- William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library
- The Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection offers essential new source for historical research and scholarship at UBC Library
- Dr. Lara Campbell wins the 2021 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for her examination of the complex history of suffrage in British Columbia.
- Michael Layland wins the 2020 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for his celebration of the richly diverse flora and fauna of Vancouver Island.
- UBC Library’s Chung Collection is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register
- UBC Library acquires the personal archive of Hanne Wassermann Walker
- Daniel Marshall wins the 2019 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for his illuminating narrative of the 1858 Fraser River Valley gold rush.
- UBC Library acquires rare letters written by young Japanese Canadians during World War II
- Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace win the 2018 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for their exploration of Secwépemc history told through Indigenous knowledge and oral traditions.
- UBC Library’s rare and special Harry Potter collection of original first editions is now complete