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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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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Le Wan Nian Opera Troupe Photo

Le Wan Nian Cantonese Opera Troupe

By Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese on October 12, 2024

Welcome to our first short-form Chung Lind blog! Today we will be highlighting an incredible 1923 group photo by C. B. Wand of the Le Wan Nian Cantonese Opera Troupe featured in our Chung Lind Gallery exhibits.  Cantonese opera and music have been an important cultural and social activity for Chinese Canadian communities for over […]

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