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1892 Burnaby Centennial

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print ; 71 cm x 119 cm

Scope and Content: A birds eye view map of Burnaby, drawn by Mark Lewis, Parks staff, as a Parks-Maintenance Centennial Project for the 1892 - 1992 Burnaby Centennial. It features wildlife found in Burnaby and highlights civic buildings, parks and other prominent structures of the time. This is not a scale map.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : blueline print ; 71 cm x 119 cm

Material Details: "1892 BURNABY/ CENTENNIAL 1992" printed in a banner across the top of the map Burnaby Centennial logo is located in the lower right side. "ALL WILDLIFE SHOWN CAN STILL / BE FOUND IN THE BURNABY AREA" printed in lower right corner "DRAWN BY / MARK LEWIS / A PARKS-MAINTENANCE / CENTENNIAL PROJECT" printed in the very lower right corner.; The map is dark blue ink, there is no colour.

Scope and Content: A birds eye view map of Burnaby, drawn by Mark Lewis, Parks staff, as a Parks-Maintenance Centennial Project for the 1892 - 1992 Burnaby Centennial. It features wildlife found in Burnaby and highlights civic buildings, parks and other prominent structures of the time. This is not a scale map.

History: Drawn by Mark Lewis of the Parks-Maintenance Dept for the 1882 - 1992 Centennial of Burnaby. Mark always loved birds-eye maps, and showed this map to his supervisors while the work was still in progress. They suggested the map could be a Parks Maintenance Centennial Project. Mark agreed, and completed the map, including Burnaby landmarks and sketches of wildlife. Several copies of the map were given to schools so students could colour them.

Creator: Lewis, Mark

Accession Code: BV013.8.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1992]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 05-Jun-2013

Scale: 96

Notes: Transcribed title

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1912 Parker Carousel Restoration 1991 to 1994

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1991 and 1994]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) file (1 hr., 9 min., 44 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo

Scope and Content: Item consists of unedited film footage titled “1912 Parker Carousel / Restoration / 1991 to 1994" by Alex Matches. Film footage documents various stages of restoration of the carousel including, the carousel horses, the "doghouse" and Wurlitzer. There is some narration by the camera person but soun…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel sound recordings and films subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) file (1 hr., 9 min., 44 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo

Material Details: Segments are marked by date

Scope and Content: Item consists of unedited film footage titled “1912 Parker Carousel / Restoration / 1991 to 1994" by Alex Matches. Film footage documents various stages of restoration of the carousel including, the carousel horses, the "doghouse" and Wurlitzer. There is some narration by the camera person but sound quality is poor and segments contain ambient noise. The footage is divided into segments marked by dates, visible in the bottom right corner. Dates range between April 1991 and March 1993. Some of this unedited footage could have been used for the Burnaby Village Museum film "Labour of Love - The Saving of Number 119" (see BV020.4.28). 00:00 - 03:23: Apr. 20, 1991 : Volunteers and staff working on the restoration of carousel horses in the Texaco warehouse. They are busy scraping away old paint. Various horses are suspended on frames while some are laid on their sides on work benches. 03:24 - 06:15: Nov. 2 1991 : Volunteers and staff working on scraping and sanding away old layers of paint on carousel horses in the Texaco warehouse. Some horses are getting repairs. A little narrative coming from camera operator but mostly ambient sound. Pieces of the "doghouse" are also visible. 06:16 - 08:20 : Dec. 28 1991 : Horses are in various stages of restoration and repair inside the Texaco warehouse. 08:21 - 09:40 : Dec. 28, 1991 : Volunteers are gathered in a lunch room taking a break. Views of carousel horses in another room of the warehouse which have been applied with a sealer. The Worlitzer is also visible during a stage of restoration. Camera pans outside the Texaco warehouse located at the base of Burnaby Mountain on Burrard Inlet. 09:42 - 11:03 : Mar. 31 1992 : Some horses have been sealed with a clear coating and others have been applied with a white undercoat primer. 11:04 - 17:36 : Apr. 11 1992 : Horses with primer undercoat, views of the Wurlitzer under restoration as well as panels of the "doghouse" 17:37 - 18:18 : May 30, 1992 : Wurlitzer and painted horses 18:19 - 21:53 : Jul. 25 1992 : Volunteers are working on painting carousel horses, various parts of carousel including the floor decks are also visible. 21:54 - 25:39 : Sept. 19 1992 : Volunteers are working on painting carousel horses and pieces of the "doghouse", mirrors are being inserted, decking is varnished. 25:40 - 30:39 : Oct. 10 1992 : Views of carousel horses with coats of primer, freshly painted horses, segments of the varnished deck, volunteers painting segments of the "doghouse" and finished horses. 30:41 - 41:30 : Nov. 14 1992 : Loading finished horses from warehouse into van to transport to museum. Photography shoot in warehouse of completed horses, mounting horses on poles at museum. Don Wrigley assisting. A view of the Carousel building at Burnaby Village Museum under construction. 41:32 - 47:27 : Nov. 20 1992 : Painted horses - details; parts of the carousel gears, poles etc 47:28 - 50:00 : Footage recorded from an exerpt from Red Robinson's Classic theatre where he narrates about the History and Saving of the Carousel. 50:02 - 1:03 : Mar. 15 1993 : Completed carousel inside the carousel building at Burnaby Village Museum, volunteers and staff are putting together the finishing touches for the opening day. Volunteers are gathering inside and seating themselves on horses around the carousel for the Volunteers Grand Opening. The carousel begins to move with some volunteers riding various horses while the Wurlitzer plays in the background. 1:04:10 - 1:09:44 : March 27 1993 - Carousel is officially opened. Includes interviews by curator Colin Stevens with Friends of Carousel president, Don Wrigley and Dave Zieffert, Restorator of the Wurlitzer and Gordie Ironside who helped work with the restoration. Gordie demonstrates how each carousel horse was built using a prototype that was built for educational purposes.

Creator: Matches, Alex

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel; C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel; Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.12.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1991 and 1994]

Media Type: Moving Images

Related Material: BV020.4.28

Notes: Transcribed title taken from film footage

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1912 Parker Carousel Restoration 1991 to 1994, [between 1991 and 1994]

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All Saints Church

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca.1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Material Details: Scale 1 inch = 20 feet

Scope and Content: Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.

Creator: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: All Saints Anglican Church

Accession Code: BV003.83.46

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca.1910]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 15-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Note in pencil on verso reads: ""All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 / Scale 1 inch = 20 feet"; Note in balck in on verso reads: "3704"

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Anglican Church

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca.1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of building insurance plan of "Anglican Church / Lot 2 BK 37 DL69, GP.1, N.W.D. (15th Ave. (Dominion) is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2 and 3).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Material Details: Scale 1 inch = 20 feet

Scope and Content: Item consists of building insurance plan of "Anglican Church / Lot 2 BK 37 DL69, GP.1, N.W.D. (15th Ave. (Dominion) is identified to the north of Lots 1, 2 and 3).

Creator: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Accession Code: BV003.83.43

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca.1910]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 15-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Anglican Church / Lot 2 Bk 37 DL69 / 1"=20' "; Note in balck in on verso reads: "3704"

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Bancroft family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-44; BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.

