By Chelsea Shriver on August 3, 2017
The diary of Hector Langevin, Minister of Public Works from 1869–1873, is one of the highlights of the Chung Collection, and you can read it online.
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By Chelsea Shriver on June 26, 2017
Meet the assistant university librarians who helped bring the Tremaine Arkley Croquet Collection to life!
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By Chelsea Shriver on August 26, 2016
It’s been an exciting week here at RBSC! We’ve been celebrating the arrival of a new book to our collection: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, published by William Morris’s Kelmscott Press in 1896. The book, more colloquially known as the “Kelmscott Chaucer,” is one of only 438 copies printed and one of only 48 copies with […]
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By Chelsea Shriver on August 5, 2016
Rare Books and Special Collections at UBC Library was excited to recently complete the processing for a new collection of archival materials. The Western Forest Products collection reflects the forestry operations and projects undertaken by Western Forest Products–a major harvesting and lumber manufacturing company operating in the coastal regions of British Columbia–and their predecessors. The […]
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By Chelsea Shriver on April 21, 2016
Many thanks to guest blogger Paige Hohmann, a graduate student at UBC’s School School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, for contributing the below post! “Time is the longest distance between two places.” – Tennessee Williams This week marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Brontë on April 21, 1816, and as writer […]
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By Chelsea Shriver on March 10, 2016
Rare Books and Special Collections is delighted to present What’s Old Is New Again: An Exhibition of RBSC Acquisition Highlights for 2015. 2015 was an exciting year for Rare Books and Special Collections. In UBC Library’s Centennial year, RBSC worked diligently to enhance its collections to meet the present needs of UBC faculty and students, […]
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