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10th Burnaby Company scrapbook

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1961-1962] (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files (pdfs) + 46 photographs (tiffs) + 46 photographs (jpegs) + ephemera)
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook with thirty-three pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings about Girl Guides and Boy Scouts. Original photographs are also pasted throughout.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (2 digital files (pdfs) + 46 photographs (tiffs) + 46 photographs (jpegs) + ephemera)
Material Details
Red paper covers with pre-printed text in silver and black on front cover reading: “Treasure Trove / Scrap Book", along with an illustration of a pirate sitting with two treasure chests.
First page has “10th Burnaby Company Scrap-Book” hand-written in black ink.
Scope and Content
File consists of images of a scrapbook with thirty-three pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings about Girl Guides and Boy Scouts. Original photographs are also pasted throughout.
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Boy Scouts of Canada
Accession Code
BV015.35.331
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1961-1962] (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of scrapbook
Selected photographs from scrapbook were retained and described at item level under BV015.35.302 to BV015.35.306
Original program retained: "Thinking Day Church Parade / Willingdon Dsitrict / Canadian Girl Guides / February 19th, 1961 / Willingdon Heights Community Church"
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Dedication of flag at Central Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4892
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 6, 1935
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ;12 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph identified as "Dedication of the flag at Central Park" at the May Day celebration "May 6th, 1935". An unidentified Boy Scout and Girl Guide leader dressed in uniforms stand at the centre of the photograph under a large log arch while a small group of people look on and a large group of…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ;12 x 17.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph identified as "Dedication of the flag at Central Park" at the May Day celebration "May 6th, 1935". An unidentified Boy Scout and Girl Guide leader dressed in uniforms stand at the centre of the photograph under a large log arch while a small group of people look on and a large group of Girl Guides in uniforms are gathered in a line in the background.
Subjects
Events - May Day
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
Boy Scouts of Canada
Geographic Access
Central Park
Accession Code
BV015.35.250
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 6, 1935
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
January 5, 2021
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: "May 6th 1935 / Dedication of flag at Central Park"
Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "May Day Celebration / Burnaby, BC, May 6, 1935 / Stride Studios Photos"
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "May 6 1935 / Dedicating of flag at Central Pk."
Photograph is a part of page 37 of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
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Interview with Betty Blair by Eric Damer October 17, 2012 - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory298
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1933-1959
Length
0:09:42
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair's involvement in Field Hockey as a member of the Women's League. She also discusses her earlier involvement in Girl Guides.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair's involvement in Field Hockey as a member of the Women's League. She also discusses her earlier involvement in Girl Guides.
Date Range
1933-1959
Photo Info
Graduating class at Burnaby South High School; Betty Warburton is third from the right in the front row, [1942 or 1943]. Item no. BV004.82.5.
Length
0:09:42
Names
Girl Guides
Subjects
Sports - Field Hockey
Interviewer
Damer, Eric
Interview Date
October 17, 2012
Scope and Content
Recording is an interview with Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 17, 2012. Major theme discussed: life in Burnaby during the war years.
Biographical Notes
Betty Warburton (later Atkinson) (later Blair) was born in 1926 and grew up at three different locations on Frederick Avenue in Burnaby. She went to school in Burnaby; first at Kingsway West for two years, then Nelson Avenue and then Burnaby South High School where she completed senior matriculation. After graduation, Betty worked for a few years in Vancouver before marrying her first husband Don Atkinson and raising their children in Burnaby. Betty (Warburton) (Atkinson) Blair has participated in a range of activities from hiking and Girl Guides to volunteer arthritis care. By the nineteen-sixties she had began to learn pottery and take lessons at Mather House in Burnaby.
Total Tracks
6
Total Length
0:59:03
Interviewee Name
Blair, Betty Warburton Atkinson
Interview Location
Burnaby Village Museum
Interviewer Bio
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burna-Boom Oral History Project series
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
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Audio Tracks

Track three of recording of interview with Betty Blair

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