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Contains sound recordings of broadcasts from the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus radio station CITR on the day of the APEC Leaders’ Meeting at Museum of Anthropology, focusing mostly on the student protests and clashes with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); and post-APEC interviews with 2 protestors (Jonathan Oppenheim and Victoria Scott), the Dean of Arts for UBC (Shirley Newman), and the Chief of the Musqueam Nation (Gail Sparrow).

Series consists of material created and collected during APEC. Items include chalk, plastic ties, police tape, screwdriver, APEC delegate’s handbag, a ‘Thank you’ card from Bill Clinton, a coffee cup, saucer, and cigar butt used by Bill Clinton, and other material

Series consists of photographs of, in, and around The Museum of Anthropology during the APEC Leaders’ Meeting, including images of the APEC leaders, protesters, and the staff at MOA.

Series consists of reports, memos, correspondence and minutes relating to the Ways and Means Committee.

This series is comprised of official APEC results reports, handbooks, and ministerial joint statements; newspapers, news clippings, magazines, hand-written notes, stickers, postcards, and other materials. These materials were created, used, and saved during the APEC Leaders’ Meeting at the Museum of Anthropology in November 1997. Material generated from events such as campus and city protests that occurred because of APEC are also present in this collection. These materials include University of British Columbia (UBC) campus publications and Canadian and American newspapers and magazines; press releases from protest groups; materials on The 1997 People’s Summit on APEC, the Women’s Conference Against APEC, APEC-Alert, Democracy Street, Anti-APEC Summit, and other anti-APEC organisations; photocopies of pictures of graffiti at MOA; the Musqueam Speech that was cancelled by the Prime Minister’s Office; printouts of various web pages concerning APEC; and other materials.

Series consists of photographs and photocopies of pictures, explanatory poster, and a lighting plot for the Great Hall at The Museum of Anthropology relating to the “This Is Not An Exhibit” exhibit.

The series consists of materials related to Fuyubi Nakamura's participation in the creation and operation of exhibitions. Currently this exclusively relates to records of the exhibit (In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan through Contemporary Art/形(無)形-台灣當代藝術的靈性世界 (November 20, 2015 – April 3, 2016).

This series demonstrates Krug’s contribution to institutional planning at MOA; it includes materials relating to MOA staff retreats, to a potential collaboration with the Singapore Art Museum, to the Museum’s research infrastructure, and to the drafting of a vision/ mission statement in preparation for MOA’s Museum Assistance Program funding application. The series contains correspondence, drafts, and research materials, handwritten notes.

Series consists of correspondence relating to the general administrative activities and responsibilities of Elizabeth Johnson in her capacity as Curator of Documentation, Curator of Collections, Curator of Ethnology, and as Curator of Textiles. Records include 10 colour photographs, correspondence, publications, memoranda, photocopies of contact sheets, handwritten notes, name lists, object lists and a project proposal.

Series documents the development and implementation of the Aboriginal Cultural Stewardship Program (ACSP) at MOA, an educational program which Pam Brown designed in 1994-1995. The Aboriginal Cultural Stewardship Program was similar to the Aboriginal Museum Internship Programme in that it provided native participants with practical training in how to develop low-cost, effective displays and resource materials on cultural subjects; ACSP, however, was a more in-depth educational program than AMIP and was six weeks long instead of three. Records in this series include reports, correspondence, press releases, and evaluation forms of interns and the program itself.

Series contains textual records contextualizing the petroglyphs and pictograms found in the graphic materials. Narrations include descriptions of the sites and their geologic evolution over the years that is leading to the loss of rock surface and petroglyphs and pictograms. Text also documents E. F. Meade’s hypothesis on how some of the petroglyphs and pictographs may have been carved and painted and his interpretations on the reasons behind the locations and purpose of some of them. The author also mentions conversations with local Indigenous peoples inquiring about the petroglyphs and pictographs and areas where he could not get documented due to issues with his equipment. Lastly, narrations include quotations and references to accounts by Capt. Vancouver, Archibald Menzies, and Alexander McKenzie describing the shore and locating some of Vancouver’s descriptions based on Meade’s knowledge of the coast and archaeology.

Series consists of records relating to display units and museum exhibits that were done by students of Anthropology 431 and Anthropology 432 (course titles included Museum Practice and Curatorship, Anthropology of Public Presentation, and Museum Studies and Principles). The records are group assignments that include journals, correspondence, permissions for use, exhibit receipts, exhibit proposals, agreement forms, interview transcripts, research notes, design sketches, invitations, colour samples, samples of mounting materials, colour printouts, negatives, slides and photographs.