History: Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Cartographic Material

Creator: Bancroft, Rose

Notes: MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110; Title based on creator and contents of subseries

B.C. Transit Centennial: Chilliwack and Fraser Valley Way Points

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1990

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (2 hr., 3 min., 4 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo

Scope and Content: Historical film excerpts of B.C. Electric Lower Mainland trams on their various routes as well as an excursion train shot by Ken Hodgson in 1948/1949 and in 1950. Film footage is part of the B.C. Transit Centennial and includes a voice over commentary by Frank Horne and Vic Sharman. Frank and Vic w…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

Series: Burnaby historical reference collection series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (2 hr., 3 min., 4 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo

Material Details: VHS video tape in slip case "1950 / BCE Rail Archives / Burn. Lake / Central Park / Oak-Marpole / Skagit / Tourist Ride Chilliwack" hand written on label.; "Railway Pictures Inc." "Chilliwack and Fraser Valley Way Points"- Directed and Produced by Ken Hodgson; Opening title card on film excerpt reads: "GASTOWN POST & TRANSFER / B.C. TRANSIT CENTENNIAL / "BURNABY LAKE" / COLOURIST: Al / ASSISTANT"

Scope and Content: Historical film excerpts of B.C. Electric Lower Mainland trams on their various routes as well as an excursion train shot by Ken Hodgson in 1948/1949 and in 1950. Film footage is part of the B.C. Transit Centennial and includes a voice over commentary by Frank Horne and Vic Sharman. Frank and Vic worked as motormen on the BC Electric Railway. The trams are shown travelling through Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, North Delta, Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack. The excursion train was filmed in Washington State, U.S.A. The narrators give commentary, describing the routes, landmarks of the past and present, the various kinds of trams and buses seen, drivers’ protocols, and historical information. Summary: 0:00 – 16:18: Title card reads "Gastown Post & Transfer" "BC Transit / Transit Centennial" "Burnaby Lake". Footage of a Burnaby Lake Line tram from the Carrall Street depot in Vancouver to the Sapperton terminus, New Westminster. 16:18 – 30:20: Title card reads "Gastown Post & Transfer" "BC Transit / Transit Centennial" "Central Park". Footage of a Central Park Line tram from the New Westminster depot to the Carrall Street depot. 30:20 - 40:53: Title card reads "Gastown Post & Transfer" "BC Transit / Transit Centennial" "Oak St. Line". Footage of an Oak St. Line tram from Victory Square to the Marpole terminus. 40:53 – 49:41:Title card reads "Gastown Post & Transfer" "BC Transit / Transit Centennial" "Fairview Belt Line 1". Although the title card reads “Fairview Belt Line 1”, this is an observation car from the intersection of Cambie and Hastings Streets to the Dunbar terminus and back to Victory Square by way of Granville Street. 49:41 – 57:34: Title card reads "Gastown Post & Transfer" "Skagit River Railway". Footage of Skagit River Railway, Washington, U.S.A., from Newhalem to the Diablo Dam powerhouse and lift, then to the boat which crossed the lake to Ross Dam 57:34 – 1:12:54: the title card reads “Observation Car Trip” but this is a Fairview Belt Line tram on the outer line run, from Broadway and Main on a complete loop through downtown. 1:12:54 – 1:15:49: Title reads: "Railway Pictures Inc." "Chilliwack and Fraser Valley Way Points" with voice over by Frank Horne and Vic Sharman, directed and produced by Ken Hodgson. Opens with Vic Sharman, his wife and family at Liverpool Old Station (Scott Road) preparing for the last trip on the Chilliwack Line October, 1950. The last Fraser Valley Line tram from Vancouver meets the last tram from Chilliwack in Langley for the last-day-of-service ceremony, October 1, 1950 1:15:49 – 1:56:10: Footage of a Fraser Valley line tram from the Carrall Street depot, leaving in sections which meet at the New Westminster depot and continue on together to Chilliwack Depot, then return to New Westminster. 1:56:10 – 2:03:04: Footage of decommissioning of the system: removal of the tram power lines, scrapping and burning of tram cars at the Kitsilano yard.

History: Film footage shot in 1948 -1949 and 1950 and voice-over recorded in 1990. The end-of-service ceremony film is dated October 1, 1950.

Creator: Hodgson, Kenneth A. "Ken"

Publisher: Railway Pictures Incorporated

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Rail

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Sharman, Victor Lawrence "Vic"; Horne, Frank Harry

Accession Code: BV012.37.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1990

Media Type: Moving Images

Related Material: See also BV020.5.1060

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Other organizations participated in the filming of the footage: B.C. Transit and Gastown Post & Transfer.; Film is narrated by Frank Horn and Vic Sharman; VHS is a copy created from original excerpts

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B.C. Transit Centennial: Chilliwack and Fraser Valley Way Points, 1990

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Bell's Dry Goods

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 11 Aug. 1994

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (62 min., 50 sec.) : VHS, col., sd.

Scope and Content: Film footage of an interview conducted and recorded by Burnaby Village Museum curator Colin Stevens with Burnaby residents gathered inside of Bell's Dry Goods store on the site of Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby residents were customers and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bell and included: Jim Agnew; Mary…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series

Subseries: Bell's research files subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (62 min., 50 sec.) : VHS, col., sd.

Scope and Content: Film footage of an interview conducted and recorded by Burnaby Village Museum curator Colin Stevens with Burnaby residents gathered inside of Bell's Dry Goods store on the site of Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby residents were customers and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Bell and included: Jim Agnew; Mary Agne; May and Bill Long; Mel Coutts; Lois Coutts; Isobel Coutts and Aubrey Coutts. These residents all lived in the area of the building and knew the owners between 1920 and 1950. Residents recall the layout and furnishings of the interior of the building when it was operated as Bell's Dry Goods (1925 to 1937), Jean's Grocery Store [?], Whitechurch Hardware (1937-1973). Colin Stevens is particularly interested in gathering information on the layout and furnishings in Bell's since the museum intends to restore the building and display to the 1920s era.

Creator: Stevens, Colin

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores; Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Names: Agnew, Jim; Agnew, Mary; Coutts, Mel; Coutts, Lois Hollands; Coutts, Aubrey; Coutts, Isobel; Long, May Walker; Long, Bill; Stevens, Colin

Accession Code: BV020.5.737

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 11 Aug. 1994

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents; Label on videocassette reads: "Bells' Dry Goods" / "Interview with People / who used to shop there / at / "Bells' Dry Goods" / 6th St. Burnaby / 1994 Aug 11 Colin Stevens"

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Bell's research files subseries

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1996-1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: textual records + video recording + photographs : copy prints

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of historical research pertaining to the history of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store and their owners. Series includes research notes, correspondence, reports and interviews.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series

Subseries: Bell's research files subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: textual records + video recording + photographs : copy prints

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of historical research pertaining to the history of the Bell's Dry Goods store and Whitechurch Hardware store and their owners. Series includes research notes, correspondence, reports and interviews.

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.5

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1996-1997

Media Type: Textual Record; Moving Images; Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of subseries

Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1998 (date of original), digitized in 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (32 min., 59 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.

Scope and Content: Film, titled "Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte" is an instructional training video about the fundamentals of Blacksmithing taking place at the Burnaby Village Museum. The film is narrated by experienced Blacksmith Jeff Chenatte who provides historic background in the art of blacksmithing and demo…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum film collection series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (32 min., 59 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.

Material Details: Film opens with SMPTE colour bars

Scope and Content: Film, titled "Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte" is an instructional training video about the fundamentals of Blacksmithing taking place at the Burnaby Village Museum. The film is narrated by experienced Blacksmith Jeff Chenatte who provides historic background in the art of blacksmithing and demonstrates detailed step by step instructions in how to use the forge and various tools and machinery in the Village Museum’s Blacksmith Shop.

Creator: Kroon, Morgan H.; Chenatte, Jeff

Subjects: Occupations - Blacksmiths

Names: Burnaby Village Museum; Chenatte, Jeff; Guibord, Maurice; Kroon, Morgan H.

Responsibility: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.4.34

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1998 (date of original), digitized in 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Kroon, Morgan H.

Notes: Transcribed title from film; Film credits read: “Directed Shot & Edited / by Morgan H Kroon / Written by / Jeff Chenatte / Thanks to / Jeff Chenatte / Maurice Guibord / Shadbolt Centre / Cineworks / Burnaby Village Museum”; “Burnaby Village Museum / Education Dept 1998”

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Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte, 1998 (date of original), digitized in 2020

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Board of Railway Commissioners

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1912

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record, cartographic material, and architectural drawings

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence and reports related to the activities of the Board of Railway Commissioners such as the movement of stations, culvert work, and the maintenance of crossings. File also includes white linen plan and blueprint plans (4) of culverts at Cariboo Road and V.W. and Y.Rlwy Jun…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1912

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record, cartographic material, and architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2096

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence and reports related to the activities of the Board of Railway Commissioners such as the movement of stations, culvert work, and the maintenance of crossings. File also includes white linen plan and blueprint plans (4) of culverts at Cariboo Road and V.W. and Y.Rlwy Junction, 1911.

