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Maria Margaretta Rollason Cox

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66438
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1862]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Maria Margaretta Rollason Cox. She was an aunt to Bernard and Claude Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1862]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1052
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Maria Margaretta Rollason Cox. She was an aunt to Bernard and Claude Hill.
Names
Cox, Maria Margaretta Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Maude

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82373
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Maude.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860-1900]
Collection/Fonds
Hill family and Vidal family fonds
Series
Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
550-023
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2013-03
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Maude.
Names
Hill, Alice Maude Huggett "Maude"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Note in pencil on album page reads: "Maude ?"
Note in blue ink on verso reads: "Maude"
Photograph stamp on verso reads: "J. Foster Elliott, / Photographer, / Sarnia. / Negatives Preserved"
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Mayor's Office fonds

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1828 (date of original) -2015
Collection/Fonds
Mayor's Office fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 m of textual records and photographic material
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of those records created by the office of the Mayor during the administrations of Robert W. Prittie (1969-1973), Thomas W. Constable (1973-1979), David M. Mercier (1979-1981), William A. Lewarne (1981-1987), William J. Copeland (1987-1996), John Douglas Drummond (1996-2002) and Derek…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1828 (date of original) -2015
Collection/Fonds
Mayor's Office fonds
Physical Description
1 m of textual records and photographic material
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Reproduction Restriction
Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of those records created by the office of the Mayor during the administrations of Robert W. Prittie (1969-1973), Thomas W. Constable (1973-1979), David M. Mercier (1979-1981), William A. Lewarne (1981-1987), William J. Copeland (1987-1996), John Douglas Drummond (1996-2002) and Derek Corrigan (2002-2018).
History
On September 22, 1892, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby was established by letters patent. An integral component of this incorporation was the creation of the office of the Reeve (later called Mayor). The Reeve was to serve as the Head and Chief Executive Officer of Burnaby and was to lead the City Council in the governing of the Corporation. Burnaby’s first Reeve and Council were elected by acclamation on October 15, 1892, with formal elections held by ballot three months later. From 1893 until 1977 the Reeve and Council were elected for one-year terms, but the practice of annual elections was abandoned in favour of two-year terms in 1977. The current practice of holding elections every three years was begun in 1987. Elections of Reeve and Council were suspended altogether in 1933. However, as a financial crisis in the Corporation resulted in the Province intervening and assuming control of the local government. For ten years, Commissioners were appointed by the Provincial Government to manage the affairs of the Municipality, but by January 1943, the situation had been remedied and local elections were once again held. From 1892 until 1968, the Chief Executive Officer in Burnaby was known as “Reeve,” but this nomenclature changed with revisions to the Local Government Act in the latter part of the twentieth century. In 1968, the Province altered the Act and abolished the practice of assigning different titles to the members of Council based on Municipal Classification and introduced "Mayor" and "Alderman" as terms applicable in all Municipalities not just those of a certain size or with a certain number of citizens. From that point on, the CEO of Burnaby has been referred to as the Mayor of the City. Despite these changes in election procedures, naming protocols, and the disruption caused by the financial crisis in the 1930s and 1940s, the roles and responsibilities of the Mayor have remained relatively stable throughout the years. As Head and Chief Executive Officer of the City, the Mayor is responsible for ensuring that the principles of law and good government are enforced in Burnaby. This includes the task of overseeing the conduct of officers and employees and directing the management of municipal business and affairs as well as chairing the meetings of Council and appointing Council Committee members. The Mayor is also charged with the duty of representing the City at public functions, in meetings with visiting dignitaries, and in participating in local community and fundraising events. Initially, the Municipal Clerk assisted the Mayor in his work by handling most correspondence and clerical tasks of the office. Today, however, the Mayor’s office retains its own administrative staff who are responsible for facilitating all schedules and arrangements for the Mayor along with coordinating their internal and external contacts and events. The following individuals have served as Reeve or Mayor of Burnaby: Charles R. Shaw 1892 Nicolai C. Shou 1893-1903 Charles F. Sprott 1904-1905 Peter Byrne 1906-1910 J. W. Weart 1911-1912 D. C. McGregor 1913 Hugh M. Fraser 1914-1918 T. Sanderson 1919-1920 Alexander K. McLean 1921-1926; 1928-1929 Charles C. Bell 1927 W. L. Burdick 1929 W. A. Pritchard 1930-1932 William Tate Wilson 1943-1944 George A. Morrison 1945-1949 William R. Beamish 1950-1953 Charles W. MacSorely 1954-1957 Alan H. Emmott 1958-1968 Robert W. Prittie 1969-1973 Thomas W. Constable 1973-1979 David M. Mercier 1979-1981 William A. Lewarne 1981-1987 William J. Copeland 1987-1996 Douglas P. Drummond 1996-2002 Derek Corrigan 2002-2018 Mike Hurley 2018-present The following individuals have served as provincially appointed Commissioners for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby: John Bennett 1932-1933 John Mahony 1933-1934 Hugh M. Fraser 1934-1940* R. S. Gilchrist 1941* B. C. Bracewell 1942* *Richard Bolton was Acting Commissioner for most of 1940-1942. He refused to be a full-fledged Commissioner.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
City of Burnaby
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds.
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Mayor's Office General and Administration series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription158
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1828 (date of original) -2002
Collection/Fonds
Mayor's Office fonds
Description Level
Series
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created in the administration of the Mayor’s Office. This includes: reports, file lists, address books, subject files, correspondence, memoranda, photographs and ephemera. The Office of the Mayor is managed by an administrative staff who maintain the Mayor’s schedule, l…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1828 (date of original) -2002
Collection/Fonds
Mayor's Office fonds
Series
Mayor's Office General and Administration series
Description Level
Series
Scope and Content
Series consists of records created in the administration of the Mayor’s Office. This includes: reports, file lists, address books, subject files, correspondence, memoranda, photographs and ephemera. The Office of the Mayor is managed by an administrative staff who maintain the Mayor’s schedule, liaise with other City officials, and assist the Mayor fulfill his duties and responsibilities to the citizens of Burnaby. As a by-product of these activities, the Mayor’s Office maintains files related to general administrative tasks like record-keeping as well as collecting subject files and records of general interest to the Mayor and Council. These records were used as reference material and have been maintained for their informational value.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Mayor's Office subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97460
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1828 (date of original)-2001
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photographs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of records and photographs created and collected by the City of Burnaby Mayor's Office and desposited into the Burnaby Historical Society's community archive. The records include research files on Robert Burnaby and the city of Loughborough, UK; administrative papers and reports…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1828 (date of original)-2001
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Mayor's Office subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photographs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1986-34
BHS1988-03
BHS1989-02
BHS1991-11
BHS1994-08
BHS2001-13
BHS2002-14
BHS2003-03
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of records and photographs created and collected by the City of Burnaby Mayor's Office and desposited into the Burnaby Historical Society's community archive. The records include research files on Robert Burnaby and the city of Loughborough, UK; administrative papers and reports; and photographs of Burnaby Councils and Municipal Hall among other subjects.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Mayor's Office
Notes
Title based on creator of subseries
PC185, PC185, PC252, MSS042, MSS113
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Meadow Brook

