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Financial ledger
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17244
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1942-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Douglas Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 volume of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including properties that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries by month between January 1942 and December 1951 with financial records pertaining to the apartment blocks of…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Douglas Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 volume of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including properties that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries by month between January 1942 and December 1951 with financial records pertaining to the apartment blocks of 4022 to 4032 Kingsway.
- Accession Code
- BV999.10.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1942-1951
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Accounting ledger entries on first 37 pages. The rest of the ledger is blank.
Financial ledger
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17247
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Douglas Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 volume of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including the operation of the Thistle Meat Market that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries between January 1936 and 1951 with alphabetical index at the front and entries …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Douglas Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 volume of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Financial ledger book belonging to Douglas Stewart regarding his personal and business affairs including the operation of the Thistle Meat Market that he owned on Kingsway in Burnaby. Ledger includes handwritten entries between January 1936 and 1951 with alphabetical index at the front and entries that include addresses between 4028 and 4032 Kingsway in Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV999.10.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1936-1951
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Pages near the end of the ledger are blank and some have been removed.
Financial ledger
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18820
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1954-1956, predominant 1954-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book : 11 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a financial ledger with handwritten entries documenting sales and expenses for the Burnaby Simpsons Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book : 11 cm of textual records
- Material Details
- Ledger book with top and bottom hardcovers; two bolted binding holds two hole punched ledger pages
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a financial ledger with handwritten entries documenting sales and expenses for the Burnaby Simpsons Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway in Burnaby.
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV022.17.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1954-1956, predominant 1954-1955
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Hardcover ledger book includes the words "KAMLOOPS" on front cover
Foley automatic saw filer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2279
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Foley Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- 1954
- Call Number
- 621.9 FOL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.71
- Call Number
- 621.9 FOL
- Author
- Foley Manufacturing Company
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Publisher
- Foley Mfg. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 24 x 10 cm.
- Inscription
- "JAN -6 1954" [Stamped in black ink on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Saw filing
- Saw filing industry
- Notes
- "The one machine that files and joints hand, band and circular saws automatically" -- Cover
- "New model 61" -- Cover
Frances Fleming manuscripts series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18959
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1988 and [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of two unpublished manuscripts created by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington). One is titled "The Way it Was - a very personal account of my childhood 1913-1925" ,"The true and painful history of the Waplington family on which the story of "Lizzie Lau / Wallingford" is based." and t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of two unpublished manuscripts created by Frances L. Fleming (nee Waplington). One is titled "The Way it Was - a very personal account of my childhood 1913-1925" ,"The true and painful history of the Waplington family on which the story of "Lizzie Lau / Wallingford" is based." and the other is titled "In and Out of a Cedar Shake Shack The life of a little girl from World War I to Canada's Diamond Jubilee".
- Accession Code
- BV016.46
- Date
- 1988 and [2000]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
George Richard Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9846
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1958] (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 notes and copies of biographical and genealogical information, a land claim deed, newspaper clippings and notes about George Richard Love. George Richard Love is the eldest son of Jesse and Martha Love.
- 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 notes and copies of biographical and genealogical information, a land claim deed, newspaper clippings and notes about George Richard Love. George Richard Love is the eldest son of Jesse and Martha Love.
- Names
- Love, George Richard
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.57
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- [1958] (date of original)-[1998]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18831
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1918-2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs + 7 architectural drawings +1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs and personal papers pertaining to Gerald Frank Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders along with architectural plans pertaining to the family home located on Spruce Street in Burnaby. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1) Sanders-Sparman photog…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs + 7 architectural drawings +1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs and personal papers pertaining to Gerald Frank Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders along with architectural plans pertaining to the family home located on Spruce Street in Burnaby. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1) Sanders-Sparman photographs series 2) Sanders family personal papers 3) Sanders family architectural drawings
- History
- Gerald Frank Sanders (1916-2017) was born August 28, 1916 in Hackney, London. In 1918, Gerald immigrated to Canada with his mother Harriett Sanders (nee Chalkley) (1889-1962) while his father, Frank (1887-1967) was convalescing in hospital in England after succumbing to wounds while serving in action during WWI. Gerald's father, Frank soon joined them in British Columbia. In 1926 they settled in a house located at 4312 Spruce Street near the corner of Spruce Street and Carleton Avenue. By 1946 the family grew in size to four children (Gerald, Leslie, Reginald and Eileen) and they built a larger house right on the corner of Spruce and Carleton Avenue. Gerald attended Inman Elementary, then Van Technical School. He eventually joined the RAF during WWII as an airplane mechanic in England. He sent his pay home and his mother purchased two lots on Pine Street with some of the money. On March 8, 1948 Gerald married Alice Viola Sparman (1925-1996) and the couple lived in the Sanders' family home on Spruce Street. Alice grew up near Cranbrook and spent her teenage years in Victoria. She trained to be a nurse at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver before marrying Gerald. Alice worked at the Burnaby General Hospital from 1952. Gerald and Alice had six children: Dennis, Kris, Kerry, David, Ruth and Marie. In 1949 with the help of family and friends Gerald built a new house located at 4325 Pine Street (address after 1959- 4091 Pine Street) and he moved in with his family. Gerald worked as a carpenter on various projects including the dentistry building at University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Court House and Jack Poole's house in the British Properties. Gerald lived in Burnaby until his death in 2017. Frank and Harriett Sanders lived on Spruce Street until Harriett died in 1962. Frank continued to live on Spruce Street until 1964 and then lived with his son Gerald on Pine Street until his death in 1967.
