The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, contracts, and reports relating to the Planning of the Museum of Man (later Museum of Anthropology). The fonds includes information pertaining to the planning for the new museum, building needs, museum function, and the Functional Program which outlines the results of decisions the committee made.

Subseries consists of files relating to nine special events: the Indian Costume Show (1950), Open House Day (1955), the opening of Totem Park, the Henry Speck (Ozistalis) show (1964), a talk given on aboriginal medicine (1966), Bill Holm’s Indian Dance Group (1967), the opening ceremony for the new museum (1974-1979), the Raven Celebration (1980), the ‘Ksan Poleraising (1980-1981), and the dedication of the museum doors (1976). The records in this subseries consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, photographic negatives, ephemera, plans, budgets, financial statements, receipts, a copy of the June 9, 1976 edition of UBC Reports, and a copy of Canadian Art Review VI/I/1979.

The report outlines the museum's administrative activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, temporary exhibitions, educational activities, artifacts loaned to other institutions, publications of the museum, media coverage of the museum, and acquisitions. The report was submitted to the National Museums of Canada, from which the museum received an operating grant.

The report outlines the museum's administrative activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, lectures, events, loans, research projects, publications of the museum and its staff, and media coverage of the museum. It includes descriptions of the expansion of the museum and the installation of six replica Northwest Coast First Nations houses at the Canadian Museum of History, among other initiatives.

The report outlines the museum's administrative activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, lectures, events, loans, research projects, publications of the museum and its staff, and media coverage of the museum. It includes a description of plans for expanding the museum, among other initiatives.

The report outlines the museum's administrative activities and finances for the previous fiscal year as well as listing staff, attendance figures, acquisitions, exhibitions, educational activities, public programming, events, loans, research projects, publications of the museum and its staff, and media coverage of the museum. It includes descriptions of the expansion of the museum to include the Koerner Ceramics Gallery, the West Coast Circle, and contributions to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, among other initiatives.