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Byrne family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription22
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-?] -1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of copies of photographs of the Byrne family and a photocopied essay entitled "Life on the North Arm of the Fraser River: The Experience of the Rowling Family" by Paula Cyr.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-?] -1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Byrne family subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of copies of photographs of the Byrne family and a photocopied essay entitled "Life on the North Arm of the Fraser River: The Experience of the Rowling Family" by Paula Cyr.
- History
- William Henry "Henry" Rowling was born February 9, 1826 in Truro, Cornwall, England. His wife, Mary Russell Rowling, was born November 19, 1832 in Strickland, Dorset, England. Their first child, Rosetta Mary "Rose" Rowling, was born August 8, 1858 in Plumstead, Woolwhich, Kent while Henry was in Esquimalt working as a Royal Engineer. The family then moved to New Westminster, and grew larger: James William Russell "Jim" Rowling born October 14, 1862; Henry Soar Rowling was born February 3, 1864; Priscilla Amelia Rowling (later Byrne) was born February 24, 1866; and William Henry Kemp Rowling was born September 2, 1867. The family settled at their farm on the North Arm of the Fraser River in September of 1868. They raised livestock and grew produce on their property for their family, which continued to grow. Thomas George Rowling was born on April 14, 1869 and Elizabeth Jane Russell Rowling was born on August 24, 1847. The Rowling children were raised Presbyterian but Priscilla later converted to Roman Catholicism when she married her husband, Peter Byrne, on May 15, 1892. As young adults, Priscilla and Peter lived on the North Arm, close to Priscilla's parents and youngest sister, Elizabeth. Her brother Henry moved his logging operations near the Byrne residence while James lived in South Vancouver with a family of his own. Their other siblings, Rose and Thomas, had passed away by this time. Peter and Priscilla had six children: Margaret Gladys Byrne, born February 28, 1893; twin daughters Mary and Norah; Kathleen; Ultan Patrick "Pat"; and Elizabeth Laura Byrne (later Cyr). After Henry and Mary Rowlings died in 1906, Elizabeth lived with her sister Priscilla and her nieces and nephews.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC316, MSS141
Car Accident
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78935
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 20, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a car flipped upside down, it appears to have collided with a New Westminster Police car.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 20, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0210
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a car flipped upside down, it appears to have collided with a New Westminster Police car.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Cooke, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bill Cook Bby/NW 759C / NW - 1 - 63%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Casey Cook and Robert Nasato
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80537
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 9, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of New Westminster city councillor Casey Cook with West End Residents Association president Robert Nasato.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 9, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0815
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of New Westminster city councillor Casey Cook with West End Residents Association president Robert Nasato.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Names
- Cook, Casey
- Nasato, Robert
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "NW Mario 66% 1561 Bby p. 3 7/9"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Chris Ainsworth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78657
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 18, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chris Ainsworth with a compressor for use in aerosol therapy at the BreatheEasy Centre in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 18, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chris Ainsworth with a compressor for use in aerosol therapy at the BreatheEasy Centre in New Westminster.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "10/18 BNW p. 19 65% / Mario Bby 2837"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Dancing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80654
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 17, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of dancers at the annual multicultural picnic at Lord Tweedsmuir school in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 17, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0922
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of dancers at the annual multicultural picnic at Lord Tweedsmuir school in New Westminster.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Blissett, Rebecca
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "A Rebecca Bby 2099 / 80% Bby p. 21"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Dean Lamont
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78942
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 24, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby environmentalist Dean Lamont on the 7-11 Bicycle Trail at Patterson SkyTrain station next to Central Park. The trail follows the SkyTrain route to New Westminster. The trail is part of the British Columbia Parkway.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 24, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0215
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby environmentalist Dean Lamont on the 7-11 Bicycle Trail at Patterson SkyTrain station next to Central Park. The trail follows the SkyTrain route to New Westminster. The trail is part of the British Columbia Parkway.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Names
- Lamont, Dean
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Mario 729A NW - 8 - 53%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Demolition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80846
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 21, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a wrecking ball at the demolition of the YMCA building in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 21, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1093
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a wrecking ball at the demolition of the YMCA building in New Westminster.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 11 79% / Bartel NW 119"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Demonstration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81345
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1995 and 1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a demonstration outside of New Westminster City Hall by the Queen’s Park Residents Association. People are holding signs that read "Stop Narrow Lot Development".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1995 and 1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 15.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1480
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a demonstration outside of New Westminster City Hall by the Queen’s Park Residents Association. People are holding signs that read "Stop Narrow Lot Development".
- Subjects
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Langdeau, Brian
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "NW Brian 1154 / 74% Bby p. 3"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Devin Schellenberg
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79095
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 10, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Devin Schellenberg juggling on stilts with the help of a volunteer at the Easter in the Park festivities in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 10, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0260
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Devin Schellenberg juggling on stilts with the help of a volunteer at the Easter in the Park festivities in New Westminster.
- Names
- Schellenberg, Devin
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Langdeau, Brian
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Brian / 939 C / BN - 3 74%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Dick Spring, Dorothy Williams and Bill Lewis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80025
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 2, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of New Westminster Chamber of Commerce members Dick Spring, Dorothy Williams, and Bill Lewis standing by Chevrolet van to be auctioned for charity.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 2, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0613
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of New Westminster Chamber of Commerce members Dick Spring, Dorothy Williams, and Bill Lewis standing by Chevrolet van to be auctioned for charity.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "NW 417 / Bby p. 26 03/02 50%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Doreen Lawson fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58356
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulat…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2003-30
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulatory letters and correspondence, community speeches and slideshow presentations regarding the conservation of Burnaby Lake, the administrative papers of the Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society, and photographs of Burnaby waterways and wildlife.
- History
- Doreen Anne Fowler Lawson was born July 8, 1928, to Eva Barnhill and Leonard Fowler. Her parents met in Alberta but decided to move to Vancouver where they got married and Doreen was born. The family moved to the north side of Claude Avenue in Burnaby when Doreen was a few months old. In 1931, they moved to a house with an acre of land directly across the street from their first house.
- When Doreen was six, her family moved to Collingwood, Vancouver, near where her father grew up. This is where her brother Ron was born. The family moved again to County Line in Langley Prairie in 1944, which is where Doreen met Edward Lawson, her future husband. Soon after, they moved to a seven-acre plot in Burquitlam. Ed and Doreen Lawson’s eldest daughter, Linda, was born in 1954. Their second daughter, Wendy, was born in 1959 and their youngest, Lisa, was born in 1961. They lived in the Brentwood area, where all three daughters attended Brentwood Elementary School. Linda went on to Alpha Secondary School.
- In 1945, Doreen began her first of several office jobs, and in the early 1950s she became the first woman to be elected into a vice-president position within the BC Trade Union Congress (now the BC Federation of Labour).
- Doreen Lawson had a long and prolific political career, starting as Parks Commissioner in 1965, and serving as its chair from 1969 to 1971. She was instrumental in the selection and promotion of the rhododendron as the official flower of Burnaby in 1966. In 1971, she was elected to Burnaby City Council and, in 1972, Doreen proposed that Council take action to declare Burnaby Lake a wildlife sanctuary. After a 10-year campaign, she was able to convince Council to declare the park “a nature conservation area.” She put forward a policy of preservation for creeks and streams, as well as a proposal to preserve trees in subdivisions, both of which were adopted by Council. Doreen continued to serve on Council until 1985, during which time she initiated and chaired the Burnaby Information Committee, which designed the present Burnaby logo (and official flower pins) and established the Information Burnaby Newsletter. In 1979 Doreen Lawson won Vancouver Natural History Society’s Frank Sanford Award.
- In 1984, Doreen was elected the first woman president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Doreen ran as a BC Liberal Party candidate in the new Federal Riding of Burnaby in 1979, and from 1985 to 1987, she served as the Executive Director of the British Columbia Liberal Party. As the B.C. Liberal Party Executive Director, her major responsibility was to work with both the Federal and Provincial Associations in implementing riding organizations and fundraising programs in preparation for election time. In the 1980s, Doreen was an active guest lecturer at Burnaby Elementary and High Schools as well as at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Doreen was active in a variety of community clubs and organizations including: the Burnaby Library Board; Greater Vancouver Spinners and Weavers Guild; and Vancouver Natural History Society. She was an executive member of the Burnaby-New Westminster Canada Summer Games; the Burnaby Division of the United Way; Information Burnaby Committee; and the Brentwood Parent Teachers Association; as well as serving as the President of the Burnaby Voters Association from 1988-1990.
- In 1990, Doreen was elected back to Burnaby Council and put forward the rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake which she saw completed before her final year on Council in 1999. Doreen continued to be a strong environmental advocate for the protection and rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake after she retired from council.
- Doreen Lawson died October 11, 2003.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS071, photo catalogue 605, photo catalogue 618
Enric Magoo
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78816
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 10, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Enric Magoo dressed up as Frankenstein during Murrary Hatfield's Illusions 1996 "Magic and Miracles" at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 10, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0133
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Enric Magoo dressed up as Frankenstein during Murrary Hatfield's Illusions 1996 "Magic and Miracles" at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster.
- Names
- Magoo, Enric
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Langdeau, Brian
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in red and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "48C Bby/NW Brian / 2 x 92% Bby 7/ NW3"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Fern Reilly and Lori Bandic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80791
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 23, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fern Reilly and Lori Bandic counting the ballots for the best-dressed storefront contest on 12th Street in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 23, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1047
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Fern Reilly and Lori Bandic counting the ballots for the best-dressed storefront contest on 12th Street in New Westminster.
- Names
- Reilly, Fern
- Bandic, Lori
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "92% Bby p. 12 / Bartel NW 2891"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Fire Department fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription47
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direct…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direction, coordination, training services, and planning, including daily record books, emergency preparedness pamphlets, a departmental practice manual, procedural directives, scrapbooks, and an orthophoto map (in 63 pieces) of the City of Burnaby.
- History
- Serving the City since 1911, the Burnaby Fire Department is committed to providing timely, professional, and effective fire-related emergency services to save lives, property and the environment. Their dedicated staff serves the City via seven fire stations located strategically across Burnaby. Each of our stations is equipped with up-to-date vehicles and equipment. Their highly skilled and trained team of men and women provide many services, including fire suppression and prevention, investigation, inspection, training, medical, vehicle extrication, technical and other speciality rescues, hazardous materials response and public education services. The following information pertains to the publication "Follow That Fire": Communities have always lived with the threat of fire. Early Burnaby residents banded together to extinguish out-of-control brush fires. In the 1920s, the Municipal Police were responsible for fire-related matters, earning three dollars for attending a fire. Donations to the Vancouver and New Westminster Fire Departments' Benevolent Funds brought the first fire engines to Burnaby's rescue. As the population increased, by-laws were enacted to develop a full-time fire service. Several members saw the value in jotting down recollections of their experiences as Burnaby firemen, which sparked an interest in completing the History of the Burnaby Fire Department. While researching this project, the author was fortunate in being able to draw from the resources of retired chiefs Fred Blake and Lewis Auvache, who were original members of the Department. The Department's progression includes heated and sometimes humorous debates regarding who should be responsible for fire protection, deciding if there was a need for a fire services, and how taxes would be levied to support the service. Photographs throughout the text represent stages of development which include a pictorial record of Burnaby fire trucks from 1923 to the present platform ladder trucks. From its humble beginning as two separate fire departments operating from a converted police horse stable and a water pumping station, the Burnaby Fire Department has developed into a professional organization serving its citizens from six fire stations.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- City of Burnaby
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds.
Gladstone Band
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81031
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two members of the Gladstone band from Oregon performing the clarinet at the annual Hyack Festival.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1201
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two members of the Gladstone band from Oregon performing the clarinet at the annual Hyack Festival.
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ray, Steve
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "66% Steve NW 1127 B Bby 12"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
- Accompanying caption reads: "May 20, 1998 1127 B: / At annual Hyack Festival in New Westminster, members of the Gladstone band from Oregon perform."
Images
Glen Clark with Fred Randall and Dawn Black
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79123
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 17, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Premier Glen Clark with MLA Fred Randall and former New Westminster MP Dawn Black at announcement of Normana rest home's expansion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 17, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0270
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Premier Glen Clark with MLA Fred Randall and former New Westminster MP Dawn Black at announcement of Normana rest home's expansion.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "1007 A Bby Brian / B/N - 3 73%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Graham McLean
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80668
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 28, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Graham McLean, skateboarder at a skate park in New Westminster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 28, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0936
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Graham McLean, skateboarder at a skate park in New Westminster.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Names
- McLean, Graham
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ray, Steve
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "NW Steve Bby 3 80% / 1418"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Harcourt and Gilley Avenue and Murphy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88215
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988 (date of original) -[199-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two typewritten draft histories, titled "The Murphy Family" and " Gilley Avenue" by Mary Forsyth and handwritten notes regarding the history of the Harcourt family taken by Mary Forsyth and provided by Frank Harcourt; copies of military records for both Ernest Edward Murphy and J. …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988 (date of original) -[199-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS185-023
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2014-27
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two typewritten draft histories, titled "The Murphy Family" and " Gilley Avenue" by Mary Forsyth and handwritten notes regarding the history of the Harcourt family taken by Mary Forsyth and provided by Frank Harcourt; copies of military records for both Ernest Edward Murphy and J. Vickers; a family tree for descendents pertaining to Joshua Rogington Murphy; a copy of a handwritten history titled "The Big Brown Murphy House at 765 Gilley Ave., South Burnaby"; a handrawn map; a newspaper article from The Vancouver Province; a copy of "The Black Report" by Dawn Black, M.P. for New Westminster/Burnaby. Biographical and historical information was compiled by Mary Forysth with the intention of publishing a book.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Hard place to do time : the story of Oakalla prison, 1912-1991
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary734
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Andersen, Earl, 1966-
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Call Number
- 365.9711 AND
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969706901
- Call Number
- 365.9711 AND
- Author
- Andersen, Earl, 1966-
- Place of Publication
- New Westminster, BC
- Publisher
- Hillpointe Publishing
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Physical Description
- 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Lower Mainland Regional Corrections Centre--History
- Prisons--British Columbia
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index
Harry Toy fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20339
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]-2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
- History
- Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use as a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present.
- Creator
- Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"
- Accession Code
- BV023.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]-2023
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy
- For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds