Burnaby Town Planning Commission subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96373
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Town Planning Commission, including minute books.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Town Planning Commission, including minute books.
- History
- The Burnaby Town Planning Commission was established in 1928. The Commission was concerned with town planning operations such as road improvement, land contouring, zoning, rezoning, and infrastructure projects within the City of Burnaby. It is the predecessor to the Advisory Planning Commission. The Burnaby Town Planning Commission disbanded circa 1957.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Planning General series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription174
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-2007
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series includes documents that were collected by the Planning Department for use as research and reference tools within the Department. These include newspaper clippings, external publications, maps, plans, brochures, pamphlets, statistical information, and educational aids.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-2007
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Planning General series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series includes documents that were collected by the Planning Department for use as research and reference tools within the Department. These include newspaper clippings, external publications, maps, plans, brochures, pamphlets, statistical information, and educational aids.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Planning photograph series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription178
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- ca. 6000 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs created, and/or used by the Planning Department in the course of preparing reports, studies, publications, or displays. Subjects of the photographs vary, but include street scenes, prominent buildings, aerial views of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, and photogra…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Planning photograph series
- Physical Description
- ca. 6000 photographs
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- 2002-03
- 2002-06
- 2003-15
- 2004-16
- 2010-09
- 2012-15
- 2016-09
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs created, and/or used by the Planning Department in the course of preparing reports, studies, publications, or displays. Subjects of the photographs vary, but include street scenes, prominent buildings, aerial views of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, and photographs taken at certain Burnaby events.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photo catalogue 502
Studies, reports, and conferences series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription186
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the various published and draft reports and studies produced by the Planning Department covering all facets of their operations. During the course of their research and reporting on all planning issues within the City, the Planning Department published or made available studies …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the various published and draft reports and studies produced by the Planning Department covering all facets of their operations. During the course of their research and reporting on all planning issues within the City, the Planning Department published or made available studies that outlined the findings or proposals that arose from their work and this type of material was all grouped together within this series. These reports and studies ranged from topics such as Burnaby regional studies, transportation and apartment reports, and park and school site needs to Official Community Plans and development schemes related to residential, commercial, and industrial sites. Also found within this series were the records that were created dealing with conferences, workshops, and seminars attended or held by the Burnaby Planning Department staff.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Moving Images
Council Committee series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription139
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-2020
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of minutes, agendas, correspondence and reports of committees of Council, including the Court of Revision (up to 2001), Advisory Planning Commission, Bicycle Advisory Committee, Civic Development Committee, Community Heritage Commission, Community Housing and Planning Committee, Com…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-2020
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of minutes, agendas, correspondence and reports of committees of Council, including the Court of Revision (up to 2001), Advisory Planning Commission, Bicycle Advisory Committee, Civic Development Committee, Community Heritage Commission, Community Housing and Planning Committee, Community Issues and Social Planning Committee, Community Policing Committee, Emergency Planning Committee, Environment and Waste Management Committee, Executive Committee, Family Court and Youth Justice Committee, Finance and Economics Development Committee, Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Commission), Traffic and Transportation Committee (Transportation and Transit Division), as well as the minutes of various defunct committees.
