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Dr. John Playfair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57693
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of provincial Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Willingdon in the 1969 by-election, Dr. John Playfair.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1968]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-773
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of provincial Social Credit candidate for Burnaby-Willingdon in the 1969 by-election, Dr. John Playfair.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Dr. John Playfair, [1968] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-773.jpg)
Queen Scout ceremony photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55152
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : b&w ; 25 cm x 20 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Queen Scout award ceremony and series of Scout troop group portraits.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : b&w ; 25 cm x 20 cm and smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-034
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Queen Scout award ceremony and series of Scout troop group portraits.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gibson, Wilfred
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from envelope in which photographs were originally housed
- Photographer's stamp on verso of all photographs in file: "Gibson's Studio Photographers 819 Broughton St. Victoria, B.C."
- Note in blue ink on recto of 631-034-14 reads: "Reversed as for your [illegible] (new"). Note in blue ink on verso reads: "As you can see - everything is reversed. Whoever said the original prints were printed wrong are wrong themselves. Will Gilin" Note in pencil on verso reads: "Troop #3".
- Note in blue ink on recto of 631-034-15 reads: "New one." Note in blue ink on verso reads: "As per your request this print is reversed. As you can see every-thing is backward. Will Gilin." Note in pencil on verso reads: "Troop #1".
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-034-23 reads: "Scotish Jamoree 75-80?". Notes on verso in pencil and ink identify individuals in photograph: Fred Otte, Gary Otte, Roger Gallaway, Dennis Moore, Jan [illegible], Barkley Ellsworth, Louis MacKinnon, Nigel Tennesan, Ron Murdoch, Fred Smith, Craig Smith, JOhn Steeves, and Wayne Vogan.
Images
Regional Commissioners Photos
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55156
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 20 cm x 26 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Boy Scout regional commissioners and presidents, including: A.G. "Lofty" Coning, Alan Stan Fisher, Donald S. Murray, Lawrence G. Goulet, and Clifford J. Murane." Two of the men photographed are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 20 cm x 26 cm and smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-038
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Boy Scout regional commissioners and presidents, including: A.G. "Lofty" Coning, Alan Stan Fisher, Donald S. Murray, Lawrence G. Goulet, and Clifford J. Murane." Two of the men photographed are unidentified.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Label adhered to recto of 631-038-1 reads: "A.G. "Lofty" Coning First President Buranby Region Council, January '63-April '64"
- Label adhered to verso of 631-038-2 reads: "Alan Dawson, Regional Commissioner, Burnaby Region, No. '64-March '67"
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-038-3 reads: "Stan Fisher Regional Commissioner"
- Label for 631-038-4 read: "Donald S. Murray Regional Commission, Burnaby Region, March '70-March '72"
- Label for 631-038-6 read: "Lawrence G. Goulet Regional President, Burnaby Region, March '68-March '70"
- Label for 631-038-7 read: "Clifford J. Murnane, Regional President, Burnaby Region. March '70-March '72"
Images
Troup photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55157
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w and col. ; 18 cm x 23 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- Group portraits of various Boy Scout troops including: 1st Southview Cub Pack, 5th Burnaby West, 5th Burnaby Heights Troop, 5th Burnaby West Nootka Wolf Cub Pack, and 7th West Cubs. The portrait of 1st Southview Cub Pack is adhered to paper along with a green and red Boy Scouts badge. File also i…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w and col. ; 18 cm x 23 cm and smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-039
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Group portraits of various Boy Scout troops including: 1st Southview Cub Pack, 5th Burnaby West, 5th Burnaby Heights Troop, 5th Burnaby West Nootka Wolf Cub Pack, and 7th West Cubs. The portrait of 1st Southview Cub Pack is adhered to paper along with a green and red Boy Scouts badge. File also includes photographs of Scouts and leaders participating in activities including camping and rock climbing and one photograph of Cub Scouts meeting Queen Elizabeth II.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph 631-039-1 reads: "William Stanley Photographer [contact information]"
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-039-2 reads: "1st Southview"
- Identification key for 631-039-3 located in accession file. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West 1974-1975"
- Identification key for 631-039-5 located in accession file. Key titled "Geological Tour - U.S. Sept. 4-5-6, 1971 / 5th Burnaby Heights Troop - taken at "Summer Falls, Wash."
- Identification key attached to 631-039-6. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West / 1972-1973"
- Identification key attached to 631-039-7. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West / 1974-1975"
- Identification key for 631-039-8 located in accession file. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West Nootka Wolf Cub Pack / 1972-1973"
- Note in blue ink on recto of 631-039-9 reads: "5th Burnaby West 1974-1975"
- Identification key for 631-039-10 located in accession file. Key titled "7th West Cubs"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 631-03-11 reads: "Vancouver Sun Photo Copyright further publication forbidden without permission"
- Sticky note adhered to verso of 631-036-12 read: "Camp Byng".
- Note in pencil on verso of 631-039-14 reads: "Christmas 1969 / Burnie Short June Kinnear Betty Forbes"
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Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory571
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1980
- Length
- 0:06:55
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vanco…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the food sources on the farm including the garden, food animals, berry picking and bears. She also describes what her parents did after giving up the farm, opening sporting good stores on Hastings Street and then in North Vancouver.
- Date Range
- 1942-1980
- Length
- 0:06:55
- Names
- Olofson, Axel
- GAK Fur Farm
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Lochdale Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track three of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_3.mp3![Mary Buxton, [1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/513-013.JPG?width=280)
Mary Buxton
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64641
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton, the daughter of Burnaby pioneers George and Mary Buxton. George Searby Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (191…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 513-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton, the daughter of Burnaby pioneers George and Mary Buxton. George Searby Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Buxton, Mary Isabel
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
![Mary Buxton, [1960] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/513-013.JPG)
![Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss) taken in Caversham, [1892] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/513-016.JPG?width=280)
Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss) taken in Caversham
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64644
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1892]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is believed to be a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss), taken around the time of her wedding in 1892. Mary was the wife of George Buxton who was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. They moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1892]
- Collection/Fonds
- Buxton Family collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 513-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is believed to be a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss), taken around the time of her wedding in 1892. Mary was the wife of George Buxton who was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. They moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
![Mary Isabel Buxton (nee Nattriss) taken in Caversham, [1892] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/513-016.JPG)