- Accession Code
- BV018.34
- Date
- 1918-2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Architectural Drawing
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Records and series were arranged by specific record types.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Gift album from Israeli government
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3661
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (180 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album received from the Israeli government by Harold as a member of a Canadian Parliamentary delegation visiting Israel in 1959, containing ca. 180 photographs, newspaper clippings, stamps, brochures, and other ephemera relating to Israel and the delegates' visit. The album is …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (180 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album received from the Israeli government by Harold as a member of a Canadian Parliamentary delegation visiting Israel in 1959, containing ca. 180 photographs, newspaper clippings, stamps, brochures, and other ephemera relating to Israel and the delegates' visit. The album is signed by the Speaker of the Knesset (the Israeli legislature).
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Documents
![Girl Guide scrapbook, [1950-1969] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0165_folded.jpg?width=280)
Girl Guide scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4593
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-1969] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 31 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and some original programs. Many pages of the scrapbook identify themes for newspaper articles such as: "Expansion in Douglas District"; "New Guides / - New Flag"; "Fly ups"; "Honours to Guides"; "Progress at Wilson Creek"; "1959…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 31 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and some original programs. Many pages of the scrapbook identify themes for newspaper articles such as: "Expansion in Douglas District"; "New Guides / - New Flag"; "Fly ups"; "Honours to Guides"; "Progress at Wilson Creek"; "1959 / Mrs McKee-Wilson meets Prince Phillip in Victoria"; "Mrs. Roper / becomes / Area Commissioner / 1962"; "Gold Cord to Marilyn Pringle / April 1964"; "Baden Powell Day"; "Fifty Years of C.G.G. / in Burnaby"; "Gold Cord Presentation"; "Guides Lend a Hand" and "An Active District" . Original programs are identified as: "Thinking Day Services / Feb. 1964"; "Thinking Day Service / Edmonds District Guides and Brownies / February 21st 1965"; "Thinking Day Ceremony / Edmonds Junior High School / February 26, 1961" and "Guider's Own Service / Christ Church Memorial Hall / Victoria, B.C. / Saturday April 4th, 1959".
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.165
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1950-1969] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Images
![Girl Guide scrapbook, [1950-1969] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0165_folded.jpg)
Documents
Girl Guiding
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4588
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook contains photographs along with bits and pieces of ephemera. Included in the material is a four page, type-written diary of a Girl Guide camp held at Aldergrove Beach in August of 1963. Many of the photographs document the activities of the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company and include photos of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in uniform on roller skates; Burnaby District Camp (Aldergrove, BC) / 1948; Hiking; Canadian Girl Guide Golden Jubilee; Open House at St. Alban’s church hall; a hand tinted photo of Ivy McGeachie 1939 and the 2nd Kamloops Folk Dance – Yale Cariboo Musical festival 1951.
- Creator
- McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.160
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1939-1951
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- Some photographs within scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.191 to BV015.35.210)
Images
Documents
Guess Who
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18977
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten and illustrated poem titled "Guess Who" signed by "Fanny Lou" (Francis Louise Waplington Fleming). Poem includes illustrated graphics in blue ink alongside poem.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten and illustrated poem titled "Guess Who" signed by "Fanny Lou" (Francis Louise Waplington Fleming). Poem includes illustrated graphics in blue ink alongside poem.