- History
- Committees of Council are comprised of Council members and citizens of Burnaby who apply to sit on a committee in a volunteer capacity. In the early years, Council committees did not include citizen participation; committees consisted of two or more councillors nominated by the Reeve, or the entire Council would sit as a committee. One councillor would be selected as committee chair. The Reeve would often sit on committees as well. Committees may also be created on an ad hoc basis to deal with particular issues as they arise. For example, a committee was temporarily formed in 1899 to oversee the construction of the new municipal hall. The earliest committees of Council were the Finance Committee, Board of Works, Board of Health and the Licensing Board. Council would also sit once a year as the Court of Revision. [In addition, Councillors also sat on intermunicipal councils with Vancouver and Coquitlam council members]. By 1910, the number of Council committees had increased in accordance with Burnaby’s development; the earliest committee minutes recorded separately from the minutes of Council date from this year.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Redevelopment and Urban Renewal series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription183
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1931-1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series contains records that resulted from the Planning Department’s participation in municipal redevelopment and urban renewal projects. The records include: maps, plans, surveys, reports, statistical information, studies, minutes of Council and Council Committees, correspondence, and memoranda.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1931-1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series contains records that resulted from the Planning Department’s participation in municipal redevelopment and urban renewal projects. The records include: maps, plans, surveys, reports, statistical information, studies, minutes of Council and Council Committees, correspondence, and memoranda.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Capitol Hill Community Association subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription24
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1943-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photograph of William Dynes, Capitol Hill Community Hall minute book, and architectural plans for the Association's hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1943-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-12
- BHS1992-33
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photograph of William Dynes, Capitol Hill Community Hall minute book, and architectural plans for the Association's hall.
- History
- The Capitol Hall Community Association was formed in 1912, with meetings held in a machine shop located south of Hastings Street. By 1923, the Association had moved to the original Howard Avenue School at Howard and Francis, but the building was destroyed by fire in 1924. A new hall was erected south of Hastings Street in 1926 and was used for Association activities until 1943 when it was also destroyed by fire. From 1943 until late 1947, Capitol Hill Community Association meetings were held in a variety of places, including the United Church Hall, Mrs. Wilson’s house on Ellesmere, Capitol Hill School, Harry Royle’s Store and Mrs. Wood’s house on North Warwick. Various plans and sketches for a new hall were discussed, including one by architect Harold Collerne, but it was turned down. By June of 1944, members decided on the Howard Avenue site on Dynes Park, north of Hastings Street. Two applications for building permits were turned down. In 1946, the Municipal Clerk finally requested tenders for the erection of the hall. In 1947, a "temporary” hall was built on the present site and remains there to this day. Planning and construction was carried out with George Green as Chairman of the Building Committee and William James Dynes as Foreman. The members were in the new hall by December 1947.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC282, MSS077
Central Burnaby Ratepayers and Citizens Association subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62781
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to the Central Burnaby Ratepayers and Citizens Association, including its certificate of incorporation, meeting minutes and correspondence. The Ratepayers' copy of such documents as the House of Commons Routine Proceedings of the Day, Lists of Electors for 19…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to the Central Burnaby Ratepayers and Citizens Association, including its certificate of incorporation, meeting minutes and correspondence. The Ratepayers' copy of such documents as the House of Commons Routine Proceedings of the Day, Lists of Electors for 1960-1961 as well as proposals put forward by the Burnaby Planning Department are also included.
- History
- The Central Burnaby Ratepayers and Citizens Association was incorporated as a Society on November 21, 1944. The Assocation operated out of the Douglas Road School with membership open to all ratepayers and bona fide residents of Central Burnaby. In the beginning, the Association had the objective of developing interest in local municipal affairs in cooperation with the Council of Burnaby, and to promote the social and cultural life of the community. By 1964, the Association's objective was to keep the citizens informed on subjects of local interest, to enquire into local problems, and, if necessary, to petition Council.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- MSS093
Eagles family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 -1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the subseries are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glacie…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 -1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-11
- BHS1996-21
- BHS2000-04
- BHS1987-07
- BHS1995-06
- BHS1991-18
- BHS1995-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the subseries are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glaciers to Early Settlements" and the Eagles' visit to Robert Burnaby's grave.
