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File contains images of Northwest Coast boxes and other artifacts such as dishes and shaman drum sets housed at the Field Museum. The textual records include an invoice for the photographs from the Field Museum, as well as a catalogue record for a war rattle.

File contains images of bent wood boxes housed at various institutions. The colour images show McLennan using the infrared camera and his set up at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

File contains images used for research during the image recovery project and the Transforming Image Exhibit.

File consists of images objects and a publication titled "We Sing to the Universe: Poems by Ron Hamilton" for which Bill McLennan photographed the artwork on the cover. In addition, is a letter from Ron Harrison to Bill McLennan.

File contains images of Deborah Sparrow wearing a blanket.

File contains prints and negatives of a painting by Frederick Alexcee titled "A Fight Between the Haida and Tsimshian". This painting is housed at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (now the Canadian Museum of History).

File contains images of arpilleras stitched by Chilean woman who were part of "The Association of Families of the Detained-Disappeared".

The newsletter contains 7 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the Hawaiian travelling exhibition Maui: Turning Back the Sky, the Volunteer Associates, the exhibition Vereinigung, a project involving a secondary school art class and ceramics, new Booking Coordinator Anna Nobile, a project to identify the fibres used in ceremonial blankets, and the book An Illustrated Guide to Totem Poles by Dr. Marjorie Halpin. Also included is a Calendar of Events.

File contains records relating to painted boards and a bent-wood box housed at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (now the Canadian Museum of History).

Subseries consists of records collected or created by Don Bain during the course of his Massive Carvings Documentation Project. This project took place in the early to mid 1990s. The Massive Carvings Documentation Project was intended to compile information directly related to the poles and massive carvings in the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) collection into a set of Totem Pole Files. The Totem Pole Files were intended to be accessible to MOA staff, volunteers, students, and the general public. The subseries is divided into two sub subseries:

a. Totem pole files
b. Working files

File mainly contains images of Northwest Coast metal artifacts including bracelets, daggers, coppers, spoons. The textual records include photocopies of images found in the file.

Subseries contains photographs and textual records pertaining to the "Northwest Coast Indian Art Work" exhibit which was displayed at the BC Pavilion at the World's Fair in Seville Spain in 1992. The photo depict some of the artists involved in the project painting on a wooden screen. The textual records include copies of correspondence addressed to and written by McLennan about the artwork showcased at the World Fair. Other textual records include background information about the art work and brief biographies of the artists involved in the project.

The textual records contained in this file include photocopies of paint samples and other research related to painted screens. The images in the file include historical photographs of Tsimshian longhouses, and Northwest Coast screens.

File contains images and close up images of woven textiles used in the exhibit <i>Ancient Cloth...Ancient Code?</i> at the Museum of Anthropology, UBC.

File contains images of bentwood boxes housed at the British Museum. The textual records contained in this file are copies of catalogue records.

File contains photographs of a paddle and a bent-wood box. In addition are the supporting textual records, mostly correspondence between McLennan and staff at the Seattle Art Museum.

File contains images of bentwood boxes housed at Cambridge and Oxford Universities.