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Poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

Edition: 12th London ed.; Complete ed.

Publication Date: 1856

Call Number: 821 BAR 1856

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV976.251.13

Call Number: 821 BAR 1856

Edition: 12th London ed.; Complete ed.

Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell

Publication Date: 1856

Physical Description: vi, 520 p. : ill., front. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper: A printed label adhered to the endpaper, with blanks filled in with black ink, reads: "Victoria High School. Senior Division. Prize for General Proficiency Presented by "A friend of Education" Awarded to Miss Annis H. Hicks JPMcLeod, Principal. Victoria, June 1888"

Library Subject (LOC): English poetry

Notes: Full author name given as follows: Browning, Mrs. Elizabeth (Barrett) 1806-1861.; A version of this work, given in two volumes and published by Thomas R. Knox & Co, is available in the collection.

The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott with memoir and critical dissertation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Publication Date: 1857

Call Number: 821.08 SCO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV982.24.109

Call Number: 821.08 SCO

Author: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Contributor: Gilfillan, George, 1813-1878

Place of Publication: Edinburgh

Publisher: James Nicol

Publication Date: 1857

Series: The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott

Printer: Ballantyne and Company

Physical Description: xxxv, [6], 391 p. ; 22 cm.

Inscription: "Vol. I only", pencilled on reverse of front endpaper "F.B. Street", pencilled on fly-leaf "25", pencilled on fly-leaf "149", crossed out, pencilled on fly-leaf "22", pencilled on reverse of p. 391 "ohm/5", pencilled on blank page in back

Library Subject (LOC): English poetry

Notes: "Edited by Rev. George Gilfillan"

The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880

Edition: New ed.

Publication Date: 1874

Call Number: 919.8 HAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.113.15

Call Number: 919.8 HAR

Edition: New ed.

Author: Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880

Contributor: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902

Place of Publication: Guelph, Ont.

Publisher: J.W. Lyon

Publication Date: 1874

Printer: Clark W. Bryan & Co.

Physical Description: xx, [17]-811 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Inscription: "A R Currie Pennant Sask March 9 / 1926" [handwritten in black ink on back of portrait of Dr. Hartwig] "John Byrne" [handwritten in pencil on p.513]

Library Subject (LOC): Natural history; Polar regions--Discovery and exploration; Tropics--Discovery and exploration

Notes: "Edited, with additional chapters, by Dr. A. H. Guernsey" --title page.; "Two volumes in one" --title page.; "Embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries" --title page.; "The whole splendidly embellished with nearly two hundred beautiful illustrations, true to nature, from designs furnished by artists in the regions to which they relate" --title page.; "New edition, with an account of Hall's last expedition, a summary of arctic explorations, and new maps of the arctic regions" --title page.; "Sold only by subscription" --title page.; Author's given name and dates: Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880; Editor's given name and dates: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902

Portrait of Mrs. William Holmes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 49.5 x 39.5 cm (sight) in frame 75 x 65.5 cm

Material Details: The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Mrs. William Holmes. Portrait could be of either, Mary (Richardson) Holmes who married William Holmes in 1841 or Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes who married William Holmes between 1848 and 1854. Both marriages took place in Huron County, Ontario.

History: Mary (Richardson) Holmes was the first wife of William Holmes and Charlotte (McCullough) Holmes was the second wife of William Holmes of Huron County, Ontario . William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby in 1860.

Names: Holmes, Mary Richardson; Holmes, Charlotte McCullough

Accession Code: HV971.46.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: Portrait of William Holmes, HV971.46.1

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Portrait of William Holmes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 50 x 39.5 cm (oval, sight) in frame 66 x 56 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of William Holmes.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (calotype) : b&w ; 50 x 39.5 cm (oval, sight) in frame 66 x 56 cm

Material Details: The photograph is a calotype print, which has been enhanced using charcoal and paint.

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of William Holmes.

History: William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.

Names: Holmes, William

Accession Code: HV971.46.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1841 and 1860]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: Portrait of Jane Holmes, HV971.46.2

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Proceedings of the convention to organize and first grand communication of the M. W. Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. M. of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1872

Call Number: 366.1 GRA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 366.1 GRA

Place of Publication: Victoria, B.C.

