Fonds predominately reflects Ainley's research as a professor at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her research is arranged into thirteen subseries. Research material includes: photocopies of publications and archival material, correspondence, bibliographies, research interviews, transcripts, draft manuscripts, photographs, and other records. A series of personal records includes: retirement activities, her hobbies of art and writing, diplomas, and photographs. The series on her administrative and supervisory activities of professorship of women’s studies and environmental studies is arranged according to the major activities with which Ainley was involved and includes: meeting minutes, memoranda, reports, correspondence, employment, and other records. A series of electronic records relating, predominately, to Ainley’s research includes: draft manuscripts, conference proceedings, bibliographies, transcripts, correspondence, curricula vitae and other records. A series of professional development records includes records from conferences she attended and occasionally presented at as well as other professional development activities that she undertook. A series of correspondence predominantly consists of personal correspondence but also includes professional correspondence related to her research and occupation.
Ainley, MarianneSeries documents academic research undertaken by Dr. Marika Ainley throughout her academic career. It contains research material from projects in Ainley's main areas of research, the history of ornithology and the history of early and contemporary women scientists, as well as research on the relationship between early women scientists and Aboriginal peoples. The series is arranged into thirteen subseries: ornithology research, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs correspondence monograph; "Scientists vs. government experts: The wood buffalo controversy, 1920-1991," "Restless energy: A biography of William Rowan, 1891-1957," women in science and engineering research, Catharine Parr Traill, "Critical turning points: Women engineers within and outside the profession," funding applications, North American and Australian indigenous knowledge and science, oral histories, "Creating complicated lives," publications, and Mabel F. Timlin. Series consists of photocopies of articles; correspondence; bibliographies; draft and published versions of articles, conference proceedings, and monographs; interviews and transcripts; recordings of conferences; statistical data; questionnaires; consent, submission, and other forms; pamphlets and other material from conferences; applications for grants and funding; overhead transparencies; photographs; and notes.
File consists of handwritten and typescript correspondence regarding Ainley's research on ornithology.
File consists of handwritten notes and photocopied research materials on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File contains material relating to the submission and editing of Ainley's chapter, "Marriage and Scientific Work in Twentieth-Century Canada: the Berkeleys in Marine Biology and the Hoggs in Astronomy" in "Creative Couples in the Sciences" about the experiences of two scientific couples: Edith and Cyril Berkeley and Frank and Helen Hogg. File consists of correspondence, edited manuscripts, permissions form templates and a call and instructions for submissions.
File largely consists of photocopied material including articles by or about Dr. Pauline Jewett, her doctorial thesis, and a transcribed interview with Jewett. File also contains research notes for Ainley compiled by Christian Torsein.
File consists of research material on Professor Clara C. Benson, a professor in the department of Food Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Materials consist mostly of printouts and photocopies of books, newspapers, and archival materials at the University of Toronto Archives.
File consists of archival research materials and notes on Dr. Helen Belyea including requests for the aforementioned research material. File also includes research materials on Dr. Grace Anne Stewart and general research materials on women in geology. Included is a conference schedule on Women in the Geosciences from 1992 and a student paper from that year.
File consists of research materials concerning minorities in the sciences. Materials include photocopied newsletter, newspaper clipping from the Montreal Gazette on racial discrimination, a paper by one of Dr. Ainley's students, Dr. Glenda C. Prkachin's CV, printed images of landscapes and women on paper, and 2 overhead transparencies. Finally, file includes a collection of archival reproductions of photographs from Dr. Elinor Huntsman Manson's collection.
File consists of biographical records concerning Dorothy E. Smith.
File consists of records concerning Elinor Silver Keeping, including obituaries, hand written notes, and other photocopied research materials.
File consists of access to records requests from the McGill University Archives for Ainley's research.
File consists of research notes and correspondence on women scientists at Acadia College and University of New Brunswick.
File consists of research paper and notes on women attending Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.
File consists of photocopied research materials including published materials, archival research, and notes on natural history and science.
File consists of the report "Fifty Times Around the Sun: A History of the Montreal Centre Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 1918-1968" signed by the authors.
File consists of research materials concerning Margaret Benston including archival research, photocopied articles, notes, and related correspondence.
File consists of articles by Jun Takeda, a Japanese Ecologist.
File consists of edited draft copies of the covering letters, questions to be asked to interviewees and Alison Bowe's covering letter for the questionnaire sent to female engineering graduates from Queen's University.
File consists of correspondence between Ainley and her research assistant, Jenny Fry, relating to interview requests; responses to Ainley's interview requests; notes; and envelopes marked, "return to sender."
File consists of a paper presented at the 6th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women in Adelaide, Australia in 1996 by Rajendra Prasad Jaiswal, entitled, "Sex Discrimination and Status of Women in Science and Engineering Professions in India"; an annotated article entitled, "On Occupation" by Andrews D. Carson; an article by Jeanne Inch and Monqiue Frize, entitled, "In Their Own Words: Stories by women engineers about themselves"; and a pamphlet from the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology.
File contains material from a "More Than Just Numbers" conference on women in engineering held in Fredericton, New Brunswick from May 10-12, 1995. File consists of a directory of delegates; the papers and initiatives presented at the conference; a report, entitled, "Engineering Student Activities at the National, Regional and University Levels"; and a pamphlet from a previous "More Than Just Numbers" conference in 1991.
File consists of a photocopy of access to information legislation from Quebec; brochures and pamphlets on female engineers in Quebec; photocopies of archival material relating to the employment and education of women in Quebec; and paper and electronic transcripts from interviews conducted with female engineers in Quebec.
File consists of responses to Alison Bowe's questionnaire by female engineering graduates from Queen's University who graduated in 1979.
File consists of responses to Alison Bowe's questionnaire by female engineering graduates from Queen's University who graduated in 1988.
Item is two interviews, one of which is with Marge Latham, by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Peri Mehling by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Janet Nehera by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and transcript from an interview with Michelle Thibodeau-Deguire conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Thibodeau-Deguire's business card and some biographical information.
File consists of a consent form, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Marlene Chow conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript and audio recording from an interview with Maria Di Capua conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form, transcript, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Erica Geddes conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Erica Geddes by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Colleen Ackermann by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Patti Bateman by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview with Sandra Haslin conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview with Sandra Haslin by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
Item is an interview by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.
File consists of records regarding the collaborative project on "Critical Turning Points: Women Engineers within and outside the Profession" including memos, meeting minutes, proposals, drafts, and other documents.
File consists of records related to the Women and Work grant application for Ainley's chapter on "Women and Scientific Work in Canada. III. "Women's Work in Government and Industry, 1890-1990." File includes application forms, research proposals, and related correspondence.
File consists of records related to rejected grant applications for Ainley's various research projects from 1978-1988. File includes application forms, research proposals, and related correspondence.
File consists of research on Australian aboriginal botany. File includes printed library catalogue records for books.
File consists of correspondence regarding visiting fellowship in Australia.
File consists of printed webpages on the Archives of Australia sectorial network, the Canberra Ornithologists Group Contacts, and handwritten notes.
File consists of photocopied published research concerning aboriginal botany in Australia and women in science in Canada.
File consists of printed bibliographies of research on Australian Anthropology and Australian Aboriginal Ethnobotany.
File consists of typed research notes on books concerning Australian indigenous knowledge and botany.