Sub-series consists of textual records, including general research and planning files, permission forms, interviews and biographic information used by Dr. Halpin to develop a number of CD-Rom projects on native artists. The records also include a print out of the “Button Robes” cd-rom project on first nations form of traditional dress and the iconography behind them, and photographs, slides, compact disks, videos, and tapes from the Dorothy Grant project.
Sub-series consists of textual records related to the exhibit on the voyages of Captain Cook to Nootka Sound. Included is the paper “Encounter 1778: Drawings and Watercolours of Nootka Sound by John Webber” by Natalie MacFarlane, exhibit scripts, video scripts, correspondence, and loan forms for the Webber drawings.
Sub-series consists of textual records including articles, student papers, and photographs accumulated in order to create a source book for Anthropology 432 taught by Dr. Halpin. It also consists of course outlines and bibliographies for Anthropology 431, which was also taught by Dr. Halpin.
Sub-series consists of textual records of the Acquisition Committee and items acquired for the museum. Records include minutes from Acquisition Committee meetings, database printouts of items acquired from Northwest Coast artists between 1977-1997, and the transcribed interview with Coast Salish artist Susan Point by Karen Duffek in 1985.