A Celebration of Theytus Books
Okanagan Special Collections and Archives is pleased to host an exhibition featuring titles published by Theytus Books.
Access to Collections
Located on the lower floor of the Commons building, in COM 004, our collections are available to everyone within the UBC community and beyond.
For access to the collection, box retrieval, or advanced research help, please use our online booking system to Make an Appointment.
Microfilm reader
Contact us at osc-contact@lists.ubc.ca for an orientation to the machine, or drop in during our open hours.
Our collections
Our collections include:
- Doug and Joyce Cox Research Collection
- Simpson Family fonds
- British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association fonds
- Kootenay Weekly Express fonds
- Allison Family fonds
- E.H. Crump Photographic Collection
- Redlich Pond video collection
- The Pocket Desert fonds
- Kelowna Capital News Photographic fonds
- Dr. William J. Knox fonds
- Bill Collings fonds
- Peter Carl Anderson fonds
- Quails’ Gate Vineyards Estate Winery fonds
Okanagan Special Collections is experiencing a period of growth, and more archival materials will be made available soon. See our installation of AtoM for full archival descriptions.
Archives which we are currently processing include:
- The British Columbia Women’s Institute fonds
British Columbia Regional Digitized History (B.C.R.D.H)
Since 2016, the Digitized Okanagan History (D.O.H.) project has cultivated a regional partnership involving the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus Library and numerous community memory institutions located throughout the Okanagan, Shuswap, Similkameen and Boundary regions of B.C. In early 2020, Digitized Okanagan History was joined by a parallel project, Kootenay/Columbia Digitized History. Together, these regional collections form B.C.R.D.H. The project’s overriding objective is to work collaboratively with partner repositories to improve access to a wide range of local historical resources by digitizing photographs, archival records, maps, publications, oral histories and community newspapers and making this information more widely available through a single, integrated online portal.
Book and Archival Donations
Our collecting activities are informed by geography. Although our collections focus on published materials and archives with ties to the Okanagan region, we also seek materials concerning the Similkameen and the Shuswap. Additionally, we collect materials with pertinence to the Boundary and Kootenay regions.
General Guidelines for Collecting Published Material
- Books written about our focus geographies
- Books written by authors located in our focus geographies at the time of publication
- Books by any author or on any subject published by local publishers
- Books written by UBC Okanagan Faculty, where primary authorship or editorship is evident
- Ephemera (brochures, posters, tickets, booklets) concerning our target geographies
- Self-published works corresponding with any of the above categories, including zines
- Maps, audio-visual or digital materials with pertinence or provenance tied to our focus geographies
General Guidelines for Collecting Archival Material
- Photographs
- Manuscripts
- Personal papers and family papers
- Records of business, society, or organizational activities
- Primary source audio/visual recordings
Collecting Guidelines printable PDF
Contact Us
Questions regarding the collections, possible donations, or access may be directed to our Archivist.
To find OSC materials, search our catalogue (select “Okanagan Special Collections” from the drop down) or browse our archives. For further assistance conducting research, please consult our various historical research guides.
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