British Columbia Industrial and Scientific Research Council (1944).

Fraser, Charles

Henry Howard fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1078
  • Fonds
  • 1934-1986

The fonds consists of records chronicling various facets of Howard's long career in mining-related activities. It includes material from his student days, his years at Eldorado Gold Mines, and his years as a professor at the University of British Columbia. The fonds includes photographs reflecting the development of mining equipment and technology. In particular, the numerous photographs from Howard's Eldorado days (1942-1946) depict not only mining operations but also capture aspects of social life in Port Radium, a remote community near the Arctic Circle.

Howard, Henry

James Duncan fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1085
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1984

The fonds consists of copies of graduate and undergraduate theses supervised by Duncan as well as numerous reports that he authored.

Duncan, James

Ronald Burgess fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1088
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1976

The fonds consists of lecture and research notes chiefly in the field of theoretical and experimental investigations in physical electronics.

Burgess, Ronald Eric

Robert H. Clark fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1089
  • Fonds
  • 1926-1954

The fonds consists of miscellaneous correspondence.

Clark, Robert Harvey

Vernon C. Brink fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1098
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1994

Fonds consists of records which reflect Brink's participation on the Environmental Assessment Panel (1973-1983) and The Nature Trust (1984-1987). The papers include material arranged in the following series: correspondence, teaching and research. The papers also include reference booklets and pamphlets. Each series is arranged in chronological order. The records primarily contain one large correspondence series from 1953 to 1975, with bulk dates of 1961 to 1971. The correspondence contains Brink's faculty papers intermingled with the Division of Plant Science's central office files.

Brink, Vernon C.

William C. Gibson fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1101
  • Fonds
  • 1907-2009

The fonds consist of research material on various medical and historical topics and research for several of Gibson's books and articles, including his books about UBC's first president Frank F. Wesbrook, Ramon y Cajal Sherrington, and his books New Endeavour and Old Endeavour. In addition, the fonds include manuscripts of a number of Gibson articles and speeches and chapters from some of his books, records from Woodward Health Science centre, and documents for the history of the Faculty of medicine and related to Green College UBC and Oxford. Also included are records from the Agricultural Science Fund Committee (1967-1974), School of Rehabilitation Medicine (1953-1961), Master Teaching Awards Committee (1967-1972), minutes from the Council of the Faculty of Medicine (1950-1964), materials relating to Vancouver civic politics (1970-1984), and correspondence with Sir Frederick Dainton (1980-1983), Cecil Green, and Wilder Penfield among many others.

Gibson, William C.

Inter-Institutional Policy Simulator Project fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1106
  • Fonds
  • 1969-1976

The fonds consists of alphabetically arranged subject files from the IIPS Office. Other material includes reports and publications growing out of the project.

Inter-Institutional Policy Simulator Project

Fraser River Hydro and Fisheries Research Project fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1107
  • Fonds
  • 1956-1961

Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings and numerous reports generated between 1956 and 1961. Also included are several research papers relating to the effects of hydro-electric dams on fish populations. Many of these reports were produced by the University of British Columbia faculty, including Edgar C. Black and William S. Hoar.

Fraser River Hydro and Fisheries Research Project

George J. Spencer fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1110
  • Fonds
  • 1914-1965

Fonds consists primarily of Spencer's incoming and outgoing professional correspondence (1925-1965). This correspondence provides significant information about Spencer's research at the University as well as the study of entomology in British Columbia. In addition, the fonds also includes copies of student examinations (1924-1955), recommendations (1936-1959) and printed material.

Spencer, George J.

Wilhelm J. Maier fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1113
  • Fonds
  • 1919-1976

Fonds consists of textual materials which document Wilhelm Maier's professional activities and interests, along with some related to his activites after his retirement. It includes technical manuals, journals and other publications, correspondence, technical diagrams, patent drawings, home workshop information, and correspondence school materials. Much of the material is written in German.

Maier, Wilhelm J.

E. L. Watson fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1126
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1979

Fonds consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, printed material, and publications pertaining to Watson's professional activities and affiliations. Fonds includes materials pertaining to the Engineering Science Leads Committee of the B.C. Agricultural Sciences Co-ordinating Committee (BCSCC) on which Watson sat for the period 1967-1978. Composed of representatives of the Provincial Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Canada, and the UBC Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, the Committee advised the Minister of Agriculture and allotted research funds for research projects within the province.

Watson, Ernest L.

