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Series consists of records pertaining to the Museum of Anthropology’s collections and to legal issues surrounding the housing of cultural artifacts. Areas of focus include records on Chinese cultural property guidelines and the Shaw Collection, Inuit art and discussions on ownership of Archeological materials.
Records include minutes, email print outs, newspaper clippings written in Chinese characters, transcriptions of First Nations’ myths and legends, object lists, interview transcriptions, scholarly articles, correspondence, handwritten notes, consultation service forms, agendas, reports, audio cassettes and a b&w photograph.

Series consist of records relating to Inuit art exhibitions and Inuit customs for the Nunavut program. Records also include photographic documentation of an external exhibit entitled Contemporary Inuit Art.
Records include correspondence, photographs, negatives, slides, object lists, donor information, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, lists of artist names, a conservation survey, reports, a copy of a Societies Act for the Inuit Sanaugainut Katimajit society, a report by Ingo Hessel, and research material relating to the Museum of Anthropology’s collections on Inuit art.

Series consists of records pertaining to negotiations and discussions between the Museum of Anthropology and British Columbia First Nations’ peoples. Records include correspondence, photographs, transcriptions, notes, proposals, a permit, minutes, articles, reports, memorial service cards on Edward Sparrow Sr. and on Edna Suzanne Grant, education and curriculum development reports, reports on the Musqueam territory and its people, a copy of the Nisga'a Treaty and repatriation information, a transcription of a First Nations’ story of The One Horned Goat at TDA’IM’LAX’AMID/The Dolly Watts Story, a drawing and photograph of the Osaka sculpture, a contract outlining artwork negotiations between the Museum of Anthropology and British Columbia First Nations artists, the Baker Lake Arts Symposium, an audio recording of an interview with Roberta Kennedy and a report written by Robin Lawrence on A Westcoast Dance Screen: First Nations Perspective.

Series consists of records created, received, and/or used by Lindy-Lou Flynn, a contract researcher hired by the Museum of Anthropology to work under the supervision of Rosa Ho. Lindy-Lou Flynn documented and conducted field-work on Pow-Wows in British Columbia and Washington State. The Pow-Wow research project focused on the role of Pow-Wows in the construction and perception of native identity. Records include a contract, funding and financial information, a final report, field notes, correspondences, colour slides, audio tapes and their summaries, a bibliography, artifacts, posters, a video, a photograph, signed release forms, scholarly articles, newspaper clippings, and brochures on the Pow-Wow 91 research project.

Series consists of records pertaining to the operations of the Volunteer Associates and to the Anthropology Shop Volunteers. Also included are records relating to education programming.
Series contains training guidelines, bibliographies, newspaper clippings, gallery- guided walk instructions, curriculum development records, exhibit pamphlets, correspondence, photocopies of scholarly articles, handwritten notes, course agenda, evaluation reports, tape cassettes, and training session reports.

Series consists of records relating to Rosa Ho’s relations with individuals, organizations, and associations external to the Museum of Anthropology. Series contains correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, photographs, publication drafts, conference records, and object lists.

Series consists of records relating to the general administrative activities and responsibilities of Rosa Ho in her capacity as Curator of Art and Public Programmes. Series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and committee records.

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 process choosing a contractor to complete a functional needs analysis and feasibility study of MOA’s space needs and subsequently of soliciting proposals for a detailed study of museum space needs and development options. The series contains drafts and copies of the initial call for expressions of interest for a functional needs analysis and includes the Preliminary Functional Needs Analysis report produced by LORD Cultural Resource Planning and Management, Inc. Other records were produced during the process of soliciting statements of interest for a study of museum space needs and development options. These records demonstrate the consultative approach used to rank the proposals received in response and also document the ongoing process of defining MOA’s space needs. Materials produced during these activities include proposals, correspondence, charts, correspondence, reports, notes, and tables. The series also includes minutes from several committees the activities of which relate to special planning. These include the minutes of the Cliff Erosion Committee and the minutes from 1990-1991 of the Visible Storage Committee.

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.

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 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, interdepartmental memoranda, loan requests and commissions, exhibit receipts, exhibit proposals and forms including blank forms, policy drafts, news releases, pamphlets, minutes of committee meetings, budgets, agendas, exhibition and gallery schedules, exhibition lists, facility reports, expense claims, installation invoice, handwritten notations, photographs, and slides. These records relate to the administrative duties carried out by Carol Mayer either in relation to exhibitions or other miscellaneous events such as courses taught at Emily Carr College of Art and Design, conference planning and participation on a provincial Task Force on Museum and First Nations.

The Records are divided into the following sub-series:

A   Administration files    1987-2001
B   Miscellaneous files 1988-2012
C   Committee files 1987-2014

Series consists of records relating to museum exhibits that were In House (MOA based exhibit displayed at MOA), Traveling In (exhibits from outside institutions), and/or Traveling Out (a MOA based exhibit that travels for exhibition outside of MOA). The records include correspondence, interdepartmental memoranda, loan agreements, exhibit receipts, exhibit proposals and forms, news releases, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, colour photocopies, display labels, negatives, slides, and photographs.

The records are divided into the following sub-series:

A Trapline Lifeline 1987-1992
B Beyond Revival 1988
C I Have Seen the Other Side of the World

• Masks of the Northwest Coast 1988
  D Gifts & Giving 1988
  E Lyle Wilson: When Worlds Collide 1988-1989
  F Images from the Inside Passage 1985-1989
  G Everything Politics – Australian Aboriginal Political
  Art in Print & Poster 1988-1989
  H Ghosts in the Machine, Phase II 1988-1989
  I A Coat of Many Colours 1988-1991
  J From Classical to Modern: Javanese Shadow Play Figures 1988-1991
  K Sacred Objects & Holy Presence 1989-1990
  L Fieldnotes 1989-1991
  M Transforming Image 1988-1995
  N Proud to be Musqueam 1988-1996
  O The Inside Passage – 1792 1989-1995
  P Great Canada Exhibit 1990-1991
  Q World Aids Day 1990
  R Fragments: The E. Sonner Donation of African Sculpture 1990-1991
  S Asia Pacific Foundation 1990-1993
  T David Neel 1990-1993
  U British Columbia Contemporary Ceramics 1991
  V Denendeh 1991
  W Savage Graces: “After Image” by Gerald McMaster 1992
  X Thunderbird & Whale 1992
  Y Cantonese Opera 1991-1996
  Z Eulachon – A Fish to Cure Humanity, The Grease Trails 1977-1995
  AA Saltglazed Stoneware 1992
  BB Dragon Jars 1992-1993
  CC Maiolica/Majolica 1992-1993
  DD Echoes 1992-1996
  EE Ron Hamilton 1994
  FF Cannery Days 1994-1995
  GG Sally Michener 1994-1996
  HH Maui: Turning Back the Sky 1995-1997
  II Written in the Earth 1992-1998
  JJ Ancient Lives: The Maya of Guatemala 1998
  KK Exhibit “A” – Objects of Intrigue 1998-1999
  LL Chinese Trade Ceramics 1998-2000
  MM Celadon 1991-2002
  NN Looking at Labels 1994
  OO La Force de la Tradition (virtual exhibit) 1995-1997
  PP T’ang Horses [ca. 1992]
  QQ Of Other Spaces 2001
  RR A Break in the Ice: Prints and Drawings from the
  Linda J. Lemmens Collection 1999
  SS Viewpoints: A student exhibition 2002
  TT A Guide to Visible Storage 2001
  UU Man Ray 2010-2011
  VV Tatau 2008-2009
  WW Ways of Knowing 2008
  XX The Village is Tilting 2008-2009
  YY Pleased to Meet You: Introductions 2012
  ZZ Paradise Lost? 2013
  AAA A Green Dress: Objects, Memory and the Museum 2011
  BBB Koerner European Ceramics Gallery [ca. 1990-20--]
  CCC Spirit of Islam: Experiencing Islam through Calligraphy 1999-2003
  DDD Pasifika: Island Journeys 1999-2003
  EEE Visions of Enlightenment: Buddhist Art at MOA 2011-2012

