By sromkey on May 26, 2012
Have you been spring cleaning your home this weekend? How would you like to try spring cleaning an Empress steamship?
This month’s featured photograph depicts the second Empress of Britain being tugged for her “spring cleaning” in Southampton, England. This photograph was taken in May of 1932. According to the photographer, this cleaning was an annual affair, so this is probably only the first or second cleaning- she was launched in July 1930.
For more photographs of the Empress of Britain, search the Chung Collection database for “Empress of Britain” and select photographic material as the media type- or, click here for the search results.
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By sromkey on May 26, 2012
This post is part of a series which uses the room names in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre to explore places in B.C. and the collections at Rare Books and Special Collections. Our featured place for this post is Ucluelet, located on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Ucluelet is located on the edge […]
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By sromkey on May 24, 2012
The Chung Collection exhibition space will be open this Saturday, May 26 from noon to 4 pm, specifically for Alumni Weekend, but anyone would be welcome to drop in to see the exhibition. Please see our contact page for information if you have never been here before.
If you are a UBC alumni and are interested in joining this or other alumni weekend events, Alumni Affairs will have a registration table in the SUB on Saturday. Otherwise, feel free to drop in here to see the collection! Alumni Weekend details can be found here.
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By sromkey on May 4, 2012
We were shocked and saddened this week to learn of the cancellation of the National Archival Development Program. This is in addition to a major round of cuts at Library and Archives Canada, which was the funding source of the program. The funding is used by the Archives Association of British Columbia, as it is […]
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