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Cleaning the banner poles in Deer Lake Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified city worker in a boom lift using a power washer to clean a flag pole. The flag pole features banners for Deer Lake Park and a tree with autumn foliage is in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3363

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified city worker in a boom lift using a power washer to clean a flag pole. The flag pole features banners for Deer Lake Park and a tree with autumn foliage is in the background.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an October 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "With the leaves changing color, it's time for the light standards and banners around Deer Lake Park to get their annual cleaning, as city workers wash off the summer's accumulation of dirt and rust."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Cleaning the banner poles in Deer Lake Park, [1999] thumbnail

Clearing the Central Park Pitch & Putt

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2006]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jeff Arnett, a groundskeeper for the City of Burnaby's golf courses, clearing a large pile of branches and debris from the Central Park Pitch & Putt following a windstorm.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2006]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1906

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jeff Arnett, a groundskeeper for the City of Burnaby's golf courses, clearing a large pile of branches and debris from the Central Park Pitch & Putt following a windstorm.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Occupations - Civic Workers

Names: Central Park Pitch 'n Putt

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Jeff Arnett, a groundskeeper for Burnaby's golf courses, loads up some of the branches and deadfall blown onto the Central Park Pitch & Putt by windstorms over the weekend, as crews begin preparation of the course for reopening for the season. Arnett says the greens survived the wet winter weather in good shape."

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Clearing the Central Park Pitch & Putt, [2006] thumbnail

Daffodils at Kensington Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of City of Burnaby Parks employee Andrew O'Keeffe tending to a bed of daffodils in bloom at Kensington Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2087

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of City of Burnaby Parks employee Andrew O'Keeffe tending to a bed of daffodils in bloom at Kensington Park.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Plants - Flowers; Geographic Features - Gardens; Geographic Features - Parks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Andrew O'Keeffe, of the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Department, tends to some of the 2500 daffodils in the gardens of Kensington Park, along Hastings St."

Geographic Access: Hastings Street; Kensington Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Parkcrest-Aubrey Area

Images

Daffodils at Kensington Park, [2004] thumbnail

Denis Gautier with artwork

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98363

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Art Gallery curator Denis Gautier posing with a work from an upcoming exhibit.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3373

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Art Gallery curator Denis Gautier posing with a work from an upcoming exhibit.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Arts - Sculptures

Names: Burnaby Art Gallery

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in an October 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Images

Denis Gautier with artwork, [1999] thumbnail

Dick Hardy's retirement party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55598

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1973

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of six men standing in front of an orange curtain. The photograph was taken at the Gai Paree Supper Club on the occasion of Dick Hardy's retirement from the Municipality of Burnaby. From left to right, the men are: Bill Menzies (former Burnaby Fire Chief), Dick Hardy (retired…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1973

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Civil Service series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-073

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of six men standing in front of an orange curtain. The photograph was taken at the Gai Paree Supper Club on the occasion of Dick Hardy's retirement from the Municipality of Burnaby. From left to right, the men are: Bill Menzies (former Burnaby Fire Chief), Dick Hardy (retired Tax Department Supervisor), Charlie Brown (former Municipal Clerk), Les Francis (Works Superintendent), Hughie Jeboult (former Purchasing Agent) and John Shaw (Municipal Clerk).

Subjects: Celebrations; Occupations - Civic Workers

Names: Hardy, Dick; Menzies, William "Bill"; Brown, Charles B. "Charlie"; Francis, Les; Jeboult, Hughie; Shaw, John Horace "Jack"; Gai Paree Supper Club

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "Taken at Dick Hardy's retirement party - 1973, at the Gai Paree Supper Club, Sperling Ave & Kingsway, Burnaby" and identifies the people in the photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6669 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Don Stenson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45906

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby city planner Don Stenson.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1980]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-800

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby city planner Don Stenson.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Names: Stenson, Don

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Battistoni, Peter

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Eco-sculpture steel frame

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Daryle Birnie, Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, standing with the steel frame of the carousel horse eco-sculpture inside of a greenhouse.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1800

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Daryle Birnie, Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, standing with the steel frame of the carousel horse eco-sculpture inside of a greenhouse.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Arts - Sculptures; Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Names: City of Burnaby

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Daryle Birnie, the Horticulture Foreman for the City of Burnaby, checks out the steel frame that will become an eco-sculpture of a carousel horse."

Images

Eco-sculpture steel frame, [2004] thumbnail

Ed Fountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 20.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ed Fountain, Burnaby's assistant municipal manager.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 20.5 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1543

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ed Fountain, Burnaby's assistant municipal manager.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Names: Fountain, Edward

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Ed Fountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64817

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 5.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ed Fountain, Burnaby's assistant municipal manager.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 5.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1544

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ed Fountain, Burnaby's assistant municipal manager.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Names: Fountain, Edward

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "Fountain / 1x3 / Surrey / p. 3 / remake"

Images

Edmonds Street slush

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of two City of Burnaby workers clearing slush from a storm drain on the side of Edmonds Street. Their orange Works truck is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1742

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of two City of Burnaby workers clearing slush from a storm drain on the side of Edmonds Street. Their orange Works truck is visible in the background.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Steve Cotterell and Brad Lucas, of the City of Burnaby Works Department, clear storms drains of ice and slush along Edmonds St. on Wednesday."

