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Sam Lipson

Oral history interview with Sam Lipson who was born in Russia in 1913. Involved in the Association of Professional Engineers, the Jewish Community Centre, Parliamentary Union, Beth Israel Synagogue, Talmud Torah and the Canadian Jewish Congress - on the Jewish Committee, the Educational Committee and the Joint Community Relations Committee. Sam graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the keynote speaker at Bar-Ilan University's dinner and academic convocation

Photograph depicts (l-r) Elie Wiesel, Armand Hammer, and Blanca Roven Wintner at a Bar-Illan University convocation.
Caption: "Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel (left) was the keynote speaker at Bar-Ilan University's dinner and academic convocation in Los Angeles last week. With him are Armand Hammer, honorary dinner chairman, and Blanca Roven Wintner, vice president of the West Coast Friends of Bar-Ilan University. Mrs. Wintner was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university at the dinner, which was attended by 800 friends and supporters of BIU. 1/87."
Written on verso: Feb. 16, 1989 JWB.

University of British Columbia Preventive Medical Building, no. 18

Photograph depicts the construction progress of the Preventive Medical Building (the Wesbrook Building) at the University of British Columbia.

Three story concrete building; foundation/basement level partially visible; extensive scaffolding and framing around top portion of building; palettes, crates, and supplies stacked in front of building; six vehicles parked in foreground of image; oil drum and small wooden structure to right of vehicles.

Black and white label in bottom right corner of image reads "U.B.C. PREVENTIVE MEDICAL BLDG. SHARP THOMPSON BERWICK PRATT ARCHITECTS - VANCOUVER B.C. COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO. BUILDERS - ENGINEERS NR DATE "

University of British Columbia Preventive Medical Building

Photograph depicts the construction progress of the Preventive Medical Building (the Wesbrook Building) at the University of British Columbia.

Three story concrete building; foundation/basement level partially visible; two rounded extensions from centre hub of building from which wings extend; extensive construction debris around perimeter of building; crane tower slightly visible behind building.

Black and white label in bottom right corner of image reads "U.B.C. PREVENTIVE MEDICAL BLDG. SHARP THOMPSON BERWICK PRATT ARCHITECTS - VANCOUVER B.C. COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO. BUILDERS - ENGINEERS NR DATE "

University of British Columbia Preventive Medical Building

Photograph depicts the construction progress of the Preventive Medical Building (the Wesbrook Building) at the University of British Columbia.

One story concrete building; foundation/basement level partially visible; extensive framing on top portion of building, presumably in preparation for the pouring of concrete an addition of another story; steel multi-platform in middle of building suggests there will be three stories; crane tower behind left side of building; seven vehicles parked in makeshift parking lot.

Black and white label in bottom right corner of image reads "U.B.C. PREVENTIVE MEDICAL BLDG. SHARP THOMPSON BERWICK PRATT ARCHITECTS - VANCOUVER B.C. COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO. BUILDERS - ENGINEERS NR DATE "

University of British Columbia Preventive Medical Building, no. 6

Photographs depict the construction progress of the Preventive Medical Building (the Wesbrook Building) at the University of British Columbia. Second image does not have label in bottom right corner.

Wooden foundation framing built up around a series of trenches; gangplank formed from wooden palettes in bottom right corner of image; out buildings and forested area in background; very low clouds in the sky.

Black and white label in bottom right corner of image reads "U.B.C. PREVENTIVE MEDICAL BLDG. SHARP THOMPSON BERWICK PRATT ARCHITECTS - VANCOUVER B.C. COMMONWEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO. BUILDERS - ENGINEERS NR 6 DATE 2-28-50"

Construction, Faculty Club Building, University of British Columbia

Photograph depicts the construction progress of the Faculty Club Building at the University of British Columbia.

Multi-level wood, rebar and concrete construction; gently sloping, compact dirt mound in bottom right of image; wood debris and supplies on mound; concrete mixing truck on middle left of image; crane tower behind truck; trees in background.

Survey photos of neighbourhood near University of British Columbia

Photograph depicts a houses and storefronts.

Angled side shot of two story pseudo-Tudor style complex on corner, presumably storefronts on bottom, apartments on top; flanked by houses on either side; ten vehicles visible in left side of image; bare trees in foreground of image.

Photographer's stamp on back of photograph indicates new address at W. Pender - Landauer moved the Leonard Frank studio to W. Pender in 1952.

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