Sub-series consists of records relating to the "Telling It: Women and Language Across Cultures" conference held by the department on 25 and 26 November 1988 at the downtown SFU campus. Speakers at the conference included Jeannette Armstrong, Barbara Herringer, Surjeet Kalsey, Joy Kogawa, Sky Lee, Lee Maracle, Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, and Betsy Warland. There was also a performance by Vancouver Sath. Records include registration and speaker lists, correspondence, grant proposals, promotional materials, evaluations, documentation relating to a bibliography, a final budget, and other documents.

Series includes correspondence between Peter Buitenhuis and various friends, colleagues, and peers—including Margaret Atwood, Timothy "Tiff" Findley, Northrop Frye, Thomas Wolfe, Adrienne Clarkson, Norman Holmes Pearson, Glynn Beard, Earle Birney, Anne Cameron, Joy Kogawa, Nigel Nicolson, Peter Such, Derek Martinus, Richard Stern, Betty Lambert, and Scott Symons (see files F-242-4-0-0-1 "Correspondence", F-242-4-0-0-2 "Correspondence: II L-Z," vol 1, and F-242-4-0-0-13 Scott Symons--please note that some original documents have been removed from the files and replaced with photocopies). Series also includes records relating to Buitenhuis's personal affairs, including financial records; party arrangements; church activities; and advocacy interests and involvement. Topics documented include the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program "Ideas," publications and manuscripts by Buitenhuis as well as other authors, Ford Maddox Ford, the Public Lending Right Commission, West Coast Energy, and Park Royal Shopping Centre.

Records primarily consist of correspondence, but also include forms, a notebook, brochures, and reports.

Sub-series consists of photos, documents, and notes about Honorary Degree Recipients from SFU from 1965-2002. For a list of Honorary Degree Recipients associated with the sub-series, see access points.

Film by Fumiko Kiyooka. Also held by "Moving Images Distribution" in video, 16mm, and DVD formats: "Two women submerge themselves in memories of World War II while screening archival footage. One remembers the story of an aunt from Hiroshima whose father had been a member of the peace party when the military government forced its way into power before the war. The young woman recalls how her aunt left Japan for the safety of Canada, only to be interned with Canadians of Japanese descent at the outbreak of war. The other woman recounts the details of her own experience as a young nurse on the morning of August 6, 1945. Awards: Norman McLaren Award at Festival des films du monde, Award of Merit at the Chicago International Film Festival." 26 min., 1985 [http://www.movingimages.ca/catalogue/Canhistory/Canhistory.html#RTFToC6]. Also held by SFU Library's Special Collections/Rare Books in VHS format [http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b2920774~S5a] According to Vancouver Sun article (p. F1, 30 August 1985; copy in reference material section of F-232 collection file): "Clouds, a short about Hiroshima and Japanese internment during the Second World War, won the $1,000 Norman McLaren award [at the Montreal World Film Festival]. The 25-minute, 16-millimetre film, is directed by Scott Haynes and Fumiko Kiyooka. Haynes graduated form SFU in May while Kiyooka was a second-year student."