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By michelle blackwell on January 30, 2018
See these items and more at our weekly tour, Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
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By michelle blackwell on January 4, 2018
The first edition of the Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was printed January 15, 1886.
Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with acquisitions, BC Historical Newspapers Program, Chung Collection, collections, Heritage Vancouver, Rare Books and Special Collections, Vancouver history
By michelle blackwell on October 27, 2017
Posted in Events, General | Tagged with Colbeck Collection, exhibitions, exhibits, links, Rare Books and Special Collections
By Jessica Woolman on August 23, 2017
Rare Books and Special Collections is now offering weekly tours of the Chung Collection exhibition every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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By Jessica Woolman on August 10, 2017
UBC fourth-year student Mariah Dear is the second winner of UBC Library’s annual Croquet Collection Prize.
Posted in General | Tagged with creative writing, croquet, digital collections, profile, Rare Books and Special Collections, support
By michelle blackwell on August 8, 2017
UBC Library’s Susannah Weynton Journal
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By michelle blackwell on August 8, 2017
‘It is a different perspective’: UBC acquires rare travel diary of B.C. in 19th century
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By michelle blackwell on August 8, 2017
University acquires first known account of B.C. by an English woman
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By michelle blackwell on August 1, 2017
The journal kept by Susannah Weynton documents four months spent on Vancouver Island at Fort Victoria and Fort Rupert and on the mainland at Fort Langley between March and July 1850.
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By Jessica Woolman on July 14, 2017
The Library’s exhibit of Harry Potter books at VSO was featured in the Georgia Straight.
Posted in General | Tagged with collections, community engagement, Harry Potter, links, Media coverage, Rare Books and Special Collections