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Baldwin family subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1964-2002
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photographs
Scope and Content
Subseries consist of records pertaining to the Baldwin family home. Included in the fonds are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and photographs of the house taken by Basil King.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1964-2002
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Baldwin family subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photographs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1998-03
Scope and Content
Subseries consist of records pertaining to the Baldwin family home. Included in the fonds are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and photographs of the house taken by Basil King.
History
In 1959 Dr. William "Bill" Baldwin (d. 1987) and his wife Ruth (d. 2009) bought a cottage and approximately two and a half acres of land on the shores of Deer Lake for $16,000. The cottage and land had been owned by one of Dr. Baldwin’s colleagues at Burnaby Hospital. The couple lived in the cottage with their two young children John (b.1958) and Susan (b.1959) for a few years before deciding to renovate and expand their home. William was close friends with Arthur Erickson, the two having gone to Prince of Wales High School and McGill University together. Ruth decided that they needed a lakeshore home rather than a renovation on their cottage and Arthur Erickson would be the man to design it. Local builder Torstein Kravik completed the house in 1965. The home is considered an early example of Erickson’s design aesthetic, demonstrating his vision of "site, light and cadence." It is thought to be the best example of West Coast contemporary architecture in Burnaby. In 2001, at the age of seventy-eight, Ruth approached the City of Burnaby about buying the property,on the condition that the house be protected and that Ruth could continue to rent the home. The City purchased it and gave it Heritage designation. As of 2010, the Baldwin home and garden is on lease to The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) to serve as a “guest house.” It is available for lease to local residents and visitors for overnight stays.
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Creator
Baldwin, Ruth
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
Photo catalogue 357, MSS145
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Six months at the Cape : or letters to Periwinkle from South Africa

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
Publication Date
1878
Call Number
823.8 BAL
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV974.113.8
Call Number
823.8 BAL
Author
Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894
Contributor
Waller, S. E. (Samuel Edmund), 1850-1903
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
James Nisbet & Co., Limited
Publication Date
1878
Physical Description
vii, 256 p. : [12] leaves of plates, ill. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
bookplate sticker on first page stamped : "CHEETHAM HILL ST. MARK'S NATIONAL SCHOOL" "Presented to Joseph Cree [handwritten in ink] for Regular Attendance Year ending 31. Dec. 1902" [sticker made in Manchester] frontispiece protected by tissue, on which someone has attempted to trace the picture
Library Subject (LOC)
Travel
South Africa--Cape of Good Hope
Notes
"Illustrations by S.E. Waller from sketches by the author". Author's given name and dates: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894.
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