Hours This Week

RBSC Reading Room

Hours of Operation

Summer (May – Aug., 2025)

Monday-Friday

10:00 am-2:00 pm

Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, May 19; Tuesday, Jul. 1; Monday, Aug. 4

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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Quon On: A Legacy of Travel, Trade, and Community in Chinese Canada

Quon On: A Legacy of Travel, Trade, and Community in Chinese Canada

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on April 26, 2025

Quon On, a family of Chinese Canadian travel companies, left a huge impact on the community…

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Leon J. Eekman Materials

Leon J. Eekman Materials

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on April 1, 2025

Learn about Leon J. Eekman, a notable Belgian-Canadian in Victoria BC.

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Chinese New Year and “the Chinese Lily.”

Chinese New Year and “the Chinese Lily.”

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on January 29, 2025

Happy Lunar New Year! Read about the connections between this holiday and the role of the “Chinese Lily” in it’s celebration.

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The S.S. Tartar and the Tale of “Soapy” Smith

The S.S. Tartar and the Tale of “Soapy” Smith

By Emily Witherow on December 21, 2024

This blog post is part of RBSC’s new series spotlighting items in the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection and the Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection.

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Image of Mar Dong at an older age.

Part 2: A Tale of Seattle’s Chinatown 

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on December 7, 2024

This Part 2 blog continues the exploration of a single letter from the Chung Collection, from small-town Saskatchewan to transnational impact in Seattle, exploring how objects and spaces hold stories of resilience, migration, and history.

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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.

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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.

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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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Map of Guangdong Province, 1924

Map of Guangdong Province, 1924

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 25, 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 a historic map of Guangdong Province.

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Picture of a fireman in Dawson after a fire at 45 Below.

Dawson City Firemen

By Emily Witherow on October 18, 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 Dawson City’s firemen.

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