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Scope and Content: Item consists of a document titled "Description of Mr. Love's Property". The document describes Jesse Love's property located at the north east corner of District Lot 25 located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love and Leonard land records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a document titled "Description of Mr. Love's Property". The document describes Jesse Love's property located at the north east corner of District Lot 25 located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby.

Accession Code: BV992.26.24

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1894]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title; Document, buff paper, legal-sized, typed in black carbon; "DESCRIPTION OF MR. LOVE'S PROPERTY" at top, underlined; "Commencing at a post at the north-east corner of lot twenty-five (25); thence southerly along the westerly line of the Cumberland Road thirty-four (34) chains and eighty-four (84) links; thence westerly and parallel with the line between/ district lots twenty-five (25) and eighty-eight (88) fourteen (14) chains and fifty (50) links thence northerly and parallel with the Cumberland Road thirty-four (34) chains and eighty-four (84) links thence eatserly along the line between said lots twenty-five and eighty eight (88) to point of commencement containing fifty and five hundred and eighteen thousandths (50.518) acres more or less" [NOTE "eatserly" is as written on document]; watermark "WESTMINSTER BOND"; pencilled on reverse, "63 - 00", line, "31 1-0" and six short marks like checks

Douglas Road School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a handwritten note on paper in the shaped of an apple. Note is titled "Douglas Road School" and includes location of Douglas Road School and the names of the Waplington children (Frances, John and Grace Waplington) and Fleming children (John Reyland, Edith and Sara Fleming) and the…

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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 handwritten note on paper in the shaped of an apple. Note is titled "Douglas Road School" and includes location of Douglas Road School and the names of the Waplington children (Frances, John and Grace Waplington) and Fleming children (John Reyland, Edith and Sara Fleming) and the dates that they attended the school.

Accession Code: BV016.46.156

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [2001]

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

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Douglas Road School poem

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2001 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 photocopies

Scope and Content: Photocopy of poem titled "Douglas Road School 1921-1922" written by Frances Fleming (nee Waplington) and photocopy of photograph of young Frances Fleming (nee Waplington).

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 photocopies

Scope and Content: Photocopy of poem titled "Douglas Road School 1921-1922" written by Frances Fleming (nee Waplington) and photocopy of photograph of young Frances Fleming (nee Waplington).

Creator: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Names: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Accession Code: BV016.46.131

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 2001 (date of original)

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photocopies are part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

Duke and the pill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [199-]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a printed copy of a story titled "Duke and the Pill" written by Frances Fleming (nee Waplington).

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 printed copy of a story titled "Duke and the Pill" written by Frances Fleming (nee Waplington).

Creator: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Accession Code: BV016.46.154

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [199-]

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

Elections candidate card for Hugh H. Stewart

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1946]

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of one candacy card which reads: "Hugh H. Stewart / Candidate / for COUNCILLOR / WARD FIVE / 34 years Resident Taxpayer of WARD FIVE / President of North Burnaby Board of Trade, / Member and Trustee Burnaby Hospital Fund Committee".

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Series: Hugh H. Stewart associations and memberships series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of one candacy card which reads: "Hugh H. Stewart / Candidate / for COUNCILLOR / WARD FIVE / 34 years Resident Taxpayer of WARD FIVE / President of North Burnaby Board of Trade, / Member and Trustee Burnaby Hospital Fund Committee".

Names: Stewart, Hugh Henry

Accession Code: HV979.50.251

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1940 and 1946]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of item

Family and political photograph album

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1914-1977

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 85 photographs)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph album containing ca. 85 photographs, including both personal and work-related subjects such as the Winch family and homes, and Winch's political work and travels. Also included are some textual records relating to Winch's political work.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 85 photographs)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph album containing ca. 85 photographs, including both personal and work-related subjects such as the Winch family and homes, and Winch's political work and travels. Also included are some textual records relating to Winch's political work.

