The Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives
Museum of Anthropology
A subject guide to Asian cultural library and archival resources at the Audrey& Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives and Asian cultural collections at theMuseum of Anthropology

Eric Parker fonds
Tibet
MOA a033724

Prepared by: Lisa Uyeda, summer 2013
Contributions by: Adrienne Hembree and Ann Stevenson
Last revised: 17 October 2014

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Mask
South India
MOA 1183/17

James Wheeler Davidson fonds
Japan
MOA a033383

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Table of Contents
Museum of Anthropology ............................................................................................................................. 7
Purpose of this guide .................................................................................................................................... 8
How to use this guide ................................................................................................................................... 9Archives ....................................................................................................................................................... 11Archives - subject index for MOA private records .................................................................................. 12
Archives - subject index for MOA exhibitions ......................................................................................... 18
Collections ................................................................................................................................................... 29
Collections - Asian object collection summary ....................................................................................... 31
Collections - highlights of the Asian collection ....................................................................................... 32
Collections - subject index for MOA’s scrolls and scroll paintings .......................................................... 34
Collections - accessing the scroll painting images .................................................................................. 38
Library ......................................................................................................................................................... 41
Library - classification system for library resources................................................................................ 42
Library - accessing resources through the online catalogue .................................................................. 46
Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................... 49
Michael M. Ames fonds .......................................................................................................................... 50
B.C. and Jessie Binning fonds .................................................................................................................. 53
Charles S. Brant fonds ............................................................................................................................. 70
Hugh Campbell-Brown fonds .................................................................................................................. 73
Penelope Connell collection ................................................................................................................... 74
James Davidson collection ...................................................................................................................... 75
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R. M. Ferguson fonds .............................................................................................................................. 86
Genni Hennessy fonds ............................................................................................................................ 87
Stephen Inglis fonds ................................................................................................................................ 88
Bob Kingsmill fonds ................................................................................................................................. 90
Gillian Darling Kovanic fonds .................................................................................................................. 94
Mary Lipsett fonds .................................................................................................................................. 98
Eric Parker fonds ..................................................................................................................................... 99
Beatrice Pilon fonds .............................................................................................................................. 134
Stuart Schofield fonds ........................................................................................................................... 135
Virginia Small fonds............................................................................................................................... 137
Fyfe Smith fonds ................................................................................................................................... 138
Rita B. Steeds fonds .............................................................................................................................. 140
Mary Tucker fonds ................................................................................................................................ 141
Victoria Yip fonds .................................................................................................................................. 142

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Charles S. Brant fonds
Burma
MOA a033182

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Museum of Anthropology
Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology (MOA) was founded in 1949, and was located in the basement of
the Main Library at the University of British Columbia. Today, Canada's largest teaching museum islocated in a spectacular building overlooking mountains and sea - its collections, exhibitions, research,
public programs, and community connections are renowned for giving access and insight into thecultures of indigenous peoples around the world.
The Museum houses over 40,000 ethnographic objects and 535,000 archaeological objects, many ofwhich originate from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Massive totem poles, carved boxes,
bowls, and feast dishes are featured in the Museum's Great Hall, while smaller (but no less magnificent)pieces in gold, silver, argillite, wood, ceramic, and other materials are exhibited elsewhere in thegalleries. In addition, objects from around the world are represented in MOA’s collection. Many objects
originate from the world regions of Africa, Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands, Central & South America,
Europe, and North America.
MOA's Multiversity Galleries provide public access to almost 10,000 objects from around the world, and
The Audain Gallery, MOA's new 5,800 sq ft temporary exhibition hall, showcases world-class travellingexhibits as well as those developed in-house.
Address
Museum of Anthropology
at the University of British Columbia6393 N.W. Marine Drive
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
http://www.moa.ubc.ca
Visit us soon, and visit us often - there's always something new to experience at MOA!

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Purpose of this guide
The purpose of this guide is to provide users with a subject index for records, collections, and library
resources relating to Asian cultural materials held at the Museum of Anthropology. MOA’s archival
repository and collections house records and ethnographic objects from a variety of cultures around theworld. Records, ethnographic objects, and information concerning MOA’s previously displayed exhibits,
research, and collections are accessible to the public. The library contains resources and textual
materials referencing various aspects of cultures around the world, as well as materials on museology,archaeology, and specific materials regarding MOA’s exhibits and collections.
Included in the archives are: textual records and drawings of Chinese charms and coins dating from 255
BC – 1910 (Hugh Campbell-Brown fonds); photographic albums and slides highlighting travels in Korea
and the Philippines (Rita B. Steeds fonds); mixed media records relating to field research of thelanguages and cultural practices of South Asia (Gillian Darling Kovanic fonds); and much more. Records
documenting the development of past exhibits and student exhibits are also accessible for research andinclude the captivating exhibits: A rare flower: a century of Cantonese opera in Canada; Image and life:
50,000 years of Japanese prehistory; Tibetan textiles: selections from the Museum’s textile collection;
Wayang: from the Gods to Bart Simpson; The spirit of Islam: experiencing Islam through calligraphy; andmuch more.
MOA’s collections include over 17,000 ethnographic objects from Asia and most are accessible online
through MOA's Collections Online (http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca), MOA’s Collections Online via amobile device (http://m.moa.ubc.ca), and the Reciprocal Research Network (http://www.rrnpilot.org).
The library houses over 200 titles relating to Asian cultural materials. Members of the public conducting
preliminary or further research on MOA’s collections, archives, or exhibits may wish to consult thelibrary’s resources. These include ethnographic resources, exhibit publications from various museums,archaeological and material culture resources, and historical information.
All titles within the library, including those in the Charles Borden Memorial collection and the rare books
collection, are accessible to the public for use within the library; however, the titles are not available forcirculation. In the general stacks of the library, specific Asian cultural materials can be found in section
11 ASIA, or in general sections relating to anthropology, art, and museums/museology. The Charles
Borden Memorial collection and the rare books collection also include a number of titles relating to
Asian cultures with a focus on Asian prehistory and archaeology.

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How to use this guideThis guide is divided up into three sections: Archives, Collections, and Library.
Archives
The archival resources provided in this guide are categorized between the subject index for MOA private
records and the subject index for MOA exhibitions, and relate specifically to Asian cultural material. Bothsubject indexes are arranged by world region, area, and culture (for example, Asia, East Asia, andJapanese). To begin, locate the records of interest in the subject indexes.
When using the subject index for MOA private records, make note of the fonds of interest. The archival
records are housed according to the fonds title and each fonds contains a finding aid to further detail
information regarding the creator and the records history. Review the appendix for an alphabetical
listing of the fonds’ finding aids. Make an appointment to consult the archivist and visit the Audrey &Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives to view the records.
When using the subject index for MOA exhibitions, make note of the exhibition title of interest. Records
relating to these exhibits may be found among MOA’s institutional records. Make an appointment to
consult the archivist and visit the Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives to review information in
the MOA exhibition records binder and the MOA institutional records binders.
Collections
Most of MOA’s Collections are accessible online through MOA's Collections Online (http://collectiononline.moa.ubc.ca), MOA’s Collections Online via a mobile device (http://m.moa.ubc.ca), and theReciprocal Research Network (http://www.rrnpilot.org). Review the Asian object collection summary to
identify the number of ethnographic objects in the MOA Collection for a specific world region and area.
When using the subject index for MOA’s scrolls and scroll paintings, make note of the MOA ID number.
The object records are available online through the links above and can be searched by the MOA ID
number. Review the accessing the scroll painting images for more information on viewing the scroll
paintings online.
Library
The library section of this guide provides a list of the subject areas relating generally and specifically to
Asian cultural materials. The Classification system for library materials guide contains the section
numbers, sub-section numbers, and a brief description of the areas in which these materials may befound. To browse the Asian cultural materials within the library, use the guide to locate the subject ofinterest in the classification system. For access to the Charles Borden Memorial collection, rare books
collection, periodicals, or subject files, please ask the librarian for assistance. Materials searchedthrough the online catalogue may also be located in one of these sections.
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To search for specific materials, titles, or subjects within the library, use the online catalogue. The
catalogue is designed for keyword searching. Type in the keyword(s) of interest, for example “China
ceramics”, and the catalogue will provide a list of titles matching these keywords. To locate the titles in
the collection, refer to the call number located at the bottom of the holdings record.
Specific questions with research or searching help may be directed to the librarians at any time. Pleasecontact the library in advance with research inquiries or to request an appointment.

Iuhng Kwa (Cantonese Opera Jacket)
Chinese: Cantonese
MOA N1.664

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Archives
The Archive of the Museum of Anthropology provides a valuable research tool for Museum staff, theuniversity community, and the public at large. It provides a vital source not only for documenting
museum functions, but for providing records to aid the museum in carrying out its various education
activities. In addition, it supplies abundant research opportunities for students, authors, documentary
filmmakers, First Nations researchers, and many others.
Function
The purpose of the Archive is to preserve the history of the Museum of Anthropology, maintain records
that provide context for the Museum's artifacts, and to ensure that these records are safeguarded for
future generations.
Holdings
The Museum of Anthropology Archive is the repository for records of the museum, including staff andadministrative records. Archival records include those generated by the Museum and those acquired
from private individuals. In addition, the Museum acquires records of direct contextual relevance to its
artifact collections. Prominent among these is the papers, maps, photographs and audiocassettes of theanthropologist Wilson Duff. Also important are the records of the museum's first curator, Audrey
Hawthorn.
AccessWe are located in the museum in room 221. The Archives is open to researchers by appointment on
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Please contact us at archives@moa.ubc.ca / 604.822.1946 to set up an appointment.

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Archives - subject index for MOA private records
These records may be found among MOA’s private records. Review the appendix for an alphabetical listing of the fonds’ finding aids. Make an
appointment to consult the archivist and visit the Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives.
World region

Area

CultureFonds

Description

Asia

East Asia

ChineseHugh Campbell-Brown
fonds

10cm of textual records and 8cm of drawings of Chinese
charms and coins dating from 255 BC-1910. [19-?]

Asia

East Asia

ChineseR.M. Ferguson fonds

1 album (65 photographs) and 16 photographs
depicting landscapes, monuments, architecture, andevents in Japan and China. [ca. 1910].

Asia

East Asia

ChineseStuart James Schofield
fonds

157 photographs and 59 postcards from a trip to China
and Japan. 1923-1924, 1969.

Victoria Yip fonds

1.0 cm of textual records including Victoria theatre
programs, opera clippings, 6 photographs of theChinese Carnival in 1936, and Yip's reminiscences of theestablishment of the Chinese Canadian Times in
Vancouver. 1923-1936.

Asia

East Asia

ChineseAsia

East Asia

Japanese

B.C [Bertram Charles]
and Jesse Binning fonds

54 cm of textual records, 19 photographs, 6 scrapbooks
relating to the Binnings' correspondence with friends
and colleagues, including Bishop Kojo Sakamoto andmembers of his family. 1959-1972.

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Fyfe Smith fonds

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World region

Area

CultureFonds

Description
1914.

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

James WheelerDavidson fonds

131 b&w glass lantern slides taken in Formosa andJapan. Images show cultures of Japan and Formosa,include earthquake images. 1894-1902.

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Mary Lipsett fonds

1 photo album (24 b&w photographs) of people,
imperial and Shinto temples, shrines, and monasteries.
1929.

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Mary Tucker fonds

50 colour silk-screen reproductions depicting various
Japanese scenes and landmarks. [190-].

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Penelope Connell
collection

14 hand-tinted photographs taken in Japan, c. 1900.

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

R.M. Ferguson fonds

1 album (65 photographs) and 16 photographs
depicting landscapes, monuments, architecture, andevents in Japan and China. [ca. 1910].

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Stuart James Schofield
fonds

157 photographs and 59 postcards from a trip to China
and Japan. 1923-1924, 1969.

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Virginia Small fonds

3 photo albums containing 196 photographs taken on atrip to Japan. Images include landscapes, architecture,rural and urban life, craft and silk production, farming,fishing, and ceremonial activities. 1920-1922.

Asia

East Asia

KoreanRita B. Steeds fonds

14 photo albums containing clippings and 504 slides
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World region

Area

CultureFonds

Description
collected during Steeds' travels in Korea and thePhilippines. 1969-1976.
131 b&w glass lantern slides taken in Formosa andJapan. Images show cultures of Japan and Formosa,include earthquake images. 1894-1902.

Asia

East Asia

Taiwanese

James WheelerDavidson fonds

Asia

Central Asia

TibetanBeatrice Pilon fonds

8 negatives taken on a trip to Tibet in 1948.

Eric Parker fonds

2 photo albums containing 689 photographs and 4 cmof textual records related to Parker's military duties in
Tibet. [Ca. 1910]-[198-] [predominantly 1921-1924].

Charles S. Brant fonds

1 cm of textual records, 7 contact sheets, 92 b&w
negatives, and 2 DVDs relating to articles, academic andgovernment reports on Brant's arrival and adjustment
to life in Burma, and his sociological research. [1948200-?], predominant 1948-1950.

Rita B. Steeds fonds

14 photo albums containing clippings and 504 slides
collected during Steeds' travels in Korea and thePhilippines. 1969-1976.

Michael M. Ames fonds

10.9 cm of textual records, 1248 colour slides, 1420
b&w negatives, and 6 colour photographs. Mainly
concerning Sinhalese masks, also including people,
places, temples, ceremonies, and daily life in Sri Lanka,
Bangkok, Cambodia, and Singapore. 1959-1984.

Asia

Asia

Asia

Asia

Central Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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World region

Asia

Area

South Asia

CultureAfghanistan

Fonds

Description

Gillian Darling Kovanic
fonds

129 cm of textual records, 11 DVDs, and approximately
4502 photographs relating to field research of thelanguages and cultural practices of the people being
studied, published material, and a number of academic
and popular articles. 1973-2010.

Asia

South Asia

IndianGillian Darling Kovanic
fonds

129 cm of textual records, 11 DVDs, and approximately
4502 photographs relating to field research of thelanguages and cultural practices of the people being
studied, published material, and a number of academic
and popular articles. 1973-2010.

Asia

South Asia

IndianStephen Inglis fonds

244 photographic prints and 51 negatives of Indian,Bengali, and Tamil artisans and their works in India.
1974-1977.

Gillian Darling Kovanic
fonds

129 cm of textual records, 11 DVDs, and approximately
4502 photographs relating to field research of thelanguages and cultural practices of the people being
studied, published material, and a number of academic
and popular articles. 1973-2010.

Asia

South Asia

Pakistan

Asia

Middle East

MuslimGenni Hennessy fonds

2 cm of textual records and 2 audio micro cassettes
relating to "The Spirit of Islam" exhibit at MOA. 20022003.

North America

Pacific Northwest

ChineseBob Kingsmill fonds

22 cm of textual records and 300 photographs
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World region

Area

CultureFonds

Description
photographs relating to potters throughout British
Columbia. 1977-1979.

North America

North America

Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

ChineseJapanese

Victoria Yip fonds

1.0 cm of textual records including Victoria theatre
programs, opera clippings, 6 photographs of theChinese Carnival in 1936, and Yip's reminiscences of theestablishment of the Chinese Canadian Times in
Vancouver. 1923-1936.

Bob Kingsmill fonds

22 cm of textual records and 300 photographs
consisting of correspondence, questionnaires, andphotographs relating to potters throughout British
Columbia. 1977-1979.

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Charles S. Brant fonds
Burma
MOA a033181

James Wheeler Davidson fonds
Japan
MOA a033385

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Archives - subject index for MOA exhibitions
Records relating to these exhibits may be found among MOA’s institutional records. Make an appointment to consult the archivist and visit the
Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives to review information in the MOA exhibition records binder and the MOA institutional records
binders.
World region

Area

CultureExhibition title

Type ofexhibition

Date
To August 11,
1991

AfricaAfrican Indigo

AfricaFragments: The E. Sonner Donation of African
Sculpture

Student

May 30 –December 2,
1991

Wearing Politics, Fashioning Commemoration:
Factory Printed Cloths in Ghana

Student

February 22,
2004

AfricaGhana

AfricaEast Africa

Traditional East African Medical Beliefs andPractices

January 25 –29, 1978, Hotel
VancouverAfricaEgypt

Classics, Leary Collection[19-?]

AfricaEgypt

Classics, Sid Leary

1958 – 1959

AfricaSouth East
Nigeria

The World of Spirits: An exhibition of Igbo Masks
from South East Nigeria

July 4 – August
31, 1977

AfricaSoutheast Africa

The Village is Tilting: Dancing AIDS in Malawi

February 6 –September 3,
2007

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Asia

Asia Pacific Foundation

1990 – 1993

Asia

Echoes 1995 & 1996

Asia

Gifts and Giving

October 4,1988 – January
1989

Asia

Visions of Enlightenment

May 10 –October 8,
2012

Student

1995 – 1996

Asia

Central Asia

Textiles of Turkistan: Selections from theMuseum’s Textile Collection

March – July
1985

Asia

East Asia

Hidden Dimensions: Face Masking in East Asia

May 24, 1984
– January 6,
1985

Asia

East Asia

Quilting in East Asia exhibit records

1989

Asia

East Asia

Selections from the Museum’s Asian Textiles
Collection

February –August 1985

East Asia

A Connoisseur’s Collection: Chinese Ceramics
from the Victor Shaw Donation [Early Chinese
Ceramics from the Victor Shaw Donation]

May 30, 2001
– March 10,
2002

A Rare Flower: A Century of Cantonese Opera in
CanadaMay 16 –November 7,
1993; June 20– October 15,
1995

Asia

Asia

East Asia

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Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Ceramic Figurines

September –November
1994

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Children’s Art: Selections from Luda
Municipality, Province, People’s Republic of China

February 26 –August 24,
1980

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Exhibit Case

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Jade and Ivory

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Opera Costumes

Student

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Paintings

Student

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Peasant Textile Arts: Kwantung andSzechuan Provinces

Student

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Snuff Bottles

October 9 –31, 1977

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Trade Ceramics

1998 – 2000

Asia

East Asia

ChineseChinese Values

1961

Asia

East Asia

ChineseDragon and Phoenix

Asia

East Asia

ChineseFestival Hong Kong ’92 at MOA
Contrasts: Hong Kong’s New Territories in theStudent

1973
November
1979

Student

Till November
7, 1976

April 12 – June
15, 1977

1993
October 1,
1992 –
September
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20th Century

1993

Festival Hong Kong ’92 at MOA

October 1,
1992 – March
14, 1993

Asia

East Asia

ChineseAsia

East Asia

ChineseJapanese and Chinese Art and History

19-?

Asia

East Asia

ChineseJapanese and Chinese History

1967 – 1969
December 3,
1997 –
December
1998

Possessions from the Past: Objects from a
Lifetime of Change

Asia

East Asia

ChineseRecalling the Past: Early Chinese Art from theVictor Shaw Collection

Asia

East Asia

ChineseRepair, Re-use, and Recycle

Asia

East Asia

ChineseStudent

February 18 –May 24, 1992

Within the Pear Garden: Chinese Opera Costumes Student

Through
August 31,
1981

Asia

East Asia

Japanese“ひろしま Hiroshima”

October 14,
2011 –
February 12,
2012

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Anonymous Beauty

1981

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Art Exhibits Japan Week

September 25– December 1,
1985
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Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Beyond Fluttering Sleeves: An Exhibit of JapaneseKimono1997

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Great Canada Exhibit

1990 – 1991

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Image and Life: 50,000 Years of JapanesePrehistory

August 8 –October 15,
1978

Asia

East Asia

JapaneseJapanese and Chinese Art and History

19-?

Asia

East Asia

JapaneseJapanese and Chinese History

1967 – 1969

Asia

East Asia

JapaneseJapanese Culture and Art

1959

Asia

East Asia

JapaneseJapanese History

1968 – 1969

Asia

East Asia

Japanese

Repair, Re-use, and Recycle

Asia

Himalayas

Tibetan

The Spirit of Tibet

1997

Asia

Himalayas

Tibetan

Tibetan Robes

1985

Asia

Himalayas

Tibetan

Tibetan Textiles: Selections from the Museum’s
Textile Collection

February 26,
1985

Asia

India

Asia

India

Asia

Indonesia

Student

February 18 –May 24, 1992

Animals in Indian Bronze Sculpture

Student

1982

IndianRepair, Re-use, and Recycle

Student

February 18 –May 24, 1992

Javanese

From Classical to Modern: Javanese Shadow Play

Student

1988 – 1991
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Figures

Wayang: From the Gods to Bart Simpson

June 11 –August 27,
1991

Safar/Voyage: Contemporary Works by Arab,
Iranian and Turkish Artists

April 20 –September 15,
2013

The Spirit of Islam: Experiencing Islam throughCalligraphy

October 20,
2001 – May
12, 2002

Asia

North and Central
India

Rajasthan Artifacts Collected on a Field Trip to
NW India during summer 1979

Student

January 8 –February 11,
1980

Asia

South Asia

The Cosmic Dance

Student

1993

Asia

South India

Calendar Prints: Popular Art of South India

September 21,
1983 – January
1, 1984

South India

Krishna Worship at Nathdwara

April 5 –November 6,
1983

Asia

South India

Reflections of India: Paintings from the 16th tothe 19th Century

Asia

South India

Spotlight on India

Asia

Indonesia

Asia

Middle East

Asia

Middle East

Asia

Javanese

MuslimStudent

January 8 –February 11,
1980
Student

February 15,
1995 –
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October 19,
1997

Asia

Asia

South India

South India

Spotlight on India: Lotus, Petal Eyes: Female
Beauty in India

Spotlight on India: Who We Are

Student

March 25 –December 7,
1996

Student

March 21 –September 30,
1996

Asia

South India

Spotlight on India: Women’s Voices: Rural Art in
India

Student

March 19,
1996 –
October 19,
1997

Asia

South India

Spotlight on India: Anesha: The Song of the Self

Student

March 19 –September 17,
1996

Asia

South India

Spotlight on India: The Transmission of
Knowledge: The Guru-Shishiya Tradition

Student

March 21 –June 4, 1996

Asia

South India

The Flute and the Sword

Student

April 2 – July
26, 1987

Asia

South India

The Hindu Divine: Gods and Goddesses in Indian
Art

Student

April 2 –November 8,
1987

Asia

South India

The Literacy Heritage of Hinduism

Student

April 2 –December 31,
1987
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Asia

Southeast Asia

Love, Masks, and the Veil: Study Exhibits on
South Asian Cultures

Asia

Southeast Asia

The Dragon Jars of SE Asia: The Julia and MiguelTecson Collection

Asia

Southeast Asia

The Magic of Masks in Sri Lanka

Student

April 5, 1983 –June 1984

Asia

West Indonesia

Philippine

Repair, Re-use, and Recycle

Student

February 18 –May 24, 1992

Asia

West Indonesia

Philippine &TaiwanConversations: The D. Miguel and Julia Tecson
Philippines Collection

Student

April 6 –February 2001

Asia

Western India

Krishna Worship at Nathadwara

Student

Spring 1997
December 19,
1991 – 1992

Student

April 5 –November 6,
1983

International“Museum Quality”: Significant Acquisitions
Purchased for the Museum’s Permanent
Collection by the Anthropology Shop Volunteers

November 16,
1983 – March
4, 1984

International

A Green Dress: Objects, Memory, and theMuseumSeptember 27,
2011 – April 8,
2012

International

Acts of Transformation: From War Toys to PeaceArt

June 20 –December 31,
2006

InternationalBlue Jeans (Anthropology 431 Project)

Student

March 29 –December 21,
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1985
International

Celadon: Beyond the Glaze

April 3, 2003

International

Children and Their World: Toys From Many
Countries

Student

March 28,
1980 – January
3, 1981International

Dress and Identity: Selections from MOA’s Fine
Costume Collection

Student

June 14 –September 30,
1977

International

Exchange by Wilmott

1965

International

Exhibit “A” – Objects of Intrigue

March 9, 1999
– March 31,
2000

International

On Stoney Ground

July, 1982

International

Pipe Lines

International

Pleased to Meet You: Introductions by Gwyn
Hanssen Pigott

November 3,2012 – March24, 2013

International

Precisions of Line Perfections of Form

1979

International

Sacred Objects & Holy Presence

1989 – 1990

International

Sensibilities: Unsuspected Harmonies inMulticultural Aesthetics

October 27,
1982 – June 5,
1983

Student

1993

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International

The Tribal Societies and Control of theSupernatural

International

When Kings were Heroes

International

World AIDS Day

1963

Student

April 5 –November 6,
1983
December 1,
1990

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James Wheeler Davidson fonds
Japan
MOA a033333

K’uei lei (Puppet)
China: Taiwan
MOA la60 a-b

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Collections
MOA houses over 40,000 ethnographic objects from almost every part of the world, including the South
Pacific, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The MOA building also holds 535,000 archaeologicalobjects under the care of UBC's Laboratory of Archaeology.
The ethnological collections are comprised of over 17,000 objects from Asia, almost 12,000 from North
America (including over 7,100 from B.C. First Nations), approximately 4,300 from South and Central
America, 4,000 from the Pacific islands and over 2,300 are from Africa. Over 6,000 pieces in thecollection are textiles from all around the world.
AccessThe Museum of Anthropology places a high priority on providing access to our collections forresearchers, originating community members, and members of the public. There are several ways toaccess the ethnology collections:
OnlineThe majority of MOA's 40,000 collection records are searchable on MOA's Collections Online(http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca), MOA’s Collections Online via a mobile device(http://m.moa.ubc.ca), and the Reciprocal Research Network (http://www.rrnpilot.org). The Reciprocal
Research Network is an online research environment that provides access to the MOA Collections aswell as many other institutions.
If you have any questions about the objects on MOA’s Collections Online, please contact our Collections
Department at objects@moa.ubc.ca.
In Person
In the event that the online tools do not sufficiently address your needs, it is also possible to schedule atime to view most objects in MOA's collections in person. Our research spaces offer a unique resource
and opportunity for researchers, community members, faculty and students, and members of the public
to engage with and access the collection.
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Please contact us by email at objects@moa.ubc.ca to make an appointment, detailing your interests andthe objects that you wish to view.
Further information about accessing, borrowing, culturally sensitive materials, and photography
applications for MOA's collections can be found at http://moa.ubc.ca/research/collections/objectaccess.php.

Angklung (Musical Instrument)Indonesia: Java
MOA B181

Netsuke FigureJapan
MOA Ed5.3189

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Collections - Asian object collection summary1
MOA has approximately 17,000 objects (over 40%) from Asia in the Collections.

Area

Numbers @East Asia

11,100
China

6,200

Japan

4,300

Korea

540

South Asia

3,200
India

2,600

Sri Lanka

250

Tibet & Nepal

230

Pakistan

100

South East Asia

2,200
Indonesia

1,200Philippines

500

Thailand250

Malaysia

215

Western Asia

300
Middle East

150

Near East

100

Caucasia

50

Central Asia

125

Arctic Asia

15

1 Rough estimates as of July 2013

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Collections - highlights of the Asian collection
Works on paper (@ 3,500 items) – such as prints, paintings (including 50 scrolls), South Asian calendar
art, calligraphy (113 Chinese and 40 Japanese) and nearly 1,000 pieces of hand-made Japanese paper.

Detail from Chiao Ping-Chen illustrated book on weaving and farming
China
MOA N1.553

Textiles (@3200 items) – wide range including Cantonese opera costumes, over 600 Japanese textiles
and related items (e.g. stencils) covering a wide range of techniques.

Faan gung jong (Cantonese opera transforming robe) made by Gam
Leuhn Cheung and Gam San Gung Si c. 1915
China: Cantonese
MOA N1.712

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Ceramics (@1500 items)

Chinese Ming Dynasty jar of the type exported to thePhilippines via the Burmese port of Martaban
China
MOA Ia264

Kudirai figure from Tamil Nadu, India by K. Muthusamy Velar
South India
MOA Eg15

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Collections - subject index for MOA’s scrolls and scroll paintings
MOA’s collection consists of 66 scrolls or paintings that are rolled, and 165 items labeled as calligraphy,
including 113 from China and 40 from Japan.
Access through the Collections Online site
Those labelled “scroll” (16 of them) can be found by choosing the “Explore our collections” option andselecting “s” under the first tab “Object types”.

Clicking on this option finds 16 scrolls.

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The following list also includes 50 scroll paintings that are not labelled under scroll. You can find theirrecords by typing the MOA ID # in the search box on the main page of the site.

MOA ID #Object Type/Title

Place Made

Ef264

Scroll Painting

India: West Bengal, Kharagpur

Ef266

Scroll Painting

India: West Bengal, Kharagpur

Ef261

Scroll Painting

India: West Bengal, Kharagpur

Ef267

Scroll Painting

India: West Bengal

Ef265

Scroll Painting

India: West Bengal, Kharagpur

Ef262

Scroll Painting

India: West Bengal, Kharagpur

Ef263

Scroll Painting

India: West Bengal, Kharagpur

N1.217

Scroll Painting

China

N1.577

Scroll Painting

China

N1.343Scroll Painting

China

N1.575Scroll Painting

China

946/49Scroll Painting

China: Sichuan

N1.576Scroll Painting

China

946/48Scroll Painting

China: Sichuan

Edz1682

Scroll Painting

China

N1.583Scroll Painting

China

N1.572Scroll Painting

China1091/2Scroll Painting

China421/6 a-b

Scroll Painting

China946/51

Scroll Painting

China: Sichuan

N1.567

Scroll Painting

China

N1.571

Scroll Painting

China

Edz1395 a-c

Scroll Painting

China

N1.530Scroll Painting

China

N1.573Scroll Painting

China1091/4Scroll Painting

China

N1.296Scroll Painting

China

N1.580Scroll Painting

China
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MOA ID #Object Type/Title

Place Made

N1.581

Scroll Painting

China

N1.295Scroll Painting

China

N1.574Scroll Painting

China

N1.582Scroll Painting

China

N1.524Scroll Painting

China946/50Scroll Painting

China: Sichuan

2755/5Scroll Painting

China2846/2Scroll Painting

China

832/1

Scroll Painting

Nepal ?

N2.783ScrollJapan

N2.784ScrollJapan

Ed5.2870

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.1259

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.791

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.1258

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.1260

Scroll Painting

Japan

Edz1408

Scroll Painting

Japan ?

N2.785ScrollJapan

Ed5.2866

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.789Scroll Painting

Japan

Ed5.2865

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.782ScrollJapan

N2.792Scroll Painting

Japan

Ed5.2868

Scroll Painting

Japan

N1.569Scroll Painting

Japan

Ed5.2867

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.786ScrollJapan

N2.790Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.788ScrollJapan

Ed5.2864

Scroll Painting

Japan
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MOA ID #Object Type/Title

Place Made

N2.793Scroll Painting

Japan

Ed5.2791

Scroll Painting

Japan

N2.787

ScrollJapan

2695/46

Scroll Painting

Japan

2695/47

Scroll Painting

Japan

2695/51

Scroll Painting

Japan

2695/52

Scroll Painting

Japan

1200/8Scroll Painting

Korea

N4.3

Scroll Painting

Tibet

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Collections - accessing the scroll painting images
Many of the scrolls listed above have multiple images. Although they can be seen in the Collections
Online site, they do not appear in an order that flows one to the next. For example, see the last 3
sections (of 17) below for MOA ID# N2.784.

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A better way to view these images is through the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN) as shown above.
The RRN displays the scrolls in a way that shows each image vertically in order. The Museum’s collectionof Asian scrolls, scroll paintings, calligraphy and related items can be viewed through the RRN by anyone
through the link below. There are 252 items that can be searched by a number of criteria. Note: The
RRN will ask that a researcher accept the Terms of Use (bottom of the first screen) before access isgranted.
http://www.rrnpilot.org/projects/1599?public=1599WB8ITOM0AH

For more general access to the RRN researchers can request an account to have access to the Museum’s
entire collection. Go to http://www.rrnpilot.org/account_requests/new
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James Wheeler Davidson fonds
Japan
MOA a033276

Painting
Iran
MOA Ea5

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Library
The Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives is home to an excellent selection of research material
that complements MOA's collections. The library collection’s strengths are museology, Northwest Coastmaterial culture, and world ceramics and textiles.
Holdings
We invite you to search our online library catalogue at
http://webcat1.library.ubc.ca:7108/vwebv/search?searchCode=GKEY^*&limitTo=LOCA=Museum+of+An
thropology+Reading+Room.
We share this catalogue with other campus reading rooms so please ensure the search location is set to“Museum of Anthropology Reading Room” to limit your search to items in our library.
AccessWe are open Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. except statutory holidays. All researchers arewelcome to visit the Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives. We are located in room 221 at MOA.
We recommend researchers call ahead to let us know when they plan to visit as our hours areoccasionally subject to change and research assistance isn’t always available during our open hours.
Appointments are always required for archival research. Library materials cannot be borrowed, but they
may be used or copied within the Library & Archives (subject to the Canadian Copyright Act).
Contact the Library Research Manager if you need research help or if you have a question about libraryservices or collections: library@moa.ubc.ca / 604.822.4834

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Library - classification system for library resources
The materials within the library are organized according to anthropological relevance (e.g. Textiles,
Ceramics, Art and Anthropology), relevance to museums and museology, and art. After these general
sections, the titles are organized geoculturally based on Murdock’s Classification of World Cultures.
Asian cultural materials and historical information can be found in the following general sections.
Please note that this list is not inclusive of every section in the library. This guide lists those sections
found to contain references to Asian culture. However, these materials may also exist in sections not
mentioned here.

Section Label

Sub-section
Label

Description

Example1. Anthropology

1.0 Anthropology,
General andComparative

Cultural overviews, crosscultural ethnographies.

Visual cultural reader:second edition/edited by
Nicholas Mirzoeff

1.1 Anthropology,
General andTheoretical

Cross-cultural and general
anthropology works discussing
theory and the meaning of
culture as a phenomenon,
with cross-cultural studies.

Studies in the anthropologyof Oceania and Asia / edited
by Carleton S. Coon andJames M. Andrews

Cross-cultural archaeology
materials including theory,
legal and ethical issues inarchaeology, and crosscultural findings.

Asia and North Americantranspacific contacts /assembled by Marian W.
Smith for the Society for
American Archaeology andthe American Association for
the Advancement of Science

1. Anthropology

2. Archaeology

2.1 Archaeology,
General andComparative

2. Archaeology

2.3 Old World
Archaeology

Cross-cultural only (Old World= Europe, Asia, Africa,
Oceania).

The early upper paleolithic
beyond western Europe /edited by P. Jeffrey
Brantingham, Steven L.
Kuhn, and Kristopher W.
Kerry

3. History

3.1 History:
General and Old
World (after 500
AD)

Cross-cultural only (Old World= Europe, Asia, Africa,
Oceania).

China, India, and Japan : themiddle period / edited byWilliam H. McNeill and Jean
W. Sedlar

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5. Museums andMuseology

5.1 Museums andMuseology,
General andComparative

Cross-cultural museum andmuseology works referencing
specific museums as
examples.

Art and artifact: the museum
as medium / James Putnam

5. Museums andMuseology

5.2 Museums:
Bibliography

Bibliographies of museums
around the world.

International museologicalbibliography for the year
1970 / Unesco - Icom
Documentation Centre

5. Museums andMuseology

5.11-5.17 Museum
History andCollections(Specific Museums)

5.11 Museums: Asia and the
Middle East.

Museums in South,
Southeast and East Asia :supplement, 1974 to survey
and report, 1971, ICOMRegional Agency in Asia / by
Dr. Grace Morley.

5. Museums andMuseology

5.11-5.17 Museum
History andCollections(Specific Museums)

5.13 Museums: United States.

Ideals of beauty : Asian andAmerican art in the Freerand Sackler galleries /London : Thames andHudson, 2010.

7. Art andAnthropology

7.1 Anthropology
of ArtGeneral works on art in thefield of anthropology; crosscultural.

Anthropology and art;
readings in cross-cultural
aesthetics / Edited by
Charlotte M. Otten

7. Art andAnthropology

7.2 Folk Art andHandicraft

Cross-cultural

Folk art of Asia, Africa,
Australia and the Americas /by Helmuth Th. Bossert

7. Art andAnthropology

7.3 Art Exhibitions

Cross-cultural

The 6th Asia Pacific Triennialof Contemporary Art /Queensland Art Gallery

Contains materials specific to
exhibits and cultural
information featured at theMuseum of Anthropology.

The Museum of
Anthropology at the
University of British
Columbia / UBC Museum of
Anthropology

Material Culture, General andCross-cultural, and specificforms not included in thefollowing sub-sections.

The human mirror : materialand spatial images of man /edited by Miles Richardson

8. Museum of
Anthropology

9. Material
Culture9.1 General andCross-cultural

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9. Material
Culture9.2 Textiles

Cross-cultural

Material Choices :Refashioning bast and leaf
fibers in Asia and the Pacific/ edited by Roy W. Hamilton
and B. Lynne Milgram

9. Material
Culture9.3 Pottery

Cross-cultural

Ceramics and man / edited
by Frederick R. Matson.

11. Asia

11.1 Asia, Generaland Comparative

Cultural and archaeologicalmaterials encompassing morethan one cultural group ofAsia.

The puppet theatre of Asia /by J. Tilakasiri

11. Asia

11.2 China andTaiwanChinese and Taiwanesecultural and archaeologicalmaterials.

11.2 A Century of Cantonese
opera / editor by S.Y. Yim

11. Asia

11.3 Himalayas

Includes Tibet, Nepal, Ishutan.

Guide de l'exposition :"thanka de l'Himalaya" / byJean Eracle.

11.4 India

Includes Pakistan and
Bangladesh.

Area handbook for India /Co-authors: Rinn-Sup Shinn[and others]

Includes Malaysia, Java,
Sumatra, Borneo, etc.

Woven messages :Indonesian textile traditionin course of time / Brigitte
Khan Majlis ; with
contributions by Christiane
Brauer ; edited by Manfred
Boetzkes and Johann Borwin
Luth

11. Asia

11. Asia

11.5 Indonesia

11. Asia

11.6 Japan

Japanese cultural andarchaeological materials.

An introduction to Japanesearchaeology and the site in
the ICU campus / edited by
Edward J. Kidder, Harunobu
Kobiki.

11. Asia

11.7 Korea

Korean cultural andarchaeological materials.

Korean cultural heritage / byHanʾguk Kukche Kyoryu
Chaedan.

11.8 Philippines

Cultural and archaeologicalmaterials about culturalgroups in the Philippines.

An anthropologicalperspective on the role ofChinese trade ceramics inthe prehistory of a Philippine
culture / by Helena Langrick

11. Asia

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11. Asia

11.9 Southeast Asia
(Mainland)

Includes Burma (Myanmar),Thailand, Laos, Cambodia(Kampuchea), Vietnam.

Burmese supernaturalism /by Melford E. Spiro

11. Asia

11.10 Sri Lanka andIndian Ocean

Includes Malagasy Republic(Madagascar).

A celebration of demons :exorcism and the aestheticsof healing in Sri Lanka / by
Bruce Kapferer.

11.11 Caucasia,
Near and Middle
East

Includes Caucasia, Georgia,
Armenia, Azerbaydshan,
Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel,
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen,
Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran,Afghanistan. Also includes
Islamic material in general andthat pertaining to Assyria,
Mesopotamia, and Persia.

Contribution of theChristians in Asia Minor
pottery / by Vassilios
Kyriazopoulos

11. Asia

11.12 Central and
Arctic Asia

Includes Turkmen, Uzbek
Tadzhik, Kirgiz, Kazakh,
Siberian Plain (generally
northern regions of Russia,
east of Ural Mountains)

Crossroads of continents :cultures of Siberia andAlaska / edited by William
W. Fitzhugh and Aron
CrowellRare Books
Collection

Materials from thiscollection areclassified in theabove sections

Resources separated based on
intrinsic value by age, number
available in publication,
marginalia, editions, etc.

Chinese Pottery andPorcelain, Volume I-II/
edited by R.L. Hobson

Charles Borden
Memorial
Collection

Categorizedalphabetically by
first four digits ofauthor's last name

Cultural and archaeologicalmaterials about world culturalgroups from the collection ofCharles Borden.

Fossil Man in China-1933 /by Davidson Black

Subject Files

Materials from thiscollection areclassified in theabove sections

Individual files or articles
regarding one or more aspectsof Asian culture, categorized
geoculturally

11.8 Philippines subject files,
11.11 Caucasia, Near andMiddle East subject files

Periodicals

Categorizedalphabetically byjournal title, thennumerically byvolume/issue
number.

Journals or periodicals
referencing or specifically
about Asian cultural materials

Arts of Asia

11. Asia

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Library - accessing resources through the online catalogue
The online library catalogue, powered by the UBC Library, can be found online at
http://webcat1.library.ubc.ca:7108/vwebv/searchBasic. To search for resources within the library at the
Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives, type keywords based on the subject(s) of interest into
the “Search” box. To search for a phrase or group of words, use “quotation marks” around the phrase.
To truncate a word, follow the word with a question mark (?). For example, to conduct a search formaterials about ceramics from China: to search for Chinese ceramics, type “Chinese ceramics” or “China
ceramics”. If you use quotation marks, it will conduct a search for the entire phrase. Without quotation
marks, it will search for both terms, separately OR together. To conduct a search for information about
Japan, typing “Japan?” into the search box will eliminate other forms of the word “Japan”, i.e.
“Japanese” from the search.

Because this search engine serves a large number of UBC’s small libraries and reading rooms, ensurethat “Museum of Anthropology Reading Room” (circled in red above) is selected from the drop-downmenu under “At this location” to limit the search to the Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library andArchives.

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To locate resources within the library, use the call number listed at the bottom of the holdings record. If
you are unsure of the item’s specific location in the library or unfamiliar with the call number system,
ask a library staff member to assist you.

In this record for Southeast Asian and Chinese trade pottery: an exhibition catalogue, the call number iscircled in red. A reference to the Library classification system (page 46) shows that the item is located in
section 11.1, Asia: General and Comparative. The letters SOU refer to the identification of the resourceby title, author/editor, or publisher.

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11.4 India subject materials
Photo: Adrienne Hembree

11.1 General Asia subject materials
Photo: Adrienne Hembree

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Appendix

CalendarSouth India
MOA Eg147

Beatrice Pilon fonds
Tibet
MOA a033060

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Michael M. Ames fonds
Dates of creation:
1959-1984, predominant 1982-1984
Physical extent:
10.9 cm of textual records and graphic material.
Biographical sketch:
Michael McLean Ames graduated from UBC with a B.A. in Anthropology in 1956, and from
Harvard University with a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology in 1961. Ames also studied at the
University of Michigan, University of London, and the University of Chicago between 1957 and
1962. He taught at McMaster University from 1962 to 1964, and in 1964 he began working at the
University of British Columbia (UBC) as an assistant professor, followed by an associate
professorship in 1966 and full professorship in 1970. In 1974 he became Director of the UBCMuseum of Anthropology (MOA). Ames retired from MOA in 1997, and received professor
emeritus status in 1998. He remained involved with the Anthropology department at UBC, coteaching undergraduate courses such as Humanities 101 on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside,chairing the Dean of Arts First Nations Language Programme advisory committee, and helping toinstitute the Musqueam 101 seminar at Musqueam. In July 2002, Ames returned to MOA as Acting
Director until 2004. Michael Ames passed away in February, 2006.
Ames received the Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1970, was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Canada in 1979, and a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology in 1996. He
was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998. Ames also received the UBC Alumni
Award of Distinction in 2005.
Ames published an extensive number of articles and books on a range of subjects includingSouth Asian anthropology, First Nations issues, and museology.
Scope and content:
The fonds consists mainly of slides, negatives, and other material relating to Sinhalese (SriLankan) and other South Asian masks held at numerous repositories worldwide, studied by Ames in
the late 1950s and early 1980s. Subjects also include people, places, temples, ceremonies, and daily
life in Sri Lanka, Bangkok, Cambodia, and Singapore. Numerous research articles reproduced byAmes, as well as travel brochures, are included. Material from student exhibits related to South
Asian masks is also included.
The records have not been arranged into series since the entire fonds consists of closely
related material.
Notes:

Title of fonds: Title based on the creator of the records.
Physical description: Includes 10.9 cm of textual records, 1248 colour slides, ca. 1420 b&w
negatives, and 6 colour photographs.
Immediate source of acquisition: The records were transferred to MOA Archives by Michael
Ames.
Finding aids: A file list is available.
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Accruals: Further accruals are not expected.
Related materials: The majority of Ames’ personal and teaching records are held by the UBC
Archives; for related records, see in particular the General Correspondence series,
which includes correspondence with Ames’ contacts in South Asia. Records relating
to Ames’ work at MOA are held in his director’s fonds at MOA Archives. Ames
donated 2 masks to MOA in 1977 that are related to these records: a Bengali maskcollected in Purulia (accession #Ef272), and a North and Central India maskcollected in Bihar (accession #Ef273).

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Michael M. Ames fonds
File List
File Title

Date(s)

Box 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

[Science Museum (Wellcome)]
Wellcome[Slides (Wellcome?)]Funerals – Sri Lanka & India
Masks, different cultures
Magic of Masks in Sri Lanka student exhibition
Sinhalese masks – Museum of Mankind, Horniman
Sri Lanka Sinhala masks in Pitt Rivers Museum
Sri L. masks – Science Museum, London, Pitt Rivers
Sinhala masks at MOA
Exhibit report – The Magic of Masks in Sri Lanka
Student exhibit report – Sanni Demon Masks
Student exhibit – Kolam Masks
Buddhist temples, etc., Sri Lanka[1983?][1983?][1983?][198-?][198-?][1983?]
1982[ca. 1983][ca. 1983][198-?]
1983
1983
1983
1984

Box 2
1
2
3

May Smith report
Sri Lanka negs (2 folders)S. L. masks (3 folders)1982
1959-1960[19-?]

Box 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Masks – Sri Lanka
Lucas: Ceylon-masken
Sri Lanka slides
Museum of Mankind Sinhalese masks, plus Wellcome Museum?
Sri Lanka masks[Pitt River exhibition][Slide lists]
Bangkok – Singapore – Cambodia[19-?][19-?][1966?]
1982-1984[198-?]
1983[198-?][19-?]

Box 4
1
2

Sinhales/Sri Lanka – settings and ceremonies – Box 1 (2 folders)Sinhales/Sri Lanka – settings and ceremonies – Box 2 (2 folders)[1959-1963?]
1959-60, 1963
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B.C. and Jessie Binning fonds
Dates of creation:
1959-1972.
Physical extent:
54 cm of textual records and other material.
Biographical sketch:
Bertram Charles (B.C.) Binning was born on February 10, 1909 in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Due to an illness at a young age, he spent much of his time drawing in seclusion. His passion for art
and architecture resulted in his enrolment in 1927 at the-then Vancouver School of Decorative andApplied Arts. After spending time in the United States, in 1933 Binning was appointed to a staff
position with the Vancouver School of Art. Later in 1938, B.C. Married Jessie Wyllie, the daughterof a Vancouver businessman. In 1949, he was transferred to the University Of British Columbia
School Of Architecture. Soon after, he founded the Department of Fine Arts at UBC, which heheaded for over twenty-five years.
With his appointment to the department of Fine Arts came a shift in his artistic direction.
Whereas pre-1948 he had established himself as an internationally recognized architect, post-1948 hefelt himself drawn towards expressing his creativity in oil painting. Building upon his architectural
background, Binning often painted large complementary mosaic murals for various buildings andwas particularly inspired by ships, marinas and seascapes in general; these were recurring themes formost of his artistic life.
The Binnings took the first of many visits to Japan in 1958. It was there that B.C. felt
particularly inspired by the Japanese art and architecture he witnessed; these were a vehicle for a newand lengthy direction for his future work. While in Japan, B.C. and Jessie forged a deep relationshipwith Bishop Kojo Sakamoto (1875-1969), the 37th Superintendent Priest of the Kiyoshi Kojin
Seicho-ji temple. A skilled calligrapher, Sakamoto’s work was influenced by colleague and friend
Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924), a talented painter and calligrapher in his own right. The Binnings’
relationship with Sakamoto resulted in over a decade of frequent correspondence between
Sakamoto, his family, and other Japanese friends with both B.C. and Jessie. After Sakamoto opened
a successful Tessai exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1961, B.C. convinced him to contributehis own calligraphy for an exclusive exhibit that was eventually opened in September 1966 at theFine Arts Gallery at the University of British Columbia.
Health problems prevented Binning from actively contributing to the art community in theearly 1970’s, but by this time had built up a solid repertoire of pieces that have made their mark on
the Canadian art scene. After his death on March 16th 1976, Jessie continued her role as a voice andrepresentative for her husband’s work until her own death on May 25th, 2007. Her last publicpresence was as a consultant for an exhibit of B.C.’s work at the Vancouver Art Gallery that ran
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Scope and Content:
Fonds consists of records related to the Binnings’ correspondence with (predominantly)
friends and colleagues overseas in Japan from 1959 to 1971, including Bishop Kojo Sakamoto andmembers of his family. Mostly composed of personal letters written by hand, several letters are
painted using calligraphy. Other records include program brochures and news clippings for exhibits
in Japan and North America, and scrapbooks assembled by the Binnings. These either
commemorate various visits they took to Japan or of visits their Japanese friends took to Canada.
Fonds is divided into three series:
1. Correspondence
2. Sakamoto Printed Exhibit Matter
3. Scrapbooks
Notes:

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of fonds
Physical Description: Includes 19 photographs, 6 scrapbooks, and 1 decorative box
Physical Condition: Dates on envelopes are often very faint and hard to read.
Immediate source of acquisition: Records bequeathed to the Museum of Anthropology Archives
by the estate of Jessie Isobel Binning in May 2007.
Arrangement: Original order maintained and variances from this principle are noted.
Language: Many records in the fonds are written in Japanese; some have translations inEnglish.
Associated Material: The University of British Columbia Archives has a B.C. Binning fonds
which contains material predominantly related to his role as professor in the faculty ofArts at UBC. The Museum of Anthropology has also received a donation of materials
from the Binning Estate; predominately Japanese ceramics and scrolls from Kojo
Sakamoto.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected

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Series 1: Correspondence
Dates of creation:
1958-1972, n.d.
Physical extent:
42 cm of textual records. – 1 decorative box.
Scope and content:
Series consists of a voluminous amount of communication (approximately 270 letters)
between both B.C. Binning and their friends and colleagues in Japan, predominantly Bishop Kojo
Sakamoto, his family, and other friends and translators. The bulk of the communication occurs
mostly around September 1966 onwards, when Sakamoto’s calligraphy was the focus of an exhibit at
the University of British Columbia. Correspondence is presented in the form of letters, traditional
scrolls, postcards, telegrams, notes, and a small amount of newspaper clippings.
Series is arranged chronologically by date, regardless of author. There are approximately
eighteen correspondences that are undated that were all authored by Bishop and Kiyoko Sakamoto.
These follow the dated correspondence.
Notes:

Arrangement: Original order was maintained whenever possible; some correspondence wasarranged using the date stamp assigned to it at the post office upon delivery.
Correspondence is generally arranged chronologically by date and year (when known)
regardless of Author. Eighteen letters that lack dates follow those that are dated and arearranged by Author.
General Note: Correspondence was partially found in a decorative box that is currently being
retained in Box 3 of the B.C. and Jessie Binning fonds.

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Series 2: Sakamoto printed exhibit material
Dates of creation:
1961-1966, n.d.
Physical extent:
12 cm textual records. – 19 photographs.
Scope and content:
Series consists of printed materials sent from Kojo Sakamoto to the Binnings related either
to the Bishop’s own art, or that of his mentor, Tomioka Tessai. Printed material comes in the formof exhibit catalogues, brochures, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings. A collection of encapsulated
photographs from an undated calligraphy exhibit is also found in this series.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Files are titled based principally on the medium found inside,
unless the subject or title was easily discernable.
Arrangement: Files are arranged in the order they appeared in an accessioned box titled‘Sakamoto Printed Exhibit Material.’
Language: Printed matter in this series is predominantly written in japanese with little
translation into english. Future archival work on this fonds would involve titling anddating files after a brief translation of the contents.

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Series 3: Scrapbooks
Dates of creation:
1958 – [1969]
Physical extent:
6 scrapbooks. – 0.5 cm textual records.
Scope and content:
Series consists of 6 scrapbooks assembled by the Binnings, either as commemorative
souvenirs of their travels or as gifts to their Japanese friends overseas for a period of time coveringover a decade. Scrapbooks consist predominantly of photographs, but also include brief notes andnewspaper clippings. One file of textual records provides notes for a souvenir album assembled by
B.C.
Individual item descriptions for the scrapbooks follow:
1. Scrapbook for Bishop Sakamoto [scrapbook]. – 1958. – 1 album; 21 x 27 cm(Formal title proper for item, transcribed from title page of scrapbook)
Small number of photographs assembled by Binnings as a gift for Bishop Kojo Sakamoto
after their first trip to Japan.
2. Journey in Japan [scrapbook]. – Spring 1958 – [1961]. – 1 album; 36 x 42x 7.5 cm(Formal title proper for item, transcribed from cover of scrapbook)
Scrapbook created by B.C. and Jessie Binning to commemorate their first visit to Japan in
1958. Many notes that accompany the photographs describe how the trip transformed the
direction of B.C.’s artistic and architectural works. The purpose of the trip was to study theart and artists of Japan in order to form a working relationship between one another; it
specifically marked the beginning of a decade-long relationship with Bishop Kojo Sakamoto.
The trip was partially sponsored by the Canada Council and the University of British
Columbia.
3. The Bishop & the Tessai Temple [scrapbook]. – [1961-1969]. – 1 album; 33 x 42 cm(Formal title proper for item, transcribed from note attached to scrapbook)
An assortment of photographs of Japanese friends and geography assembled by the
Binnings over nearly a decade. Predominantly photographs of Bishop Sakamoto in 1961 up
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Series 3: Scrapbooks (cont’d)
4. Souvenir of Bishop Sakamoto’s Visit to Vancouver [scrapbook]. – [1960]. – 1 album; 42 x
57 cm
(Formal title proper for item, transcribed from note attached to scrapbook)
Photos taken and assembled by the Binnings commemorating Sakamoto’s visit to Vancouver
for the opening of the Tessai Exhibit in November 1960.
5. Photographs of Kiyoshi Kojin Temple [scrapbook]. – [1965]. – 1 album; 42.5 x 33 cm(Formal title proper for item, transcribed from cover of scrapbook)Accompanied by Japanese text, the photographs in this scrapbook appear to have beenassembled by the Binnings as a gift their Japanese friends abroad.
Scrapbook is written exclusively in Japanese script.
6. An Exhibition of Calligraphy by Bishop Kojo Sakamoto [scrapbook]. – Sept. 1966. – 1
album; 30 x 33 cm (Formal title proper for item, transcribed from cover of scrapbook)
Scrapbook assembled by the Binnings commemorating Bishop Kojo Sakamoto’s September
1966 visit to UBC to open his calligraphy exhibit.

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B.C. and Jessie Binning fonds
Series/File & Box List

Series 1: Correspondence
File #

Name

Range

1-1

[Empty envelope] from Kojo Sakamoto toJessieJuly 6, 1958

Box/File
#
1-1

1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto
From Stanley [friend] to B.C. and Jessie[From Bishop Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. andJessie]September 7, 1959
June 28, 1960
June 1960
July 5, 1960
July 5, 13 1960

1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6

1-7
1-8
1-9

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[Empty envelope] from Kojo Sakamoto to
B.C. and Jessie

December 5, 1960
December 29, 1960
December 29, 1960

1-7
1-8
1-9

1-10
1-11

From Wilson [friend] to B.C.
Translation of letters from Kojo Sakamoto
to B.C. and Jessie

January 2, 1961
January 21, 1961

1-10
1-11

1-12
1-13
1-14
1-15
1-16
1-17
1-18
1-19
1-20
1-21

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
Customs tag for shipment from Kojo
Sakamoto to B.C and Jessie

February 28, 1961
March 25, 1961
April 8, 1961
June 19, 1961
July 6, 1961
November 7, 1961
November 18, 1961
November 18, 1961
December 18, 1961
December 21, 1961

1-12
1-13
1-14
1-15
1-16
1-17
1-18
1-19
1-20
1-21

1-22
1-23
1-24
1-25

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[From Kojo Sakamoto]
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie

February 14, 1962
February 16, 1962
April 7, 1962
April 18, 1962

1-22
1-23
1-24
1-25
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1-26
1-27
1-28
1-29
1-30
1-30a
1-31
1-32
1-33

From John [friend] to B.C. and Jessie
Between Kojo Sakamoto and B.C. & Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Jessie to Kojo Sakamoto
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[clippings] from Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[Empty envelope] from Kojo Sakamoto to
B.C. and Jessie

May 7, 1962
May 8, 13 1962
May 16, 1962
May 22, 1962
May 23, 1962
May 28, 1962
May 1962
June 9, 1962
June 17, 1962

1-26
1-27
1-28
1-29
1-30
1-31
1-32
1-33
1-34

1-34
1-35
1-36
1-37
1-38
1-39
1-40
1-41
1-42
1-43

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From the Yonezawas to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie[transcription]

June 30, 1962
July 19, 1962
July 23, 26 1962
July 24, 1962
August 2, 1962
August 3, 1962
August 6, 1962
August 19, 1962
August 21, 1962
September 24, [1962]

1-35
1-36
1-37
1-38
1-39
1-40
1-41
1-42
1-43
1-44

1-44
1-45
1-46
1-47
1-48
1-49
1-50
1-51
1-52

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From S. Kato to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[Empty envelope] from Kojo Sakamoto to
B.C. and Jessie

September 25, 1962
September 28, 1962
October 24, 1962
October 25, 1962
November 20, 24 1962
December 10, 1962
January 15, 1963
January 21, 1963
February 23, 1963

1-45
1-46
1-47
1-48
1-49
1-50
1-51
1-52
1-53

1-53
1-54
1-55
1-56
1-57
1-58
1-59

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie

April 4, 1963
April 9, 1963
July 25, 1963
[1963][1963]
January 1, 1964
March 16, 1964

1-54
1-55
1-56
1-57
1-58
1-59
1-60
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1-60
1-61
1-62
1-62a
1-63
1-64

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to [B.C.]
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
Shipping tag, photos & clippings from Mrs.
Y. Kinoshita

June 3, 1964
September 22, 1964
January 7, 1965
January 15, [1965]
March 8, 1965
May 23, 1965

1-61
1-62
1-63
1-64
1-65
1-66

1-65

Between Kojo Sakamoto and B.C.

July 5, September 23
1965

1-67

1-66
1-67
1-68
1-69
1-70
1-71
1-72
1-73
1-74

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie [2 of 3]
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie [1of 3]

September 20, 1965
September 21, 1965
September 27, 1965
November 15, 1965
November 17, 1965
November 26, 1965
December 6, 1965
December 8, 1965
December 13, 1965

1-68
1-69
1-70
1-71
1-72
1-73
1-74
1-75
1-76

1-75
1-76
1-77
1-78
1-79

From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie [3 of 3]
From Masako Tanaka to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Yamato Transportation Co., Ltd. To
B.C. and Jessie

December 13, 1965
December 13, 1965
January 11, 1966
January 13, 1966
January 19, 1966

1-77
1-78
1-79
1-80
1-81

1-80
1-81
1-82
1-83
1-84

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kiyoko Kinoshita to Jessie[Empty envelope] from Mrs. Y. Kinoshita
to Jessie

January 28, 1966
January 29, 1966
January 30, 1966
February 3, 1966
February 4, 1966

1-82
1-83
1-84
1-85
1-86

1-85
1-86
1-87
1-88
1-89
1-90
1-91

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.and Jessie
From Mrs. Y. Kinoshita to Jessie

February 4, 1966
February 10, 1966
February 24, [1966]
February 26, 1966
February 27, 1966
March 2, 6 1966
March 9, [1966]

1-87
1-88
1-89
1-90
1-91
1-92
1-93
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1-92
1-93
1-94
1-95
1-96

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Tadashi Ohara to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Shinjo and Kosen Morito to B.C. andJessieMarch 17, 1966
March 18, 1966
March 23, [1966]
March 24, 1966
March 26, 1966

1-94
1-95
1-96
1-97
1-98

1-97
1-98
1-99
1-100
1-101
1-102
1-103
1-104
1-105
1-106
1-107
1-108
1-109

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Shinjo Morito to B.C. and Jessie
From Shinjo Morito to B.C. and Jessie
From Sachiko to B.C. and Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Egamis to B.C. and Jessie
Between B.C., Takashi Tsuda, and theCanadian Embassy

March 27, 1966
March 31, 1966
April 3, 1966
April 16, [1966][April 19, 1966]
April 20, 1966
April 26, 1966
May 2, 1966
May 5, 1966
May 10, 1966
May 21, 1966
June 2, 1966
June 3-27, 1966

1-99
1-100
1-101
1-102
1-103
1-104
1-105
1-106
1-107
1-108
1-109
1-110
1-111

1-110
1-111
1-112
1-113
1-114
1-115

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From K. Yonezawa to B.C.
From K. Yonezawa to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From B.C. to K. Yonezawa
Between UBC purchasing, B.C., and Kojo
Sakamoto

June 10, 1966
June 15, 1966
June 17, 1966
June 18, 1966
June 20, 1966
June 20, 21 1966

1-112
1-113
1-114
1-115
1-116
1-117

1-116
1-117
1-118
1-119
1-120
1-121
1-122

From Ko[j]o Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
To Shuichi from B.C.
From B.C. to Kojo Sakamoto
From B.C. to K. Yonezawa
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Jessie to Reverand & Mrs. Sakamoto

June 23, 1966
June 25, 1966
June 27, 1966
June 27, 1966
June 27, 1966
June 28, 1966
June 29, 1966

1-118
1-119
1-120
1-121
1-122
1-123
1-124

1-123
1-124
1-125

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie

June 29, 1966
July 3, 1966
July 3, 1966

1-125
1-126
1-127
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1-126
1-127
1-128
1-129
1-130

From Nat Wakamura to B.C. and Jessie
From Ko[j]o Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Yamato Transportation Co., Ltd. To
B.C.

July 4, 1966
July 6, 11 1966
July 7, [1966]
July 11, 1966
July 13, 1966

1-128
1-129
1-130
1-131
1-132

1-131
1-132

From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
Envelope [from Kojo Sakamoto] to B.C.
and Jessie

June 25, July 20 1966
July 22, 1966

1-133
1-134

1-133
1-134
1-135
1-136
1-137
1-138
1-139
1-140
1-141
1-142
1-143
1-144

From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Mitsuko Egami to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
Translated note [from Kojo Sakamoto] to
B.C.

July 23, August 1 1966
July 26, 1966
August 8, 1966
August 16, 1966
August 16, 1966
August 18, 1966
August 18, 1966
August 24, 25 1966
August 25, 1966
August 29, 1966
August 29, 1966
[August 1966]

1-135
1-136
1-137
1-138
1-139
1-140
1-141
1-142
1-143
1-144
1-145
1-146

1-145
1-146
1-147
1-148
1-149

From Kojo [Sakamoto] to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[Transcribed article] by Kojo Sakamoto for
B.C.

[August 1966]
September 2, [1966]
September 12, 1966
September 14, 20 1966
September 14, 1966

1-147
1-148
1-149
1-150
1-151

1-150
1-151
1-152
1-153
1-154
1-155
1-156
1-157
1-158
1-159

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.

September 15, 21 1966
September 19, 1966
September 19, 1966
September 21, 1966
September 21, 1966
September 22, 19[6]6September 23, 1966
September 20, 24 1966
[September 1966][September 1966]

1-152
1-153
1-154
1-155
1-156
1-157
1-158
1-159
1-160
1-161
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1-160

From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie[September, October
1966]

1-162

1-161

From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie[September, October
1966]

1-163

1-162
1-163
1-164
1-165
1-166
1-167
1-168
1-169
1-170
1-171
1-172
1-173
1-174
1-175
1-176
1-177
1-178
1-179
1-180
1-181

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Yasushi Egami to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie Binning
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From [Kojo Sakamoto] to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie

October 1, [1966]
October 1, 1966
October 2, 1966
October 2, 1966
October 8, [1966]
October 11, 1966
October 11, 1966
October 14, 1966
October 16, 1966
October 19, 1966
October 28, 1966
October 31, 1966
[October 1966]
November 20, 1966
November 22, 1966
November 25, 1966
November 25, 1966
December 18, [1966]
December 23, 1966
December 31, 1966 &January 15, 1967

1-164
1-165
1-166
1-167
1-168
1-169
1-170
1-171
1-172
1-173
1-174
1-175
1-176
1-177
1-178
1-179
1-180
1-181
1-182
1-183

1-182
1-183
1-184

From B.C. to Kojo Sakamoto
From [Kojo Sakamoto] to B.C and Jessie
From Kiyoko and Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
and Jessie

January 6, 1967
January 9, 1967
January 11, 1967

1-184
1-185
1-186

1-185
1-186
1-187

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie

January 18, 1967
January 27, 1967
January 28, February 8
1967

1-187
1-188
1-189

1-188
1-189
1-190

From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From [Kojo Sakamoto] to B.C. and Jessie
From [Kiyoko Sakamoto] to [B.C. andJessie]February 5, [1967]
February 7, 1967
February 7, 9 1967

1-190
1-191
1-192

1-191

From [Kojo Sakamoto] to B.C. and Jessie

February 9, 1967

1-193
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1-192
1-193
1-194
1-195
1-196

From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie Binning
From Mrs. Y. Kinoshita to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Yukiko Wakamura to B.C. and Jessie

February 20, 1967
February 21, 1967
February 23, 1967
February 24, 1967
February 27, 1967

1-194
1-195
1-196
1-197
1-198

1-197
1-198
1-199
1-200
1-201
1-202
1-203
1-204

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From [Kojo Sakamoto] to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From [Kojo Sakamoto] to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
[Empty envelope] from [Kojo Sakamoto]
to B.C. and Jessie

February 27, 1967
[February 1967]
March 10, 1967
March 13, [1967]
March 20, 1967
March 24, 1967
March 25, 1967
March 28, 1967

1-199
1-200
1-201
1-202
2-1
2-2
2-3
2-4

1-205
1-206
1-207
1-208
1-209
1-210
1-211
1-212
1-213
1-214
1-215
1-216
1-217
1-218
1-219
1-220
1-221
1-222
1-223
1-224
1-225
1-226
1-227

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kiyoko to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Shinjo Morito to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[sender and recipient unknown]
From Takumi Craft Shop to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
Between Kojo Sakamoto and B.C.

April 17, 1967
May 1, 1967
May 28, 1967
May 30, 1967
June 6, 1967
June 14, 1967
[June 1967]
June - August 1967
July 1, 1967
July 23, 1967
July 26, 1967
August 7, 1967
August 9, 1967
August 13, 1967
August 14, 1967
August 31, 1967
September 9, 1967
September 25, 1967
September 26, 1967
September 1967
October 10, 1967
October 18, 1967
October 26, 1967

2-5
2-6
2-7
2-8
2-9
2-10
2-11
2-12
2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17
2-18
2-19
2-20
2-21
2-22
2-23
2-24
2-25
2-26
2-27
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1-228
1-229
1-230
1-231
1-232
1-233
1-234
1-235
1-236
1-237
1-238
1-239
1-240
1-241
1-242
1-243
1-244

From K. Yonezawa to B.C.
From Shinjo Morito to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From K. Kinoshita to Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
Between K. Kinoshita and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to Jessie
From K. Kinoshita to Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Wakako Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Koso Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Naotsuga Wakamura to B.C. andJessieNovember 2, 1967
November 5, 1967
November 6, 1967
December 6, 1967
December 6, 1967
January 11, 1968
February 5, 1968
February - April 1968
March 8, 1968
March 10, 1968
April 13, 1968
May 17, 1968
July 1968
February 9, 1969
August 7, 1969
October 23, 1969
November 3, 1969

2-28
2-29
2-30
2-31
2-32
2-33
2-34
2-35
2-36
2-37
2-38
2-39
2-40
2-41
2-42
2-43
2-44

1-245
1-246
1-247

From K. Kinoshita to Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[planned conference and visit to Japan]

November 12, 1969
November 18, 1969
December 1969,
March 1970

2-45
2-46
2-47

1-248
1-249

From K. Kinoshita to Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to Jessie

January 5, 1970
February 3, March 28
1970

2-48
2-49

1-250
1-251
1-252
1-253
1-254
1-255
1-256
1-257
1-258
1-259
1-260
1-261
1-262

From K. Kinoshita to Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Koso Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From K. Yonezawa to B.C.
From K. Kinoshita to Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Mrs. K. Kinoshita to Jessie[From Kojo Sakamoto][From Kojo Sakamoto][From Kojo Sakamoto]
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[translation of letter from Kojo Sakamoto]

March 29, 1970
May 27, 1970
June 5, [1970]
June 12, 1970
December 12, 1971
January 10, 1972
January 14, 1972
August 1, 1972
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.

2-50
2-51
2-52
2-53
2-54
2-55
2-56
2-57
2-58
2-59
2-60
2-61
2-62
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1-263
1-264
1-265
1-266
1-267
1-268
1-269
1-270
1-271
1-272
1-273
1-274
1-275

From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[From Kojo Sakamoto]
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C.
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[From Kojo Sakamoto][translation of letter from Kojo Sakamoto][From Kojo Sakamoto][From Kojo Sakamoto]
From Kojo Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie
From Kiyoko Sakamoto to B.C. and Jessie[From Kiyoko Sakamoto]

n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
April 13, n.d.
May 10, n.d.
August 15, n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.

2-63
2-64
2-65
2-66
2-67
2-68
2-69
2-70
2-71
2-72
2-73
2-74
2-75

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Series 2: Sakamoto Printed Exhibit Matter
File #
2-1
2-2
2-3
2-4
2-5
2-6
2-7
2-8
2-9
2-10
2-11
2-12
2-13
2-14
2-15
2-16
2-17
2-18
2-19
2-20
2-21
2-22
2-23
2-24

Name
Exhibit information and programs
Exhibit photographs
Exhibit brochure and Jessie's travel
proclamation
Transcribed news clippings
Journal clippings[Subject: Exhibits in Canada] leaflet
Exhibit booklet[Translation of printed matter][Misc. Organizational pamphlet]: National
Youth Enlightenment Council Foundation
Exhibit pamphlet
Transcribed clippings and photographs
Booklets: Tomioka Tessai Kiyoshi Kojin
Collection
Exhibit brochures[Tessai] exhibit guide
Calligraphy samples
Unknown communication
Bokubi [publication] #155
Bokubi [publication] #150
[Tessai] exhibit guide[Tessai] exhibit guide[Tomioka Tessai] exhibit guide
Exhibit guide
Exhibit booklet
Misc. clippings and exhibit pamphlets

Range
1960-1966
n.d.

Box/File
#
2-76
2-77

n.d., 1965
n.d.
n.d.
November 25, 1960
n.d.
July 1, 1966

2-78
2-79
2-80
2-81
2-82
2-83

n.d.
n.d.
June 28, 1966

2-84
2-85
2-86

July 1, 1957
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
1966
1965
September 14, 1965
June 2-14, 1964
October 1, 1963
n.d.
n.d.
1961-1965, n.d.

2-87
2-88
2-89
2-90
2-91
2-92
2-93
2-94
2-95
2-96
2-97
2-98
2-99

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Series 3: Scrapbooks
File # Name
3-1
Scrapbook for Bishop Sakamoto
3-2
Journey in Japan
3-3
The Bishop & the Tessai Temple

Range
1958
Spring 1958
[1961-1969]

Box/File #
3-1
3-2
3-3

3-4
3-5

Souvenir of Bishop Sakamoto’s Visit to
VancouverPhotographs of Kiyoshi Kojin Temple[1960][1965]

4-1
4-2

3-6

An Exhibition of Calligraphy by Bishop
Kojo Sakamoto

September 1966

4-3

3-7

[Notes for souvenir album created by B.C.]

n.d.

2-100

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Charles S. Brant fonds
Dates of creation:[1948-200-?], predominant 1948-1950
Physical extent:
12 cm of textual records and other material
Biographical sketch
Charles S. Brant was born in Portland, Oregon in 1919. A life-long anthropologist, Brant
began his academic career at Reed College where he obtained a B.A. 1941. In 1943, Brant completed
his M.A. requirements at Yale University, where he was also University Scholar from 1941-1943.
From 1943-1946 Brant served in the U.S. Army as part of the Medical Administration in India andChina. With the support of Wenner-Gren and Fulbright awards, Brant undertook pre-doctoral
research in the United States and Burma before completing his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1951.
In the early years of his career, Brant taught at University of Michigan (1947-1948), Colgate
University (1951-1952), University of California (1952-1953), and Sarah Lawrence College (19541956). Brant was also resident anthropologist at Albert Einstein College from 1956-1957. In 1957,
Brant joined Portland State University as Assistant Professor. Brant moved to Canada in 1961 totake the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta, and obtained Canadiancitizenship six years later. Brant became head of the Department of Anthropology at the Universityof Alberta in 1963, and also directed the university’s Boreal Institute for Northern Studies from1964-1967. In 1970, Brant left Alberta for Montreal to join the faculty at Sir George Williams
University (now Concordia) as professor. Brant spent the last 12 years of his career there, retiringfrom teaching in 1982.
Brant is best known for his work on the Kiowa Apache through his book Jim Whitewolf: The
Life of a Kiowa Apache Indian, originally published in 1969. In addition to his work on North American
Native peoples and cultures, Brant had research interests in social organization and change in India
and China; social change in Arctic regions (especially as it applied to Canada and Greenland); and in
the problems of developing countries. During his career, Brant completed fieldwork in Burma,
Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, and in Native American communities in California and Oklahoma.
Brant and his wife Jane were both photographers and life-long social activists. They had twosons. After his retirement in 1982, Brant moved to Gabriola Island, British Columbia. Brant passed
away in 1991 at age 71 in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Scope and content:
Fonds documents Brant’s pre-doctoral research in Burma. As a Fulbright scholar working
with the United States Educational Foundation, Brant submitted quarterly reports to the foundation
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detailing his arrival and adjustment to life in Burma, as well as his sociological research in thecommunity of Tadagale and other areas of the country. Brant also provided the U.S. Foreign Service
with his observations of life in the Shan States, where Brant and his wife first lived when they
arrived in Burma in 1949. After returning to the United States in 1950, Brant published articles on
the research he completed while in Burma. Records in this series include academic and government
reports; articles; Brant’s curriculum vitae; a digitized slide show and 8 mm movie; a grant application;notes; and photographic negatives and prints. It is likely that most of the photographs were taken byJane Brant, but these are not identified.
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on the provenance of the fonds.
Physical description: Includes 1 cm of textual records. – 324 photographs : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm
or smaller. – 7 contact sheets (43 frames) : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm – 92 b&w negatives ; 6 x 6 cm and
35 mm. – 2 digital versatile discs. Of these images, ca. 380 are unique.
Conservation: Photographic prints in file 1-2 were originally glued and taped to sheets of highlyacidic loose-leaf paper. These prints have been removed from the paper, and the original
layout of the photographs can be seen in the accompanying photocopies of each page.
Immediate source of acquisition: The records were donated to the MOA Archives by Brant’s son in2010.
Arrangement: There did not appear to be any order to the material when it came to the archives.
Photographs, where numbered, have been organized into a rough chronology. Prints andnegatives have been arranged separately. Negatives corresponding to photographic prints infile 1-1 can be found in file 1-6; negatives corresponding to photographic prints in file 1-2 canbe found in file 1-7.
Terms governing use and reproduction: Consult Archivist for details.
Associated material: A set of puppets from Burma can also be found in MOA’s museum
collection (material unprocessed as of Feb. 2011).

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Box List
Box 1
Box/File #
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
1-9
1-10
1-11
1-12
1-13

File Title[Photos: Burma] [1 of 5 ]Photos: Burma [2 of 5]
Photos: Burma [3 of 5]
Photos: Burma [4 of 5]
Photos: Burma [5 of5]
[Negatives] [1 of 2][Negatives] [2 of 2][Digitized slide show and 8 mm movie]
Burma – Oct. 1949 report to the US Foreign Service
Burma – reports
Publications[Ethnographic notes][Curriculum vitae]

Date(s)[1948-1950][1948-1950][1948-1950][1948-1950][1948-1950][1948-1950][1948-1950][200-?]
1949
1949-1950
1951-1955[196-?][ca. 198-]

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Hugh Campbell-Brown fonds
Dates of Creation:[19-?]
Physical Extent:
10 cm of textual records. – 8 cm of graphic material (drawings).
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Hugh Campbell-Brown was a medical doctor in Vernon, B.C. whose father was a
missionary doctor in China. His father had assembled a collection of coins dating from 255 B.C. to1910, which was donated to the Museum of Anthropology by Dr. Hugh Campbell-Brown in theearly 1960s. Subsequently, in 1983, Dr. Campbell-Brown donated textual records and drawings
which make up this fonds.
Scope and Content:
Fonds consists of papers that appear to be the beginning of a catalogue of Chinese charms
and coins. The drawings were hand drawn. It is not clear whether these records are specific to the
Campbell-Brown collection of Chinese coins, which are currently in the Museum of Anthropology’s
holdings. However, these records were originally found in the same trunk as the coins.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on the provenance of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: Records were donated to the Archives by Dr. Hugh CampbellBrown in 1983.
Language: The textual records are written in Chinese.
Restrictions on access: Consult Archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: Consult Archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: Consult Archivist for details.

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Penelope Connell collection
Dates of creation:ca. 1900.
Physical extent:
14 photographs ; 22 x 26 cm.
Biographical sketch:
The creator of the photographs is unknown. Penelope Connell obtained the photographsfrom a woman whose husband was a captain.
Scope and content:
Collection consists of 14 hand tinted photographs of Japan. Geographic areas represented
by these photographs include Kobe, Enosha Island, Tokyo, Nagasaki, Chuzenji Lake at Nikko,
Inland Sea at Bingo, Kamakura, Yokohama and Honmoku.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title taken from the name of the donor.
Immediate source of acquisition: Photographs were donated by Penelope Connell in 1982.

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James Davidson collection
Dates of creation :1894 - 1902
Physical extent :131 glass lantern slides
Biographical sketch :James Wheeler Davidson was born in Austin, Minnesota in 1872. In 1893 he took part in thePeary expedition to Greenland, attempting to find a route to the North Pole. In 1895 he travelled to
Taiwan as a war correspondent covering the transition to Japanese rule. That same year, he wasdecorated by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun for aiding the Japanese army in
the capture of the capital of Taiwan, Formosa. Soon after he became a trader based in the town ofDanshui. During this time, Davidson became fluent in Japanese. In 1897, President Cleveland
appointed Davidson as the consular agent for the island of Formosa. He remained in this role fornine years and became very involved in the affairs of Formosa and wrote many monographs about
the region. During this time he conducted the research for his work The Island of Formosa, Historical
View from 1430 to 1900 (alternative title: The Island of Formosa, Past and Present), which was published in
1903. His work has been a frequently referenced resource for the English-speaking world, and still
impacts the study of the history of Taiwan. After spending a year compiling a detailed survey of theterritory adjacent to the Asian section of the Trans-Siberian Railway (extracts of which appeared inCentury Magazine, April-June 1903), Davidson was appointed as a political consultant to Danly,
Manchuria. Later he would also become consul at Andong, Manchuria, commercial attaché to theAmerican legation in Peking, and a special agent of the Department of State. In 1905 Davidson was
appointed by President Roosevelt to the position of consul general in Shanghai, also serving inNanjing. Due to illness, Davidson returned to the US to recuperate that same year. Once recovered,he emigrated to Calgary, in 1907 with his new wife Lillith.
In Calgary, Davidson became involved with the lumber industry and made a fortune.
Davidson was very active in the Calgary community, and helped increase the standing of the city. He
extended the Canadian Pacific Railway northeast and southeast of Calgary, and pushed for every trailthat lead to or from Calgary to be developed into roads. Davidson expanded the Crown Lumber
company into fifty-two branches with two hundred employees, and successfully invested in theTurner Valley Oil Field. He was influential in initiating the Calgary Mawson Report for proactive city
planning, and helped start the Calgary Symphony.
Davidson joined the Calgary Rotary Club in 1914 and became a very invested and prominent
member. Originally a “Loans Officer,” from 1919 – 1920 he was the acting Calgary Club President.
From 1923 – 1924, he was the Zone 4 District Governor. In 1921 he was nominated as one of two
Honorary Commissioners by the Canadian Advisory Committee to extend the Rotary Club into
Austrailia and New Zeland. He was accompanied by future Canadian WWII Minister of Defense
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Layton Ralston. He became pivotal in the Rotary Extension program, acting as the envoy to theMediterranean, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Australia when the Rotary Club wanted to expand
their chapters internationally. Davidson spent a quarter of a million dollars of his own money tocircumnavigate the globe with Lillith and their young daughter Marjory to achieve this goal. The trip
lasted two and a half years, and during this time Davidson was responsible for founding over twenty
branches of the Rotary Club world-wide. Less than two years after their return, James Davidson
passed away in 1933. He was immortalized in 1935 when a peak of the Rocky Mountains was named
after him. Mt. Davidson is located nine kilometers north of the Lake Minnewanka marker mountain,
Devil’s Head.
Scope and content:
Fonds consists of glass lantern slides collected by James Davidson in Formosa and Japanbetween 1894 and 1902. Davidson used these slides for his lectures.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on the name of the collector.
Immediate source of acquisition: Slides were donated to the Archives by Davidson’s
daughter, Mrs. Marjory Abramson in 1990.
Finding aids: Item level description supplied by archivist.

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James W. Davidson Glass Lantern Slide Item List
Identifica Descriptiontion
Number
A033275 Earthquake scene. Raised
houses on roadway.
A033276 Earthquake scene at
Biwajima. Ruined houses,
six people in foreground.
A033277 Earthquake scene in Neo
Valley. Trees, and jutting
roof in foreground.
A033278 Earthquake scene,embankment of Biwajima
River.
A033279 Earthquake scene. Twomen with a body.
A033280 Earthquake scene, possibly
Nagoya Spinning Mill.
Large brick building.
A033281 Earthquake scene at
Kasamatsu. Field ofdebris.
A033282 Earthquake scene, possibly
twisted railway line and
Kisogawa railway bridge.
A033283 Earthquake scene of
Nagara Gawa Railway
Bridge, twisted andbroken.
A033284 Officer on horseback.
A033285
A033286

A033287
A033288
A033289
A033290

Urban scene labeled“Nippon-bashi and
Mitukoshi.”English vowel
pronunciation guide. Firstline reads: “A as in
Father…”
Moonrise over water.
Moonrise scene labeled“Torri in the seas”
Moonrise over water.
Scene on circular mat.
Moonrise over water along

Photographer

Mr. K. Kimbei
of Yokohama.

Mr. Miyashita
of Nagoya?

Condition

B&W or tint

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Good

B&W

Glass cracked,
mold on mat
Good

B&W

Some damage

B&W

Cracked glass
Good

Blue tint
Blue tint

Good

Blue tint

Good

Blue tint

B&W

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A033291
A033292
A033293

A033294
A033295
A033296
A033297
A033298

A033299
A033300
A033301
A033302
A033303
A033304
A033305
A033306
A033307
A033308
A033309

road. Scene on circularmat. Labeled “Night
Scene…”
Two figures in front ofgreenery with hut to PR.
Temples with multiple
figures, tree to PR.
Many warriors in front ofbuilding. Reads: “TheJapanese Army of 100
Years Ago.”
Stone building in snowy
scene.
Building surrounded byshrubbery and trees.
Rows of identical largestone ornamental
structures on gravel.
Structure over water insnowy landscape.
Fortress wall with building
over water. Reads: “Osaka
Castle.” Scene in circularmat.
Two figures in ceremonial
dress in front ofentranceway.
Bridge over water with
figures.
Women and men ingarden.
Parade moving throughstreet of town.
Man and girl looking atcolorful contraption.
Girl in garden.
Two women working on
silk worms.
Two women kneeling infront of screens.
Woman and two children
kneeling in front of screen.
Two young girls posing for
picture.
Six men standing

Kozaburo
Tamamura?
Ogawa
Kazumasa?
Ogawa
Kazumasa?
Ogawa
Kazumasa?

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Linen tapebreaking down

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Glass cracked
Good

Full color tint
Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good, somefingerprints.
Glass cracked,
possible glue
on glass
Badly cracked,

Full color tint
Full color tint
B&W
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outdoors. Reads: “Japs atTiensin.”
A033310

A033311

A033312

A033313

A033314
A033315

A033316

A033317
A033318

A033319

A033320
A033321plate fallingout, chips in
one corner
Badly cracked,
emulsionbreaking down

Two men, one with top
hat. Reads: “Professor
Burton and Taiho theGiant Wrestler.”
Ceremonial parade float
drawn by two oxen in
front of buildings.
Two men leaning over atable, one helping ignite
the other’s cigarette. A
woman holding a fan sitson a cushion in a litter.
Figures walking around atemple. Tree to PR.

Islands in the sea, reads“In Inland Sea.”
River surrounded by trees
with mountain in the
distance. Reads: “Acountry scene.”
Road with wooden archwith lake to PR, mountainin distance. Reads “LakeHakone.”Tall trees lining road.
Reads “Imaichi Road at
Nikko.”
Large tree supported bywooden poles outside ofbuilding. Possibly Park at
Maruyama, Kioto.
Two women in a field oftall flowers.
Two men leading oxen
and wagons loaded withplants and shrubs.
Cherry blossoms against

Kimbei
Kusakabe?

B&W

Cracked on
B&W withboth sides,
pink highlights
discoloration oflinen (mold?)
Cracked glass
Full color tintSome
discoloration,
clouded atbottom,possible mold
Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Small crack,
mold on mat,tape breaking
down
Mold on matedges, tapebreaking down
Mold on mat

Full color tint

Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint
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A033322

A033323

A033324

A033325
A033326

A033327
A033328
A033329

A033330

A033331
A033332
A033333

A033334

sky. Reads, “Cherry
Blossoms.”
Houses along a road to thePL, with people walking
down steps to the PR.
Cherry trees throughout.
Building next to waterwith group of people on
bridge to PR. [Wisteria]hang down.
Flowers [chrysanthemum] Kozaburoin greenhouse. Possibly
Tamamura?
“The Chrysanthemum
Show”
Irises in river
Kozaburo
Tamamura?
Two women against whitebackground with tea
ceremony objects. Reads,“Ladies saluting. One
calling upon the other.”Tea ceremony, vase incenter with long branches.
Figural statues along hillfacing river. Lettering ontape reads “NIKKO.”
Mount Fujiyama in the
distance with river in theforeground. Reads,“Fujiyama.”
Bamboo grove with fence
along road. Figures onroad; older couple withbrooms to PR.
Tall trees lining road. One
wagon in center.
Reads, “An Island
opposite to Maiko near
Kobe.”
Three women withparasols in rickshaws
pulled by men along acherry blossom lined road.
Field of tall lily pads andKimbeililies, or lotuses.
Kusakabe?

cornergood

Full color tint

Tape edge
breaking down
on bottom

Full color tint

Tape missing
from bottomedge, glasscrackedGood

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Glass platecrackedPossible moldgrowthFull color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Glass cracked

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Plate cracked

Full color tint

Glass cracked
in multiple
places—fragile.

Full color tint

Full color tint

Full color tint

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A033335

A033336

A033337

A033338
A033339
A033340
A033341
A033342[Yasaka] pagoda. Notes
read “Tokyo,” but notindicated on slide. Possibly
Kyoto.
Large ornate building withhigh stone foundation.
Possibly Castle of Nagoya.
Roofs of other buildings
visible.
Stature of Buddha inforest setting. Written on
tape: “Made from Cash—NIKKO.”
Dear standing on road inforest, possibly in the parkof Nara.
Stone stairs along river;one man standing PR.
Reads “Hakone.”
Bridge over a river. [Sacredbridge at Nikko].
Woman on terrace
surrounded by wisteria.
Rooftop view of city.

A033343

View of [Fukiya Hotel at
Miyanoshita] on a forested
hilltop.

A033344

Street scene.

A033345

Tree in foreground, houseon lake. Reads “A Country
Home.”
Wooden arch over road,lake to PL. Reads “Hakone
Lake.”
Reads “Japanese baby inher mosquito net.”
Two women looking downin entranceway.
Two figures at lake withtree in foreground. Reads“Moon light scene at
Maiko beach.”

A033346
A033347
A033348
A033349

Kozaburo
Tamamura?

Kozaburo
Tamamura?

Kozaburo
Tamamura?

Kimbei
Kusakabe?

Kozaburo
Tamamura?
Kozaburo
Tamamura?

Good

Full color tint

Mold?

Full color tint

Mold?

Full color tint

EmulsionFull color tint
damage/deterio
rating.
Glass and plate Full color tint
cracked inupper corners.
Good
Full color tint
Cracks on plate

Full color tint

Emulsiondamaged inupper corner
Extensive
emulsiondamage, glasscrackedEmulsiondamagedGood

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Some damage
to emulsion
Good

Full color tint

Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint

Full color tint

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A033350
A033351
A033352

A033353
A033354
A033355
A033356
A033357

A033358
A033359
A033360

A033361

A033362

Funeral procession. Reads“Funeral.”Reads “Bamboo grovenear Kagi.”
Man posing with sailboat
near shore on lake.
Carved doorways.
Large bell.
Mountain stairway, arch inbackground.
Reads “Private garden,
Tokyo.”
Two people sitting onriver, one with feet in thewater. Reads “A summerday.”Japanese children on
porch.
Street scene.
Buildings near water withfoundation wall to PR.
Reads “Castle ofShidzuoka.”
Street scene with photostudio sign in PR.

A033366

House with stream andtrees. Reads “A country
scene.”
Mountain stairway, arch inbackground. Same image
as A033355. Reads “Minonear Osaka.”
Bell tower and building
with pathway. Multiple
figures.
Body of water [moat?]bordered by walls.
Large bell.

A033367
A033368

Temple entrance.
Reads “A Geisha girlA033363
A033364
A033365

Honchodori
Yokohama or
Kimbei
Kusakabe?

KozaburoGood

Full color tint

Some tape gonefrom edges
No tape onedges, someemulsiondamageGood
Glass cracked
Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Fair

Full color tint

Glass cracked
Glass cracked

Full color tint
Full color tint

Plate cracked,
glass cracked

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Glass cracked

Full color tint

Binding tapepeeling away
Fragile, platand glasscracked
Good
Good

Full color tint

Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint
Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint
Full color tint
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A033369

A033370
A033371
A033372
A033373
A033374
A033375
A033376
A033377
A033378
A033379
A033380
A033381
A033382
A033383

playing Shamisen.”Girl kneeling on cushion.
Reads “Writing a letter.”
Close-up of flowers
against sky. Reads“Chrysanthemum.”
Close-up of flower againstsky. Reads “Piony”[peony].
Two sumo wrestlers.
Two figures practicing
kendo.
Rows of Buddhas
Street scene. Reads “Arainy day of [at] Kobe.”
Rooftop view of city.

Notes read “Osaka” but
not indicated on plate. City
street scene.

A033385

Boat on body of waterwith buildings. Reads“Public garden at Hikone
near Otsu.”
Three women in garden.

A033387

Ogawa
Kazumasa?

Tree-lined road.
Wooden boats withpassengers on river. Reads“Arashiyama, Kioto.”
Tree in foreground, sea.
Reads “Inland sea”
Trees on hillside. Reads“Sun set.”
Reads “Boys playing
kites.”
Building interior.
Kabuki performance.

A033384

A033386

Tamamura?
Kozaburo
Tamamura or
Kimbei
Kusakabe?
Ogawa
Kazumasa?

Group of young women[Geisha?] with musicalinstruments.

Kozaburo
Tamamura?
Kusakabe
Kimbei?

Excellent

Full color tint

Excellent

Full color tint

Some mold,missing someborder tape
Cracked glass
Missing one
cornerGood
Good

Full color tint

Discoloration
in upper PR
corner.
Good
Excellent

Full color tint

Excellent

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Possible moldgrowthGlass cracked
Missing tape on
two edges
Possible moldgrowth, binding
tape loose on
top.
Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Good

Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint
Full color tint
Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint
Full color tint

Full color tint

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A033388
A033389

People outside of building,reads “A country house.”
Five people outside, reads“Playing a game…”

A033390
A033391

Four women in kitchen.
Woman with parasol
outside in snow.

A033392

Young woman with baby
on path. Reads “Nursing
Baby.”
Rooftop view of village
with mountains inbackground. Reads“Hakone Village.”
Irises in front of building.
Reads “Iris garden at
Kioto.”
Boat on river in front ofMount Fijiyama. Reads“Fijiyama.”
Two horses and figures on
bridge in front of Mount
Fujivama. Reads “Mount
Fuji.”
Tree branch with wisteria.
Reads “Wisteria.”
Mountaintop view ofMount Fijiyama. Reads“Fujiyama.”
Two people with packs
walking down road nearbuildings. Reads“Pilgrims.”
Woman tending to cherry
blossoms. Reads “AJapanese Lady.”
Bearers carrying people inlitters through forest.
Notes read “Hakone,” butno indication on plate.
Woman working in fieldby river.
Boats on river between
mountains. Reads

A033393

A033394
A033395
A033396

A033397
A033398
A033399

A033400
A033401

A033402
A033403

Fair, somescratches
Glass cracked
and chipped inlower corner
Excellent
Glass platecracked,possible mold
Fair

Full color tint

Plate badly
crackedFull color tint

Some mold

Full color tint

Very good

Full color tint

Glass platecrackedFull color tint

Very goodcondition
Very good

Full color tint

Good, possible
beginnings ofmoldFull color tint

Fair, somemold at top

Full color tint

Good, butsome mold or
discoloration at
top
Good, but noedging tape
Very good

Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint
Full color tint
Full color tint

Full color tint

Full color tint
Full color tint
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A033404
A033405“Kisogawa rapids nearNara.”
Bridge over water. Reads,“Kintaikyo bridge nearinland sea.”
Sailboat on lake, reads “AJapanese Junk.”

Kimbei
Kusakabe?

Fair, some
mold

Full color tint

Mold starting

Full color tint

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R. M. Ferguson fonds
Dates of creation:
ca 1910.
Physical extent:
1 album (ca. 65 photographs). - 16 photographs: b&w and col.; 19.5 x 25.5 cm orsmaller
Biographical sketch:
No biographical information on R. M. Ferguson.
Scope and content:
Fonds consists of black and white and hand-tinted photos taken in 1910 depicting various
monuments, landscapes, architecture and events in Japan and China. Most photos are labeled with atitle and location.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on provenance of fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: The album and photos comprising the fonds were
donated to the UBC Museum of Anthropology in 1974 by R.M. Ferguson andaccessioned into the Museum’s holdings until their transfer to the UBC Museum of
Anthropology Archives in July 1992.
General note: Previously catalogued within the UBC Museum of Anthropology’s
holdings as N1.889 and N1.889 a-p.

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Genni Hennessy fonds
Dates of creation:
2002-2003
Physical extent:
2 cm of textual records; 2 audio micro-cassettes; 1 computer disk
Biographical sketch:
Genni Hennessy is a graduate of the MA program in the UBC department of anthropology.
Scope and content:
The fonds consists of records relating to Hennessy’s 2003 MA thesis titled The Spirit ofCollaboration: Exploring Critical Pedagogical Principles in Transforming the Museum Through Space and Time.
Hennessy was interested in the relationships that developed between community members andmuseum staff during the process of putting together the Museum of Anthropology’s exhibit The
Spirit of Islam, which ran from October 2001 to May 2002. Her purpose was to document the kindsof collaborative processes that occurred as the exhibit planning progressed in order to identify amodel from which other museums working with communities might benefit.
The fonds contains one file titled Genni Hennessy MA Thesis Materials and consists of the following
items:

2 tape cassettes of interviews
2 typed interview transcripts
1 computer disk

Consent forms signed by interviewees Jill Baird and Itrath Syed are located in the case file and may
be viewed upon request.
Notes:
Source of supplied title: Title based on the name of the creator of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: Records were donated by Genni Hennessy in 2003.
.
Restrictions on access: Consent forms for interviewees are located in the case file.
Consult archivist for details.

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Stephen Inglis fonds
Dates of Creation:
1974 – 77.
Physical Extent:
184 prints : b&w ; 19 x 13.5 cm or slightly smaller : 160 mounted on white card 20 x 14 cm
51 negatives : col.; 35mm.
Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Stephen Inglis was born in 1949. He has a BA and a PhD (1984) in Anthropology from
UBC. He received an MA in Museology and Indian Art from Calcutta University. Dr. Inglis was aguest curator for the MOA exhibit “Calendar Prints: Popular Art of South India” which wasdisplayed at the Museum from September 1983 to January 1985. He is currently the Director
General of Research and Collections at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC). Dr. Inglis
specializes in artists and their communities, particularly in South Asia.
Scope & Content:
Fonds consists of photographic material created by Dr. Stephen Inglis and a series oftwenty-four black and white prints depicting potters in a small community in India or images offertility statues photographed by colleague Walter Huber. The colour negatives show local artisans
and their works. The black and white photos mounted on cards were created between 1974 – 77and show Indian craftspeople, particularly Bengalis and Tamils. The images may have been created
for the purpose of Dr. Inglis’s PhD research.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Name of fonds is based on the name of the creator.
Alphanumeric designation: The prints were unnumbered therefore the assistant archivist
has assigned numbers, starting with the accession number (AC 2002-48 or
2002-22) and followed by a sequential three digit number (001).
Immediate source of acquisition: Material found in the Archives backlog.
Restrictions on access: There are no restrictions on this material.
Terms governing use and reproduction: Dr. Stephen Inglis or Walter Huber (images AC 2002-48001 through AC 2002-48-024) must be credited as the creator(s) if this material isused or reproduced.
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Associated material: Dr. Inglis’s doctoral thesis Creators and consecrators : a potter
community of South India is available at UBC Main Library and Special
Collections.
Accruals: Further accruals are not expected but there is a possibility that more relatedmaterial could be found at a later date in the Archives backlog.
Related groups of material in other fonds: Material related to the “Calendar Prints: Popular
Art of South India” can be located in the Public Relations fonds, box 4 – 23
as well as Exhibit Design fonds, Box 1 – 15. In the Audio-Recordings series,
there are two audio cassettes from Stephen Inglis. They are MAN 4 a, b andMAN 5.

Caption list for prints
AC 2002-48-001
AC 2002-48-002
AC 2002-48-003
AC 2002-48-004
AC 2002-48-005
AC 2002-48-006
AC 2002-48-007
AC 2002-48-008
AC 2002-48-009
AC 2002-48-010
AC 2002-48-011
AC 2002-48-012
AC 2002-48-013
AC 2002-48-014
AC 2002-48-015
AC 2002-48-016
AC 2002-48-017
AC 2002-48-018
AC 2002-48-019
AC 2002-48-020
AC 2002-48-021
AC 2002-48-022
AC 2002-48-023
AC 2002-48-024

Siva murthi, Bastarnar
Siva Murthi, Bastarnar
Danteshwari Mandir Murthi, Dantewara
Amarkantak (source of Narbada River)
Danteshwari Mandir Murthi
Gharwa Cire-perdue Caster, Jagdalpur
Kumar, Nagarnar
Nagarnar Kumar family
Terracotta mata murthis and guardian
figures
Maria pillar, old form no longer made, near Gidam
The Eyes Have It
Kumar, Nagarnar
Danteshwari Mandir Murthi
L’Eternelle Idole, Rodin
Siva murthi, Bastarnar
Maria commemorative pillar, Bastarnar (“Bison-Horn”)
Kumar (demonstrating pottery wheel) Nagarnar village nr, Jagdalpur
Sonmura (source of Son River near Amarkantak Baba)
Assi Ghat, Benares
Summer ‘76
Kumar, Nagarnar
Waiting for the bus near Jagdalpur
Kumar, Nagarnar“Bison-Horn” Maria commemorative pillar, detail, Bastarnar
Gharwa, Jagdalpur
From Sonmura looking northwest*Please note that AC 2002-48-01 through AC 2002-48-024 are attributed to Walter Huber

AC2002-48-025  48-76 are 51 colour negatives that depict local craftspeople and shrines in India.
AC2002-22-001 22-160 are black and white photographic prints mounted on white card. The
images depict local Indian craftspeople, particularly Bengalis and Tamils. Some are identified withlocation and what is happening in the photo, while some are unidentified.
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Bob Kingsmill fonds
Date of creation:
1977-1979
Physical extent:
22 cm of textual records and graphic material
Biographical sketch:
Bob Kingsmill is a professional potter and ceramics instructor who lives and works near
Vernon, BC. Born in Vancouver, Kingsmill trained in ceramics under Muriel Guest in Winnipeg
before returning to British Columbia and establishing his own pottery studio in Kelowna in 1967.
Kingsmill later moved to Bowen Island, where he compiled his first book A Catalogue of British
Columbia Potters (published 1978). In 1979, Kingsmill opened a studio on Granville Island in
Vancouver, which he continues to operate alongside his studio near his current home in Vernon.
Bob Kingsmill produces a wide variety of stoneware and raku-fired ceramics, including wallmurals, masks, and functional pottery. Besides his artistic endeavours, Kingsmill has led many
pottery workshops throughout BC and has taught at Capilano College, Malaspina College, and for
Emily Carr College of Art and Design’s Outreach Program.
Scope and content:
The fonds consists of correspondence, questionnaires, and photographs relating to Bob
Kingsmill’s research for his book A Catalogue of British Columbia Potters (1978). In order to gather
material for his book, Kingsmill created a questionnaire requesting information and photographs
which he sent to about 70 potters throughout British Columbia. The fonds consists mainly of the
responses Kingsmill received, which include the completed questionnaires containing shortbiographical and artistic statements by each potter, together with black and white or colour
photographs of the artists and their pottery.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title of fonds based on the creator of the records. Titles of files
based on file contents.
Physical description: Includes 22cm of textual records, ca. 300 photographs.
Immediate source of acquisition: The records were donated to MOA by Bob Kingsmill on
July 7, 2010.
Finding aids: File list available.

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Bob Kingsmill fonds
File List
File Name

Date(s)Box / File #Correspondence
Expenses
Frances Fraser

1977
1977
1977

1.1
1.2
1.3

Ted Dreidiger

1977

1.4

Frances Hatfield

1977

1.5

Kathleen Hamilton

1977

1.6

Simon Brafman

1977

1.7

Chris Freyta

1977

1.8

A.Y. Bain

1977

1.9

Dora Baycroft

1977

1.10

Frank Poll

1977

1.11

Margaret M. Pearson

1977

1.12

Akira Musho Tomita

1977

1.13

Margaret McClelland

1977

1.14

Keith Receveur

1977

1.15

Gordon Thorlaksson

1977

1.16

Walter Dexter

1977

1.17

Charles and Kathleen Partington

1977

1.18

Sylvia Ohrn

1977

1.19

Geoff M. Searle

1977

1.20

Dorothy Doherty

1977

1.21

Sheila Steele and Bob Hunt

1977

1.22

Katherine Dodd

1977

1.23

Isao and Don Sanami/Morrill, Don H. Morrill,
Burt Cohen
Susan Clarke

1977

1.24

1977

1.25

Larry Cohen

1977

1.26
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Neil Dalrymple

1977

1.27

Meg Buckley

1977

1.28

Linda Mackie

1977

1.29

Peg and Des Loan

1977

1.30

Heinz Laffin

1977

1.31

Don Hutchinson

1977

1.32

Gordon Hutchens

1977

2.1

Jack and Gail Anne Olive

1977

2.2

Grace Morris

1977

2.3

Brad MacFadyen

1977

2.4

Anna Roberts

1977

2.5

David Wallace

1977

2.6

Roger Painter

1977

2.7

Fay Tevendale

1977

2.8

Ron Tribe

1977

2.9

Wayne Ngan

1977

2.10

Doug Taylor

1977

2.11

Roger Stribley

1977

2.12

Lisi Stiegel

1977

2.13

Suzu Matsuda Speier

1977

2.14

Graham Sheehan

1977

2.15

Hanna Kristmanson

1977

2.16

Hiro Urakami

1977

2.17

Patti Meyer

1977

2.18

Donna McLaren

1977

2.19

Ruth Meechan

1977

2.20

Pamela Ann Stevenson

1977

2.21

Peg’s Place Pottery School

1977

2.22

Maureen Wright

1977

2.23
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Herman C.P. Venema

1977

2.24

Robin Righton

1977

2.25

Laurel Ramsay

1977

2.26

Rick Hoffman

1977

2.27

Reg Dixon

1977

2.28

Daniel Materna

1977

2.29

Sally Michener

1977

2.30

1977-1979

2.31

Miscellaneous material

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Gillian Darling Kovanic fonds
Dates of creation:
1973 – 2010
Physical extent:
129 cm of textual records and other material
Biographical sketch:
Gillian Darling Kovanic began an undergraduate degree in anthropology in 1968 at Simon
Fraser University. In August of that year, Kovanic left Simon Fraser University and spent most of
1969 – 1970 hitchhiking and travelling around the world, including stops in the United States,
Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India, South East Asia and Japan. Upon her return to
Canada in 1970, Kovanic transferred to the University of British Columbia where she began a
Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Anthropology, focusing on South Asia, and minors inMuseology and Art History. She completed this degree in 1975.
Kovanic began her Master’s degree at the University of British Columbia in South Asian
Anthropology in 1975, finishing in 1979. During this period she completed a year of field work
(1976 – 1977) in the Hindi Kush (Kafiristan and Nuristan, Afghanistan) for her Master’s thesis
titled, “Merit Feasting Amongst the Kalash of Northern Pakistan.” During this time in Afghanistan
and Pakistan she collected ethnographic materials, which now reside with the Royal Ontario
Museum (ROM).
In 1979, Kovanic returned to India as a Shastri Indo-Canadian scholar studying the Oriya
language in Orissa state. She returned to Canada in 1981 and from 1983 – 1985 completed a
diploma in Media Arts and Sciences in the Media Resources Department at Capilano College. Uponcompletion of this diploma, Kovanic joined Northern Lights Entertainment as a film producer anddirector. She worked as an independent film maker from 1985 – 1997 and joined the National Film
Board of Canada from 1997 – 2001, before returning to her work as an independent film maker withher company Tamarin Productions Inc.
Kovanic’s film career has been widely successful, earning accolades at film festivals aroundthe world for films such as Island of Whales (1990), Battle for the Trees (1993) Through a Blue Lens (2000)
and Suspino: A Cry for Roma (2003). Her films have been nominated for many awards, including
Gemini Awards, one of which she won for Island of Whales in 1992, the Golden Sheaf Awards andthe British Columbia Leo Awards. On many of these projects Kovanic works as director, writer,
producer and location sound editor.
Scope and content:
This fonds consists of textual records, photographs, negatives, slides, audio recordings,
compact discs and video on DVD that relate to Kovanic’s academic and film career. The fonds
relates especially to her work in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan, but also captures her work withFirst Nations on the Northwest coast of British Columbia.
Notes:

Source of supplied title proper: The title is based on the creator of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: Material was donated to the Museum of Anthropology by
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Gillian Darling Kovanic in 2011.
Conservation: All negatives and photographs have been removed from their original plastic
sleeves, placed in new plastic sleeves and put in acid free boxes. The academic articles havebeen removed from their plastic sleeves, separated and placed in archival folders.
Language: Some of the field notes are written in Kalash’a with phonetic translations included in
the fonds.
Restrictions on access: See archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: See archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: See archivist for details.
Accruals: No further donations are expected.
Finding aid: File list is available.

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Series 1: Research
Dates of creation:
1973 – 2010
Physical extent:
129 cm of textual records, audio and graphic material
Scope and content:
The series consists primarily of material accumulated and/or created by Gillian Darling Kovanic
during her travels abroad, both as a student of anthropology and a filmmaker. This series includes
field research conducted by Kovanic with the Kalash in Pakistan, the Kom/Kati tribes in Pakistan
and Afghanistan, the Orissa in India, the Haida on the Queen Charlotte Islands [Haida Gwaii],
British Columbia and the Kwakwaka’wakw in Alert Bay, British Columbia. Much of her fieldwork is
made up of a study of the languages and cultural practices of the people being studied.
Included in the series are eleven field notebooks and thirty-nine corresponding cassette tapes, ahandwritten Kalash’a dictionary, a notebook containing information on the ethnographic materials
collected by Darling, which now reside with the Royal Ontario Museum, and approximately 4502
photographs, including slides, negatives, prints and digital photos. Also included are a number ofacademic and popular articles collected by Kovanic, which compliment her field research, including
a unique, handwritten article by Wazir Ali Shah, secretary to the last ruler of Chital, Mehtar, in 1977,
which was written after the original manuscript was lost. The series also contains published material,
comprised of a teaching kit titled “Kalash Bread-making: From Field to Feast” and the Wakhi
Language Book by Haqiqat Ali.

Notes:
Title of series: Supplied title based on contents of the records within the series.
Physical description: 4502 photographs: 1655 b&w and col.; 35mm. – 2515 negatives: b&w andcol.; 35mm. – 282 prints: b&w and col.; 15.24 x 10.16 cm. – 50 photographs: col.; compact
disc.

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Series 2: Video Material
Dates of creation:2007 – 2008
Physical extent:
11 DVD’s
Scope and content:
This series consists of seven DVD’s produced by Kovanic, which contain video material collected in
the Banni District, Kutch, Gujarat, India and four DVD’s containing video from Orissa, India, also
produced by Kovanic. These videos relate to articles and photographs which can be found in Series
1.
Notes:
Title of series: Supplied title based on contents of the records within the series.

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Mary Lipsett fonds
Dates of Creation:
1929.
Physical Extent:
1 album (24 photographs) : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm and 24.6 x19.5 cm on sheets 35 x 41.5 cm.
Biographical Sketch:
No biographical information about Mary Lipsett is available. However, it is known that thisalbum was given to Lipsett by Percy Bently in 1929.
Scope and Content:
Fonds consists of an album, embossed with the title “A Souvenir, Mr. and Mrs. Lipsett.” Ithouses 24 photographs depicting people, imperial and Shinto temples, shrines, monasteries andother sites and scenes taken in various cities in Japan.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on provenance of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: The album was donated to the UBC Museum of Anthropology
by Mary Lipsett in 1949 as part of a larger accession composed primarily of objects
from Asia. The album was integrated into the Museum’s collections until its transfer to the
UBC Museum of Anthropology Archives in October 1995.
Restrictions on access: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: See Archivist for details.
General note: This album was previously catalogued into the Museum’s holdings as N2.1261.

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Eric Parker fonds
Dates of Creation:[ca. 1910-11 – 198-?], predominant [ca. 1921-1924]
Physical Extent:
4.0 cm of textual records. - 689 photographs : prints and negatives. - 2 compact discs
Historical/Biographical Sketch:
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Parker was a British military Commander with the Indian government who
led a little known expedition of approximately 200 Punjabi soldiers from Calcutta to Tibet inNovember 1921. In addition, Lt. Col. Parker conducted basic and advanced infantry training ofTibetan soldiers from January to March 1923 at the request of the Tibetan military. During his
military career, Lt. Col. Parker corresponded with British diplomat, Sir Charles Bell, and various
members of the Tibetan government, including the 13th Dalai Lama.
On January 2, 1923, Lt. Col. Parker married in Calcutta and, with his wife, travelled back to Tibet on
horseback where his training of Tibetan soldiers would begin. After his initial British disapproval,
Lt. Col. Parker became accepting of the Tibetan culture and during this period of his life learned to
speak in Tibetan, Urdu, Tamil, and Punjabi. The Parkers adapted to Tibet, living in both Yutang
and Ganze. After Lt. Col. Parker was released from the military, the couple tried to stay on andestablish a trading station, but lasted only one year. During their stay in Tibet the Parkers collectednumerous objects, letters, and photographs that provide rare documentation of this period in Tibet’s
history (i.e., before the Chinese invasion in 1950). Lt. Col. Parker died in 1988.
Lt. Col. Parker was in the Indian military at a significant time in Tibetan history. From 1918-1921,
evidence suggests the Dalai Lama continued to forge closer ties to the British. Since the Simla
Convention in 1914, Britain and Tibet had agreed to Chinese ‘suzerainty’ over Tibet, but China
refused to ratify the pact and agree to the territorial divisions established. In 1918, fighting brokeout between British-trained Tibetan troops and the Chinese, and was later followed by British
attempts to mediate and discuss a Tibetan autonomy settlement. In 1920 to 1921, Sir Charles Bellwent to Lhasa to urge better relations between Tibet and Britain. Despite Tibetan reluctance toaccept further British influence, Charles Bell suggested increasing military aid to Tibet, and it was in
1923 that Lt. Col. Parker arrived to train the soldiers. In 1924-25, pressure from the monks caused
the Dalai Lama to dismiss his British-trained officers. Tibetan independence lasted until theoverthrow of the Republic of China by the Communists in 1949, and the establishment of thePeople's Republic of China.2
2 Bell, Charles, Tibet Past and Present.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1924; Grunfeld, T., The Making of Modern Tibet. London :Zed Books ; Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1987 ; Chand, Attar, Tibet, past and present : a select bibliography with chronology ofhistorical events, 1660-1981. New Delhi : Sterling, 1982 ; Wikipedia, History of Tibet. Online at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tibet. Accessed Jan 11/2006.

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In 2005, photographs and textual records, along with several objects, were donated to the Museumof Anthropology by Lt. Col. Parker’s daughter, Mrs. Mary Noble. Lt. Col. Parker’s grandson,
Father Harry Donald, provided valuable contextual information and is currently preparing to write ahistory of his grandfather’s time in Tibet.
Scope and Content:
The fonds consists primarily of material accumulated and/or created by Lt. Col. Parker during theperiod of his military duties in Tibet and time spent there after his release from the military (19211924). This material includes textual records such as correspondence relating to military matterswith Sir Charles Bell, and those written to, and received from, Tibetan officers and the 13th Dalai
Lama. A few letters written in Tibetan have been recently translated into English and are includedin the fonds. Other textual materials include handwritten speech and other notes, publisheddocuments such as an Almanac (written in Tibetan), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items
such as philatelic materials and handwritten children’s rhymes and songs..
The fonds also contains a collection of black and white photographs and negatives, the majority ofwhich were images taken by Lt. Col. Parker, while others, predate Parker’s time in Tibet. The
photographs are housed in two albums (Photograph Collections A and B), and show Tibet primarily
in the 1920s. The images depict military and domestic scenes in Tibet including photographs ofindividuals from all social strata, as well as local architecture and landscapes. Some of the places(e.g., monasteries) no longer exist. The albums also contain more recent colour prints of the many
Tibetan objects acquired by the Parkers (and now housed in the Ethnology Collection at theMuseum of Anthropology). Some duplicates occur within and between albums. The negatives
correspond to prints in one album (Photograph Collection A). Only a small number of negatives
have not been printed.
The fonds is arranged in the following 3 series:
1. Correspondence
2. Photographs
3. Miscellaneous Materials
Notes:
Source of Supplied Title: Based on creator of the fonds.
Physical Description: Includes: 3.0 cm of textual records. - ca. 487 photographs : b&w and col; 15 x 10 cm. or smaller. - 211 negatives: b&w. - 2 compact discs.
Accompanying Material: Two compact discs (CD Nos. 5 and 6) were created by Lt. Col.
Parker’s grandson, Father Donald, and contain scanned images of prints (which primarily
coincide with images) from Photograph Collection A, the Negative Collections, and imagesof all textual material (including translations and transcriptions). See the Multi-Media Finding
Aid, Compact Disc Series.
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A second case file contains Father Donald’s research notes including 24 folios of letters
typed by C.A. Bell in 1921 that were later translated.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Photographic records were acquired by the Museum of
Anthropology by donation from Mrs. Mary Noble of Victoria, B.C. in August 2005. Mrs.
Noble is the daughter of Eric Parker. An accrual of negatives and documents was made in
October 2005.
Arrangement: Arrangement for the textual materials was imposed by the archivist (CY), while
photographs were kept in their original order within two albums and designated as
Collections A & B by Father Donald. These albums are now recognized as ‘PhotographCollections A & B or PCA and PCB”
Numeric designation: The accession number for the fonds is 2005-5. A second accession wasmade in May 2006 under Accession no. 2006-09.
Language: Some correspondence is written in Tibetan and copies of translations are includedin the fonds.
Restrictions: Access to the Eric Parker collection of photographs and documents is restricted
to “read only” for 5 years after donation. Anyone wishing to reproduce any of thephotographs and documents within that time period must first contact Father Harry Donald
for permission. Consult archivist for further details.
Finding Aids: A series, box/file are available. Item lists for Photograph Collections A & B
are also included.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
General Note: The archival materials were donated together with a collection of Tibetan
artefacts that are now part of the Ethnology collections at the Museum of Anthropology.
These artefacts coincide with the colour photographs in Photograph Collection B.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONSCorrespondence
Dates of Creation:[ca.1920s] – 1985
Physical Extent:
2.5 cm of textual records
Scope and Content:
Series consists of two files of correspondence:
1. Military Period (1921-1923)
2. Other Correspondence (1961-1985)
Materials in the ‘Military Period’ file include ten letters written to, or by, Lt. Col. Parker while on
duty as the Commander of the Military Forces in Tibet. Two other letters were written by Sir
Charles Bell in which Bell arranges to meet up with Lt. Col. Parker and an escort on his return
journey from Lhasa. One additional letter is handwritten in Tibetan and stamped with ‘British Trade
Agency – Gyantse – Tibet’ (which suggests that it may be from Parker’s military period), but it is notkown who authored it or when it was created. Five of the letters are written in Tibetan andtranslations and transcriptions for four of the five letters are available in hard copy and on compact
disc (see ‘Notes’).
Of significance among the letters written in Tibetan is correspondence from Lt. Col. Parker to the13th Dalai Lama in which Lt. Col. Parker states that he has received and inspected the troops fromthe Dalai’s personal escort and suggests that they be kept for training. In this letter Lt. Col. Parker
also raises question on military dress and deportment, specifically, the length of the officers’ hair (atranslation of this letter was provided by Father Donald but no original copy of the translation
exists). An original draft of this letter, written in English by Lt. Col. Parker, is also included in thisfile. A second letter is from the Dalai Lama to Lt. Col. Parker and is an acknowledgement ofParker’s training of Tibetan soldiers. This letter is written on rice paper and includes the Dalai’s
official ink seal and an envelope with the Dalai’s wax seal and a postmarked Tibetan stamp. Threeother letters were sent to Lt. Col. Parker from officials of the Tibetan government. These letters arealso written on rice paper and ink stamped with official seals. The first of these letters is written bya member of the Tibetan Supreme Council (known as Shapes or Shapees) and is a response to Lt.
Col. Parker’s questioning of hair length of the Tibetan troops, and includes explanations of culturaland religious differences. The second letter is from the minister responsible for the Tibetan militaryin which permission is granted for training of the Tibetan troops, and the sending of further troops
to be trained. The third letter is written by two Tibetan Officers in which praise is given to one of
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transcriptions are available for the letters written from the Dalai and the officials of the Tibetan
government, and accompany the series.
The five other letters in this series include four that were typewritten by Lt. Col. Parker in English:
two are from his military period; two others were written decades later to the editor of a publication.
As mentioned above, one was written in Tibet and has not been translated. The two letters from his
military period are lengthy and provide significant details of Lt. Col. Parker’s perceptions of hiswork, the people, the country, events and festivities and are an important accompaniment to manyof the prints in Photograph Collection A.
Materials in the “Other Correspondence” file consist of more recent records. Two letters from1961 relate to an address Lt. Col. Parker accepted to give to the Victoria Section of the Royal OverSeas League about his experience in Tibet. The two other letters also relate to Lt. Col. Parker’s timein Tibet and were sent to the editor of “Country Life.” The first letter (dated 1966) describes Lt.
Col. Parker’s unique experience of being the first European to see a Takin, “the rarest mammal in
the world,” while the second letter (dated 1977) discusses a pony that Lt. Col. Parker bought in theearly 1920s. The file also contains a letter (dated 1985) from the Office of Tibet in New York City
acknowledging receipt of a donation for $20.00 along with a brief update on certain individuals.
This letter is signed by two people; one, “T.C. Tethong,” was the translator for the 14th Dalai Lamain the 1960s.
Notes:
Title of series: Supplied title based on contents of the records within the series.
Accompanying material: Textual reproductions have been made of the correspondence foundon CD and accompany this series in Box/File # 1-3. A digital copy of all textual records,
including correspondence, was made by Father Donald and can be found on CD No. 6 (seethe Multi-Media Finding Aid, Compact Disc Series).
Finding Aids: File/box list available.
General Note: Where available, all translations and transcriptions have been placed together
with the original correspondence to which they relate.

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Photographs
Dates of Creation:[ca.1911] – [198-?], predominant [192-?]
Physical Extent:
698 photographs: b&w and col. ; 15.1 x 10.1 cm or smaller (includes prints and negatives)
Scope and Content:
The series consists of over 600 hundred black-and-white photographs and negatives that relate to Lt.
Col. Parker and his wife’s time in Tibet (1921- 1924), and a collection of more recent colour
photographs of Tibetan objects that were collected by the couple. The majority of the b&w
photographs were taken by Lt. Col. Parker during his military period, as well as the year following
his release. The images depict military scenes, festivals and events, individual and group portraits, aswell as various landscapes and architecture. Significant among these photographs are images of: thephotographer who accompanied famed British climber, George Mallory; the Dalai Lama’s personal
escort; and the first Lhasa Apso dogs out of Tibet. A small number of images (e.g., those of theDalai Lama in 1910-1911) predate Lt. Col. Parker’s time in Tibet and are believed to have been given
to him by some unknown person(s). The original photographs were not labelled; however, valuable
contextual information has been provided by Father Donald, whose descriptions and commentary
accompany a large number of these images (see Item List).
The prints are located in two photograph albums identified as Photograph Collections A & B.
Photograph Collection A contains 243 b&w photographs, all of which are considered to be original
prints. Although duplicates of images occur, these simply represent copies developed on different
paper. It was reported (by Father Donald) that the last 48 photographs in this album were foundloose and spread throughout Lt. Col. Parker’s papers. A total of 189 prints in PhotographCollection A have acetate negatives. Collection B contains 170 b&w photographs, of which all areconsidered original prints. A total of 67 b&w prints in Photograph Collection B have acetate
negatives. Collection B also contains 74 colour photographs of artefacts to which there are no
negatives. Duplicates of 68 b&w prints exist between the Photograph Collections A & B.
The series also includes 210 b&w negatives which correspond in number and sequence to print
images found in Photograph Collection A: 193 negatives have corresponding prints; 17 negatives
have no prints associated with them. A small number of negatives are duplicated. There are no
negatives for the colour prints.
Accompanying the series is one compact disc (CD No. 5) consisting of 243 scanned b&w prints and
104 scanned negatives. The scanned prints also correspond in number and sequence to print images
found in Photograph Collection A. Ten of the scanned negatives have acetate negatives but noprints associated with them; one scanned negative has neither acetate negative nor print (see Item
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Notes:
Title of series: Supplied title based on contents of the records within the series.
Physical Description: 2 albums (487 photographs) : 413 b&w ; 13.8 x 8.0 cm or smaller ; 74 col.
; 15.1 x 10.1 cm or smaller. – 211 negatives: b&w. – 2 compact discs.
Physical Condition: Foxing occurs on many of the photographs.
Conservation: The photographs represent a number of different collections originally kept indifferent photo albums by the Parkers. For preservation purposes, the photographs havebeen recently rehoused (by Father Donald) into two leather-bound archival quality albums.
Accompanying Material: Digital copies of the photographs and some of the negatives createdby the donor’s family accompanied the fonds. One compact disc (CD No. 5) can be locatedthrough the Multi-Media Finding Aid, Compact Disc Series. Some inconsistencies exist in
numbering between images on CD and those found in Photograph Collection A.
Finding Aid: The Series/File/Item lists have been constructed based on descriptions createdby Father Donald.

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Miscellaneous Materials
Dates of Creation:
1905 – [198-?]
Physical Extent:
4 files of textual records
Scope and Content:
Series consists of two files:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Publications
Other Materials
Speech Notes
General Notes

The ‘Publications’ file consists of one bound, 59-page Almanac with pages wood block-printed with
Tibetan text. A folded rice paper envelope accompanies the Almanac and has a handwritten
annotation that reads, “Almanac of Iron Bird Year from Feb 28, ’21 to Mar 2, ’22.” Supplementary
information provided by Father Donald indicates that this Almanac was printed specifically for
British/Indian government use, although its contents is unknown. Also included in this file is a
published map of Tibet titled, “North-Eastern Frontier,” and dated July 1905. Of significance is themap’s close temporal association with the (Francis) Younghusband Expedition of 1904, a famous
military mission to Tibet. The file also includes more recent materials such as two newspaper
clippings (1974; n.d.), a program guide to a service held for the Dalai’s visit to Vancouver (1980), a
newspaper (“News Tibet,” 1988), and two newsletters (1988, 1989).
The “Other Materials” file consists of a sheet of children’s verses, a toast, a song, one rhyme orsong, and some philatelic materials including two envelopes and a rare Tibetan stamp that is part ofa series of five stamps first issued by the Tibetan government in 1912 and that continued in use until
1950. Also included is a published clipping about the first Tibetan postage stamps.
The ‘Speech Notes’ consist of the sixteen leaves of handwritten notes on Tibet written for a talkCol. Parker was to make to the Royal Overseas League in Victoria, B.C., on 8 May 1961. Included
are notes on Tibet’s history, population, Parker’s journeys through the country, Gyantze, Lhasa,
religion, trade, troops, and the ‘wheel of life’ among other topics. A second set of notes gives a brief
outline of his military life (most in India) up to 1947.
The ‘General Notes” include eight leaves that appear to be written by Col. Parker, but are not dated.
They include notes on such topics as ‘the moral code’, ‘2 cycles of time’, ‘Lhasa cathedra’, ‘Eight
Fold Path’, and lists that include categories such as, ‘journey’, ‘country’, ‘weather’, ‘sport’, ‘people’,‘customs’, etc..
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One accompanying compact disc contains scanned images of the Almanac, map, children’s rhymes,
two Tibetan songs, and a verse for a New Year’s toast, and philatelic materials.
Notes:
Title of series: Supplied title based on contents of the records within the series.
Physical Condition: The Almanac has one detached leaf, and the Tibetan map is stained andmost of the folds are torn.
Accompanying material: Textual reproductions have been made of the Miscellaneous materials
included on this CD and accompany this series in Box/File 1-6. A digital copy of all textual
records, including miscellaneous materials, was created by Lt. Col. Parker’s grandson, Father
Donald (CD No. 6), and can be located through the Multi-Media Finding Aid, Compact
Disc Series. See Archivist for details.

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SERIES/FILE/ITEM/BOX LISTS
Eric Parker fonds
Accession#: 2005-5
Series 1: Correspondence – FILE LIST
File # File Title

Description

Date

Box

File

1-1
1-2
1-3

.5 cm of textual records (11 letters, 4 translations).5 cm of textual records (5 letters).5 cm of textual records (13 letters, 4 translations, 11 transcriptions)[1921-1923?]
1961-1985[1921-1977]

1
1
1

1
2
3

1 compact disc[1921-1977]

Temp
Storage

CD 6

Military Period 1921-1923
Other Correspondence
Reproductions of scanned
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Eric Parker fonds
Accession#: 2005-5
Series 2: Photographs
FILE LIST
File #

File Title

Description

Date

Box

File

2-1
2-2

Photograph Collection A
Photograph Collection B[1911?]-[192-?][192-?]-[198-?]

3
3

1
2

2-3
CD 5

Negative Collection
Scanned Photograph Collection A (CD)243 photographs : b&w ; 13.6 x 7.5 cm or smaller
170 photographs : b&w ; 13.2 x 7.8 cm or smaller
74 photographs : colour ; 15.1 x 10.1 cm or smaller
210 negatives : b&w ; 13.8 x 8 cm or smaller
243 scanned photographs ; b&w[1911?]-[ [192-?][1911?]-[192-?]

2

1

CD 5

Scanned Negative Collections (CD)104 scanned negatives ; b&w[1911?]-[192-?]

Temp
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Eric Parker fonds
Accession#: 2005-5
Series 2: Photographs
Photograph Collection A – ITEM LIST3
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No.
1

Photo No.4
Album CD
17
1
B-135

Description5

Date

His Holiness the Dalai Lama & his secretaries in civilian dress.
This photograph was taken at the Yutang trade agency, when
H.H. was going into self-imposed exile

1

2
B-134

2

1

3
B-140

3

1

4
B-129
5
6
B-139
7

4
5
6

A photograph of H.H. the 13th Dalai Lama, blessing the peasantsat the Yutang trade agency on his return to Lhasa. H.H. can beseen on the left at the very back of the gathering (I have aphotocopy of another photograph at the same event taken by
Sgt. Martins)
The Panchen Lama taken at his monastery in Shigatse. (I haveseen a very similar photograph in colour, which was taken in1911 by Sgt. Martin)
Kenchung, and his secretaries, Kenchung is the title given to theecclesiastical Governor of the district surrounding Gyantse.
The Oracle of Yutang
Chinese Ambum and escort, Gyantse

7

The Oracle of Gyantse

11
2

3 [All text in square brackets, including footnotes, is that of the Archivist.

Box

File

1910

Negative s.6
NC Neg # CD Neg #
1
048

3

1

1912

2

049

3

1

3

051

3

1

4

050

3

1

5
6

040
043

3
3

1
1

7

101

3

1

[albumsays‘1912’]

June 1922

All other text was written by Father Donald]

4 [Album = Number of print photograph in Photograph Collection A album (Note: For cross-reference purposes, numbers for corresponding photographs in the PhotographCollection B album, if present, are also included and are indicated with a “B-” prefix), CD = Number of corresponding digital photograph on CD Photograph Collection A (oncompact disc).]
5 [All the descriptions were provided by Father Donald]
6 [NC = Number of print negative in Print Negative Collection; CD = Number of digital negative in CD Negatives Collection (on compact disc).]
7 Note: L/Col. Parker did not arrive in Tibet until 1921 so it would have been impossible for him to have taken these photographs [i.e., nos. 1-3]. However, he also had thenegatives for these three photo’s, but how or when they came into his possession we do not know. He did have a camera with him in Tibet, and the rest of the photographs arepresumed to have been taken by him.

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Photo No.8
Album CD
8
8
B-138

2

9

2

9
B-137
10

2

11

11

2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21

4
4

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
B-161
22
23

Mr. David Macdonald (3rd from the left) Trade agent Yutang and
Gyantse, Dr. Harland (2nd from the right) Trade Agency Doctorwith Tibetan Escort. Yutang
Khamba ese a Tibetan officer of the Dalai Lama Escort andsome of his troops Gyantse
Maj. & Hon. Mrs. F.M. Bailey & Officers and their wives of the
7th Rajput at Gangtok Sikkim
Rajah Tering and family, at their home out side of Gyantse.
Rajah Tering is the Brother of the King of Sikkim. In thisphotograph we have starting on the left his Daughter, Son
Chigin, Rajah Tering, son Shimi and his wife.
Jogpen or Military Governor, Gyantse
Capt. Eric Parker Gyantse.
Mrs. Eric Parker Yutang
Teesta Valley, on the journey up into Tibet
Teesta Bridge, leading into the hamlet of Teesta
Farm in the Teesta Valley
Farm in the Teesta Valley
Pack animals crossing a river in the Teesta Valley[Untitled][Untitled]22
23Road to Gangtok damaged in the flood of 1922
Later the same intersection as above repaired

4

24

24

Approaching Kalimpog

5

25

25

Farm out side of Kalimpog

10

Description9

Date

Negative s.10
NC Neg # CD Neg #
8
042

Box

File

3

1

Jan 1922

9

3

1

1922

10

3

1

11

3

1

12

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

041

June 1922

Spring
1922
Summer
1922

15
16

037
038

18
19
20

036
035

22
23

034
030/031

3
3

1
1

24

033

3

1

25

028

3

1

8 [Album = Number of print photograph in Photograph Collection A album (Note: For cross-reference purposes, numbers for corresponding photographs in the PhotographCollection B album, if present, are also included and are indicated with a “B-” prefix), CD = Number of corresponding digital photograph on CD Photograph Collection A (oncompact disc).]
9 [All the descriptions were provided by Father Donald]
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Description9
No. Album CD
5
26
26
Woman at her weaving (Kalimpog)
527
27[Untitled]
528
28[Untitled]
529
29
Ken Chungjunga to the N.E.
53030
Jelap La
631
31
Looking from the Jelap La North into Tibet
6
32
32
Early morning Gnatong
6
33
33
Gnatong (although labelled Gnatong this is most likely Phari or
Tuna)
6
34
34
Dak Bungalow
635
35
Nathula or tree line descending from the pass63636First view of the Chumbie Valley from Jelap La

Date

Box

File

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

34
35
36
(2 negs)
37

018
019
021

3
3
3

1
1
1

017

3

1

38
39
40

014
015/016
013

3
3
3

1
1
1

7

37

37

7
7
7

38
39
40
B-136
41
B-115
42
B-116
43
44
45
B-114
46
47
B-117
48
49
50
51
52

38
39
40

Mrs. Parker and Kamchi (Vera)
Elephant caravan, loaded with wool in the back ground
Jongpen Chumbie
Monks in Chumbie
Chumbie

41

Yutang

41

078

3

1

42

Yutang

42

077

3

1

43
44
45

90th Punjabi quarters Yutang
Our quarters Yutang
Looking south down the Chumbie Valley towards Yutang

43
44
45

075
076
074

3
3
3

1
1
1

46
47

Looking north up the Chumbie Valley towards Yutang
Yutang summer view

46
47

072
073

3
3

1
1

48
49
50
51
52

Yutang winter view
New Barracks (Sepoy’s) Chumbie Summer view
New Barracks (Sepoy’s) Chumbie Winter view
Suspension Bridge across a river in the Chumbie Valley
Yutang

48
49
50
51
52

071
070
068
069
067

3
3
3
3
3

1
1
1
1
1
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7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9

1924

Negative s.10
NC Neg # CD Neg #
26
026
27
027
28
039
29
023
31
024
32
022
33
025

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Description9
No. Album CD
953
53
Harvest (Looking down on Shasiman from Trade Agency)
B-119
9
54
54
The back of our house in Yutang
10
55
57*
Yutang

Date

Negative s.10
NC Neg # CD Neg #
53
066

Box

File

3

1

54
55

064
065

3
3

1
1

56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64

063
061
062
060
059
057
058
104

67
68
69

102
100
98

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

11

10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14

56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
B-113
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
B-112
78
79
80
81

55*
56*
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69

British Trade Agency Yutang
Bhutanese Trader in Yutang
Vera (Kamchi) and Minnie Yutang
YutangYutangChumbie Valley looking North towards Gyantse[Untitled][Untitled][Untitled][Untitled]
Lingmatang Plain (plateau)[Untitled][Untitled][Untitled]

70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77

[Untitled]
L/Col. Parker[Untitled][Untitled][Untitled]
Lingmatang
River Amp Chu Below Lingmatang 5 miles from ChumbieRiver Amp Chu

70
71
72

97
99
96

74
75
76
77

95
103
093
094

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

78
79
80
81

Tibetan peasants outside of Phari
Mt. Chumalabi from Phari
Phari
Phari Jong Bazaar (Mt. Chumalabi in the background)

78
79
80
81

087
092
091
088

3
3
3
3

1923

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Description9
No. Album CD
B-120
14
82
82
Phari Jong in a blizzard
14
83
83[Untitled]
1484
84First Mt. Everest expedition
B-165
15

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Red idol of Gorge
Tuna PlainYak
New Fort at Gyantse
Gyantse Jong From Fort
Tibetan Soldiers at the Gyantse Fort
My (L/Col. Parker) Quarters at Gyantse (note the two small
field pieces at the foot of the stairs left by the Younghusband
expedition 1906)
Gyantse Plain
Gyantse Plain
Gyantse (Three 90th Punjabi soldiers on the road ahead Tibetan
soldier on the right bank)Gyantse Jong
Gyantse Jong
Gyantse Jong
Gyantse Jong
Gyantse Jong

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12 It is most likely that the photographs 109 through 119 were taken in 1922
13 All the Photographs between 120 and 141 were taken at the celebration of Saka Dawa, and the Gyantse horse race festival.

The two festivals run back to back with the former
starting on the 15th day of the four lunar month and the latter on the 18 th day of the four lunar month. In the Iron Bird Year these festivals fell in June 1922 of our solar calendar.
For a better understanding of what L/Col. Parker thought when taking these photographs one should [go] to Letter #9 or #10 [Repro 1-3-11 and Repro 1-3-12].

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Peasant line the route out two the horse race waiting for the
Jongpen to pass by[Untitled][Untitled][Untitled][Untitled]
Untitled[Untitled][Untitled][Untitled][Untitled]
Lama
Gyantse School for Tibetan Boys run by Mr. Frank Ludlow (farleft)[Untitled]
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Jongpen and wife

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Jongpen’s wife in full dress, Jewelry worth about 2000 pounds
sterling
Jongpen’s wife

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Two Tibetan women in full dress front view

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Same two Tibetan women as 155 with one of the ladies showing
the back view
Yak
Taken, live captured for Col. F.M. Bailey and shipped to the
London Zoo15
L/Col. Parker’s white Tibetan Pony which he describes as being
soft mouthed and not liked by the Tibetans
L/Col. Parker and his two dogs Brownie and Guessie

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My (L/Col. Parker’s) H.Q. Gyantse plain16

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Koing’s quarters[Untitled][Untitled]
Changing of the Guard

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Late 1922

Summer1923
Summer1922

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One of these boys helped the 14th Dalai Lama escape Tibet in 1959 sources Mr. T.C. Tethong, translator for the Dalai Lama in the 60s.
According to L/Col. Parker’s papers this is the first photo taken of a [Takin]. Taken in Tibet and he was the [first] European to see these strange creatures which he referred toas the rarest mammal in the world. Source letter written to the Editor of Country Life in Feb. 1966 and a talk given to the Over Seas club of Victoria BC in 1973 [see Repro letter
1-3-13].
16 Viewer should refer to letter #9 [Repro 1-3-11] and #10 [Repro 1-3-12] for a better understanding of photo’s 161 through 168
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Capt. Nael Mt. Everest expeditions Photographer
Chumbie detachment of 90th Punjabi’s
Chumbie detachment of 90th Punjabi’s

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90th Punjabi’s on parade, Chumbie[Untitled]

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March back to India[Untitled][Untitled][Untitled][Untitled][Untitled][Untitled][Untitled]
Beggars at Gyantse

Nov 1922

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Tiger cub caught live, wandering the hills after mother had beenfound dead. This cub was also shipped to the London Zoo[Untitled]

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These pups being held by Mrs. Parker are the first Tibetan Lion
Dogs to be taken south out of Tibet into India and eventuallyshipped to England
L/Col. Parker before leaving India for Tibet

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007

The remainder of the photographs in this collect where not in any album when I [Father Donald] found them. These were scattered amongst L/Col. Parker’s papers, andcontain many duplicates. Any labelling is my [mine] based on his notes and other photographs contain[ed] in both this collection and Collection B.
18 [*Note: CD numbers 197, 199 are out of sequence with the Album numbers]
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Annie Macdonald, daughter of Mr. David Macdonald marries
Early 1922
Mr. F. Perry former Escort Commander in the only western stylewedding ever known to have taken place in Tibet19, 20[Untitled]

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Sources: McKay, Alex; Tibet and the British Raja, Curzon Press, 1977; L/Col. Parker’s notes
Several other photographs [are] contain[ed] in the collection of negatives
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Eric Parker fonds
Accession#: 2005-5
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23 [Album = Number of print photograph in Photograph Collection B album (Note: For cross-reference purposes, numbers for corresponding photographs in the PhotographCollection A album, if present, are also included and are indicated with a “A-” prefix), CD = Number of corresponding digital photograph on CD Photograph Collection A (oncompact disc).]
24 [All the descriptions were provided by Father Donald]
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47
Shasimar Bazar (prayer flags right)
A-47

Date

Negative No. 25
NC
CD

Box

File

[192-?][192-?]

3
3

2
2[192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?]

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

[192-?]

3

2[192-?]

3

2[192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?]
June 1923[192-?][192-?]

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

[192-?]

69

098

3

2

[192-?]

45

074

3

2

[192-?]

41

078

3

2

[192-?]

42

077

3

2

[192-?]

47

073

3

2
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Photo No. 23
Description24
No. Album
CD
40
118
174
On the road to Gangtok Sikkim
A-174
40
119
53
Looking down on Shasimar from the agency
A-53
40
120
81
Pharijong Bizar (Chumalakhi in background)
A-81
41
121
113
[Untitled]
A-113
41
122
95
Old Changlo (English fort) OC’s quarters
A-95
41
123
106
New Changlo (OC’s quarters right)
A-106
42
124
103
Gyantse Jong (fort)
A-103
42
125
115
Gyantse Monastry
A-115
42
126
106
Gyantse
A-106
43
127
114
Main Temple
A-114
43
128
112
Chortin with 108 rooms
A-112
43
129
4
Khenchung
A-4
Governor of Gyantse District
44
130
Jeweled Altar
A-116
44
131
118
Temple Altars small pray wheels in front
A-118
Old manuscripts either side
44
132
117
Temple Altar large Pray wheel on right
A-117
45
133
119
Temple Shrine
A-119
45
134
2
H.H. The Dalai Lama (Chumbi agency)
A-2
Blessing Chumbi Valley Peasants45
1351
H.H. The Dalai Lama 13th Reincarnation

Date

Box

File

[192-?]

Negative No. 25
NC
CD
174

3

2

[192-?]

53

066

3

2

[192-?]

81

088

3

2

[192-?]

113

3

2[192-?]

95

3

2[192-?]

1063

2[192-?]

103

3

2[192-?]

115

3

2[192-?]

1063

2[192-?]

114

3

2[192-?]

112

3

2[192-?]

4

050

3

2

[192-?]

116

047

3

2

[192-?]

118

046

3

2

[192-?]

117

044

3

2

[192-?]

119

045

3

2

1912

2

049

3

2

1910

1

048

3

2

080

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Photo No. 23
Description24
No. Album
CD
A-1
46
136
40
[Untitled]
A-40
46
137
9
Tibetan Officer with Khamba Escort
A-9
46
138
8
David MacDonald (centre) British Trade Agent
A-8
Dr. Harland ims
47
139
6
Chinese Amban with Escort
A-6
47
140
3
Panchen Lama
A-3
47
141
237
Tibetan women
A-237
48
142
144
Tibetan women
A-144
48
143
Shasu Khusho
48
144
154
Wife in full dress
A-154
49
145
153
Jungpans wife in full dress
A-153
Jewels valued at 2,000 pounds
49
146
145
Jongpen & wife
A-145
49
147
146
Jongpen’s wife with servant
A-146
50
148
147
Jongpen’s wife with servant
A-147
50
50
51
51

149
A-151
150
A-152
151
A-149
152
A-148

Date

Negative No. 25
NC
CD

Box

File

[192-?]

40

013

3

2

[192-?]

9

041

3

2

[192-?]

8

042

3

2

[192-?]

6

043

3

2

[192-?]

3

051

3

2

[192-?]

237

32[192-?]

144

3

2

3
3

2
2

3

2

[192-?][192-?][192-?]

153

012[192-?]

145

3

2[192-?]

146

3

2[192-?]

147

3

2

3

2

151

[Untitled][192-?]

151

152[Untitled][192-?]

152

3

2

149

Jongpen’s wife and children
His sister holding youngest
Sister, Jongpen, wife

[192-?]

149

3

2[192-?]

148

3

2

148

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Photo No. 23
Description24
No. Album
CD
51
153
Daughter, Chigma, Rajah Taring, Shini, wife
52
154
Jongpen’s children
A-150
52
155
158
Spares [Young Takin, Budorcas taxicolor. See Repro letter 1-3-13]
A-158
52
156
158
Spares [Young Takin, Budorcas taxicolor. See Repro letter 1-3-13]
A-158
53
157
206
[Untitled]
A-206
53
158
[Untitled]
53
159[Untitled]
54
160
204
[Untitled]
A-204
54
161
21
[Untitled]
A-21
54
162
239
[Untitled]
A-239
55
163
87
Rongbuk Glacier
A-87
55
164
85
Mt. Everest
A-85
55
165
84
[Untitled]
A-84
56
166
Memorial to Guides killed at Cabul Presidency - Mardan
56
167Part of range, Mardan
56
168[Untitled] [same as #26]
57
169
Camels just arrived by caravan from Russian Turkestan
through Khyber Pass, Peshawar
57
170
Tinkri Jong
A-86
Colour Prints (unnumbered in album)
Page
Photo
Description
No.
No.
[58]
[171]
[[Untitled]][

Date

Negative No. 25
NC
CD

Box

File

[192-?][192-?]

152

3
3

2
2

[192-?]

158

3

2[192-?]

158

3

2[192-?]

3

2[192-?][192-?][192-?]

3
3
3

2
2
2

[192-?]

3

2

3

2

May 1922

239(2 negs)
87

3

2

May 192285

32[192-?]

84

3

2[192-?][192-?][192-?][192-?]

3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2

May 1922

32[192-?]

Date

Box

File

3

2
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Photo
Description
No.
No.
[172]
[Untitled][173][Untitled]
[59]
[174]
[Untitled][175][Untitled][176]
Opium Pipe – Cloisonne Height 14” Pipe Body Depth 2 ¼” x 3”
[60]
[177]
[Untitled][178][Untitled][179][Untitled]
[61]
[180]
[Untitled][181][Untitled][182]
Porcelain Teacup Silver Stand & Lid
[62]
[183]
Porcelain Teacup Ching Hua 1465-1487[184]
Porcelain Teacup Ching Hua 1465-1484 Silver Stand & Lid[185]
Porcelain Teacup
[63]
[186]
Porcelain Teacup Silver Stand & Lid[187][Untitled][188][Untitled]
[64]
[189]
[Untitled][190][Untitled][191][Untitled][192]
Porcelain Teacup Silver Stand & Lid Diameter 4” Depth 2 ½”
[65]
Circumference 10” All teacups approx. same size
[193]
Porcelain Teacup[194][Untitled]
[66]
[195]
[Untitled][196][Untitled][197]
Porcelain Teacup
[67]
[198]
Jade Teacup[199]
Jade Teacup Silver Stand & Lid[200][Untitled]
[68]
[201]
[Untitled][202][Untitled]
[203]
[69]
[204]
Copper Prayer Wheel Length 13” Wheel Circumference 11 ½” Depth 1 7/8” Diameter 3

Date

Box

File

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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Photo
Description
No.
No.
¼”
[205]
Travelling Charm? Copper Height 3 ¾” Width 3” Depth 1 ½” is filled with rolled up
paper prayers. The front has a figure carved on some kind of stone. No information on
combs & bracelets.
[206][Untitled]
[70]
[207]
[Untitled][208][Untitled][209][Untitled]
[71]
[210]
[Untitled][211]
Opium Pipe – Cloisonne Height 14” Pipe Body Depth 2 ¼” x 3”
[212]
[Untitled]
[72]
[213]
[Untitled][214][Untitled][215][Untitled]
[73]
[216]
[Untitled][217]
Porcelain Teacup Silver Stand & Lid[218]
Porcelain Teacup Ching Hua 1465-1487
[74]
[219]
Porcelain Teacup Ching Hua 1465-1484 Silver Stand & Lid[220]
Porcelain Teacup[221]
Porcelain Teacup Silver Stand & Lid
[75]
[222]
[Untitled][223][Untitled][224][Untitled]
[76]
[225]
[Untitled][226][Untitled][227]
Porcelain Teacup Silver Stand & Lid Diameter 4” Depth 2 ½”
Circumference 10” All teacups approx. same size
[77]
[228]
Porcelain Teacup[229][Untitled][230][Untitled]
[78]
[231]
[Untitled][232]
Porcelain Teacup[233]
Jade Teacup
[79]
[234]
Jade Teacup Silver Stand & Lid

Date

Box

File

3

2

3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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2
2
2
2
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3

2
2
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2
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Photo
Description
No.
No.
[235]
[Untitled][236][Untitled]
[80]
[237]
[Untitled][238][Untitled][239]
Copper Prayer Wheel Length 13” Wheel Circumference 11 ½” Depth 1 7/8” Diameter 3¼”[240]
Travelling Charm? Copper Height 3 ¾” Width 3” Depth 1 ½” is filled with rolled up
paper prayers. The front has a figure carved on some kind of stone. No information on[81]
combs & bracelets.
[241][Untitled][242][Untitled]
[82]
[243]
[Untitled][244][Untitled]

Date

Box

File

3
3
3
3
3

2
2
2
2
2

3

2

3
3
3
3

2
2
2
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Eric Parker fonds
Accession#: 2005-5
Series 3: Miscellaneous Materials – FILE/ITEM LIST
File # File Title
Publications
3-1
3-2

Other Materials

3-3

Reproductions of scanned
Miscellaneous records
Speech Notes
General Notes
Scanned Textual Records (CD)

3-4
3-5
CD 6

Description

Date

Box

File

.5 cm of textual records (1 bound Almanac, 1 map, 2 newspaper clippings, 1
program guide, 1 newspaper, 2 newsletters).5 cm of textual records (1 leaf of handwritten verse, 2 envelopes, 1 stamp, 1
published clipping).5 cm of textual records (16 reproductions)1905 – [198-?]

1

4[192-?]

1

5

1905-[192-?]

1

6.5 cm of textual records (16 leaves of handwritten notes).5 cm. of textual records (8 leaves of handwritten notes)
1 compact disk

1961
[192-?] - [196-?]
1905 - [192-?]

1
1

7
8

Temp
Storage

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Eric Parker Fonds
Box List
Box 1
Box # File #File Description

Date

Series #1-1

Correspondence – Military Period[1921-1923?]

1-1

1-2

Other Correspondence

1961-1985

1-2

1-3

Reproductions of Scanned Correspondence

1-4

Miscellaneous Publications

1905-[198-?]

3-1

1-5

Other Miscellaneous Materials[192-?]

3-2

1-6

Reproductions of Scanned MiscellaneousMaterials

1-7

Speech Notes

1961

3-4

1-8

General Notes[192-?] - [196-?]

3-5

Box # File #File Description

Date

Series #2-1

Print Negative Collection[1910-11?][192-?]

2-3

Box # File #File Description

Date

Series #3-1

Photograph Collection A[1901-11?][192-?]

2-1

3-2

Photograph Collection B[192-?]- [198-?]

2-2

1-3

3-3

Box 2

Box 3

Other Locations (Accompanying Materials)
Box # File #File Description

Date

Series #Temporary
Storage

Compact Disc 5 – CD Photograph Collection
A and CD Negative Collection[1910-11?][192-?]

Associated with
Photograph and
Negative Series

Temporary

Compact Disc 6 - Documents

1905-[198-?]

Associated with

Storage

Correspondence
andMiscellaneousMaterials Series

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Beatrice Pilon fonds
Dates of creation:c. 1948
Physical extent:
14 photographic negatives
Biographical sketch:
Beatrice ‘Beatty’ Pilon worked in Chengtu, Szechwan, China in the late 1940s and made amonth-long trip into Tibet by horseback in 1948. Some objects Pilon purchased while in Tibet werelater donated to the Museum of Anthropology.
Scope and content:
Fonds consists of 8 negatives from a trip to Tibet that Pilon took circa 1948.
Notes:

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on content of items and collections acquisition
information
Associated Material: The Museum of Anthropology collections department contains objects
donated by Pilon and/or her estate in 1975 (accession 284) and 1988 (accession 1075).

Beatrice Pilon fonds
Box/File List
File Name[Trip to Tibet]

Date[c. 1948]

Box/File #1-6

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Stuart Schofield fonds
Dates of creation:
1923-1924, 1969.
Physical extent:
157 photographs : prints and negatives ; 15 cm x 9 cm or smaller. – 59 postcards. – 1 news
clipping. – journal.
Biographical sketch:
Stuart James Schofield was born in Gravesend, Kent in England on September 3, 1883. He
moved with his family to Kingston, Ontario in 1886. He entered the Arts faculty at Queen’s
University and graduated with a degree in geology in 1905. In 1906, he was granted a Master of Arts
degree. Additionally, he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering in 1908. As astudent assistant, Schofield worked with R. W. Brock in Rossland, British Columbia. He also worked
on a railway survey and was a senior assistant to G. S. Mallock in the Bighorn coal basin in Alberta.
In 1909, he began independent work on topography and geology in East Kootenay. Schofieldcontinued with geology and topography until 1916 when he served with overseas forces until 1917.
Upon return to Canada in 1918, he began study of the Britannia map sheet, an area east of HoweSound, at the request of the Department of Mines.
He was appointed Professor of Structural Geology at the University of British Columbia in
1920. In 1923, Schofield went to Hong Kong to make a general reconnaissance of the area andduring the winter months, he did field work there. It was during this period that he may havecontracted encephalitis lethargica or sleeping sickness, an illness which plagued him for the rest of hislife. He also undertook a survey of the area northwest of Lillooet for the Pacific Great Eastern
Survey of Resources in 1929. From 1932-33, and again in 1935-36, he was head of the Departmentof Geology and Mineralogy at UBC. He retired in 1940 and was made Professor Emeritus in 1945.
As a geologist, Schofield contributed to the understanding of the geology of British Columbia andHong Kong. Stuart Schofield died in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1947.
Scope and content:
Fonds consists of nitrate negatives, copy negatives, prints and postcards of China and Japan,
specifically of Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing (Peking), Yokohama and Nagasaki. These images weretaken by Stuart Schofield during a geological survey expedition in 1923-24. In 1925, Mrs. Florence
Schofield compiled the photographs into an album and provided comments for the photos from her
memory of the trip.
An accrual to this fonds was discovered in the backlog. It is not known whether this accrualwas part of the original accession. In adding this accrual, the case file was consulted and thephotocopy of Dr. Schofield’s journal was discovered. This was added to the binder that contains theprints, negatives, and postcards.
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson was responsible for organizing this fonds and she has identified someplaces and people that were not originally identified by Mrs. Schofield. Her annotations appear insquare brackets.
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Accrual #2010-06 was added after Dr. Johnson’s organization. This included photographs
and postcards. One postcard is dated 1969, but most appear to be ca. 1923-1924 like the original
materials.
Notes:

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.
Physical condition: Nitrate negatives are in fragile condition. Copy negatives can be found in
the Schofield fonds binder with the remainder of the material.
Immediate source of acquisition: Material was donated to the Museum of Anthropology by
Vernon Wellburn in 1987. An accrual of 10 photographs, 6 postcards, and a news
clipping were donated by Frances Wellburn, daughter of Schofield. This accrual was
discovered in the Archives backlog and it is not known whether or not it was part ofthe original donation.
Arrangement: An attempt has been made to keep the photographs in the order that they wereplaced in the album. This has caused some inconsistent page numbering. Also, someof the items are missing and this has been noted in the caption list. When thisoccurs, the caption is given that appeared on the album page although there is noaccompanying image.
Language: Some of the captions are in French.
Availability in other formats: The original nitrate negatives for these prints are located in theArchives.
Restrictions on access: Access restrictions apply due to fragile nature of the material. See
Archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: See Archivist for details.
Finding aids: Caption list available for prints and negatives. This caption list was createdoriginally by Dr. Elizabeth Johnson. She further clarified some locations and her
additions appear in square brackets.
Associated material: UBC Archives holds more of Schofield’s records in the Stuart Schofield
fonds.

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Virginia Small fonds
Dates of Creation:
1920-1922.
Physical Extent:
3 albums (196 photographs) : b&w and hand col. ; 12 x 7 cm and 10 x 14 cm on
sheets 33 x 16.5 cm + one identification key.
Biographical Sketch:
No biographical information available.
Scope and Content:
Fonds consists of photographs taken by Virginia Small’s husband, Harry M. Small during a
trip to Japan between 1920 and 1922. Photos depict a variety of scenes from rural and urban life
including craft and silk production, farming, fishing and ceremonial activities. In addition, the fonds
includes photos, both posed and candid, of various individuals including members of the travelingparty, as well as photos of landscapes and architecture.
Some photos are marked with the subject, date and location on the back with pencil.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on provenance of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: Albums were donated to the Museum of Anthropology by Mrs.
Virginia Small in 1995.
Restrictions on access: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: See Archivist for details.
Finding Aids: An identification key with titles of photographs and dates is available.

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Fyfe Smith fonds
Dates of creation:
1911-1914
Physical extent:
2 albums (30 mechanically produced plates, 244 postcards): b&w and col.; 14 x 23 cm and 14
x 9 cmBiographical sketch:
Mr. James Fyfe Smith was born April 1, 1869. His wife, nee Mary Gertrude Banamy wasborn August 24, 1873. In 1904, the Fyfe Smiths immigrated to Canada from Australia. James Fyfe
Smith became an importer of hardwood and set up his company, J. Fyfe Smith Co. Ltd. in
Vancouver. The family traveled extensively between 1900-1932 to Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and
the Philippines. During these numerous trips, the Fyfe Smiths and their daughter, Florence
accumulated large collections of ethnographic objects, including items from the Northwest Coast of
British Columbia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Japan.
Scope and content:
Fonds consists of two albums containing images accumulated by James and Mary Fyfe Smith
during visits to Japan between 1911 and 1914.
Notes:

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on the provenance of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: The albums comprising this fonds were donated to the UBCMuseum of Anthropology in 1957 by Florence Fyfe Smith as part of a larger collection of Japanese
objects. The albums were accessioned into the Museum’s
holdings and became part of thecollection until their transfer to the UBC Museumof Anthropology Archives in October 1995.
Restrictions on access: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: See Archivist for details.

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Item Level Descriptions
Title: Photo Album
Dates of creation: 1911-1914
Physical description: 30 plates : col. ; 14 x 23 cm on sheets 25 x 34 cm.
Scope and content: This silk-bound album houses 30 mechanically produced plates with colour
washes applied by hand depicting Japanese landscape, city and garden scenes.
General note: Previously catalogued within the UBC Museum of Anthropology’s collection as
N2.1263.
Title: Postcard Album
Dates of creation: 1911-1914
Physical description: 244 postcards : b&w and col. ; 9 x 14 cm.
Scope and content: The Postcard album includes post cards depicting architecture, landscapes,
temples, monuments and village scenes in Japan. Also included are postcards which are
reproductions of traditional Japanese paintings with the titles and dates of the originals listed oneach card. Each side of each 38 x 20 cm page of the Postcard Album contains 3 post cards.
General note: Previously catalogued within the UBC Museum of Anthropology’s collection as
N2.1262.

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Rita B. Steeds fonds
Dates of Creation:
1969-1976.
Physical Extent:
14 albums. – 504 slides.
Biographical Sketch:
Rita Steeds (nee Pollock) was born in 1918 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. She attended
business college in Regina and worked in the field of accounting between 1938 and 1955. In 1943,
she married James Steeds and moved to Ottawa. She completed training in 1962 to become a
medical records librarian. Between 1962 and 1964, she worked as a medical records librarian at the
Ottawa Civic Hospital and the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital (London, England). She
functioned as the Director of the Medical Records Department of Kingston General Hospital inKingston, Ontario between 1964 and 1969. From 1969 to 1973, she was Director of the Medical
Records Department and the Head of Medical Records Librarian Training at Severance Hospital in
Seoul, South Korea. After completing this appointment, she served as a consultant at Silliman
University Medical Centre at Dumguetl, Island of Negros, in the Philippines between 1973 and1976. Prior to her retirement in 1980, Steeds worked as the Head of Medical Records at Wrinch
Memorial Hospital, Hazelton, B.C. Rita Steeds is the author of several publications related to
medical records in addition to her autobiography, Woman Not Alone.
Scope and Content:
Fonds consists of a collection of photo albums, clippings and slides created and collected by
Rita Steeds to document her travels in Korea and the Philippines.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on provenance of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: Albums were donated to the Museum of Anthropology by Rita Steeds
in 1995.
Restrictions on access: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: See Archivist for details.
Finding aids: Box list is available.

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Mary Tucker fonds
Dates of Creation:[190-?].
Physical Extent:
1 album (50 colour silk screen reproductions) : col. ; 32 x 39 cm.
Biographical Sketch:
No biographical information available.
Scope and Content:
Fonds consists of an album given to Mary Tucker by her grandfather who had received it in
the early 1900s as a gift from the Japanese Diet. The album consists of a series of hand-tinted silk
screen reproductions depicting a variety of Japanese scenes and landmarks. Each individual silk
screen is labeled with the subject of the image. The covers of the album are black lacquer with afloral image in gold on the back cover and a scene in relief of a woman and a boy sweeping on thefront cover.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on the provenance of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: In 1986, Mary Tucker offered the album to the Consulate General ofJapan who referred her to the UBC Museum of Anthropology. The album was donated to theMuseum in April 1987 and integrated into the Museum’s holdings until its transfer to the UBCMuseum of Anthropology Archives in October 1995.
Prior to its transfer to the Archives, this album was accessioned into the Museum’s collection as
1212/1.
Restrictions on access: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing use and reproduction: See Archivist for details.
Terms governing publication: See Archivist for details.

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Victoria Yip fonds
Dates of creation:
1923-1936.
Physical extent:
1.0 cm of textual records and 6 photographs.
Biographical sketch:
Victoria Yip joined the Chinese Times in Vancouver in 1929 and was responsible for local
Vancouver and Canadian news. She was also the part-time editor for the cultural and literarycolumns and she later assumed the role of Advertising Manager.
Scope and content:
Fonds consists of theatre programmes from Victoria, opera clippings, photographs of theChinese Carnival in 1936, a copy of the Chinese Times, and Yip’s reminiscences of theestablishment of The Chinese Canadian Times in Vancouver and the Chinese Opera in Victoria.
Notes:
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on content of fonds.
Physical description: 6 photographs, b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm.
Immediate source of acquisition: The records were donated to the Museum of Anthropology in1995 by Victoria Yip and were given the accession number MAN 1997-007.
Language: The predominant language for records in this fonds is Chinese. One record(reminiscences of The Chinese Times and The Chinese Opera in Victoria) is typed
out in English.
Terms governing use and reproduction: Copyright for records in this fonds has been transferred to
the Museum of Anthropology. Consult archivist for more information.
Findings aids: A file level description exists for these records.
General note: Location Oversize Box 2 (Private Records).

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Victoria Yip fonds
File Level Description
File

Title

Date

MAN 1997-007-001

Chinese Times, 1936, article on Chinese Times,
Willie Le[-]on.d.

MAN 1997-007-002

Cantonese Opera clippingsn.d.

MAN 1997-007-003

Six photographs of Chinese Carnival, Vancouver

1936

MAN 1997-007-004

Theatre program from Victoria, B.C.

1923

MAN 1997-007-005

Theatre program from Victoria, B.C., with poetryon back written by Yip’s father

1930

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Eric Parker fonds
Tibet
MOA a033533

Dan-ho-hyung-bae (Military Rank Badge)
Korea
MOA N3.25 a-b

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