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Millway family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66632
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of material created and collected by Reginald and Betty Millway, including a map of the Municipal of Burnaby and research on Robert Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Millway family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-12
- BHS1999-11
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of material created and collected by Reginald and Betty Millway, including a map of the Municipal of Burnaby and research on Robert Burnaby.
- History
- Reginald E. "Reg" Millway was born on December 20, 1915 at Milton Regis in the County of Kent. He graduated from London University via Regent Street Polytechnic and was appointed to the Air Ministry Technical Division in 1937, where he remained throughout World War II. Due to a hearing impairment he was unable to join the services and instead joined the Home Guard and served on fire bomb patrol in central London. Betty was born November 16, 1916. She married Reginald in 1940. Together they had four daughters: Catherine, Penelope “Penny”, Jennifer and Francis “Fran”. The Millways left Britain in March 1948. They sailed on the last voyage of the Acquitania to Halifax, and then took a parlour car in a C.N. train to New Westminster and took up residence in South Burnaby. After two or three years, Reginald had established his own business, Marine Electronics. When the United Flower Growers Cooperative formed in the late 1950s, Reginald helped them assemble property at Roseberry and Marine Way in cooperation with the Director of Planning. A large auditorium was built there and Reginald helped them design, manufacture and install a complete electronic system. Modifications and additions have occurred along the way to the point that it is handling millions of dollars worth of flowers annually and it is the largest operation of its kind in Canada. Reginald Millway ran in the Burnaby elections of 1957. Newly elected Mayor Alan Emmot offered him the chairmanship of the Zoning Board of Appeal (later the Board of Variance). He remained chairman for the next 35 years. In 1962, he joined the Rotary Club of Burnaby; he served as president of the club in 1969 and was a member for over 45 years. Reginald was also an early member of the Burnaby Historical Society. He served as its president for three terms. He and Blythe Eagles went to Loughborough, England, on behalf of the Society to locate and clean up the site of Robert Burnaby's grave. Reginald was also on the committee that acquired the property and organised the establishment of the Burnaby Village Museum. Betty Millway was an accomplished writer and received the 1984 Canadian Author’s Association Allan Sagster Award for long and meritorious service. She developed Robert Burnaby's family tree for the Historical Society and in the process made many contacts with prominent citizens of Loughborough, including the executive controller of the area, who introduced the Millways to the Mayor and Council. This formed the groundwork for a close relationship which Mayor Bill Lewarne formerly developed as a Sister City relationship in 1985. The Millways were longstanding members of the Burnaby Beautification Committee and their garden was featured in Gardens West in the 1998 November/December issue. Betty Millway died July 21, 2005. Reginald E. Millway died November 7, 2010.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC353, MSS157
Municipal record subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97406
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created by the City of Burnaby and records donated to the Burnaby Historical Society by City of Burnaby staff members and councillors. Records include City publications, departmental reports, brochures, and maps.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1909-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-10
- BHS1990-02
- BHS1990-09
- BHS1991-36
- BHS1992-14
- BHS1992-18
- BHS1992-34
- BHS1992-21
- BHS1992-50
- BHS1995-15
- BHS1996-09
- BHS1996-10
- BHS1996-19
- BHS1997-02
- BHS1997-15
- BHS1997-23
- BHS1999-03
- BHS1999-05
- BHS2001-04
- BHS2001-14
- BHS2000-09
- BHS2001-09
- BHS2002-06
- BHS2004-13
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created by the City of Burnaby and records donated to the Burnaby Historical Society by City of Burnaby staff members and councillors. Records include City publications, departmental reports, brochures, and maps.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- City of Burnaby
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
- PC351, PC366, PC416, PC420, PC422, PC435, PC454, PC455, PC467, PC597, PC598, MSS003, MSS045, MSS049, MSS072, MSS089, MSS096, MSS131, MSS133, MSS138
Nancy Peter subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97449
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake compiled by Nancy Peter. Subseries also contains one school report: "A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Nancy Peter subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-45
- BHS1992-40
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Burnaby Lake compiled by Nancy Peter. Subseries also contains one school report: "A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education."
