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 contains research material for a review of Margaret Gillett and Ann Beer's book, "Our Own Agendas: Autobiographical Essays by Women Associated with McGill University." File consists of notes, correspondence and short biographies of women from McGill University.
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 consists of biographical information on Louise De Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of photocopied research materials regarding Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of handwritten notes on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence's correspondence.
File consists of photocopied letters between Amelia Laskey and Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of photocopied letters between PA Taverner and Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of articles written by Louise de Kiriline Lawrence on birds. File includes a magazine, photocopies, and news clippings.
File consists of articles about Louise de Kiriline Lawrence including photocopies and news clippings.
File consists of research materials and related correspondence concerning Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists of handwritten notes and photocopied research materials on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence.
File consists, predominately, of correspondence between Ainley and Speirs relating to travel and ornithology publication recommendations. It also contains archival correspondence between Speirs and Roy Ivor and Spiers and George Watson and a card sent to Ainley by Murray, Speirs's husband, notifying Ainley that she was not included in Speirs's will.
File consists of photocopied and transcribed copies of correspondence, mostly between Lawrence and Speirs, on a variety of topics related to ornithology, including discussion of publications, birding, research, and the administration of the Margaret Nice Ornithological Club as well as on the travelling and health of Speirs, Lawrence, and Lawrence
File consists of transcribed correspondence between Lawrence and Speirs on a variety of personal and ornithological topics as well as some of Ainley
File contains correspondence that appears to have been selected for inclusion in "A Special Affinity: The Correspondence of Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Doris Huestis Speirs." It consists of photocopies and some handwritten copies of correspondence between Speirs and Lawrence, most of which relates to birding and ornithology projects carried out by Speirs and Lawrence.
File consists of correspondence between Ainley and John Sabean about the book project and Spiers
File consists of 5.25 inch floppy disk which may contain backup files concerning the history of the American Ornithologists' Union.
File consists of research materials, notes, and related correspondence concerning women ornithologists.
File consists of drafts of "The Involvement of Women in the American Ornithologists' Union" by Ainley.
File consists of photocopies correspondence between Margaret Morse Nice and Althea Sherman from the Margaret Morse Nice papers on a variety of ornithological and personal topics.
File consists of correspondence between Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and Margaret Morse Nice relating to ornithology publications, the community of ornithologists, and a variety of personal topics. File also includes correspondence between William Rowan and Nice relating to ornithology and the Brewster Medal for 1937.
File consists of material relating to women in Canada. Highlights include:
- Victoria Public Library, "Sisters! about women's issues", 1987 (pamphlet)
- Gillian Marie Loggy, "A Guide to the Writing of Women into the History of B.C.", 1975 (photocopied paper)
- Ministry of Women's Equality, Government of Canada, "Heritage Women's History Month", 1993 (booklet)
File contains photographs taken for promotional purposes.
- Two photos depict a Cassiar display at an unknown event in 1963.
- Eight photos were professionally taken for use in the 1978 Cassiar Asbestos Corportaion Ltd. Annual Report, and possibly other publications. These photos depict a skyscraper and products made with asbestos.
- Additionally, two hand painted postcards of McDame Mountain and Christmas Tree House are included that may have been used for promotional reasons. Also, four slides of a display, "Story of Asbestos."
- five photographs of unofficial tour of Cassiar via airplane in the 1970s.
File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.
File contains photographs depicting an award night that took place in the late 1950s or early 1960s in the old panabode Recreation Centre at Cassiar B.C.. Photos feature groups of people posed with trophies, a family posed together, a large group on stage, the audience, and musicians including individuals with a trumpet, saxophone, guitar and violin. Fred Murray (early Cassiar staff member) is featured in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th photograph.
File contains photographs depicting individuals at Cassiar on strike in the winter time, marching down roads, holding picket signs, carrying small children who hold signs, and driving cars covered with strike slogans. Many of the signs read "U.S.W.A. LOCAL 6536" (United Steel Workers of America).
- Two photographs depict a man with a video recorder. Some photos feature plant buildings, two were taken at night. One photograph depicts a note that reads: "THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON SHIFT THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5th 1970."
- Many photos depict areas in the mine showing snow impacts, fissures in the mountain, asbestos evidence and other environmental activity. The picket signs contain protests regarding contracts, safety, environment, and ethics.
- Handwritten annotation on original envelope containing photographs: "Pictures 1970 Strike."
- Integrated into file are fourteen photos from file marked "Mr. B. Pewsey" that depict an area where a large rock fell, measuring tape, and protest sign.
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd opened a second mine in 1967 at what became the one-industry town of Clinton Creek, Y.T. File contains photographs depicting different areas of operations at Clinton Creek. Locations include the mine, plant, town, tailings pile, main office, the 40 Mile River, and surrounding area. Town photos depict the grocery store, cafeteria, medical clinic, school, auditorium residential area, Connell Street and power house. File also includes aerial photographs and images depicting forest fighting, photographers capturing the tailings pile, asbestos samples, mining machinery, staff offices, and operations in the mill, lab, and garage.
Additional photographs integrated into file depict Clinton Creek's surrounding area, and three slides of a tailing pile explosion believed to be Clinton Creek.
File includes six aggregations of photographs which have been assembled in this file in order to maintain the integrity of each group by keeping the photos arranged together, though each group features operations pertaining to multiple files in this subseries. Includes groups featuring photos from 1961, 1965 1971, a helicopter trip, a community album, and a workplace album. Photographs depict images pertaining to the following operations at Cassiar, B.C.: mining, milling, maintenance, labratory tests, and tramline and town operations. Images featuring operations of the company town include the grocery store, bank, churches, school, library, lounge, pool, theater, community center, outdoor recreation, hospital, dentist, cafeteria, bus route, residences, air strip, firehall, laundromat, park, police, and newspaper.