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              Margaret Sage fonds
              Fonds · 1945 - 1946

              The fonds consists of one album of photographs taken by Sage between September 1945 and August 1946 at a relocation camp near Tashme, B.C. where she was a social worker. The photographs include general views of the scenery, individuals and groups and some smaller buildings. In addition to the camp shots, there are also pictures of Japanese Canadians preparing for relocation. The album also includes a newspaper clipping, post card and a typescript article about the Tashme Camp. The fonds also includes a small body of correspondence written by Margaret Sage to her parents Walter and Nelda Sage and to her brother Donald (1945/46).

              Sage, Margaret, 1919-
              Margaret Prang fonds
              Fonds · 1968-1979

              The fonds consists of photocopied research material relating the following individuals - Clifford Sifton, George Foster, Robert Borden, R.B. Bennett, W.S. Fielding, T.A. Crerar, A.K. Cameron and Charles A. Dunning. Also included are minutes, agenda papers and reports from the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada on which Prang served from 1973 to 1979.

              Prang, Margaret E., 1921-
              Margaret Peterson fonds
              CA UVICARCH AR445 · Fonds · ? - 1997

              The fonds reflects Margaret Peterson’s artistic processes and practices, research interests, pedagogy, her relationship with Howard O’Hagan, and her relationships with friends, patrons, fellow artists, galleries and various institutions.
              The fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, biographical documents, diaries and notebooks, financial and business-related documents, grant applications, teaching materials, unpublished poetry and manuscripts, exhibition catalogues, clippings and publications, drawings and small artworks, painting materials, objects collected by Peterson, and various ephemera.
              Correspondents include Howard O’Hagan, Elza Mayhew, Glenn Wessels, J. Russell Harper, Jean Varda, Dorothy and John B. Grover, Joy Ling, Walter Askin, Robert and Sarah Amos, Helen Anderson, R.W. Peterson, Ellen Charlotte Peterson, and Jane Hanks.
              The fonds has been arranged into five series: Biographical, Art Practice, Publications, clippings and collected ephemera, Teaching, and Howard O’Hagan Materials.

              Peterson, Margaret
              Margaret Newton fonds
              CA UVICARCH AR271 · Fonds · 1929-1949

              The fonds consists of correspondence with international plant pathologists regarding scientific studies, publications, and requests for seeds. Also includes several brief biographies of Newton; a submission by Newton to her student newspaper at the University of Minnesota in 1933; and the Flavell Medal awarded to Newton by the Royal Society of Canada in 1948.

              Newton, Margaret
              Makara Magazine fonds
              CA SFU F-116 · Fonds · 1975 - 1979

              Fonds consists of records created, received and collected in the process of publishing Makara magazine. Records reflect general operation, correspondence, production, and advertising. Includes correspondence, notes, distribution lists, articles, clippings, surveys, manuscripts, lay-out roughs, illustrations, press releases, contracts, promotional material and notes.

              Makara Magazine
              Maggie Benston fonds
              CA SFU F-126 · Fonds · 1966 - 1972

              Fonds consists of records reflecting the academic and personal interests of Maggie Benston. The fonds is arranged in 5 series: Research files, Women's Caucus, Subject files, Publications, and Personal documents.

              Benston, Maggie
              CA SFU F-69 · Collection · 1983

              Sue Cox was an undergraduate student at SFU, who was a student in one of Maggie Benston's classes. The collection consists of handwritten class notes and reprints from Maggie Benston's first offering of the course, "Women, Science and Technology," (WS 204-3).

              The collection consists of one file.

              Cox, Sue
              Mabel E. Jordon fonds
              CA FTST MS 48 · Fonds · 1929, 1947-1969

              Fonds consists of the textual records of Mabel Jordon from 1929, 1947-1969. Includes correspondence, publications, research materials, certificate, notes, filmstrip, clippings, ephemera, maps, and photographs (H.T. Nation, Mabel Jordon, and other Kootenay photographers).

              Jordon, Mabel E., 1908-1993
              Lynn Coady fonds
              CA SFL MsC 75 · Fonds · 1991-2004

              Fonds contains drafts of manuscripts of essays and articles, short fiction, scripts, and novels, originals and reproductions of publications in which Coady's works have appeared, an appointment book, clippings of reviews and articles about Coady and her published works, and other records related to Coady's writing and editing activities and projects. The fonds is arranged in two series: Writing and editing (1991-2004); and General files (1994-[200-]).

              Coady, Lynn, 1970-
              Lydia Gruchy fonds
              Fonds · 1893 - 2000

              Fonds consists of the following record series: Family correspondence and other materials (1892-1995); Publications and manuscripts (1915-2000); Audio and video recordings (1985-1992); Florence Gruchy photographs (1933-1960); Lydia Gruchy family photographs (1917-1953).

              Gruchy, Lydia
              CA PMRCA 05 · Series · 1900-1980
              Part of Lydia Gruchy fonds

              Series consists of records relating to Lydia Gruchy’s personal life and education, and includes both photographs of her graduation class as well as photographs and textual materials relating to her family.

              Lisa Robertson fonds
              CA SFL MsC 38 · Fonds · 1987-

              The collection consists of items related to Robertson's writing, editing, and teaching activities, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, notebooks, teaching materials, clippings, video and audio tapes, ephemera, and a range of publications, some of which Robertson worked on as an editor, and others to which she contributed her own work. The collection also includes manuscripts produced by several of Robertson's friends and colleagues and original artwork used for covers and interior graphics of various publications.

              Robertson, Lisa, 1961-
              Linda M. Ervin fonds
              Fonds · 1981-2003

              Fonds consists of Writings and correspondence (1981-1994); and Biographical and reference material (1989-2003).

              Ervin, Linda M.
              Lesbianews fonds
              CA UVICARCH AR081 · Fonds · 1989-

              The fonds consists of newsletters.

              Lesbianews
              CA UVICARCH AR425 · Collection · 1996 - 1998

              The Lesbian and Bisexual Women in English Canada audio history collection consists of audio histories conducted for the 2001 University of Victoria Department of History doctoral dissertation The Spreading Depths: Lesbian and Bisexual Women in English Canada, 1910-1965. The Spreading Depths is the basis for Cameron Duder’s subsequent monograph Awfully Devoted Women: Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900-65, published in 2010 by UBC Press.

              The collection consists of 12 interviews (21 recordings in total as some were in multiple parts) conducted by Duder from 1996 to 1998. 27 women were interviewed for the dissertation research, and Duder also drew on interviews recorded in the 1980s for the Lesbians Making History Project. 12 of the women interviewed by Duder consented to their interviews being housed in the University of Victoria Archives. 10 of the 12 women requested to be identified by pseudonym.

              Duder's dissertation, The Spreading Depths, examines lesbian and bisexual women’s formation of subjectivity in pre-1965 English Canada, a time when the terms and identities “lesbian” and “bisexual” were not widely discussed in society. Duder considers the existing historical information about the lives of women in same-sex relationships, in English Canada, before the social, political and sexual liberation movements of the 1960s. The interviews conducted by Duder provide information on what had been a neglected group in previous research on lesbian and bisexual women: the interview subjects are lesbians and bisexual women from lower-middle class and working class families. Duder argues that discourses on 19th and 20th century history of sexuality have reflected the documentation of the politically active and socially privileged, namely activist persons or organizations and women from upper middle class families whose histories were documented in public archives. Duder argues for a class-specific lesbian subjectivity in the decades before 1965, a subjectivity which does not always adhere to the forms of the “romantic friendship” and the “butch-femme relationship” which have dominated the discourse.

              Duder adds a Canadian perspective to the large literature on the transition in women’s relationships from the romantic friendship to the modern lesbian. The Spreading Depths reveals that before the Second World War, women in same-sex relationships were influenced by the language of sexology. Their relationships were also much more explicitly sexual than were those of earlier generations of lesbians. Duder suggests, however, that we should not assume great expansion in the discussion of sexuality, because well into the 1950s and 1960s Canadians lacked information about sexual desire and sexual practice. The interview testimonies complicate the picture we have of women in the mid-twentieth century being much more sexually aware than women of previous generations.

              The interviews reveal that lesbians and bisexual women shared heterosexual women’s longing for intimate relationships, their joy at finding a partner, and their pleasure in coming to an awareness of sexuality, but they also reveal that same-sex relationships held the same risks of infidelity, domestic violence, and alcohol abuse as existed for heterosexual women. Relationships with family were also mixed. Duder posits that because of the lack of public discussion around women’s sexual subjectivity, and therefore a lack of terminology that could be used to define and reject women living outside the heterosexual norm, women in same-sex relationships during the period under study may have had somewhat better relationships with their families than lesbians after 1965. Finally, The Spreading Depths discusses the Canadian lesbian community of the 1950s and the 1960s and contrasts the social world of lower-middle-class lesbians with the public bar culture of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. The interview testimonies reveal the views held by these women towards the bar scene and the women who regularly socialized in the bars. The interviewees describe alternative ways they found to socialize with one another so as to avoid exposure.