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1701
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
Publication Date
1857
Call Number
813.4 HOL
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV984.14.1
Call Number
813.4 HOL
Author
Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Hurst and Company
Publication Date
1857
Physical Description
297, [6] p.
Inscription
"H.M. MacDonald", printed in pencil on front endpaper
Library Subject (LOC)
Fiction--19th century
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Mr and Mrs V Edmonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4779
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1868
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.8 cm ; copy print
Scope and Content
Portrait of married couple, he standing, she sitting, in front of some shrubbery.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.8 cm ; copy print
Material Details
"Columbian files 1971" written on verso in black pen. "V. EDMONDS AND MRS EDMONDS / […]eir name was given to the / Capital of Burnaby. / (Photo taken in 1868.)" on typewritten label on front of photograph.
Scope and Content
Portrait of married couple, he standing, she sitting, in front of some shrubbery.
History
Part of a set of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper, which operated out of New Westminster under this name starting in 1900 until its dissolution in 1988. Photographs found in the collection of the Burnaby Village are dated 1971.
Other Title Information
title based on note on front of photograph
Accession Code
BV018.19.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1868
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
24-04-2018
Images
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Mr. Cammell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66479
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Mr. Cammell.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1093
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Mr. Cammell.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mr. Cammell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66526
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Mr. Cammell.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1140
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Mr. Cammell.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mr. Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66514
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as a member of the Gossell family.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1128
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as a member of the Gossell family.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mrs. Cammell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66478
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Mrs. Cammell. Mrs. Cammell was the aunt (on the mother's side) of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1092
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Mrs. Cammell. Mrs. Cammell was the aunt (on the mother's side) of Louis Claude and Bernard Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mrs. Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66487
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1865]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell, likely the wife of Otto Gossell and aunt to Louis and Claude Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1865]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1101
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell, likely the wife of Otto Gossell and aunt to Louis and Claude Hill.
Names
Gossell, Eliza Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mrs. Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66512
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Mrs. Gossell, LCH's aunt." LCH referred to Louis Claude Hill.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1126
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Mrs. Gossell, LCH's aunt." LCH referred to Louis Claude Hill.
Names
Gossell, Eliza Rollason
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mrs. Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66515
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as a member of the Gossell family.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1129
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as a member of the Gossell family.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mrs. Leigh-Thomas