Edward Pretious fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1129
  • Fonds
  • 1922-1977

The fonds consists of records from the Fraser River Model Project (1949-1962); the Vancouver Harbour and Burrard Inlet Model Project (1953-1956); materials generated in teaching and taking UBC engineering courses (1922-1972), academic materials generated outside of the UBC system, and miscellaneous engineering projects that Pretious participated in his time at UBC (1942-1977). The records have been separated into six different series. Reports and memoranda which were issued as a series have been arranged in series order, but other items were filed arbitrarily under the two projects and have been maintained this way.

Pretious, Edward

Jacob Biely fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1146
  • Fonds
  • 1949-1979

The fonds consists of correspondence (primarily with E.A. Lloyd and Michael Lerner), published material of Igor Kosin (former student and expert in Russian literature), a typewritten manuscript by Biely entitled "Poultry Research - A Personal Experience (1928-1978)", and undated high school correspondence course outlines.

Biely, Jacob

S. Wah Leung fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1158
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1962

The fonds consists of personal correspondence (1951-1962) and copies of papers and articles about dentistry prepared by Leung (1950-1962) and miscellaneous material.

Leung, S. Wah

Hector MacLeod fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1161
  • Fonds
  • 1964, 1972

The fonds consists of an undated autobiography entitled "Things I Remember," photographs and printed material from the opening of the MacLeod Building (1964) and materials related to his receipt of the McNaughton Medal (1972) for his "pioneering achievement in electrical engineering education in Western Canada."

MacLeod, Hector

Warren family fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1176
  • Fonds
  • 1777-1998

The fonds consists of family papers, genealogical material, manuscripts and correspondence documenting the history of the Warren family in England. Some of the family members represented in the fonds are Reverend Dawson Warren, Falkland G.E. Warren, and Charlotte Jackson. The fonds also includes biographical information about Harry Warren and copies of his publications to 1978.

Warren (family)

G. Harry Cannon fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1191
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1976

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, and curriculum material relating to Cannon's role as an UNESCO advisor in science teaching at the British Solomons Training College in Honiara, British Solomon Islands Protectorate.

Cannon, G. Harry,

UBC Information Technology fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1200
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1997

The fonds consists of records that document the origins and establishment of the UBC Computing Centre as well as financial, technical, organizational, and administrative records through the time it was known as Computing Services and University Computing & Communications. It includes the CIPS Sous-fonds, and twelve series: Early Computing Centre Series; Pre-1969 Series; 1969-1978 Series; Systems Hardware Operations Committee Series (SHOC); Software Committee Series; Manuals and Technical Information Series; UBC Computing Centre Newsletter Series; 1979-1989 Alphabetical Series; 1973-1996 Chronological Series; UBC Computing Centre Documentation Series 1965-1991; Jim Tom's Office Series 1986-1997, Miscellaneous Series 1972-1996; and Photograph Series.

University of British Columbia. Information Technology.

Department of Botany fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1207
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1981, 2015

Fonds covers an extended period, beginning with administrative material, which includes departmental budgets dating back to the early 1920s and continuing through the 1950s. There are also some departmental minutes from the 1940s and 1950s and most of the 1960s. There are records about the construction and renovation of the Biological Sciences Building, minutes from the various committees on which department heads sat, and material about UBC's Botanical Garden. There is also a brief but useful series of records concerning the Life Sciences Council's implementation and early history.

University of British Columbia. Dept. of Botany

Department of Chemistry fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1208
  • Fonds
  • 1931-1981

The fonds consists of minutes of departmental meetings (1949-1957), correspondence (1945-1956), student records (1948-1957), course records (1948-1957), examinations (1931-1957), material from the President's Committee on Research (1947-1955), applications for positions (1948-1955), departmental subject files (1943-1956), journal reprints and photographs.

University of British Columbia. Dept. of Chemistry

Division of Plant Science fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1215
  • Fonds
  • 1954-1965

Fonds consists of 10 volumes of purchase requisitions from 1954 to 1958, and a central office correspondence series from 1955 to 1965. The correspondence is informally arranged within a classification system that was inconsistently applied and developed until 1964. Two reference sheets for the subject classification system remain for 1956 and 1963 and are included in the first file for each of those two years. Many of the headings reflect the categories used by the Department of Agronomy. Intermingled with the files of the division are some of the faculty papers of V.C. Brink, the chair of the division. In 1964, the entire system appears to have broken down. From 1964 to 1970 all the division correspondence files were stored in unlabelled file folders the vast majority of which exhibited no internal coherence. Because of the presence of Brink's faculty papers in the files, and because of the absence of the division's classification system, the records from 1964 to 1970 have been arranged and described with Brink's personal papers. For a complete understanding of the functions and activities of the division, these records must also be consulted.

