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Ramsey family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription106
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original) -1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916 (date of original) -1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ramsey family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record and graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-19
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.
- History
- Edwin Ramsey came to Canada from Scotland when he was about 11 years old. He was given farmland and quickly became an avid farmer. Edwin Ramsey married Annie Plummer circa 1893. This was Annie Plummer’s second marriage. In the early years of their marriage, Edwin and Annie lived in Orange Ridge, Manitoba and operated a store and post office. Their first child, Queenie, was born November 11, 1895. Albert Edwin "Bert" Ramsey was born January 27, 1898. Eva Lilian Ramsey was born January 24, 1900. Jessica “Jessie” Ramsey was born two years later. The Ramseys then headed to New Westminster. By 1905 they had bought "the Park” (what is now Robert Burnaby Park) from Mr. Wintermute for $4,000 cash. They moved into a large house already constructed on the property. The park was full of apple trees, a garden, pigs, two cows, horses and a buggy and wagon with a barn near the second street entrance. By now, the eldest, Queenie was enrolled at Burnaby’s first school. Twins Ernest “Ernie” and Dorothy “Doll” were born in 1906. Eva started at Edmonds School in 1908 when it was just built. Her siblings Queenie, Bert, Jeanie, Ernie and Doll all attended the school as well. In 1909 the Ramseys sold the park to Mr. Vidal of New Westminster and his syndicate along with a portable mill to Pemberton & Sons and received enough money to buy six lots on 12th Avenue where they built a large house. Gordon “Gord” Ramsey was born in that house in 1909. Soon after, they sold the house and moved to Blaine for six months, then on to Bellingham where they remained until Edwin and Annie divorced in 1914. Edwin moved alone to Alberta and Annie moved back to Burnaby with their children. Bert began attending the University of British Columbia where he studied to become a doctor. He joined the army in May of 1916, went to war and was killed at Vimy Ridge on April 12, 1917 at the age of 19. As Mr. Vital and his syndicate were to go to war as captains, Mr. Vital gave up the park property and Annie was able to take it back. Unfortunately, the new initiative of taxing wild lands caused Annie to lose the park property through tax sale proceedings. She then entered into a lease agreement with Burnaby which allowed her to stay on at "the Park." With twelve years of piano training, Annie was considered a talented musician and played the piano at St. Alban’s church for many years. Annie Ramsey died on October 3, 1926. Jessica, Dorothy and Queenie all moved to the United States. Gordon married a woman named Irene. Eva married William “Bill” Anderson at the St. Stephen’s Church in New Westminster on July 7, 1919. She and Bill were the first couple to marry there. They held their wedding reception at “the Park.” In 1921, Bill and Eva bought a home at 723 Second Street for $2450. They had one daughter, Dorothy "Dot" Anderson. Dot later married Robert V. “Bob” Douglas. Eva died in 1995.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Ramsay, Eva Lillian
- Notes
- PC399 and MSS154
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Certificate reads "Ramsay" although the family continuously spelt their name "Ramsey"
Regulations and Controls series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription184
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to the controls and regulations under which the Planning Department operated and also to those regulations that the department had the power to impose on other public and private bodies. These include: reports, plans, applications, memoranda, contracts, agreement…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to the controls and regulations under which the Planning Department operated and also to those regulations that the department had the power to impose on other public and private bodies. These include: reports, plans, applications, memoranda, contracts, agreements, financial records, and correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Rezoning series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription179
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954-2015
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of all records created during the rezoning process and includes: rezoning application forms, correspondence, maps, plans, architectural drawings, recommendations from external agencies and departments, and Planning Department reports to Council.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954-2015
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Rezoning series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of all records created during the rezoning process and includes: rezoning application forms, correspondence, maps, plans, architectural drawings, recommendations from external agencies and departments, and Planning Department reports to Council.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20338
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1943-1986, predominant 1943-1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 29 phototgraphs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs relating to Robert Leonard Love and Margaret (Giles) Love and other family relations.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 29 phototgraphs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs relating to Robert Leonard Love and Margaret (Giles) Love and other family relations.