Publisher: Grand Lodge of British Columbia, AF & AM

Publication Date: 1872

Physical Description: 53 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Freemasons--British Columbia

Notes: 2 copies held: copy 1.

Proceedings of the convention to organize and first grand communication of the M. W. Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. M. of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1872

Call Number: 366.1 GRA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 366.1 GRA

Place of Publication: Victoria, B.C.

Publisher: Grand Lodge of British Columbia, AF & AM

Publication Date: 1872

Physical Description: 53 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Freemasons--British Columbia

Notes: 2 copies held: copy 2.

Progressive music lessons : a course of instruction prepared for the use of public schools. Third book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Loomis, George Brace, 1833-1887

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: c1875

Call Number: 781.4 LOO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.18.9

Call Number: 781.4 LOO

Edition: Rev. ed.

Author: Loomis, George Brace, 1833-1887

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co

Publication Date: c1875

Physical Description: 144 p. ; 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School songbooks; Music--Instruction and study--Juvenile

Notes: Includes index.; Music with lyrics.

Proverbial philosophy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

Publication Date: 1854

Call Number: 821.8 TUP

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.135.1

Call Number: 821.8 TUP

Author: Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Thomas Hatchard

Publication Date: 1854

Printer: Henry Vizetelly

Physical Description: x, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: Front fly leaf: "W152" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil] "L.L. Lourence" "V.L. Rowe" "1837" [written in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Proverbs

Reference letter for William Holmes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1858 and 1859]

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and h…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Material Details: Letter is fragile with torn and stained sections

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter reading as a character reference for William Holmes, Toronto, December 17, 1858. The letter refers to William's character as a gentleman in good standing of Holmesville in the County of Huron where he has been actively employed in Commercial pursuits in Upper Canada and his intention to emigrate to British Columbia. The letter is signed and certified on the verso by various officials including; "G.E. Cartier", Attourney General of Lower Canada; John A. Macdonald, Attourney General of Upper Canada; Sidney Smith, Post Master General; George Sherwood, Receiver General; John Rose, Soliciter General; Charles Alleyn, Provincial Secretary; P.M. VanKaughnet [sic], Commissioner of Crown Lands and A.T. Galt, Inspector General of Canada. The letter includes a wax Common Seal of the City of Toronto and is certified the 6th day of January 1859. Text on first page of letter reads: "The Bearer William Holmes Esq / late of Holmesville in the County of Huron has for some years been actively employed in Com- / mmercial pursuits in Upper / Canada, but now intends to emigrate to British Columbia / We have great pleasure in / certifying that Mr. Holmes is / a Gentleman of good standing / for character and capacity / and that his connectiions (are) [sic] / highly respectable; his brother / John Holmes Esq at present / holding the dignified and responsible / office of Warden (Equivalent to / Mayor) of the Municipal Council". letter continues on verso to read: "of the United Counties of Huron / and Bruce, which Counties he / also respresents in Parliament..." signatures of officials beneath. Written vertically down the left hand side of the verso is the following text "I certify that the Signature attached to / this document are the bona- / fide Signature of the parties / named & that they hold the / respective offices (within) mentioned / within. In testimony whereof I have / herunto set my hand and caused / the Common Seal of the City of Toronto / to be herunto affixed this 6th day of / January 1859" with signatures below "D.V. Mead / Mayor / A.M. Jones [sic] / Chamberlain".

History: William Holmes was the first non-Indigenous resident of Burnaby.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Accession Code: BV997.50.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1858 and 1859]

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 06-May-2019

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Richard Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1870]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Richard Love seated next to a decorative wooden desk. He is seated on a chair with a velvet and tassels and is wearing a large black suit coat, a white blouse with a tie at the collar, pants with long velvet chaps that go up to his knees and cover the tops of his shoes. He is…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love family photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Richard Love seated next to a decorative wooden desk. He is seated on a chair with a velvet and tassels and is wearing a large black suit coat, a white blouse with a tie at the collar, pants with long velvet chaps that go up to his knees and cover the tops of his shoes. He is holding a wooden cane between his legs and there is a top hat and a book on top of the desk and a back drop hanging from the wall behind him. Richard Love is the father of Jesse Love.