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 consists of records relating to the administrative functions of the Public Relations and Communications Office, the Museum of Anthropology, and the University of British Columbia. Includes records relating to various University of British Columbia offices and staff, Museum of Anthropology staff, and museum policies and procedures, as well as attendance figures. The series also includes records relating to the development, planning, and reporting of Public Relations and Communications Office activities, including job descriptions, activity plans, and summaries of public relations activities.

The series is divided into the following sub-series:

A. University of British Columbia and Museum of Anthropology offices and staff files, 1981-2006
B. Museum of Anthropology policies and procedures files, 1985-2003
C. Committees files, 1985-2004
D. Public Relations and Communications reports, and planning files, 1981-2005
E. Museum of Anthropology attendance files, 1983-2003

Series consists of textual records and photographs related to funding received by the Public Relations and Communications Office and the Museum of Anthropology. Includes records related to public relations budgets, campaigns to raise funds for the museum, grants and trusts applied for or received by the museum, as well as records regarding sponsorship by Corporate Friends of the Museum and museum members.

The series has been divided into the following sub-series:

A. Public Relations budget files, 1981-1989
B. Fundraising files, 1985-1986
C. Grants and trusts files, 1983-1985
D. Corporate Friends of the Museum files, 1981-1986
E. Museum of Anthropology membership files, [198-]-1989

Series consists of textual records, photographs, and other graphic material related to the advertising and promotional activities of the Public Relations and Communications Office, as well as its function as liaison with the media and its use of various forms of media to communicate with the public. Includes records relating to Museum of Anthropology advertisements and publicity, as well as records related to the Office’s media contacts and relations, television and film projects filmed at the museum, as well as records related to the production and distribution of Museum of Anthropology publications.

The series includes the following sub-series:

A. General media activities files, 1975-2014
B. Proposal files, 1977-1985
C. Coupon book and museum passes promotion files,1983-2014
D. Tourism related promotions files,1980-2015
E. Television and film files, 1981-2012
F. Museum publications files, 1981-2004

Series consists of records relating to Museum of Anthropology programs and projects. Includes records regarding monthly programs and special events, concert series, as well as textual records and negatives relating to Prison Outreach, Gallery Guides, Print-Out, Open House, barbecue and school programs. Records relating to projects include Expo ’86, the Native Youth Project, construction of the Koerner Wing, the 2006 Renewal Project, and the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

The series is divided into the following sub-series:

A. General programs and projects files, 1980-2008
B. Prison outreach program files, [1981?]-[ca. 1986]
C. Gallery guides program files, 1982-2000
D. Print-Out program files, 1980-1998
E. Open house programs files, 1982-1990
F. Barbecue programs files, 1979-1989
G. Schoolprogramsfiles, 1977-[ca.1986]
H. Expo ’86 files, 1983-1986
I. Native Youth Project files, 1981-1989
J. Koerner wing files, 1985-1992
K. Renewal Project files, 2001-2008
L. Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics files, 2002-2008

Series consists of records related to events and performances held at the Museum of Anthropology and the publicity received by these events and performances, particularly publicity generated by the Public Relations and Communications Office. In addition to records regarding general events and performances, the series include records related to special visits made to the museum by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Princess Margaret, Premier Brian Mulroney, Premier Zhao of China, and King Juan Carlos of Spain, records regarding trips sponsored by the museum, as well as calendars of events produced by the Public Relations Officer between 1984 and 1990.

Series is divided into the following sub-series:

A. General events and performances files, [ca.1977]-2008
B. Special visits files, 1983-2004
C. Calendars of events files, 1979-1997
D. Museum of Anthropology trips files, 1981-1984