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Images

Engineering Department Truck

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a District of Burnaby Engineering Department truck with the driver inside, parked on Cumberland Street near 17th Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-292

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a District of Burnaby Engineering Department truck with the driver inside, parked on Cumberland Street near 17th Avenue.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Transportation - Trucks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ross, Martha

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street; 17th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Images

Engineering Department Truck

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 16, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a District of Burnaby Engineering Department truck with the work crew inside, parked in Deer Lake Park at the east end of Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 16, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-293

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a District of Burnaby Engineering Department truck with the work crew inside, parked in Deer Lake Park at the east end of Deer Lake.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers; Transportation - Trucks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Norton, Paul

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street; 17th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Engineering Department Truck, September 16, 1976 thumbnail

Engineering Department vehicle

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1969]

Collection/Fonds: City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs : col. ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs of former City of Burnaby employee Joe Cashato driving an Engineering Department vehicle. Vehicle is orange with "District of Burnaby Engineering 627" painted on its driver side door.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1969]

Collection/Fonds: City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection

Physical Description: 3 photographs : col. ; 9 x 9 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 614-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2016-24

Scope and Content: Photographs of former City of Burnaby employee Joe Cashato driving an Engineering Department vehicle. Vehicle is orange with "District of Burnaby Engineering 627" painted on its driver side door.

Subjects: Transportation - Trucks; Occupations - Civic Workers

Media Type: Photograph

Images

Engineering Department vehicle, [between 1950 and 1969] thumbnail

Floden House auction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96127

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Helen Krenzler, City of Burnaby property negotiator, standing in front of the heritage home Floden House and a sign that reads: "City of Burnaby / For Sale by Public Tender / Viewing by Appointment / Minimum Bid Price $295,000.00". Krenzler holds a banker's box that contains an antiqu…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1827

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Helen Krenzler, City of Burnaby property negotiator, standing in front of the heritage home Floden House and a sign that reads: "City of Burnaby / For Sale by Public Tender / Viewing by Appointment / Minimum Bid Price $295,000.00". Krenzler holds a banker's box that contains an antique light fixture.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Heritage; Occupations - Civic Workers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Helen Krenzler, the City of Burnaby's property negotiator, returns some antique light fixtures to the old Floden House, in preparation for an open house for prospective buyers. The City is auctioning the heritage home after moving it to a new location last year."

Geographic Access: 4th Street

Street Address: 7244 4th Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Images

George Davies

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955], published December 24, 1955

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Davies, custodian of Burnaby's Central Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955], published December 24, 1955

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-963

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Davies, custodian of Burnaby's Central Park.

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Names: Davies, George

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

George Davies, [1955], published December 24, 1955 thumbnail

Interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon July 9, 1975 - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory96

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1934-1935

Length: 0:08:30

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Purdon's employment history. May Purdon also tells an anecdote about one of their sons.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Purdon's employment history. May Purdon also tells an anecdote about one of their sons.

Date Range: 1934-1935

Length: 0:08:30

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July 9, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon by SFU graduate student Bettina Bradbury July 9, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and Canadian politics. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: May Eliza was born in London, England in 1907. She came out to Regina with her family when she was eleven. Charles A. Purdon was born February 28, 1904 in London, England. He came to Canada in 1925 from China where he had been working as an accountant for the previous three years. Charles first came to Vancouver and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but within a week he was sent to Regina. This is where he met May. May and Charles got married in 1926 and Charles began working as an accountant for the Saskatchewan Wheat Growers, then for the Canadian Wool Growers before being laid off. In October of 1930, Charles and May left Regina for Vancouver Island. Charles drove himself out and May rode the train with her children; twin boys and a daughter, only one year apart. They settled at May’s parent’s second house in Coombs. The Purdons arrived in Burnaby in December of 1932 and rented a house on Edmonds Street. Charles was unable to do road work and instead found work through the Liberal Party and also with the Municipal engineers indoors on a number of projects. In 1938 the Purdons were able to get into a reverted house built by Ernie Winch at Maple Avenue (then Jubilee) and Nelson Avenue that had nine bedrooms. They paid ten dollars a month to the municipality for use of this property. May Eliza Purdon died April 6, 1983 at the age of seventy-six.

Total Length: 1:40:03

Interviewee Name: Purdon, Charles A.; Purdon, May Eliza

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with Charles A. Purdon and May E. Purdon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-19/100-13-19_Track_6.mp3

Interview with Charles B. Brown May 21, 1975 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory27

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1909-1938

Length: 00:07:15

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.

