Sub-series consists of textual records for the exhibit titled “NMM: Children of the Raven” based on the beliefs and culture of British Columbia First Nations, with an emphasis on ceremonial objects and their iconographic meanings. Records include memos; exhibit floor plans, text blocks for exhibit, and colour drawings of items in the exhibit.
Sub-series consists of textual records related to the exhibit on the voyages of Captain Cook to Nootka Sound. Included is the paper “Encounter 1778: Drawings and Watercolours of Nootka Sound by John Webber” by Natalie MacFarlane, exhibit scripts, video scripts, correspondence, and loan forms for the Webber drawings.
Sub-series consists of textual records related to the exhibition “Sensibilities” that challenged the notations of segregated collections space according to culture. The basic premise of the exhibit was for the viewer to come up with their own interpretation as to the objects presented before them. Records include exhibit planning notes, exhibit floor plan drawings, correspondence, loan forms, and newspaper articles about the exhibit.
Sub-series consists of textual records from the exhibit “ Ouroboros” by Stephen Clark, and curated by Halpin. Records include correspondence between Halpin and Clark, letters received by Halpin, an exhibit pamphlet, a public relations release, newspaper articles on the exhibit, and a copy of the exhibit comment book.
Sub-series consists of records related to the 1986 exhibition on the art of Jack Shadbolt and includes textual records, photographs, slides, and one lecture tape. The textual records include grants and contracts, correspondence requesting loans of specific artwork for the exhibit, records relating to exhibit planning and compilation of the exhibit catalogue, exhibit reviews, a copy of the exhibit comment book, and interviews with Shadbolt. Also included are photographs of exhibit pieces.
The sub-series has been divided into three sub-sub-series:
Sub-series consists of textual records from the one-man show of Northwest Coast First Nations artist Robert Davidson. Records include exhibit correspondence, newspaper articles and a copy of the Canadian Conservation Institute Journal (vol. 3, 1978) that contains an article by Davidson.
Sub-series consists of records from the photographic exhibition by David Neel, Kwagiutl, on First Nations elders in British Columbia. Records include newspaper reviews, correspondence, exhibit proposal and planning, and transcripts from interviews with chiefs and village elders. Also included are slides of portraits of chiefs and elders.
Sub-series consists of textual records for the West Coast art exhibit organized by Ron Hamilton and Marjorie Halpin. Records include Hamilton’s biography, exhibit correspondence, project proposal and exhibit planning. Also included is a transcript from a taped interview of Ron Hamilton by Karen Duffek in 1989.
Sub-series consists of textual records of the two-man show of art by Lyle Wilson and Doug Cranmer, two native artists of the region. Includes biographies of the artists, the opening speech from the exhibit, a news release and a museum brochure.
Sub-series consists of textual and graphic records related to the public exhibition of drawings and poems by Nuu-Chah-nulth artist, Ron Hamilton, which depict the cosmology of the First Nations people. Records include an artists’ biography, notes on exhibit planning, loan forms, and a copy of the exhibit comment book. Also included are photographs from the exhibit and of Hamilton’s drawings, recordings of First Nations gatherings taped at the exhibit, and sound recordings of comments by Hamilton on his work.