"Vancouver" found 101 records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a segment of a post marked envelope with the address of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Cecil Lee business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a segment of a post marked envelope with the address of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver.

Accession Code: BV019.6.36

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 5 Oct. 1979

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Oct-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on content of item; Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee

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The Filtering Process: A Look at the Vancouver Heights

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1976

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 report + attachment

Scope and Content: Item is a student report on homes in the Vancouver Heights area. This report was written by Karen Abramsen for her Geography 201 class at Simon Fraser University. Attached to the report are oversize sheets containing detailed information on the following addresses; 4090 Edinburgh; 220 Boundary; 371…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 1976

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: 1 report + attachment

Material Details: Photographs are included in attachment

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42551

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Item is a student report on homes in the Vancouver Heights area. This report was written by Karen Abramsen for her Geography 201 class at Simon Fraser University. Attached to the report are oversize sheets containing detailed information on the following addresses; 4090 Edinburgh; 220 Boundary; 3710 Pandora; 3722 Edinburgh; 3756 McGill; 3814 Oxford; 3815 Dundas; 3789 Yale; 3798 Triumph; 3870 Yale and 3774 Cambridge (most include a photograph of the property in 1976).

Media Type: Textual Record

The Livable Region 1976/1986 - Proposals to Manage the Growth of Greater Vancouver

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1975

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1975

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 11821

Accession Number: 2001-02

Media Type: Textual Record

Real Estate Trends in Metropolitan Vancouver - 1973-1974

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1973-1974

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1973-1974

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 35051

Accession Number: 2006-16

Media Type: Textual Record

Real Estate Trends in Metropolitan Vancouver - 1977

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 35052

Accession Number: 2006-16

Media Type: Textual Record

Real Estate Trends in Metropolitan Vancouver - 1978

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1978

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1978

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 35049

Accession Number: 2006-16

Media Type: Textual Record

Social Trends in Greater Vancouver - A Study of a North American Metropolis

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1975

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1975

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Studies, reports, and conferences series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 34978

Accession Number: 2006-16

Media Type: Textual Record

Vancouver history, vol. 18, no. 2, February 1979

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1979

Call Number: 971.1 VAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 971.1 VAN

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Vancouver Historical Society

Publication Date: 1979

Physical Description: 45 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Vancouver (B.C.)--History; Periodicals

Notes: ISSN: 0042-2487

Vancouver : the Great War decade

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1975

Call Number: 971.1 URB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 971.1 URB

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Vancouver, Social Planning Dept.

Publication Date: 1975

Series: Urban reader ; v. 3, no. 2.

Physical Description: 31 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History; Vancouver (B.C.)--History; British Columbia--History--1918-1945; British Columbia--History--1871-1918

Notes: "1910 to 1920"--P. 3

Vancouver : the twenties and thirties

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1975

Call Number: 971.1 URB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 971.1 URB

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Vancouver, Social Planning Dept.

Publication Date: 1975

Series: Urban reader ; v. 3, no. 6.

Physical Description: 31 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Vancouver (B.C.)--History--20th century; British Columbia--History--1918-1945

West Vancouver Sketch Club Association of Canadian TV and Radio Artists

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1972-1973

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1972-1973

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39939

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Opening doors : Vancouver's East End

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Marlatt, Daphne; Itter, Carole

Publication Date: 1979

Call Number: 971.1 MAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 971.1 MAR

Author: Marlatt, Daphne; Itter, Carole

Place of Publication: Victoria, B.C.

Publisher: Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services, Provincial Archives of B.C.

Publication Date: 1979

Series: Sound heritage ; v. 8, nos. 1 & 2

Physical Description: iii, 186 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Vancouver (B.C.)--History; East End (Vancouver, B.C.)--History; Vancouver (B.C.); East End (Vancouver, B.C.); Vancouver (B.C.)--Foreign population; East End (Vancouver, B.C.)--Foreign population; Oral history; Biography

Nu-tka : the history and survival of Nootkan culture

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1978

Call Number: 970 NUT v. 7, no. 2

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 970 NUT v. 7, no. 2

Contributor: Efrat, Barbara S., 1935-2017; Langlois, W. J., 1949-

Place of Publication: Victoria, British Columbia

Publisher: Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry, Provincial Archives of B.C.