Subjects: Government - Federal Government; Government - Provincial Government

Names: Winch, Harold Edward; Winch, Linda Marian Hendy; Winch, Grace; Winch, Eileen; Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Eric; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"; New Democratic Party; Douglas, Tommy; MacInnis, Grace

Accession Code: BV013.12.11

Date: 1914-1977

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; A selection of photographs from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV013.12.36 to BV015.35.117)

Images

Family and political photograph album, 1914-1977 thumbnail

Documents

2013_0012_0011_001_Combined

Final settlement of pay and allowances

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Oct. 1945

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a "Final Settlement of Pay and Allowances" issued to Wing Commander E.W. Martin of Regiment No. C. 522.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Series: E.W. Martin military records and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a "Final Settlement of Pay and Allowances" issued to Wing Commander E.W. Martin of Regiment No. C. 522.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Documentary Artifacts - Forms

Names: Martin, Elmer Wilson

Accession Code: BV019.40.40

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: Oct. 1945

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: February 8, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Final settlement of pay and allowances, Oct. 1945 thumbnail

Financial ledger

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1942-1951

Collection/Fonds: Douglas Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 volume of textual records

Scope and Content: Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including properties that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries by month between January 1942 and December 1951 with financial records pertaining to the apartment blocks of…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Douglas Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 volume of textual records

Scope and Content: Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including properties that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries by month between January 1942 and December 1951 with financial records pertaining to the apartment blocks of 4022 to 4032 Kingsway.

Names: Stewart, Douglas; Thistle Meat Market

Accession Code: BV999.10.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1942-1951

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Accounting ledger entries on first 37 pages. The rest of the ledger is blank.

Financial ledger

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1936-1951

Collection/Fonds: Douglas Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 volume of textual records

Scope and Content: Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including the operation of the Thistle Meat Market that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries between January 1936 and 1951 with alphabetical index at the front and entries …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Douglas Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 volume of textual records

Scope and Content: Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including the operation of the Thistle Meat Market that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries between January 1936 and 1951 with alphabetical index at the front and entries that include addresses between 4028 and 4032 Kingsway in Burnaby.

Names: Stewart, Douglas; Thistle Meat Market

Accession Code: BV999.10.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1936-1951

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Pages near the end of the ledger are blank and some have been removed.

Flight training notebook

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1943]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 notebook ; red cardstock cover, coil bound ; 23.5 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a coilbound notebook used by Flight Officer Robert Leonard Love while attending Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flying training school at RCAF Station Summerside Prince Edward Island. Notebook includes handwritten entries created by Robert Leonard Love.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert Leonard Love RCAF records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 notebook ; red cardstock cover, coil bound ; 23.5 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a coilbound notebook used by Flight Officer Robert Leonard Love while attending Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flying training school at RCAF Station Summerside Prince Edward Island. Notebook includes handwritten entries created by Robert Leonard Love.

Creator: Love, Robert Leonard "Bob"

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Transportation - Air

Names: Royal Canadian Air Force

Accession Code: BV023.24.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1943]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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

Historic Tree, Not an Elm; It's an Ash

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 28 Jan 1941

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Item consists of a newspaper clipping "HISTORIC TREE / NOT AN ELM; / IT'S AN ASH" / "City Resident Claims Speciman / on Brunette Creek Is Only / One of Its Size in / Province" from the British Columbian newspaper dated January 28, 1941.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: William Holmes fonds

Series: William Holmes family records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 newspaper clipping

Scope and Content: Item consists of a newspaper clipping "HISTORIC TREE / NOT AN ELM; / IT'S AN ASH" / "City Resident Claims Speciman / on Brunette Creek Is Only / One of Its Size in / Province" from the British Columbian newspaper dated January 28, 1941.

History: Article refers to the European Ash tree planted by Mrs. William Holmes in 1861 in the presence of her family and Colonel Moody and his wife and daughters. (see Reference on page 41 of George Green's "History of Burnaby" )

Accession Code: BV997.50.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 28 Jan 1941

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Historic Tree, Not an Elm; It's an Ash, 28 Jan 1941 thumbnail

Home nursing certificate

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1943

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 certificate

Scope and Content: Item consists of a certificate for "Home_Nursing" awarded to Mrs. Flossie M. Parsons July 16, 1943.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 certificate

Scope and Content: Item consists of a certificate for "Home_Nursing" awarded to Mrs. Flossie M. Parsons July 16, 1943.

History: Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).

Other Title Information: Title based on content of item

Accession Code: BV017.38.9

Date: 1943

Media Type: Textual Record

House of Commons Debates Vol. 132, No. 196, 3rd Session, 34th Parliament. Official Report (Hansard) - Tribute to the late Harold Edward Winch. Speaker: The Honourable John A. Fraser, P.C., Q.C.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 3 February 1993

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 v. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item is a bound volume of the Canadian House of Commons tribute to Harold Winch on February 3, 1993, following his death.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch political photograph album and records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 v. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item is a bound volume of the Canadian House of Commons tribute to Harold Winch on February 3, 1993, following his death.