Date Range: 1909-1938

Photo Info: Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008

Length: 00:07:15

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: May 21, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Charles B. Brown by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury May 21, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the Commissioner and municipal politics in general. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Charles Boyer Brown was born on June 16, 1894 in the town of Ongar, Essex, England. He came to Canada as a young child with his parents Jean and Percy Brown. In 1903, the family settled in New Westminster and by 1911, Charles had joined the Burnaby municipal staff working as an office boy. The outbreak of World War One interrupted Charlie’s career as he immediately enlisted with the Royal Engineers and served from 1915 to 1918. While overseas he met and married Lillian Bernice Bryan and they returned to Canada together after the war and Charles resumed his position in municipal administration. For a short time, Charles was appointed as the Municipal Assessor, but in 1927 he became the Assistant Municipal Clerk. In 1933, Charles was made Municipal Clerk, a post he held until he retired in 1959. Charles has also been credited with playing a significant role in administering the city while it was under the rule of the provincial commission from 1932-1942. Recognized for his expertise in civic affairs, Charles was appointed by the provincial government to a committee formed to review and revise the Municipal Act. He was also a member of the BC Municipal Officers’ Association from its formation in 1936 and was made its chair in 1953. While these civic duties occupied much of his time, Charles still managed to participate as a volunteer on many sport and youth clubs in the city and served as the secretary for the Kingsway Rotary Club. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Burnaby, both paid and volunteer, Charles was presented with the Gold Key award in 1959, the same year he finally retired from municipal administration. During Charles’ lifetime, many changes took place in the Municipality that he loved. He saw Burnaby grow in population and progress and he could be proud of the significant part he played in that growth and development. Charles Brown died on August 11, 1981.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:58:01

Interviewee Name: Brown, Charles B. "Charlie"

Interview Location: Walker Avenue

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Images

Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Charles B. Brown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-06/100-13-06_Track_1.mp3

Interview with Charles B. Brown May 21, 1975 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory28

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1928-1938

Length: 00:09:56

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's memories of municipal pay cuts endured during the Depression.

1 image 1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's memories of municipal pay cuts endured during the Depression.

Date Range: 1928-1938

Photo Info: Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008

Length: 00:09:56

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: May 21, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Charles B. Brown by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury May 21, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the Commissioner and municipal politics in general. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Charles Boyer Brown was born on June 16, 1894 in the town of Ongar, Essex, England. He came to Canada as a young child with his parents Jean and Percy Brown. In 1903, the family settled in New Westminster and by 1911, Charles had joined the Burnaby municipal staff working as an office boy. The outbreak of World War One interrupted Charlie’s career as he immediately enlisted with the Royal Engineers and served from 1915 to 1918. While overseas he met and married Lillian Bernice Bryan and they returned to Canada together after the war and Charles resumed his position in municipal administration. For a short time, Charles was appointed as the Municipal Assessor, but in 1927 he became the Assistant Municipal Clerk. In 1933, Charles was made Municipal Clerk, a post he held until he retired in 1959. Charles has also been credited with playing a significant role in administering the city while it was under the rule of the provincial commission from 1932-1942. Recognized for his expertise in civic affairs, Charles was appointed by the provincial government to a committee formed to review and revise the Municipal Act. He was also a member of the BC Municipal Officers’ Association from its formation in 1936 and was made its chair in 1953. While these civic duties occupied much of his time, Charles still managed to participate as a volunteer on many sport and youth clubs in the city and served as the secretary for the Kingsway Rotary Club. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Burnaby, both paid and volunteer, Charles was presented with the Gold Key award in 1959, the same year he finally retired from municipal administration. During Charles’ lifetime, many changes took place in the Municipality that he loved. He saw Burnaby grow in population and progress and he could be proud of the significant part he played in that growth and development. Charles Brown died on August 11, 1981.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:58:01

Interviewee Name: Brown, Charles B. "Charlie"

Interview Location: Walker Avenue

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Charles B. Brown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-06/100-13-06_Track_2.mp3

Interview with Ted Burnham by Eric Damer September 19, 2012 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory312

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1930-1956

Length: 0:09:50

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham's early memories of growing up in Burnaby. He talks of his brothers going into the service and of his own work history which includes working for the municipality of Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham's early memories of growing up in Burnaby. He talks of his brothers going into the service and of his own work history which includes working for the municipality of Burnaby.

Date Range: 1930-1956

Photo Info: Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham, [195-]. Item no. 549-021.

Length: 0:09:50

Subjects: Occupations - Civic Workers

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: September 19, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Edward Lewis "Ted" Burnham conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, September 19, 2012. Major theme discussed: the role of the municipal worker in the nineteen-fifties and nineteen-sixties.

Biographical Notes: E.L. "Ted" Burnham was born in 1930 and grew up in East Burnaby. He attended Armstrong Street and Edmonds Schools and then Trapp Technical High School before beginning work at a range of occupations in the late nineteen-forties. Ted studied business administration at the University of British Columbia and worked from 1953 to about 1958 for the municipality of Burnaby in the engineering and welfare departments, then briefly for Remington-Rand computers, and then at the Hannah Medical Clinic until 1973. After marrying in 1957, Ted and his wife moved from McKay Avenue to Kaymar Drive and raised two daughters. In the ninteen-seventies and later, Ted became involved in municipal politics, the Heritage Village, and in his own real estate and insurance business.

Total Tracks: 3

Total Length: 0:29:27

Interviewee Name: Burnham, Edward Lewis "Ted"

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.