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People file - Clive G. Brown-John
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66133
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1984-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of poems and remembrances of long-time North Burnaby resident, Clive G. Brown-John.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1984-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- People files subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 42727
- Accession Number
- BHS1993-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of poems and remembrances of long-time North Burnaby resident, Clive G. Brown-John.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Realty Appraiser - Sydney Brown-John
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42929
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 39237
- Meeting Date
- 22-Jul-1957
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 39237
- Meeting Date
- 22-Jul-1957
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
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Reasons for Judgment Handed Down by Justice Brown Regarding Bylaw No. 3719
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport43462
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 43862
- Meeting Date
- 17-Dec-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 43862
- Meeting Date
- 17-Dec-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Retirement - Austin Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport12178
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8669
- Meeting Date
- 12-Mar-1990
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 19
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8669
- Meeting Date
- 12-Mar-1990
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 19
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Rudy Spence and Dennis Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37107
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rudy Spence presenting an Arts Council cheque to Burnaby Historical Society Treasurer Dennis Brown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 317-001
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1995-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rudy Spence presenting an Arts Council cheque to Burnaby Historical Society Treasurer Dennis Brown.
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Sheep Protection Act Claim - L.O. Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42697
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 39529
- Meeting Date
- 15-Oct-1957
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 39529
- Meeting Date
- 15-Oct-1957
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Subdivision Involving Messrs. Hawkins, Brown, DeGear and Bone on Cliff Avenue between Union Street and Hastings Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41523
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37545
- Meeting Date
- 4-May-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 18
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37545
- Meeting Date
- 4-May-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 18
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Tender for Air Handling System - C.G. Brown Pool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport6264
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60879
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jul-1997
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 20
- Item No.
- 17
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60879
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jul-1997
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 20
- Item No.
- 17
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
The Burnaby Historical Society 40 years diary, 1957-1997
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1234
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wirick, Ellen M.
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Call Number
- 971.13306 WIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.13306 WIR
- Author
- Wirick, Ellen M.
- Contributor
- Wrigley, Don
- Wrigley, Dorothy
- Peter, Nancy
- Brown, Freeman Don
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Burnaby Historical Society
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- iv, 102, xii p. ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
The bus driver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3746
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.26.1
- Call Number
- 388.322023 JAM
- Contributor
- McAllister, Ken
- Brown, Denis W.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Limited
- Publication Date
- c1955
- Series
- Canadians All
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Greater Victoria Schools" -- stamped on endpaper (front). "mx 3- " -- handwritten in pencil on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bus Drivers
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- "In association with Denis W. Brown ; consultant editor, Joyce Boyle ; photographs by Ken McAllister, ... and others."
- Author's given name and date: James, Marian D. (Marian Dorothy), 1900-
Canadian democracy in action
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1569
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3868.1
- Call Number
- 342.7102 BRO
- Edition
- New ed.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Limited
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Printer
- Evergreen Press Limited.
- Physical Description
- viii, 148 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Pat Goessaert Inc. / Experts at Horse Play" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "Brian Webster Div.29" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Political science
- Canada
- Notes
- Includes index.
Historic photo of Cariboo Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13516
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] date of original, copied [198_]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a historic photograph of an unidentified man standing on a boardwalk on the corner of Cariboo Road in Burnaby. Historic photograph includes a label in the top corner that reads: "Cariboo Rd / Burnaby". The road is made of dirt and a two story house is visible across the road from the …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 8.7 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a historic photograph of an unidentified man standing on a boardwalk on the corner of Cariboo Road in Burnaby. Historic photograph includes a label in the top corner that reads: "Cariboo Rd / Burnaby". The road is made of dirt and a two story house is visible across the road from the man.
- Subjects
- Construction - Road Construction
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Cariboo Road
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.860
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [190-] date of original, copied [198_]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Brown, Cice Chandler
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Ryan Crocker and Diane Haynes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80779
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 7, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ryan Crocker (right), as Lloyd and Diane Haynes, as Brooke in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off at Douglas College.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 7, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ryan Crocker (right), as Lloyd and Diane Haynes, as Brooke in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off at Douglas College.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Theatre
- Names
- Crocker, Ryan
- Haynes, Diane
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Brown, Alex
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "97-8728"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Your questions -- but my answers : the scientific examination of questioned documents, with case histories
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1281
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969904002
- Call Number
- 363.2565 BRO
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Pacific Forensic Science Consultants and Services
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 173 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Compliments / of / Don N. Brown", handwritten in ink on dedication page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Criminal investigation
- Evidence, Documentary--Canada
- Notes
- Signed by the author.
- Includes index.
