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Scope and Content: Item consists of a Civil Defence of Canada certificate to certify Ray Fleming as a "Volunteer Worker for Civil Defence in the War against the German Reich and the other Axis Powers..."

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Civil Defence of Canada certificate to certify Ray Fleming as a "Volunteer Worker for Civil Defence in the War against the German Reich and the other Axis Powers..."

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Emergency Measures - Civil Defence

Accession Code: BV016.46.153

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 5 Sep. 1945

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Document is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

New instructions on how to fight fire bombs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 358.34 CAN Ver. 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.47.19

Call Number: 358.34 CAN Ver. 1

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: Edmond Cloutier

Publication Date: 1942

Physical Description: 4 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--Civil defense; Incendiary bombs; Fire extinction

Subjects: Emergency Measures - Civil Defence

Notes: Version 1 of 2

Air Defence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34099

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the former site of Aerial Defense 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the former site of Aerial Defense 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Buildings - Military

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kitchener Street; Madison Avenue

Images

Air Defence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34103

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the camp site for the Air Defence, 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the camp site for the Air Defence, 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kitchener Street; Madison Avenue

Images

Burnaby Air Raid Patrol

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34507

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1941

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.1 x 24.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Air Raid Patrol standing behind a model street. Some of the men are wearing ARP armbands.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1941

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.1 x 24.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 028-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Air Raid Patrol standing behind a model street. Some of the men are wearing ARP armbands.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Converted Army Hut

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34135

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a converted army hut in the Willingdon Heights area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-051

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a converted army hut in the Willingdon Heights area.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Converted Army Hut, April 16, 1947 thumbnail

Former Camp Kitchen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34136

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a former camp kitchen used as part of civil defence in the Willingdon Heights area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-052

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a former camp kitchen used as part of civil defence in the Willingdon Heights area.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Former Camp Kitchen, April 16, 1947 thumbnail

Personal material

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1978]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Series: Simnett personal papers series

Physical Description: 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS167-008

Accession Number: 2013-22

Scope and Content: File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.

Subjects: Arts - Paintings; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers; Documentary Artifacts - Photographs; Performances - Concerts; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Personal Symbols - Certificates; Transportation; Persons - Royalty

Names: Simnett, Hazel; Simnett, Frederick "Fred"; Simnett, Mary Ann; Lansdowne, James Fenwick

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together; Simnett personal papers series

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1945-1990

Length: 00:06:11

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the inhalator equipment used by the department starting in 1945. Al Nixon describes 50% of the calls received by the department as "pre-hospital care", and that the department is an emergency service rather than just a fire department. He also describes the 19…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the inhalator equipment used by the department starting in 1945. Al Nixon describes 50% of the calls received by the department as "pre-hospital care", and that the department is an emergency service rather than just a fire department. He also describes the 1990 department staffing and equipment level.

Date Range: 1945-1990

Length: 00:06:11

Subjects: Public Services - Fire Protection; Emergency Measures

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 21, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:43:35

Interviewee Name: Nixon, Al

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Al Nixon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_4.mp3

Burnaby North High School report card

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1939-1940

Collection/Fonds: Dorothy Atkinson fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Burnaby North High School report card for Dorothy Mallett, Division III, Grade XI, signed by school principal George B. Carpenter, teacher D.R. McLean and one of her parents.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Dorothy Atkinson fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Burnaby North High School report card for Dorothy Mallett, Division III, Grade XI, signed by school principal George B. Carpenter, teacher D.R. McLean and one of her parents.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Names: Burnaby North High School; Atkinson, Dorothy Mallett

Accession Code: BV021.28.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1939-1940

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2021-10-04

Notes: Title based contents of item

Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Oct. 1966

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.

Creator: Government of Canada

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Names: Lee, Quon Lip

Accession Code: BV021.18.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 6 Oct. 1966

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: April 8, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee, 6 Oct. 1966 thumbnail

Certificate of membership for Norman Thomas Carson

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1 Jan. 1944

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Document collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Membership for Norman Thomas Carson who was admitted as a member of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes [sic] of America by Division No. 134 of New Westminster, British Columbia. Certification was granted on January 1, 1…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Document collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Membership for Norman Thomas Carson who was admitted as a member of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes [sic] of America by Division No. 134 of New Westminster, British Columbia. Certification was granted on January 1, 1944 and signed by W.D. Mahon International President.

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Names: Carson, Norman Thomas "Tom"; British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV012.18.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1 Jan. 1944

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 29-Sep-2021

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Certificate of membership for Norman Thomas Carson, 1 Jan. 1944 thumbnail

Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee]

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Q…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Quan Lip Lee. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Canadian and Chinese Immigration authorities between 1924 and 1949. Information on the front of the certificate reads "DOMINION OF CANADA / IMMIGRATION BRANCH - DEPARTMENT.../ RECEIVED FRO.../ Lee Quon Lep whose photograph is attached / hereto on the date and at the place hereunder mentioned the sum / of five Hundred Dollars being the head tax due under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Gong Doey Lee / in the district of Sun Way / of the age of 12 years arrived or landed / at Vancouver on the 28th day of / November 1921 ex Empress [sic] of Asia / The declaration in this case is C.I.4 No. 3716 / Dated at Vancouver on Dec 12, 1921_19_/ (signature) / CONTROLLER OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION" along with Chinese language characters printed vertically below.

Creator: Government of Canada

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Documentary Artifacts - Certificates; Migration

Names: Lee, Quon Lip

Accession Code: BV021.18.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: April 8, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee], 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021 thumbnail

Marriage book for John Leonard Norton and Margaret Knight

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 27 Sep. 1947

Collection/Fonds: Margaret Norton fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Item consists of a twelve page marriage book that includes a certificate authenticating the marriage of John Leonard Norton to Margaret Knight at Vancouver Heights United Church on September 27, 1947 along with other details of the ceremony.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Margaret Norton fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Material Details: textured card stock cover with six pages; printed both sides; folded in half and bound to cover with single cord at centre fold

Scope and Content: Item consists of a twelve page marriage book that includes a certificate authenticating the marriage of John Leonard Norton to Margaret Knight at Vancouver Heights United Church on September 27, 1947 along with other details of the ceremony.