The records are divided into the following sub-series:

A Visible Storage 1994
B Gallery Design Concepts 1994
C What Are You Looking At? 1998
D A Break in the Ice 1998-1999
E Who is This Benetton Anyway? 2001
F Koerner Gallery 2001
G Viewpoints 2002
H Celadon: Beyond the Glaze 2003
I Site to Sight: Imaging the Sacred 2004
J The Multiverse Gallery rotational project 2013
K Syllabi and Teaching Files 1999-2013

Series includes records relating to Pam Brown’s role as an instructor with the Aboriginal Museum Internship Programme, a three-week program that aimed at teaching native participants the skills necessary to produce inexpensive exhibits and source books for their communities. Records include memoranda, reports, program evaluations by interns, a curriculum outline, and photographs.

Series consists of records, photographs and research related to the planning for the installation of the Multiversity Galleries at the MOA. This project was part of the Partnership of Peoples Renewal project, which expanded the MOA and renovated existing gallery space. McLennan’s role included outreach to First Nations communities. In cases where members of the community could not travel to MOA, McLennan would travel to them bringing with him binders which were assembled to show the objects held in the MOA collections.

The First Nations communities which McLennan included as part of the community consultation process include: Comox, Kitselas, Stl’atl’imx/Lillooet/ Lil’wat/St’at’imc, Nlaka’pamux, Gitksan, Haida, Wet’suwet’en, Haisla, Secwepemc, Squamish, In-SHUCK-ch, Nuxalk, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian, Nisga’a, Salish, Comox and Kwakwaka’wakw.

Series consists of material related to Morrison’s role as a designer and involvement with the creation, planning and implementation of several exhibits at MOA. The designer’s role is to develop the overall physical presentation of the exhibit, and to determine how the exhibit can be an effective visual communicator. The designer develops ways of showing objects, graphics, and text that make up the exhibition.

The series is comprised of twenty sub-series corresponding to each exhibit that Darrin Morrison was involved in. Material consists of correspondence, exhibit catalogs, brochures, poster and invitation proofs, budgets, slides, copy and 35 mm negatives, floppy disks, project descriptions, postcards, artist histories, class schedules, artifact lists, floor plans, and display case dimensions.

Series consists of two prints given to Herb as gifts from the artists. One is s
commemorative print from the Massett Haida Pole Raising (at the Museum of Anthropology) in 1992. The pole was carved by Jim Hart and is a replica of a pole in Massett. The other print is unidentified, by a ‘Ksan artist. The artist’s signature is in the lower right corner, but is not legible.

This series reflects Krug’s involvement in developing and assessing various projects related to exhibitions and galleries. It includes records relating to Krug’s proposal for an audio tape project that would document the reflections of various people who had had significant involvement with the Museum; records created during the process of soliciting proposals for designing and building a prototype visible storage case; a report on virtual collections; drafts, reports, and correspondence created during the planning of Gallery 3; and records from the Exhibitions Committee. Materials include proposals, correspondence, minutes, reports, memorandums, and architectural drawings.

This series consists of records relating to the development and administration of MOA’s Certificate in Museum Studies Program, which ran for a single season in 1997. Materials produced during the early stages of conceptualization and development date from the early 1990s, and include funding applications for a study on other museum studies programs, the results of this survey, other research materials, and multiple drafts of a report arguing for the need for a Museum Studies program at MOA. The majority of the records, dating from the mid- to late-nineties, document the administration of the program and the collaborative process of curriculum development. Materials include grant applications, program proposals, brochures, schedules of tasks and progress reports, agendas, curricula drafts and MOA staff comments on these drafts. Later records include final copies of syllabi and other teaching materials and evaluative reports on the 1997 program. Finally, the series also provides documentation of the decision to cancel the program in 1999.

This series documents the planning and implementation of several studies designed to assess the responses to MOA by visitors, members, and non-visitors. It includes records relating to a membership survey, focus group studies of visitors and non-visitors, surveys regarding specific exhibitions, studies of visitors’ responses to MOA’s use of digital media, and others. Records reflect the process of applying to conduct studies, of developing sets of questions, of implementing the studies and of using the information gathered to create reports. Materials include grant proposals, lists of questions, data sets, reports, reference materials, transcripts, correspondence, charts and graphs. The series also contains a reference file of previous studies completed at MOA.