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File consists of notes from sea captains' and traders' journals describing encounters with Haida from 1774 to 1867. Included is depictions of physical description of people and villages, monumental poles, cultivation of potatoes and tobacco, and the spread of smallpox.

File consists of twenty pages of Marchand's journal in the French language from the Archives Nationales in Paris describing his encounters with Haida in his 1791 voyage.

File consists of reports of the museum's activities from 1947 onward. These reports were generally produced at the end of each fiscal year beginning in 1978. Most reports cover a single year, while some span multiple years. In some years, multiple reports were produced. The file does not contain reports for the fiscal years ending in 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, or 2018.

The reports in this file give information on the museum's activities, attendance, administration, funding, renovations, security, volunteer associates, curatorial work, exhibitions, acquisitions and donations, interactions with the university, outreach, programs such as the Native Youth Project and the Prison Outreach Program, educational activities, marketing, VIP visitors, and special events, among other topics.

This collects all MOA Museum Notes. Museum Notes are produced by MOA staff and artists to accompany a particular exhibition or installation. Each Museum Note expands on the information provided to visitors in the exhibition, shining a light on individual works, processes, and artists. They provide supplementary content for museum visitors and serve as a documentation of research.

List of Museum Notes by #:
[0] Beginnings: An Exhibition of the silkscreen prints of Roy Henry Vickers
[1] Norman Tait Nishga Carver
[2] Joe David
[3] Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide
[4] Pursuing the Past: A General Account of British Columbia Archaeology
[5] Image and Life: 50,000 years of Japanese Prehistory
[6] The Raven Rattle
[7] Cycles: The Graphic Art of Robert Davidson, Haida
[8] The Haida Legend of the Raven and the First Humans as retold by Bill Reid
[9] Sculpture and Engraving of the Central Coast Salish Indians
[10] A Guide to Buying Contemporary Northwest Coast Indian Arts
[11] Blood from Stone
[12] Ninstints: Haida World Heritage Site
[13] Changing Tides: the Development of Archaeology in B.C.’s Fraser Delta
[14] Ouroboros: A Major Work by Vancouver Artist Stephen Clark
[15] New Visions: Serigraphs by Susan A. Point, Coast Salish Artist
[16] Hands of Our Ancestors: The Revival of Salish Weaving at Musqueam
[17] Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth
[18] Jack Shadbolt and the Coastal Indian Image
[19] Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form
[20] From the collections: UBC Museum of Anthropology cookbook
[21] Cowichan Indian Knitting
[22] The Third Eye: The Scientific Investigation of Museum Objects
[23] Bob Boyer: A Blanket Statement
[24] Translations of Tradition: Joanna Staniszkis’ Recent Work
[25] La Légende Haïda du Grand Corbeau et des Premiers Hommes Racontée par Bill Reid
[26] A Family Affair: Making cloth in Taquile, Peru
[27] The Leary Collection of Cypriot Antiquities
[28] Lyle Wilson: When Worlds Collide
[29] Our Chiefs and Elders: Photographs by David Neel, Kwagiutl
[30] The Koerner Ceramics Gallery
[31] Fragments: Reflections on Collecting
[32] Eulachon: A Fish to Cure Humanity
[33] Labour of Love: The Making of the Museum
[34] Recalling the Past: A Selection of Early Chinese Art from the Victor Shaw Collection
[35] Objects and Expressions: Celebrating the Collections of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
[36a] Nunavutmiutanik Elisasiniq: A Tribute to the Peoples of Nunavut
[36b] Raven’s Reprise: Contemporary Works by First Nations Artists
[37] From the Collections: UBC Museum of Anthropology Cookbook, 50th Anniversary Edition
[38] Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge
[38F] Robert Davidson: le Bord Abstrait
[39] Peter Morin’s Museum: An Installation with Performances
[40] Hiroshima by Ishiuchi Miyako
[41] Pleased to Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
[42] Paradise Lost?: Contemporary Works from the Pacific
[43] (In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art
[44] In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Memories, Myths and contemporary art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
[n/a] Layers of Influence
[45] In Her Words: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia
[46] Shadows, Strings & Other Things: Puppet Makers & Puppeteers
[47] Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary
[n/a] Kent Monkman: Shame and Prejudice
[48] A Future for Memory: Art and Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake