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Century Park - Admission Building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11668
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Century Park / Burnaby B.C. / Admission Building / Job No. 7100 1"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1/2" = 1'-0"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Century Park / Burnaby B.C. / Admission Building / Job No. 7100 1"
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.4
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Stamp on page reads: "Received / Jul 19 1971 / Building Inspector's / Office"
Century Park - Admission Building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11669
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm + 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Century Park / Burnaby B.C. / Admission Building / Job No. 7100 1" with attached typewritten pages "Materials List" from Hopping-Kovach-Grinnell
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm + 2 p. of textual records
- Material Details
- Scale 1/2" = 1'-0"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Century Park / Burnaby B.C. / Admission Building / Job No. 7100 1" with attached typewritten pages "Materials List" from Hopping-Kovach-Grinnell
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.5
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
China Month Contest
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14875
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 Nov. 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page flyer from Kelly Douglas and Company Limited titled "China Month Contest (includes handwritten Chinese characters above the english title) to "All Super Valu Stores" with the subject: "Chinese Mandarin Oranges Promotion".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page flyer from Kelly Douglas and Company Limited titled "China Month Contest (includes handwritten Chinese characters above the english title) to "All Super Valu Stores" with the subject: "Chinese Mandarin Oranges Promotion".
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Foods
- Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets
- Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.104
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 7 Nov. 1979
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 3-Nov-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
- Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
Images
Chinese Export Commodities Fair identification tag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14794
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 identification tag
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a circular cardboard "CECF" tag that was used by "Western Commodities Ltd." as part of an identification tag to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 identification tag
- Material Details
- Text in both English and Chinese
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a circular cardboard "CECF" tag that was used by "Western Commodities Ltd." as part of an identification tag to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Documentary Artifacts - Identification Tags
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1978
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 29-Sept-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
- Badge includes a silk ribbon (BV019.6.7) that was pinned to the top of the tag as an identifier for the Chinese Export Commodities Fair
- Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
Images
Chinese Export Commodities Fair ribbon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14793
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ribbon
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a pink silk ribbon that was used by "Western Commodities Ltd." as part of an identification tag to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ribbon
- Material Details
- Text in both English and Chinese
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a pink silk ribbon that was used by "Western Commodities Ltd." as part of an identification tag to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Documentary Artifacts - Identification Tags
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1978
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 29-Sept-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
- Ribbon includes a "CECF" tag (BV019.6.8) that was pinned to the top of the ribbon as an identifier for the Chinese Export Commodities Fair
- Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
Images
Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14792
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an invitation for "Western Commodities Ltd." to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (folded)
- Material Details
- Text in both English and Chinese
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an invitation for "Western Commodities Ltd." to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1978
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 29-Sept-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
- Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
Images
Entry - Exit card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14791
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a blank Entry/Exit Card.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Material Details
- Text in both English and Chinese
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a blank Entry/Exit Card.
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 29-Sept-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
- Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
Images
Esther Love birth certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4207
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1896 (date of original), copied [2016], copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Image file of the birth certificate of Esther Love. She was born in Burnaby, B.C. on August 28th, 1896.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Image file of the birth certificate of Esther Love. She was born in Burnaby, B.C. on August 28th, 1896.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Names
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Accession Code
- BV016.43.107
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1896 (date of original), copied [2016], copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Digital surrogate created from original document by donor
Images
Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee - Contract 2 - Elevation, Section & Details
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11679
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 89 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Heritage Village "Elevation, Section and Details / Contract 2 / Plan A-4" "Job no. 71-006".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 89 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Heritage Village "Elevation, Section and Details / Contract 2 / Plan A-4" "Job no. 71-006".
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.15
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Transcribed Title; Additional Text on plan reads: "Received July 5, 1971" ; "Approved March 23, 1971"; signed by Professional Engineer
Heritage Park - Phase I & II
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 116 cm folded to 59 x 58 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a site plan of Phase I and Phase II of Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. Site plan includes buildings labelled A to Q.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blackline print ; 59 x 116 cm folded to 59 x 58 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 1" = 20'-0"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a site plan of Phase I and Phase II of Heritage Park for the Burnaby Centennial Committee. Site plan includes buildings labelled A to Q.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.1
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- March 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Heritage Village - Building "G"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13389
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Building G / Elevations / Details" from Hopping-Kovach-Grinnell.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 61 x 91 cm
- Material Details
- Scales 1/8"=1-0' + 1/4"=1-0'
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Building G / Elevations / Details" from Hopping-Kovach-Grinnell.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.172
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Heritage Village - Contract 3- Building H
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11666
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 60 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print ; 60 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.2
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Note in red marker reads: "Check_print"
Heritage Village - Contract 3- Building H
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11667
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print with col. markings (marker + blue pen) ; 60 x 91 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : blueline print with col. markings (marker + blue pen) ; 60 x 91 cm
- Material Details
- Scale not given
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an architectural drawing of "Heritage Village / Burnaby B.C. / Building H / South West Elevation / Exterior Details"
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.52.3
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Immigration department Hong Kong arrival and departure card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14790
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a blank Immigration Department of Hong Kong Arrival and Departure Card.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Material Details
- Text in both English and Chinese
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a blank Immigration Department of Hong Kong Arrival and Departure Card.
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 29-Sept-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
- Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
Images
Immigration form
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14788
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a blank immigration form requiring; full name; nationality; sex; date and room no.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Material Details
- Text in both English and Chinese
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a blank immigration form requiring; full name; nationality; sex; date and room no.
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 29-Sept-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of item
- Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee
Images
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- 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
- 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 one of interview with Al Nixon
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_1.mp3Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Names
- Foley, John
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3Map of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2189
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of large sign with map of Burnaby. Map was used for Burnaby Centennial Celebrations display in 1971.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of large sign with map of Burnaby. Map was used for Burnaby Centennial Celebrations display in 1971.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.237
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 21, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Map of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13259
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large map of Burnaby displayed on a table in a parking lot. A poster for "Middlegate" Shopping Centre is displayed to the right.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large map of Burnaby displayed on a table in a parking lot. A poster for "Middlegate" Shopping Centre is displayed to the right.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.273
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Muscular Dystrophy Association Certificate of Merit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19079
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Certificate of Merit awarded by The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada to Mr. Larry Lee - Dragon Inn Restaurant, presented by Burnaby Firefighters Local 323 I.A.F.F. January 1979.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Certificate of Merit awarded by The Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada to Mr. Larry Lee - Dragon Inn Restaurant, presented by Burnaby Firefighters Local 323 I.A.F.F. January 1979.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Accession Code
- BV022.19.8
- Date
- 1979
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item