Paper submitted for HIST 330W D100, Controversies in Canadian History, Summer 2024.
Patton, MichelleSeries consists of student papers related to SFU history. Details on individual papers are included at the file level.
The University Archives regularly receives donations of material related to SFU history from members of the University community (e.g., alumni, former staff and faculty, members of the general public, etc.). These donations usually consist of a small number of files and/or items that either focus on a single subject or event, or form a more general collection of material accumulated through a donors' connection to SFU.
When the Archives first started acquiring these types of materials, individual collections were created and named after the donor(s) (e.g., Mr. and Mrs. X SFU history collection). Very quickly, the Archives had several small collections on SFU history spread across its holdings, which it made it difficult for researchers to search and identify such similar groups of records. As a way to make these collections more accessible, the Archives decided to group them together under the umbrella of this collection, with a series created for each donation to preserve the chain of custody.
A description of the activities and and topics documented in the collection can be found in the scope and content note at each series level.
The collection has been arranged into 8 series that consist of material received from separate donors:
- Gene Waddell SFU architecture manuscript (series 1)
- Carolyn Hegberg SFU history collection (series 2)
- Kersti Krug SFU staff experience article (series 3)
- Sally and John Pankratz SFU Athletics collection (series 4)
- Breaks Bros. Construction Ltd. SFU construction collection (series 5)
- Helena Turner SFU charter student colloquium collection (series 6)
- Bob and Donelda Wilson SFU Sports Car Club collection (series 7)
- Koenraad Kuiper graduate student mailbox collection (series 8)
File consists of artistic photographs taken by Mootoo
Series consists of records relating to the convocation ceremonies held at SFU to award undergraduate, graduate, and honorary degrees. Records include Convocation booklet, programs, invitations, guest lists, books of words (order of proceedings), timetables, correspondence, notes, publications, press releases, news clippings, speeches, and other documents.
Note that files from 1990s onwards contain fewer document types, often only the Convocation booklet and book of words; and from 2006 only the Convocation booklet. The format of the booklet changed little from 1967 to 2005. Since ca. 2006, the booklet has been produced by Communication Services, a unit of Student Services (the Spring 2006 booklet is the first to credit Student Services).
Fonds consists of records relating to University ceremonies created by the Office of Ceremonies since 1982, and before that time, by the Registrar's Office and the President's Office. Activities and topics documented include the opening ceremonies for SFU in 1965, convocations, awards ceremonies, building and room openings and dedications, donor recognition events, staff recognition events, installations of presidents and chancellors, university anniversaries, and other special ceremonies.
Records include programs, books of words (order of proceedings), invitations, guest lists, correspondence, notes, press clippings, news releases, publications, photographic material, and other documents.
Ceremonies and Events OfficeSub-series consists of John Rowling's collection of print programs for each year's beer festival.
Series consists of records relating to the establishment, administration and activities of the Great Canadian Beer Festival Society. Records include general administrative files (sub-series 1), annual festival planning and organization records (sub-series 2), festival posters (sub-series 3) and programs (sub-series 4), photographs (sub-series 5) and artefacts (sub-series 6. The series is a hybrid of paper files, born-digital records, and physical artefacts. Born-digital records are located in sub-series 2 (Festival planning files) and sub-series 5 (Photographs). For record types, see sub-series descriptions.
Great Canadian Beer Festival (GCBF) SocietyFile consists of drafts and final texts of talks given by Mootoo
Series consists of records relating specifically to Mootoo’s visual artworks and video productions, as well as some audio recordings that were broadcast on radio.
Item is a poster promoting an exhibition of new paintings by Shani Mootoo at the Mnaison Depoivre gallery in Bloomfield, Ontario
Fonds consists of records made or received by John Rowling in the course of his activities as a founder, organizer and member of the Campaign for Real Ale Society (CAMRA Victoria / BC) and the Great Canadian Beer Festival Society (GCBF), and as a writer on the BC craft beer scene and a collector of brewery and beer-related artefacts (breweriana).
Fonds includes paper files, born-digital records, and physical artefacts. It includes the organizational files of CAMRA Victoria / BC (series 1) and the GCBF Society (series 2); working files, drafts and articles Rowling wrote for What's Brewing Magazine, Celebrator Beer News, and Eat Magazine (series 3); personal correspondence and subject files relating to brewing and the BC craft beer (series 4); Rowling's personal collection of breweriana - beer bottles, labels, posters, glasses, t-shirts, business cards and other brewery artefacts (series 5); and his library of beer reference works, guidebooks and magazines (series 6).
Rowling, JohnPanel discussion on the legacy of TechBC and how it laid the foundation for SFU in Surrey, held at SFU Surrey on May 19, 2022.
The Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC), a start-up university located in what was then Surrey Place Mall, began offering classes in 1999. At the time, some described it as the ‘MIT of the North,’ due to its use of technology in teaching and learning. The BC Liberal government closed TechBC in 2002 and its programs and staff were transferred to SFU.
On the occasion of SFU Surrey’s 20th anniversary, former members of the TechBC community reflect on TechBC’s achievements and legacy, and discuss the impact it had on SFU and on their own careers.
Panelists: Tammy Mooney, Thecla Schiphorst, Tim Rahilly, Jason Toal.
Moderator: Holly Hendrigan, SFU Library / TechBC Memory Project.
Opening Remarks: Steve Dooley, Executive Director - SFU Surrey.
This collection consists of records created, collected and commissioned by Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling co-founders of creative collaboration known as the Vancouver Moving Theatre. The records in this collection document the history of Hunter and Walling’s artistic collaborations beginning in 1978.
Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling Collection consists of visual and audio recordings of performances of the Vancouver Moving Theatre from 1978-2007. It also contains textual records documenting promotional material and publications created to publicize and to review activities of the Vancouver Moving Theatre. These records covering activity period from 1983-2022 include ephemera, excerpts of serial publications, newspaper articles and special publications that document the VMT projects in detail. Part of the textual records contains financial statements of the VMT and educational resources created to aid in development of children and adult art projects. The educational resources were developed over the years and were based on the individual performance prepared by the VMT.
This series contains published material written by or about the Vancouver Moving Theatre. This series is divided into four sub-series: 1: Hart of the City media binders; 2: Annual reports; 3: Books and booklets; 4: Articles.