- Accession Code
- BV023.24
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1943-1986, predominant 1943-1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Robert Burnaby subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97442
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-[1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Historical Society pertaining to the life of Robert Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-[1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Robert Burnaby subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Historical Society pertaining to the life of Robert Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
- PC598, MSS006
Robert Prittie subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription113
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records created and collected by Robert Prittie during his teaching and political careers and following his retirement from public office. Records include Burnaby Teachers Association and other school organization records, election papers, and copies of various City reports an…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Robert Prittie subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records created and collected by Robert Prittie during his teaching and political careers and following his retirement from public office. Records include Burnaby Teachers Association and other school organization records, election papers, and copies of various City reports and meeting minutes. Also included are photographic postcards of Burnaby, photographs of Robert Prittie attending official City functions, and aerial photographs of industrial and business sites in Burnaby.
- History
- Born in North Vancouver on December 5, 1919, Robert “Bob” William Prittie was the first of four sons born to Wilmot Prittie and Mary Adair. As a child, his health was weaker than younger brothers Bill, Eric and Halford, as he suffered from Polio and asthma. Bob was an industrious youth who left school early to work in a department store warehouse. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Bob enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force and spent the duration of the war serving on the ground in Canada at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base and the No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School in Manitoba, completing his high school education through correspondence courses. While at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base, he met pre-school teacher Grace King of Sidney, Vancouver Island. By 1940 they were married and soon after, had their first son, Robert King. In 1945, Bob was discharged from the air force with the rank of sergeant and entered the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in history. After the war, Bob spent a few years working in Ottawa as a foreign-service officer, but he returned to UBC in 1949, receiving a diploma in education. He later undertook post-graduate studies at Laval University and Western Washington State College. Bob returned to Burnaby in 1950 following the tragic death of their son. He immediately began teaching. Over the next thirteen years, he taught at Sperling Avenue School, McPherson Park Junior High School, Burnaby South High School and Burnaby North High School. He and Grace went on to have three more children: Heather in 1951, Bruce in 1953, and Ian in 1955. In 1959 he was elected to serve as a member of the municipal Council, re-elected and serving until the end of his term in 1962 when he left to serve as Member of Parliament for the Burnaby-Richmond riding. He held that office until 1968. In January 1969, Bob first took office as Mayor of Burnaby and in that capacity served on the GVRD as a Director for a number of years. In May of 1973, he decided to resign as Mayor of Burnaby in order to take up a position as Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and in 1975 he was appointed as the Minister of Municipal Affairs, a post he held for a short time. After his tenure as Minister, Bob retired from public life and he and his second wife Isobel Pothecary moved to Victoria. Isobel had three children from a previous marriage: Alan, Deirdre and Fiona. Bob left an enduring legacy for the citizens of Burnaby as a champion of schools, libraries and parks and recreation programs. In 1978 he was awarded the title of "Freeman of the Municipality" and in 1991 a new branch of the Burnaby Public Library was opened and named after him. His status as Freeman and the naming of the library in his honour are testament to his record of service and dedication to the community and its citizens. Robert Prittie died on January 14, 2002.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"
- Notes
- PC368, PC369, PC498, MSS086, MSS127
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
Rod Fowler subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57849
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a report on the Hastings Grove Store and the Lochdale Community Hall prepared by Rod Fowler.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Rod Fowler subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-32
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a report on the Hastings Grove Store and the Lochdale Community Hall prepared by Rod Fowler.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Fowler, Rod
- Notes
- MSS026
- Title based on creator of subseries
Ross family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription114
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922(date of originals)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922(date of originals)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ross family subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-05
- BHS1999-14
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.
