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Alfred Bingham papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of mo…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS142-001

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of moving to Burnaby; “I Arrive in Burnaby and We Build a Shingle Mill”, “We Build a Home and Dig a Well”, “What the Lochdale District Looked Like in 1919-20-21-22”,“Second Settlers in the Lochdale District”, “The Death of Mary Hawthorn”, “The Rum Runners and Bootleg Whiskey in Burnaby”, “Burnaby, North, South, East and West, 1892-1943”, “The Ice Age and other observations before Burnaby”, “Our House Burns Down” and “History of the Working People of Burnaby.”

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alice Hart photograph album

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Florence Hart Godwin fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (31 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)

Scope and Content: File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Alice Hart. Inscription inside of front cover reads "To dearest Alice from father 30th March 1906". The album is filled with photographs of the Hart family along with friends and relations. The p…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Florence Hart Godwin fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 album (31 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)

Scope and Content: File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Alice Hart. Inscription inside of front cover reads "To dearest Alice from father 30th March 1906". The album is filled with photographs of the Hart family along with friends and relations. The photographs range between 1893 and 1923 and document time spent at residences in New Westminster, Deer Lake and Kerrisdale along with family vacations at Mayne Island, Stanely Park and Pitt Lake.

Names: Godwin, Florence Hart; Hart Family; Hart, Alice Chapman

Accession Code: HV976.169.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Scan Date: 10/27/2020

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph album; Inscription on first page of album reads: "To dearest Alice / from father / 30th March, 1906”.; 31 b&w copy prints accompanying; Album pages are described at item level

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Alice Hart photograph album, 1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Documents

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ALRT - Night Tour

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1984

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Johnson Terminal drivers hauling Advanced Light Rapid Transit (ALRT) rail beds from Delta, BC to Burnaby, BC. Rail beds are lowered onto trucks, driven overnight to Burnaby, and installed onto tall cement supports via cranes to create elevated guideways for the SkyT…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1984

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-032

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Johnson Terminal drivers hauling Advanced Light Rapid Transit (ALRT) rail beds from Delta, BC to Burnaby, BC. Rail beds are lowered onto trucks, driven overnight to Burnaby, and installed onto tall cement supports via cranes to create elevated guideways for the SkyTrain system.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Transportation - Trucks; Construction Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from label on original slide cases; Note in blue ink on card slotted into slide pocket on slide sheet reads: "Exerpts [sic] from an all night ride from Delta to Burnaby with Johnson Terminal drivers hauling ALRT rail beds. / 1984"

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ALRT - Night Tour, February 1984 thumbnail

Altior \ Margaret Lang Hastings and Lorraine Ellenwood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1983]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of three chapters entitled "'Altior' - the history of the Provincial Council of Women of British Columbia" written by Margaret Lang Hastings and Lorraine Ellenwood. The inscription on the first page reads: "On her departure from Canada in 1898 Lady Aberdeen gave Council the word 'Alti…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1983]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS055-032

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: File consists of three chapters entitled "'Altior' - the history of the Provincial Council of Women of British Columbia" written by Margaret Lang Hastings and Lorraine Ellenwood. The inscription on the first page reads: "On her departure from Canada in 1898 Lady Aberdeen gave Council the word 'Altior' (higher) as its slogan." These three chapters were to become part of the book "Blue Bows and the Golden Rule / Provincial Council of Women of B.C. / An Historical Account" published in 1984.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alvin Burtch papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alvin Burtch subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS067-001

Accession Number: BHS1992-02

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Angus MacDonald political papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905-1915

Collection/Fonds: Angus MacDonald fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of receipts and correspondence pertaining to MacDonald's political activities and generated during the regular course of his business, including correspondence with, membership in, and bylaws of various local conservative organizations.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1905-1915

Collection/Fonds: Angus MacDonald fonds

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 66691

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2006-05

Scope and Content: File consists of receipts and correspondence pertaining to MacDonald's political activities and generated during the regular course of his business, including correspondence with, membership in, and bylaws of various local conservative organizations.

Media Type: Textual Record

Annie Chamberlain (nee McKenzie)

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1988]-1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a copy of an obituary along with a copy of a notes taken from an interview with Annie Chamberlain and Albert Parker conducted by curator, Colin Stevens (June 6, 1991). Annie Martha Chamberlain (nee McKenzie) is the daughter of Edith Minnie McKenzie (nee Love).

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a copy of an obituary along with a copy of a notes taken from an interview with Annie Chamberlain and Albert Parker conducted by curator, Colin Stevens (June 6, 1991). Annie Martha Chamberlain (nee McKenzie) is the daughter of Edith Minnie McKenzie (nee Love).

Names: Chamberlain, Annie McKenzie

Accession Code: BV018.41.64

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: [1988]-1993

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

Annie Elizabeth (Love) Whiting

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1957] (date of original)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of notes and copies of biographical and genealogical information and photocopies of photographs. Ann (Annie) is the eldest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love of Burnaby.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of notes and copies of biographical and genealogical information and photocopies of photographs. Ann (Annie) is the eldest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love of Burnaby.

Names: Whiting, Annie Elizabeth Love

Accession Code: BV018.41.58

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: [1957] (date of original)-[1998]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

Annual Country Fair papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945-1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Lake Men's Community Service Club including Annual Country Fair programmes, schedules and financial reports.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1945-1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Lake Men’s Community Service Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS084-003

Accession Number: BHS1997-07

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Lake Men's Community Service Club including Annual Country Fair programmes, schedules and financial reports.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annual reports - Treasurer and auditor, 1929 to 1932

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930-1946

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: File includes records relating to the annual reports of the municipal Treasurer and Auditor, 1929 to 1932

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930-1946

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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 3510

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File includes records relating to the annual reports of the municipal Treasurer and Auditor, 1929 to 1932

Media Type: Textual Record

Aperetto "Pirates" Spring performance

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 11 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Aperetto "Pirates" Spring performance from 1949 and cast members portraits taken in costume. File also contains a photographic portrait of Joe Ternent and Elanor Cailes in the Cailes' garden at Roswell

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Clef Society subseries

Physical Description: 11 photographs : b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 142-009

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1985-12

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Aperetto "Pirates" Spring performance from 1949 and cast members portraits taken in costume. File also contains a photographic portrait of Joe Ternent and Elanor Cailes in the Cailes' garden at Roswell

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances; Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Burnaby Clef Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-1, 142-009-10, and 142-009-11 reads: "Photographed by L.C. Cailes, R.R.1, Boswell, BC Negative No. [blank]".; Negative number "4" is written in black ink on verso of 142-009-10.; Note in pencil written on verso of 142-009-11 reads: "Joe Ternent and Eleanor Cailes in Cailes garden at Roswell".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-2:142-009- reads: "Pacific Photo Service 2802 McGill Street Residence Phone HA. 2129 M"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-2. First reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 8". Second reads:; Note in blue ink on verso of 142-009-3 reads: "6"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-4 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 5".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-5 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 10".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-6 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 11".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-7 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 7".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-8 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 4".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-9 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 9".

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Applegate and Pearce family genealogical records

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951-2009

Collection/Fonds: William Randolph Beamish fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of records related to Beamish's family history on his biological mother's side, including a letter from the Post Office confirming his mother's address, and printouts from Ancestry.com related to the efforts of Ran's daughter Joanne to track down Ran's biological father. The individua…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951-2009

Collection/Fonds: William Randolph Beamish fonds

Series: William Randolph Beamish scrapbook series

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 66677

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2023-03

Scope and Content: File consists of records related to Beamish's family history on his biological mother's side, including a letter from the Post Office confirming his mother's address, and printouts from Ancestry.com related to the efforts of Ran's daughter Joanne to track down Ran's biological father. The individual information of several people bearing the surname Applegate are included as potential paternal relatives, as well as that of Gertrude Francis Pearce, Ran's biological mother. Also included are handwritten notes taken by Ran when he met his biological mother (for the first time?) in Fredericton during a Reeves and Mayors convention, and telegrams sent to Ran to report his mother's death.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Appraisal documents

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Krewenchuk family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records + 6 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of land appraisal documents for 7460 Salisbury Avenue, Lot 167, D.L.95, Group 1, Plan 30087 and 30088. The appraisal document includes documents regarding the estimated value of the property, a land title search from the New Westminster Land Title Office, hand drawn floor plans, lot p…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Krewenchuk family fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records + 6 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS192-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2015-05

Scope and Content: File consists of land appraisal documents for 7460 Salisbury Avenue, Lot 167, D.L.95, Group 1, Plan 30087 and 30088. The appraisal document includes documents regarding the estimated value of the property, a land title search from the New Westminster Land Title Office, hand drawn floor plans, lot plans and colour photographs of the house and property.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Army of the Common Good papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining mainly to the Army of the Common Good, including a Trust Account deposit slip for the Common Good Credit Union (the first Credit Union in Canada), correspondence, notes and minutes. Also included in the file are minutes of the North Burnaby Community Centre Associ…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS142-004

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining mainly to the Army of the Common Good, including a Trust Account deposit slip for the Common Good Credit Union (the first Credit Union in Canada), correspondence, notes and minutes. Also included in the file are minutes of the North Burnaby Community Centre Association, correspondence and notes regarding logging in Burnaby and a newspaper clipping pertaining to the Vancouver Archives.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

A.R.P. - G.R.A. and C.G.R.A.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1960-[2004]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of research records about the Clinton Glenwood Recreation Association, the Air Raid Protection hall and the Glenwood Ratepayers Association and includes; a typewritten paper titled "A.R.P. - G.R.A. and C.G.R.A." by Mary Forsyth; a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth from Dorothy E. Joh…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1960-[2004]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS185-042

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2014-27

Scope and Content: File consists of research records about the Clinton Glenwood Recreation Association, the Air Raid Protection hall and the Glenwood Ratepayers Association and includes; a typewritten paper titled "A.R.P. - G.R.A. and C.G.R.A." by Mary Forsyth; a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth from Dorothy E. Johnson and newsletters for the Glenwood Recreation Association 1960-1961. Biographical and historical information was compiled by Mary Forysth with the intention of publishing a book.