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66485
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as the wife of Captain Leigh-Thomas.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1099
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as the wife of Captain Leigh-Thomas.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Museum Oral Histories series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18810
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2005-2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
52 sound recordings (wav) + 61 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 video recording (mp4) + 1 sound recording (m4a) + 51 video recordings (mov)
Scope and Content
Series consists of oral history interviews conducted by staff of Burnaby Village Museum for various projects. Series has been arranged into subseries: 1) Growing Up in Burnaby subseries 2) Museum research interviews subseries 3) Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries 4) South Asian Canadian Interv…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum Oral Histories series
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
52 sound recordings (wav) + 61 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 video recording (mp4) + 1 sound recording (m4a) + 51 video recordings (mov)
Scope and Content
Series consists of oral history interviews conducted by staff of Burnaby Village Museum for various projects. Series has been arranged into subseries: 1) Growing Up in Burnaby subseries 2) Museum research interviews subseries 3) Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries 4) South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries 5) Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
Accession Code
BV017.45
BV018.18.1
BV019.13.1
BV019.14.1
BV019.15.1
BV020.6
BV022.29
BV023.1
BV023.16
BV024.4
Date
[1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2005-2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Moving Images
Notes
Title based on contents of series
Further accruals expected
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The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : translated out of the original Greek ; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1894
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1867
Call Number
225.52 AME
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV982.24.34
Call Number
225.52 AME
Contributor
American Bible Society
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Bible Society
Publication Date
1867
Physical Description
316 p. ; 12 cm.
Inscription
Front endpaper: "35" [written in pencil] "E.D. Street" [written in blue ink] Table of contents: "225 A512" [written in pencil] Back endpaper: "To Sheridan from his "Friend" In memory of a happy summer holiday ___ John May 15 - 1946" [written upside-down in blue ink]
Library Subject (LOC)
Bible. New Testament
Christianity
Bible
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The old mam'selle's secret