- History
- Frederick "Fred" Sullivan Ross was born 1887 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He took his apprenticeship in mechanics in Glasgow prior to 1911, following which he immigrated to Canada. During the First World War he returned to Britain and joined the Royal Navy. He was a Chief Petty Officer, working in the engine room of a mine sweeper in the North Atlantic. Margaret Binnie Dougal was in 1884 in Linlithgow, Scotland. She trained as a nurse before emigrating to Canada in 1911. She also returned to Britain during the war years, nursing at Boulogne in France and later Bristol before returning to Vancouver in 1919. She met Fred through a mutual friend, Agnes Rhind. Fred and Margaret married in 1920 in Vancouver, BC. Their first home was in North Vancouver and was where their first child, Ronald, was born. In 1921 or 1922 they moved to the Burnaby Lake area, buying a three-quarter acre parcel of land at 2974 Sprott Street and had two more children, Ian and Alistair. Fred built, owned and operated the Ross Service Station on Douglas Road, established in 1922 or 1923. The station property ran from Douglas Road up to the Douglas Road School’s fence line. After the municipality appropriated part of the property in the 1930s to create a junction for the new Grandview Highway and existing Douglas Road, Fred got permission to build an upper station with two more pumps. The driveway curved down to the station from where Sprott Street now joins Canada Way and rejoined that road near its junction with Douglas Road. At Ross Service Station, Fred did automobile repairs and used the family car, a Studebaker Commander, as a towing vehicle. He created a garden north of the service station on the upper level where he grew chrysanthemums and daises. In the 1930s, Terry Rowley worked at the service station as one of Fred’s assistants. Fred ran the station until he sold it in about 1949. Margaret died December 29, 1969 at the age of 85. Fred died on August 21, 1971 at the age of 84.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Ross family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC58 and MSS146
Royal Bank exhibit photographs subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18553
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1977-1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 48 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the exterior and interior of the Royal Bank building after it was relocated to the Heritage Village Museum and opened as an exhibit on the site in 1977. Photographs include the opening ceremonies in May 1977 along with detailed views of the exhibit and artifacts…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Royal Bank exhibit series
- Subseries
- Royal Bank exhibit photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 48 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the exterior and interior of the Royal Bank building after it was relocated to the Heritage Village Museum and opened as an exhibit on the site in 1977. Photographs include the opening ceremonies in May 1977 along with detailed views of the exhibit and artifacts on display.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5
- BV022.1
- Date
- 1977-1999
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
Royal Bank exhibit series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17800
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1974-1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 127 photographs + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records and photographs pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976. Fonds is arranged into the following…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Royal Bank exhibit series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 127 photographs + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records and photographs pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976. Fonds is arranged into the following subseries: 1) Royal Bank history and restoration records subseries 2) Royal Bank building photographs subseries 3) Royal Bank exhibit photographs subseries
- History
- The Royal Bank Main Branch Vancouver opened a sub branch operation at Britannia Beach in 1923. The bank provided twice monthly banking service at Britannia Beach and Town site (later named Mt. Sheer) until a permanent branch was established. The new branch building was completed and opened for business on December 1, 1950. The building was designed by bank manager, Mr. Fred Schwab in a simple and traditional design. Since there was no railway and Britannia was only accessible by boat, accommodations for the employees was incorporated into the design. This consisted of two rooms located at the rear of the branch building. The building was furnished with artifacts from the Royal Bank’s central warehouse and soon after with fixtures from the Royal Bank in Nelson including desks and a partition around the manager’s office which was cut down to fit. The bank had two old “Royal Bank of Canada” signs, one hung over the main entrance and the other located over the gable facing Howe Sound. A memorial plaque mounted on the wall inside the bank was one of 1,495 erected in memory of employees of the Royal Bank who died during World War I. The plaque was dedicated to Goldwin William Harron, who worked as a teller at the Royal Bank and was killed in action on July 5, 1916. Goldwin William Harron was born in Kitchener, Ontario in 1897 and later moved to Venn Saskatchewan and enlisted from the Venn Branch of the Royal Bank in October 1915. He first served with the 53rd Battalion and later joined the 28th Battalion. Fred Schwab served as bank manager between December 1, 1950 to August 1956 and Ken Moir served as bank manager from August 1956 until March 1958. When copper prices dropped in 1958, the Howe Sound Mining Co. closed down the mine and many miners and their families left the area. In 1964, Anaconda Mines purchased the Howe Sound Mining Co. and later reopened the mine. After 1958, the Britannia Beach branch continued to be operated as a sub-branch of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh branch serving Britannia Beach and vicinity until 1974. In 1975, the Royal Bank building was donated to Heritage