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Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. vi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary82
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.56
- Call Number
- 032 CHA v.6
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. and R. Chambers
- Publication Date
- 1864
- Printer
- W. and R. Chambers
- Physical Description
- 826 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- From the August 3, 1971 acquisition record: "This set of Encyclopedia was given to my paternal Grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, in London, England. They were given to my father (L.W. Taverner) upon the day of his father in 1897 and he brought them to Canada when he emigrated here in 1904. I can recall they many times they were used as "reference" in my early childhood not only by our family, but by neighbours and friends in settling 'friendly' arguments."
- Notes
- volume 6 of 10.
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. vii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary83
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.57
- Call Number
- 032 CHA v.7 1865
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. and R. Chambers
- Publication Date
- 1865
- Printer
- W. and R. Chambers
- Physical Description
- 828 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- From the August 3, 1971 acquisition record: "This set of Encyclopedia was given to my paternal Grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, in London, England. They were given to my father (L.W. Taverner) upon the day of his father in 1897 and he brought them to Canada when he emigrated here in 1904. I can recall they many times they were used as "reference" in my early childhood not only by our family, but by neighbours and friends in settling 'friendly' arguments."
- Notes
- volume 7 of 10.
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. viii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary84
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.58
- Call Number
- 032 CHA v.8 1866
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. and R. Chambers
- Publication Date
- 1866
- Printer
- W. and R. Chambers
- Physical Description
- 828 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- From the August 3, 1971 acquisition record: "This set of Encyclopedia was given to my paternal Grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, in London, England. They were given to my father (L.W. Taverner) upon the day of his father in 1897 and he brought them to Canada when he emigrated here in 1904. I can recall they many times they were used as "reference" in my early childhood not only by our family, but by neighbours and friends in settling 'friendly' arguments."
- Notes
- volume 8 of 10.
Chambers's encyclopaedia : a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people illustrated with maps and numerous wood engravings, vol. x
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary86
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.15.60
- Call Number
- 032 CHA vol. x
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- W. and R. Chambers
- Publication Date
- 1868
- Printer
- W. and R. Chambers
- Physical Description
- 821 p. : ill., maps (some col.); 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- From the August 3, 1971 acquisition record: "This set of Encyclopedia was given to my paternal Grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, in London, England. They were given to my father (L.W. Taverner) upon the day of his father in 1897 and he brought them to Canada when he emigrated here in 1904. I can recall they many times they were used as "reference" in my early childhood not only by our family, but by neighbours and friends in settling 'friendly' arguments."
- Notes
- volume 10 of 10.
Chapins' lumber reckoner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1709
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- N. Chapin & Son
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Call Number
- 674 NCH
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.16
- Call Number
- 674 NCH
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Author
- N. Chapin & Son
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Chas O. Chapin
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Physical Description
- 171 p. : 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Lumber trade--Tables
- Lumber trade
Chop suey nation : the Legion Cafe and other stories from Canada's Chinese restaurants
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7440
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hui, Ann, 1983-
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Call Number
- 647.9571 HUI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781771622226
- 1771622229
- Call Number
- 647.9571 HUI
- Author
- Hui, Ann, 1983-
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, BC
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 288 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese restaurants--Canada
- Cooking, Chinese
- Cooking, Canadian
- Food habits--Canada
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
Christmas with Grandma Elsie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3579
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.23
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Series
- Elsie Books
- Printer
- L. Upcott Gill
- Physical Description
- 317 p. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children--Conduct of life
- Conduct of life
- Grandmothers
- Intergenerational relations
- Christmas
- Families
- Christian life
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Common bonds : a history of Greater Vancouver Community Credit Union
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7347
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780993720710
- Call Number
- 334.2209 DUN
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- GVC Credit Union
- Publication Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- 98 p. : ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Community Development Credit Unions--British Columbia--History--20th Century
- Banks and banking
- British Columbia--Economic Conditions-- 20th Century
- British Columbia--Social Conditions--20th Century
- Notes
- "A history of Greater Vancouver Community Credit Union and its antecedents, the first being Rosary Credit Union, incorporated in Vancouver in 1940. The book also describes the history of the credit union system in British Columbia from its start with the Pacific Co-operative Institute in 1938 until the present day. This book contributes to the social and economic history of B.C. and documents the growth of financial co-operatives in Vancouver and Burnaby, B.C."-- summary
Daddy Darwin's dovecot : a country tale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5057
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.12
- Call Number
- 823.8 EWI
- Contributor
- Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Printer
- John Wilson and Son
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "To dear Lily / With best love from / Aunts Libbie & Kate / Xmas 1885", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper "HR / 35", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
Dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, geography, biography, and natural history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1582
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3894.1
- Call Number
- 220.3 SMI
- Contributor
- Smith, William, 1813-1893
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Book Exchange
- Publication Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- 467 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Back endpaper: "$1.00" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible--History of Biblical events--Poetry
- Notes
- edited by William Smith, LL.D
Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2830
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Routledge, Robert
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1881
- Call Number
- 608 ROU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.85.1
- Call Number
- 608 ROU
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Author
- Routledge, Robert
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1881
- Physical Description
- xiii, 594 p., 9 leaves of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Science and Art Department / of the / Committee of Council / on / Education / Queen's Prize / Obtained by / Thomas [Ledward] / in the Examination of Science Schools / May 1881. / by the Order of the Lords of the Commitee / of Council on Education. / MDCCCLXI." -printed on a sticker on the inside cover. "Thomas [Ledward]" is handwritten on the sticker.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Inventions
The dispensatory of the United States of America
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary128
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.60.8
- Call Number
- 615.12 WOO
- Edition
- 15th ed.
