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 títuloSeries largely consists of Ainley's administrative activities as professor and chair of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Material is arranged, predominately, according to the activities with which Ainley was involved, including overseeing program restructuring, coverage of the Women's Studies Program in the media, presentations to prospective students, planning for research presentations and conferences, curriculum development and retirement preparation. Series also documents Ainley's appointment as an adjunct professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Victoria. The series also includes records concerning Ainley's graduate student research assistants and their work with her. The series consists of memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, posters, speaking notes, correspondence, brochures, pamphlets, articles, course descriptions and syllabi, notes, printed emails, and employment contracts.
File contains a presentation on women with invisible disabilities at the University of Northern British Columbia by Dr. Sharon Stone and an interview with Nupur Gogia.
File consists of drafts and related correspondence regarding Ainley's work "Gendered Careers: Women Science Educators at Anglo-Canadian Universities."
File consists of handwritten notes on lined paper and cue cards as well as photocopied research materials and newspaper on Canadian universities.
File consists of possible peer reviews of Ainley's book on "Creating complicated lives: women and science at English-Canadian universities, 1880-1980."
File consists of a grant application filed by Peta Tancred on "Critical Turning Points: Women Engineers within and outside the Profession" where Ainley was to collaborate on the project. File includes grant application forms and correspondence regarding the application and budget for the project.
Item is a photograph of two female scientists working in a lab at Sir George Williams University. Photo is an archival reproduction from the Concordia Archives. The original photo was taken ca. 1940.
File consists of records concerning the Canadian Committee on Women in Engineering including correspondence, meeting minutes, and other documents.
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.
Item is an interview with Dr. Nupur Gogia about the development of her career for a Carleton University student project.
Item is a lecture given by Dr. Sharon-Dale Stone, a professor of sociology, for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia on how invisible disabilities affect women.
Item is a lecture about Aboriginal religion in Australia given by Marcia Langton during the 6th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women in Adelaide, Australia from April 21-26, 1996.
Subseries documents research about Mabel F. Timlin for Ainley's article, "Mabel F. Timlin, 1891-1976: A Woman Economist in the World of Men", published in a special edition of Atlantis: A Women's StudiesJournal on economics in 1999; a description of Timlin for the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan in 2005; and a contribution to a tribute for Timlin in the Canadian Women Economists Network Newsletter in 1995. Subseries consists of photocopies of correspondence between Timlin and others; photocopies of biographical information on Timlin; drafts and published manuscripts; a call for submissions; correspondence relating to Ainley's submission to Atlantis; an interview summary; and photocopies of articles written by and about Timlin.
File consists of correspondence relating to edits and drafts of Ainley's article, "Mabel F. Timlin, 1891-1976: A Woman Economist in the World of Men," submission information for the article, and a summary of an interview with Irene Spry.
File consists of personal correspondence sent to and by Timlin about her life in Saskatchewan and the death of her brother Eugene; insurance forms relating to dispersing funds left to her by Eugene; and a teaching evaluation.
File consists of a photocopy of the fonds level description of the finding aid for Timlin's fonds from the University of Saskatchewan Archives and a copy of a "Canadian Women Economists Network Newsletter" with an article about the life of Angela Chapman.
File consists of news articles on Timlin, her projects and her being named to the Order of Canada; a bibliography of her publications; and news from the University of Saskatchewan about her being given an horary Doctor of Laws. It also contains handwritten chronology of Timlin's life.
File consists of chronologies and biographies of Timlin; news articles and other material about Timlin's life; and notes on Timlin's life by Ainley.
File consists of personal correspondence sent to and by Timlin about her life in Saskatchewan and the death of her brother, Eugene, during the World War One. It also contains correspondence sent to Timlin's mother, Sarah, and insurance correspondence and insurance claim forms relating to the death of her brother.
File consists of "A Tribute to Mabel Timlin," for which Ainley wrote a section. The article was published in November 1995 in the "Canadian Women Economists Network Newsletter."
File consists of correspondence with a short description of Timlin's main research interests and a memorandum addressed to the dean and heads of departments from the president of the University of Saskatchewan.
File consists of Ainley's published article from volume 23, number 2 of "Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal".