Village by Anaconda Britannia Mines. On April 24, 1976, the building was transported by barge up Howe Sound to North Vancouver and then up the Fraser River to New Westminster where it was then loaded onto a truck and transported to the Heritage Village site. The building and much of the labour was donated along with $15,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada. The bank safe, oak panelling and some of it’s original furnishings came with the building and were incorporated into the building and the Heritage Village Museum collection. A new building foundation and basement were constructed for the Royal Bank building before it was placed at the south end of Hill Street inside Heritage Village. The basement interior finishing, including wiring and plumbing was undertaken and completed by the Burnaby Centennial Lions Club as a service club charitable project. The Lions Club raised funds for the project and in turn were also granted the use of the completed basement space as a meeting room which they referred to as the “Lion’s Den”. The Royal Bank building and exhibit officially opened on the site of Heritage Village Museum May 23, 1977. The ribbon cutting was done by former bank managers Fred Schwab and Ken Moir. Speakers at the opening ceremony included; Royal Bank representative, M.D. Pollock, President of the Century Park Museum Association, Ted Burnham with closing remarks by Burnaby Mayor, Tom Constable. During the opening ceremony, a presentation of keys for the “Lions Den” was made by Burnaby Centennial Lion’s Club President, Erchil Nordby to Century Park Museum Association President, Ted Burnham and Controller of Anaconda Britannia Mines, Anaconda Canada Ltd. J. MacDonald delivered a speech regarding the donation of the bank building.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5
- BV022.1
- Date
- 1974-1999
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Related Material
- Century Park Museum Associaton fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Arrangement
- The majority of the records were created and managed by Heritage Village Museum staff. Records follow the arrangement maintained by both Heritage Village Museum staff (1974-1989) and later, Burnaby Village Museum staff (1990-2020).
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
- Some records within this collection are subject to FIPPA
Royal Bank history and restoration records subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1974-[1999], predominant 1975-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of of records pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Royal Bank exhibit series
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of of records pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976.
- Accession Code
- BV022.1
- Date
- 1974-[1999], predominant 1975-1993
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
Sanders-Sparman photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18836
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1918-2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs pertaining to Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of family photographs pertaining to Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders.
- Accession Code
- BV018.34
- Date
- 1918-2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
School files subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97358
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to schools in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- School files subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-57
- BHS1997-04
- BHS1999-10
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to schools in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of subseries
Shaw Family material
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55338
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm textual records and approximately 13 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs and records created by Lois and Jack Shaw pertaining to their family and life in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1934-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Shaw family series
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm textual records and approximately 13 photographs
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs and records created by Lois and Jack Shaw pertaining to their family and life in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photo catalogue 485
Simnett political papers series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82735
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7 files of textual records: ill. (some col.)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 7 files of textual records: ill. (some col.)
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.
- Subjects
- Elections
- Officials - Elected Officials
- Government - Local Government
- Government - Provincial Government
- Names
- Simnett, Hazel
- Douglas, Tommy
- Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"
- New Democratic Party
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Simnett political papers series
Sister Cities series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription160
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-2015
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created during the establishment and maintenance of Sister-City relationships between Burnaby and the cities of Kushiro (Japan), Loughborough (England), El Zapotal (El Salvador), Mesa (Arizona), Gatineau (Quebec), Hwaseong (Korea), Zhongshan City (P.R. China). Records in…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-2015
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Series