- History
- Nancy M. Bailey was the vice principal of Lord Tweedsmeer Hight School in Cloverdale, BC. In 1941, she met Laurence J. Peter, an industrial arts teacher at the school. In 1943 the couple married and in 1947 they moved to Burnaby. Laurence and Nancy had four children: two boys, John and Ted, and two girls, Alice and Margaret. The family was actively involved in the Burnaby community with Laurence and Nancy taking part in local politics and community activities and their children participating in Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and music lessons. All four children graduated from Burnaby North High School and in 1970, Ted and Alice completed their studies at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). They worked local jobs in the community including on the construction of the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course. Laurence worked as a Mental Health Coordinator (Special Counselor) in the Vancouver School System and in 1959, Nancy joined the staff at the newly opened Burnaby Central Senior Secondary School as a Math teacher. She later became the head of the Mathematics Department at the school. The couple continued their education at summer school at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where Nancy completed her Masters Degree in 1964 and Laurence his Doctoral degree in 1963. Laurence joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1965 and received the WSU Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980. The couple separated in 1965 and Laurence moved to California in 1966 to teach at the University of Southern California. Nancy continued to teach at Burnaby South, until her retirement in 1978 after 30 years as head of the Mathematics Department at Burnaby Central. She was an active member of the Burnaby Historical Society for many years. Nancy passed away in Nanaimo near her family on April 21, 2013 at the age of 97.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Peter, Nancy M. Bailey
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
Norah Code subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs taken and compiled by Norah Code during the course of her work as editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper. Photographs depict Central Park and various 1958 BC Centennial events and people. Also included are photographs and news clippings related to the old Bonsor …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Norah Code subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-05
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs taken and compiled by Norah Code during the course of her work as editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper. Photographs depict Central Park and various 1958 BC Centennial events and people. Also included are photographs and news clippings related to the old Bonsor Hall and scrapbooks about the Burnaby Rhythm Rascals seniors' music troupe.
- History
- Norah Code was the editor of the Burnaby Courier newspaper.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Code, Norah
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC345, MSS126
Oral history subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64783
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes of audio/visual materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of oral history tapes created from interviews with early Burnaby residents. Interviews appear to have been conducted by both Burnaby Village Museum staff and Burnaby Historical Society members. Subseries also includes oral history tapes conducted by history students while atte…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes of audio/visual materials
- Material Details
- Audio cassette tapes and 30 magnetic tape reels
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of oral history tapes created from interviews with early Burnaby residents. Interviews appear to have been conducted by both Burnaby Village Museum staff and Burnaby Historical Society members. Subseries also includes oral history tapes conducted by history students while attending Simon Fraser University. A number of the SFU tapes are titled either "Burnaby in the Thirties" or "Local History Tapes."
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- MSS137, 100-13-01:100-13-25
- Paper finding aids accompany this series
- Interviews were digitized in 2010 allowing them 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.
Parks and Recreation Commission subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96467
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 5 folders of textual records + 5 rolls of microfilm
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Parks and Recreation Commission including Hart Mansion, facility and equipment user fees, appointments, mileage and expenses, and miscellaneous.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 5 folders of textual records + 5 rolls of microfilm
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Parks and Recreation Commission including Hart Mansion, facility and equipment user fees, appointments, mileage and expenses, and miscellaneous.
- History
- Parks and Recreation Commission was established on December 30, 1957. This Commission was responsible for maintaining Burnaby's parks and recreational outlets, and was the successor to the Board of Parks Commissioners. In 1999, the Commission was renamed Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
People files subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97359
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to notable people in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- People files subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1993-03
- BHS1997-16
- BHS1999-02
- BHS2000-06
- BHS2003-13
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to notable people in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97276
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original)-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original)-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.
