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Scope and Content: File consists of miscellaneous promotional materials and certificates pertaining to agricultural and floral societies in British Columbia, including the Burnaby Rhododendron Society. File also contains one photograph a display at an agricultural fair.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922 (date of original) -1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 cm x 8 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS030-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1986-44

Scope and Content: File consists of miscellaneous promotional materials and certificates pertaining to agricultural and floral societies in British Columbia, including the Burnaby Rhododendron Society. File also contains one photograph a display at an agricultural fair.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

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Agricultural publications

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1962

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File of publications pertaining to agriculture including bulletins, journals and a hardcover book entitled "The Call of the Hen" published by the American Poultry School in 1921. Also included in the file is correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1917-1962

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS110-030

Accession Number: BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: File of publications pertaining to agriculture including bulletins, journals and a hardcover book entitled "The Call of the Hen" published by the American Poultry School in 1921. Also included in the file is correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alan Fish collection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920-1929]

Collection/Fonds: Alan Fish collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Co. Mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920-1929]

Collection/Fonds: Alan Fish collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2007-04

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Co. Mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.

History: John Lawrence Fish was born in 1904 at Oldham, Lancashire, England. His father, Samuel, first immigrated to Canada 1909, eventually bringing his family to Davie Street, Vancouver in 1919. In 1924, John started working for the Barnet Lumber Company. After working six months at Hanbury Lumber Company in Vancouver in 1926, he came back to the Barnet Mill. In 1927 he began working for the Nichols Chemical plant. Lucy Isabelle Currie was born in Vancouver in 1911 to Harvey and Jane May “Jennie” (Laidlaw) Currie. After graduating from Magee High School, she studied teaching at the Normal School, then went to work at the Compensation Board. In 1942 John and Lucy married at Ryerson Church in Kerrisdale, Vancouver and moved to an apartment at 4095 East Hastings Street in Burnaby. Their daughter, Rosemary Ann Fish, was born in 1943 and their son, Alan John Fish, was born in 1945. In 1947 or 1948 the family of four moved to an apartment at Barnet, followed by a move to a house at Nichols Road. By 1956, they were living in house number 28 on the Nichols property. Alan and Rosemary grew up at Barnet, roaming freely with the other Barnet children around the area of Nichols and the beaches west of the plant. The Fish siblings were taken to school on the Barnet school bus; they attended Rosser Elementary School, Westridge Elementary School, Sperling Elementary School, Kensington Junior High School and Burnaby North High School. As a young adult, Alan worked weekends as a boiler house fireman at the Bestwood shingle mill from 1963 to 1966. He worked at the Nichols Chemical plant from 1966 to 1967. John worked for the Nichol Chemical plant for over 40 years. On November 3, 1968 he was in an accident at the plant from which he suffered first, second and third degree burns. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital on December 16, 1968. Rosemary married Larry Meech. They were living together at Barnet while finishing college when John died. The Meeches then bought a house in Capitol Hill. Alan and Lucy moved to an apartment at Westridge. Lucy passed away in 1974.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Fish, Alan

Other Title Information: Title was changed from Alan Fish fonds to Alan Fish collection to better reflect the nature of the materials.

Notes: Photo catalogue 539

Alfred Bingham correspondence

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1943-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence between Alfred Bingham and either members of the early Burnaby community, the Burnaby Historical Society or staff at the City of Vancouver Archives.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1943-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS142-002

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence between Alfred Bingham and either members of the early Burnaby community, the Burnaby Historical Society or staff at the City of Vancouver Archives.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alfred Bingham fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 cm. of textual records and 1 audio reel.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham as well as an oral history tape provided by Alfred and his wife, M.J. "Ada" Bingham.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 4 cm. of textual records and 1 audio reel.

Description Level: Fonds

Record No.: MSS142

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham as well as an oral history tape provided by Alfred and his wife, M.J. "Ada" Bingham.

History: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten-hour days to build a shingle mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, a carpenter and millwright (and author of “The History of Burnaby”), also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lockdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920, Alfred married Mary Jane "Ada" Reynolds. Alfred and Mary Jane often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. The couple also had a dog named Bess. The Binghams were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth who were suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression. The Army was in operation for ten years and during that time, the members organised the credit union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union Act through the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started co-op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also the Secretary of the Burnaby Housing Committee. In 1946, he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane died on August 9, 1969. Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Media Type: Textual Record; Sound Recording

Creator: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds MSS142

Alfred Bingham papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The C…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS001-001

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The Canadian Unionist", dated July 1945.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alfred Bingham papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of mo…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS142-001

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of moving to Burnaby; “I Arrive in Burnaby and We Build a Shingle Mill”, “We Build a Home and Dig a Well”, “What the Lochdale District Looked Like in 1919-20-21-22”,“Second Settlers in the Lochdale District”, “The Death of Mary Hawthorn”, “The Rum Runners and Bootleg Whiskey in Burnaby”, “Burnaby, North, South, East and West, 1892-1943”, “The Ice Age and other observations before Burnaby”, “Our House Burns Down” and “History of the Working People of Burnaby.”

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alvin Burtch papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alvin Burtch subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS067-001

Accession Number: BHS1992-02

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annual Club Achievement Report for 1952

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: File of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1952 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: File of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS092-048

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1952 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annual Club Achievement Report for 1953

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1954

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1953 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1954

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS092-049

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1953 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annual Club Achievement Report for 1955

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1956

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1955 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club (and support material) as well as an information sheet from Kiwanis International.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1956

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS092-050

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1955 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club (and support material) as well as an information sheet from Kiwanis International.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annual Club Achievement Report for 1956

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1956 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as an information sheet from Kiwanis International.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS092-051

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1956 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as an information sheet from Kiwanis International.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annual Club Achievement Report for 1958

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1957 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS092-052

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1957 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annual Club Achievement Report for 1960

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-1960

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1960 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-1960

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS092-054

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of the Annual Club Achievement Report for 1960 from the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club as well as accompanying support materials.