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Leila Orman papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62982
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1950]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts in file include; "R.L.S.'s Mother and the Burglars", "Afternoon Boat", "Lost Toys" and "Dear R.L.S." (R.L.S. refers to Robert Louis Stevenson).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1950]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Leila Orman subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS104-008
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts in file include; "R.L.S.'s Mother and the Burglars", "Afternoon Boat", "Lost Toys" and "Dear R.L.S." (R.L.S. refers to Robert Louis Stevenson).
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Leila Orman subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62945
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1918-1976
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1918-1976
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Leila Orman subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
History
A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Orman, A. Leila
Notes
MSS104 and PC506
Title based on content of subseries
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Madelaine and Janet Anderson in their pool

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37445
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1961 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of mother and daughter Madelaine and Janet Anderson in the swimming pool behind their home at 3908 Norland Avenue (previously numbered 4437 Norland Avenue).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1961 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-033
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of mother and daughter Madelaine and Janet Anderson in the swimming pool behind their home at 3908 Norland Avenue (previously numbered 4437 Norland Avenue).
Subjects
Sports - Swimming
Buildings - Recreational - Outdoor Swimming Pools
Names
Anderson, Janet
Anderson, Madelaine Carroll
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Norland Avenue
Street Address
3908 Norland Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
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Madelaine, Janet and Cliff Anderson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37434
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1955 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of mother and children, Madelaine, Janet and Cliff Anderson in front of the family car at the back of their home at 4437 Norland Avenue (later renumbered 3908 Norland Avenue).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1955 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-022
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of mother and children, Madelaine, Janet and Cliff Anderson in front of the family car at the back of their home at 4437 Norland Avenue (later renumbered 3908 Norland Avenue).
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Anderson, Cliff
Anderson, Janet
Anderson, Madelaine Carroll
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Norland Avenue
Street Address
3908 Norland Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
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Maurice Phillips collection

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66716
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1950
Collection/Fonds
Maurice Phillips collection
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
3 maps + 1 brochure
Scope and Content
Collection consists of three maps; 1936 Burnaby lot map, 1950 map of the Fraser Valley, 1950s map of the Fraser Canyon and one brochure entitled "Corporation of Burnaby Attractively Priced Lands."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1950
Collection/Fonds
Maurice Phillips collection
Physical Description
3 maps + 1 brochure
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2011-13
Scope and Content
Collection consists of three maps; 1936 Burnaby lot map, 1950 map of the Fraser Valley, 1950s map of the Fraser Canyon and one brochure entitled "Corporation of Burnaby Attractively Priced Lands."
History
Maurice Phillips was born in Victoria in 1919 and moved to East Pender Street in Vancouver during the 1930s. As a young man, he served as a cadet in the Seaforth Armory. When World War II broke out, Maurice was sent overseas with the First Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. This is where he met his future wife, Betty Joyce Thomas, who was herself serving as a member of the British Woman's Land Army (WLA). Maurice and Betty were married in Brighton, Sussex, in 1943. Betty (Thomas) Phillips travelled to Canada via the Queen Mary and stayed with Maurice's sisters and mother in Vancouver so that her daughter, Judith Phillips, would be born in Canada in 1944. Maurice was in Europe until 1945 and ended up as a Captain in the army. After the war, Maurice returned to work at Woodwards but, through his army contacts, went to work at Barber-Ellis, a wholesale paper and envelope manufacturer. He and his wife and daughter moved to Burnaby in 1948 or 1949, first on Royal Oak and then to a house on Waltham. This is where their son, William George Phillips, was born in 1950 and their second daughter, Susan Maureen Phillips, was born in 1953. The Phillips family often took trips to the Okanagan after the Hope-Princeton highway opened. Maurice also took William to Sḵwx̱wú7mesh along the "new" highway when it first opened. The Phillips family lived in Burnaby until Maurice was transferred east in 1960.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Creator
Phillips, Maurice
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
MSS158
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McLean family at a beach and cabin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85425
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1963
Collection/Fonds
George H.F. McLean fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 digital file ( 4 min., 26 sec ) : digital , col., si.
Scope and Content
Item consists of one silent colour film and opens with footage of Teresa McLean and her mother, Edna at the oceanside on Bowyer Island and is followed with footage of a man and George McLean building a cabin with help from some of the McLean children. The following footage is a little poor and jump…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1963
Collection/Fonds
George H.F. McLean fonds
Physical Description
1 digital file ( 4 min., 26 sec ) : digital , col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
567-001-10
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-03
Scope and Content
Item consists of one silent colour film and opens with footage of Teresa McLean and her mother, Edna at the oceanside on Bowyer Island and is followed with footage of a man and George McLean building a cabin with help from some of the McLean children. The following footage is a little poor and jumpy but continues with views of the family swimming and playing at the beach and playing around the cabin that is under construction.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Building Components
Geographic Features - Beaches
Names
McLean, Teresa
McLean, George H.F.
McLean, Edna
McLean, Sharon
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
McLean, George H.F.
Notes
Title based on content of film
Films originated in an 8mm format and were digitized by George McLean before being donated to the CBA
Images
Video

