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President's Planning and Coordinating Committee fonds

  • 123
  • Fonds
  • 1971 - 1976

The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, contracts, and reports relating to the Planning of the Museum of Man (later Museum of Anthropology). The fonds includes information pertaining to the planning for the new museum, building needs, museum function, and the Functional Program which outlines the results of decisions the committee made.

President’s Planning and Coordinating Committee

Rod Paterson, Aug. '75

Rod Paterson, Aug. '75

Image of a totem pole lying on its back on a truck, being transported to the Museum of Anthropology. The museum building is behind the pole.

Museum design

Series consists of records generated by two projects undertaken by Herb Watson during his tenure at MOA: The design of textile storage and display unit, 1980-1984; and the design of an extension to the west wing of MOA, 1988-1990.

James Herbert Watson

Facilities and services

This series consists of material relating to the physical environment in which the museum operates. Series is further arranged into subseries, with the records in the subseries arranged chronologically. The records in the series are composed of photographs, work order forms, correspondence, and memoranda. Subseries consists of correspondence, memoranda, plans, financial documents, design plans, minutes, budgets, notes, and contracts.

The series is arranged into three subseries:
Subseries A: General
Subseries B: Building Maintenance
Subseries C: Building Projects and Plans

Special events

Subseries consists of files relating to nine special events: the Indian Costume Show (1950), Open House Day (1955), the opening of Totem Park, the Henry Speck (Ozistalis) show (1964), a talk given on aboriginal medicine (1966), Bill Holm’s Indian Dance Group (1967), the opening ceremony for the new museum (1974-1979), the Raven Celebration (1980), the ‘Ksan Poleraising (1980-1981), and the dedication of the museum doors (1976). The records in this subseries consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, photographic negatives, ephemera, plans, budgets, financial statements, receipts, a copy of the June 9, 1976 edition of UBC Reports, and a copy of Canadian Art Review VI/I/1979.

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