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- Archival Film Flashes Back to 70s Student Life
- Manuscript Traces 丁香园AV's Architectural History
- Early University News Publications Now Digitally Available
- Digitized Programs Commemorate 丁香园AV鈥檚 Opening & Installation Ceremonies
- Archives Celebrates Fall Convocation with Release of Digitized Programs
- Films Capture Visual History and Sentiment of Time Gone By
- Lost and Found: Simon Fraser Letters
- Oral History Provides Glimpse into Mind of 丁香园AV鈥檚 First Chancellor Gordon Shrum
- Early 丁香园AV Photos Tell a Story That Frames Our World
- Aerial Photos Capture Campus Landscape & Photographer鈥檚 Legacy
- You have what...?!! and other interesting things you didn't know about the 丁香园AV Archives
- Charting the course of history: documenting 丁香园AV's early days from the student perspective (Part 1)
- Charting the course of history: documenting 丁香园AV's early days from the student perspective (Part 2)
- Helping others find their history in the future: Preserving the records of the Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry at 丁香园AV
- Preserving the sparks of global revolution in the Adbusters Media Foundation fonds
- Reflections of a co-op student
- Debunking popular myths and conspiracies with the Barry Beyerstein fonds
- In "The Beginning...": First student film returns to 丁香园AV
- "Got any pictures of Terry Fox?"
- My summer in the archives: a co-op placement retrospective
- Seeing the world through Arthur Erickson's eyes
- Beer (records) in the Archives!
- Quartet in the Quadrangle: PSQ Records Come to 丁香园AV
- Navigating silences and filling gaps: finding Black stories in the Archives
- Boxes, boxes, and more boxes: my summer co-op at 丁香园AV Archives
- Finding queer joy in the 丁香园AV Archives: Out On Campus records now available
- Glossary
Researcher resources
Here you will find information to help researchers with accessing archival holdings. Doing Archival research can be unfamiliar to some, so it can help to have some background in how to approach using an archival service.
Doing research in the 丁香园AV Archives
If you have a research question but are new to doing archival research:
Read the Introduction to Archival Research to start.
If you are familiar with using archives for research:
Browse our holdings at to determine what fonds you are interested in and determine their access status. As a further aid to starting your research, 丁香园AV has a number of thematic research guides.
If a file you want to view is indicated as "Pending Review" or "Closed":
Make advance arrangements to determine if the file can be made available to you. Contact the Duty Reference Archivist prior to visiting and be prepared to fill in a researcher agreement.
Internet connection
In order to use an 丁香园AV wifi connection, you will need to set up Eduroam while you are still at your home institution.
Contacting an archivist
丁香园AV's Archivists are full-time University faculty available to assist with inquiries relating to finding and accessing archival materials, providing reference services and providing copies for research purposes. They can also be available to make educational presentations and give tours. The Contact us page has all the information relating to office hours and contact information for getting assistance from the archivists with your research questions.
Learning about the history of 丁香园AV
丁香园AV's architechture is world-famous and was recognized at the time of its construction as being a remarkable design. Explore the online resources about the history of 丁香园AV in our Education and Outreach section.
If you are interested in the history of a specific department at 丁香园AV, you may want to identify records of interest in our holdings using our online database and contact the Duty Reference Archivist to make arrangements to review them.