Publication Date: 1978

Series: Sound heritage; v. 7, no. 2

Printer: K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer

Physical Description: 65 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Nootka Indians--History; Nootka Indians--Social life and customs; Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Vancouver Island; British Columbia--Vancouver Island; Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History; Oral history; Oral history--British Columbia; British Columbia--History; Periodicals

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia

Notes: "Edited by Barbara S. Efrat and W.J. Langlois." -- title page; "This volume is the second part of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. It is the intent of the editors that the two volumes should form one unit. The first volume Nu-tka : Captain Cook and the Spanish Explorers on the Coast provides historical background on the contact period. W.J.L. " -- title page

Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1914-2009

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, ne…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, programmes, photographs, illustrations and newsletters. Scrapbooks were created by Burnaby Girl Guides and Girl Guide leaders and deposited with the Burnaby Girl Guide Archivist prior to being donated to the Burnaby Village Museum. Record descriptions are available at both item and file level. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series 2) Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series 3) Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series 4) Burnaby Girl Guides memorabilia series

History: The Girl Guide Movement began in England in 1909 when girls in England demanded to take part in a Boy Scouts rally at the Crystal Palace in London, organized by Chief Scout and Boy Scout founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Following this event, Baden Powell asked his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell to help him start a similar organization for girls and Girl Guides was formed. Girl Guides came to Canada in 1910 and the first troop in British Columbia was registered in Victoria in 1912. In 1913 Amy Leigh moved to Burnaby from England and enquired about a Guiding company in her area and was disappointed to find none. On June 11, 1914 at the age of 17 years, Amy registered the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company and became the captain. On April 2, 1916 the 2nd Burnaby Guide Company registered and met at Edmonds School. In this same year, the very first Burnaby Girl Guide Rally event took place at Central Park and by 1920 another took place at the Burnaby Municipal Hall (Edmonds) and was attended by both Burnaby and New Westminster Guides. The First Burnaby Brownie Pack was registered on December 1922 with Mrs. W.J. Matherson as Brown Owl. The Brownie Pack met in a West Burnaby facility. The First Burnaby Land Ranger Co. was formed on November 29, 1923 and by 1924 Burnaby became a District with four Guide companies, four Brownie Packs and the Rangers. In 1923 records show Mrs. Gavin as commissioner, Mrs. C.F. Carter in 1924 and Miss Amy Leigh between 1926 and 1928. The first District camp was held near Sechelt in 1927 on the property of Mrs. Deal and Mrs. Nixon with annual camps held here until 1930 when the Guide camp at Wilson Creek was established. In 1929 Guides and Brownies began taking part in the Annual May Day Celebrations at Central Park. In 1930 Burnaby became a Division with Mrs. C.F. Carter as Division Commissioner and Mrs. G. Peel as District Commissioner for South Burnaby and in 1931 Miss Amy Leigh became the first North Burnaby Commissioner. The 5th Burnaby Girl Guide Company in North Burnaby began publishing a bulletin in 1935. In this same year Burnaby Girl Guides attended a rally for Lord and Lady Powell who were visiting Vancouver and Burnaby Girl Guides became affiliated with Greater Vancouver Girl Guide Council. The packs and companies of North Burnaby were attached to the eastern section of Vancouver while South Burnaby and South Vancouver District became another Division. Mrs. Pochin organized the Burnaby Lake District in 1943 becoming the first District commissioner (In 1927 Mrs. Peel had guides in this area). The first training classes for Girl Guides were held in 1943 in a hall on Buller Avenue at the BCER tracks and also Phillips Hall on McKay Avenue. By 1945 a training camp was held on Mrs. Pochin’s property on Deer Lake. South Vancouver, South Burnaby and Burnaby Lake Districts took part in the training which was a change over from war time service and the return of Pioneer camping. Miss E. Perition was in charge of camp which was attended by Mrs. J. Quinnell, Mrs. J. Albertson and many guiders. In 1946 Lady Baden Powel returned for a visit to Vancouver and there was a rally at Connaught Park and Chief Scout Lord Rowallyn held a rally at Brocton Point. In 1947 Mrs. J. Albertson became Division Commissioner for South Vancouver and South Burnaby. Districts of Burnaby Lake and South Burnaby each adopted a European child and undertook to send regular parcels and by 1948 these Districts became a Burnaby Division once more under Division Commissioner Mrs. W.M. Wall. In September 1949 the first Sea Ranger Crew “S.R.S. Royal Oak” was formed under the Skipper, Miss E. Periton. The S.R.S. Royal Oak met at All Saint’s Church Hall on Royal Oak Ave. In 1950 Packs and Companies in North Burnaby organized into a District under Mrs. Hebron and in 1953 Sperling District was organized by District Commissioner Mrs. Hancock. 