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Jack Diamond papers

Series consists of records made and received by Jack Diamond in the course of carrying out the duties of Chancellor. It includes correspondence and memoranda.

Dr. Paul T. Cote papers

Series consists of records made and received by Dr. Paul T. Coté in the course of carrying out the duties of Chancellor. It includes correspondence and memoranda.

Administrative records

Series contains records related to the administration of Adbusters Media Foundation. Sub-series contained in this series were classified as administrative in the original arrangement of the organization's records. Records include stationary, brand assets, job descriptions, manuals, user surveys, marking plans, operational notes, subscription scheduling, generic communications with subscribers, production schedules, order tracking tables, invoices, sales forecasts, advertisements, grant applications, annual reports, financial summaries, balance sheets, payment schedules, and sales analytics.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into nine sub-series based on the type of administrative activity:

General administrative records (sub-series 1)
Culture shop administrative records (sub-series 2)
Social media marketing records (sub-series 3)
Operational notes (sub-series 4)
Subscription records (sub-series 5)
Production and distribution records (sub-series 6)
Marketing records (sub-series 7)
Grant applications and associated records (sub-series 8)
Financial records (sub-series 9)

Media coverage

The series consists of paper and born-digital records documenting Adbusters Media Foundation's activities and the Occupy movement in various media publications. Records include interview transcriptions, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, online news article printouts, letters to the editor, 2 published books, and 1 photocopied book excerpt.

Interview transcriptions were conducted for Kyoto Journal (2001), Eyeteeth (2003), Staya (2005), Guernica (2011), the White Review (2013), and Micah White (2013).

Print and online media publishers include Sun Magazine (2001), CBC (2004), Lürzer's Archive (2008), the Georgia Straight (2009), the Globe and Mail (2009, 2013), the Hook (2009), the Lawyer's Weekly (2009), the Vancouver Sun (2011, 2012), Advertising Age (2011), the New York Times (2011, 2012, 2015), the Vancouver Observer (2011), the Washington Post (2011), the New York Review (2011-2013), the Occupied Times of London (2011), the Epoch Times (2011), Der Spiegel (2011), Vanity Fair (2012), Harper's Magazine (2012), the Progressive (2012, 2015), Vancouver Magazine (2012), In These Times (2012), the Dance Current (2012), the Guardian (2012), the Walrus (2012), the Ubyssey (2013), the London Review of Books (2013), Sad Mag ( 2015), and the Ethical Consumer (2020).

Books include Alternative Media in Canada by Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa, and David Skinner (2012), Why We Occupy: Liberty Plaza 2011 by Olivia Schanzer (2012), and a photocopied excerpt of Why Dissent Matters, Chapter 7, by William Kaplan (2017).

Born-digital media coverage records include a scanned newspaper clipping advertising Blackspot sneakers (2004), a draft article written by Kalle Last and Micah White (2011), an interview with Greg McLaughlin for Contexts Magazine (2012), and two draft letters to the editor of the New York Times (2013, 2016).

Audio and audiovisual materials

Series consists of sound recordings and audiovisual material created and/or distributed by Adbusters Media Foundation. This series contains analogue as well as born-digital materials.

Analogue materials include a VHS titled New Ideas for Television: Ads to Make You Think (1991), a mixed CD titled Adbusters Live Without Dead Time (2003, mixed by DJ Spooky that subliminal kid), and a DVD titled The Production of Meaning (2006).

Born-digital materials include short (15 second to 1 minute in length) promotional videos for Adbusters Magazine and the organization's various campaigns; audio readings of Adbusters Magazine (Issues 71 to 98), and an audio recording interview with activist Kenneth O'Keefe. Born-digital graphic materials associated with Adbusters Live Without Dead Time (2003, mixed by DJ Spooky that subliminal kid), and The Production of Meaning (2006) are also included within this sub-series.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into two sub-series based on the record's format.

Analogue publications (sub-series 1).
Born-digital records (sub-series 2).

Files are arranged chronologically.

Publications and associated records

Series consists of Adbusters Media Foundation publications and books authored by Kalle Lasn, as well as drafts and mockups associated with the creation of these publications. Records include copies of Adbusters magazine and its mockups, Big Noise magazine, Culture Jam, Design Anarchy, Meme Wars, the Adbusters Media Literacy Kit, calendars, pamphlets, posters, digital spoof ads, and digital listserv newsletters.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into ten sub-series based on the publication type:

Adbusters magazine records (sub-series 1).
Big Noise magazine records (sub-series 2).
Magazine mockups and revisions (sub-series 3).
Books and associated records (sub-series 4).
Media literacy kits and associated records (sub-series 5).
Calendars and associated records (sub-series 6).
Pamphlets (sub-series 7).
Posters and associated records (sub-series 8).
Digital spoof ads and associated records (sub-series 9).
Listserv newsletter (sub-series 10).

Files are arranged chronologically.

Campaign records

Series consists of records created by Adbusters Media Foundation during the following campaigns: Buy Nothing Day, First Things First Project, Media Carta, Kick It Over, Occupy Wall Street, Mindbombs, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Occupy Silicon Valley, Black Remembrance Day, and the White House Seige. Records include paper and born-digital materials such as digital graphics, photographs, design submissions, memes, press releases, emails, and moving image and audio "subvertisements."

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series according to which advocacy campaign they derive from:

Buy Nothing Day campaign records (sub-series 1).
First Things First project records (sub-series 2).
Kick It Over campaign records (sub-series 3).
Occupy Wall Street campaign records (sub-series 4).
Occupy Silicon Valley campaign records (sub-series 5).
General campaign records (sub-series 6).

Files are arranged chronologically.

