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Papers/teaching/lecture files

Series consists of correspondence memoranda, reports, student evaluations of Anthropology 431, articles, lecture notes, slides and other textual material mostly related to Shane’s teaching responsibilities in Anthropology 431, Museum Principles and Methods. Also included are copies of Shane’s papers for various publications, c.v.’s, book reviews, public lectures and materials for volunteer training seminars taught by Shane.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

External committees files

Series consists of correspondence and memoranda, announcements, handwritten notations, guides and publications related to Shane’s participation in various committees such as the British Columbia Museums Association’s Ownership Committee and the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board’s Signing Expert Examiner in Ethnography. Also included are records relating to Shane’s role as the Canadian representative of the Association of College and University Museums and Galleries.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

Collections files

Series consists of correspondence and memoranda, contracts, budgets, minutes from Collections Committee meetings, schedules, photographs, negatives and other textual records related to the organization and maintenance of the Museum’s collections. Includes files relating to acquisitions, cataloguing, policies, storage, interns, museum assistants and field collection.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

Project files

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, proposals, drafts, research notes, draft text for exhibit labels, sketches, postcards and other textual material relating to numerous projects undertaken by Shane and others in the Museum. Includes records relating to the expansion of the Museum, Museum postcards, special projects related to improving corridor cases, access to totem poles and exhibits.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

General administration files

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, grant applications, forms, guides, budget discussions, minutes from Curators’ meetings, notes from staff retreats relating to policies and procedures, job descriptions and institutional goals and other textual material relating to the daily administrative needs of the Museum. Included are a certificate of recognition, correspondence with the Cultural Property Import and Export Board, guides to cataloguing and classification systems and correspondence with UBC’s computing centre as well as the Department of Anthropology regarding the Museum’s computer needs.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

Database files

Series consists of correspondence and memoranda, lists, handwritten notations, evaluations, surveys, minutes, sample documentation cards, progress reports, location files, budgets and other textual material. Most records are related to the Museum’s participation in the National Inventory Programme (NIP), a computerized information system geared towards gathering and storing museum data as well as describing key items and collections within museums to enable retrieval of this information. The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) succeeded the NIP in 1984.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

Exhibition files

Series consists of correspondence and memoranda, reports, handwritten notations, draft copies, cue cards, comment book, photographs, negatives, contact sheets, slides, application grants specific to exhibitions and other textual and graphic records related to the preparation of exhibitions within the Museum.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

Conference files

Series consists of correspondence and memoranda, reports, itineraries, agendas and other textual material related to conferences attended by Shane where she gave public presentations.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane

Museum history files

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, guest lists, invitations, press releases, newspaper clippings, calculations, photographs and other textual material related to various events at the Museum of Anthropology, including the Museum’s official opening in 1976 and Prince Charles’ visit to the Museum for the unveiling of The Raven. Also included are publications about the Museum written by various staff members, drafts of Audrey Hawthorn’s manuscript which was eventually published as A Labour of Love and other records relating to grant applications, research and editing for this book.

Audrey Patricia Mackay Shane