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The Katagami gift-wrap on recycled paper and stationary sets was a project carried out by Skooker Broome. The sets were sold at the Museum of Anthropology Gift shop and at other locations in Vancouver, Victoria, and Calgary. Records reflect planning and creation of the project and includes a portfolio of Katagami paper design samples, correspondence, budgets, press release, drafts and originals of project summaries, statements of expenditures, manufacturing specifications, paper samples, invoices, memoranda, art works, and transparencies of artworks.

Subseries consists of records relating to the exhibit “Lyle Wilson: When Worlds Collide.” The exhibit was installed in the Theatre Gallery of the Museum of Anthropology from June 20, 1989 to September 1989. In his capacity as Designer, Skooker Broome worked on the planning, designing, and installation of the exhibit and Karen Duffek curated. Records include an artist statement, artifact list, and an exhibition statement and acknowledgment.

Subseries consists of records relating to the design of the Safar/Voyage exhibit, on display at the Museum of Anthropology April 20 - September 15, 2013.

Subseries consists of records related to the design of labels for the Anspaywaxw exhibit, on display at the Museum of Anthropology September 12 - October 26, 2013. This exhibit was curated by Karen Duffek (MOA curator).

Subseries consists of records related to the graphic design for the Heaven, Hell and Somewhere in Between exhibit, on display at the Museum of Anthropology May 12 - October 12, 2015. The exhibit was curated by Dr. Anthony Shelton (MOA Director).

Subseries consists of records related to the graphic design for the showing of the Pigapicha! exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology. This travelling exhibit was on display at MOA November 25, 2014 - April 5, 2015.

Subseries consists of records relating to Haida artist Bill Reid’s memorial services held in the Great Hall at the MOA on March 24, 1998. For the Bill Reid memorial, Skooker Broome participated in coordinating and in planning of the memorial services. Records include memorial program & itineraries, MOA topographical maps, handwritten notes, memoranda, UBC Plant Operation records, and audiovisual estimates.

Subseries consists of records relating to Skooker Broom’s responsibilities as the Museum of Anthropology liaison and coordinator for the development of a Vancouver Virtual Museum consortium and for the creation and development of proposals for a virtual museum. Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, agendas, business cards, guidelines, confidential reports, confidential and proprietary documents, Vancouver Virtual Museum Society’s Act, minutes, grant applications (copies), expense lists, estimates, draft letters, grant notifications, agreement guides, drafts & final proposals, terms of projects, licensing agreements booklet, budgets, agreements, corporate reports, and consultation reports.

Subseries consists of records relating to Skooker Broome’s responsibilities as a Museum of Anthropology liaison and coordinator of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference held at the Museum. Records include a power point presentation of APEC, plans for APEC, correspondence, memoranda, agendas, and site enhancement proposals.

Subseries consists of material relating to the treatment and housing of objects in the museum’s collections. Files include records from the BC Totem Pole Preservation Committee (1953-1965) and material reflecting the planning and execution of visible storage. Files also include records documenting the fumigation of wooden objects in the collection and general care of totem poles. The records in this subseries consist of formal recommendations, correspondence, committee notes, receipts, proposals, reports, lists of expenditures, notes, newspaper clippings, photocopies student papers, memoranda, reports, plans, purchase orders, invoices and ephemera.

Subseries consists of materials which predominantly document correspondence between Audrey Hawthorn and various individuals regarding the loan of the materials or services to the museum. This material reflects the more formal stage of interaction such as letters initiating contact with relevant parties and expressions of gratitude rather than practical information regarding the transfer of objects. The subseries also contains some information related to planning for exhibitions. The records in this subseries take the form of correspondence, memoranda, notes, sketches, and 14 photocopies of maps which have been annotated.

Subseries consists of material which relates to courses taught at UBC and the students that took them. Subseries consists of correspondence, letters of recommendation, memoranda, and a report from the Graduate Studies Review Committee, and teaching material and notes.

Subseries consists of material pertaining to the museum’s interactions with the media during Hawthorn’s tenure. Records in this subseries consist of newspaper articles, museum, press releases, ephemera and memoranda.

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.

Subseries consists of information pertaining to procedures for the acceptance of new members to the museum as well as correspondence with some notable members of the museum such as Arthur Erickson and John Koerner. Records in this subseries include correspondence and memoranda.

Subseries consists of files on specific employees, on positions and on the day to day life of museum staff members. A staff member is generally considered a paid employee versus a volunteer who works without pay. The records in this subseries consist of curriculum vitas, memoranda, notes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, ephemera, time sheets, receipts, account statements, position postings, and appointment notices.

Subseries consists of material primarily relating to various committees which Audrey Hawthorn was a part of during her tenure at the museum. Records include those of the Committee on Museum (1942-1949), the Museum Programme Committee (1969-1976) the senate committee, and the Users Committee/Planning Coordinating Committee (1973). These committees dealt largely with issues surrounding the collection, budget and human resources. The subseries also contains notebooks used by Audrey Hawthorn from 1949-1971, which focus on a wide range of subjects including artifact drawings. The subseries consists of notes, minutes, financial statements, correspondence, budgets, memoranda, ephemera, spiral bound notebooks, and reports.

This subseries consists of photographs from the history of the Museum of Anthropology, including the original museum location in the basement of UBC Library through to the opening of the museum at its current location in 1976.
Subjects include:

• Activities of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee
• Totem pole restoration by Mungo Martin
• Early images of Totem Park, including the opening ceremony
• Raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay
• Visit to UBC by Governor General Vincent Massey
• Carving and construction of the Haida House by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer
• Images of displays from the Museum of Anthropology's original location in the old library basement
• Exhibitions held at the Museum of Anthropology, especially through the 1950s and 1960s
• Images of Expo 1967 in Montréal
• The Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World", held in Montréal
• Opening Exhibition of the Vancouver Centennial Museum, curated by the Museum of Anthropology
• Design plans, models, and inspirations for the new Museum of Anthropology building
• Images of the new Museum of Anthropology building at various stages of construction
• Moving totem poles from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building
• Packing objects in the old Museum of Anthropology location in the library basement
• Moving objects into the new Museum of Anthropology
• Official opening of the Museum of Anthropology's new location
• Visible storage and early exhibition in the Museum of Anthropology's new location
• Reassembly of the Haida House on the grounds of the new Museum of Anthropology building
• Activities and classes held at the Museum of Anthropology's new location