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Rare Books and Special Collections
Canadian History Collection
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Dr. Wallace Chung assembled an extensive research collection of more than 25,000 items
on the exploration of the Pacific Northwest, the Chinese experience in North America and
British Columbia, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company including its trans-Pacific and
coastwise shipping lines. Dr. Chung is an expert collector and includes manuscript material
and realia as well as the expected printed material in his collecting lexicon. A small
portion of the collection is exhibited in the Chung Room in the Main Library.
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Website: http://www.library.ubc.ca/chung/main.html
Inventory: http://chung.library.ubc.ca/chung/index.cfm
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A collection of materials on the sect’s origins in Europe and Russia, its religion and philosophy, migration
from Russia and settlement in Canada and subsequent developments.
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Inventory: Print inventory in the Rare Books & Special Collections Reading Room
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The private libraries of British Columbia Judge Frederic William Howay (1867-1943) and Dr. Robie Lewis Reid
(1866-1945) formed the nucleus of Rare Books and Special Collections when they were donated in 1943 and 1945,
respectively. The emphasis of the collection is on the history of British Columbia in its printed form. Other
subjects covered include the history of the Pacific Northwest (including Alaska, Washington, and Oregon),
and the history of the Prairie Provinces, the fur trade, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Maritime Provinces.
The Collection is strong in first and later editions of important voyages and travel accounts and complete runs
of major journals. It also includes samples of early printing of Western Canada, selected works from modern
private presses of Western Canada, pamphlets, photographs, and rare ephemera. See also: Howay–Reid Canadian
Literature Collection under Canadian Literature, Howay-Reid Map Collection.
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Website: http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/how_reid/how_reid.html
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The collection consists of material on pre-Confederation Canadian history, primarily that of Upper and Lower Canada.
The collection contains many rare and early Canadian books, pamphlets and book plates. The chronological emphasis
is on the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
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Website: http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/murray/default.html
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The collection contains material on the discovery and exploration of the Arctic regions, the exploration
of the Northwest Passage and the search for Franklin. Many first editions of the major voyages to the Arctic
and the searches for a Northwest Passage are present. Maps of the Arctic region are included. The chronological
emphasis is on eighteenth and nineteenth century voyages. Current publications on early Arctic discovery and
exploration are collected, but not current scientific and technical writing.
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Publication: Amor, Norman L., Beyond the Arctic Circle. Vancouver: UBC Library, 1992
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