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File consists of outlines, notes and drafts sections of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980."

File consists of material related to Ainley's administration and teaching at the University of Northern British Columbia, including course outlines and syllabi.

File consists of drafts sections from "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980"; the book chapter, "Science, Environment, and Women's Lives: Integrating Teaching and Research," which was published in "Teaching as Activism: Equity Meets Environmentalism"; an article, entitled, "Mabel F. Timlin, 1891-1976: A Woman Economist in the World of Men," which was published in "Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal"; notes for Ainley's retirement speech; and a sabbatical proposal.

File consists of proceedings and drafts of a presentation of "Science lessons for everyone? The writings of Catharine Parr Traill, 1802-1899."

File consists of components of Ainley's Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; correspondence relating to her position at the University of Victoria as an adjunct professor and the status of her grant; correspondence requesting and extension to the grant; and ethics approval forms submitted to the University of Victoria.

File consists of drafts of chapters of each of the chapters of "Creating Complicated Lives: Women and Science at English-Canadian Universities, 1880-1980" as well as drafts of the epilogue, prologue, acknowledgements, table of contents and title page sections of the book; interview transcripts, transcript analyses and conference proceedings created for "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; a list of Ainley's publications; edited articles on Catharine Parr Traill; correspondence to the University of British Columbia Press; a curriculum vitae; and drafts of other articles by Ainley.

File consists of unpublished works and talks or presentations Dr. Ainley made on her research relating to women scientists in Canada. File includes 7 overhead transparencies for two of her presentations.

File consists of program, speaking notes, and printed slides for the History of Science Society 2006 Conference. File includes speaking notes and printed slides of Ainley's presentation on "Marginal landscapes of science? Gender, environments and colonial encounters in 19th century Australia, Canada, and New Zealand." File also contains pamphlet on the 12th International Conference of Historical Geographers Auckland, New Zealand.

File consists of two drafts of "American Ornithology at Present. A new Model for the Functioning of a Scientific Discipline" while Ainley was working towards her PhD and a letter to Dr. John Baglow from the Women and Work Program at Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

File consists of correspondence between Ainley and Susan Westgate, Assistant Archivist at the Smithsonian Institution Archives regarding the American Ornithologist Union.

File consists of articles by women in the sciences, especially chemistry. File includes articles given to Ainley as gifts.

File consists of three issues of the 2002 volume of "Chemical Heritage: Newsmagazine of the Chemical Heritage Foundation" and "Women's Contribution to Chemistry" from the 76th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.

Subseries documents "Critical Turning Points: Women Engineers Within and Outside the Profession," a study funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) strategic grant. The study was broken up into four projects: "Women in Engineering: A Historical Overview," a project based on analyzing statistical and demographic data to establish a statistical profile of women in engineering; "The Explorers: Early Women Engineers," a project based on conducting oral histories and examining archival material to establish the reasons for early engineers choosing their careers; "Women's Exit from Engineering Studies, a project based on using semi-structured interviews to analyze reasons for women departing from their degree programs; and "Women's Exit from the Engineering Profession," a project based on open-ended unstructured interviews of former male and female engineers to analyze their reasons for leaving the profession. Ainley was a co-investigator on the study, along with the principal investigator, Peta Tancred, and co-investigators Susan Whitesides and Gillian Rejskind, and was involved in all the projects, except, "Women's Exit from Engineering Studies." Subseries consists of audio tapes and transcripts from interviews with female engineers, questionnaires from a project on Queen's University female engineering graduates by Alison Bowe, research notes, articles, conference proceedings, brochures and correspondence.

File consists of academic and non-academic articles by Peta Tancred and others; a draft manuscript by Ainley, entitled, "Feminist Perspectives on Women, Science and Engineering in Canada"; correspondence; a description of the context of the interviews and research project conducted at Queen's University by Alison Bowe on female graduates of engineering; and a report from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) about the task force on women in the sciences and engineering.

File consists of a report by the Canadian Committee on Women in Engineering, entitled, "More Than Just Numbers" with correspondence, notes and other material inserted; a report, entitled, "Alberta Women in science and Technology"; proceedings from the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's 1992 conference on women in science and engineering, entitled, "Advancing Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics" with articles and other material inserted; a booklet by the Commission on Women from the University of Minnesota, entitled, "Mentoring for the 1990s and Beyond...: new perspectives on an old way to move ahead"; and an information pamphlet on women in the sciences from the University of Minnesota.

File consists of two audio cassettes from a symposium on women and engineering in 1991.

Item is the second part of a symposium on women in engineering that hopes to describe and provide concrete suggests on how to improve the experience of women working in the engineering field

File consists of correspondence relating to questions to be asked to interview participants; requests for information about women engineers; and other material providing background information on the demographics of engineering from professional and university alumni associations.

File consists of reports and articles with demographic information about women in engineering and recommendations for increasing the amount of women in engineering.

File consists tables, reports and other sources containing demographic information on female engineers in Canada; conference proceedings from the 9th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science Technology Historical Association in Kingston, Ontario for Ainley's presentation, "Traditional Knowledge, Gender and the 'Spread of Western Science,' - a Reappraisal of Basalla's model"; correspondence relating to "Critical Turning Points"; and a list of the contents of Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" project files.

File consists of correspondence from Ainley to Peta Tancred; memoranda and minutes for "Critical Turning Points" meetings; an article by Tancred and Gretchen G. Schirmer, entitled, "Women's Participation within Male Parameters: The Official Presence of Women in Engineering Associations"; 1941-1991 census data on women in engineering; and an excerpt on engineering from "the History of Higher Education in Canada" by Robin S. Harris.

File consists of responses to Alison Bowe's questionnaire by female engineering graduates from Queen's University who graduated in 1986.

File consists of responses to Alison Bowe's questionnaire by female engineering graduates from Queen's University who graduated in 1978.

File consists of responses to Alison Bowe's questionnaire by female engineering graduates from Queen's University who graduated in 1980.

File consists of responses to Alison Bowe's questionnaire by female engineering graduates from Queen's University who graduated in 1981.

File consists of a partial list of the material contained in Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" project files.

File consists of a consent form and summary from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains a business card and resume.

File consists of a consent form, transcript and audio recording from an interview with Peri Mehling conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Mehling's resume and business card as well as correspondence between Mehling and Ainley.

File consists of a consent form, transcript, audio recording and summary from an interview with Janet Nehera conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of a consent form and audio recording from an interview with Gill Pichler conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also includes Pichler's resume and business card.

Item is an interview with Clare Raska by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of a consent form and transcript from an interview with Andrea von Schoening conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of a consent form, transcript and transcript summary from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains interviewee's resume.

Item is an interview with Beth Currie by Jenny Fry for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of a consent form and transcript from an interview with Marie Elaine Desbiens conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains Desbiens's business card.

File consists of a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an 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 a consent form and transcript, transcript summaries and an audio recording from an interview conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research.

File consists of a consent form, transcript summary and audio recording from an interview with Sharlie Huffman conducted for Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" research. File also contains a facsimile of Huffman's resume and a business card.

File consists of cue cards containing the questions asked during Ainley's "Critical Turning Points" interviews with female engineers.

File consists of information on Ainley's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) applications and funding. In 1992/1993 she was granted funding for her project on "First Nations Women and Environmental Knowledge in Northern North America - A Preliminary Investigation." File includes information on student assistants hired to help with this research project. Files also contains application for funding for her research on "Biographical Research on Women Scientists in Canada."

File consists of records regarding Dr. Ainley's grant applications for her early research as a Fellow. File includes correspondence, application forms, and guidelines for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants.

File consists of Ainley's grant application for her project on "Engendering Science: Twelve Biographies." File includes application forms, and related correspondence.

File consists of UNBC publications on First Nations cooperation in forestry in BC and a thesis on the Nle?kepmx, or Thompson, First Nation fiber technology. File also includes a photograph of a kangaroo and a computer disk consisting of text files including backup and excerpts of "Complicated Lives" and interviews with Virginia Douglas, Elspeth Baugh, Glenda Prkachin, Sylvia Fedoruk, and Anne Underhill. Disk also includes work on Ikawa-Smith and Kartzmark.

File consists of research materials on Australia, including book lists, catalogue records, and printed webpages.

File consists of SSHRC application for Dr. Ainley's work on "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment, and the transfer of knowledge in the 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and related travel expenses.

File consists of photocopied research materials and notes probably related to Ainley's research on transfer of knowledge from indigenous to westerners.

File consists of handwritten notes from archival research.

File consists of printed article from the Australian Humanities Review entitled "Paradox on the Queensland Frontier: Platypus, lungfish and other vagaries of nineteenth-century science" by Libby Robin.

File includes research materials from and concerning Australia. File includes, published Australian library newsletter, printed and photocopied research materials, and notes.