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RBSC Reading Room

Hours of Operation

Winter Term II (Jan. – Apr., 2025)

Monday-Friday

10:00 am-2:00 pm

Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, Feb. 17; Friday, Apr. 18; Monday, Apr. 21

We recommend that you request materials in advance to make your visit more efficient and to ensure materials are available.

The Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room has been temporarily relocated to Irving K. Barber Learning Centre room 142 due to upgrades.

source: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:RBSC_Hours

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1

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CPR steamer SS Princess Sophia at sail, 1907

The Northland’s Greatest Disaster – The Sinking of the SS Princess Sophia

By Emily Witherow on November 29, 2024

By 1918, the world had all but forgotten the Klondike, but on October 25th of that year the tragic sinking of the CPR steamer SS Princess Sophia in the Lynn Canal, causing the deaths of all 343 of her passengers, shocked the world and reminded BC residents of the shrinking mining communities across the Yukon and Alaska.

Posted in Carousel, Chung | Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Lind | Tagged with , , , , , , ,

Loo Gee Wing, centre, with glasses. Surrounded by a mixed group of family and friends, including Leon J Eekman family. Text on the left reads: “This is the day when every year, friends gather together at various chosen scenic spots to eat and drink, and then go boating back at night.”

Remembering Loo Gee Wing (1861-1923)

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on November 22, 2024

As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we remember Loo Gee Wing, a forgotten tycoon who helped shape Chinese Canadian history.

Posted in Chung, Chung | Lind Gallery, Collections, EarlyBC, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Immigration and Settlement, Research and learning | Tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Image of mining claim 26 Above Bonanza, ca. 1897, Yukon Territory, with mining equipment and miners in background.

26 Above Bonanza

By Emily Witherow on November 15, 2024

A spotlight on one of Johnny Grieve Lind’s wealthiest mining claims in the Klondike goldfields, 26 Above Bonanza.

Posted in Carousel, Chung | Lind Gallery, Collections, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Lind, Research and learning | Tagged with , , , ,

The Wide World of Queer Travel

The Wide World of Queer Travel

By cshriver on November 13, 2024

A new collection explores the world of LGBTQ+ travel and tourism.

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This letter from the Crystal Bakery shows the network of connections that brought together Chinese Canadian communities.

Part 1: The Mah family of Crystal Bakery-Letters and Legacies

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on November 2, 2024

As part of a new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection, we look at the Mah family of Crystal Bakery.

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