Information Services fonds. 1939-1983.

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Information Services fonds. 1939-1983.

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Fonds consists of the following series: Biographical Files (1945-1973), Subject Files (1939-1978), Annual Reports (1969-1974), UBC Publications Survey (1975-1977), Speeches - John B. MacDonald (1962-1967), Miscellaneous Subjects (1963-1983), Sound and Moving Images (1968-1983), and Photographs (1969-1980). The Miscellaneous subjects series includes materials pertaining to UBC's participation in "Habitat" (the 1976 United Nations Conference on Human Settlement), and the Commonwealth University Congress (1978).

20 m of textual records.5231 photographs.175 audio tapes.33 videocassettes.

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Congress of the Universities of the Commonwealth (1978 : Vancouver, B.C.)

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University of British Columbia.

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United Nations Conference on Human Settlements

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Habitat is the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, held in Vanvouver 1976; Habitat is an outgrowth of the UN Conference on The Human Environment held in Stockholm in june 1972 where it became apparent that urgent action was needed to meet the growing complexity of human settlement problems around the globe; main purposes of the Conference where the exchange of experience, the creation of financial resources and the formulation for an international program which would assist governmen...

University of British Columbia. Information Office.

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University of British Columbia. Information Services.

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In 1965, Information Services assumed the responsibilities of the Information Office which had existed from 1955 to 1965. Like its predecessor, the mandate of Information Services focused on the dissemination of information to the public by arranging interviews with the news media, promoting participation in television and radio broadcasts, and preparing news releases for all potential news outlets. The office published UBC Reports, and also produced UBC Now, a weekly half-hour television series...