Hours This Week

The Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives reading room will be temporarily closed from December 15, 2025 until early 2026 for upgrades.
During this period, RBSC and UA will still be able to provide some reproduction services. Please contact Rare Book and Special Collections or University Archives for more information on available remote research support.
source: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:RBSC_Hours

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Klondike Gold Rush

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.

Posted in Chung, Chung | Lind Gallery, Collections, CPR, EarlyBC, Exhibitions, Frontpage Exhibition, Immigration and Settlement, Lind, 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 , , , ,

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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