- History
- On May 28, 1980 the Mayor and Council of Burnaby held a tea to honour Burnaby “pioneers.” The event was held as part of “Burnaby Funfest Days ‘80” and was meant to recognize members of the community who had resided in Burnaby prior to 1930 and acknowledge their contributions as pioneers of the City. Although approximately 100 people were expected, more than 500 actually attended. Each participant was asked to fill out a brief personal information form outlining their experiences in Burnaby’s earliest days. The response was so favorable that the idea of compiling a book to capture these memories was born. The City hired a writer edit and organize the book they held writing contests to encourage senior residents to share their experiences. Other community members became involved in the project when the City enlisted the help of secondary school students to type manuscripts for those unable to do so and journalism students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology to conduct interviews with additional “pioneers.” The book was published in 1987.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Mayor's Office
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC204, MSS064
Pixie McGeachie subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription101
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910 (date of original)-2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and photographs collected by Pixie McGeachie during her tenure as archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives. Also included are newspaper articles and essays penned by Pixie, a series of research files collected and organized for her own personal u…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910 (date of original)-2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pixie McGeachie subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-28
- BHS1991-07
- BHS1992-39
- BHS1992-56
- BHS1992-58
- BHS1996-06
- BHS1996-16
- BHS1997-01
- BHS2004-02
- BHS1991-16
- BHS1999-13
- BHS1996-08
- BHS1996-07
- BHS2000-03
- BHS2003-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and photographs collected by Pixie McGeachie during her tenure as archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives. Also included are newspaper articles and essays penned by Pixie, a series of research files collected and organized for her own personal use and a selection of ephemera.
- History
- Doreen "Pixie" McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over 60 years. She served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." Pixie also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission, leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the Historical Society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website. The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the Year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. Pixie McGeachie passed away in August of 2010. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading room at the City Archives in her honour and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC299, PC237, PC332, PC460, MSS054, MSS065, and MSS081
Pollution Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96469
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 7 folders of textual records + 1 roll of microfilm
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Pollution Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, and terms of reference.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Pollution Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 7 folders of textual records + 1 roll of microfilm
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Pollution Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, and terms of reference.
- History
- The Pollution Committee was established on April 8, 1969. The Committee reported on matters such as landfill operations, municipal sewage, and individual property concerns. The Committee was renamed the Pollution, Refineries Safety and Security Committee in 1981, then renamed the Pollution Committee again in 1982 The Pollution Committee became the Environment & Waste Management Committee on December 7, 1987.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Ramsey family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription106
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original) -1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original) -1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ramsey family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record and graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-19
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.
- History
- Edwin Ramsey came to Canada from Scotland when he was about 11 years old. He was given farmland and quickly became an avid farmer. Edwin Ramsey married Annie Plummer circa 1893. This was Annie Plummer’s second marriage. In the early years of their marriage, Edwin and Annie lived in Orange Ridge, Manitoba and operated a store and post office. Their first child, Queenie, was born November 11, 1895. Albert Edwin "Bert" Ramsey was born January 27, 1898. Eva Lilian Ramsey was born January 24, 1900. Jessica “Jessie” Ramsey was born two years later. The Ramseys then headed to New Westminster. By 1905 they had bought "the Park” (what is now Robert Burnaby Park) from Mr. Wintermute for $4,000 cash. They moved into a large house already constructed on the property. The park was full of apple trees, a garden, pigs, two cows, horses and a buggy and wagon with a barn near the second street entrance. By now, the eldest, Queenie was enrolled at Burnaby’s first school. Twins Ernest “Ernie” and Dorothy “Doll” were born in 1906. Eva started at Edmonds School in 1908 when it was just built. Her siblings Queenie, Bert, Jeanie, Ernie and Doll all attended the school as well. In 1909 the Ramseys sold the park to Mr. Vidal of New Westminster and his syndicate along with a portable mill to Pemberton & Sons and received enough money to buy six lots on 12th Avenue where they built a large house. Gordon “Gord” Ramsey was born in that house in 1909. Soon after, they sold the house and moved to Blaine for six months, then on to Bellingham where they remained until Edwin and Annie divorced in 1914. Edwin moved alone to Alberta and Annie moved back to Burnaby with their children. Bert began attending the University of British Columbia where he studied to become a doctor. He joined the army in May of 1916, went to war and was killed at Vimy Ridge on April 12, 1917 at the age of 19. As Mr. Vital and his syndicate were to go to war as captains, Mr. Vital gave up the park property and Annie was able to take it back. Unfortunately, the new initiative of taxing wild lands caused Annie to lose the park property through tax sale proceedings. She then entered into a lease agreement with Burnaby which allowed her to stay on at "the Park." With twelve years of piano training, Annie was considered a talented musician and played the piano at St. Alban’s church for many years. Annie Ramsey died on October 3, 1926. Jessica, Dorothy and Queenie all moved to the United States. Gordon married a woman named Irene. Eva married William “Bill” Anderson at the St. Stephen’s Church in New Westminster on July 7, 1919. She and Bill were the first couple to marry there. They held their wedding reception at “the Park.” In 1921, Bill and Eva bought a home at 723 Second Street for $2450. They had one daughter, Dorothy "Dot" Anderson. Dot later married Robert V. “Bob” Douglas. Eva died in 1995.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Ramsay, Eva Lillian