1953 was also the same year that South Burnaby District was divided into three Districts: Central Park District under Commissioner Miss Perition, Douglas District under Commissioner Mrs. J. McKee Wilson and Kingsway under Commissioner Mrs. J.G. Fowler. A few years later, in 1955 the guides and brownies were out in force to welcome Lady Baden Powel at a rally held in the PNE Gardens building and by March 1956 Burnaby ceased to be a part of Greater Vancouver Area and was organized under two Divisions of the Province. The Sperling, Willingdon and Vancouver Heights Districts in North Burnaby became North Burnaby Division with Mrs. H. Hebron as Division Commissioner. With rapid population growth further decentralization became necessary and South Burnaby Division was split in two, adding the new division of Central Burnaby under Commissioner Miss E. Perition. Central Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Burnaby Lake, Central Park and a new District named “Windsor” under Mrs. C. Dumfries. South Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Kingsway, Edmonds and Lakeview (the latter two also referred to as Douglas with Mrs. McGeachie and Mrs. J. Park as the first commissioners of these two Districts). In 1957 Burnaby became an Area unto itself with three Divisions, and 9 Districts under Miss Periton as the first Area Commissioner. In February 1957, Burnaby entered into a contract with Vancouver Girl Guide Council to lease a part of the Wilson Creek campsite. Under the leadership of Area Commissioner, Miss Periton, work started on the development of the site with funds raised by both the Girl Guides, local citizens and associations. A camp committee was formed with representation from each Division and a lot of help from Miss Norah Weller, the Wilson Creek camp manager. Plans were laid for the site with a dining shelter, store room and cook stove contracted for while a subcommittee of men was appointed to purchase building supplies and organize work parties to build cabins, a staff house, water pipes and sanitary facilities. The site opened in May 1958 with $6000 expended on building and equipping the camp, while an official opening took place on June 8 and by July Girl Guides began camping on the site. The Burnaby Area Committee became a member of the Burnaby Community Council and a participant in Community Chest in 1958 and on May 1, the Burnaby Area office opened. By 1959, with further participation in North Burnaby, Sperling District was split to form Sperling and Hillview Districts and by 1960 Kingsway District of South Burnaby split to form Kingsway and Royal Oak Districts. By December 1960, Burnaby Area had 3 Divisions, 11 Districts with a total membership of 2, 331.

Creator: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35; BV015.36; BV016.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1914-2009

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Some scrapbooks are only available in digital formats; Accessions that form part of this fonds include: BV015.35; BV015.36; BV016.49

Hawkshaw family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1888-1976, predominant 1931-1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (284 photographs) + 19 photographs + 17.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of family photographs including a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw, correspendence, reports and literary works created by and belonging to Mabel Hawkshaw and a series of photographs documenting special events in Burnaby including, Burnaby's first May Day in 1925 and a v…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 album (284 photographs) + 19 photographs + 17.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of family photographs including a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw, correspendence, reports and literary works created by and belonging to Mabel Hawkshaw and a series of photographs documenting special events in Burnaby including, Burnaby's first May Day in 1925 and a visit to Burnaby by Governor-General Lord Willingon in 1928. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Hawkshaw family photographs series 2) Mabel Hawkshaw records series 3) Burnaby events photographs series

