University of British Columbia Archives

U B C
NOTICE TO RESEARCHERS: RELOCATION
Due to ongoing upgrades, the Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room has been temporarily relocated down the hall to Irving K. Barber Learning Centre room 142 as of February 1, 2023. Also, due to the upgrading project, some collections will remain inaccessible until March 2023.


The University of British Columbia Archives serves as the institution’s corporate memory by identifying, preserving, and making available for use the University’s permanently valuable records… (read more)

The UBC Archives is located at ?əlqsən (“Ulksun”, a.k.a. Point Grey), on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

View of Library with Gymnasium in the backgroundUse the Archives

Main Library concourse 1920sUniversity History

Freshmen in green dunce caps September 1938Records Management

Totem poles in Totem ParkOther Resources