"Burnaby Historical Society" found 1740 records

Scope and Content: Item is a book entitled "What's In It?" a study guide for nation-wide circulation and discussion. It was prepared and edited by The Canadian Association for Adult Education and based on the final Report of The Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. It was published by the National Counc…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1971]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 book (soft-cover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS055-003

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: Item is a book entitled "What's In It?" a study guide for nation-wide circulation and discussion. It was prepared and edited by The Canadian Association for Adult Education and based on the final Report of The Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. It was published by the National Council of Women of Canada in co-operation with La Federation des Femmes du Quebec and the assistance of The Citizenship Branch Department of the Secretary of State (loose pages of notes are interspersed among the book's pages).

Media Type: Textual Record

William Brenchley farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1895] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm hand and horse team inside a large stump, taken on William Brenchley's farm. The farm was located at the northeast corner of Kingsway and 10th Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1895] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: W.E. Brenchley subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 146-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm hand and horse team inside a large stump, taken on William Brenchley's farm. The farm was located at the northeast corner of Kingsway and 10th Avenue.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Transportation - Horses; Plants - Trees; Occupations - Farmers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Thompson, S.J.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 10th Avenue; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Images

William Brenchley farm, [between 1890 and 1895] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail

William Brenchley house

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1895] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the house of William Brenchley at 10th Avenue and Kingsway, northeast corner. A number of people are standing outside. Partially cleared land can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1895] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: W.E. Brenchley subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 146-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the house of William Brenchley at 10th Avenue and Kingsway, northeast corner. A number of people are standing outside. Partially cleared land can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: 10th Avenue; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Images

William Brenchley house, [between 1890 and 1895] (date of original), copied 1985 thumbnail

William J. Devitt papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: William J. Devitt subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS082-001

Accession Number: BHS1996-17

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

William J. Devitt subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the life of former Burnaby Police Chief William J. "Bill" Devitt.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: William J. Devitt subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1996-17

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the life of former Burnaby Police Chief William J. "Bill" Devitt.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Notes: Title based on content of subseries; MSS082

William Whiting hauling strawberries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1896]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.9 x 13.8 cm mounted on 17.8 x 22.7 cm cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting seated in a horse-drawn wagon hauling strawberries from Burnaby to New Westminster.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1896]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.9 x 13.8 cm mounted on 17.8 x 22.7 cm cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 037-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of William Whiting seated in a horse-drawn wagon hauling strawberries from Burnaby to New Westminster.

Subjects: Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Whiting, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on back of photograph reads, "Mr. W. Whiting taking load of stawberries into New West about 62 years ago (1958)."

Images

William Whiting hauling strawberries, [1896] thumbnail

Willingdon Church booklet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Item is an eighty-eight page booklet celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Willingdon Church. Included in the booklet is a detailed history of the Church as well as some of its life-long members.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS061-103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-13

Scope and Content: Item is an eighty-eight page booklet celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Willingdon Church. Included in the booklet is a detailed history of the Church as well as some of its life-long members.

Media Type: Textual Record

Windows to Burnaby's Past papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985-1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of notes and papers pertaining to "Windows to Burnaby's Past" and the Heritage Trust Student Employment Program as well as newspaper clippings and correspondence collected by Evelyn Salisbury.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985-1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS061-006

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS1991-24

Scope and Content: File consists of notes and papers pertaining to "Windows to Burnaby's Past" and the Heritage Trust Student Employment Program as well as newspaper clippings and correspondence collected by Evelyn Salisbury.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

"Windsinger" - Script

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39880

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Wintemute family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a copy of a photograph of Joseph Wintemute and his horse, Baldy, at the Wintemute Ranch.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1895] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Wintemute family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1990-01

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a copy of a photograph of Joseph Wintemute and his horse, Baldy, at the Wintemute Ranch.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: PC238; Title based on contents of subseries

W.L. Edmonds subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1912 (date of original), copied [1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists documents pertaining to the W.L. Edmonds house on Broadman Avenue, designed and constructed by Disney and Tucker.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1912 (date of original), copied [1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: W.L. Edmonds subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1985-16

Scope and Content: Subseries consists documents pertaining to the W.L. Edmonds house on Broadman Avenue, designed and constructed by Disney and Tucker.

History: W.L. Edmonds lived in Burnaby and was married to Beryl Briggs Edmonds.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Edmonds, W.L.

Notes: MSS019; Title based on contents of subseries

Wood stacked for a bonfire

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a structure prepared by Claude Hill for a bonfire at Deer Lake celebrating Queen Victoria's Jubilee. The bonfire could be seen for miles around.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1897 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-769

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a structure prepared by Claude Hill for a bonfire at Deer Lake celebrating Queen Victoria's Jubilee. The bonfire could be seen for miles around.

Subjects: Celebrations - Jubilee

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Wood stacked for a bonfire, 1897 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

World Crafts Council

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1974

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1974

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39952

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

"Writing for Business Publications" Seminar

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1984

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982-1984

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39710

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Writing for Children Workshop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39674

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Young girl

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1910] (date of original), copied 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young girl taken in a photographic studio as she sits on a tall wooden chair with her arm resting on a table beside an open book. She has gerber daisies on her lap and her legs are crossed at the ankles. A potted plant has been placed to her right, in front of the table, and behind …

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1890 and 1910] (date of original), copied 1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Byrne family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 316-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1995-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a young girl taken in a photographic studio as she sits on a tall wooden chair with her arm resting on a table beside an open book. She has gerber daisies on her lap and her legs are crossed at the ankles. A potted plant has been placed to her right, in front of the table, and behind her is a sheer curtain.