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Dissertation, printed in University of Hawaii working papers in Linguistics, Vol. 7:2

File consists of images of artwork by John Livingston, Art Thompson, Susan Point (carved and painted chairs, kneeling stools, boxes), as well as images of masks that may be the work of Norman Tait.

Vickie Jensen's description (from November 2021 archival accession notes): "I heard that Norman carved the mace for the provincial chambers but haven't seen any photos of it; these photos [not taken by Vickie] seem to show the chair and kneeling bench (?) that John Livingston carved and that Norman is helping to assemble. [Also consists of] photos Vickie took of an old chair that a classmate brought to Klee Wyck carving class one night. She specialized in restoring old art work and had received this chair to work on. There's a business card with the photos, but I don't remember that person."

The report outlines the museum's activities and finances for the previous fiscal year, including listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, public programming, events, loans, research projects, and publications of the museum and its staff. It includes descriptions of the beginning of the Great Hall seismic upgrades, the continuing changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase of attendance since the pandemic, the native Youth Program and their award winning podcast with CiTR, the museum’s role with BC HERN, and the publishing of four new books. It also includes updates from the Native Youth Program, Indigenous Internship Program, Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives, Oral History and Language Lab (OHLL) and the teaching and training of university students.

Series consists of materials published or printed by the Museum of Anthropology, including books, reports, periodicals, and newsletters. Records in the series are divided into 13 files:

1. Annual Reports
2. Calendar of Events
3. Museum Notes
4. MOA News
5. Library Bulletin
6. Next @ MOA
7. MOA Magazine
8. Inside MOA
9. Exhibition Books and Catalogues
10. What's New and What's On At the Museum
11. Miscellaneous publications
12. Sourcebooks
13. Educational resources

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.

Collection consists of published or printed materials produced by and about the Museum of Anthropology. These materials include records related to MOA’s exhibitions, collections, programs, events, membership, gift shop, and physical buildings/spaces. Record types include pamphlets, brochures, reports, books, magazines, newspaper articles, cards/postcards, educational handouts, and posters.

The collection has been divided into 12 series. Some series, such as the "Exhibitions and collections series" or the "Membership series," reflect the subject area or function of the records within them. Other series contain records grouped together by record type, such as the "Posters series" or the "Cards and postcards series."

File consists of handwritten stories "The Frog Spirit Woman" and "Raven Giving Light to the Earth," and notes on prices for totem pole materials.

Includes letter from Consul General of the US thanking Dr. Porto for hosting him and his team for a visit to Sankofa.

This file consists of materials relating to the Tait family's artistic works, including carvings, totem poles, button blankets, exhibitions, and images of works in progress. These images were originally contained within the same photo album. An item-level description provided by Vickie upon accession:

