Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1939. Published in 1940, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Contents
Objects (pg. 7)
Visitors (pg. 7)
Activities (pg. 7)
Accessions (pg. 10)
Anthropology and Archaeology (pg. 10)
Botany (pg. 10, 12)
Mammals (pg. 11)
Birds (pg. 11)
Invertebrates (pg. 12)
Palaeontology (pg. 12)
Library (pg. 15)
Addenda to the Flora of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands (pg. 15)
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1941. Published in 1942, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history, for the year of 1940. Published in 1941, the Province of British Columbia published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could subsequently be shared with the public. The reports were comprehensive in nature and covered but were not exclusive to, topics relating to the following fields of study; anthropology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, botany, paleontology and archaeology. In addition, the reports included a segment on visitors, staff changes, activities and new accessions that had taken place over the last year. Readers can expect a comprehensive report on the annual undertakings of the Provincial Museum of Natural History.
Pertains to the commissioner report on the events carried out by the Provincial Museum of Natural history and Anthropology, during the year of 1948. Published in 1949, the British Columbia Department of Education published the report in an effort to reflect on events from the previous calendar year. The objectives of the report were to secure and preserve specimens reflecting the natural history of British Columbia, collect anthropological material from Indigenous Peoples, and obtain information on natural sciences that could then be shared with the public. Each issue features a report from the director, biologist, and/or botanist, and/or anthropologist in which they would share their subsequent findings from the previous year. Topics discussed in each report include, but are not limited to the following; exhibitions, new accessions, staff changes, research, botany, entomology and relevant articles.
Contents
Report of the Director (pg. 7)
Exhibitions and Preparation (pg. 7)
Special Exhibitions (pg. 7)
Field-work (pg. 7)
Publications (pg. 8)
Motion Pictures (pg. 8)
Education (pg. 9)
Museum Lectures (pg. 9)
Other Lectures (pg. 9)
School Loan Material (pg. 10)
Research (pg. 10)
Attendance (pg. 10)
Staff Changes (pg. 11)
Office Equipment (pg. 11)
Obituary (pg. 11)
Report of the Assistant in Biology (pg. 12)
Report of the General Assistant (pg. 12)
Botany (pg. 12)
Entomology (pg. 15)
Accessions (pg. 15)
Article: "A Report on a Study of Jordan Meadows," by G.A. Hardy (pg. 20)
Article: "Some Lepidoptera from the Forbidden Plateau District of British Columbia," by J.R.J. Llewellyn Jones (pg. 47)