Charles and Bernie Brown's house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36603
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles and Bernie Brown's second house, located at 6733 Walker Avenue. Bernie Brown is standing in her front yard in a winter coat.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Charles Brown family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 307-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-49
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles and Bernie Brown's second house, located at 6733 Walker Avenue. Bernie Brown is standing in her front yard in a winter coat.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Walker Avenue
- Street Address
- 6733 Walker Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
Images
At the Gai Paree Supper Club
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66396
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of card mount reads: "2004 January I believe the Gai Paree has disappeared"
- Notes inside card on recto of photograph mount read: "Maybe wartime?", "Bill Grieve, Chair of Burnaby School Bd circa 1955?" and "Clifford [sic] G. Brown, a school superintendent after whom a Pool named by Burnaby Lake"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Edmonds School United Nations flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag and officials. Identified (on back of photograph): Jack Davy, C.G. Brown, and Bill Good.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Helen Davy subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 138-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds School United Nations flag and officials. Identified (on back of photograph): Jack Davy, C.G. Brown, and Bill Good.
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Officials
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Allan, Ray
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Ray Allan / The Allan Studios / 3763 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC / Phone: Dex. 5766"
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7641 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Interview with Elsie Ansdell by Eric Damer September 18, 2012 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory289
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Length
- 0:07:05
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early years of marriage while also a member of the work force. She talks about her own children; their early years spent in South Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell's early years of marriage while also a member of the work force. She talks about her own children; their early years spent in South Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1939-2012
- Photo Info
- Elsie Brown-John (bottom, far right) with her class at Kitchener Street School, [1936]. Item no. 549-001.
- Length
- 0:07:05
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- September 18, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with early Burnaby resident Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 18, 2012. Major themes discussed are: settling in Burnaby and the early years of the Brown-John family.
- Biographical Notes
- Elsie (Brown-John) Ansdell’s father, a trained carpenter and cabinet maker, Victor Brown-John came to Canada from Wales in 1910. He cleared three lots at Napier and Gilmore Streets and built a two-roomed house. In 1912, he was joined by his wife and two eldest sons, Victor and Archie. Twin boys, Frank and Roy, were born in 1914 in the Burnaby home and their fifth son, Clive, was born in 1915. From 1916 to 1919 Victor John-Brown left Burnaby to serve overseas. Elsie Brown-John (later Ansdell) was born in 1921. Her younger brother, Gwyn "Jerry" was born in 1923. In 1925 Victor Brown-John suffered a fatal accident while working as a longshoreman in Northern British Columbia. Elsie attended Kitchener Elementary and North Burnaby High School. She married during the Second World War and moved to South Burnaby to raise her family whilst continuing to work in various department stores both in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 33:02
- Interviewee Name
- Ansdell, Elsie Brown-John
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
Track three of recording of interview with Elsie Ansdell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-001/MSS171-001_Track_3.mp3Opening of the Fraser Wilson Room
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36335
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 15, 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Copeland, Helen Strut, Don Brown, John Mitchell, Nancy Peter, Jim Wolf, Ethel Derreck, Hazel L'Estrange, Marjoire Matovich and Mary Forsyth standing in the back row at the opening of the Burnaby Historical Society Archives' Fraser Wilson Room. Fraser Wilson sitting in the front…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 15, 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Annie Boulanger subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 250-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Copeland, Helen Strut, Don Brown, John Mitchell, Nancy Peter, Jim Wolf, Ethel Derreck, Hazel L'Estrange, Marjoire Matovich and Mary Forsyth standing in the back row at the opening of the Burnaby Historical Society Archives' Fraser Wilson Room. Fraser Wilson sitting in the front row and holding up a sign that is partially obscured by the table that reads: RESEARCH ROOM / FRASER WILSON / NOVEMBER 15 1990. Seated beside him are Evelyn Salisbury and Violet Eagles. Fraser Wilson was the first Director of the Burnaby Historical Society
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Names
- Burnaby Historical Society
- Copeland, William J.
- Strut, Helen
- Brown, Donald N. "Don"
- Mitchell, John
- Peter, Nancy
- Wolf, Jim
- Derreck, Ethel
- L'Estrange, Hazel
- Matovich, Marjorie
- Forsyth, Mary
- Salisbury, Evelyn
- Eagles, Dr. Violet
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Plaque dedictation for Frank W. Macey
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36374
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ann Macey, Nick Volkow, Hazel L'Estrange, Don Brown and Lane Macey at the plaque dedication for the architect Frank W. Macey taking place inside the Hart House. Lane Macey is the grandson of Frank W. Macey.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 254-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ann Macey, Nick Volkow, Hazel L'Estrange, Don Brown and Lane Macey at the plaque dedication for the architect Frank W. Macey taking place inside the Hart House. Lane Macey is the grandson of Frank W. Macey.
- Subjects
- Events
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6664 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area