- Notes
- PC399 and MSS154
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Certificate reads "Ramsay" although the family continuously spelt their name "Ramsey"
Robert Burnaby subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97442
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-[1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Historical Society pertaining to the life of Robert Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-[1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Robert Burnaby subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Historical Society pertaining to the life of Robert Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
- PC598, MSS006
Robert Prittie subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription113
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records created and collected by Robert Prittie during his teaching and political careers and following his retirement from public office. Records include Burnaby Teachers Association and other school organization records, election papers, and copies of various City reports an…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Robert Prittie subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records created and collected by Robert Prittie during his teaching and political careers and following his retirement from public office. Records include Burnaby Teachers Association and other school organization records, election papers, and copies of various City reports and meeting minutes. Also included are photographic postcards of Burnaby, photographs of Robert Prittie attending official City functions, and aerial photographs of industrial and business sites in Burnaby.
- History
- Born in North Vancouver on December 5, 1919, Robert “Bob” William Prittie was the first of four sons born to Wilmot Prittie and Mary Adair. As a child, his health was weaker than younger brothers Bill, Eric and Halford, as he suffered from Polio and asthma. Bob was an industrious youth who left school early to work in a department store warehouse. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Bob enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force and spent the duration of the war serving on the ground in Canada at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base and the No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School in Manitoba, completing his high school education through correspondence courses. While at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base, he met pre-school teacher Grace King of Sidney, Vancouver Island. By 1940 they were married and soon after, had their first son, Robert King. In 1945, Bob was discharged from the air force with the rank of sergeant and entered the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in history. After the war, Bob spent a few years working in Ottawa as a foreign-service officer, but he returned to UBC in 1949, receiving a diploma in education. He later undertook post-graduate studies at Laval University and Western Washington State College. Bob returned to Burnaby in 1950 following the tragic death of their son. He immediately began teaching. Over the next thirteen years, he taught at Sperling Avenue School, McPherson Park Junior High School, Burnaby South High School and Burnaby North High School. He and Grace went on to have three more children: Heather in 1951, Bruce in 1953, and Ian in 1955. In 1959 he was elected to serve as a member of the municipal Council, re-elected and serving until the end of his term in 1962 when he left to serve as Member of Parliament for the Burnaby-Richmond riding. He held that office until 1968. In January 1969, Bob first took office as Mayor of Burnaby and in that capacity served on the GVRD as a Director for a number of years. In May of 1973, he decided to resign as Mayor of Burnaby in order to take up a position as Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and in 1975 he was appointed as the Minister of Municipal Affairs, a post he held for a short time. After his tenure as Minister, Bob retired from public life and he and his second wife Isobel Pothecary moved to Victoria. Isobel had three children from a previous marriage: Alan, Deirdre and Fiona. Bob left an enduring legacy for the citizens of Burnaby as a champion of schools, libraries and parks and recreation programs. In 1978 he was awarded the title of "Freeman of the Municipality" and in 1991 a new branch of the Burnaby Public Library was opened and named after him. His status as Freeman and the naming of the library in his honour are testament to his record of service and dedication to the community and its citizens. Robert Prittie died on January 14, 2002.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"
- Notes
- PC368, PC369, PC498, MSS086, MSS127
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
Rod Fowler subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57849
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a report on the Hastings Grove Store and the Lochdale Community Hall prepared by Rod Fowler.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Rod Fowler subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-32
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a report on the Hastings Grove Store and the Lochdale Community Hall prepared by Rod Fowler.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Fowler, Rod
- Notes
- MSS026
- Title based on creator of subseries
Ross family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription114
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922(date of originals)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922(date of originals)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ross family subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-05
- BHS1999-14
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.
