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Air mail letter from Colin Fox to May Bateman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 30 Jun. 1945

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a handwritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery. In…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a handwritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin tells of how he may not returnn home until October and explains the process by which they're being released; he tells that he was in hospital due to injuries to his feet which were exasperated after attending a dance and how he learned of his father's recent accident.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Names: Fox, Colin Rhodes; Bateman, Marianne May

Accession Code: BV020.27.41

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 30 Jun. 1945

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Feb-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Air mail letter is addressed to: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Land Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"; Circular postmark stamps read: FIELD POST OFFICE 900 / * / JU 30 / 45"; Stamp on outside of air mail letter reads: "PASSED BY / CENSOR / No. / 11800"; Return address on outside of air mail letter reads: "K19022 Sgt. / C.R.Fox"

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Air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Fox to May Bateman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Jan. 1944

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of an air mail letter written by Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin re…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of an air mail letter written by Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin reflects on Christmas dinner and how he celebrated New Years Eve. He also tells of how they put on a party for two hundred and fifty kids in town. The men in service made a bunch of toys and saved candy and chocolate bars from their parcels to gift to the children and one of them handed them out while dressed as Santa Clause. He tells of how he's going on leave again this month and thanks his aunt for gifts that she sent.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Names: Bateman, Marianne May; Fox, Colin Rhodes

Accession Code: BV020.27.20

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 6 Jan. 1944

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Feb-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Address on front of air mail letter reads: "Miss M. Bateman / 3896 W. 25th Ave. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"; Return address on front of air mail letter reads: "K 19022 / M. Sgt. C.R.Fox / 44th Fld. Bty. / 13th Fld. Reg't. / C.A.O."; Stamp in blue ink on outside cover of air mail letter reads: "13 FD. RECT. R.C.A. / OUT GOING"

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Air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Fox to May Bateman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 5 Jul. 1944

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of an air mail letter written by Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. Colin is writing from ho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of an air mail letter written by Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). Colin tells of how he's received many letters since being in hospital; of how he is healing from his wounds and how he and other wounded soldiers listen to radio shows while convalescing.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Names: Bateman, Marianne May; Fox, Colin Rhodes

Accession Code: BV020.27.21

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 5 Jul. 1944

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Feb-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Address on front of air mail letter reads: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Lund Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"; Return address on air mail letter reads: "K 19022 / Sgt. C.R.Fox "; Circular stamp in black ink on outside cover of air mail letter reads: "POST OFFICE 238 FIELD POST / JY 6 / 44"

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Air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Fox to May Bateman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 28 Jun. 1944

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a handwritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. Colin is writing from hospit…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a handwritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable on the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). Colin thanks May for her letters; tells of how he's been convalescing in bed for twenty days with damage to one of his lungs and how he and others in the ward have been listening to radio shows on a Red Cross radio.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Names: Fox, Colin Rhodes; Bateman, Marianne May

Accession Code: BV020.27.25

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 28 Jun. 1944

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Feb-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Address on front of air mail letter reads: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Land Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"; Return address on air mail letter reads: "K 19022 / Sgt. C.R.Fox "; Circular stamp in black ink on outside cover of air mail letter reads: "POST OFFICE 230 FIELD POST / JU 29 / 44"

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Albert Henry Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1955] (date of original)-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of newspaper articles, biographical and research notes, genealogical and vital statistic information about Henry Love. Henry was born in 1883 and is the son of Jesse and Martha Love, he married Elizabeth Lewis in 1907.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of newspaper articles, biographical and research notes, genealogical and vital statistic information about Henry Love. Henry was born in 1883 and is the son of Jesse and Martha Love, he married Elizabeth Lewis in 1907.

Names: Love, Henry

Accession Code: BV018.41.62

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: [1955] (date of original)-1998

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

Albert Parker

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1988-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of biographical notes that were taken during interviews with Albert Parker and research information. Albert Parker was the son of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of biographical notes that were taken during interviews with Albert Parker and research information. Albert Parker was the son of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker.

Names: Parker, Albert "Bert"

Accession Code: BV018.41.68

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1988-[1998]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

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

Alfred Bingham subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred 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; Photograph

Creator: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; MSS001, MSS142, and PC 010

Alice Buckle (nee Love)

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence between Lisa Langlet and Mrs. Alice (Love) Buckle (and her daughter Barbara Armstrong) regarding her donation to the Love farmhouse restoration project and the opening of the exhibit. Alice is the daughter of John Leonard Love and Jennie Love (nee Kennedy) and the g…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence between Lisa Langlet and Mrs. Alice (Love) Buckle (and her daughter Barbara Armstrong) regarding her donation to the Love farmhouse restoration project and the opening of the exhibit. Alice is the daughter of John Leonard Love and Jennie Love (nee Kennedy) and the grandaughter of Jesse and Martha Love.

Names: Buckle, Alice Love

Accession Code: BV018.41.79

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1998

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

Alistair Ross papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65732

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Scope and Content: Item is a four page, typewritten personal memory of growing up in Burnaby (photocopied), specifically of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, written by Alistair Ross.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ross family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS146-002

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS1999-14

Scope and Content: Item is a four page, typewritten personal memory of growing up in Burnaby (photocopied), specifically of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, written by Alistair Ross.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

A living history reader, vol. 1 : museums

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Anderson, Jay (Jay Allan)

Publication Date: c1991

Call Number: 973.074 AND COPY 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0942063139

Call Number: 973.074 AND COPY 1

Author: Anderson, Jay (Jay Allan)

Place of Publication: Nashville, Tenn.

Publisher: American Association for State and Local History

Publication Date: c1991

Physical Description: 231 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Historical museums--United States; Open-air museums--United States; Historic sites--Interpretive programs--United States; United States--History, Local

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 2 copies held : copy 1.

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

Alvin Burtch subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records and 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of textual records pertaining to Alvin Burtch's house in Burnaby, a newspaper clipping, and photograph of Burtch in his BCER uniform.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alvin Burtch subseries

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records and 1 photograph

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-02; BHS1993-12; BHS1995-07

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of textual records pertaining to Alvin Burtch's house in Burnaby, a newspaper clipping, and photograph of Burtch in his BCER uniform.

History: Alvin Burtch was a British Columbia Electric Railway conductor who drove for the BCER for 38 years, 30 of those years on the Burnaby Lake Line. He was the driver for the line's final run in 1953, his 37th year of service. Burtch had a daughter named Hazel Cunningham, who grew up in Burnaby and married Friends of the Carousel member Harry Sumner.