The purpose of this committee, as with all other UBC Planning Coordinating Committees, was to consider all of the interests involved in the development of the new building for the Museum of Anthropology. The Committee was formed to ensure that balanced recommendations, taking into account the overall interests of the University, could be made to the President. Committee members participated in defining terms of construction, operation, and maintenance of the museum, including choosing the architect, deciding location, and securing funds for the continuing operation of the building.
The development and construction of the museum was, in part, made possible by a federal grant, Canada’s 1971 Centennial Gift to the people of British Columbia. The University’s Senate Committee on Academic Building Needs recognized the need for a new museum, linked to the department of Anthropology and Sociology. In 1971 the President’s Planning and Coordinating Committee was formed by then University President Walter Gage to assist in the planning and construction of the Museum of Man building (now known as the Museum of Anthropology, changed in March 1973), and the new facility in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology.
Dean of Arts, Douglas T. Kenny, chaired this committee. Other members included Dr. Michael Ames, Mrs. Audrey Hawthorn, and Dr. Harry Hawthorn, among others (Wilson Duff, Marjorie Halpin, Ingeborg Ruus, Audrey Shane, Gloria Webster.)
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The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, contracts, and reports relating to the Planning of the Museum of Man (later Museum of Anthropology). The fonds includes information pertaining to the planning for the new museum, building needs, museum function, and the Functional Program which outlines the results of decisions the committee made.
These records were held at various locations in the museum until they were transferred to the archives in 1991. The office of the Dean of Arts at UBC forwarded three binders of records made and received by Kenny in his role as the Chair of the President’s Planning and Coordinating Committee to then Director of MOA Michael Ames in August of 1991. A note addressed to Ames was attached to the binders, indicating that the Dean’s office had found the binders while clearing out their files. The same note instructed Ames to discard the binders if they were of no use to the Museum. Ames deposited the binders in the Museum archives.
Architectural drawings and technical specifications for the museum building and landscaping are located in the Facilities and Operations fonds (note: as of June 2016, a completed finding aid for the Facilities and Operations fonds is not yet available. Consult archivist for details).
Additional records related to the the planning of the museum building can be found in the University Archives of UBC.
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Series consists of correspondence between Douglas T. Kenny as Chair of the President’s Planning and Coordinating Committee for the Museum of Man and Chairman of the User’s Committee, and members of these committees. Also contains correspondence between Kenny as Chair and the Design Team of the Museum of Man, the University Board of Governors, University President Walter Gage, and other committees concerned with the construction, planning, and design of the Museum of Man. Kenny generated other correspondence in his capacity as Chairman of the University Advisory Council and in his involvement on the Search Committee. The majority of correspondence is original; some are copies of outgoing correspondence.
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Series consists of correspondence between Dean Douglas T. Kenny and other members of the Planning and Coordinating Committee, and other committees concerned with obtaining resources for continuing operation of the Museum of Man, and letters from federal and provincial government departments. Also included are budget estimates, maintenance estimates, copies of minutes from various committees, a pamphlet concerning the erosion of Point Grey Cliff, and a notice concerning the Point Grey Cliffs from the UBC Alumni Association. The majority of the correspondence is copies of outgoing correspondence.
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Series consists of documentation from two additional committees that played a role in planning the Museum of Anthropology building. Material includes correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and other planning documents.
The series is divided into two subseries, one for each committee (the Senate Building Needs Committee and the Users`Committee).
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This university committee identified the need for a new museum facility that would be linked to the department of Anthropology and Sociology.
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This committee was appointed by the Planning and Coordinating Committee to do the detailed work of planning. The Museum Programme Committee was sub-committee of the User’s Committee.
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Box 2, folder 3
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