#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Construction of First Nations Longhouse - 31 July 1992 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #indigenous #FirstNations #PointGreycampus cc: X̱wi7x̱wa Library xwi7xwa.library.ubc.ca, First Nations House of Learning fnhl.ubc.ca

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Summer School of Theatre courses in directing and stage design - 24 July 1950 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #SummerSchool #theatre

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Summer School of Theatre publicity photos for "Camel with the Wrinkled Knees" - 17 July 1951 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #theatre #summerschool

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday The Summer Ubyssey - 10 July 1984 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Headline: "UBC professors quit - Grass greener elsewhere" cc: @ubyssey.ca #UBChistory #TheUbyssey #studentnewspapers

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday F. Kenneth Hare [President of UBC 1968-69] - 3 July 1967 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #UniversityPresidents #portraits

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday View of platform guests at Gordon Shrum memorial service in Old Auditorium - 26 June 1985 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #UBCAuditorium #OldAuditorium #memorial

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Construction of Wesbrook building [first permanent home of UBC Faculty of Medicine] - 19 June 1950 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #construction #UBCPointGrey cc: @ubcmedicine.bsky.social

Chief Dan George led an amazing life. A gifted poet. An activist for his people. A movie star. Remembered as the first Indigenous person to receive an Academy Award nomination, he was so much more than that. This is his story. 🧵 1/16

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Main Library (Gavin Wilson photo) - 12 June 1997 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #UBCLibrary #UBCPointGrey

UBC Archives acquires the archive of noted scientist and environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki: about.library.ubc.ca/2025/06/09/u...

cc: @moaubc.bsky.social

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Douglas Kenny speaking at dedication of 'Ksan doors, Museum of Anthropology (John Morris photo) - 5 June 1976 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #IndigenousArt #UBCMOA

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Pat Carney receiving honorary degree - 29 May 1990 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... UBC alumna, journalist, businesswoman, federal MP and cabinet minister. See also www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_a... #UBChistory #Congregation #HonoraryDegree

From Vancouver Is Awesome: www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/5-mo... (yes it's true, for its first 5 years of classes UBC did not charge tuition)

It's time for Spring Congregation at #UBC. For images of past graduation/congregation ceremonies, go to open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=sub... #UBChistory #graduation

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Honorary degree recipient Susan Point with President Stephen Toope and Chancellor Sarah Morgan-Silvester (Martin Dee photo) - 22 May 2009 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #UBCgrad #Congregation #HonoraryDegree

Bonus #TBT (2) UBC Arts, Science and Agriculture graduates picnic, Wigwam Inn (Maurice L. Hawksley photo) - 1 May 1926 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #graduation #picnic #WigwamInn

Bonus #TBT Students in front and around Main Library - 8 May 1965 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #UBCLibrary #UBCPointGrey

#TBT Totem poles at Totem Park - 15 May 1969 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #FirstNations #totempoles #IndigenousArt

The photo, titled Wait for Me, Daddy, is one of the most famous Canadian photos of the 20th century. Seen as a heartwarming photo of sacrifice during war, there is much more to tell about this photograph. This is the story of Wait for Me, Daddy. 🧵1/10

#TBT View of the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden during dedication ceremony (24 April 1978) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #UBCBotanicalGarden

#TBT Evelyn and Sherwood Lett with gift from the Alumni Association - 17 April 1957 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #AlumniUBC

#TBT Ubyssey Pantry - 10 April 1928 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... With apologies to @themerl.bsky.social, "Look at this absolute unit!" #UBChistory #agriculture #animalhusbandry #pigs

Congratulations to our own John Moran, Digital Archivist, and the whole team at UBC Archives, who received the Honourary Blocker Award at the @ubctbirds.bsky.social Big Block Awards! about.library.ubc.ca/2025/04/04/j...

#TBT Group photo at tree planting by graduating class - 3 April 1980 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... The planting of a tree by each year's graduating class is a UBC tradition. See archives.library.ubc.ca/buildings-gr... and magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2020/best-of... #UBChistory #graduation #trees #tradition

Bonus #TBT! Tomorrow is the 100th anniversary of the reason *why the Point Grey campus is referred-to as UBC-Vancouver, and its mailing address clearly says "Vancouver", but is actually not part of the City of Vancouver.* For more, read archives.library.ubc.ca/2022/06/21/u... (cont.)

#TBT Dorset lamb [with Professor R.M. Tait from the Dept. of Animal Science] - 27 March 1975 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... cc. @landfood.ubc.ca #UBChistory #sheep #agriculture P.S. - An absolute unit? You be the judge @themerl.bsky.social

#TBT The Ubyssey - 20 March 1919 (Vol. 1, No. 16) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Headlines: Honorary President and President of Alma Mater Elected by Acclamation | Varsity Versus New Westminster [basketball] | Musical Society Announces Plans | Theatre Night A Howling Success #UBChistory #TheUbyssey

#TBT The Ubyssey - 13 March 1930 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Special "UbysseyGrad" issue Headlines: Prince and Puritan Star In Costume Drama | Dr. Fee To Be Buried In Vancouver | U.B.C. Alumni Nominate Nine Candidates For Senate | Professor Resigns | Stadium Needs Help; Appeal Is Made To Grads

r/UBC discussion: "Parking took up a lot more space at UBC in 1973" www.reddit.com/r/UBC/commen...

#TBT Gymnasium [and tennis courts] (Leonard Frank photo) - 6 March 1929 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Image shows the old gymnasium, later known as the "Women's Gymnasium", tennis courts, and (in distance) the Iona Building (www.library.ubc.ca/archives/bld...) #UBChistory #gymnasium #tennis #PointGrey

#TBT The Ubyssey - 27 Feb. 1940 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Headlines: U.B.C. On Parade At "Open House" - Engineers and Clubs Plan Exhibit To Publicize Achievements | Co-Eds Take Offensive; Stage Leap-Year Ball | Vancouver Institute - Mobilization Of Russia Seen As Threat By Warren #UBChistory

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday The Ubyssey - 20 Feb. 1919 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Headlines: Undergrad. Wants "Dean of Women" [Women's Undergraduate Society also calls for a women's dress code "in keeping with academic dignity"] | No International Debate This Year | Class Will Study St. John's Gospel

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Aerial view of campus - 20 Feb. 1923 (H. Cross photo) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... [The earliest-known aerial photograph of the Point Grey campus. View shows partially-completed Science Building, agricultural buildings, and experimental fields] #UBChistory #aerialphotography

Remember kids - UBC's Point Grey campus, including the University Endowment Lands and Pacific Spirit Park, wasn't always a separate entity. To discover why, read "UBC, the UEL, and How They Got That Way" on the UBC Archives' blog archives.library.ubc.ca/2022/06/21/ #UBChistory

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday View of printing services in Extension Department - 13 Feb. 1957 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Mimeograph machine. #UBChistory #printing #mimeograph

#TBT Thunderbird ice hockey team - 2 February 1969 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #hockey #collegesports #sports

For a humourous take on #archives and the archival profession, watch the late great Bob Stewart in "Archives - More than a Holding Operation" (1990) youtu.be/_vk8VDn5ouo?...

🚧 What do "under construction" signs and bubble-gum-blowing Furbys tell us about digital preservation? In the latest #VanishingCulture essay, writer @jdshadel.com explores the rise, fall, and cultural legacy of early Internet GIFs—and why they matter today.⁠ 🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/02/05/v...

Obligatory #UBChistory content: Relic (left) was played by UBC grad Robert Clothier: open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=per...

#TBT Publicity photo from "Much Ado about Nothing" - 30 January 1964 (Peter Holborne photo) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... [A Frederic Wood Theatre production - programme: www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdf... - more photos: open.library.ubc.ca/search?q=*&s... ] #UBChistory #theatre

UBC's Point Grey campus, with the surrounding University Endowment Lands, University Hill neighbourhood, and Pacific Spirit Park, are separate from the City of Vancouver. Curious as to how/why that happened? Read "UBC, the UEL, and How They Got That Way" archives.library.ubc.ca/2022/06/21/u...

Congrats to “THE ARCHIVE BOOGIE” by Samantha Close (@butnocigar.bsky.social) Second Place winner of the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest. This celebration of 1929’s cinema mixes film & public domain imagery. More: https://archive.org/details/2025-public-domain-day-film…

#OnThisDay The Ubyssey - 28 January 1927 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Headlines: ARTS '20 RELAY RACE IN LIMELIGHT; TRACK CLUB MAKES GRAVE ERROR / Votes to Run Race Eastward From Point Grey to Fairview / History and Significance of Varsity's Classic Marathon Cc: @ubyssey.ca #UBChistory #UBCathletics

Please note that UBC Archives DOES NOT keep or provide access to student academic transcripts or related academic records. Contact UBC Student Services (students.ubc.ca/enrolment/re...) to request a transcript.

#TBT #ThrowbackThursday Scenes from production of "The Alchemist" - 23 January 1951 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... #UBChistory #theatre

UBC students studying in the library in 1925. www.reddit.com/r/UBC/commen...

#TBT Construction of Main Library - 23 Jan. 1925 (Stuart Thomson photo) dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0... Original UBC Library nearing completion 100 years ago today. One of the most recognizable buildings on the Point Grey campus, now the #heritage core of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. #UBChistory

University of British Columbia Archives is now on Bluesky! Follow us for interesting facts about the history of UBC, and for general archival and historical stuff. #UBChistory #archives