Blackspot campaign records

Series consists of analogue and born-digital records created by Adbusters Media Foundation while administering the Blackspot shoe campaign as well as designing, promoting, and distributing Blackspot sneakers and boots. The Blackspot shoe campaign was launched in 2002. For this campaign, Adbusters created and sold the Blackspot Sneaker (2002) and the Unswoosher (2006), shoes manufactured in a unionized workshop and created with vegan and recycled materials. The intent of Blackspot is to take market share from large shoe and athletic corporations through the creation of an environmentally responsible and fair trade alternative.

Paper and analogue records include income statements, correspondence (manufacturer, retailer, and customer), stock inventories, marketing plans, market analyses, newsletters, order processing guidelines, shareholder certificates, pamphlets, promotional photographs, and two pairs of blackspot shoes: v. 1 classic sneaker and v. 2 the Unswoosher.

Born-digital records include shoe design drawings, letterheads, internal manuals, advertisement graphics, promotional photographs, posters, coupons, stickers, gift cards, labels, shareholder certificates, T-shirt mockups, catalogues, promotional comics, and website mockups.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series based on the type of material:

Administrative records (sub-series 1).
Promotional materials (sub-series 2).
Shoes (sub-series 3).

Files are arranged chronologically.

Merchandise

Series consists of physical merchandise produced and distributed by Adbusters Media Foundation, as well as born-digital records related to the creation and design of the merchandise. Physical merchandise includes postcards, stickers, pin-back buttons, fridge magnets, flags, apparel, a coffee mug, a magnetized ceramic cookie, spoof parking tickets, and baseball cards. Born-digital records include photographs and digital graphic mockups of postcards, stickers, T-shirts, coffee mugs, baseball cards, flags, packaging, pin-back buttons, patches, and a spoof parking ticket. While there is some overlap, physical merchandise and born-digital records in this series do not necessarily correlate.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into two sub-series based on the record's format.

Physical merchandise (sub-series 1).
Born-digital records (sub-series 2).

Files are arrange chronologically.

Talks

The series consists of paper and born-digital records arising from Kalle Lasn's participation in various conferences and public forums. Notable conferences documented are:

• Canadian Association for Media Education - Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, April 29, 1996
• The American Institute of Graphic Arts Conference, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, October 17, 2002
• TYPO Berlin, May 2006

Paper records include talking notes, event flyers, correspondence, and planning materials. Born-digital records include a powerpoint presentation (in .PDF format).

Events records

Series contains paper and born-digital records related to two events which Adbusters Media Foundation participated in: the Seoul Mediacity Biennale Exhibition (2018) and the Vancouver Art Book Fair (2018).

Paper records include an exhibition catalogue, subscription cards, price lists, an internal manual on running an exhibition booth, and newsletter sign-up sheets. Born-digital records include press releases, emails, photographs, an internal manual on running an exhibition booth, a silent auction prize, digital posters, and a video of Adbusters' exhibit.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series based on the type of event:

Seoul Mediacity Biennale Exhibition records (sub-series 1)
Vancouver Art Book Fair records (sub-series 2)

Files are arranged chronologically.

School project records

The series consists of paper and born-digital records relating to the joint partnership between Adbusters Media Foundation and RED Academy Vancouver. This partnership arose for the development of a mobile application as well as a digital marketing strategy for Adbusters. Paper records include correspondence, a community partnership agreement, and conceptual sketches of the mobile application. Born-digital records include community partnership agreements, a digital marketing plan, sales analytics, emails, a powerpoint presentation (in .PDF format), and moving images depicting the conceptual design of the World Revolution App (in .MOV format).

Administrative records

Series consists of records relating to administration and finances for the Purcell String Quartet. Includes itineraries, reports, and contracts with SFU and other institutions and event organizers.

Promotional material

Series consists of records relating to the promotion and marketing of the Purcell String Quartet. Include posters, brochures, press releases, flyers, branded stationary, and one promotional print.

Files are arranged chronologically.

Photographic material

Series consists of promotional photographs of Purcell String Quartet, as well as personal photographs taken by individual members during tours and events. Includes contact sheets, negatives, and photographic prints.

Files are arranged by contact sheets, digitized photographs, and photographs chronologically. Where known, the photographer for a set of photographs is noted in the file title (e.g., File 5 - USSR tour - Phillipe Etter).

Press reviews

Series consists of reviews and media releases related to performances and events featuring the Purcell String Quartet. Includes newspaper clippings and magazine articles.

Files are arranged chronologically.

Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence relating to professional activities of the Purcell String Quartet. Includes correspondence with event organizers and collaborators; professional associations; media contacts; and friends and supporters.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series:

• Correspondence files (sub-series 1)
• Chronological correspondence (sub-series 2)

Programs

Series consists of programs for concerts, tours, and workshops given by the Purcell String Quartet.

Files are arranged chronologically.

Member records

Series consists of personal records for Normal Nelson and Phillipe Etter. Includes scrapbooks, daily planners, correspondence, programs, press reviews, and one DVD.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series:

• Norman Nelson records (sub-series 1)
• Phillipe Etter records (sub-series 2)

Sound recordings

Series consists of sounds recordings of live performances and studio recordings. Includes appearances on CBC; the performance at Carnegie Hall; and a recording of the last official Purcell String Quartet concert in 1991.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series based on the group lead at the time of recording:

• Norman Nelson, Leader (sub-series 1)
• Sydney Humphreys, Leader (sub-series 2)
• Marc Destrube, Leader (sub-series 3)

Moving images

Series consists of two moving images of live performances: a CBC TV feature (file 1), and a Vancouver Art Gallery concert series performance (file 2).

Files are arranged chronologically.

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