This file includes a letter from B. Robert Butler, an archaeologist with the university of Washington. It appears to be Butler's reply to an initial letter from Wilson Duff in relation to an article published by Butler. The text focuses on Butler's theses related to "pre-contact" artistic traditions in the region between the Fraser and Columbia River Valleys. Butler discusses materials (clay, basketry, and stone) and motifs

This file contains a letter and attached report written by Wilson Duff at the request of Barrie Reynolds, chief ethnologist at the National Museum of Man [Canadian Museum of History]. The contents relate to the valuation of a collection of Northwest Coast cultural belongings and other items that a Mr. Birmingham intended to sell to the museum. Duff provides an overarching analysis of the collection and comments on the discrepancies between (1) museum valuation and its emphasis on ethnological information, and (2) an art market in which investors view objects and belongings based on aesthetic qualities and their potential as investment pieces.

This file includes a letter from Don E. Dumond, with the Dept. of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Along with the letter, Dumond includes an article he wrote titled "A Note on the Prehistory of Southwestern Alaska".

File contains images of the exhibit <i>Changing Tides : The Development of Archaeology in the Fraser Delta Region</i>.

The newsletter contains 6 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, general visitor information, and a list of donors. Subjects include the exhibition From Under the Delta: Wet-Site Archaeology in the Lower Fraser Region of British Columbia, a course about ceramics taught by Carol Mayer at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, funding generated by the Anthropology Shop, repatriation of artifacts to the Jacks family of the Tseycum First Nation, funding for two new new multimedia projects by Dr. Marjorie Halpin, and an oral history workshop. Also included are a Calendar of Events and a memorial to Barbara Bethel, UBC/MOA security officer.

This file contains a memo from Wilson Duff to R.G. Matson and an accompanying text written by Matson with comments handwritten by Duff. Matson's text is an analysis of subsistence patterns in the Fraser Delta region, based on findings from the Glenrose Cannery excavation. Duff's memo includes editorial commentary as well as analytical and methodological critiques.