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Audrey Hawthorn (MOA Curator) fonds Subseries English
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Insurance

Subseries consists of material surrounding the responsibility of insuring a museum collection. There are five files which contain information on the insurance value of items. The records in this subseries are composed of notes, correspondence, receipts and miscellaneous financial documents.

Inquiries and requests

Subseries consists of photograph requests and other public inquiries about totem poles, baskets, coins, masks, stones, shell and ivory statues, pottery, and other items held or services provided by the museum. These inquiries are in the form of letters to the museum or telephone calls, the latter which are recorded on a museum form.

General correspondence

Subseries consists correspondence and communication between Hawthorn and individuals who were not representatives of another museum. There are several General Correspondence files, divided by year, and these consist primarily of people requesting that Audrey Hawthorn identify and price various objects, to recommend where to purchase NWC material, to speak at functions, and of requests for bibliographies. This subseries differs from subseries 10-B in that although the files may contain inquiries and requests, they often contain other types of correspondence as well. Record forms include correspondence, press releases, and ephemera.

General

Subseries consists of material relating to miscellaneous subjects related to the physical environs of the museum, including a photograph of the UBC campus, various work orders, permits as well a records relating to security and preservation of the totems at Totem park. The records in this subseries consist of a photograph, work order forms, correspondence, and memoranda.

Funding

Subseries consists of files relating to various sources of funding for MOA, including files on grants, donations and foundations. These files pertain to both the acquisition and use of this funding. Records in this subseries take the form of correspondence, notes, photocopies of news paper clippings, statements of purchase, journal vouchers, ledger print outs, timesheets, payroll statements, application forms and memoranda.

Film and video screening

Subseries consists of materials focusing on information regarding the borrowing and acquisition of films by the museum with a specific focus on the film “Switzer Unlimited”. The records in this subseries take the form of notes and correspondence.

Exhibit loans in

Subseries consists of files providing documentation on loans received by the museum for exhibition purposes. Material includes borrower’s agreements, correspondence, ephemera, receipts for loans in, and lists of loans in (1956-1958).

Documentation of cultures

Subseries consists of material that documents cultures rather than specific objects which may be found in the museum’s collection. The records in this subseries primarily take the form of published material, but general reference material is also included. This subseries at one point also included Audrey Hawthorn’s reference photograph collection of ca. 4000 items: 35mm slides, various black and white prints and negatives. These items however have since been amalgamated with the MOA General Photograph Collection.

Deaccessioning

This subseries consists of two files reflecting the transfer of material from the museum to other locations in UBC. The records in this series are composed of correspondence.

Communication and service: museums and institutions

Subseries consists primarily of correspondence with other museums, galleries and associations. The material in this subseries pertains to a multiplicity of functions. Records in this subseries take the form of correspondence, ephemera, account statements, questionnaires, minutes, memoranda and newspaper clippings.

Building projects and plans

Subseries consists primarily of material relating to the construction of a new museum building in the mid-1970s. There are also records regarding earlier proposals for new museum facilities which never materialized. There is material relating to the design and installation of the ‘Ksan doors and the Koerner Gallery. Record forms include correspondence, design plans (housed in the map cabinet), design team meeting minutes, budget notes and contracts.

Building maintenance

Subseries consists of material relating to the upkeep of the buildings used by the museum. Records in this subseries consist of correspondence, memoranda, plans and financial documents.

Budget

Subseries consists of 14 files relating to the museum’s budget and to budgets for the department of anthropology. The records within the subseries consist of correspondence, budgets, ledger sheets, memoranda, receipts, notes, requisition books, expense ledgers, receipts, account statements, and statements of purchases.

Acquisitions and documentation

Subseries consists of a wide variety of records relating to the acquisition and documentation of collections. Material includes, but is not limited to: the notebooks of R.A. Brooks, Totem Pole subject files, H.R. MacMillan correspondence, H.R. MacMillan Museum Purchase Fund, gifts received by the museum, collections lists, collections receipts, collections summaries, L. and T. Koerner Museum Purchase Fund, W.C. Koerner donations and his Museum Purchase Fund, correspondence with Florence Fyfe-Smith, artist biographical files, possible acquisitions and files on objects A50000 ADCD – A50045. Photographs are also included in the series.

Accounts

Subseries consists of records created as a result of keeping financial account of the museum’s activities. Among these records are expense ledgers, receipts, account statements, and statements of purchases. Files with more extensive descriptions contain material which may relate to the purchase of items in the collection.

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