              Initially, the project intended to include heterosexual women as a part of its analysis of women in English Canada. Duder sought interviewees through advertisements in regular media and lesbian and feminist media, and consequently the text of these advertisements differed: for regular media, women 55 and older, who lived in British Columbia or Ontario for a minimum of 5 years between 1910 and 1955, were sought to speak about personal relationships and social life, all types of friendships, romantic relationships, courting and marriage; advertisements in lesbian and feminist media sought lesbian/gay and bisexual women 55 and older, who lived in British Columbia or Ontario for a minimum of 5 years between 1910 and 1955, willing to speak about personal relationships and social life, and the lives of lesbian and bisexual women. The dissertation was later narrowed to consider lesbian and bisexual women only.

              Interviewees were offered use of pseudonyms, given the option of an audio recording of the interview or written notation only, and for those selecting the audio recording, the choices of destruction, preservation of the recording in an archives, or preservation of a transcript. Regarding access restrictions, participants choosing preservation of the recordings could select: no restriction, access with written consent, access after death of the participant, closure until a specified date, or other specifically stated restrictions.

              The interviews were preceded by an informal meeting where Duder and the interviewee discussed the research and interview proposal. The guiding interview questions were organized into the following categories and general subjects (summarized from Appendix B of The Spreading Depths). Not all questions were asked of all interviewees:
              Biographical background – of the interviewee and immediate family members, including birthplaces, nationalities, places lived, education and occupations;
              Childhood – enjoyed or not enjoyed; feelings towards parents and siblings; family strictures; church attendance; playmates and racial characteristics of neighbourhood; school experiences; adolescence; reading habits; clothing worn; drinking and smoking habits; and special friendships;
              Socializing and sexual knowledge – extent and location of socializing; types of socializing; friends and acquaintances; frequenting of clubs or bars; any secretiveness concerning activities and location; extent and source of knowledge of human anatomy, sex, pregnancy, masturbation, and same sex relations; awareness of and interaction with homosexual women or men;
              Personal sexuality – sexual preference; words used to describe preference; early physical and emotional attractions; feelings associated with attraction; extent of intimate relationships; perceptions of mixed race relationships.

              Additional questions were available to guide further discussion of relationships and sexuality. The following is a sample from these questions (excerpted Appendix B of The Spreading Depths). Questions may not have been required depending on the course of interview:

              • How would you describe the way you felt about sex in those relationships?
              • Were there any occasions where one of you wanted to do something different and the other refused? How did you feel about that?
              • Did you know from the beginning what you would like and dislike or was that something you learned about yourself over time?
              • Is there anything else that you would like to tell me about your sexual relationships?
              Fonds · 1967-1979

              Fonds consists of seven series: handbooks series, 1976-1978; financial records series, 1972-1974; scrapbooks series, 1967-1978, which includes one scrapbook of newspaper clippings, handbooks, initiations, announcements, newsletters, and photographs; conferences series, 1967, which includes records created when the Club was initially organized; membership applications series, 1967-1979, activities series, 1971-1973, which includes records that document various interests and activities engaged in by members of the Club; and ephemeral series, which includes an undated constitution from the Cloverdale-Langley University womens Club, and an undated and unsigned certificate admitting the Langley-Surrey University Womens Club into The Canadian federation of University Women.

              Langley-Surrey University Women's Club
              CA LCM MSS 112 · Fonds · 1922-1939

              The fonds consists of a minute book (1922-1939) of the Langley Agricultural Association Women's Auxiliary, which supported the activities of the Langley Agricultural Association.

              Langley Agricultural Association
              Fonds · 1922-1968

              The fonds is divided into sixteen series and consists of minute books, correspondence, cash books, membership books, financial records, reports and membership certificates.

              Ladies Orange Benevolent Association. Shuswap Lodge 473 (Salmon Arm, B.C.)
              Fonds · 1930-1941

              The fonds consists of minutes of meetings of the Ladies Lawn Bowling Club in Nanaimo.

              Ladies Lawn Bowling Club (Nanaimo, B.C.)
              Fonds · 1937 - 1993

              The fonds consists predominantly of administrative and operational records of the Ladies Auxiliary to RLC Branch 150, and includes minutes (1937-1988), annual reports (1954-1988), financial records (1964-1988), and correspondence. It also includes ephemeral materials and the Ladies Auxiliary guest book and events diary.

              Royal Canadian Legion Branch 150. Ladies Auxiliary
              Fonds · 1946-2007

              Fonds consists of minutes, membership lists, applications for membership, applications for awards in recognition of service, lists of awards presented, and photographs of executives and events. Of interest is the president's manual, which is a collated list of members of the executive, activities, donations, and annual reports for each year (1946-2006).

              Royal Canadian Legion. Enderby Branch 98. Ladies Auxiliary