Parallel Title: Debats de la Chambre des communes Vol. 132, No. 194, 3e Session, 34e Legislature. Compte rendu officiel (Hansard) - Hommage a Harold Edward Winch. Presidence de l'honorable John A. Fraser, C.P., C.R.

Names: Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.22

Date: 3 February 1993

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

In and Out of a Cedar Shake Shack

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 2000]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 manuscript : 200 pages

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of an unpublished manuscript titled "In and Out of a Cedar Shake Shack The life of a little girl from World War I to Canada's Diamond Jubilee" written by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Frances Fleming manuscripts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 manuscript : 200 pages

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of an unpublished manuscript titled "In and Out of a Cedar Shake Shack The life of a little girl from World War I to Canada's Diamond Jubilee" written by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington).

Creator: Fleming, Frances "Fanny" Waplington

Other Title Information: Title continues:... The life of a little girl from World War I to Canada's Diamond Jubilee

Accession Code: BV016.46.51

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: [ca. 2000]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title; Experts from this manuscript (pages 113-126) “Christmas Time” and “The Fire Brigade”. have been made available as a pdf. Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view the Manuscript in it's entirety.

Images

In and Out of a Cedar Shake Shack, [ca. 2000] thumbnail

Documents

2016_0046_0051_002

Intermediate progress card

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 30 Jun. 1948

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade four, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming, her father Ray Fleming and her teacher, M.A. Wells.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade four, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming, her father Ray Fleming and her teacher, M.A. Wells.

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.164

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 30 Jun. 1948

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

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

Intermediate progress card

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 30 Jun. 1949

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade five, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming and her teacher, N. Holob.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 card

Scope and Content: Item consists of a British Columbia Public Schools Intermediate Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade five, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming and her teacher, N. Holob.

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.166

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 30 Jun. 1949

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

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

Interviews with Bill and Albert Parker by Colin Stevens January 17, 1992

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 14 sec.) : col. , sd.

Scope and Content: Film footage documenting informal interviews with brothers William “Bill” and Albert Parker conducted by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Colin Stevens. The footage opens in the administration building of the Burnaby Village Museum where Bill Parker describes a pair of cross country skis that he is …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse oral history project subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 14 sec.) : col. , sd.

Material Details: Interviewer: Colin Stevens; Interviewee:William (Bill) Parker; Albert Parker; Mrs. William Parker; Location of Interview: Jesse Love farmhouse at the Burnaby Village Museum; Camera: Susan Green and Colin Stevens

Scope and Content: Film footage documenting informal interviews with brothers William “Bill” and Albert Parker conducted by Burnaby Village Museum curator, Colin Stevens. The footage opens in the administration building of the Burnaby Village Museum where Bill Parker describes a pair of cross country skis that he is donating to the museum. Bill recollects how he constructed the skis out of cedar in the late 1920s when he was about 9 or 10 years old. Bill tells of how he skied in the neighbourhood of the Jesse Love farmhouse on Cumberland Road, using the skis until the mid to late 1930s. The film continues with a tour of the Jesse Love farmhouse which is under restoration on site of the Burnaby Village Museum. Curator Colin Stevens takes Albert and Bill Parker through various rooms inside of the house sharing details of what staff have discovered during the restoration process and gathers informative details by interviewing them. During the interviews, the brothers recollect what it was like living in the house in the 1920s. They provide details on the house’s construction, fixtures, heating and water systems along with particulars regarding furnishings and décor. Information that was gathered through interviews such as this, supported the restoration to be completed as accurately as possible.

History: Albert and William Charles “Bill” Parker are the sons of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker. Sarah Parker was the daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and grew up in the Love farmhouse located at 1390 Cumberland Road in Burnaby. Sarah and William Parker and their three children (Albert, Bill and Elsie) moved into the Love farmhouse in about 1925, eventually buying it in 1928 following the death of Sarah’s father Jesse Love. Sarah continued to live in the house until after her husband William died and eventually sold the house to her daughter Elsie Hughes and her husband John Hughes in 1966.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Sports - Skiing; Buildings - Heritage

Names: Stevens, Colin; Parker, William "Bill" Charles; Parker, Albert "Bert"; Love Family

Accession Code: BV018.41.50

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Green, Susan; Stevens, Colin

Notes: Title based on contents of video; Video was digitized to mp4 in March 2020 from original VHS tape

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Video

Interviews with Bill and Albert Parker by Colin Stevens January 17, 1992, 1920-1930 (interview content), interviewed January 17, 1992 (date of original), digitized 2020

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Interview with Kanwal Singh Neel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1973-2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (50 min., 32 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 30 fps

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Kanwal Singh Neel conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. The interview was conducted and recorded on the Zoom platform. 00:00 – 00:06:47 Kanwal shares some of the mentors that influenced him in his life, education and …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (50 min., 32 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 30 fps

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewee: Kanwal Singh Neel Interview Date: July 5, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 50 min., 32 sec. Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Kanwal Singh Neel conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. The interview was conducted and recorded on the Zoom platform. 00:00 – 00:06:47 Kanwal shares some of the mentors that influenced him in his life, education and career, how his three-year grandson has been an inspiration and how important it is to educate yourself in different ways. 00:06:48 - 00:19:02 Kanwal talks about the diversity in the schools that he’s encountered over the years as a student and as an educator and shares his experiences getting hired as an educator on public television and being known as "the math guy". 00:19:03 - 00:46:39 Kanwal talks about the “Friends of Simon” tutoring out-reach program and his involvement. 00:26:40 - 00:30:24 Kanwal shares his experiences officiating the Canada Summer Games, the Harry Jerome Track Classic, the Commonwealth Games and other world class sporting events. 00:30:25 - 00:38:58 Kanwal describes a typical day while working at Simon Fraser University as Associate Director of Professional Programs, as a sports official and his involvement with Friends of Simon. Kanwal speaks about the importance of finding a balance between staying connected, finding your purpose and carrying on the passions that you enjoy. Kanwal talks about some of his favourite places in Burnaby including Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Mountain, Deer Lake and Central Park. 00:38:59 - 00:43:31 Kanwal talks about the changes that he’s seen in the lower mainland over his life time including; diminishing agricultural land, the fishing industry, public transportation, housing and retail infrastructure and homelessness. 00:43:32 - 00:50:32 Kanwal talks about his involvement with the Punjabi Cultural Association, the introduction of Punjabi language courses in public schools and his involvement in a Bhangra event. Kanwal imparts a final message to youth of today emphasizing the importance of, building relationships, giving back to your community, learning through education and being respectful of your own journey and others.

History: Interviewee biography: Kanwal Singh Neel was born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1953 and immigrated with his family to Canada in 1969. For the first few weeks after immigrating the family stayed at the Sikh Temple on Second Avenue before moving into a house which they rented. Kanwal attended Kitsilano Secondary School and later transferred to Steveston High School when his family moved to Richmond. In 1972, Kanwal and friends formed a bhangra group "Punjab Cultural Association" and in 1974 they performed at the World Exposition in Spokane, Washington. The group performed at various venues including the Pacific National Exhibition and other cities in the Province. In 1973, Kanwal was an officiate during the Canada Summer Games at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. Kanwal obtained a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from University of British Columbia in computer science and mathematics and got his first teaching job in 1977. In 1978, he was an officiate of the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta. Over the next ten years he devoted himself to becoming an educator and during this time he became more involved with the B.C. Math Teachers Association. Kanwal and his wife Nancy married in 1982 and have two daughters. In the early 1990's, Kanwal joined Simon Fraser University as a faculty associate to work, train and mentor student teachers. Kanwal became President of the B.C. Math Teachers Association and travelled throughout the province to help solve issues being faced by students. In 1993, he co-hosted a TV show "Math Shop" on The Knowledge Network and he later co-authored a textbook series titled "Math Makes Sense". Kanwal continued to advance his knowledge in the field of mathematics obtaining a Doctorate from Simon Fraser University in 2008. Kanwal developed his doctoral work in Haida Gwaii, studying the mathematics that the Haida peoples used in day to day life, applying the applications and integrating the mathematics concepts with their cultural knowledge. Kanwal also worked with the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation and the Stó:lō Nation in helping to develop resources for them. Kanwal has been recognized with various awards and honours including being awarded an honorary doctorate by Kwantlen Polytechnic University and in 2017 as an inductee in the Sports Wall of Fame in Richmond for his outstanding contribution to amateur sport as an International Athletics Official. Since retirement, Kanwal continues to be involved in a project at Simon Fraser University "Friends of Simon" where university students go out and mentor and tutor immigrant and refugee children from South Asia and Africa and other countries. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians; Education; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Sports; Events - Competitions; Housing; Performances

Names: Neel, Kanwal Singh; Simon Fraser University; Friends of Simon; Canada Summer Games; Swangard Stadium; Punjabi Cultural Association

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Central Park

Accession Code: BV023.16.11

Date: [1973-2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Moving Images

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