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UBC, the UEL, and How They Got That Way

By ewodar on June 21, 2022

Anybody who has ever attended or worked at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus knows that it is not actually part of the City of Vancouver – despite the fact that its mailing address clearly states “Vancouver”.  Together with the University Hill neighbourhood and Pacific Spirit Regional Park, it actually forms an “unincorporated area” […]

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We’re moving (but only temporarily)

By ewodar on April 27, 2022

The Rare Books & Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room on Level 1 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) will be temporarily relocated to IKBLC 142 beginning May 9th, 2022, due to construction for an upgrade project. To prepare for this relocation, the Rare Books & Special Collections and University Archives Reading […]

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We’re back!

By ewodar on September 10, 2021

The University of British Columbia Archives has now re-opened, with limited public hours: 10am-2pm, Monday-Friday. Scheduled class visits can be accommodated outside of public reading room hours. When visiting, please be aware of UBC’s COVID-19 Campus Rules, including the mandatory wearing of non-medical masks in all indoor public areas. Please note that the Library’s Automated […]

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Photo from 1939 Totem, p. 21 (click for entire page)

Myth-busting the “Cows On Campus” Photograph

By ewodar on August 13, 2021

[This is an expanded version of an article originally published in Alumni UBC’s Grad Gazette in 2010] One of the enduring legends from the history of the University of British Columbia is that the Faculty of Agriculture’s dairy herd was once allowed to graze along Main Mall.  But did this really happen? It is true that, during […]

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New to the website

By ewodar on May 7, 2021

Recent additions and enhancements to the University Archives’ website include: Revised and enhanced our Indigenous Peoples Historical Resources – this includes a link to Verna Kirkness’ memorial tribute to the late Justice Thomas Berger, who together with Dr. Kirkness was instrumental in establishing the First Nations House of Learning Update to our list of faculty deans […]

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Ad for Jubilee Park tea house

Point Grey’s original student hang-out – The Dolphins

By ewodar on December 1, 2020

[This is an expanded version of an article originally published in Alumni UBC’s Grad Gazette in 2010] Before The Pit, the Gallery Lounge, Koerner’s Pub, or any of the other popular student retreats on or around the UBC campus… there was The Dolphin. The Dolphin Tea House was located on Marine Drive, across from what […]

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Working as an Indigenous Work Learn Student at the UBC Archives

By ewodar on October 6, 2020

[The following was written by Kai Geddes, currently working for the UBC Archives in the Work Learn student employee programme] While continuing my academic career at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as a Masters in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) graduate student in September of 2019, from Vancouver Island University (VIU), I had the […]

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The early Chinese-Canadian presence at UBC

The early Chinese-Canadian presence at UBC

By ewodar on September 11, 2020

One of the projects undertaken by our colleagues at UBC Rare Books and Special Collections during the COVID-19 shut-down of on-campus operations  has been to develop a new on-line guide to Chinese-Canadian materials in their collections.  One of the subjects being researched for this project was the identity of the first Chinese-Canadian graduate of UBC. […]

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An Archival Science student jumps at an opportunity

By ewodar on August 31, 2020

[The following was written by Manfred Nissley, currently working for the UBC Archives in the Work Learn student employee programme] A year after starting at the University of British Columbia as an archival science and library science student, a work-learn position opened up in University Archives. I applied for this position because I saw it […]

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My Experiences as a Archival Processing Student Assistant

By ewodar on April 15, 2020

[The following was written by Trang Dang, who worked in UBC Archives in the Work Learn student employee programme from September 2019 to April 2020] Being a graduate student of the UBC School of Information with an interest in archival processing, the Work Learn position with the UBC Archives provided me significant practical experiences. It […]

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