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Includes 19 colour slides of totems and sites in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Includes copy of pamphlet about the 'Ksan doors, and a copy of MOA News from May 1986.

Sub-series consists of textual records including documentation on the meaning behind the carved Museum of Anthropology doors and the ‘Ksan artists who worked on the project.

Incudes press release, correspondence about plaque text and story depicted on the doors (1975), and clippings.

Subseries consists of records relating to the exhibit, “Chinese Peasant Textiles Art.” This exhibit was proposed by Elizabeth Johnson and carried out by students. Records include notes, excerpts from articles, visitor survey forms, handwritten notations, hand-drawn diagrams of display cases, proposals and budgets.

This sub subseries contains images on the following subjects:

• Mungo Martin and Abaya Martin at UBC
• Raising of the Mungo Martin Memorial Pole
• Museum of Anthropology's exhibition at "Man and His World", 1969-1970
• Reassembly of the Haida House on the grounds of the new Museum of Anthropology building
• Totem poles being moved into the new Museum of Anthropology building
• The Museum of Anthropology building in various states of construction

This file contains three sets of images. One set consists of 53 b&w photos and one postcard, collected by Pilon on her travels in China. Another set consists of three b&w photos. A third set consists of 14 negatives from a trip to Tibet that Pilon took circa 1948. This set has been digitized and can be viewed online (items a033047 through a033060)
Subject materials include Pilon and her companions, temples, festivals, landscapes, markets, residences, and residents.

This file consists of correspondence by and to Pilon, exchanged during her travels in China. There are multiple lengthy letters from Pilon describing her experiences in China.
The file also contains a letter from Doramma Nelli which included two lace doilies. The letter explains that Nelli's family (missionaries) is in need of financial aid, and hope to sell needlework pieces; the doilies are included to exemplify their skill.

The fonds consists of material Pilon created and collected when she was in China from 1947-49. Pilon worked for the Pioneer Timber Co., and attended the Medical College at West China Union University (WCUU), in Chengtu, Szechwan, China. Prominent themes among the fonds materials are the daily life of an international student in China, Christian missionary work in China, and discussions (among English speakers) on the contemporary Chinese Revolution of 1949.

Records include letters, photos from China and Tibet, local publications, and drafts of Pilon's essays. The fonds also includes an original book of Mongolian Folklore (1926) and other misc. related items. Also includes digitized copies of material, created by Pilon's niece, Jane Wagner.

The records are organized into the following function-based files:

1. Correspondence
2. Photography
3. Collected Publications
4. Personal Writing
5. Ideas
6. Passports
7. Mongolian Folk Lore
8. Blank Stationary
9. Collection of Chinese Currency
10. Stamp Collection

This file consists of the contents of a folder marked "Ideas." The materials are a mixture of correspondence, poetry, unused stationary, and a copy of the "Report of the Leper Hospital of the West China Union University College of Medicine and Dentistry 1947."

The collection consists of postcards depicting First Nations from Western Canada.

File contains 4 comment books from the Museum of Anthropology Opening exhibition, 1976-1980

Dates of comment books:
May 25, 1976 – Feb. 12, 1977
Feb. 13, 1977 – Jan. 18, 1978
Jan. 20, 1978 – Jan. 2, 1979
Jan. 2, 1979 – Jan. 1, 1980