The fonds consists of a manuscript documenting the 1864 visit of Charles Kean, his wife Ellen Tree Kean, and their niece Patty Chapman, to Victoria, Colony of Vancouver Island, during their theatrical tour of Australia and America. Charles Kean (1811-1868) was the popular actor-manager of London's Royal Princess Theatre from 1850 to 1859. The typed manuscript includes numerous holograph corrections, and photographs of Kean and his wife and niece; and playbills for December 12 and 19 from The British Colonist. Pages 6-71 consist of transcripts from The British Colonist and The Vancouver Times, between December 5 and 24, 1864. Also included is a letter from the editor of The Daily Colonist on February 21, 1979, giving Ryder permission to quote from the newspaper.
This fonds consists of materials Ross accumulated during his academic career, predominantly from when he worked at UVic. These records include drafts of his papers and publications, slides and lecture material, research notes, and records related to his roles in the Geography Department.
Fonds consists of drafts of essays, novels, short fiction, and transcripts of poetry; photographs of the prairie and British Columbian scenes; correspondence; family certificates and financial records; publishing contracts and agreements; draft chapters of The North American Buffalo and The Canadian Buffalo Today; two copies of The North American Buffalo with annotations and microfilm copy; Roe’s articles of buffalo, agriculture, Shakespeare and Marlowe; variant drafts of Getting the Know-How; reference files including journals, brochures, and pamphlets; CPR time books and railroad operating booklets; maps, some drawn by Roe, of western Canada and the northern USA showing actual and proposed railway lines, the buffalo range, Indian trails and the extermination of the American bison; one audio tape of a 1971 interview with Roe by Naomi Radford.
Fonds consists of copies of government reports, minutes of meetings, notes of conversations with several fellow lobbyists including General McNaughton and Paul Martin, and correspondence received in response to his articles. The files gather much of what was written or published about the Columbia River Treaty between 1944 and 1968, and provide a unique chronology of the activities and strategies used to oppose it.
The fonds consists of Department of Political Science files, 1968-92; Teaching files, 1966-86; Correspondence, 1966-88; Faculty Club, 1971-89; Faculty Association, 1966-81; University Committees; Research files; and Political Science course files, 1966-92.
Fonds consists of the following series documenting the proceedings: Proceedings, Volumes 1-22; Reference documents, 1-30; Reference files, Summary of argument of concerned residents of the North Island, and Exhibit documents.
The fonds consists of correspondence regarding opera scores and performances from several organizations, including the Royal Conservatory of Music, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Opera, and Opera Rara; correspondence from several individuals and musicians, including Joan Sutherland; several miscellaneous programs and advertisements for performances; autographs of Beverly Sills; and 1 photograph of Beverly Sills and McLauchlin.