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- Source of title proper: Title based on labels on binder spines.
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1927-1990, predominant 1947 to 1990 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
2909 photographs : b&w and col. slides
ca. 20 pages textual records
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Archival description area
Custodial history
Scope and content
This subseries consists of photographs from the history of the Museum of Anthropology, including the original museum location in the basement of UBC Library through to the opening of the museum at its current location in 1976.
Subjects include:
- Activities of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee
- Totem pole restoration by Mungo Martin
- Early images of Totem Park, including the opening ceremony
- Raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay
- Visit to UBC by Governor General Vincent Massey
- Carving and construction of the Haida House by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer
- Images of displays from the Museum of Anthropology's original location in the old library basement
- Exhibitions held at the Museum of Anthropology, especially through the 1950s and 1960s
- Images of Expo 1967 in Montréal
- The Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World", held in Montréal
- Opening Exhibition of the Vancouver Centennial Museum, curated by the Museum of Anthropology
- Design plans, models, and inspirations for the new Museum of Anthropology building
- Images of the new Museum of Anthropology building at various stages of construction
- Moving totem poles from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building
- Packing objects in the old Museum of Anthropology location in the library basement
- Moving objects into the new Museum of Anthropology
- Official opening of the Museum of Anthropology's new location
- Visible storage and early exhibition in the Museum of Anthropology's new location
- Reassembly of the Haida House on the grounds of the new Museum of Anthropology building
- Activities and classes held at the Museum of Anthropology's new location
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Arrangement
Originally the slides were organized, or in the process of being organized, by Audrey Hawthorn, before they were donated to the archives. However, slides appear to have been reorganized and rehoused by various staff members over several years according to which items seemed to be related thematically. Elizabeth Johnson, former MOA curator and librarian/archivist, may also have had a hand in organizing the slides.
The current arrangement is based on the physical order of the items. As of 2019-12-13, they are arranged in a series of five binders. Each binder is filled with sheets of slides. Each sheet is numbered sequentially; beginning from 1 with each binder. Sheets are referred to as files in this finding aid. These files are roughly unified thematically but some items are out of place and some files have separate themes. It may be easier to navigate the items in this file via subject terms, especially exhibition subject terms.
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Slides have been scanned.
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Finding aids
Finding aid developed by Stuart Hill, December 2019.
Item descriptions by Stuart Hill, June - December, 2019.