University of British Columbia. Division of Plant Science

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1216
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1986, predominant 1955-1982

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, financial material, printed material, minutes of meetings, statistics, photographs, and architectural plans about the Faculty of Agriculture administration and departmental activities. Fonds is arranged in the following series: Scrapbooks (1918), General Administration (1953-1972), Dean's Office Files (1955-1975), General correspondence (1968-1980), Minutes (1947-1986), Financial records (1966-1982), Faculty affairs (general) (1966-1976), Departmental affairs (1966-1983), Curriculum (1966-1980), Space (1968-1978), Land (1967-1977), Survey and statistics (1969- 1978), Oyster River (1967-1984), Botanical Garden (1966-1973), Interior Program (1978-1984), Subject file (1966-1982), Pamphlet (1917-1946), Photograph (192-?-193-?) and Architectural Plans (1917-1983).

University of British Columbia. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

Faculty of Medicine fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1221
  • Fonds
  • 1943-2009

The fonds of the Faculty of Medicine includes records which document the administrative and operational activities, actions and interests of the Faculty. Such records pertain to the establishment and organization of the Faculty; the development and actions of the Facultys governing bodies and committees; the planning, development and construction of various Faculty buildings such as the University Hospital, the I.R.C. Centre, the Basic Medical Sciences buildings and the Health Sciences Centre. These records also refer to the use of regional hospitals as clinical teaching hospitals and to relations between the Faculty and the University at large; as well as, with other university medical schools, governments, medical and related professions, associations and societies, businesses and hospitals. The records within this fonds also pertain to the Facultys receipt of gifts and donations, its departmental / divisional research endeavors and it applications for, and receipt of, awards for professional distinction. Types of material found in the Faculty of Medicine fonds include: correspondence, working papers, minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorandum, agendas, studies, internal reports and reviews, applications, protocols and surveys. The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Historical Material; Faculty Governance; Committees; General Office Files; Dean of Medicine; and Photographs.

University of British Columbia. Faculty of Medicine

Institute of Oceanography fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1229
  • Fonds
  • 1949-1978

The fonds consists of miscellaneous files from George Pickard's office (1949-1974), including records from the Canadian Committee on Oceanography (1960-1972). The bulk of the records are composed of departmental files including correspondence, grant material, and financial records. There is also a comprehensive set of oceanographic log sheets containing data collected between 1951 and 1978.

University of British Columbia. Institute of Oceanography

School of Family and Nutritional Sciences fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1239
  • Fonds
  • 1923-1998

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, financial materials, bound volumes, newspaper clippings, appointment notices, applications, minutes, course outlines, questionnaires, and photographs pertaining to the origins, development and administration of the School of Family and Nutritional Sciences and its predecesssors.

University of British Columbia. School of Family and Nutritional Sciences

Department of Food Sciences fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1244
  • Fonds
  • 1967-1968

The fonds consists of the miscellaneous correspondence and reports relating to the establishment of the Department of Food Sciences.

University of British Columbia. Dept. of Food Sciences

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

Peter A. Larkin fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1253
  • Fonds
  • 1946-1998

Fonds consists of correspondence, reports, notes, and drafts for scientific papers and lectures, overhead transparencies used in lectures, photographs, scrapbooks and publications. The records document Dr. Larkin's research, teaching, and administrative careers, and also provide an overview of his role as a scientific authority on various public issues. Fonds also includes some administrative records from the UBC Institute of Fisheries that had been integrated into the fonds. The records have been arranged into the following series: Subject files; Peter Larkin - Personal; Publications, manuscripts, and lecture notes; Institute of Fisheries/Institute of Animal Resource Ecology; Salmonid Enhancement Program; Rawson Academy of Aquatic Science; British Columbia Packers Limited; SPARK (Strategic Planning for Applied Research and Knowledge - B.C. Science Council); Widerness Advisory Committee; Special Advisory Committee on Strathcona Park; Northern River Basins Study; ICLARM (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management)/ CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research); "Bolt Decision" (United States vs. State of Washington); and IDRC (International Development Research Centre).

Larkin, P.A.