McLean family at a beach and cabin, 1963

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McLeans at Christmas

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85420
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1962
Collection/Fonds
George H.F. McLean fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 digital file ( 4 min., 15 sec ) : digital , col., si.
Scope and Content
Item consists of one silent, colour digital film segment providing glimpses of Christmas and recreational activities. The film opens with glimpses of the McLean family opening presents on Christmas morning, followed by them playing a game of pool and table tennis games in the family's recreation ro…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1962
Collection/Fonds
George H.F. McLean fonds
Physical Description
1 digital file ( 4 min., 15 sec ) : digital , col., si.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
567-001-5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2014-03
Scope and Content
Item consists of one silent, colour digital film segment providing glimpses of Christmas and recreational activities. The film opens with glimpses of the McLean family opening presents on Christmas morning, followed by them playing a game of pool and table tennis games in the family's recreation room, sharing a meal and the youngest McLean, Teresa being given a bath by her mother, Edna.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Holidays - Christmas
Names
McLean, Teresa
McLean, Edna
Media Type
Moving Images
Photographer
McLean, George H.F.
Notes
Title based on content of film
Films originated in an 8mm format and were digitized by George McLean before being donated to the CBA
Street Address
4378 Halley Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Video
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Money's Mushrooms parade float

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1957] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
Collection/Fonds
Stiglish family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Money's Mushrooms parade float that FJ "Jack" Stiglish created for the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) parade. Helen Stiglish is believed to have created the mushroom drawings for the float.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1957] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
Collection/Fonds
Stiglish family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
552-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2013-07
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Money's Mushrooms parade float that FJ "Jack" Stiglish created for the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) parade. Helen Stiglish is believed to have created the mushroom drawings for the float.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Transportation - Parade Floats
Names
Stiglish, F.J. "Jack"
Stiglish, Helen
Money's Mushrooms
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Father created the float for the PNE parade with mother's help. My mother probably drew the mushrooms as she was very artistic. There was also a booth at the PNE that / about 1957 / float on an old red Studebaker"
Original spelling of surname was "Stiglich"
Geographic Access
Keswick Avenue
Street Address
3782 Keswick Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cameron Area
Images
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Mrs. Edwards and Susan Patricia Edwards

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45228
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1960
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dudley Edward's wife and their daughter Susan Patricia Edwards. Susan is standing beside a giant 70 pound Easter egg that her mother, who is kneeling behind the egg, just won at the Pauline Johnson jingle contest. The egg is decorated with candy and roses made of icing, along with th…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1960
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-124
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dudley Edward's wife and their daughter Susan Patricia Edwards. Susan is standing beside a giant 70 pound Easter egg that her mother, who is kneeling behind the egg, just won at the Pauline Johnson jingle contest. The egg is decorated with candy and roses made of icing, along with the Easter Bunny who is walking along a trail with a basket of eggs on his back.
Subjects
Holidays - Easter
Names
Edwards, Susan Patricia
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Rosewood Street
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
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Mrs. Edwards and Susan Patricia Edwards

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45229
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1960, published April 18, 1960
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dudley Edward's wife and their daughter Susan Patricia Edwards. Susan is sitting and reaching up with her hand to touch the top of a giant 70 pound Easter egg that her mother, who is kneeling behind the egg, just won at the Pauline Johnson jingle contest. The egg is decorated with ca…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1960, published April 18, 1960
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-125
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dudley Edward's wife and their daughter Susan Patricia Edwards. Susan is sitting and reaching up with her hand to touch the top of a giant 70 pound Easter egg that her mother, who is kneeling behind the egg, just won at the Pauline Johnson jingle contest. The egg is decorated with candy and roses made of icing, along with the Easter Bunny who is walking along a trail with a basket of eggs on his back.
Subjects
Holidays - Easter
Names
Edwards, Susan Patricia
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Rosewood Street
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
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Mrs. Thomas Nilan and Steven Nilan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1612
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1956
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Thomas Nilan smiling as she holds her fourteen month old son, Steven, in her arms after rescuing him from a fire in their home. Photograph was published in the Vancouver Daily Province March 8, 1956.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Thomas Nilan smiling as she holds her fourteen month old son, Steven, in her arms after rescuing him from a fire in their home. Photograph was published in the Vancouver Daily Province March 8, 1956.
Names
Nilan, Steven
Accession Code
BV002.22.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1956
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Cunningham, William "Bill"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BRAVE MOTHER Mrs. Thomas Nilan, dashed through smoke-filled suite at 3735 Eton, North Burnaby, Wednesday, to save her 4-month-old son, Steven, who was asleep in a bedroom. The family lost all its possessions, none of which was insured. (Bill Cunningham photo)"
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "W. Cunningham Vancouver Daily Province"
Images
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Natalia Lyshak's funeral

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77809
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 3, 1958
Collection/Fonds
Yanko family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's funeral, held in Brzeg, Poland.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 3, 1958
Collection/Fonds
Yanko family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm
Material Details
Secured to album page with photo corners
Description Level
Item
Record No.
545-044
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2012-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of Natalia (Harasimowicz) Lyshak's funeral, held in Brzeg, Poland.
Subjects
Ceremonies - Funerals
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph [not in English] - date: "Brzeg / 24 III '58"
Note written on album page reads: "Brzeg 24 III 58 Natalia / grannie's sister"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Natalia - Roman Lyshak's mother / mum's sister"
Images
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On a bench in the park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52963
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 7, 1966
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a mother and daughter sitting on a bench in the park.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 7, 1966
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
246-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1990-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a mother and daughter sitting on a bench in the park.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Parks
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on recto of photograph reads: "65 - 66"
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "632B / GAGEL FOTO / SERVICE / 14.7.66"
Images
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Personal records of Rhoda Jeffers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4619
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[195-]
Collection/Fonds
Rhoda Jeffers fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of personal records belonging to Rhoda Jeffers including a poem, written to her Mom and Dad; a letter (double sided) addressed to Rhoda from her niece Ann and her mother Eldora Jeffers; a notecard from "Member Memorial Society of B.C." re: “In Case of Accident or Death” containing add…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Rhoda Jeffers fonds
Series
Rhoda Jeffers education and personal records series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of personal records belonging to Rhoda Jeffers including a poem, written to her Mom and Dad; a letter (double sided) addressed to Rhoda from her niece Ann and her mother Eldora Jeffers; a notecard from "Member Memorial Society of B.C." re: “In Case of Accident or Death” containing address and Emergency contact information for Rhoda Jeffers and a small printed inspirational notecard titled "Just for Today".
Names
Jeffers, Rhoda Mae
Accession Code
BV007.20.38
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[195-]
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on content of file
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Pioneer Days interviews September 22, 1971 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory266
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1891-1955
Length
0:05:35
Summary
This portion of the recording includes Lillian May (Davies) Jones's memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby, mentioning her family home as well as the home of Reeve Shaw. Lillian is being interviewed in front of an audience at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording includes Lillian May (Davies) Jones's memories of her family life during the early days of Burnaby, mentioning her family home as well as the home of Reeve Shaw. Lillian is being interviewed in front of an audience at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum).
Date Range
1891-1955
Length
0:05:35
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Second Street Area
Interview Date
September 22, 1971
Scope and Content
Recording is of interviews with Lillian May (Davies) Jones, Ada Evelyn (Lewis) Groves, Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter, and Elsie Wilson during the Pioneer Days celebration at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on September 22, 1971. Major themes discussed are: personal memories and occupations of interviewees family members.
Biographical Notes
Lillian May Davies was born June 28, 1891 to George and Rachel (Mills) Davies. She was one of four children. George Davies married Rachel Mills September 12, 1888 in Winnipeg and headed west to make their home. George’s brother Richard Davies had already bought property at the corner of 16th Street and 3rd Avenue (now 12th Avenue) when Rachel and George moved in and built a house next door. George Davies went to work for Gilley Bros. Logging Co. in Burnaby. Lillian May Davies married John Henry Jones on July 29, 1909 at the Methodist Church in Burnaby which had opened only a few weeks before (the Joneses were the first couple to be married there). Their reception was held in the Davies’ family garden. On June 3, 1910, Lillian and John’s first child, Arnold Jones was born. In 1919 they adopted their second child, John Sheldon Jones whose birth parents had died of influenza. John and Lillian built a home on the lot next to Lillian’s parents and lived there for forty-eight years. After her husband’s death in 1956, Lillian moved one lot over and remained living there for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine for over twenty years. Lillian May (Davies) Jones died in Surrey on June 24, 1981 at the age of eighty-nine. Ada Evelyn Lewis was born on September 11, 1899. She was one of nine Lewis children. Ada's father came to Victoria BC from San Francisco. He met his wife in Victoria and moved to New Westminster where he was a typesetter on the first edition of the Columbian newspaper. He continued to work for the Columbian until his retirement. Her family owned the East Burnaby Fruit Farm at 17th Avenue between 2nd and 4th Street where they harvested apples, plums and pears. Ada attended East Burnaby School in 1905 and remembers being a pupil of Miss Draper. Ada E. Lewis married and became Mrs. Ada Evelyn Groves. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis was born in 1896 to William Henry and Emma (Smith) Lewis at the family farm at 4th Street and 18th Avenue. The family grew to nine, eldest to youngest; Albert, Lizzie, Minnie, Walter, Ernest, Lillie and Evelyn. Lillie’s mother, Emma (Smith) had the distinction of being the first girl of European descent to be born at Fort Victoria. Lillie’s father, William Henry Lewis helped to print the very first edition of the Vancouver Province in 1898. Lillie attended Douglas Road School and remembers being a pupil of Ellen Lister. Lillian Frederica “Lillie” Lewis married Bertie Blaine Porter at Lulu Island on November 7, 1918. They lived in Vancouver for a short time before returning to Burnaby to raise their four children. For most of his working life Bert operated a steam roller for the municipality. Lillian Frederica (Lewis) Porter died May 18, 1988 at the age of ninety-two. Elsie Wilson was born August 16, 1898 to Annie and her second husband William Wilson. Annie’s first husband Samuel W Walmsley died December 20, 1895 at the age of thirty-five, leaving Annie a widow at twenty-seven with two young children Annie age four and Samuel age six. Annie Walmsley married her second husband William Wilson on April 17, 1897. Elsie attended West Burnaby public school (later Kingsway West elementary) and remembers picking raspberries at various Burnaby farms for seven seasons.
Total Tracks
4
Total Length
0:24:19
Interviewee Name
Jones, Lillian May Davies
Wilson, Elsie
Porter, Lillie Lewis
Groves, Ada Evelyn Lewis
Interview Location
Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Transcript Available
None
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.
Audio Tracks

Track one of recording of Pioneer Days interviews

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Progress card

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18998
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1951
Collection/Fonds
Waplington family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 card
Scope and Content
Item consists of a British Columbia Secondary Schools Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade seven, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming and her teacher, John Scott.
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 Secondary Schools Progress Card for Edith Fleming, grade seven, Douglas Road School. Progress card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming and her teacher, John Scott.
Accession Code
BV016.46.167
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1951
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
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Recording of John Burton - Track 3

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory211
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1920-1959
Length
0:09:54
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of how various presses work, and their use by daily and weekly papers. He describes a press shop, most likely at the Burnaby Village Museum.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of how various presses work, and their use by daily and weekly papers. He describes a press shop, most likely at the Burnaby Village Museum.
Date Range
1920-1959
Photo Info
Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
Length
0:09:54
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
Printing Tools and Equipment
Scope and Content
Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.
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
5
Total Length
0:46:18
Interviewee Name
Burton, John
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
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Recording of John Burton - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory212
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1885-1959
Length
0:09:56
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine and how it functions.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine and how it functions.
Date Range
1885-1959
Photo Info
Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
Length
0:09:56
Subjects
Printing Tools and Equipment
Scope and Content
Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.
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
5
Total Length
0:46:18
Interviewee Name
Burton, John
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
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Recording of John Burton - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory213
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1850-1950
Length
0:09:14
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the recording pertains to John Burton's description of the galley press and the proofing process. He also discusses job printing (now referred to as commercial printing).
Date Range
1850-1950
Photo Info
Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
Length
0:09:14
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
Printing Tools and Equipment
Scope and Content
Recording is of John Burton discussing the history of the weekly newspaper and of the types of printing presses that have been used in Canada, as well as exactly how their parts function. John appears to be describing printing presses that are in the room with him.
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
5
Total Length
0:46:18
Interviewee Name
Burton, John
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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.
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Report card

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19007
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
25 Jun. 1952
Collection/Fonds
Waplington family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 card
Scope and Content
Item consists of a British Columbia Secondary Secondary Report Card for Edith Fleming, grade eight, Douglas Road Elementary-Junior High School. Report card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming, her father Ray Fleming and her teacher, J.O. Sheffield.
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 Secondary Secondary Report Card for Edith Fleming, grade eight, Douglas Road Elementary-Junior High School. Report card is signed by her mother, Frances L. Fleming, her father Ray Fleming and her teacher, J.O. Sheffield.
Names
Douglas Road School
Accession Code
BV016.46.168
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
25 Jun. 1952
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
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