Subseries consists of records relating to Skooker Broome’s responsibilities as a Museum of Anthropology liaison and coordinator of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference held at the Museum. Records include a power point presentation of APEC, plans for APEC, correspondence, memoranda, agendas, and site enhancement proposals.
Subseries consists of records relating to various researchers, assistants and other temporary employees under Elizabeth Johnson’s charge. Records in the series include notes, correspondence and contracts.
Subseries contains records related to the <i>Attributed to Edenshaw Exhibit</i> held at MOA from April 28, 1998 through May 30, 2003. This exhibit featured basketry as well as gold, silver, argillite and wood carvings by Haida artists Charles and Isabella Edenshaw. Records include photographs of artifacts identified as potentially on exhibit during the time frame as well as some correspondence and public relations regarding the exhibit.
Consists of audio recordings created for various purposes. Many are recordings community members reading the language education materials created in both the Western and Eastern dialects. These recordings were intended to be used in conjunction with the books. Other recordings consist of interviews with community informants. Powell used the recorded interviews in preparation for the creation of language education materials. Finally, some of the recordings include community stories and songs that were considered and sometimes used in the language materials.
Consists of audio recordings of community members reading the Nuu-chah-nulth language education books. The recordings consist of more than one copy of most of the books, as they are read in various dialects
Consists of tapes and transcripts used to form the text for Where the People Gather. The tapes contain a mix of recordings of Norman Tait teaching/directing the carving of the NEC pole and later poles, and more formal interviews between Jensen and the carvers involved in the projects of this time period.
This subseries consists of photographs from the history of the Museum of Anthropology, including the original museum location in the basement of UBC Library through to the opening of the museum at its current location in 1976. Subjects include:
Activities of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee
Totem pole restoration by Mungo Martin
Early images of Totem Park, including the opening ceremony
Raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay
Visit to UBC by Governor General Vincent Massey
Carving and construction of the Haida House by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer
Images of displays from the Museum of Anthropology's original location in the old library basement
Exhibitions held at the Museum of Anthropology, especially through the 1950s and 1960s
Images of Expo 1967 in Montréal
The Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World", held in Montréal
Opening Exhibition of the Vancouver Centennial Museum, curated by the Museum of Anthropology
Design plans, models, and inspirations for the new Museum of Anthropology building
Images of the new Museum of Anthropology building at various stages of construction
Moving totem poles from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building
Packing objects in the old Museum of Anthropology location in the library basement
Moving objects into the new Museum of Anthropology
Official opening of the Museum of Anthropology's new location
Visible storage and early exhibition in the Museum of Anthropology's new location
Reassembly of the Haida House on the grounds of the new Museum of Anthropology building
Activities and classes held at the Museum of Anthropology's new location
Subseries consists of a program and information related to a basket weaving exhibit held at the Bellevue Arts Museum called American Indian Baskets: Trees, Reeds and Grasses.
Subseries consists of correspondence and accompanying documentation regarding the creation and installation of northwest coast art at the British Columbia pavilion as part of the Canada pavilion in Seville, Spain in 1992 as part of the Universal Expo of Seville (Expo ’92).
Subseries consist of images showing a beaded object, possibly associated with the 1982 exhibition Beads: Selections from the Textile Collection of the Museum of Anthropology.
Subseries consists of copies of prints and negatives from museums around the world depicting indigenous peoples in Victorian portraiture style photographs during the turn of the 20th century. McLennan acquired these copies with the intention of proposing an exhibit which never materialized. There is also a file of accompanying documentation including correspondence regarding the loans of photographs and other research materials.
Subseries consists of records relating to miscellaneous financial bequests to the museum with a particular focus on the Fyfe-Smith bequest. Records in the series include minutes, a portion of the Fyfe-Smith will, and correspondence.