Names: Love, Richard

Accession Code: BV018.41.181

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [ca. 1870]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 4-Mar-2019

Scale: 100

Photographer: Dodson, Z.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy print accompanying; Stamp in black ink on verso of original photograph reads: "Z.DODSON, / Photographer / PROSPECT PLACE, / NEAR VICTORIA STREET / SWINDON."

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Science of life : its principles, faculties, organs, temperaments combination, conditions, teaching, etc., including Love - its laws, power, etc., selection, or mutual adaptation; courtship, marriage, etc. together with generation, hereditary endowment, paternity maternity, bearing nursing and rearing children, as taught by phrenology and physiology.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887

Publication Date: 1870

Call Number: 306.8 FOW

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.12.66

Call Number: 306.8 FOW

Author: Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887

Publication Date: 1870

Physical Description: i-xxxii, 1065 p. : ill. , some ports ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Marriage; Phrenology; Sexual ethics

Notes: Author given name and dates: Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887.; Later printings called "Human Science...etc" or "Creative and Sexual Science...etc".

Seated woman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [187-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w tintype hand-tinted into col. ; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic tintype of an unidentified young woman sitting on a chair. Her left arm is resting on a table with a cover on it. Her cheeks are hand tinted pink.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w tintype hand-tinted into col. ; 8 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic tintype of an unidentified young woman sitting on a chair. Her left arm is resting on a table with a cover on it. Her cheeks are hand tinted pink.

Accession Code: BV985.5809.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [187-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Second book on analytic anatomy, physiology and hygiene, human and comparative: for academies, grammar schools and families

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?

Publication Date: c1871

Call Number: 612 CUT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.35

Call Number: 612 CUT

Author: Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company

Publication Date: c1871

Printer: Lippincott's Press

Physical Description: 310 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: Inside front page torn, partially stuck to cover "G. S Rayner, 58 Fernwood, Victor(ia)" (page torn) "Alex Moon, Victoria, B.C." written in ink (crossed out) "B.C. Lunn" written in ink

Library Subject (LOC): Physiology; Physiology--Textbooks

Notes: "With numerous illustrations."; Includes index.

Sink or swim: or Harry Raymond's resolve

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

Publication Date: 1870

Call Number: 813.4 ALG

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.4039.1

Call Number: 813.4 ALG

Author: Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Hurst & Company

Publication Date: 1870

Physical Description: 319 p.

Inscription: "Allan Lewis Earle / New Westminster / B.C. / For Christmas 1909", handwritten in blue ink inside cover, "Allan" is in pencil, date crossed out "ALLAN L. EARLE / 1024 5TH AVE", stamped in purple on facing page, handwritten "L" above

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--19th century; Juvenile fiction

Six months at the Cape : or letters to Periwinkle from South Africa

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Publication Date: 1878

Call Number: 823.8 BAL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.113.8

Call Number: 823.8 BAL

Author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Contributor: Waller, S. E. (Samuel Edmund), 1850-1903

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., Limited

Publication Date: 1878

Physical Description: vii, 256 p. : [12] leaves of plates, ill. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: bookplate sticker on first page stamped : "CHEETHAM HILL ST. MARK'S NATIONAL SCHOOL" "Presented to Joseph Cree [handwritten in ink] for Regular Attendance Year ending 31. Dec. 1902" [sticker made in Manchester] frontispiece protected by tissue, on which someone has attempted to trace the picture

Library Subject (LOC): Travel; South Africa--Cape of Good Hope

Notes: "Illustrations by S.E. Waller from sketches by the author". Author's given name and dates: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894.

Songs now and then

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889

Publication Date: 1876

Call Number: 821.8 ASH

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV001.1.31

Call Number: 821.8 ASH

Author: Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889

Contributor: Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: George Bell and Sons

Publication Date: 1876

Printer: Chiswick Press

Physical Description: viii, 213 p. ; 17 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): English poetry

Notes: Author full name given as follows: Ashe, T. (Thomas), 1836-1889.

South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2022

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of th…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)

Material Details: Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto separate audio tracks. Multiple tracks per interview were edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of the second year of the Burnaby Village Museum's South Asian Research project. Interviews were conducted with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar; Prem Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Gill; Sadhu Binning; MLA: Honourable Raj Chouhan; Surjeet Kaur Parmar and Maninder Arora.