History: Mabel Edith Honor McClean Hawkshaw (1886-1946) was born in Wexford, Ireland to parents, Washington Gilliland McClean and Honor Delamore McClean (nee Thomas). Mabel's parents had four children; Charles Gilliland McClean; Elsie (Rae); Evangeline Mai (Goff) and Mabel Honor (Hawkshaw). Mabel emigrated from Ireland to Canada with her family in 1903 and the family moved to Vancouver in 1905. In 1909, Mabel married John Edward “Jack” Hawkshaw. Mabel and Jack Hawkshaw had three children; Richard “Crichton” Gilliand Hawkshaw (1912-1972); Edward Delamere “Dal” Burrington Hawkshaw (1914-1988) and Merton Cedric “Cedric” Perry Hawkshaw (1924-2008). Prior to her marriage in 1909, Mabel Hawkshaw worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Revelstoke. Mabel was founder and publisher of the “Burnaby Post” newspaper (1922-1937) and wrote articles for city dailies and magazines under the pen name “Percy Egerton Sterling”. Mabel also worked as the first female bank teller in Canada and was the first female censor of motion pictures in British Columbia (1928-1946) and also worked as an assistant advertising manager of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Among other accomplishments, Mabel was the chairperson of the committee for Burnaby's first May Day event in 1925, was active as a leader in the Girl Guides, a member of several women's clubs, a speaker on matters of education and film production in Vancouver and Victoria and was also a member of the Juvenile Court in Burnaby and the I.O.D.E. At time of her death in 1946, Mabel was living on West 57th Street, Vancouver. John Edward “Jack” Hawkshaw (1881-1934) who was born in Glanworth Ontario to Captain William Stearne Hawkshaw and Elizabeth Merton Hawkshaw (nee Shore). Jack came to Vancouver in 1900 and soon after arriving, Jack moved to the Yukon where he worked for the Canadian Bank of Commerce serving in Dawson and White Horse. He returned to Vancouver in 1904 and joined the newly-organized Northern Bank. In 1906, Jack became a bank manager in New Westminster and later was manager in New Westminster for the Northern Crown Bank. Jack resigned from the bank in 1914 to fight in World War I and moved his family to Calgary where he began his military training. In 1915, Jack was stricken with polio which left him crippled in one leg barring him from active service. In the 1920’s, he worked as a treasurer for the Royal City Canning Co. and Cunningham Trapp Hardware Company. In 1933, Jack worked as an accountant treasurer for the Crane Shipyards. Jack Hawkshaw was a member of the Canadian Credit Men’s Association of Burnaby and the Kiwanis Club of New Westminster. In May 1934, Mabel and Jack purchased property on Lasqueti Island with a sheep ranch. One month after purchasing the property Jack Hawkshaw died tragically in an accident on the island when he was thrown from a horse drawn carriage with his ten year old son Cedric. Cedric survived the accident but his father died on the dock on Lasqueti Island. The family dog, Dixie also died after she swam after the fishing boat carrying Jack Hawkshaw’s body and Cedric to the mainland for medical attention. John and Mabel’s first home was located at 309 Pine Street in New Westminster. In 1920, the family relocated to 763 Wedgewood, Burnaby (later renumbered 7743 Wedgewood Street) where they lived until 1931. In 1932, the Hawkshaw family moved to Vancouver where they resided in different locations until after the death of Jack Hawkshaw. Mabel continued to operate the sheep ranch on Lasquesti after Jack died in 1934, with a succession of tenants until Mabel’s death in 1946. In 1936, Mabel moved back to Burnaby for a few years, residing at 5590 Douglas Road in 1936 and 3908 Deer Lake Avenue in 1937 (Heritage home known as the R.F. Anderson House). In 1938 Mabel moved back to Vancouver where she lived until her death in 1946. Richard “Crichton” Gilliland Hawkshaw (1912-1972) married Ivy Ina Hawkshaw (nee Hughes) (1913-1987) at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Vancouver in 1939. Crichton enlisted with the Canadian military and trained at Shilo and Sarcee military bases. Following his military training, Crichton got work as an operator in the mill at Britannia Beach mine where he worked between 1938 and 1949. Crichton and Ivy Hawkshaw lived at Britannia Beach during the time he worked there. Ivy and Crichton had two sons, Bruce and Dick Hawkshaw. After Britannia Beach, the family lived in Abbotsford and Chilliwack before moving to North Vancouver. Prior to his death in 1972, Crichton Hawkshaw worked as an auditor for the Government of British Columbia in the Internal Revenue Department. Crichton was a member of Abbotsford Masonic Lodge No. 70, past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, member of the North Shore Shrine Club and Upper Fraser Valley Shrine Club and Gizeh Shrine Temple. He was also a devoted fan and supporter of the B.C. Lions football team. Edward Delamere “Dal” Burrington Hawkshaw (1914-1988) married Barbara Walters Fry (1913-2001) in 1940. The couple had three children; Nancy Susan, Peter Burrington and John Edward (who died in infancy). Dal Hawkshaw worked as a financial consultant with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. In his free time, Dal served on the board of the Goodwill Enterprises for the Handicapped, the Victoria Symphony Society and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Dal was the first honorary treasurer of the University of Victoria and served on the advisory council and as a trustee of the British Columbia Institute of Technology. In 1985, Dal Hawkshaw was named an honorary citizen of British Columbia. Merton "Cedric" Perry Hawkshaw (1924-2008) married Carol Violet (Worrall) Hawkshaw (1923-1985) in 1947 (Carol remarried later to Jack Madsen). The couple had three children, Frances Jacqueline (b. 1948) and Geraldine Lucy (b.1952), and Barry (b.1957). ). Cedric was a member of the Old Boys Association of St. Georges School, served in the Navy (DEMS) and was a proud veteran of WWII. When the war ended he saved enough money to purchase a home in Burnaby on acreage which he sold soon after and relocated to Armstrong Street, Burnaby. Cedric worked for his father in law at William Worrall furniture. After the company closed in 1959, he worked in the furniture department at T. Eaton Co., West Vancouver. Cedric retired at a young age to run and live on the Hawkshaw Ranch on Lasqueti Island where he spent many years before returning to the mainland due to health issues. He lived at George Derby Veterans Centre for 17 years. While living at George Derby, Cedric was involved in Arts and Crafts, creating works in ceramic and textiles.

Creator: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"; Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean

Accession Code: HV977.17; HV982.25; BV996.6

Date: 1888-1976, predominant 1931-1939

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Arrangement: Arrangement is based on the order in which records were compiled by creators and donors.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950-2022

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interviews series 2) Jimmy Chow family photographs series 3) Property master photographs series 4) Property master records series

History: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow (1913-1991) fled China to escape the Communist Revolution and to be reunited with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow (1906-1990) who’d immigrated to Canada many years earlier. Jimmy’s elder sister Shao-Lin Chow stayed behind in China. Jimmy’s father, Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Canada in 1921 at 14 years of age and was forced to pay the Chinese head tax of $500. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother first fled to Hong Kong before immigrating to Canada and arriving in Vancouver. Jimmy Chow’s birth name is Hipman Chow but when he arrived in Canada, his father indicated that he needed an English name and he was given the name “Jimmy” but retained his birth name “Hipman Chow”. Over the years, Jimmy has also used the name “James H. Chow” and is often credited by this name in the film industry. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec where his father had work in hotels and restaurants. While living in Asquith, Saskatchewan Jimmy attended school and began to learn English. In 1954, Jimmy and his parents returned to Vancouver, first living in the area of Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant where they purchased a house located on 15th Avenue east of Main Street. While living in Mount Pleasant, Jimmy attended both elementary and high school. While attending high school, Jimmy began working at the local grocery store where he worked for many years living at home and saving his money. In 1970 while attending Vancouver City College, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos. Two years later, they moved in together, married in 1981 and started a family. Jimmy and Donna first lived in North Burnaby before purchasing a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they raised their three children. Growing up in a traditional Chinese Canadian family, Jimmy was always one who went against the grain. Although his father wanted him to get a business degree, Jimmy had aspirations for a different career path. Through the referral of a friend, he entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver. While working at the CBC, Jimmy gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career in the film industry. Over a 45 year career, Jimmy worked on over 50 blockbuster movies, historical period films, science fiction films and fantasy films, where he honed in on his expertise as a set decorator, art director and property master. He built an international reputation through working with production companies, prop makers and antique sellers across the globe. As a property master in the film industry, Jimmy Chow has been responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: The BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, Once a Thief and many more. With Jimmy's many years of professional experience in the film industry, he has been a union member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians...) from July 1979, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 2018 and has worked as a guest lecturer in film production at Capilano University and Langara University. He was also a key contributor to the Burnaby Village Museum’s 2014 temporary exhibition Burnaby Makes Movies. Donna Polos was born in Vancouver in 1949 to parents Mayme "May" Helen Tillikana Polos (1931-1977) and Donald James Polos (1926-2017). Donna’s maternal grandparents, Elvi Tienhara and Toiva Tillikana immigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Chimiki Polos emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Kostopolus emigrated as an orphan from Sparta Greece at the age of 12 years. In 1908, he first immigrated to the United States where he was denied entry so immigrated to Canada, entering through Halifax at Pier 17. When immigrating, James changed his last name to "Polos". Jimmy Polos arrived in Halifax with only five dollars in his pocket. He lived in Halifax for many years before making his way to Vancouver where he established three restaurants and raised his family. James was the proprietor of three restaurants in Burnaby including; the Home Apple Pie Café (1941-1944) located on East Hastings near Princess Avenue; Jimmy’s Café (1945-1955) located on East Hastings near Hawks Avenue and another restaurant located near 10th Avenue and Alma Street. Donna grew up with her family in Vancouver, first living in the downtown eastside before moving to a home near Joyce Station. Donna attended elementary school and high school while growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. Donna moved out of her family home at 21 years of age and lived with roommates before moving in with Jimmy Chow in 1972. Donna attended Vancouver City College and the University of British Columbia where she obtained her teaching degree in 1974. Donna first taught at Gilmore Elementary School before being hired to teach at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. While raising their three children, Donna worked part time teaching in schools in Burnaby. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. This experience led her to experimenting with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. In 2008, Donna retired from teaching but continued her art career often working as an Artist in Residence at various schools and exhibiting her work. While living in Burnaby Donna has been politically active with a particular passion for heritage, housing and preserving the natural environment. Donna was instrumental in advocating and petitioning for the establishment of a tree bylaw in Burnaby which was eventually adopted by the City.

Creator: Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"; Polos, Donna

Accession Code: BV022.21; BV023.11

Date: 1950-2022

Media Type: Sound Recording; Photograph; Textual Record; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.

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1812 Coordinating Committee; Canadian Conference of Arts; National and Vancouver Committee; National Day of Action, October 26, 1978

1971 Census of Canada - Vancouver - Census Tract Bulletin - Population and Housing Characteristics by Census Tracts

1971 Census of Canada - Vancouver -Census Tract Bulletin - Population and Housing Characteristics by Census Tracts

1976 Census of Canada - Census Tracts - Vancouver - Population and Housing Characteristics

Address of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver

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The Filtering Process: A Look at the Vancouver Heights

The Livable Region 1976/1986 - Proposals to Manage the Growth of Greater Vancouver

Real Estate Trends in Metropolitan Vancouver - 1973-1974

Real Estate Trends in Metropolitan Vancouver - 1977

Real Estate Trends in Metropolitan Vancouver - 1978

Social Trends in Greater Vancouver - A Study of a North American Metropolis

Vancouver history, vol. 18, no. 2, February 1979

Vancouver : the Great War decade

Vancouver : the twenties and thirties

West Vancouver Sketch Club Association of Canadian TV and Radio Artists

Opening doors : Vancouver's East End

Nu-tka : the history and survival of Nootkan culture

Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Hawkshaw family fonds

Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds