Description:

Karl Spreitz was a documentary and experimental filmmaker, graphic artist, and photojournalist. He died in Victoria on May 13, 2016 after a lifetime of contributions to contemporary art and documentary film in Western Canada. Born in Gratz, Austria, in 1927, he taught...

Subject:

Artists and Arts and Culture

Location:

British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

Resource Type:

Collection

Genre:

video recordings (physical artifacts) and photographs

Description:

Ian McTaggart Cowan (1910–2010) is often referred to as the “father of Canadian ecology.” From his formative years roaming the mountains around Vancouver collecting museum specimens of mammals and birds to his last years as a major contributor to the voluminous and...

Subject:

Voyages and travels, Environmental Studies, and Local History

Location:

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

Resource Type:

Collection

Genre:

diaries, video recordings (physical artifacts), and photographs

Description:

Else Lübcke Seel (1894-1974) Else Lübcke Seel was born in 1894 in Schivelbein, Pomerania. After the end of World War I, she moved with her mother and aunt to Berlin, where she worked in the archives of a bank. She began writing and became well-known in Berlin's...

Subject:

Authors and Voyages and Travels

Location:

British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

Resource Type:

Collection

Genre:

photograph albums, photographs, and correspondence