- Sister Cities series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created during the establishment and maintenance of Sister-City relationships between Burnaby and the cities of Kushiro (Japan), Loughborough (England), El Zapotal (El Salvador), Mesa (Arizona), Gatineau (Quebec), Hwaseong (Korea), Zhongshan City (P.R. China). Records include: reports, correspondence, photographs and photograph albums, memoranda, newspaper clippings, speeches, certificates, itineraries, presentation material, invitations, agendas, and minutes. The sister city movement gained momentum in North America after the Second World War with a goal to encourage cooperation between international communities. Burnaby became a part of that movement in the hopes that sister city relationships would create meaningful industrial, economic, educational, and cultural ties between Burnaby citizens and those of other countries. Burnaby’s first sister city was Kushiro, Japan. The formal agreement for the establishment of a sister city relationship between the two communities was signed on September 9, 1965. Following this twinning, the two cities have enjoyed numerous exchanges and visits, the records of which are contained within this series. While the sister city status between Burnaby and Kushiro has endured for over three decades, Burnaby has also maintained shorter-lived relationships with Loughborough, England and El Zapotal, El Salvador. The 1986 twinning with Loughborough was undertaken to recognize the importance of that city to the history of Burnaby in that Loughborough was the ancestral home of Burnaby’s namesake, Robert Burnaby. The twinning between Burnaby and El Zapotal came after Mayor Copeland visited El Salvador in the early 1990s and returned with a desire to see the citizens of Burnaby assist in the rebuilding of that community after a 12-year civil war was brought to an end in 1992. In 1998, Burnaby entered into two North American Sister City relationships with Mesa, Arizona and Gatineau, Quebec, and in 2010, it formulated a sister city agreement with Hwaseong, Korea. In 2011, a further agreement was signed with Zhongshan, China which expanded a previous “friendship” agreement into a Sister City relationship. Series also consists of records related to Friendship Agreements with Taichung (Taiwan), Dongcheng District (formerly Chongwen District) of Beijing (P.R. China), Dongli District of Tianjin, Changshu (P.R. China), and Kunming, Yunnan Province (P.R. China); as well as Memorandums of Understanding with a number of other cities. The records in this series reflect both the actions that led up to the creation of these relationships as well as the numerous cultural, economic and educational exchanges that have been undertaken between the communities over the years.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
Social Planning series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription67767
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created during the process of planning for the delivery of social services to the citizens of Burnaby. These records include: committee minutes, reports, correspondence, studies and subject files pertaining to social planning. Also included in the series are the InfoBur…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Social Planning series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created during the process of planning for the delivery of social services to the citizens of Burnaby. These records include: committee minutes, reports, correspondence, studies and subject files pertaining to social planning. Also included in the series are the InfoBurnaby newsletters produced by the City.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Sociology and Demography series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription176
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and maintained for the purpose of planning for and tracking the sociological and demographic trends in Burnaby. These records include: reports, correspondence, statistics, memoranda, agendas, and minutes of Council and Council Committees.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and maintained for the purpose of planning for and tracking the sociological and demographic trends in Burnaby. These records include: reports, correspondence, statistics, memoranda, agendas, and minutes of Council and Council Committees.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19345
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of th…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 19 sound recordings (wav) + 9 sound recordings (mp3)
- Material Details
- Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto separate audio tracks. Multiple tracks per interview were edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of nine oral history interviews that were conducted in 2022 and 2023 by Museum Registrars Rajdeep and James Binks and Contractor and SFU Lecturer Anushay Malik with assistance from Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The interviews were conducted as part of the second year of the Burnaby Village Museum's South Asian Research project. Interviews were conducted with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar; Prem Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Gill; Sadhu Binning; MLA: Honourable Raj Chouhan; Surjeet Kaur Parmar and Maninder Arora.
- Accession Code
- BV022.29
- BV023.1
- Date
- [1600-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Further accruals expected
South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription121
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-36
- BHS2008-17
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.
- History
- The South Burnaby Garden Club as formed in 1901 after a group of Central Park residents met to form a Farmers’ Institute. They leased 17 acres of Central Park from the Provincial Government and with the support of government grants constructed a two-story building on the property. The building was constructed in time for the first annual Fall Fair in September 1901. In 1903 the Institute amalgamated with the South Vancouver and Burnaby Agricultural Society to become the Central Park Agricultural Association & Farmers Institute. In 1907 the membership doubled to 520 members. Increasing urbanization and the First World War saw the last exhibition in 1919. The lease on the building expired in 1921. The Society continued to meet and hold small exhibitions in rented halls under the South Burnaby Horticultural Association name. After several name changes, the association became the South Burnaby Garden Club in 1958 and continues to this day.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- South Burnaby Garden Club
- Notes
- PC223, PC488, MSS028
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries