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Baldwin family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65666
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records pertaining to the Baldwin family home. Included in the fonds are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and photographs of the house taken by Basil King.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Baldwin family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records pertaining to the Baldwin family home. Included in the fonds are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and photographs of the house taken by Basil King.
- History
- In 1959 Dr. William "Bill" Baldwin (d. 1987) and his wife Ruth (d. 2009) bought a cottage and approximately two and a half acres of land on the shores of Deer Lake for $16,000. The cottage and land had been owned by one of Dr. Baldwin’s colleagues at Burnaby Hospital. The couple lived in the cottage with their two young children John (b.1958) and Susan (b.1959) for a few years before deciding to renovate and expand their home. William was close friends with Arthur Erickson, the two having gone to Prince of Wales High School and McGill University together. Ruth decided that they needed a lakeshore home rather than a renovation on their cottage and Arthur Erickson would be the man to design it. Local builder Torstein Kravik completed the house in 1965. The home is considered an early example of Erickson’s design aesthetic, demonstrating his vision of "site, light and cadence." It is thought to be the best example of West Coast contemporary architecture in Burnaby. In 2001, at the age of seventy-eight, Ruth approached the City of Burnaby about buying the property,on the condition that the house be protected and that Ruth could continue to rent the home. The City purchased it and gave it Heritage designation. As of 2010, the Baldwin home and garden is on lease to The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) to serve as a “guest house.” It is available for lease to local residents and visitors for overnight stays.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Baldwin, Ruth
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Photo catalogue 357, MSS145
Bancroft family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63795
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-44
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
- History
- Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Creator
- Bancroft, Rose
- Notes
- MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
Ben Bradley collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85124
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ben Bradley collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 8.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Fonds comprises five photographs of the land being cleared for the future site of the Brentwood Mall shopping centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Ben Bradley collection
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 8.2 cm
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-30
- Scope and Content
- Fonds comprises five photographs of the land being cleared for the future site of the Brentwood Mall shopping centre.
- History
- Ben Bradley is a former citizen of Burnaby and served on the Burnaby Heritage Commission between 1999-2000. Mr. Bradley has a keen interest in the history of suburbanization in Canada.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Bradley, Ben
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection.
- Photo catalogue 564
Bernard Bellinger subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription7
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]-[198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records compiled by Bernard Bellinger, including photographs of the Fraser River and Deer Lake in the 1930s, newspapers and bulletins pertaining to Burnaby, a map of Vancouver, a telephone directory for British Columbia and the Yukon, and Burnaby lapel pins.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]-[198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bernard Bellinger subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-10
- BHS1988-04
- BHS1997-13
- BHS1993-08
- BHS1991-08
- BHS2002-10
- BHS1999-17
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records compiled by Bernard Bellinger, including photographs of the Fraser River and Deer Lake in the 1930s, newspapers and bulletins pertaining to Burnaby, a map of Vancouver, a telephone directory for British Columbia and the Yukon, and Burnaby lapel pins.
- History
- Bernard Bellinger arrived in Burnaby in 1927 with his parents, Jack and Elizabeth Ellen "Nell" Fraser Bellinger, and four younger siblings: Christine, David, Marion, and James. His youngest brother, Robert, was born in Burnaby. The Bellingers lived at the Old Orchard Auto Court on Kingsway and Willingdon in two small cabins. They later moved to a home on Pearl Avenue in the Royal Oak district. Bernard went to Kingsway West primary school and then Burnaby South high school. While studying to become a pharmacist, he apprenticed in Vancouver, but lived in Burnaby his entire life.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Bellinger, Bernard
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC160, PC205, PC354, MSS035
Bicycle Advisory Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96369
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 21 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of commission records for the Bicycle Advisory Committee including agendas, minutes, reports, and correspondence and a terms of reference.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Bicycle Advisory Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 21 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of commission records for the Bicycle Advisory Committee including agendas, minutes, reports, and correspondence and a terms of reference.
- History
- The Bicycle Advisory Committee was established on June 15, 1992. The purpose of the Bicycle Advisory Committee was to advise Council of policies, programs and projects which increased the safe, convenient and practical use of the bicycle for transportation and recreation in Burnaby. As of 2003, the Bicycle Advisory Committee merged with the Transportation Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Bill Jeffries fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70266
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs : b&w negatives + prints
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of black and white negatives and (first generation) prints of the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978 depicting vendors and their wares.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 129 photographs : b&w negatives + prints
- Material Details
- 119 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm 34 photographs : b&w prints ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm 7 photographs : b&w prints ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm 3 photographs : b&w contact prints ; 20 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- 2013-16
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of black and white negatives and (first generation) prints of the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978 depicting vendors and their wares.