- History
- Frederick "Fred" Sullivan Ross was born 1887 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He took his apprenticeship in mechanics in Glasgow prior to 1911, following which he immigrated to Canada. During the First World War he returned to Britain and joined the Royal Navy. He was a Chief Petty Officer, working in the engine room of a mine sweeper in the North Atlantic. Margaret Binnie Dougal was in 1884 in Linlithgow, Scotland. She trained as a nurse before emigrating to Canada in 1911. She also returned to Britain during the war years, nursing at Boulogne in France and later Bristol before returning to Vancouver in 1919. She met Fred through a mutual friend, Agnes Rhind. Fred and Margaret married in 1920 in Vancouver, BC. Their first home was in North Vancouver and was where their first child, Ronald, was born. In 1921 or 1922 they moved to the Burnaby Lake area, buying a three-quarter acre parcel of land at 2974 Sprott Street and had two more children, Ian and Alistair. Fred built, owned and operated the Ross Service Station on Douglas Road, established in 1922 or 1923. The station property ran from Douglas Road up to the Douglas Road School’s fence line. After the municipality appropriated part of the property in the 1930s to create a junction for the new Grandview Highway and existing Douglas Road, Fred got permission to build an upper station with two more pumps. The driveway curved down to the station from where Sprott Street now joins Canada Way and rejoined that road near its junction with Douglas Road. At Ross Service Station, Fred did automobile repairs and used the family car, a Studebaker Commander, as a towing vehicle. He created a garden north of the service station on the upper level where he grew chrysanthemums and daises. In the 1930s, Terry Rowley worked at the service station as one of Fred’s assistants. Fred ran the station until he sold it in about 1949. Margaret died December 29, 1969 at the age of 85. Fred died on August 21, 1971 at the age of 84.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Ross family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC58 and MSS146
Royal Bank history and restoration records subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1974-[1999], predominant 1975-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of of records pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Royal Bank exhibit series
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of of records pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976.
- Accession Code
- BV022.1
- Date
- 1974-[1999], predominant 1975-1993
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
School files subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97358
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to schools in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- School files subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-57
- BHS1997-04
- BHS1999-10
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to schools in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19345
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of th…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)
- Material Details
- Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto separate audio tracks. Multiple tracks per interview were edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of the second year of the Burnaby Village Museum's South Asian Research project. Interviews were conducted with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar; Prem Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Gill; Sadhu Binning; MLA: Honourable Raj Chouhan; Surjeet Kaur Parmar and Maninder Arora.
- Accession Code
- BV022.29
- BV023.1
- Date
- [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Further accruals expected
South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription121
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-36
- BHS2008-17
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.
- History
- The South Burnaby Garden Club as formed in 1901 after a group of Central Park residents met to form a Farmers’ Institute. They leased 17 acres of Central Park from the Provincial Government and with the support of government grants constructed a two-story building on the property. The building was constructed in time for the first annual Fall Fair in September 1901. In 1903 the Institute amalgamated with the South Vancouver and Burnaby Agricultural Society to become the Central Park Agricultural Association & Farmers Institute. In 1907 the membership doubled to 520 members. Increasing urbanization and the First World War saw the last exhibition in 1919. The lease on the building expired in 1921. The Society continued to meet and hold small exhibitions in rented halls under the South Burnaby Horticultural Association name. After several name changes, the association became the South Burnaby Garden Club in 1958 and continues to this day.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- South Burnaby Garden Club
- Notes
- PC223, PC488, MSS028
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62888
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club, including meeting minutes and handbooks.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-02
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club, including meeting minutes and handbooks.
- History
- The Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club began in West Burnaby in 1914. On December 1, 1937, the club amalgamated with the Ladies Central Park Club to create the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club at Central Park. By that time, the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club had already won a number of British Columbia Lawn Bowling Association tournaments and trophies. The joint executive of the Men's and Ladies' Burnaby Lawn Bowling Clubs formed the Building Fund and Social Committee in 1945 with the purpose of collecting funds to improve the clubhouse and green. The committee remained active throughout the 1950s and 60s. In 1973, under the new title of South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club, the constitution and by-laws of the club were established.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club
- Notes
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
- MSS102