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Maude

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Maude.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-023
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Maude.
Names
Hill, Alice Maude Huggett "Maude"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "Maude ?"
Note in blue ink on verso reads: "Maude"
Photograph stamp on verso reads: "J. Foster Elliott, / Photographer, / Sarnia. / Negatives Preserved"
Images
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McClean family

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1888
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 14.5 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the McClean family gathered together at a wooden bench on their property in Wexford, Ireland. Mr. Washington Gilliland McClean and Mrs. Honor Delamore McClean are seated on the bench, holding their youngest child, Mabel (she is blurred because she was moving while the photograph was b…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 14.5 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the McClean family gathered together at a wooden bench on their property in Wexford, Ireland. Mr. Washington Gilliland McClean and Mrs. Honor Delamore McClean are seated on the bench, holding their youngest child, Mabel (she is blurred because she was moving while the photograph was being taken). Standing behind them are Mabel’s older brother Charles McClean and sisters; Elsie and Evangeline Mai "Eva" McClean.
Names
Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean
McClean, Charles
Goff, Evangeline "Mai" McClean
Rae, Elsie McClean
McClean, Honor Delamore
McClean, Washington Gilliland
Accession Code
BV996.6.291
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1888
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-05-14
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: “Grandfather McClean / Mabel McClean / Grandmother McClean / Front Row / 1888 / Wexford Ireland / Back Row / Elise, Charles + Eva / McClean / Older sisters and brother”
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Memorial card for Elizabeth Love

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1881
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 card
Scope and Content
Item consists of a memorial card for Elizabeth Love and reads "IN LOVING MEMORY OF / Elizabeth, / WIFE OF RICHARD LOVE / (LATE RUBRO FARM, SOUTH MARSTON.) / Who fell Asleep in Jesus, 21st of May, 1881 / AGED 72 YEARS". A short, religious poem is printed on one fragment of the card.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Series
Love family vital events and correspondence series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 card
Scope and Content
Item consists of a memorial card for Elizabeth Love and reads "IN LOVING MEMORY OF / Elizabeth, / WIFE OF RICHARD LOVE / (LATE RUBRO FARM, SOUTH MARSTON.) / Who fell Asleep in Jesus, 21st of May, 1881 / AGED 72 YEARS". A short, religious poem is printed on one fragment of the card.
History
See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
Accession Code
BV012.31.23
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1881
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on content of file
Images
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Miss Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66452
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1066
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Miss Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66453
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1067
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Miss Hill

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1068
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
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Miss Hill

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66455
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1069
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a young woman identified as one of the daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe. A note with the photograph reads: "All four Miss Hills, daughters of the British Chaplin at Dieppe and play fellows of Bernard and Claude [Hill]. One married A. Wilson."
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Montreal Bank and Post Office

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39509
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1881]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 21 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1881]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 21 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-828
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Montreal from the Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39525
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.8 x 21 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Montreal. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15.8 x 21 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-844
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Montreal. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Aerial Photographs
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Mrs. Hill

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1885]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Mrs. Jane Hill (nee Rollason), the mother of Claude and Bernard Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1885]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-928
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Mrs. Jane Hill (nee Rollason), the mother of Claude and Bernard Hill.
Names
Hill, Jane Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Images
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Mrs. Richard Hill

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1885]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Jane Sophia Hill (nee Rollason), wife of Richard Hill and the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1885]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1125
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Jane Sophia Hill (nee Rollason), wife of Richard Hill and the mother of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.
Names
Hill, Jane Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mrs. W. Wynn Kenrick

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66324
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1875]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman, tentatively identified as Mrs. W. Wynn Kenrick.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1875]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1028
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman, tentatively identified as Mrs. W. Wynn Kenrick.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Museum Tower and Roman Bath in Chester

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39500
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Museum Tower and Roman Bath in Chester, England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-819
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Museum Tower and Roman Bath in Chester, England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39441
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-760
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Monuments
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Note to Mrs. McClean from her daughters

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
28 Feb. 1888
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a handwritten note addressed to Mrs. Honor McClean from her daughters Eva, Elsie and Mabel on February 28, 1888. Note reads: "Our Wish / God Bless / thee today / WIth joy that never / shall fade / away / Beloved thine / is the portion that / edureth ever, / through lifes long endle…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Mabel Hawkshaw records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a handwritten note addressed to Mrs. Honor McClean from her daughters Eva, Elsie and Mabel on February 28, 1888. Note reads: "Our Wish / God Bless / thee today / WIth joy that never / shall fade / away / Beloved thine / is the portion that / edureth ever, / through lifes long endless day" and " To Our own dear / Mamma / From her / loving / Children / Eva + / Elsie / Little Mabel"
Names
Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean
McClean, Honor Delamore
Rae, Elsie McClean
Goff, Evangeline "Mai" McClean
Accession Code
BV996.6.300
Date
28 Feb. 1888
Media Type
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-14
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Written in blue ink at a later date: "Mabel Hawkshaw born Feb. 25th 1886"
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Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39460
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-779
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Buildings - Heritage
Names
Notre Dame Cathedral
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39463
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-782
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Buildings - Heritage
Names
Notre Dame Cathedral
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Ontario Liquor Store

