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File contains set of images taken in Faro, Y.T. Annotation on photo envelope reads: “Visit to / CYPRUS ANVIL / FARO Y.T. / SEPT 1975 / BY DALE CARIN / R. WILSON.” Images depict the pit mine operated by Cyprus Anvil Corporation, including a grader, ore hauling truck (likely a Wabco), an explosives transport truck, and unidentified equipment including an electrical utility box and some type of rotating wheel in the mill building.

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.

Photographs depict construction of the new mill, each taken from approximately the same distance and featuring two different angles of the building. Construction work progresses from framework to sheeting and siding. Vehicles, piles of building supplies, and a construction trailer are often in foreground, mountains in background. It is believed that these photographs were taken during a labour dispute. Each photo has been annotated on recto with the date and time of day, and some document the number of workers on site. Annotations include: "2 days work", "work gets less & less", "not much for 4 men", "very little done - less than usual low performance", "0° - 20° weather must have thickened their blood".

Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.

Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.

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 consists of research for Ainley's work on Oral History of Montreal Women Scientists including correspondence, handwritten notes, and interview transcripts.

File consists of correspondence between Ainley and the editor of the University of British Columbia Press, Jean Wilson; an abstract and descriptions of chapters submitted to the University of British Columbia Press; style guides from the University of British Columbia Press; an author handbook from the University of British Columbia Press; and a pamphlet on symbols used for proofing text.

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 of possible peer reviews of Ainley's book on "Creating complicated lives: women and science at English-Canadian universities, 1880-1980."

File consists of speaking notes for a speech made by Ainley on December 6, 2000 at a memorial for the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal, Quebec; Ainley's retirement speech speaking notes; and speaking notes for a presentation of Ainley's research for her Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded project, "Engendering Canadian Science: Biographies of Women Scientists."

File consists of research, conference travel and other correspondence; abstracts for Ainley's articles; conference proceedings for, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and other conference proceedings by Ainley for presentations on the history of women scientists, women's studies methodologies and women naturalists; drafts of articles and material about Catharine Parr Traill; and short biographies of William Rowan and Alice Wilson.

File consists of speaking notes and conference proceedings; instructions for abstract submissions; abstracts; drafts of biographies of women scientists; correspondence; a short biography of David Ainley; A short story by David Ainley; notes; and a curriculum vitae.

File contains material relating to "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia." File consists of notes on publications, transcripts of interviews, list of sources, conference proceedings and thematic analyses of an interview.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.