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  • Tam Kung Temple, 1877-1911

    Alternative Title
    譚公廟
    Subject
    Yen Wo Society (Victoria, B.C.), History, Tam Kung Temple (Victoria, B.C.), and Buildings
    Language
    chi and eng
    Date created
    2012
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    IMG_4530
    Extent
    1 black and white photograph
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4294, -123.3679 and 48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository
    Yang, Charles
    Collection
    Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    black-and-white photographs and photographs
    Is Referenced By
    Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html
    Date Digitized
    2012
    Technical Note
    Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.

  • Sir Francis Drake's secret voyage to the Northwest coast of America, AD 1579

    Subject
    Discoveries in geography--British, Maps, Naval history, Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596, and History
    Creator
    Bawlf, Samuel
    Publisher
    Salt Spring Island, B.C. : Sir Francis Drake Publications, 2001.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    2015
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: DA86.22 D7B34
    Extent
    149 pages : illustrations, maps (some color, 1 folded), portraits ; 29 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    North America--Northwest Coast of North America, British Columbia--Vancouver Island, and Great Britain
    Coordinates
    54, -2, 52.16638, -127.00323, and 49.65064, -125.44939
    Chronological Coverage
    15XX
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Cover art by Chauney Bawlf. Includes illustrations, maps, and bibliographical references.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    From the Print Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    maps (documents), books, and e-books
    Date Digitized
    2015-10-30
    Technical Note
    PDF. Metadata by KD.

  • A woman's type : early women type designers in 20th-century book history

    Alternative Title
    Early women type designers in 20th-century book history
    Subject
    Women, Graphic design (Typography), Women type designers, History, Book designers, Zapf von Hesse, Gudrun, 1918-2019, Type and type-founding, Henning, Hildegard, 1888-, Schüle, Ilse, 1903-1997, Books, Printers' marks, Friedlander, Elizabeth, 1903-1984, Type designers, Book design, Ballé, Maria (Graphic designer), Baruch, Franzisca, 1900-, Typographers, Type designers--Biography, and Printing
    Creator
    DeGaine, Lauren Elle
    Contributor
    Huculak, J. Matthew, 1975-, Digital Direct Printing (Victoria, B.C.), Williams, Stefani, Alexander, Renée, Jenstad, Janelle, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
    Publisher
    Victoria, BC : Pop Bottle Press, 2021.
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    2021
    Rights Statement
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: Z250 A2D44 2021
    Extent
    90 pages ; 30 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Publisher's mark on page four of cover., Issued in folder with double pocket; accompanied by five sets of examples, each set printed on individual broadsheet., Some colour illustrations and portraits., and Essay booklet, type specimens, and folder constructed out of...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Book Arts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    essays, books, biographies (literary genre), typefaces (type forms), type specimens (documents), and booklets
    Date Digitized
    2022-02-03
    Transcript
    Introduction -- Elizabeth Colwell (1881-1961) -- Hildegard Henning (b. 1888) -- Friedel Thomas (1895-1956) -- Maria Ballé (?-?) -- Franzisca Baruch (1901-1989) -- Galina Andreevna Bannikova (1901-1972) -- Ilse Schüle (1903-1997) -- Elizabeth Friedlander (1903-1984) --...
    Technical Note
    Scanned on BetterlightTTI at 600 dpi (cover and pages: 1/20; 263; copy4; camera height 650; booklet: 1/20; 283; copy4; camera height 650; scanned under glass) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: University of Victoria

    Subject
    Decolonization, University of Victoria (B.C.), History, Colonization, Universities and colleges, Reparations for historical injustices, Justice, Exhibitions, and Indigenous peoples
    Creator
    Colonial Injustices and Current Realities UVic Research Collective
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    2025
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    15 panels
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Oak Bay, and British Columbia--Saanich--Gordon Head
    Coordinates
    48.46325, -123.312180
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Colonial Injustices and Current Realities: University of Victoria
    Provenance
    This research and related initiatives are generously supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Office of the Vice-President Indigenous (OVPI), UVic Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, the Humanities Computing and Media Centre, and several departments and faculties.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    exhibitions (events), documentary exhibitions, and publications (documents)
    Fonds Identifier
    AR609
    Date Digitized
    2025-10
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KD.