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3061
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1880 and 1899]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far lef…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 10.6 x 13.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an L shaped building with a flat front. Letters on the front of the store read, "Ontario Liquor Store / Grocery / Tailor." Four men are standing near the store on the boardwalk, three boys are sitting, and a woman is standing on the boardwalk leaning against the fence on the far left. As is normal for most tintypes, the image appears reversed, left to right. (Few tintype cameras included a mirror or prism that made the image appear 'right way round').
History
From Denby Bros. Shoe Store at 163 West Pender in Vancouver. Stafford Ague Denby (1882-1957) started peddling shoe findings in 1918 around Vancouver to repair shops around town from the back of an old Ford. Two of his brothers, William Albert (1873-1947) and Melvin Stanley (1879-1953) joined him in 1919 to form Denby Bros & Co. Ltd Leather and Shoe Findings at 163 West Pender. William Gordon Pope started helping out in the shoe store at the age of 10. He eventually ran the store with his cousin, Pat Denby (son of William A. Denby) starting in the 1950s. The store closed in 1974.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Accession Code
HV974.130.56
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1880 and 1899]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner July / August 1973 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory82
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1688-1919
Length
0:08:51
Summary
This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchard's thoughts on Socialism and Revolution in their various incantations. He also discusses the political leanings of the arrested Winnipeg Strikers.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchard's thoughts on Socialism and Revolution in their various incantations. He also discusses the political leanings of the arrested Winnipeg Strikers.
Date Range
1688-1919
Photo Info
William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930. Item no. 459-016
Length
0:08:51
Names
Woodsworth, James Shaver
Subjects
Political Theories
Interview Date
July / August 1973
Scope and Content
Recording is of a open meeting with William Pritchard and writer Norman Penner. Norman Penner is the editor of the book "Winnipeg 1919" about the strike from the striker's perspective. William Pritchard wrote the speech that was included in the book. Audience members were invited to ask Pritchard questions. Major theme discussed is: The Winnipeg General Strike. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
William "Bill" Arthur Pritchard was born on April 3, 1888 in Salford, England, the son of a miner and factory worker. In May 1911, Bill moved to British Columbia and within a week of arriving became an active member of the Socialist Party of Canada. From 1914 to 1917, he served as editor of the Western Clarion – the SPC newspaper. He became such a well-known socialist figure that when he travelled to Winnipeg to participate in the General Strike in 1919, he was one of only seven people arrested and imprisoned for his participation in the event despite the fact that he was in no way directly involved in its planning nor development. In 1922, Bill and his family settled in North Burnaby in the Capitol Hill District. Almost immediately after his arrival, Bill began to advocate for change and a planned development scheme for the municipality. Pritchard ran successfully for the position of Reeve and held the post until the end of 1932. One of Reeve Pritchard’s highest priorities while in office was to attempt to provide work for as many unemployed as possible all the while trying to elicit more support from the provincial and federal governments. Bill was a strong advocate of the belief that relief work should be focused on projects that would see a comprehensive development scheme for Burnaby – including planned sewers, roads and water supply. Despite Bill's best efforts, however, Burnaby was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, a Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city. Reeve Pritchard, having done all he could as a champion of the unemployed, stepped down as Reeve but left behind an undeniable legacy of courage and determination. He was rewarded for his enormous contributions to the city in 1975 when he was chosen to be made a Freeman of Burnaby. William Pritchard died on October 23, 1981. Norman Penner was born in Winnipeg in 1921 to Rose and Jacob Penner and brother to Roland, Ruth and Walter. Their father Jacob was a leading member of the Communist Party and popular Winnipeg Alderman. Norman graduated from high school in 1937 but did not begin university until much later, preferring to begin his adult life from 1938 to 1941 as a full-time officer of the Winnipeg branch of the Communist Party of Canada. From 1941 to 1946 he served with the Canadian Army which included two-and-a-half years of overseas combat duty. On his return to Canada in 1947 he again returned to his duties as a full-time officer with the communist Labour-Progressive Party (formed in 1941 after the Canadian Communist Party was officially banned). After the abortive Hungarian revolution in 1956, Norman Penner resigned from the party and instead worked as a self-employed manufacturer’s sales representative until 1971. In 1964 he decided to go back to school part time and graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1969. He took an MA in 1971 and a PhD in 1975 from the same institution. Penner was hired as a lecturer at York University's Glendon College in 1972 and soon became a professor, continuing to teach until 1995. He wrote extensively on the Canadian left. Penner edited and introduced "Winnipeg 1919: The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike" in 1973, published "The Canadian Left: A Critical Analysis" in 1977 and contributed three chapters to as well as editing "Keeping Canada Together Means Changing Our Thinking" in 1978. He published "Canadian Communism: The Stalin Years and Beyond" in 1988 and "From Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada 1900 to Present" in 1992 as well as numerous articles, reviews and book chapters. Norman Penner was married to Norma Lipes for sixty-seven years. The couple had four children: Steve (Mary Ellen Marus); Joyce (Herman Parsons); Gary (Marlene Kadar); and Bob (Shaena Lambert). Norman Penner died April 16, 2009 at the age of eighty-eight.
Total Tracks
7
Total Length
1:03:00
Interviewee Name
Pritchard, William A.
Penner, Norman
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track five of open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner

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The Opera House, Paris

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39459
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Opera House in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-778
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Opera House in Paris. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

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