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Murray Newman fonds
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Consultant reports

Series consists of reports generated by Dr. Newman's Aquarium consulting business, M.A. Newman Associates. There are reports for proposed aquarium sites in the following cities: Corpus Christi, Edmonton and St. John's, as well as the Tynehead Zoological Park in Surrey.

Aquarium newsletters

Series consists of runs of the Aquarium newsletter which was authored by Dr. Newman during this period.

Certificates/Awards

Series consists of various oversize award plaques awarded Dr. Newman over the course of his career.

Correspondence

Series consists of files containing original copies of incoming correspondence, some early (1955) copies of outgoing correspondence signed by Dr. Newman, newspaper clippings, photographs, Aquarium promotional materials, and conference information. Each file is divided chronologically by year and remains in the same physical arrangement as was maintained by Dr. Newman.

Oral histories

Series consists of typescripts of oral histories compiled by people involved with the Aquarium over the years.

Correspondence

File contains the following: Dr. Newman's American passport; newspaper clippings; a notice for a lecture given by Dr. Newman in San Francisco; materials for the Symposium of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists sponsored by U.B.C.; itinerary for a trip to Mexico with H.R. MacMillan; general correspondence.

Correspondence

File contains the following: newspaper clippings regarding the Aquarium expansion project, fish health issues, dolphins, and a worker's strike; field record of a fish capture in Mexico; the news release about the new B.C. Tel porpoise pool, a notebook about a visit to the historical Whaling Station at Coal Harbour on Vancouver Island; postcard of a whaling ship; correspondence regarding Moby Doll; an envelope containing clippings and a photograph regarding H.R. MacMillan; a notebook.

Correspondence

File contains the following: Aquarium pamphlets; correspondence regarding the death of John Lecky; travel to Africa; general Aquarium business; newspaper clippings.

Correspondence

File contains the following: newspaper clippings; correspondence regarding the importing of killer whales from Iceland for the Aquarium, Silver Jubilee preparations for the Aquarium; a notebook.

Correspondence

File contains the following: a guest list for a "Great Literary Dinner"; general Aquarium correspondence; correspondence for M.A. Newman Associates; booklet "Dive Into Marine Education - highlights from educators training".

Correspondence

File contains the following: personal correspondence, overview of the Aquarium, programs of Aquarium, Task Force on Stanley Park, Round Table membership, newsclippings on whales.

Correspondence

File contains the following: notes of congratulations on retirement from the Aquarium and on publishing "Life in a Fishbowl"; a notebook; reviews of "Life in a Fishbowl"; certificate, Governor General of Canada, in recognition of significant contribution to Canada.

Personal papers and newspaper articles

File contains the following: 24 photographs from Papua, New Guinea; business cards; articles written by Dr. Newman re trip; postcards; five photographs of Skana the killer whale; and progress of Aquarium during construction.

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