- Place of Publication
- s.l.
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Physical Description
- 1854 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dispensatories
- Pharmacopoeias--Early works
- Pharmacopoeias--United States
- Notes
- "Wood, Remington & Sadtler" --spine
- Includes index.
Dr. Chase's new receipt book, or, Information for everybody : the life-long observations of the author, embracing the choicest, most valuable and entirely new receipts in every department of medicine, mechanics and household economy : in fact a book for everybody, with remarks and explanations which adapt it to the every-day wants of the people, arrarged [sic] in departments, and copiously indexed.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1476
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3709.1
- Call Number
- 640 CHA
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Rose Publishing
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 393 p. [17] p.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Home economics
- Cooking
- Formulas, recipes, etc.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates : Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885
- Includes index
The drug book : from arsenic to Xanax, 250 milestones in the history of drugs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6761
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Gerald, Michael C.
- Publication Date
- c2013
- Call Number
- 615.109 GER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781402782640
- Call Number
- 615.109 GER
- Author
- Gerald, Michael C.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Sterling Pub
- Publication Date
- c2013
- Series
- Sterling Milestones series
- Physical Description
- 528 p : ill. (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemotherapy--History
- Pharmacology
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Summary : Throughout history, humans everywhere have searched for remedies to heal our bodies and minds. Covering everything from ancient herbs to cutting edge chemicals, this book in the hugely popular Milestones series looks at 250 of the most important moments in the development of life altering, life saving, and sometimes life endangering pharmaceuticals. Illustrated entries feature ancient drugs like alcohol, opium, and hemlock; the smallpox and the polio vaccines; homeopathic cures; and controversial medical treatments like ether, amphetamines, and Xanax while shining a light on the scientists, doctors, and companies who brought them to us.
Druggists circular and chemical gazette : a practical journal of chemistry as applied to pharmacy and sciences
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary393
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.25
- Call Number
- 615.19 WIL
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- William O. Allison
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 288 p. ; 35 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "A practical Journal of Chemistry as applied to Pharmacy and Sciences ; General Business Organ for Druggists, Chemists and Apothecaries and all branches connected with the Drug business".
- Volume XXXIII. - 1889.
The druggists circular and chemical gazette : a practical journal of chemistry, as applied to pharmacy, arts and sciences; and general business organ for druggists, chemists, and apothecaries, and all branches connected with the drug business
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary396
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.28
- Call Number
- 615 DRU
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- John Newton
- Publication Date
- 1886
- Printer
- Macgowan & Slipper
- Physical Description
- viii, 81-288 : ill. : 36 cm.
- Inscription
- "D. E. Campbell" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf] "FROM D. E. CAMPBELLXXX____ prior ___ Cor. Fort & Douglas Sts., VICTORIA, B. C." [Stamped in purple ink on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Includes index.
Elements of algebra
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1869
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.5
- Call Number
- 512 WEN
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Ginn & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1881
- 1893
- Physical Description
- x, 325 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "May M. Ayers / Union Road / Lot - 33 / P. E. Island" [handwritten inside front cover] "Esther Abbott / P. W. C. / 1899-1900" [handwritten inside front cover] "A____ 15-___ / 1895" [handwritten inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Algebra
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: G. A. (George Albert) Wentworth, 1835-1906.
The elements of chemistry : a text-book for beginners
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1544
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
- Publication Date
- 1910
- c1887
- Call Number
- 540 REM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3842.1
- Call Number
- 540 REM
- Author
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1910
- c1887
- Printer
- R. & R. Clark, Limited
- Physical Description
- xii; 284 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Annie Graham Hill" "Britannia High School" "Vancouver B.C." "Aug 29/11"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
The elements of chemistry: a text-book for beginners
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1958
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1886
- Call Number
- 540 REM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.98
- Call Number
- 540 REM
- Author
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1886
- Series
- American Science Series
- Printer
- Robert Drummond
- Physical Description
- iii-x; 272 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- notes in front; inside, "Gertre Jenkins" [Spelling may be incorrect] "Judson Dichieson" [Spelling may be incorrect] "Esther A. Abbott" "Madge Henderson" "Charlottetown" "Sept. 1st 1896"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "American science series, elementary course"- title page
The elements of structural botany with special reference to the study of Canadian plants ; to which is added a selection of examination papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2747
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.5
- Call Number
- 580 SPO
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage and Company
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 176 p. : ill ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Betty Goodfellow Class 23 / J.O.H.S. / Mark Turnbull / Galt. Collegiate Inst/ Mar 5th 1889 Mark Turnbull" - first two lines printed in two different inks? then the rest of inscription is handwritten in two different inks and hand. on the opposite page of front endpaper.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Botany
- Biology--Historical texts
- Education, Secondary--Canada
- Notes
- "Price $1.00."
- "With many illustrations by the author and others."
- "Entered according to the Act of Paliament of Canada, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, in the year 1888, by W.J. Gage & Co., Toronto
- Includes index