Media Type: Textual Record; Architectural Drawing; Cartographic Material

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.

Boundary Plan - Location for Burnaby Council of the West Boundary of Lots 161 and 175 Group One

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1909]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Cartographic material

Scope and Content: Item consists of one plan on waxed linen with colour ink noting the western boundary of District Lots 161 and 175.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1909]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Cartographic material

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 10997

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: Item consists of one plan on waxed linen with colour ink noting the western boundary of District Lots 161 and 175.

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Notes: Located in map case.

Broadview Presbyterian Church

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca.1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of building insurance plan of "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / GP1 N.W.D." . Fourteenth Avenue (Manor) is identified to the north and Douglas Ave. to the east.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Material Details: Scale 1 inch = 20 feet

Scope and Content: Item consists of building insurance plan of "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / GP1 N.W.D." . Fourteenth Avenue (Manor) is identified to the north and Douglas Ave. to the east.

Creator: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: Broadview Presbyterian Church

Accession Code: BV003.83.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca.1910]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 15-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Broadview Presbyterian Church / Lot 6, BK 31, DL 69 / 1" = 20' "; Note in balck in on verso reads: "3704"

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Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission records

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1971-1996]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records ; 1 map ; 1 pin

Scope and Content: File consists of three letters, one envelope, a booklet, a map, a pin and a business card. The first letter found in the envelope from the Department of the Municipal Clerk is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her appointment to the Advisory Planning Commission in 1993. The second letter date…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1971-1996]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett political papers series

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records ; 1 map ; 1 pin

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-010

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of three letters, one envelope, a booklet, a map, a pin and a business card. The first letter found in the envelope from the Department of the Municipal Clerk is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her appointment to the Advisory Planning Commission in 1993. The second letter dated March 17, 1995 is addressed to Hazel Simnett and approves her reappointment to the Advisory Planning Commission. The booklet is of the Burnaby Procedure Bylaw 1971 (bylaw number 6023 to regulate the proceedings of the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the District of Burnaby). The map is a street map of the Burnaby Planning & Building Department from 1992. The second letter is typewritten by Hazel Simnett to Mayor W. Copeland in 1996 regarding her resignation from the Advisory Planning Commission. The pin reads: "Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission". The business card is of Donald G. Stenson, Director Planning and Building of the Burnaby Planning and Building Department.

Subjects: Government - Local Government; Documentary Artifacts - Maps

Names: Simnett, Hazel; Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on note accompanying file; Simnett political papers series

Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video cassette (21 min., 59 sec.) : b&w, col., sd.

Scope and Content: Item is a VHS tape entitled “Burnaby at 100 / Images and Voices" produced by SFU. The video includes material drawn from the Burnaby Image Bank and participants in the Oral History project. An introduction is provided by SFU Archivist, Jim Ross with voice narration by Bill Lewarane, Merril Gordon a…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby at 100 Video subseries

Physical Description: 1 video cassette (21 min., 59 sec.) : b&w, col., sd.

Material Details: Video Home System (VHS) tape

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 578-001

Access Restriction: Open Access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS2004-13

Scope and Content: Item is a VHS tape entitled “Burnaby at 100 / Images and Voices" produced by SFU. The video includes material drawn from the Burnaby Image Bank and participants in the Oral History project. An introduction is provided by SFU Archivist, Jim Ross with voice narration by Bill Lewarane, Merril Gordon and Ed Apps. Background music by "Solid Comfort" was recorded by Kurtis Vanel with additional footage by Chris Hildred.

Names: Lewarne, William A. "Bill"; Apps, Ed; Gordon, Merrill

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Transcribed title; Variations on the title for this project include; "Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices" and "Burnaby at 100: Visions and Voices; Item came with MSS131-003, a program titled, "[t]he 'Images of Burnaby' Travelling Photographic Exhibition / In Honour of Burnaby's Centennial Year"

Burnaby at 100 Video subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88276

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 video cassette

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a video titled "Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices of Burnaby" created by the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee to celebrate Burnaby's centennial anniversary. The video brought together photographs from the Burnaby Image Bank and a selection of interviewees from the Oral Histor…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby at 100 Video subseries

Physical Description: 1 video cassette

Description Level: Subseries

Access Restriction: Open Access

Accession Number: BHS2004-13

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a video titled "Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices of Burnaby" created by the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee to celebrate Burnaby's centennial anniversary. The video brought together photographs from the Burnaby Image Bank and a selection of interviewees from the Oral History project. The video and Burnaby Image Bank collection were buried together in the City of Burnaby's time capsule which was mounted at City Hall.

Media Type: Moving Images

Creator: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries

Burnaby Centennial Committee subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96371

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989-1993

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 15 folders of textual records + 2 audio tape recordings + 6 photograph albums of newspaper clippings + 1 videocassette tape

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Centennial Committee including minutes, correspondence, news clippings, a recording of the Burnaby anthem, and video of the Burnaby Centennial Dinner.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989-1993

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Council Committee series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Committee subseries

Physical Description: 15 folders of textual records + 2 audio tape recordings + 6 photograph albums of newspaper clippings + 1 videocassette tape

Description Level: Subseries

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Centennial Committee including minutes, correspondence, news clippings, a recording of the Burnaby anthem, and video of the Burnaby Centennial Dinner.

History: The Burnaby Centennial Committee was established June 5, 1989. The Committee was responsible for overseeing the celebration of Burnaby's centennial anniversary in 1992. This committee disbanded in 1993.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Sound Recording; Moving Images; Graphic Material

Burnaby historical reference collection series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18928

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950-1992, predominant 1950-1973

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 3 film reels + 20 videocassettes + 1 avi

Scope and Content: Series consists of a reference collection of films relating to the history of Burnaby. Films include CBUT News footage "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning"; a documentary film "Cabin" about the building of a log cabin at Burnaby Village Museum; a documentary film "A Friend at the Door" about the work of …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

Series: Burnaby historical reference collection series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 3 film reels + 20 videocassettes + 1 avi

Scope and Content: Series consists of a reference collection of films relating to the history of Burnaby. Films include CBUT News footage "Burnaby Mountain Sod Turning"; a documentary film "Cabin" about the building of a log cabin at Burnaby Village Museum; a documentary film "A Friend at the Door" about the work of rural social workers in British Columbia; historical film footage from B.C. Transit Centennial of the B.C. Electric Lower Mainland trams and home movie footage created by the Handel family.

Accession Code: HV971.30; BV005.8; BV005.48; BV012.37; BV014.39; BV016.37; BV017.11; BV020.5

Date: 1950-1992, predominant 1950-1973

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Burnaby Image Bank records

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88275

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 videocassettes : Fuji KCA-60 U-Matic H521E SP, 8 data casettes : TEAC CT-600N, and 1 computer disk : 9 cm x 9 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of audio/visual versions of the Burnaby Image Bank photographs and records compiled in a variety of formats and include the Burnaby Image Bank database, scanned image files and backups. These photographs were collected by the City of Burnaby and the Simon Fraser University Archives d…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 videocassettes : Fuji KCA-60 U-Matic H521E SP, 8 data casettes : TEAC CT-600N, and 1 computer disk : 9 cm x 9 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 370-814

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: File consists of audio/visual versions of the Burnaby Image Bank photographs and records compiled in a variety of formats and include the Burnaby Image Bank database, scanned image files and backups. These photographs were collected by the City of Burnaby and the Simon Fraser University Archives during their preparations for Burnaby's Centennial celebrations in 1992. The collection was transferred to Video Home System format (VHS) for public purchase and viewing.

