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Suburb of Happy Homes: Burnaby Centennial Themes

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1995
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a published copy of the book, "Suburb of Happy Homes: Burnaby Centennial Themes", edited by L.J.Evenden. The book consists of a compilation of ten essays written especially for the Centennial Project and the Burnaby public. Essay titles and authors include; "A Tale Between Two Citi…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1995
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Physical Description
1 cm of textual records
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS187-012
Access Restriction
Open Access
Accession Number
2014-28
Scope and Content
File consists of a published copy of the book, "Suburb of Happy Homes: Burnaby Centennial Themes", edited by L.J.Evenden. The book consists of a compilation of ten essays written especially for the Centennial Project and the Burnaby public. Essay titles and authors include; "A Tale Between Two Cities: The Incorporation of Burnaby" by Jim Wolf, "Burnaby: The First Fifty Years" by Allen Seager and Rodney Fowler, "Welfare and Survival in the Great Depression" by Bettina Bradbury, "For the Public Good: The Origin of Burnaby's Zoning Bylaw, 1924-1946" by Jim Wolf, "Municipal Mapping in Burnaby: A Case Study of Technological Change" by Thomas K. Poiker, "Hastings Street: Shifting Land Values Along a Commercial Arterial Way" by Lyall Armstrong, "Metrotown: A Time and a Place" by Kenji Ito, "Textures of Living: How Retired Men Use Space and Time" by J. Bruce Prior, "Burnaby-Simon Fraser Mountain Landscapes" by Colin Crampton. Reference is made in several of the essays to municipal records that were held at Simon Fraser University Archives for nearly two decades until the City of Burnaby Archives was opened in 2001 and records were transferred back to the City.
Media Type
Textual Record
Responsibility
Edited by L.J. Evenden
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Charles Edgar 1772 - 1856

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 book (soft-cover)
Scope and Content
Item is a soft-cover, coil-bound book on the history of "Charles Edgar / 1772 -1856 / Lancaster Township / Glengarry County / and / His Descendants 1772 - 1998 (in part)" arranged and edited by Rhonda Ross and Alex W. Fraser. Included on page 267 is an article written by Jim Wolf on the Edgar House…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ephemera subseries
Physical Description
1 book (soft-cover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS111-001
Accession Number
BHS2004-9
Scope and Content
Item is a soft-cover, coil-bound book on the history of "Charles Edgar / 1772 -1856 / Lancaster Township / Glengarry County / and / His Descendants 1772 - 1998 (in part)" arranged and edited by Rhonda Ross and Alex W. Fraser. Included on page 267 is an article written by Jim Wolf on the Edgar House; a heritage mansion built in 1912 on Deer Lake's South Shore.
Media Type
Textual Record
Responsibility
Arranged and edited by Rhonda Ross and Alex W. Fraser
Notes
Transcribed title
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