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Ronald G. Scobbie collection

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1890]-1932
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including Dis…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
55 plans + 2 architectural drawings + 1 map + graphic materials + 3 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of survey and subdivision plans, a map and records created by Provincial Land Surveyors Albert J. Hill and Geoffrey K. Burnett and Donald Johnson McGugan and collected by Ronald G. Scobbie. Records include subdivision and survey plans in New Westminster District Group 1 including District Lots in Burnaby along with various school sites and church plans; surveying records regarding North Road and a map of the Burnaby Municipality. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Subdivision and survey plans series 2) School and church plans series 3) Map series
History
Ronald G. Scobbie was born in Scotland. After graduating from high school, he worked in the mines of Scotland which led to a career as a land surveyor. Ron immigrated to Canada in 1965 and settled in North Vancouver. In 1967 he became a partner in the surveying company of Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie in New Westminster, eventually owning it under the title Scobbie and Associates between 1980 and 1995. Ron sold the business in 1995 and retired as a BC Land Surveyor in December 2003. Ron was an active member of the B.C. Land Surveyors Association and an avid collector of surveying equipment and maps and plans that document the history of surveying in British Columbia. Upon retirement, Ron donated many historical maps and plans to various repositories located in different geographical regions throughout B.C.
Scobbie & Associates land surveying company dates back to 1890 when Albert J. Hill first established his practice as a land surveyor in New Westminster. The company went through a series of Surveyors (owners) between 1890 and 1995:
Albert James Hill (A.J. Hill) [1890] to 1912
Hill & Burnett 1911 to 1912
Geoffrey K. Burnett 1912
Burnett & McGugan 1912 to 1947
Burnett, McGugan & Hunter 1947 to 1959
Burnett, Hunter & Douglas 1959 to 1960
Hunter, Douglas & Crockford 1960 to 1964
Hunter, Crockford & Associates 1964 to 1965
Hunter, Crockford & Aplin 1965 to 1967
Hunter, Crockford & Scobbie 1967 to 1973
Crockford, Scobbie & Associates 1973-1980
Scobbie & Associates 1980 to 1995
Creator
Hill, Albert James
Burnett, David H.
McGugan, Donald Johnston
Responsibility
Scobbie, Ronald G.
Accession Code
HV984.57
BV003.83
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1890]-1932
Media Type
Architectural Drawing
Cartographic Material
Graphic Material
Textual Record
Related Material
For other survey and subdivision plans created by land surveyors Albert J. Hill, Geoffery K. Burnett and Donald J. McGugan, see: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection - Survey and Subdivision plans series
Notes
Title based on contents of collection
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Ed Eckley subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911 (date of original)-[1998]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing pho…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911 (date of original)-[1998]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ed Eckley subseries
Physical Description
2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS2006-01
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing photographs of the Oakalla Prison Farm just after it was closed down and some photocopied images and text.
History
Edmund R. Eckley is believed to have worked as a logging manager in Tahsis, British Columbia. Later, he and his wife Teresa lived at 7810 Rayside Street in Burnaby. Ed was a volunteer interpreter at Burnaby Village Museum in the 1990s. He wrote the interpreters’ notes for the first temporary exhibit held in Stride Studios [1995] at the Burnaby Village Museum entitled “Captive Heritage Oakalla Revealed” which traced the history of Oakalla Prison from construction to closure. He also designed his own walking tour of the Oakalla site prior to it being torn down. On January 14, 1998 Ed presented "A Short History of the Oakalla Prison Farm" for the Burnaby Historical Society. Ed also served as vice-president and fundraising chair for Friends of Interurban 1223 until the project's completion in 2008. Teresa worked as a school teacher for the Burnaby School District until her retirement in 2004. Following retirement, Teresa and Ed moved to Vancouver, where they currently reside.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Eckley, Edmund R.
Notes
Title based on creator of subseries
MSS120, PC511
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