Media Type: Moving Images; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Label on computer disk reads: "Burnaby Image Bank data base (use FileMaker Pro for Windows)"; 370-814-1 label reads: "Bby IMage Bank SFU Archivces Video Imaging Project Back Up Tape 1"; Six of eight cassettes are all labelled "Bby Image Bank SFU Archives". Individual cassettes further labelled: "Video / Adobe Photograph PICT Images Frame 011-812 Tape 1 of 1 [format information]", "Video 1 / Video F/X! Compressed Rendered Images Pgm 1 to 81: Frames 011-812 Tape 1 of 3 [format information]", "Video 2 / Video F/X! Compressed Rendered Images Pgm 01 to 81: Frames 001-812 Tape 2 of 2", "Video 3 / Video F/X! Compressed Rendered Images Pgm 01 to 81: Frames 001-812 Tape 2 of 3", "Backup / ImpressIt JPEG Compressed Scanned Images Frames 001-812", and "Backup / ImpressIt JPEG Compressed Scanned Images Frames 001-812". Two remaining data cassettes are unlabelled and presumed blank.

Burnaby Image Bank subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64462

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910] (date of original) -1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and other material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's Image Bank project records. Records include: Image Bank database and backups in a variety of formats; 813 photographs collected by Simon Fraser University Archives staff; eleven screened negatives from the Burnaby Image Bank that were us…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910] (date of original) -1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and other material

Description Level: Subseries

Access Restriction: Open Access

Accession Number: BHS1999-03; BHS2004-13; BHS2001-15

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's Image Bank project records. Records include: Image Bank database and backups in a variety of formats; 813 photographs collected by Simon Fraser University Archives staff; eleven screened negatives from the Burnaby Image Bank that were used for the publication "Burnaby: A Cultural Inventory and Resource Guide"; and one VHS tape and DVD access copy of "Burnaby's Photographic Family Album / Burnaby Image Bank Collection / Volume 1 / 1992" which was created by the Committee for public viewing and purchase. The collection of photographs for the Image Bank project were gathered from various donors to commemorate the Centennial of the City of Burnaby. All photographs were collected from Burnaby families' personal albums by Simon Fraser University Archives staff during 1991 with a focus on the history of the people and the landscape of Burnaby. Photographs were collected from every decade for every neighbourhood in effort to describe the City's evolving ethnic, cultural and physical landscape. In March 1992, 20 of these images were selected by a jury for their aesthetic quality and displayed at the Bennett Library Gallery at Simon Fraser University for the "Images of Burnaby" exhibition. This exhibit travelled to various locations between 1992-1993 within Burnaby and Douglas College in New Westminster. The entire 800+ collection was made available for public purchase and viewing on video cassette. As well, each Burnaby school and each branch of the Burnaby Public Library received their own VHS copy for information and research purposes. The "Image Bank" video collection was buried alongside the video "Images and Voices of Burnaby" in the City of Burnaby's time capsule, mounted at City Hall in 1992.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Moving Images

Creator: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC 370, MSS131, MSS088, MI577

Burnaby Map Project proposal and other projects

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88269

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1993

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of the SFU (Simon Fraser University)/Burnaby Centennial Committee project documents including; correspondence and indexing for the "Burnaby Unfolding" map project, final project documentation and correspondence for the Burnaby Image Bank and other projects. (The Burnaby map project n…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1993

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS187-009

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2014-28

Scope and Content: File consists of the SFU (Simon Fraser University)/Burnaby Centennial Committee project documents including; correspondence and indexing for the "Burnaby Unfolding" map project, final project documentation and correspondence for the Burnaby Image Bank and other projects. (The Burnaby map project never came to fruition, being surpassed by the "Suburb of Happy Homes..." book).

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby's Bandstand

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64773

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (unknown length)

Scope and Content: Item is a VHS tape entitled “Burnaby's Bandstand / Jan. 1998."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (unknown length)

Material Details: Video Home System (VHS) tape

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 597-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS2004-13

Scope and Content: Item is a VHS tape entitled “Burnaby's Bandstand / Jan. 1998."

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational - Bandstands

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Continuation of title: "...Jan. 1998"

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Burnaby's Photographic Family Album-Burnaby Image Bank Collection: Volume 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64764

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (1 hr., 56 min., 40 sec.) : b&w, col., sd.

Scope and Content: Item is a copy of "Burnaby's Photographic Family Album / Burnaby Image Bank Collection / Volume 1 / 1992" produced by the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Archives, and Archivist, Jim Ross in recognition of Burnaby’s Centennial. The video consists of 812 images from the Burnaby Image Bank which are i…

1 image 1 video

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (1 hr., 56 min., 40 sec.) : b&w, col., sd.

Material Details: Video Home System (VHS) tape

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 577-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS2001-15

Scope and Content: Item is a copy of "Burnaby's Photographic Family Album / Burnaby Image Bank Collection / Volume 1 / 1992" produced by the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Archives, and Archivist, Jim Ross in recognition of Burnaby’s Centennial. The video consists of 812 images from the Burnaby Image Bank which are indexed by Communities, Neighbourhoods, Subjects and Names. The indexes are provided at both the beginning and end of the video with photographs dispersed in between. An introduction is provided by Simon Fraser University Archivist, Jim Ross. The video was made available for public purchase and viewing on Video Home System (VHS) format and distributed to each Burnaby school and branch of the Burnaby Public Library for information and research purposes.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Photographs; Persons - Pioneers

Names: Simon Fraser University; Ross, Jim

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Transcribed title

Images

Video

Burnaby's Photographic Family Album-Burnaby Image Bank Collection: Volume 1, 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/577-001.m4v

Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12343

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (2 min., 9 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.

Scope and Content: Film footage highlights about the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel. Film opens with title “Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time” followed by a montage of various events, programs and exhibits taking place at the museum. Montage is supported with background music and choral singi…

1 image 1 video

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum film collection series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (2 min., 9 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.

Scope and Content: Film footage highlights about the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel. Film opens with title “Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time” followed by a montage of various events, programs and exhibits taking place at the museum. Montage is supported with background music and choral singing, there is no narration.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels

Names: Burnaby Village Museum; C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel

Responsibility: City of Burnaby

Accession Code: BV020.4.33

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Related Material: See also: BV020.4.36; BV020.4.38; BV929.4.29b

Notes: Transcribed title from film

Images

Video

Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0033_001.m4v

Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18761

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950-1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 film reels + 20 videcassettes + 1 avi video file + 17 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Collection consists of videos and films collected by Burnaby Village Museum from various sources. Items in this collection pertain to specific film projects about Burnaby or document people and historic events related to the history of Burnaby. Collection is arranged into the following series: 1) …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 film reels + 20 videcassettes + 1 avi video file + 17 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Collection consists of videos and films collected by Burnaby Village Museum from various sources. Items in this collection pertain to specific film projects about Burnaby or document people and historic events related to the history of Burnaby. Collection is arranged into the following series: 1) Burnaby historical reference collection series 2) Elders Digital Storytelling project series

Accession Code: HV971.30; BV005.8; BV005.48; BV012.37; BV014.39; BV016.37; BV017.11; BV020.5

Date: 1950-1992

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Some items in this collection have copyright restrictions and are not available for viewing on Heritage Burnaby. Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view content.; Further accruals expected

Burnaby Village Museum fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13037

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1990-2019

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Museum photo…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Museum photographs series 2) Museum film collection series 3) Museum architectural records series 4) Museum Marketing photographs series 5) Museum exhibits series 6) Museum reports series 7) Curatorial Collections adminstrative records series 8) Museum Oral Histories series 9) Jesse Love farmhouse series 10) Bell's Dry Goods series 11) Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series 12) C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series 13) Royal Bank exhibit series 14) UBC Partnership series 15) Burnaby Community Heritage Commission 125 Video Collection series

