Series contains two diplomas awarded to Dr. Ainley by the University of Northern British Columbia, news clippings, and photographs. Series also includes some of her activities during her retirement including her art exhibits, a cruise, and membership in Federation of BC Writers.
Series 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 notes and photocopied research materials on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of sections of a photocopied edited paper on Canadian women anthropologists.
File consists of records concerning Elinor Silver Keeping, including obituaries, hand written notes, and other photocopied research materials.
File consists of research notes and correspondence on women scientists at Acadia College and University of New Brunswick.
File consists of handwritten notes on Maggie Benston's life and career.
File consists of photocopied research materials regarding scholarships for women in science at Canadian universities.
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 photocopied information on Maud Leonora Menten, a medical scientist.
File consists of articles by Jun Takeda, a Japanese Ecologist.
File consists of photocopy of article in CULTURE by Trudy Nicks entitled "Partnerships in Developing Culture Resources: Lessons from the Task Force on Museums and First Peoples."
File consists of research consent forms for research pertaining to "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment, and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia."
File consists of photocopied research materials concerning gender roles of First Nations women.
File consists of photocopied research materials on Native Americans and the learning section the Boston Globe newspaper from 1993.
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.
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.
Sin títuloSubseries documents the research for Ainley's monograph, originally titled, "Overlooked Dimensions: Women and Scientific Work at Canadian Universities, 1884-1980." The monograph draws on research from previous research projects and was conceptualized as a culmination of Ainley's life's work. The monograph was incomplete at the time of her death and was published posthumously after being edited by Marlene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham under the title "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980." Originally scheduled to be published by UBC press shortly after Ainley's death in 2008, the manuscript was published by the McGill-Queen's University Press in 2012. Subseries consists of articles and excerpts from publications by Ainley and others, audio recordings of interviews and presentations, notes, drafts, and correspondence.
File consists of records related to Ainley's art and paintings including exhibit applications and schedules, her artist statements, and related art show paraphernalia.
File consists of photocopies of archival materials on Kathleen Gough Aberle concerning the Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology (PSA) Department at Simon Fraser University.
File consists of research materials concerning Canadian women in Physics, including handwritten notes, photocopied articles, newspaper clippings, and drafts.
File consists of handwritten notes concerning faculty history at University of Moncton.
File consists of research materials and notes on women at University of Prince Edward Island, including handwritten notes, and photocopied pages from a book.
File consists of 32 overhead transparencies depicting a variety of subjects and related photocopied materials. File also includes an archival photographic reprint of Clara Benson in 1899 from University of Toronto Archives.
File consists of handwritten notes on women on index cards.
File consists of notes and "Science and Society" by Gerhard Herzberg in the Basterfield Lecture Series.
File consists of photocopied archival materials concerning the Canadian Federation of University Women.
File consists of a report on "The Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology" by Energy, Mines and Resources Canada.
File consists of 3 cue cards with handwritten notes probably concerning Canadian women scientists.
File consists of published research on women in academia and science.
File consists of unused post cards including one depicting St. Paul Anglican Church & School House in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta and the other depicting Fort Chipewyan Bicentennial Museum in Alberta.
File consists of research materials concerning the history of anthropological theory. Including photocopies of scholarly articles.
File consists of photocopied article on traditional environmental knowledge.
File consists of photocopied articles on Canadian indigenous and plants.
File consists of photocopied published research materials on First Nations Environmentalism.
File consists of a catalogue of books on or by Australian Aborigines sold by the Cornstalk Bookshop.
File consists of a typed list of recipients from Canada probably concerning Ainley's re-exploration project.
File consists of published research on science and knowledge generally.
Subseries contains materials relating to Dr. Ainley's research on women in the fields of science and engineering. Ainley dedicated much of her career to this topic, which resulted in a number of publications. Subseries includes 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. Materials for this publication include correspondence, edited manuscripts, permissions form templates and a call and instructions for submissions. This subseries also includes research material for a review of Margaret Gillett and Ann Beer's book, "Our Own Agendas: Autobiographical Essays by Women Associated with McGill University," including notes, correspondence and short biographies of women from McGill University. Subseries also contains research on Canadian women in science including photocopied archival materials from various Canadian universities. This subseries also contains materials relating to Ainley's book, "Creating complicated lives: women and science at English-Canadian universities, 1880-1980" and Ainley's chapter, "Soaring to New Heights: Changes in the Life Course of Mabel McIntosh" in "Great Danes." Subseries consists of research relating to women in the Royal Society of Canada and on individual women scientists and engineers. Research materials consist of photocopies of published and archival research materials, correspondence, and applications for grans and ethics reviews. This subseries also contains approximately 80 overhead transparencies from presentations.
File consists of documents concerning Ainley's research on Dolores Pushkar Gold. File includes email correspondence, Pushkar Gold's CV, Gold's obituary, and Ainley's draft.
File consists of photocopies of archival materials on Kathleen Gough Aberle concerning the Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology (PSA) Department at Simon Fraser University.
Subseries contains material relating to an uncompleted book of correspondence between Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs, tentatively titled, "A Special Affinity: The Correspondence of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs." It was to be co-edited Ainley and John Sabean. The subseries predominately consists of research material and correspondence relating to the writing and publishing of the book, correspondence between Lawrence and Speirs, and correspondence between Ainley and Speirs relating to travel and ornithology publication recommendations. It also contains archival reproductions of correspondence between Speirs and Roy Ivor and between Speirs and George Watson.
Subseries reflects Dr. Ainley's extensive research on indigenous science and traditional knowledge and how it transferred to European settlers in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Much of this research culminated in Dr. Ainley's unfinished monograph project "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia." Material is, predominately, arranged by individual, with files largely consisting of bibliographies, articles and notes about and by the individual on topics related to the environment and interaction with indigenous peoples. Subseries also contains research notes, interviews, and correspondence. As much of Ainley's research focused on women, see subseries on women in science and engineering research (2002.14.1.5) for related materials.
File consists of photocopied articles on First Nations and traditional science.
File consists of business card of Roy L Montgomery at Lincoln University with extensive handwritten notes on the back concerning Richard Henry (1845-1928).
File consists of images of women related to Ainley's research.
File consists of photocopies of archival records regarding professor M.L. Benston in the departments of Chemistry and Computer Science from Simon Fraser University Archives.
File consists of research material on Judit Szy, including her CV and some handwritten notes.
File consists of photocopied archival materials on Kathleen Gough Aberle and Margaret Benston and accompanying notes.
File consists of photocopied archival materials on Margaret Benston at Simon Fraser University.