File consists of personal correspondence sent to Timlin during the Second World War by Jacques, a friend of Timlin's who was killed in the Second World War. The correspondence discusses, predominately, Jacques's opinion on the progression of a Timlin's career. File also contains a letter informing Timlin of Jacques's death.
File consists of photocopies of articles in journals and excerpts from other publications by Timlin. It also includes biographical notes on John Maynard Keynes and his relationship to Irene Spry and Spry's relationship to Timlin.
File consists of photocopies of correspondence sent to and by Timlin relating to her appointment to the Royal Society of Canada, her former students, invitations to speak and submit articles, the prospects of employment at Canadian universities and racial prejudice, her honorary Doctor of Laws provided by the University of Saskatchewan and international relations and immigration. It also contains a memorandum on Palliser's Triangle and the research of Vernon Fowke.
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.
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 a profile of video about William Rowan and a presentation by Ainley, entitled, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia."
File consists of sound recordings of oral history and research interviews by Ainley and others, conferences, symposia, radio programs, and a literary reading.
File consists of notes on the progress and planning of research for the monograph and an analysis and organization of data.
File consists of data analysis and methodology notes, an article citation and a draft section.
File consists of notes, rough drafts of chapters and sections of the monograph; research planning; and article lists.
File consists of correspondence, notes, booklets, lists and research requests relating to the Chemical Institute of Canada, their archives and the Women's Committee of the Chemical Institute of Canada. File also contains articles on women in chemistry and the history of chemistry.
File consists of correspondence, notes and lists relating to women enrolled in and employed at the sciences at the University of British Columbia, the University of Manitoba and the University of Saskatchewan.
File consists of correspondence relating to women scientists at the University of Manitoba and a list of women at the University of Manitoba before 1970.
File consists of photocopies of newspaper articles on Alice Turner and minority women scientists and photocopies of archival material related to teaching.
File consists of lists of female scientists, divided according to discipline and arranged into categories based on generation, with an indication of whether or not they have been interviewed; a list of women who worked in the sciences at the University of Toronto; handwritten notes; and a photocopy request form.
File consists of correspondence with requests for archival material and information on the salaries of professors. File also contains notes on William Rowan's salary and correspondence on the salaries of professors at Victoria University (now part of the University of Toronto).
File consists of the conference proceedings for Ainley's presentation of "Traditional Environmental Knowledge, Gender, and the 'Spread of Western Science,' -- A Reappraisal of Basalla's Model" at the 9th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science Technology Historical Association in Kingston Ontario.
File consists handwritten notes, a photocopy of a photograph of a surveyor sitting at his desk, an obituary for Alice Willard Turner, a draft chapter of the monograph from 1997 about women working in government institutions and correspondence.
File consists a number of short articles by Ainley, including, "Women and Science: An Inside View/Femmes et Science: Vision de L'interieur," "No More Stereotypes" and "Women's Work in Geology: A Historical Perspective on Gender Division in Canadian Science."
File consists correspondence relating to research requests by Ainley at the archives of McGill University in the 1980s and correspondence relating to the citation for Ainley's article "Women and Science" for Chinook Media's website.
File consists of articles written on the history of women working in science, including a publication by Ainley, entitled, "Multiple Connections: Feminist Perspectives on an Integrated History of Canadian Science."
File consists of and handwritten notes and lists of female scientists, divided according to discipline and arranged into categories based on generation, with an indication of whether or not they had been interviewed.
File consists of articles on women working in science and academia, including Ainley's article, "Louise de Kiriline Lawrence (1894-1992) and the World of Nature: A Tribute"; notes; a list of biologists, some of whom Ainley interviewed, arranged according to generation; and correspondence.
File consists of two articles: "Women Becoming Professional Scholars: Historians and Physicists" and "The Early History of Women in University Physics: A Toronto Case Study."
File consists of an article, by Ainley, hosted on Chinook Media's website, entitled, "Women and Science."
File consists of draft proposals, schedules and group assignment information relating to graduate teaching in New Zealand; a notice about changes to internet service at the University of Northern British Columbia; articles on historiography, methodology and qualitative data analysis; correspondence relating to book reviews; and photocopied notes from interviews.
File consists of photocopies of methodology articles and conference proceedings, predominately on the topic of qualitative feminist research; correspondence relating to conference session proposals; the submission of a course syllabus to a journal; transcribed notes on methodology; and a book loan request.