History: Burnaby Village Museum is an open air museum that represents a typical tram-stop community. Museum interpreters welcome visitors, provide demonstrations and on site programming. The museum’s collection consists of thousands of artifacts, community records as well as several original Burnaby heritage buildings, a 1912 carousel, 1912 B.C. Electric Railway interurban tram, a Chinese Market Garden and Indigenous Learning House and Matriarch's Garden. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum from the Burnaby Village Museum Association. Burnaby Village Museum (formerly named Heritage Village) was originally created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in 1971 as a commemorative project for British Columbia's Centennial. A concept for an open-air museum was developed near Deer Lake on Districts Lots 79/ 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on the site on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Century Park Museum Association (later named Burnaby Village Museum Association) was formed on October 26, 1971 as a governing body for Heritage Village Museum. The museum opened on November 19, 1971 with Mayor Bob Pritte and Canada's Governor General Roland Michener. IN July 1972, the museum opened for it's first public season. The Village was described as depictive of the 1890 to 1920 era of the lower mainland. Since 1990, the site expanded from it’s original four acre size to it's current ten acres. In the 1990s and early 2000s staff and volunteers created exhibits and programs about Burnaby with an emphasis on the 1920s. Since it's 40th anniversary in 2011, the museum has implemented changes to make the museum more interactive and inclusive in telling the story of Burnaby's history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: X2294; X5124; X5125; BV013.19; BV017.39; BV017.45; BV018.6; BV018.12; BV018.14; BV018.18; BV018.41; BV019.2; BV019.13; BV019.15; BV019.18; BV019.19; BV019.36; Bv019.39; BV019.52; BV019.61; BV020.4; BV020.5; BV020.12; BV020.28; BV020.29; BV021.5; BV021.7; BV021.14; BV021.17; BV021.31; BV022.1; BV022.2; BV022.27

Date: 1990-2019

Media Type: Architectural Drawing; Moving Images; Photograph; Sound Recording; Technical Drawing; Textual Record

Arrangement: The following series have been arranged into subseries: Exhibits series; Oral History series; Jesse Love farmhouse series; Bell's Dry Goods exhibits series; Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series; C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series; Royal Bank exhibits series; UBC Partnership series

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Further accruals expected; For other records pertaining to the history of Burnaby Village Museum see: Don Copan collection; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection; Century Park Museum Association fonds; Don Wrigley fonds; See Artifacts descriptions for Publications and Newsletters produced by Burnaby Village Museum and Century Park Museum Association

Cameron Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription324

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File contains Cameron Road Plan.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2017

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains Cameron Road Plan.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.

The Canadianization of Robert Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64778

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [199-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (unknown length)

Scope and Content: Item is a Video Home System (VHS) tape entitled "The Canadianization of Robert Burnaby.”

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [199-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Robert Burnaby subseries

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (unknown length)

Material Details: Video Home System (VHS) tape

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 598-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is a Video Home System (VHS) tape entitled "The Canadianization of Robert Burnaby.”

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Transcribed title; 1 duplicate VHS tape accompanying

Cancellation of plan - Block 2, DL 77

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1142

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [Between 1890 - 1918]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: Files consists of cancellation of plan Block 2, DL 77 and two accompanied blueprints 434 (April 8, 1890) and 238 (December 30, 1887)

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [Between 1890 - 1918]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2933

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: Files consists of cancellation of plan Block 2, DL 77 and two accompanied blueprints 434 (April 8, 1890) and 238 (December 30, 1887)

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Plan of Lot 77, group 1 NWD : M9-B-1-4. Plan of subdivision of blocks 2-6, lot 77, group 1 NWD : M9-B-1-5

Carousel sound recordings and films subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18310

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1990-1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of audio recordings and video recordings documenting the history, restoration, installation and opening of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Recordings include the sod turning event and construction of the Don Wrigley Carousel Pavillion; restoration work of the C.W. Parker no. 11…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Subseries: Carousel sound recordings and films subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of audio recordings and video recordings documenting the history, restoration, installation and opening of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Recordings include the sod turning event and construction of the Don Wrigley Carousel Pavillion; restoration work of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel by The Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel; an interview with Bill Dentzel III, carver and restorer of carousel horses in Port Townsend, Washington; installation of the restored carousel and Wurlitzer band organ at Burnaby Village Museum; interviews with family members of F.K. Leggett, the carousel's first owner and restoration project coordinator Keith Jamieson as well as the opening ceremonies of the 1912 Burnaby Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and Don Wrigley Pavillion in 1993.

Accession Code: BV020.5; BV020.12

Date: 1990-1993

Media Type: Moving Images; Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to access recordings

Committee projects

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88257

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992-1994

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File consists of records pertaining to committee projects including; minutes of meetings; the map project, titled, "Burnaby Unfolding" which includes correspondence, colour maps illustrating the patterns of growth and research notes; a draft outline for "Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices"; a progra…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992-1994

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS187-006

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2014-28

Scope and Content: File consists of records pertaining to committee projects including; minutes of meetings; the map project, titled, "Burnaby Unfolding" which includes correspondence, colour maps illustrating the patterns of growth and research notes; a draft outline for "Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices"; a program for the opening ceremony of "Burnaby's Centennial 1892-1992" ; an outline providing some background history of the committee,it's many projects and correspondence regarding the status of the committee's projects.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Correspondence and reports for SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee Projects

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88268

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1993

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File consists of the SFU (Simon Fraser University)/Burnaby Centennial Committee project documents and correspondence including; final project documentation for the Burnaby Image Bank and a S.F.U./Burnaby Centennial Committee, "Project Proposals" document for official endorsements and assistance, ma…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1993

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS187-008

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2014-28

Scope and Content: File consists of the SFU (Simon Fraser University)/Burnaby Centennial Committee project documents and correspondence including; final project documentation for the Burnaby Image Bank and a S.F.U./Burnaby Centennial Committee, "Project Proposals" document for official endorsements and assistance, map project proposal documents and a list of committee members positions and their contact information.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Crossing - B.C. Electric Railway Co.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription657

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1913

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to crossings on B.C. Electric Railway lines at Cariboo, Hastings, Boundary, Gilley, Jubilee, McKay, and Patterson.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1913

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2382

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence and reports pertaining to crossings on B.C. Electric Railway lines at Cariboo, Hastings, Boundary, Gilley, Jubilee, McKay, and Patterson.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway Westminster and Eburne Byrne Road Crossing at Station 355 : M9-A-6-5; Trapp Road Crossing at Station 425 : M9-A-6-6

C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17810

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-] (date of originals) - 2012

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Caro…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Carousel sound recordings and films subseries

History: "The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was built in 1912 in Leavenworth Kansas by the Charles Wallace Parker Company. It was the one hundred and nineteenth carousel made by the company and was so named the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. In 1913 the carousel was sold to Mr. F.K. Leggett of Houston Texas for $5,886.00 and was originally equipped with a steam engine and ""wishbones/grass-hopper/jumping horse"" mechanisms. It toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus until 1915 when the machine was shipped back to the factory. It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory with fancier horses and heavier rounding boards referred to as the “Superior” style. Some of the horses were built around 1917 and some between 1920 and 1922. The factory records consulted do not tell for certain where the machine went between 1915 and 1936, possibly to San Jose, California from 1918 until 1922 and then to San Francisco California, or Tacoma, Washington. Accounts from the family of James W. "Jimmy" Robertson, supervisor of rides for Happyland, tell of him travelling with his wife Dora Robertson to Washington, Oregon and California in the fall of 1935 or early 1936 to pick up a new carousel for Happyland. By May 1936, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was in operation in Happlyland inside Hastings Park. The Parker #119 carousel was installed in a pavilion in Happyland which had been built in 1928 by a rival company (Philadelphia Toboggan Company - P.T.C.) and was located next to the "Shoot the Chutes" ride in Hastings Park. Here it remained until Happyland was demolished in 1957. The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was then moved to a new small pavilion in Playland until that too was demolished in 1972. From 1972 to 1990, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was operated outdoors inside Playland, and was put away each winter. In 1989 it was announced that the carousel would be sold off horse by horse at an auction in New York. Venus Solano and Doug McCallum and other local people came together to save the carousel and formed The Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel (also known as "Friends of the Carousel"). The first directors of the society consisted of, President and Chairman, Venus Solano; Secretary, Doug McCallum; Director, Keith Jamieson and Director, Nina Freid Rhodes. In May 1989, the Friends of the Carousel approached the Burnaby Village Museum Association who agreed to provide a home for the carousel, pending the approval of Burnaby Municipal Council. Don Wrigley who was president of the Burnaby Village Museum Association joined the board of The Friends of the Carousel as a liaison. The Friends of the Carousel first acquired two horses from the carousel, who were named Julius and Belle. These two carousel horses were used in fundraising over the summer of 1990, at which time the carousel was operating again for a short time inside Playland. The carousel horse named Julius was restored by William Dentzel III (a descendant of one of North America’s original carousel manufacturers) and the carousel horse named Belle was partially stripped and repaired. These carousel horses served as before and after examples of restoration. In June 1990 Don Wrigley was elected as president of The Friends of the Carousel and they set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the carousel and begin restoration work. With a lot of hard work, the help of the Government of British Columbia and the support of the Municipality of Burnaby, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised by The Friends of the Carousel to pay for the restoration, and Burnaby agreed to build a new pavilion for it as a Centennial project. Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project and restoration work. The Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and the Don Wrigley Pavilion where the carousel is housed, opened at Burnaby Village Museum on March 25, 1993.