- History
- Bill Jeffries was the Director/Curator at the Simon Fraser University Gallery from 2005 to 2012. From 2001 to 2005, he held the same post at Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver. Bill was born in New Jersey, emigrated from the U.S. to Canada in 1970, and was just finishing his B.F.A. at UBC around the time these photographs were taken in the summer of 1978.
- Formats
- As part of the donation, each negative was scanned as a TIFF; these scans were then compressed into jpegs for use on heritageburnaby.ca as access copies
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 528
- 3 accompanying contact sheets
Bill Sutherland subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription9
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of one photograph of the Sutherland home at 8246 16th Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bill Sutherland subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1987-11
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of one photograph of the Sutherland home at 8246 16th Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Sutherland, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC202
B. Keisler subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription6
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs and 1 textual record
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of B. Keisler's photograph and memorabilia collection. Photographs in this collection include images of Kingsway West School, Burnaby South High School and Burnaby May Day celebrations. Also included in Keisler's collection is a 1937 Graduation Banquet dance card.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- B. Keisler subseries
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs and 1 textual record
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-15
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of B. Keisler's photograph and memorabilia collection. Photographs in this collection include images of Kingsway West School, Burnaby South High School and Burnaby May Day celebrations. Also included in Keisler's collection is a 1937 Graduation Banquet dance card.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Keisler, B.
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- PC214, MSS151
Board of Works subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96370
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 10 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of minute books for the Board of Works Committee.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Board of Works subseries
- Physical Description
- 10 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of minute books for the Board of Works Committee.
- History
- The Board of Works was established circa 1895 in order to provide infrastructure to the rapidly growing population of Burnaby. During 1926 and 1927, the committee was referred to as the Board of Works, Transportation and Industries. Prior to 1926, there was a separate committee called Transportation and Industries which was responsible for this portfolio. In 1928, new committees were formed and the duties associated with transportation and industry was given to the Transportation and Telephone Committee and a Health, Hall and Grounds, Fire and Industries Committee, respectively. From 1933 to 1942, no Board of Works was appointed as the Provincial Commissioner governed Burnaby. When the Board was re-appointed in 1943, it became known as the Board of Works and Waterworks. In 1945, waterworks became a separate committee known as Waterworks, Health and Sanitation. In 1954, the Board of Works reverted to its 1943 name Board of Works and Waterworks for one year. By 1955, Waterworks became a separate committee. The Board of Works disbanded circa 1959.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Brainerd family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76949
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926-1958; 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records + 4 photographs (copy-print)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of receipts, agreements, and registry letter for family home on Harwood Street, along with an election slip, a labour publication, and a propaganda leaflet related to Lawrence Brainerd, as well as a newspaper clipping from 2013 and photocopied and copy-printed early photographs of th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926-1958; 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records + 4 photographs (copy-print)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2013-05
- 2013-06
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of receipts, agreements, and registry letter for family home on Harwood Street, along with an election slip, a labour publication, and a propaganda leaflet related to Lawrence Brainerd, as well as a newspaper clipping from 2013 and photocopied and copy-printed early photographs of the family.
- History
- Lawrence and Violet Brainerd came to Vancouver in 1925 or 1926. Lawrence purchased a small house on Harwood Street in North Burnaby for his wife and two children from her previous marriage. Roy Brainerd was born in 1928 at Royal Columbian Hospital. His sister Patricia Brainerd (later White) was born in 1931, also at Royal Columbian Hospital. Lawrence rebuilt and renovated the house to fit his growing family, planting abundant vegetable gardens and building a chicken coop, and paid off his taxes by doing roadwork for the municipality. Violet Brainerd supplemented her family's income by doing in-home nursing, as she'd been a nurse in France during the war. Roy Brainerd started at Douglas Road School in 1934 and then attended Hugh M. Fraser High School. Roy left his high school at 15 to work for Snap-On Tools, working his way up from pushing a broom to becoming a branch manager. He retired in 1983 after 41 years of service. Together with his wife, Carol, Roy raised three daughters.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Brainerd family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS172, photo catalogue 551
Brian Elder subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97415
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908 (date of original)-1936 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of copies of records compiled by Brian Elder on the history of the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1908 (date of original)-1936 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Brian Elder subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-23
- BHS2001-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of copies of records compiled by Brian Elder on the history of the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER).
- History
- Brian Elder was a restoration volunteer for Friends of Interurban 1223.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Elder, Brian
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
Britton family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription12
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs that depict the E. J. Britton House moving project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Britton family subseries
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-44
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs that depict the E. J. Britton House moving project.
- History
- The E.J. Britton House moving project was undertaken in November 1992. The Britton House, located at 7505 Kingsway, was moved forward on the lot by the property owner in order to subdivide the parcel for lots at the rear.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC303
Building Department fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription13
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Building Department fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of historical building records from the Building Department.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Building Department fonds
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- File Class
- 48100 05 (add. 2020; prev. D)
- 48100 10 (add. 2020; prev. D)
- 48100 11 (add. 2020; prev. D)
- 48100 12 (add. 2020; prev. D)
- 48100 14 (add. 2020; prev. D)
- 48100 18 (add. 2020; prev. D)
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of historical building records from the Building Department.
- History
- In 2022, responsibility for Major Civic Projects was moved from the Planning and Building Department to the newly-created Lands and Facilities Department.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- City of Burnaby
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds.
Burna-Boom Oral History project series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74548
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 30 interviews (wav) : digital sound files + 79 photographs (jpegs)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Oral History Project records which were created under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. Series includes audio files as well as visual records collected to support the project. Interviews were completed, featuring current Burnaby residents and indexed recordings …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 30 interviews (wav) : digital sound files + 79 photographs (jpegs)
- Description Level
- Series
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-30
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Oral History Project records which were created under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. Series includes audio files as well as visual records collected to support the project. Interviews were completed, featuring current Burnaby residents and indexed recordings of their memories of Burnaby in the 1940s and 1950s are available to listen to on Heritage Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Burnaby Art Gallery Association fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100682
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Art Gallery Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 36 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of minutes from meetings of the Burnaby Art Gallery Association, formerly named the Burnaby Art Society, including minutes that document the transition between the two associations in 1968.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Art Gallery Association fonds
- Physical Description
- 36 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Record No.
- 66678
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2021-25
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of minutes from meetings of the Burnaby Art Gallery Association, formerly named the Burnaby Art Society, including minutes that document the transition between the two associations in 1968.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Art Gallery subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription14
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1890 (date of original)-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of and publications related to the Burnaby Art Gallery and Fairacres property.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1890 (date of original)-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Art Gallery subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-12
- BHS1990-05
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of and publications related to the Burnaby Art Gallery and Fairacres property.
- History
- The Burnaby Art Gallery association was founded in 1967. The purpose of the association was to present a historical and contemporary art program by local, regional, national, and international artists; facilitate the development of emerging artists; provide diverse art educational programming; acquire culturally significant works on paper. The City of Burnaby assumed management of the gallery, its collection, staff and governance in 1998, with the art gallery then taking on the added responsibility of caring for and managing the City of Burnaby’s permanent art collection. The Gallery, along with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and the Burnaby Village Museum in Deer Lake Park, are part of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department of the City of Burnaby. The Burnaby Art Gallery is located inside the historic Ceperley House, built by Henry and Grace Ceperley. The couple purchased a strawbery farm on the north shore of Deer Lake from George Clayton in 1909 and built their home, also known as "Fairacres", on the property in 1911. The house was designed by the English architect, R.P.S. Twizell and with its river rock veranda, beautiful hand-crafted woodwork, stained-glass and tile, remains one of the finest examples of Edwardian architecture in the Lower Mainland. Grace and Hentry Ceperley had one daughter named Ethelwyn who married James Edward Hall. Ethelwyn and James Edward Hall had three children: Edith Ceperley, James Edward "Junior," and Florence Renn. In 1917, Grace Ceperley died and left Fairacres to her husband with the stipulation that when the home was sold the proceeds would be used to build a playground for the children of Vancouver in Stanley Park. In 1939, the local Catholic Diocese funded a group of five Benedictine monks from Mount Angel, Oregon to establish a priory in the province. The monks purchased the Ceperley House for their monastery. They also built a large gymnasium on the property. After serving as a monastery, the house was used as a fraternity for some of the first students attending Simon Fraser University, and then became home to the art gallery in the 1960s. The City of Burnaby acquired the property in 1966 and the house was designated a heritage building in 1992. In 1998 the City began restoring exterior of the house and upgraded the building for improved public use. The renovations were completed in 2000, and transformed the house back to its appearance of 1911. The gymnasium built by the Benedictine monks was converted into into the James Cowan Theatre. There are two main galleries, a lounge gallery with a fireplace and easy chairs and The Shopping Bag, a gallery shop run by volunteers. The goals of the gallery are to: provide access to contemporary Canadian art, present works from the permanent collection; collect contemporary works on paper; and offer challenging and educational exhibition related programming.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC241, PC242, MSS066
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55023
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1966-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, membership lists, press releases, presentations, fundraising material, posters, scripts, budgets and financial statements created and compiled by the Burnaby Arts Council between 1966 and 1989.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1966-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Arts Council subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- BHS1998-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, membership lists, press releases, presentations, fundraising material, posters, scripts, budgets and financial statements created and compiled by the Burnaby Arts Council between 1966 and 1989.