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2713
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Marlitt, E. (Eugenie), 1825-1887
Publication Date
1868
Call Number
835 MAR
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV974.63.15
Call Number
835 MAR
Author
Marlitt, E. (Eugenie), 1825-1887
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
W. B. Conkey Company
Publication Date
1868
Physical Description
304 p.
Inscription
"Dec. 1904 / From A.B. / To Miss C Skyrme. / In Remembrance.", handwritten in brown ink on front endpaper
Library Subject (LOC)
Fiction--19th century
Object History
Book belonged to donor's mother.
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Open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner July / August 1973 - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory82
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1688-1919
Length
0:08:51
Summary
This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchard's thoughts on Socialism and Revolution in their various incantations. He also discusses the political leanings of the arrested Winnipeg Strikers.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchard's thoughts on Socialism and Revolution in their various incantations. He also discusses the political leanings of the arrested Winnipeg Strikers.
Date Range
1688-1919
Photo Info
William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930. Item no. 459-016
Length
0:08:51
Names
Woodsworth, James Shaver
Subjects
Political Theories
Interview Date
July / August 1973
Scope and Content
Recording is of a open meeting with William Pritchard and writer Norman Penner. Norman Penner is the editor of the book "Winnipeg 1919" about the strike from the striker's perspective. William Pritchard wrote the speech that was included in the book. Audience members were invited to ask Pritchard questions. Major theme discussed is: The Winnipeg General Strike. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
William "Bill" Arthur Pritchard was born on April 3, 1888 in Salford, England, the son of a miner and factory worker. In May 1911, Bill moved to British Columbia and within a week of arriving became an active member of the Socialist Party of Canada. From 1914 to 1917, he served as editor of the Western Clarion – the SPC newspaper. He became such a well-known socialist figure that when he travelled to Winnipeg to participate in the General Strike in 1919, he was one of only seven people arrested and imprisoned for his participation in the event despite the fact that he was in no way directly involved in its planning nor development. In 1922, Bill and his family settled in North Burnaby in the Capitol Hill District. Almost immediately after his arrival, Bill began to advocate for change and a planned development scheme for the municipality. Pritchard ran successfully for the position of Reeve and held the post until the end of 1932. One of Reeve Pritchard’s highest priorities while in office was to attempt to provide work for as many unemployed as possible all the while trying to elicit more support from the provincial and federal governments. Bill was a strong advocate of the belief that relief work should be focused on projects that would see a comprehensive development scheme for Burnaby – including planned sewers, roads and water supply. Despite Bill's best efforts, however, Burnaby was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, a Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city. Reeve Pritchard, having done all he could as a champion of the unemployed, stepped down as Reeve but left behind an undeniable legacy of courage and determination. He was rewarded for his enormous contributions to the city in 1975 when he was chosen to be made a Freeman of Burnaby. William Pritchard died on October 23, 1981. Norman Penner was born in Winnipeg in 1921 to Rose and Jacob Penner and brother to Roland, Ruth and Walter. Their father Jacob was a leading member of the Communist Party and popular Winnipeg Alderman. Norman graduated from high school in 1937 but did not begin university until much later, preferring to begin his adult life from 1938 to 1941 as a full-time officer of the Winnipeg branch of the Communist Party of Canada. From 1941 to 1946 he served with the Canadian Army which included two-and-a-half years of overseas combat duty. On his return to Canada in 1947 he again returned to his duties as a full-time officer with the communist Labour-Progressive Party (formed in 1941 after the Canadian Communist Party was officially banned). After the abortive Hungarian revolution in 1956, Norman Penner resigned from the party and instead worked as a self-employed manufacturer’s sales representative until 1971. In 1964 he decided to go back to school part time and graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1969. He took an MA in 1971 and a PhD in 1975 from the same institution. Penner was hired as a lecturer at York University's Glendon College in 1972 and soon became a professor, continuing to teach until 1995. He wrote extensively on the Canadian left. Penner edited and introduced "Winnipeg 1919: The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike" in 1973, published "The Canadian Left: A Critical Analysis" in 1977 and contributed three chapters to as well as editing "Keeping Canada Together Means Changing Our Thinking" in 1978. He published "Canadian Communism: The Stalin Years and Beyond" in 1988 and "From Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada 1900 to Present" in 1992 as well as numerous articles, reviews and book chapters. Norman Penner was married to Norma Lipes for sixty-seven years. The couple had four children: Steve (Mary Ellen Marus); Joyce (Herman Parsons); Gary (Marlene Kadar); and Bob (Shaena Lambert). Norman Penner died April 16, 2009 at the age of eighty-eight.
Total Tracks
7
Total Length
1:03:00
Interviewee Name
Pritchard, William A.
Penner, Norman
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks

Track five of open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner

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Otto Gossell

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66456
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Otto Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Otto Gossell who married C's mother's sister." Otto would have been an uncle to Bernard and Claude Hill. In the photograph, he is pictured wearing a dress uniform, with a medal affixed to the…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1860]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-1070
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Otto Gossell. A note accompanying the photograph reads: "Otto Gossell who married C's mother's sister." Otto would have been an uncle to Bernard and Claude Hill. In the photograph, he is pictured wearing a dress uniform, with a medal affixed to the lapel.
Subjects
Clothing - Military Uniforms
Names
Gossell, Otto
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

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