• The first sleeve with six prints I took when Norman, his brother "Chip" and daughter Valerie did a presentation of a canoe project to representatives from the Field Museum (maybe?) came to MOA to meet with him. Evidently there must have been some funding promised because they started to rough out the log and Ronnie Tessler photographed that. Her photos of that are in the MOA archives, I think. And then something happened with the log: either they discovered it was badly cracked or had rot but the became apparent that huge log couldn't be used. And after that, the project never went forward.
• One sleeve of Norman Tait in regalia after completion of the PNE demonstration carving. A great group of Nisga'a dancers were on hand to honour the pole. There are more colour photos than are here, but I don't know where they are.
• Norman Tait, Valerie Tait (doing a button blanket), Valerie's son Chris (Kris ?) (carving a mask) and Ron Telek (doing several large poster drawings) were part of an "in process" exhibition but I can't remember where it was held, a busy place downtown in Vancouver possibly. Mercy Robinson Thomas is writing in one photo.
• 5 sleeves of the ceremonies that Cap Mall put on for the anniversary (which one?) of the raising of the Capilano Mall poles in North Vancouver. Many others agree that these poles are some of Norman's best and most creative. One the third sleeve, Norman's nephew (Hope/Grace's son) Ed, is being recognized by Mercy Robinson Thomas who is the Wolf Clan Chieftainess. It could be that he was receiving a name and then danced. Valerie Tait is also in white buckskin and she is shown putting a contribution in the beaver bowl on the floor, as others then do. There's a large family grouping, Valerie with a baby (?) and Norman Tait with Reva Robinson Malkin.
• 1st sleeve of b&w photos: Norman Tait's "old woman with labret" mask
• Verso: Norman's Mischievous Man button blanket (that went missing)
• 2nd sleeve: Norman showing his young carving crew some of the poles in the Great Hall that were his "teachers"
• Verso: Isaac Tait working on the Native Education Center's doorway pole. He's finishing off the "cedar bark" that frames the doorway; one of the carver's portrait masks in holding on. There were four such portraits around the doorway.
• 3rd sleeve: the Native Ed pole nearing completion
• Mounted on hardboard photo of Chip showing Isaac portions of Norman's sketch of the Native Ed pole
• Harry "Hammy" Martin beginning deep cuts with a small chainsaw
• Mounted version of Native Ed pole near completion
• Letter to Andrea Laforet, CMC, regarding photos I took of Tsimshian/Nisgaa/NWC artifacts in the Copenhagen Museum in 1986 while we were on sabbatical. Also 3 pages of b&w 5x7 prints of the most interesting items, and listing of all NWC artifacts of interest.
• Page of recent (2021) notes from Alver Tait about finding his daughter and photos from that reunion with her children. As a child she had been told her father was dead; only re-discovered in 2009

The report outlines the museum's activities and finances for the previous fiscal year, including listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, public programming, events, loans, research projects, and publications of the museum and its staff. It includes descriptions of MOA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic through #MOAFromHome, the repositioning of MOA’s Library and Archives as well as the Collections Care and Access department to remote and digital work, the pivoting of major exhibitions, museum-wide discussions about decolonization, and the hiring of the first Curator of Indigenous Programming. It also includes updates from the Native Youth Program, Indigenous Internship Program, Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives, Oral History and Language Lab (OHLL) and the teaching and training of university students.

File consists of magazines published by the museum for members, released about twice a year. The magazines cover collections, exhibitions, events, the Volunteer Associates, books published by MOA staff, various museum initiatives, interviews, behind-the-scenes information, essays by curators, news and updates, and general visitor information.

Includes two video interviews with Anthony. One is a 1995 interview on MTV called Fetishis: Visualizing Power and Desire. The other is a recording of a Canadian Museum Association (CMA) conference presentation with Q&A, on the topic of whether there is a Canadian museology, from May 13, 2021. This conference was online.

Fonds includes records created by Shelton in the course of his curatorial role at MOA, including exhibition and research material. Records related to his role as Director can be found in the Director's fonds.

Fonds consists of records created by the Director of the Museum of Anthropology. The records consist of mainly textual material and a small amount of graphic material and architectural drawings. The records include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of staff, committee, and association meetings, reports, handwritten notations, draft copies, published and unpublished articles and papers, applications and forms, financial reports and statements, pamphlets, brochures, day-timers ,contracts, agreements, newspaper clippings, blueline prints, programmes, invitations, staff lists, volunteer lists, donor lists, member lists, photographs, curriculum vitae, job descriptions, collections lists, architectural plans, advertisements, cards, receipts, slides, contact sheets, and other textual and graphic material related to the activities and functions of Director.

The fonds has been organized into the following series:

1. General Administration Files, 1970-ca. 2013
2. Finances Files, 1971-2005
3. Human Resources Files, 1972-2013
4. Facilities and Services Files, 1972-2013
5. Collections Files, 1953-2004
6. Exhibitions Files, 1971-2017
7. Public Programmes and Events Files, 1974-2013
8. School Programmes Files, 1978-1996
9. Teaching/Training and Research Files, 1971-2008
10. External Relations Files, 1966-2012

Includes pdf publication spreads for two of Anthony's books - Under Different Moons and Theatrum Mundi.