- Accession Code
- BV016.46.136
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1951
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-01-06
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Poem is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52
Guests [anniversary and birthday guest book]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3660
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1958, 1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 v. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscrib…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 v. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscribed "October 24 1958 - Congratulations Harold - and here's to a long association in Vancouver East. Sincerely -." Signatories include numerous Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation members and MLAs. The second section is inscribed "Celebrating June 18, 1987 - 80th Birthday, Harold Winch / at the Home of Don & Helen Winch." Signatories include family members and friends.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.17
- Date
- 1958, 1987
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See photograph BV013.12.76.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4611
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1986-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of several printed copies of the newsletter "Guidelines / Burnaby Royal Area". The newsletter was edited by Paulene Hall and contained up to date news items such as stories, events, activities and crafts as well as historical articles regarding guiding in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of several printed copies of the newsletter "Guidelines / Burnaby Royal Area". The newsletter was edited by Paulene Hall and contained up to date news items such as stories, events, activities and crafts as well as historical articles regarding guiding in Burnaby.
- Creator
- Hall, Paulene
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV016.49.87
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1986-2009
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Hannah (Girlie) Victoria Barnes (nee Love)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9866
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1902 (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of biographical information and copies vital stastic records about Hannah (Girlie) Victoria Barnes (nee Love). Hannah (Girlie) was the youngest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and grew up in the Love family farmhouse on Cumberland Street. Hannah married Leslie Beecher Barnes at St. …
- 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 biographical information and copies vital stastic records about Hannah (Girlie) Victoria Barnes (nee Love). Hannah (Girlie) was the youngest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and grew up in the Love family farmhouse on Cumberland Street. Hannah married Leslie Beecher Barnes at St. Alban's church in Burnaby on May 14, 1931.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.77
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1902 (date of original)-[1998]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Harold Edward Winch collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- approx. 23 cm of textual records + approx. 600 photographs (b&w + col.)
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch's family life and political career. It includes photographs of Winch's parents, family, and wife Jessie, as well as photographs, correspondence and other textual records from Harold's political work and experiences, a travel diary, gues…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- approx. 23 cm of textual records + approx. 600 photographs (b&w + col.)
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch's family life and political career. It includes photographs of Winch's parents, family, and wife Jessie, as well as photographs, correspondence and other textual records from Harold's political work and experiences, a travel diary, guest books, and certificates. The collection includes a number of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and New Democratic Party newspapers. The collection also includes records relating to Winch's death, such as obituaries, memorials, articles, and a guest book. Finally, the collection includes a small number of records relating to Winch's father, Ernie Winch, and his own political career. The collection has been arranged into five series: 1) Harold E. Winch biographical records (1933-2003) 2) Harold E. Winch photographs series (1914-[ca. 1990]) 3) Harold E. Winch political photograph album and records series ([1937]-1993) 4) Harold E. Winch personal records series (1949-1993) 5) Harold E. Winch newspaper collection series (1936-1986)
- History
- Harold Edward Winch (June 18, 1907-February 1, 1993) was born in Loughton, Essex, England to Ernest “Ernie” Edward Winch (March 22, 1879-January 11, 1957) and his wife Linda Marian (nee Hendy). Harold was the eldest of six children; the others were Eileen, Charlie, Grace, Alan, and Eric. Ernest moved to BC in 1909, followed by Linda, Harold, and Eileen in 1910. The remaining children were born in BC. Ernie, a brick mason, built the family a series of homes in the Lower Mainland as the family moved around for a number of years, living in Burnaby, White Rock, Mission, and Vancouver before finally settling back in Burnaby. Ernie Winch joined the Social Democratic Party of Canada in 1911 and became secretary of the party in 1913, and was heavily involved in trade unions and the labour and socialist movements. He helped re-establish the Socialist Party of Canada (BC) in 1932, which soon merged with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). Ernie was a CCF MLA in Burnaby from 1933 until his death in 1957, following which his son-in-law Cedric Cox (husband of Eileen) won the seat in a byelection. Ernie was particularly interested in institutions, including jails, mental hospitals, and industrial schools, and founded the New Vista Society in 1943 to provide a live-in rehabilitation program to women with psychiatric problems. The organization later expanded to focus on low-cost housing for seniors, and an apartment complex was built for this purpose in Burnaby. Both Ernie and Harold were lifelong members of the New Vista Society board of trustees. Harold Winch trained as an electrician, but also followed his father into politics, serving as a CCF MLA in Vancouver East from 1933 to 1953 – Ernie and Harold were two of the first seven CCF MLAs. The Winches set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure. Like his father, Harold was also highly involved in the labour movement, and acted as a liaison between workers and government during the Depression, particularly during the relief camp strike in Vancouver in 1935 which precipitated the On to Ottawa trek. He was the leader of the BC CCF from 1938 to 1953, and Leader of the Opposition from 1941 to 1953. In 1953, Harold stepped down from provincial politics to enter the federal arena, and served as a CCF MP for Vancouver East from 1953 to 1961, when the CCF became the New Democratic Party (NDP); Harold continued to serve as an NDP MP from 1961 to 1972, when he retired for health reasons. In federal office, Harold remained dedicated to the working class and humanitarian causes, issuing reports on subject such as unemployment, veterans’ rights, low-cost housing for seniors, animal welfare, drug addiction, and mental health concerns. Harold earned honorary law degrees from both UBC (1973) and SFU (1974). He was involved in numerous humanitarian and other organizations and his roles included president and treasurer of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; co-founder of the Immigrant Services Society of Vancouver; director of the Boag Foundation; and lifelong member of the Association for Protection of Fur Bearing Animals. Harold married Dorothy Ada Hutchinson (December 1, 1907-October 24, 1974) on May 11, 1929. They had three children: Donald, Gerald ("Jerry"), and Shirley. Following Dorothy’s death, Harold married Jessie Margaret Mendels (nee Sweezey) (June 29, 1913-May 9, 2006) on May 19, 1981. Jessie grew up in Grand Forks, BC, and her family moved to Vancouver when she was in high school. Her first husband was George Edward Mendels (November 2, 1905-September 2, 1978). She had no children. Jessie served as a St. John’s ambulance driver during World War II. She was also active in the CCF and NDP parties in BC, having been Provincial Secretary for the CCF in the 1940s, a vice-president of the party in the 1950s, and Provincial Secretary for the NDP in the 1960s. Like Harold, she later served as a director of the Boag Foundation. Jessie traveled widely throughout her life. The collection contains a small number of Jessie’s photographs. Harold Winch died in White Rock, where he and Jessie had retired, on February 1, 1993.
- Responsibility
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12
- Date
- [1914]-2003
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Records within fonds have been arranged by subject and format.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Harold E. Winch biographical records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography sp…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography specifically, including agreements between Jessie Winch and the Boag Foundation and financial records. It is unclear whether the biography was ever written.
- Accession Code
- BV013.12
- Date
- 1933-2003
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Harold E. Winch newspaper collection series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3643
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7 files of newspapers
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of issues of the following Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and New Democratic Party (NDP) newspapers: The Commonwealth (1936); The Federationist (1936, 1943); CCF News (1946-1947, 1954); CCF News - for British Columbia and Yukon (1954); The British Columbian (1960); The D…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7 files of newspapers
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of issues of the following Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and New Democratic Party (NDP) newspapers: The Commonwealth (1936); The Federationist (1936, 1943); CCF News (1946-1947, 1954); CCF News - for British Columbia and Yukon (1954); The British Columbian (1960); The Democrat (1966-1969); and Democrat (1972-1986).
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12
- Date
- 1936-1986
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Harold E. Winch personal records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3642
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1949-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Harold Winch's personal life, including a travel diary, correspondence, certificates marking his achievements, and a guest book from his memorial.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Harold Winch's personal life, including a travel diary, correspondence, certificates marking his achievements, and a guest book from his memorial.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12
- Date
- 1949-1993
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Harold E. Winch political photograph album and records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3641
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1937]-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 files of textual records + ca. 100 photographs. - 2 prints
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Winch's political career, including newspaper clippings, publications, a photograph album presented to Winch by the Israeli legislature, and an illustrated print of a J.S. Woodsworth grace.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3 files of textual records + ca. 100 photographs. - 2 prints
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Winch's political career, including newspaper clippings, publications, a photograph album presented to Winch by the Israeli legislature, and an illustrated print of a J.S. Woodsworth grace.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12
- Date
- [1937]-1993
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Harold Winch biography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934], 1982-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.3
- Date
- [1934], 1982-1993
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file