This guide lists selected resources for finding information about the UBC campus and the University Endowment Lands. For addtional research help contact a librarian in Art + Architecture + Planning, visit our reference desk in the I K Barber Learning Centre or contact University Archives.

• UBC Newspapers & Serials
• B. C. newspaper index [Online] 1900-1990
• Canadian Architectural Periodicals Index (1940-1980)
• CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs Index) [Online] 1982-
• Canadian Newsstand [Online]
• Canadian periodical index [Online] 1984-

• UBC Newspapers and Serials [online]
• Ubyssey
• UBC Reports
• UBC Alumni Chronicle
• Trek Magazine
• and more...
• Ubyssey 1918- [print]
• UBC reports. 1955- [print]

For more print journal titles, search the online catalogue under the following subject: University of British Columbia - Periodicals

To locate books, search the UBC library online catalogue under subject headings such as:

• University Endowment Lands (Vancouver, B.C.)
• University of British Columbia - Buildings
• University of British Columbia - Planning
• Campus planning - British Columbia - Vancouver
• Pacific Spirit Regional Park (B.C.)

Some books to start with are:

• Exploring Vancouver; the essential architectural guide
• Greater campus: discussion paper
• University of British Columbia 1992 campus plan; the main campus
• University of British Columbia; a souvenir

• Guide to the holdings of the University of British Columbia archives
• Researching the history of the University of British Columbia; a bibliography of sources
• Vancouver bibliography 1790- [Online]

• Canadian encyclopedia also available Online
• Encyclopedia of British Columbia also available Online

A number of maps and architectural plans of UBC buildings and of the University Endowment Lands are housed in the University Archives. See: Buildings, Facilities, and Grounds

Some UBC cartographic materials are part of a larger collection or fonds - these are also listed separately in the University Archives Inventories.

• Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of - Architectural Plans
• Alumni Association - Architectural Plans of Fort Camp Residence
• Arts, Faculty of - Architectural Plans of Buchanan Building
• Buck, Frank - Campus, Municipal, and Architectural Plans
• Faculty Club - Architectural Plans
• Hooper, Thomas - Sketches of the proposed UBC campus
• Lamb Research Collection (W. Kaye Lamb, collector) - Maps and Charts
• Thompson, Berwick, Pratt and Partners - Architectural Drawings
• University of British Columbia Campus and University Endowment Lands - Maps and Plans
• Buck, Frank - Campus, Municipal, and Architectural Plans

You will also find maps and plans in the Library catalogue under:

• University of British Columbia Maps

To find theses about the University of British Columbia or on the Endowment Lands, search the UBC library online catalogue using a Guided Keyword Search as follows:

Search for: university of british columbia as a phrase ... Search in: Subject
AND
Search for: thesis . . . Search in: Keyword - All Fields
OR
Search for: endowment lands as a phrase... Search in: Subject
AND
Search for: thesis ... Search in: Keyword - All Fields

The Library's online British Columbia Theses Bibliography lists theses in B.C. history, and related subjects. Search by author, title, subject, or keyword.

The Art + Architecture + Planning Division of UBC Library has vertical files of newspaper clippings and pamphlets filed under "UBC" or by architects' names. These materials are library use only but may be photocopied.

Rare Books and Special Collections has pamphlets and other materials listed online as "SPAM".

Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.

U.B.C. Historical Photographs:The University of British Columbia University Archives has digitized its photographic holdings in order to make the images available to researchers world wide. The images date from the founding of the University to the present day, and present a visual record of UBC's growth and development, student life, and campus events over most of the past century.

• Early Architecture of British Columbia

• UBC Campus & Community Planning
• School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture
• Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate
• Community & Regional Planning
• Art + Architecture + Planning, UBC Library

All images are copyright protected. Written permission to publish or otherwise use these images must be obtained from UBC Library through the University Archives. Click here for a printable form.