Performance in the University of Victoria Archives
Preserving Performance in the Pacific Northwest: A Symposium
How do archives collect and preserve performance histories?
University of Victoria Archivist Lara Wilson and theatre historian James Hoffman speak about the challenges and opportunities of collecting, preserving, donating, and interpreting performance related archival materials.
VIDEO FOOTAGE: LOGAN SWAIN AND CONOR FARRELL
PHOTOS: ANNIE KONSTANTINOVA
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presenter bios:
James Hoffman is a Professor emeritus Thompson Rivers University. Dr. Hoffmann is a theatre historian with special interest in British Columbia theatre. He has donated two collections of theatre materials to the University of Victoria and one collection to the University of Calgary.
Lara Wilson is the Director, Special Collections & University Archivist, at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. She has held various appointments in the University of Victoria Libraries since 2001. Lara holds a Master of Arts (Art History and Visual Studies) from the University of Victoria, and a Master of Archival Studies from the University of British Columbia. She has twice served as president of the Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC); is past chairperson of the Canadian Council of Archives (CCA), and is presently serving on the boards of the Access to Memory Foundation (Chair) and the National Archival Appraisal Board (Director, BC and Northern Canada Region).
