Bob Nixon of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was prompted by the release of Burton's film to visit one of the most outstanding library collections of "Wonderlandiana" in the world, held by the University of British Columbia's Rare Books and Special Collections Department (UBC RBSC.) This collection of nearly 500 books was amassed by Victoria rare book dealer and librarian, R.D. Hilton Smith. It features more than 200 editions of Alice, containing the work of over 80 illustrators (including a calf-bound first edition signed by Alice Liddell Hargreaves who used the pen-name Lewis Carroll). The works were donated to the UBC RBSC in 1965 by the graduating class of 1925, to celebrate Alice's centennial, and their own 40th anniversary. Together they are known as "The Alice 100 Collection."

The television episode which can be viewed HERE prompted a very good article about the collection by Nancy Mattoon of Seattle PI Book Patrol with great images of artist interpretations of the work. You can see it HERE.

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