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McCance creates a set design in watercolors depicting the slightly drab auditorium and stage of the "Cotton Blossom" featuring pink curtains. Created for the 1958 Theatre Under the Stars production of "Showboat."

Item is an image of the sternwheeler Alaska in harbour alongside barges Mizzoo and Carmacks mounted on an index card. Text reads: "Alaska, Barges Mizzoo and Carmacks. May 20, 1923. White Pass & Yukon Co."

Several audience members at SJC's dedication ceremony sit under a gazebo and converse.

A letter from Racey to Harrison, written on February 16, 1949, recto

The back of a table card with two staples at the top and the logo of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America at the bottom

A letter from Harrison to Racey, written on May 23, 1948, recto

They are the main entrance and clock tower of St. John’s College. The building on the left-handed side is the Social Lounge and the building on the right-handed side is the Common Room.

This item is a request for payment of the bill for services recieved at the Arctic Club for a Mr D. R. Pattie. Items bought include 1 Hot Sc, and a Water. The back is stamped to indicate payment was recieved.

This menu contains a list of alcoholic drinks and some food for sale at the Arctic Club. The food is included under sandwiches and club specials, while multiple types of alcohlic beverages are offered including cocktails, wines, beers, "…

Located in page 17 of a scrapbook titled, "Historical Events Volume 5." ; Caption attached below: "YOUNG ADULTS SUNDAY EVENING GROUP" written in blue in and underlined

Twelve people by the shore with hunted animals. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken near Alert Bay.

Personal notes written by Syd Freedman listing the different managers of cinemas in 1943 and 1954.

Johannean Marjory Liu shows a copy of her high school diploma from Shanghai St. Mary's School to St. John's College residents during her interview at the college.

A letter from Harrison to Racey, written on December 24, 1948

Photograph on front shows 100 rubber boots cluster around the chainlink fences of a system of gas pipes. A sign on the fence reads, "tresspassing, loitering, tampering forbidden by law”

A pen and pencil blueprint showing where certain set pieces should be placed in the Malkin Bowl outdoor theatre in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Produced for a 1953 production of Robert Wright's operetta Song of Norway by Theatre Under the Stars.…

This image is of what is presumably the front desk at the Arctic Club. There are two men standing behind the desk pretending to speak into their phones. To the left of the desk is a door, the counter for coat check, and two rooms labelled '…

Approximately 40 children walking in line. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the…

Interior view of classroom set up with one desk and chair facing the classroom and chair facing the front of the room. Names of students written on chalk board.

Black & white photo of six people, equal numbers men and women, seated at a table in the Cave; the couple on the right is a young couple while the other two couples are older; the men are all wearing dark suits with patterned ties and the women…

Dr. William L. Sauder, then-Chancellor of the Univeristy of British Columbia's Board of Governors, gives a speech at the dedication ceremony for the newly established St. John's College at UBC in 1997.

Former SJC resident competes in a bike race during the University of British Columbia's annual "Storm the Wall" competition.

This item is an unused postcard advertising the Ink Spots quartet performing at the Palomar Supper Club. The front contains the details of their performances and an image of the performers, while the back has a preprinted checkbox list for the…