- History
- Blythe Eagles's paternal grandparents Charles and Maude Eagles immigrated to New Westminster in 1887. Their son Jack married Amelia Jane Johnston, and Blythe Eagles was born in New Westminster in 1902. In 1918, Blythe enrolled at the University of British Columbia and took a Physiology class with eight other top students; his future wife, Violet Dunbar, was the lone woman in the class. Blythe graduated in 1922, winning the Governor General's Gold Medal as top student. He received his MA in 1924 and his PhD in 1926 from the University of Toronto. He then completed his post-doctoral study at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, England. In 1933, Dr. Eagles became head of the Department of Dairying (1936-1955), Chairman of the Division of Animal Science (1955-1967), and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture (in 1949 until his retirement in 1967). In 1968 he received an Honourary Doctor of Science Award from UBC. Blythe was also one of the first appointments to the Burnaby Town Planning Commission. Violet Evelyn Dunbar was born September 29, 1899 in Ontario, the eldest child of John and Mary (Tompson) Dunbar. Violet obtained her BA in 1921 and MA in 1922 from the University of British Columbia. In 1922 she attended the Provincial Normal School and within six months had a teaching certificate and taught at Lord Hudson School in 1923. In September 1923, she was awarded a two-year scholarship to the University of Toronto, where she joined Blythe in the Bio-Chemistry Department. She received a second MA and a PhD in 1929. Her graduate studies entailed research in pure proteins and enzymes related to the commercial production of cheese. Through this work, she was recognized as one of the leading enzyme chemists in the country, being a senior lab instructor of biochemistry. Violet was one of the founders of the Burnaby Council of Women and active member of the International Council of Women. Blythe and Violet Eagles purchased property at Deer Lake in 1929 and began construction of their home shortly before their marriage on June 25, 1930. The Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles Estate is a unique expression of the talents and tastes of both the Eagles and Frank Ebenezer Buck (1875-1970), who was head of the Horticultural Department and the Campus Landscape Architect at U.B.C. and established the plan for the Eagles garden while Blythe selected many of the plantings. The Eagles themselves designed the house as a romantic cottage inspired by the British Arts and Crafts style. Violet was an enthusiastic amateur gardener, maintaining and continually developing the garden. The Eagles were active volunteers in the local community as well as at UBC. When Simon Fraser University opened in Burnaby, they became well-known for entertaining dignitaries and special guests of the university in their lavish garden. After Violet's death in 1993, the estate was sold to the City of Burnaby. The funds were used to establish a Chair in Agriculture at the University of British Columbia in their memory.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Eagles, Dr. Blythe
- Eagles, Dr. Violet
- Notes
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
- PC245, PC331, PC404, MSS032, PC314, PC482, MSS055
Fire General and Administration series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription148
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direction, coordination, training services, and planning. Records in the series include daily record books, emergency preparedness pamphlets, a departmental practice manual, procedural directives, sc…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- File Class
- 26200 20 (add. 2020)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direction, coordination, training services, and planning. Records in the series include 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.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
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
Subdivision Control series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription187
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1940-2015
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the records created during the subdivision application process. This includes the initial application made by the property owner(s), the relevant reports and recommendations by outside departments and agencies, inter- and extra-office communication and correspondence, receipts o…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1940-2015
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Subdivision Control series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of the records created during the subdivision application process. This includes the initial application made by the property owner(s), the relevant reports and recommendations by outside departments and agencies, inter- and extra-office communication and correspondence, receipts of fees paid, maps, plans, architectural drawings, tentative approval checklists, right-of-way agreements, easements, covenants, road closure references, Title Search Certificates, and final approval checklists.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Fire insurance Plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17803
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1925-1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- over 100 plans on multiple sheets : col. lithographic prints
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of fire insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby created by the British Columbia Insurance Underwriters Association and a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company, Burnaby Plant created by Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- over 100 plans on multiple sheets : col. lithographic prints
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of fire insurance plans of Greater Vancouver and Burnaby created by the British Columbia Insurance Underwriters Association and a fire insurance plan of the Dominion Bridge Company, Burnaby Plant created by Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
- History
- The British Columbia Underwriters' Association was founded in Victoria in 1880, most likely under the name British Columbia Fire Underwriters Association. In 1928 the organisation changed its name to the British Columbia Insurance Underwriters Association, and again in 1940 to the British Columbia Underwriters Association.
- Accession Code
- HV972.111
- BV987.1.70
- BV015.10.1
- Date
- 1925-1957
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Burnaby Lake Men’s Community Service Club subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription127
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of meeting minutes, incorporation documents, correspondence and pamphlets from the Burnaby Lake Men's Community Service Club. Also included in the subseries is one large framed photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-07
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of meeting minutes, incorporation documents, correspondence and pamphlets from the Burnaby Lake Men's Community Service Club. Also included in the subseries is one large framed photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre.
- History
- The Burnaby Lake Men’s Community Service Club was incorporated on March 26, 1946. The aims of the club were to: cultivate a desire in our members to be of the greatest service to their community; elevate and reinforce the standards of good citizenship; foster friendship and broaden human sympathy and express them in terms of social helpfulness; and provide for wholesome recreation, education, civic and other leisure-time activities of the community. ccording to a membership drive handout produced in 1951, yearly membership was $1 and in order to be a member you had to: have been a former member; be present active member; be of the male species; or be t least mildly interested in the betterment of the social activities of your community and the promotion of good fellowship. Director of the Department of Education, Henry Hill, was the first president of the Club. Hill was also instrumental in the creation of the Valley View Community Council, which was originally made up of two appointed delegates from the Central Burnaby Ratepayers & Citizen’s Association, the Burnaby Lake Men’s Community Service Club and the Women’s Community Club. The Valley View Community Council became a Society on February 10, 1948. In 1943 Burnaby City Council pledged to help fund at least one Community Centre in each Ward of the Municipality by 50% (up to $2,500 per building). The Club had a plan to provide a Community Centre for the Central Burnaby area as early as 1945 when they visited the site allotted to the cause by the Council of Burnaby on Douglas Road at Ledger Street (later renamed and numbered 4050 Grandview Highway and later called Canada Way). They organized Annual Country Fairs, with the first held in 1944, to raise funds from community members and by November 30, 1946, they had $3,750 “held for the purpose of building a Community Centre.” The building was erected and by December of 1949 it was used for the purpose of holding a Municipal Election.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC196, MSS084
Bylaws series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription136
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of all bylaws passed, signed and sealed by the municipal Council of Burnaby, as well as drafts of bylaws that did not receive final adoption or a final reading. Bylaws pertain to all aspects of municipal government, including, but not limited to, public works, land and building reg…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2010
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Bylaws series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of all bylaws passed, signed and sealed by the municipal Council of Burnaby, as well as drafts of bylaws that did not receive final adoption or a final reading. Bylaws pertain to all aspects of municipal government, including, but not limited to, public works, land and building regulation, taxation, finance, licensing, public health and safety, and recreation and culture. Series also includes files of correspondence and other documents related to the development of individual bylaws and municipal bylaw elections, as well as appendices to bylaws, including maps, plans, and engineering related comprehensive development drawings (CD plans). Included also are bylaw record books, which list all bylaws and related information, such as dates of reading and final adoption dates. Bylaws are numbered sequentially and are arranged according to bylaw number.
- Formats
- Microfiche copies are available in the Clerk’s Department vault for bylaws number 1 to 10584.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Jesse Love farmhouse series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9782
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1893-1970] (date of originals), copied 1988-1998, predominant 1988-2000
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- approx. 84 cm of textual records + approx. 1,910 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + 3 audio cassettes + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records involved in the purchase, moving, restoration, research, conservation and exhibiting of the Love family farmhouse by Burnaby Village Museum. Records have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Love farmhouse conservation work files subseries 2) Love farmhouse re…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- approx. 84 cm of textual records + approx. 1,910 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + 3 audio cassettes + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records involved in the purchase, moving, restoration, research, conservation and exhibiting of the Love family farmhouse by Burnaby Village Museum. Records have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Love farmhouse conservation work files subseries 2) Love farmhouse restoration photographs subseries 3) Love farmhouse curatorial files subseries 4) Love farmouse research files subseries 5) Love family photographs 6) Love farmhouse Oral History subseries 7) Love farmhouse architectural drawings subseries
- History
- Jesse Love was born in Swindon, England in 1847 and left England to work on a dairy farm in the Toronto area. While working on the farm in Toronto, he met Martha Leonard who he married in 1879. Martha was born on February 3, 1858 in Bedfordshire, England and had come to Canada with her parents George and Ann Leonard. While living in Toronto, Jesse and Martha had two children, George born March 22, 1880 and Annie Elizabeth on August 24, 1881. About one year after Annie was born, the Love family moved to North Dakota to grow wheat. While living there, they had two more children, Henry who was born August 24, 1883 and Edith Minnie born October 9, 1885. The family decided to move further west after hearing about the fairer weather conditions from Martha’s father, George Leonard, who had settled in Vancouver in 1885. On May 23, 1887, Jesse, Martha and their four children arrived in Vancouver after travelling across Canada from Winnipeg on the first transcontinental train. The Loves made their home in Vancouver while Jesse helped clear land on Granville Street. Their fifth child, Thomas Robert was born on September 17, 1887 and soon after, the family moved to Lulu Island in Richmond where they lived growing vegetables and selling them to Vancouver hotels. While living and farming on Lulu island, the couple had two more girls, Martha (Dot or Dorothy) born on December 17, 1889 and Sarah Marie, born February 8, 1892. On October 6, 1893 an agreement was signed by Jesse Love to purchase 14.52 acres of land from Joseph C. Armstrong. The acreage covered the north east section of District Lot 25 within the newly incorporated District of the Municipality of Burnaby. It was here where the original Love house was built (between October 1893 and April 15, 1894) by Jesse Love with the help of local builder George Salt and father in law, George Leonard. The house consisted of an entrance hall, dining room, lean to kitchen, master bedroom and three bedrooms upstairs. A road was constructed and named Cumberland in 1905 and ran from District Lot 25 through to District Lot 11. The address for the Love home was 1390 Cumberland Road and in the early 1960’s the address was renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street. On the land surrounding the house, Jesse Love planted an orchard along with strawberries and raspberries which he sold at the Fraser Valley Market, T.S. Anandale’s Grocery Store in New Westminster and to hotels around Vancouver. Jesse Love served on the Burnaby School Board and also as a District Councillor in 1901 and from 1904-1907. While living in the house, Jesse and Martha had four more children, Phoebe Leonard, born April 15, 1894, Esther, born August 28, 1896, John Leonard, born June 7, 1899 and Hannah Victoria (also known as Girlie) who was born May 12, 1902. As the family grew to eleven children, additions along with some substantial remodelling in the craftsman style took place. In about 1898, a north wing addition was added to include a parlour with two windows, the construction of two more bedrooms and the relocation of the stair case to the North West wall. In 1903 the front door moved to the north elevation, a front porch was extended along the east wall and a summer lean to kitchen was added to the west elevation. Between 1905 and 1910, a tin embossed ceiling was installed along with an addition of the main kitchen which included a pantry, bathtub and a back porch. In about 1912, five craftsman style windows replaced the original pioneer tent style, the front verandah was enlarged to wrap around the south and east elevations, a back door was installed in the kitchen to access the verandah and wood shingle siding and brackets were added to the exterior. In 1918, at the age of 31 years, Robert Love fell ill due to an influenza epidemic and died on November 23, 1918. Following their son’s death, Martha Love became weak and on August 24, 1920, she passed away. By this time, Jesse had sold off a large percentage of his land and his youngest daughter, Girlie decided to stay on to live and care for him. Since the house was too large for just the two of them, Jesse invited any other children to return and share the residence. For a while his son, George and his wife joined them until 1925, followed by his daughter Sarah Parker (nee Love), her husband William and their three children, Albert, Bill and Elsie. The house remained pretty unchanged until 1928 after Jesse Love died of pneumonia (March 10, 1928) and the house was purchased by Sarah and her husband William Parker who continued to live there with their children. The master bedroom wall on the main floor opened up to the dining room, the kitchen pantry and bathtub converted to an alcove with a marble counter and enlarged window and sink while the bathroom was moved to the upstairs and the furnace and coolers were installed in the crawl space under the kitchen. A hot water tank was installed in the house in 1966. Sarah continued to live in the house until a little while after her husband William died in 1961. She sold the house to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes in 1966, who lived in the house along with their son Brent, until August 23, 1971. Mahbir Molchan Papan and his wife Geraldine Papan bought the house August 23, 1971 and by 1982, the house was sold to Nirmal Singh Singha and Narinder Singha. The Papans continued to rent the house from Nirmal Singh Singha and Narinder Singha until the late 1980s. In 1988, the house was scheduled for demolition with the remaining property to be subdivided. Fortunately, a neighbour, Mr. Harvey Elder recognized the farmhouse's historical significance and contacted the Burnaby Historical Society. Following this event, the owners agreed to donate the building to the Burnaby Village Museum (under the Century Park Museum Association) who financed the move of the house from Cumberland Street to the museum site. Heritage planner and architect, Robert Lemon provided guidance for the project. Prior to the move, the two porches were removed and demolished while the kitchen and roof were both separated from the main house. The kitchen and roof of the house were transported to Burnaby Village Museum on May 20, 1988 by Nickel Bros. House Moving company, while the main frame of the house completed its transportation to the museum near the end of May 1988 (due to low overhead wires). The house was moved down Cumberland Street to 10th Avenue, up Canada Way to Sperling and set on temporary footings near Hart House. Robert Lemon oversaw structural improvements such as, upgrading floor joists and creating new foundations to replace the original timber foundation of the farmhouse. The restoration went through several phases of work between 1988 until it opened in November 1998. Restoration began on both the interior and exterior features to be interpreted from the period of 1925. On November 23, 1992, the building was designated a heritage building under Heritage Designation Bylaw 1992, Bylaw Number 9807. In 1993, the architecture firm of Brian G. Hart Associates was appointed for the design and construction supervision of the restoration project. Plans were created for a foundation on the museum site in 1989 and the farmhouse was eventually settled on a permanent foundation behind the Burnaby Village Museum administration building in 1993 along with the reattachment of the roof. The kitchen section was reattached to the main house in 1994 along with skirting around the foundation and the reshingling of the exterior. In 1996, the tin ceiling was removed to make way for the installation of the internal electrical system along with sprinklers, ceiling heating and fire break gyprock. The dining room ceiling joists were consolidated, a pantry and bathroom were added to the kitchen, the downstairs bedroom wall was opened and filled, the dining and kitchen doorways were widened. In 1997, a wheelchair ramp was installed along with a concrete sidewalk, stair rails, cement pads at the base of the stairs and a gravel sink for any excess water. Interior work included painting of the kitchen, restoration and furnishing of the kitchen pantry, insulation of the house floor to protect from rodents along with the reconstruction of the kitchen and house chimneys. The registrar worked together with the curator and conservator and was tasked with a large research project on the house including the family contacts and family history, property information, plans, photographs, artifacts, furnishings, stories etc. all organized in files for easy retrieval. A great deal of research and conservation was undertaken in order to make the interior of the house authentic to the time period as possible. One of the biggest projects was selecting and obtaining wall coverings since much of the original wallpaper was incomplete and poor condition. The conservator and registrar were lucky enough to locate a few samples of the original paper and engage the Bradbury and Bradbury Art Wallpaper Company of Benica, California to reproduce replica designs for free. The City of Burnaby now has its own series “Burnaby Village Papers” produced by this company which are titled “Burnaby Wall”; “Burnaby Border” and “Burnaby Ceiling”. All three of these wallpaper designs have been used in the Love farm house and are also commercially available through the Bradbury and Bradbury Art Wallpaper Company. In 1997, restoration of the kitchen was completed and opened to the public. After the completion of the dining room, main floor bedroom and parlour, the Love farmhouse exhibit opened on November 29, 1998 with an open invitation to the public and extended members of the Love family. Officials including the Mayor, Doug Drummond and Love family members were all present to cut the ribbon for the special event.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41; BV020.5
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Date
- [1893-1970] (date of originals), copied 1988-1998, predominant 1988-2000
- Arrangement
- The majority of the records within series and subseries were arranged by a staff members of Burnaby Village Museum who worked on the historical research and restoration of the house. Other photographs documenting the move and further restoration work were added later and included in the arrangment by format and subject.
- Notes
- Title based on content of series
- Jesse Love farmhouse is described as an Artifact under BV988.33.1
- Some records within this collection have restricted access and are subject to FIPPA
- Accessions BV018.41 and BV020.5 form this fonds
Ed Eckley subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64503
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911 (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing pho…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911 (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ed Eckley subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2006-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing photographs of the Oakalla Prison Farm just after it was closed down and some photocopied images and text.
- History
- Edmund R. Eckley is believed to have worked as a logging manager in Tahsis, British Columbia. Later, he and his wife Teresa lived at 7810 Rayside Street in Burnaby. Ed was a volunteer interpreter at Burnaby Village Museum in the 1990s. He wrote the interpreters’ notes for the first temporary exhibit held in Stride Studios [1995] at the Burnaby Village Museum entitled “Captive Heritage Oakalla Revealed” which traced the history of Oakalla Prison from construction to closure. He also designed his own walking tour of the Oakalla site prior to it being torn down. On January 14, 1998 Ed presented "A Short History of the Oakalla Prison Farm" for the Burnaby Historical Society. Ed also served as vice-president and fundraising chair for Friends of Interurban 1223 until the project's completion in 2008. Teresa worked as a school teacher for the Burnaby School District until her retirement in 2004. Following retirement, Teresa and Ed moved to Vancouver, where they currently reside.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Eckley, Edmund R.
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- MSS120, PC511
Engineering General and Administration series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription144
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Engineering Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created by the Engineering Department related to its administration, general services, and fulfilment of its responsibility to ensure the adequacy and continuity of the City’s infrastructure. Records include meeting minutes, ledgers, local improvements and infrastructure…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Engineering Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created by the Engineering Department related to its administration, general services, and fulfilment of its responsibility to ensure the adequacy and continuity of the City’s infrastructure. Records include meeting minutes, ledgers, local improvements and infrastructure plans, local improvement and sewer utility assessment rolls, photographs, and annual reports for the year 1937-1944.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Legal Services General series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription153
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942-2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Legal Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created by the Legal Department reflecting the varied activities, cases, and issues affecting the Department and the often diverse and wide-ranging services and advice that the Department is called upon to provide to the City and its agents. These records include: easemen…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1942-2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Legal Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created by the Legal Department reflecting the varied activities, cases, and issues affecting the Department and the often diverse and wide-ranging services and advice that the Department is called upon to provide to the City and its agents. These records include: easements, expropriations, contracts, agreements, legal opinions, rights-of-way agreements, reports, correspondences, case files, leases, briefs, financial information, office files, minutes, and maps and plans associated with the varied case files and other legal documents.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Love and Leonard land records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1893-1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 plans + 8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of land deeds, land sale agreements, documents regarding payment and survey and subdivision plans. Records refer to the Love family property in District Lot 25, the Leonard family property in District Lot 352 and other lots in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 plans + 8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of land deeds, land sale agreements, documents regarding payment and survey and subdivision plans. Records refer to the Love family property in District Lot 25, the Leonard family property in District Lot 352 and other lots in Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV992.26
- BV012.31
- Date
- 1893-1962
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series