- History
- The Burnaby Arts Council was formed in the early 1960s and was comprised of representatives from six existing arts organizations: the Burnaby Writer's Society, the Burnaby Historical Society, the Burnaby Art Gallery, the Burnaby Players, the Burnaby Civic Opera and a dance group. The Council was initially called the Fine Arts Council and its first mandate was to see the Art Gallery move from its location in the basement of the Burnaby Kingsway Library into premises of its own. Sheila Kincaid was a driving force behind this venture and when the Gallery was successfully relocated, she became the first director of the Burnaby Art Gallery in its present location in Ceperley House. During the 1967 Centennial Year, one of the Municipal projects for the Centennial was the dedication of the land at Deer Lake Park for an Arts Centre. At this time, the Fine Arts Council changed its name to the Burnaby Arts Council and the group focused its energies on securing funding for needed renovations and staffing for the Gallery and Arts Centre. That year, all the groups in the Council donated their share of the Provincial Cultural Grants toward outfitting the James Cowan Theatre. 1967 also saw a big Festival of the Arts produced to raise the public's awareness of the Arts Centre. During the late 1960s, the Council worked to get registered Society status and by 1976, it was fully incorporated. Throughout the years, the Burnaby Arts Council has supported and sponsored the arts and arts programs in Burnaby. Events such as the Burnaby Craft Market, the Burnaby Summer Theatre, the Christmas Craft Fair, and various concert series, studio tours, exhibitions and displays have been presented by the Council and it continues to be an active and driving force behind the celebration of arts and culture in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Burnaby Arts Council
- Notes
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
Burnaby at 100 Video subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88276
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a video titled "Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices of Burnaby" created by the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee to celebrate Burnaby's centennial anniversary. The video brought together photographs from the Burnaby Image Bank and a selection of interviewees from the Oral Histor…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby at 100 Video subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- Open Access
- Accession Number
- BHS2004-13
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a video titled "Burnaby at 100: Images and Voices of Burnaby" created by the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee to celebrate Burnaby's centennial anniversary. The video brought together photographs from the Burnaby Image Bank and a selection of interviewees from the Oral History project. The video and Burnaby Image Bank collection were buried together in the City of Burnaby's time capsule which was mounted at City Hall.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Creator
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription25
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of articles, stories, and photographs submitted for inclusion in the "Burnaby Centennial Anthology: Stories of Early Burnaby". Photographs are predominantly copy prints and proofs used for the publication of the anthology.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- BHS2003-16
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of articles, stories, and photographs submitted for inclusion in the "Burnaby Centennial Anthology: Stories of Early Burnaby". Photographs are predominantly copy prints and proofs used for the publication of the anthology.
- History
- In 1992, the City of Burnaby celebrated its 100th birthday. To mark the anniversary, a Centennial Committee was struck by the Mayor and Council to coordinate activities and oversee the year-long celebrations. The History and Heritage sub-committee was formed with the goal of collecting and preserving historic materials detailing the development of Burnaby. In November of 1992, the committee advertised for the submission of personal stories, photos and other memorabilia and received material from over 150 early Burnaby residents in response. Although the Centennial Committee disbanded at the end of 1992, the work that had been begun by the History and Heritage Sub-Committee continued under the direction of the Burnaby Heritage Advisory Committee (later named the Community Heritage Commission) and proceeded under its authority until the project was completed. The stories that were captured to accompany this material and the memories of some of Burnaby’s earliest residents were brought together in the form of book, published in 1994: "Burnaby Centennial Anthology: Stories of Early Burnaby".
- Formats
- All photographs are scanned
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Community Heritage Commission
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- MSS108, PC315
Burnaby Centennial Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96371
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 15 folders of textual records + 2 audio tape recordings + 6 photograph albums of newspaper clippings + 1 videocassette tape
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Centennial Committee including minutes, correspondence, news clippings, a recording of the Burnaby anthem, and video of the Burnaby Centennial Dinner.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 15 folders of textual records + 2 audio tape recordings + 6 photograph albums of newspaper clippings + 1 videocassette tape
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Centennial Committee including minutes, correspondence, news clippings, a recording of the Burnaby anthem, and video of the Burnaby Centennial Dinner.
- History
- The Burnaby Centennial Committee was established June 5, 1989. The Committee was responsible for overseeing the celebration of Burnaby's centennial anniversary in 1992. This committee disbanded in 1993.