Department of Physics fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1263
  • Fonds
  • 1943-2002

Fonds consists of laboratory manuals published by the UBC Department of Physics between 1949 and 1966 (most dated 1957-1962); mimeographed hand-outs for experiments and other assignments; hand-written lecture notes; and a 1944 Canadian Army physics laboratory manual. Many of the manuals are annotated. The manuals are bound, but the notes and hand-outs are loose; all have been placed in acid-free folders. They are arranged by course number, and then chronologically; unnumbered materials, and folders containing unsorted material from various courses, were placed at the end.
Fonds also includes promotional materials, many of which relate specifically to the Department of Physics at university-wide Open Houses, annual reports from the Department of Physics, notes made by Professor John Warren regarding x-rays and particle physics, as well as photographs taken of individuals, groups, and events related to the Department of Physics.

University of British Columbia. Dept. of Physics

Biological Discussion Club fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1288
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1965

The fonds consists of Club minutes (1925-1965) and membership lists (1962-1964).

University of British Columbia. Biological Discussion Club

University Climatological Station Committee fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1289
  • Fonds
  • 1961-1974

Fonds consists of annual reports from the Committee, summaries of climatological data from the Station, and correspondence.

University of British Columbia. University Climatological Station Committee

Douglas Hayward fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1302
  • Fonds
  • 1958-1999

The fonds consists of two series biographical information and Do-It-Yourself Chemistry / Home Chemistry. The former includes information about Hayward including articles, CV, copies of publications and a list of his patents. The second series consists of material relating to the development of the Do-It-Yourself Chemistry program. It includes copies of newspaper columns, list of schools visited, samples of thank you letters from students, DIYC publications, photographs showing Hayward with students in various classrooms, and cassette recordings of his CFMI radio show and other interviews.

Hayward, Douglas

Vivaxis Energies Research International Society fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1311
  • Fonds
  • 1969-1997

The fonds consists of a copy of the society's constitution (1976), newsletters (1970-1997), correspondence (1973-1985), publications (1969-1984), and audio and video tapes and films (1975-1983).

Vivaxis Energies Research International Society

Sydney M. Friedman fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1324
  • Fonds
  • 1940-2000

The fonds consists of six series: Correspondence, Illustrations, Administration, Lectures, Abstracts, Notes, and Drafts, Videotapes, and Publications. It includes textual materials in manuscript and published form, original illustrative artwork, and video recordings. Additional biographical information is included in folder 11-33.

Friedman, Sydney M.

Michael Smith fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1329
  • Fonds
  • 1957-2000

The fonds consists of Smiths biographical information, speeches, correspondence, laboratory notes and research material, copies of publications, and slides and presentation materials.

Smith, Michael

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

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.

Medical Expedition to Easter Island (METEI) Collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1377
  • Collection
  • 1962-1980

The collection consists of assorted records divided by subject generated during the expedition and general material about Easter Island subsequently added. Records include correspondence, magazine clippings, newsletters, personnel lists, and reports.

UBC Faculty Publications Collection

  • UBCA-ARC-1386
  • Collection
  • 1918-1985

The collection consists of off-prints and copies of articles and reports arranged alphabetically by faculty member name.

Stephen Straker fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1400
  • Fonds
  • 1905-1996

The fonds consist of correspondence from 1935-1994; research from 1942-1987; published material from 1905-1996; oral history from 1983-1987; newspaper clippings from 1964-1994; and photographs from 1923-1985.

Straker, Stephen

Juda Quastel fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1403
  • Fonds
  • 1917-1987

The fonds consists of records documenting Juda Quastelʹs activities as a scientist from 1917 to 1987. Series include biographical information; correspondence; presentations and lectures; scientific research, notes, and data; written reports, published and unpublished materials; photographs, slides, glass plates, and audiovisual material. Collectively, these records reflect Quastelʹs various scientific roles as researcher, professor, author, and public speaker. Some records (i.e. particular correspondence and photographs) also reveal Quastelʹs personal life as husband and father.

Quastel, Juda

W.H. Mathews fonds

  • UBCA-ARC-1404
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1995

The fonds consists of correspondence from 1942-1995; personal papers from 1935-1941; lecture/administrative material from 1950-[196-?]; soil and rock research from 1943-1994; earthquake research from 19[76]-1990; volcano research from 1947-1993; glacial research from 1932-1993; coal research from 1977-1980; uranium research from 1977-1980; BC Power Commission from 1957-1967; and photographs from 1912-1977.

Mathews, William H.

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