Accession Code: BV013.19; BV019.21; BV019.39; BV020.5; BV020.12; BV022.2; X5124; X5125

Date: [190-] (date of originals) - 2012

Media Type: Photograph; Moving Images; Sound Recording

Related Material: Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel fonds; Keith Jamieson fonds; Faye Diamond fonds; See also: Burnaby Village Museum artifacts for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel as well as souvenir memorabilia from Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel

Arrangement: Records have been created by various staff members of Burnaby Village Museum during the acquistion and research of the carousel. Some records were compiled together into a collection by subject and arranged according to their general material designations within the Burnaby Village Museum archival collection.

Notes: Title based on contents of series; Further accruals are expected; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to access sound recordings and moving images

Ditches and water courses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription662

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File contains reports, correspondence, declarations and appeals related to the construction of ditches and water courses as well as the application to construct ditches made by Ida I. Dow, William Buckoll, and O. Goodacre. File also includes white linen plan of "Proposed Ditch in lot 153, G1, NWD…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2387

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains reports, correspondence, declarations and appeals related to the construction of ditches and water courses as well as the application to construct ditches made by Ida I. Dow, William Buckoll, and O. Goodacre. File also includes white linen plan of "Proposed Ditch in lot 153, G1, NWD" located at M9-B-3-20.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: A map of Proposed Ditch in Lot 153 : M9-B-3-20

Ditches and water courses (Sprott)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription668

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual records, cartographic material and architectural material

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, certificates signed by the District Engineer attesting to the fact that ditches were constructed according to the Ditches and Waterworks Act, as well as notices to residents that ditches were to be built along their property. File also includes 2 blueprint plans and 1…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual records, cartographic material and architectural material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2393

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, certificates signed by the District Engineer attesting to the fact that ditches were constructed according to the Ditches and Waterworks Act, as well as notices to residents that ditches were to be built along their property. File also includes 2 blueprint plans and 1 linen map of DL 79.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.

Ditches - Woolard v. Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription670

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904-1907

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence and court transcripts from the trial John Woolard v. Municipality of Burnaby which arose from charges brought against Burnaby for interfering with a ditch built by Woolard. File includes a blueprint plan of "Profile on Water Surface in Holland Road Ditch and Woollard's…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1904-1907

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2395

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence and court transcripts from the trial John Woolard v. Municipality of Burnaby which arose from charges brought against Burnaby for interfering with a ditch built by Woolard. File includes a blueprint plan of "Profile on Water Surface in Holland Road Ditch and Woollard's Ditch " (1904) and a linen plan of Woollard's and Hooland Road ditches (lot 155a, group 1).

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.

Donald N. Brown subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original)-1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs taken by Freeman Donald N. Brown while involved in Burnaby Historical Society activities and textual records pertaining to his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also included in the subseries are documents and photographs from his involvement with vari…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original)-1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Donald N. Brown subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1987-03; BHS2003-04; BHS1992-20; BHS1995-09; BHS2000-10; BHS1991-41; BHS2001-12; BHS2004-01; BHS2004-12

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs taken by Freeman Donald N. Brown while involved in Burnaby Historical Society activities and textual records pertaining to his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also included in the subseries are documents and photographs from his involvement with various community groups including the Oakalla Lands Citizens' Committee, renovations of Burnaby Village Museum, and the restoration of Interurban tram no. 1223.

History: Donald Neil "Don" Brown was born in Birmingham, England. In 1922, while still an infant, he and his family moved to Winnipeg, Canada. On September 8, 1939, Don left his Senior Matriculation classes to join the Royal Canadian Engineers. Two weeks later, he eloped with his high school sweetheart, Helen J., just months before he was to be shipped overseas with the 3rd Contingent of Canadian Troops. He served in the army with the Royal Canadian Engineer’s 12th Field Company and saw action in both Sicily and Italy. In 1945, Don returned to obtain his Senior Matriculation and a year of university studies before re-enlisting in the army as a Second Lieutenant. He spent the next two years stationed in Chilliwack with Helen and their first child. In 1947, he left the army to join the ranks of the British Columbia Provincial Police force, embarking on a three-decade long career. His first assignment brought him to Burnaby where he served from 1947-1954, first as a member of the BC Police Department and then as a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. In 1954, Don was transferred to Regina, Saskatchewan and then to Ottawa, Ontario to serve in the Crime Detection Laboratories. He became a qualified Examiner of Questioned Documents and provided expert testimony in handwriting, counterfeiting, graphic arts, and alterations. He attained the rank of first Corporal, and then Sergeant in the RCMP. He was transferred to Vancouver to be the Second in Charge of a new laboratory and head of the Document Section in July, 1963. On December 9, 1967, Helen Brown ran as an independent for the position of Alderman on the Burnaby Council. She was not elected. In May 1970, Don was promoted to Sub-Inspector and transferred to Edmonton to take command of the new Crime Detection Laboratory. By 1972, he was promoted to full Inspector. Transferred back to Vancouver in 1975, Don became the Officer-in-Charge of a new Crime Laboratory and took over the National Police Services pilot project for British Columbia. He was rewarded for this work with a promotion to Superintendent in September 1975. In 1976, after a distinguished 35 years combined service to the armed forces and the police, Don retired and founded his own laboratory to carry on his work in the field of questioned documents. He became a Fellow (Emeritus) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a Life Member (Emeritus) and Past Director of the Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences, a Member of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners. After his retirement, Don became involved in local politics and, with the blessing of his wife and six children, joined the Burnaby Voters’ Association as their Secretary. In 1978 he was elected to a two-year term as a Burnaby School Trustee. During the next municipal election in November 1979, he successfully ran for Alderman. Don Brown served Burnaby as Alderman from 1979 to 1985. During this time, Don also became a member of the Community College for the Retired, the Horsemen’s Society and the Burnaby Historical Society. He also gave his support to Arts Council programs and numerous other community functions over the years and author "Why?: The Last Years of the British Columbia Policy 1858-1950" about the BC Provincial Police. In 1991, Don was appointed as Chair of the Burnaby Centennial Committee, dedicating himself to making Burnaby’s Centennial celebration a memorable success. His contributions were always supported by his wife Helen, and their work during the Centennial Year was just one example of the strength of their 66-year partnership. They were both formally recognized for their efforts when they were chosen to receive the Kushiro Cup and named the Citizens of the Year in 1992. Also that year, Don was a recipient of the Canadian 125 Medal and one year later, in March 1993, Donald Brown was awarded Burnaby’s highest honour and was made a Freeman of the City of Burnaby. Don passed away in 2009.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Moving Images

Creator: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; PC194, PC241, MSS098, MSS148

Dundonald United Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11930

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca.1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a building insurance plan of "Dundonald United Church / Lots 9, 10 BK 28 DL 159 GP 1 / N.W.D.". Clinton Street is identified to the north of Lots nine and ten.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm

Material Details: Scale 1 inch = 20 feet

Scope and Content: Item consists of a building insurance plan of "Dundonald United Church / Lots 9, 10 BK 28 DL 159 GP 1 / N.W.D.". Clinton Street is identified to the north of Lots nine and ten.

Creator: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches

Names: Dundonald United Church

Accession Code: BV003.83.52

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca.1910]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 15-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Transcribed title; Note in pencil on verso reads: "_ _Church / Lots 9 & 10 BK 28 DL 159 / 1" = 20' "; Note in black ink on verso reads: "3704"

Images

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Engineering Department fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription43

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-2014

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-2014

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Physical Description: 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.

