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  • 20th Century Manuscripts Collection

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    4Works
    Description:
    This collection showcases a selection of twentieth-century handwritten documents (manuscripts) from Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries dating from roughly 1900 to 1999.
    Subject
    Authors, Arts and Culture, and Literature
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and diaries

  • A dog and two ducks

    Subject
    Ducks, Dogs, and Irish setters
    Creator
    Spreitz, Karl, 1927-2016
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Extent
    1 photograph (black and white) ; 18 x 13 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia
    Coordinates
    53.99983,-125.0032
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Karl Spreitz Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Sponsor
    Digitized through the support of the BC History Digitization Program, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia.
    Genre
    photographs and black-and-white photographs
    Archival Item Identifier
    File: 1.4 and Accession: 2016-026
    Fonds Title
    Karl Spreitz fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC570
    Is Referenced By
    https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/karl-spreitz-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2021-02-09
    Technical Note
    Digitized using Epson Expression 1640 XL (600 DPI TIFF; 48-bit colour), on 2020-02-09. Metadata by KH.

  • Abbatt Family Collection

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    Description:
    The Abbatt family was a Quaker family who lived in the towns and villages of Preston, Ribchester and Garstang in Lancashire, England. Family members include Robert Abbatt, Jonathan Abbatt (1829-1905), and Mary Dilworth Abbatt (1828-1901). The collection is comprised of...
    Subject
    Families
    Location
    Great Britain, England, United Kingdom
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents) and correspondence

  • Abkhazi Archives

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    Description:
    This exhibit includes selections from the records of Peggy and Nicholas Abkhazi held in the University of Victoria Archives, including material relating to the interwar period, World War II and the design and creation of the Abkhazis' internationally renowned...
    Subject
    Local History, Families, and Military History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photograph albums, photographs, correspondence, and manuscripts (documents)

  • Acme Peat #2 Flowers

    Subject
    Peat mosses and Garden soils
    Contributor
    Canadian Blue Whale
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Moving Image
    Identifier
    U998.41.14/12 and #63-136-60
    Extent
    00:01:30
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    16 mm
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Karl Spreitz Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Sponsor
    Digitized through the support of the BC History Digitization Program, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia.
    Genre
    black-and-white films (visual works), commercials (oral or performed works), and video recordings (physical artifacts)
    Archival Item Identifier
    U998.41.1412
    Fonds Title
    Karl Spreitz fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC570
    Is Referenced By
    https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/karl-spreitz-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2020-11-11
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KH.

  • Aerial photograph of farmlands and roads [from Railroad Going North?]

    Creator
    Spreitz, Karl, 1927-2016
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Extent
    1 photograph (black and white) ; 24 x 17 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia
    Coordinates
    53.99983,-125.0032
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Karl Spreitz Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Sponsor
    Digitized through the support of the BC History Digitization Program, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia.
    Genre
    photographs and black-and-white photographs
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession: 2016-026 and File: 3.16
    Fonds Title
    Karl Spreitz fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC570
    Is Referenced By
    https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/karl-spreitz-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2021-02-12
    Technical Note
    Digitized using Epson Expression 1640 XL (600 DPI TIFF; 48-bit colour), on 2021-02-12. Metadata by KH.

  • Agnes Deans Cameron Collection

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    Description:
    The collection consists of two photograph albums comprised of photographs taken during Cameron's travels up the Mackenzie River with her niece, Jessie Cameron Brown, May to September, 1908, and photographs taken during Cameron's trip to Britain, 1909-1911. There...
    Subject
    Voyages and travels and Authors
    Location
    Great Britain, England, United Kingdom and Canada, , Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photograph albums and photographs

  • Aidan Higgins Collection

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    20Works
    Description:
    Aidan Higgins (1927-2015) was an Irish novelist and writer, whose works include short stories, travel memoirs, essays, autobiographical fiction, and several dramas for BBC Radio 3 and RTÉ Radio 1. Born in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, Higgins’ upbringing and...
    Subject
    Arts and Culture, Literature, and Authors
    Location
    Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)

  • Airplanes : Norman Wells, N.W.T.

    Subject
    Airplanes
    Creator
    McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    COWAN_PH_192; Cowan_PN_773; Cowan Colour Slides - Species and Locations - Box 14
    Extent
    1 slide : colour
    Geographic Coverage
    Northwest Territories--Norman Wells
    Coordinates
    65.28201, -126.8329
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    The Nature Trust (TNT) of British Columbia. One black binder with ten pages of slides.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Sponsor
    Digitization undertaken with the support of Ann Schau.
    Genre
    slides (photographs), photographs, color slides, and color photographs
    Fonds Title
    Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    AR514
    Date Digitized
    2012
    Technical Note
    Digitized by Briony Penn. Migration metadata by KD.

  • Alan Antliff

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    Description:
    This collection contains digitized material from the Anarchist Archives. Items in this collection are from the personal collection of Alan Antliff.
    Subject
    Anarchism and Environmental Studies
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Geographic Coverage
    British Columbia
    Genre
    serials (publications) and posters