{"id":8803,"date":"2019-03-01T23:48:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T07:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bclaconnectrev.wpengine.com\/perspectives\/?p=8803"},"modified":"2025-01-22T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T19:25:48","slug":"harry-potter-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/2019\/03\/01\/harry-potter-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter and the Philharmonic Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8941  alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_case-1024x397.jpg\" alt=\"HarryPotter_case\" width=\"583\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_case-1024x397.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_case-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_case-768x298.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The University of British Columbia Library has had strengths in classic and canonical children\u2019s literature since the mid-1960s when UBC\u2019s graduating class of 1925 donated the exceptional Alice One Hundred Collection to the Library\u2019s Rare Books and Special Collections. The class donated the nearly 500 items, dating between 1858 and 1965, in celebration of their 40th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of the original publication of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The children\u2019s literature collection continued to grow with the donation in 1976 of the Arkley Collection of Early and Historical Children\u2019s Literature by Stan T. Arkley, a native of Vancouver and a member of UBC\u2019s class of 1925, and his wife, Rose. Today, through purchase and donation, the Arkley Collection comprises more than 12,000 Canadian, British, and American children\u2019s books, serials, and manuscripts. The Arkley Collection has always prioritized popular works or \u201cbooks that children actually read,\u201d so the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> series, as the most popular children\u2019s literature series in several generations, seemed a natural fit and an important area for current acquisition to avoid future gaps in the collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unexpectedly, as UBC Library began to add <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> books to the collection, a number of profound and surprising connections that Vancouver shares with the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> series came to light. For example, Vancouver\u2019s iconic Raincoast Books published the Canadian editions of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> series until 2010, while Kidsbooks in Kitsilano was the first bookstore in all of Canada to carry <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The Library was delighted at its opportunity to preserve not only the books themselves for future generations, but also the story of the impact that the series has had on the people, the business, and the cultural landscape of Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_SantaOno-SusanParker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8944\" src=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_SantaOno-SusanParker-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"HarryPotter_SantaOno-SusanParker\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_SantaOno-SusanParker-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_SantaOno-SusanParker-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_SantaOno-SusanParker-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the spring of 2016, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra announced that it would perform the Canadian premiere of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in concert, as part of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2122 Film Concert Series. These remarkable performances feature the full symphony orchestra performing the entire score live synchronized with the film screening. The head of UBC Library\u2019s Rare Books and Special Collections, Katherine Kalsbeek, reached out to Kelly Tweeddale, president of the Vancouver Symphony Society, to see if a collaboration between the VSO and UBC Library might be possible. UBC Library offered to create a display of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">books for symphony goers to enjoy in the lobby of the historic Orpheum theatre before the concert and during intermission. Following the first successful display for the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> performances, UBC Library has created displays for all of the subsequent film concerts, up to the fifth film, which was performed last July. With a capacity at the Orpheum of over 2,500, and three sold-out or near-sold-out performances of each film concert, each collaboration provides the potential for some 7,500 people to enjoy the UBC Library display and learn about its rare and unique holdings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the more than two years of collaboration between UBC Library and the VSO, the displays have expanded beyond <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to include antiquarian materials, most notably from the Library\u2019s William C. Gibson History of Medicine and Science Collection, providing insight into the kinds of fascinating source materials author J. K. Rowling might have used to create her magical world. Displays have also featured archival materials and memorabilia on loan from the family of Allan MacDougall, founder of Raincoast Books, which highlighted his significant role in bringing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to Canada, as well as materials on loan from UBC\u2019s Quidditch team and the Vancouver Vipertooths Quidditch team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_concert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8950\" src=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_concert-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"HarryPotter_concert\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_concert-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_concert-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bclaconnect.ca\/perspectives\/files\/2019\/03\/HarryPotter_concert-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reaction to the UBC Library displays at the VSO performances has been positive on both the VSO and UBC Library\u2019s social media channels. They have also helped patrons find their way to Rare Books and Special Collections at UBC Library to join a weekly drop-in tour or just find out more about the Library\u2019s collections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The VSO\u2019s next <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">film concert performances of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will take place in June 2019, and UBC Library will have a magical new display for all the attending witches and wizards to enjoy. We hope you will be one of them!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chelsea Shriver is the Rare Books and Special Collections Librarian, UBC Library.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of British Columbia Library has had strengths in classic and canonical children\u2019s literature since the mid-1960s when UBC\u2019s graduating class of 1925 donated the exceptional Alice One Hundred Collection to the Library\u2019s Rare Books and Special Collections. 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