History: In 2020, responsibility for environmental management transferred to Climate Action and Energy, with Engineering retaining responsibility for geotechnical investigations and graffiti management. In 2022, Engineering became responsible for a consolidated Transportation group that aligns transportation planning and implementation functions. Green Fleet and Equipment also moved from Climate Action and Energy to the Public Works division of the Engineering Department. In 2022, Facilities Management was transferred from Engineering to the newly-created Lands and Facilities Department. James Lota served as General Manager, Engineering from 2021-2022. Jozsef Dioszeghy has served in the role since April 2022.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material; Architectural Drawing

Creator: City of Burnaby

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds.

Ephemera subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97408

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893 (date of original)-2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and cartographic records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspapers, printed material, publications, artworks, maps and other ephemera items collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893 (date of original)-2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and cartographic records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1985-22; BHS1986-01; BHS1986-16; BHS1986-43; BHS1988-02; BHS1988-12; BHS1988-14; BHS1989-09; BHS1989-11; BHS1989-14; BHS1989-16; BHS1991-26; BHS1991-35; BHS1991-40; BHS1992-01; BHS1994-09; BHS1995-13; BHS1995-17; BHS1996-10; BHS1997-06; BHS1997-10; BHS1999-04; BHS1999-08; BHS2000-12; BHS2004-09; BHS2004-11; BHS2005-04; BHS2005-05; BHS2007-03; BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspapers, printed material, publications, artworks, maps and other ephemera items collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on content of subseries; PC212, PC219, PC472, PC598, MSS005, MSS010, MSS034, MSS038, MSS046, MSS076, MSS081, MSS090, MSS111, MSS114, MSS119, MSS195

Family Court Committee subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96450

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]-1992

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 7 folders of textual records + 2 rolls of microfilm + 1 videocassette

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of committee records for the Family Court Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and terms of reference.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]-1992

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Council Committee series

Subseries: Family Court Committee subseries

Physical Description: 7 folders of textual records + 2 rolls of microfilm + 1 videocassette

Description Level: Subseries

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of committee records for the Family Court Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and terms of reference.

History: The Family Court Committee was established in 1964. The Family Court Committee was mandated to examine the resources of the community for family and children’s work, in order to assist the officers and Judges of the Court when required. The Committee's name was changed from Family Court Committee to Family Court and Youth Justice Committee on April 9, 1985.

Media Type: Textual Record; Moving Images; Graphic Material

Fire Department fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription47

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920-2019

Collection/Fonds: Fire Department fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direct…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920-2019

Collection/Fonds: Fire Department fonds

Physical Description: 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direction, coordination, training services, and planning, including daily record books, emergency preparedness pamphlets, a departmental practice manual, procedural directives, scrapbooks, and an orthophoto map (in 63 pieces) of the City of Burnaby.

History: Serving the City since 1911, the Burnaby Fire Department is committed to providing timely, professional, and effective fire-related emergency services to save lives, property and the environment. Their dedicated staff serves the City via seven fire stations located strategically across Burnaby. Each of our stations is equipped with up-to-date vehicles and equipment. Their highly skilled and trained team of men and women provide many services, including fire suppression and prevention, investigation, inspection, training, medical, vehicle extrication, technical and other speciality rescues, hazardous materials response and public education services. The following information pertains to the publication "Follow That Fire": Communities have always lived with the threat of fire. Early Burnaby residents banded together to extinguish out-of-control brush fires. In the 1920s, the Municipal Police were responsible for fire-related matters, earning three dollars for attending a fire. Donations to the Vancouver and New Westminster Fire Departments' Benevolent Funds brought the first fire engines to Burnaby's rescue. As the population increased, by-laws were enacted to develop a full-time fire service. Several members saw the value in jotting down recollections of their experiences as Burnaby firemen, which sparked an interest in completing the History of the Burnaby Fire Department. While researching this project, the author was fortunate in being able to draw from the resources of retired chiefs Fred Blake and Lewis Auvache, who were original members of the Department. The Department's progression includes heated and sometimes humorous debates regarding who should be responsible for fire protection, deciding if there was a need for a fire services, and how taxes would be levied to support the service. Photographs throughout the text represent stages of development which include a pictorial record of Burnaby fire trucks from 1923 to the present platform ladder trucks. From its humble beginning as two separate fire departments operating from a converted police horse stable and a water pumping station, the Burnaby Fire Department has developed into a professional organization serving its citizens from six fire stations.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Cartographic Material

Creator: City of Burnaby

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds.

Fred K. Leggett family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18773

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900]-1993, predominant [1900-1947]

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 16 photographs + 1 videocassette

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of the Leggett family, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel, the Lone Star Circus, a film created by family members that documents the opening day of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Burnaby Village Museum along with photographs of Parker Carousel "Carry…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Fred K. Leggett family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 16 photographs + 1 videocassette

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of the Leggett family, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel, the Lone Star Circus, a film created by family members that documents the opening day of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Burnaby Village Museum along with photographs of Parker Carousel "Carry Us All" in Alum Rock San Jose.

History: Fred Kirk Leggett was the first owner of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Fred and Norvie Leggett had six children including, Norvie, Fred D., Leon, Dedie and Ralph. The eldest daughter (name unknown) of F.K. and Norvie Leggett died in 1911. In 1913 the carousel was sold to Fred K. Leggett of Houston Texas for $5,886.00 and was originally equipped with a steam engine and ""wishbones/grass-hopper/jumping horse"" mechanisms. It toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus until 1915 when the machine was shipped back to the factory. It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory with fancier horses and heavier rounding boards referred to as the “Superior” style. Some of the horses were built around 1917 and some between 1920 and 1922. The factory records consulted do not tell for certain where the machine went between 1915 and 1936, possibly to San Jose, California from 1918 until 1922 and then to San Francisco California, or Tacoma, Washington. The carousel was installed at Happyland in the nineteen thirties and then moved to Playland and the PNE. In 1989 "The Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel" came together save the carousel from destruction. With a lot of hard work, the help of the Government of British Columbia and the support of the Municipality of Burnaby, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised by The Friends of the Carousel to pay for the restoration, and Burnaby agreed to build a new pavilion for it as a Centennial project. The Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and the Don Wrigley Pavilion where the carousel is housed, opened at Burnaby Village Museum on March 25, 1993. The eldest daughter of F.K. Leggett, Norvie Leggett Frame and other members of the Leggett family were in attendance for the opening of the newly restored carousel at Burnaby Village Museum in 1993.

Responsibility: Frame, Norvie Leggett

Accession Code: BV993.18; BV993.51; BV004.94; BV005.49; BV005.63

Date: [1900]-1993, predominant [1900-1947]

Media Type: Photograph; Moving Images

Arrangement: Fonds is arranged by subject from various donations that orignated from the Leggett family.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view video content

Give Art a Home campaign

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64770

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records + 1 videocassette (7 min.)

Scope and Content: File consists of records pertaining to the Burnaby Arts Centre for their Capital Campaign entitled, "Give Art a Home" including a seven minute Video Home System (VHS) tape and correspondence. Also included in the file is a box of "Mr. Dressup" crayons.

1 image 1 video

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1992]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records + 1 videocassette (7 min.)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS133-001; 599-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS2001-14

Scope and Content: File consists of records pertaining to the Burnaby Arts Centre for their Capital Campaign entitled, "Give Art a Home" including a seven minute Video Home System (VHS) tape and correspondence. Also included in the file is a box of "Mr. Dressup" crayons.

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Image used in the campaign is by Joe Average

Images

Video

Give Art a Home campaign, [1992]

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/599-001.mp4

Gunn Road diversion (Banfield, J.J.)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription319

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905-1911

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File contains records, including blueprint, related to the proposed diversion of Gunn Road.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905-1911

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2010

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains records, including blueprint, related to the proposed diversion of Gunn Road.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: White linen plan : Diversion of Gunn Road Lots 10 and 4 Group One" : M9-A-3-17.

