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May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clip…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAP / BOOK", with red, green, and black illustrations of scissors and a bottle of paste.
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "FORGET-ME-NOT PATROL / SCRAP BOOK" in red ink.
- More recent white, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clippings about the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.326
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
- Selected ephemera from scrapbook are described at as artifact (BV015.35.328 to BV015.35.330)
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May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Fam…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design in black on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAPS".
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001 / (1936)".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Family, the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.327
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
Images
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Documents
Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory191
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1910-1935
- Length
- 0:03:23
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Marianne May Bateman's memories of her family.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Marianne May Bateman's memories of her family.
- Date Range
- 1910-1935
- Photo Info
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman with his four daughters; Marianne May is sitting on a chair beside her father, [1903}. Item no. BV992.29.1
- Length
- 0:03:23
- Interviewer
- Stevens, Colin
- Interview Date
- February 22, 1978
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Marianne May "May" Bateman conducted by Colin Stevens, February 22, 1978. Major themes discussed are: Elworth.
- Biographical Notes
- May Bateman was born in 1894 in Portage LaPrairie, Manitoba to Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Cassie (Dale) Bateman. May's father, Edwin Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886. Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) born in 1889, George, Mamie (McWilliams) born in 1892, Marianne May “May” Bateman born in 1894, Jessie (Fox Kemp), Carey, and the youngest Warren Stafford born in 1901.Cassie (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909. Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale, born 1865, and moved his six children to Vancouver. The Bateman family first lived at 7th and Balsam in a large new house. It wasn’t until 1920 that they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter May to Deer Lake and commissioned 'Elworth' house, designed by English-born and trained architect Enoch Evans. The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived here for seventeen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Bateman died July 5, 1935. Edwin Wettenhall Bateman died on November 25, 1957 at the age of ninety-seven. Marianne May Bateman died in 1990.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:30:44
- Interviewee Name
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track four of interview with May Bateman
Track four of interview with May Bateman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-014-1/MSS137-014-1_Track_4.mp3
Interview with Warren McWilliams - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory203
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1920-1930
- Length
- 0:05:46
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Warren McWilliam's memories of his grandparent's home, Elworth and his grandfather Edwin W. Bateman.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Warren McWilliam's memories of his grandparent's home, Elworth and his grandfather Edwin W. Bateman.
- Date Range
- 1920-1930
- Photo Info
- Warren McWilliams in E. W. Bateman's McLaughlin-Buick, 1919. Item no. BV994.22.4
- Length
- 0:05:46
- Names
- Bateman, Edwin W.
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Warren McWilliams. Major themes discussed are: Elworth and his grandparents, Edwin and Mary (Dale) Bateman.
- Biographical Notes
- When Warren McWilliam's grandfather, Edwin Bateman was twenty-one he immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale. They were married in 1886 and had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) born in 1889, George, Mamie Dale (McWilliams) born in Portage La Prairie in 1892, Marianne May “May” Bateman born in Hartney, Manitoba in 1894, Jessie (Fox Kemp), Carey, and the youngest Warren Stafford born in 1901. Cassie died in Portage La Prairie in 1909. Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the CPR where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale and moved his six children to Vancouver. In 1920 Edwin Bateman moved his wife and youngest daughter May to Deer Lake and commissioned 'Elworth' house, designed by English-born and trained architect Enoch Evans. The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. Mamie Bateman married George Lloyd McWilliams May 19, 1915 and had one child, Warren McWilliams. When Warren was very young, the McWilliams family moved into a small house just across Douglas Road from the Bateman’s and Mamie and Warren were daily visitors to Elworth house for ten years. Warren McWilliams attended Douglas Road School and spent a lot of time at Deer Lake swimming and skating. E.W. Bateman died in 1957 at the age of ninety-nine. George Lloyd McWilliams died June 30, 1961 at the age of seventy-four, his wife Mamie Dale (Bateman) McWilliams died June 1, 1979 at the age of eight-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 2
- Total Length
- 0:14:18
- Interviewee Name
- McWilliams, Warren
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Warren McWilliams
Track two of interview with Warren McWilliams
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-018-2/MSS137-018-2_Track_2.mp3