Hastings Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription458

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908-1909

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and reports arising from a survey of Hastings Road and two maps associated with the correspondence. One map is of Hastings Road through Westminster District and the the other is a tracing of Douglas Road from original notes of the Royal Engineers.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908-1909

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2163

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and reports arising from a survey of Hastings Road and two maps associated with the correspondence. One map is of Hastings Road through Westminster District and the the other is a tracing of Douglas Road from original notes of the Royal Engineers.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: A map of Hastings Road through N. West (1909) : M9-B-1-1; "Tracing of original notes from Royal Engineers of Douglas Road" : M9-B-1-2

Hastings Road diversion

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription322

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1906]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File contains record of surveys done for Hastings Road diversion. White linen plans in map case.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1906]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2015

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains record of surveys done for Hastings Road diversion. White linen plans in map case.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Survey of Hastings Road from Hastings Townsite to Still Creek : M9-A-3-2; M9-A-3-7

Images of Burnaby: Travelling Photograph Exhibition

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88362

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992-1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of one program for [t]he Images of Burnaby/ Travelling Photograph Exhibition and a poster.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992-1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS131-003

Access Restriction: Open Access

Accession Number: BHS2004-13

Scope and Content: File consists of one program for [t]he Images of Burnaby/ Travelling Photograph Exhibition and a poster.

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Transcribed title

Interviews with Bill and Albert Parker by Colin Stevens January 17, 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9840

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 14 sec.) : col. , sd.

Scope and Content: Film footage documenting informal interviews with brothers William “Bill” and Albert Parker conducted by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Colin Stevens. The footage opens in the administration building of the Burnaby Village Museum where Bill Parker describes a pair of cross country skis that he is …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse oral history project subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 14 sec.) : col. , sd.

Material Details: Interviewer: Colin Stevens; Interviewee:William (Bill) Parker; Albert Parker; Mrs. William Parker; Location of Interview: Jesse Love farmhouse at the Burnaby Village Museum; Camera: Susan Green and Colin Stevens

Scope and Content: Film footage documenting informal interviews with brothers William “Bill” and Albert Parker conducted by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Colin Stevens. The footage opens in the administration building of the Burnaby Village Museum where Bill Parker describes a pair of cross country skis that he is donating to the museum. Bill recollects how he constructed the skis out of cedar in the late 1920s when he was about 9 or 10 years old. Bill tells of how he skied in the neighbourhood of the Jesse Love farmhouse on Cumberland Road, using the skis until the mid to late 1930s. The film continues with a tour of the Jesse Love farmhouse which is under restoration on site of the Burnaby Village Museum. Curator Colin Stevens takes Albert and Bill Parker through various rooms inside of the house sharing details of what staff have discovered during the restoration process and gathers informative details by interviewing them. During the interviews, the brothers recollect what it was like living in the house in the 1920s. They provide details on the house’s construction, fixtures, heating and water systems along with particulars regarding furnishings and décor. Information that was gathered through interviews such as this, supported the restoration to be completed as accurately as possible.

History: Albert and William Charles “Bill” Parker are the sons of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker. Sarah Parker was the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and grew up in the Love farmhouse located at 1390 Cumberland Road in Burnaby. Sarah and William Parker and their three children (Albert, Bill and Elsie) moved into the Love farmhouse in about 1925, eventually buying it in 1928 following the death of Sarah’s father Jesse Love. Sarah continued to live in the house until after her husband William died and eventually sold the house to her daughter Elsie Hughes and her husband John Hughes in 1966.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Sports - Skiing; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Stevens, Colin; Parker, William "Bill" Charles; Parker, Albert "Bert"; Love Family

Accession Code: BV018.41.50

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Green, Susan; Stevens, Colin

Notes: Title based on contents of video; Video was digitized to mp4 in March 2020 from original VHS tape

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Interviews with Bill and Albert Parker by Colin Stevens January 17, 1992, 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2018_0041_0050_001.mp4

Interview with Kanwal Singh Neel

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19607

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1973-2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (50 min., 32 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 30 fps

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Kanwal Singh Neel conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. The interview was conducted and recorded on the Zoom platform. 00:00 – 00:06:47 Kanwal shares some of the mentors that influenced him in his life, education and …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (50 min., 32 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 30 fps

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewee: Kanwal Singh Neel Interview Date: July 5, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 50 min., 32 sec. Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Kanwal Singh Neel conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. The interview was conducted and recorded on the Zoom platform. 00:00 – 00:06:47 Kanwal shares some of the mentors that influenced him in his life, education and career, how his three-year grandson has been an inspiration and how important it is to educate yourself in different ways. 00:06:48 - 00:19:02 Kanwal talks about the diversity in the schools that he’s encountered over the years as a student and as an educator and shares his experiences getting hired as an educator on public television and being known as "the math guy". 00:19:03 - 00:46:39 Kanwal talks about the “Friends of Simon” tutoring out-reach program and his involvement. 00:26:40 - 00:30:24 Kanwal shares his experiences officiating the Canada Summer Games, the Harry Jerome Track Classic, the Commonwealth Games and other world class sporting events. 00:30:25 - 00:38:58 Kanwal describes a typical day while working at Simon Fraser University as Associate Director of Professional Programs, as a sports official and his involvement with Friends of Simon. Kanwal speaks about the importance of finding a balance between staying connected, finding your purpose and carrying on the passions that you enjoy. Kanwal talks about some of his favourite places in Burnaby including Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Mountain, Deer Lake and Central Park. 00:38:59 - 00:43:31 Kanwal talks about the changes that he’s seen in the lower mainland over his life time including; diminishing agricultural land, the fishing industry, public transportation, housing and retail infrastructure and homelessness. 00:43:32 - 00:50:32 Kanwal talks about his involvement with the Punjabi Cultural Association, the introduction of Punjabi language courses in public schools and his involvement in a Bhangra event. Kanwal imparts a final message to youth of today emphasizing the importance of, building relationships, giving back to your community, learning through education and being respectful of your own journey and others.

History: Interviewee biography: Kanwal Singh Neel was born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1953 and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1969. For the first few weeks after immigrating the family stayed at the Sikh Temple on Second Avenue before moving into a house which they rented. Kanwal attended Kitsilano Secondary School and later transferred to Steveston High School when his family moved to Richmond. In 1972, Kanwal and friends formed a bhangra group "Punjab Cultural Association" and in 1974 they performed at the World Exposition in Spokane, Washington. The group performed at various venues including the Pacific National Exhibition and other cities in the Province. In 1973, Kanwal was an officiate during the Canada Summer Games at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. Kanwal obtained a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from University of British Columbia in computer science and mathematics and got his first teaching job in 1977. In 1978, he was an officiate of the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta. Over the next ten years he devoted himself to becoming an educator and during this time he became more involved with the B.C. Math Teachers Association. Kanwal and his wife Nancy married in 1982 and have two daughters. In the early 1990's, Kanwal joined Simon Fraser University as a faculty associate to work, train and mentor student teachers. Kanwal became President of the B.C. Math Teachers Association and travelled throughout the province to help solve issues being faced by students. In 1993, he co-hosted a TV show "Math Shop" on The Knowledge Network and he later co-authored a textbook series titled "Math Makes Sense". Kanwal continued to advance his knowledge in the field of mathematics obtaining a Doctorate from Simon Fraser University in 2008. Kanwal developed his doctoral work in Haida Gwaii, studying the mathematics that the Haida peoples used in day to day life, applying the applications and integrating the mathematics concepts with their cultural knowledge. Kanwal also worked with the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation and the Stó:lō Nation in helping to develop resources for them. Kanwal has been recognized with various awards and honours including being awarded an honorary doctorate by Kwantlen Polytechnic University and in 2017 as an inductee in the Sports Wall of Fame in Richmond for his outstanding contribution to amateur sport as an International Athletics Official. Since retirement, Kanwal continues to be involved in a project at Simon Fraser University "Friends of Simon" where university students go out and mentor and tutor immigrant and refugee children from South Asia and Africa and other countries. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians; Education; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Sports; Events - Competitions; Housing; Performances

Names: Neel, Kanwal Singh; Simon Fraser University; Friends of Simon; Canada Summer Games; Swangard Stadium; Punjabi Cultural Association

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Central Park

Accession Code: BV023.16.11

Date: [1973-2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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